ZCT - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

	*Matt Schmitt ( Aslan* )** started in the theater doing back stage work. I have progressed from that to stage manager to small speaking and singing parts. Being Aslan is by far the most challenging endeavor that I have partaken.
	*Amy Underwood ( The White Witch* )** is a longtime veteran of productions around southeastern Ohio, the majority of them with ZCT. Amy has experience in many areas of theatre, including make-up, stage managing, assisting with lighting and directing. Most recently, she co-directed The Laramie Project for ZCT with Roger Touvell. She has appeared in over 50 productions including Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Eleanor of Acquitaine in The Lion in Winter, Domina in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and most recently, Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She is also the proud mother of Carys Underwood, who is playing Lucy Pevensie.
	*Austin Free ( Peter Pevensie* )** is a sophomore at Coshocton High School and an avid athlete. He plays soccer on the high school team and also on two club teams, and has competed nationally in track and field throwing the javelin. He enjoys acting and has participated in several small church productions. This is his first performance at ZCT.
	*Sarah Madson ( Susan Pevensie* )** is an 8th grade honor student at West Muskingum. She loves theater and has been in several local plays including You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown as Peppermint Patty, Cinderella, Oliver, Snow White and the list goes on. She is president of her 4H club and loves riding her 2 quarter horses as much as she loves the performing arts. Sarah also enjoys piano, trombone and track. She’d like to thank ZCT for enriching her life.
	*Slade Denman ( Edmund Pevensie* )** is a 7th grader at West Muskingum Middle School. He has performed in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Who's Dying to be a Millionaire?, Cinderella, and numerous productions at his church. He enjoys playing sax but his passion is the piano. He aspires to become an actor or a musician or BOTH! He would like to thank his directors and mentors for their encouragement and faith in him.
	*Carys Underwood ( Lucy Pevensie* )**
	*Julia Free ( Mr. Tumnus* )** is fourteen years old and has been home schooled all her life. She has performed in church since she was little and has been involved in Children’s Theater Workshop in Coshocton for three years, taught by John Kuhn, Artistic Director of Actors’ Theatre Company, Columbus, who has been a great help to her. She played “Star-to-be” in Annie Jr. with Footlight Players, Coshocton. She will be playing Rebecca Gibbs in the upcoming production of Our Town here at ZCT. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is her first performance at ZCT. Other than performing, her days consist of reading (usually a good old fantasy novel), writing, drawing, listening to music, and talking and hanging with friends.
	*Paige Natalie ( White Stag* )** is a freshman at Rosecrans High School and has been an actor at ZCT for a few years now. She has performed multiple characters in Seussical the Musical, a chorus member in Fiddler On The Roof, & characters in two Angel Tree productions. She has also performed as Shirley Holmes in If Sherlock Holmes Were A Woman & Wendy Shack in All's Well That Ends Wrong at her high school. She enjoys playing the piano, attempting to strum away on her guitar, playing softball, & drawing cartoons. She has enjoyed working on this production & hopes you'll enjoy it too.
	*Andrea Schmitt ( Unicorn* )** has only been in theatre for a year and this play is one of my favorites. I get to be my favorite mythical creature, a unicorn. I love the beauty and the sense of being valiant, just like a unicorn looks. Also, I love the diversity of ages in this play and how they all mesh together. I hope you enjoy this play as much as I have.
	Tony Palmer *( Centaur* )** has been in the theatre since I was 6. I have been everything from a brown bunny in Winnie the Pooh, a balloon seller in Pinocchio, a townsboy in The Music Man, and other things in between. My favorite book of all time is the Chronicles of Narnia. I read all of the Chronicles when I was 10, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is probably my favorite of the 7. I have really enjoyed working on this play and am very excited about being the Centaur!
	*Jerry Burnell ( Centaur* )** is quite new to theatre. In fact, I've only been in one other play before called "Angel Tree". Even though this is the first time working with Jillian, I've loved every moment!
	*Kenneth Lipps ( Fenris Ulf* )** - I'm Kenneth Calvin Lipps, I was in: The Christmas Play in Kindergarten as Julius the Elf, The Crucible as John Procter my sophomore year, Death of a Doornail as the Narrator my junior year. I stopped with the Drama thing due to health complications...Now I'm Fenris Ulf in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
	*Noah Townsend ( Mr. Beaver* )** is a 9 year old who loves theater. He first read and loved The Chronicles of Narnia in second grade and now as a third grader feels very fortunate to be part of this production. He has performed in other dramas and musicals through his church and homeschool association including, Jailhouse Rock, Miracle on Main Street, Down by The Creekbank, and Orphan Train, as well as currently being cast in the role of Papa in the American Girl play, Home is Where the Heart Is, A Play about Kirsten. Noah is an avid reader and is active in his church. He has three younger sisters and a puppy named “Peppermint.” He enjoys soccer, 4-H and is a member of the Zanesville Crooked Rooks Chess Club. Noah’s favorite homeschool subjects are math and science and he hopes to be a missionary someday.
	*Madison Dittmar ( Mrs. Beaver* )** is 9 years old and in the 4th grade at Bishop Fenwick Elementary. She has participated in 4 other shows at ZCT to include 2 Angel Tree Productions, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Seussical The Musical. She enjoys the theater very much and also enjoys shopping, painting, and listening to music.
	*Meredith Free ( Dwarf* )** is a 10-year old 4th grade home school student who really likes art, fashion, and her pet hamster Gwen. She has performed in the children's musical "Jailhouse Rock" at Calvary Baptist Church in Coshocton, and participates in the Children's Theater Workshop in Coshocton, taught by John Kuhn, Artistic Director of Actors’ Theatre Company, Columbus. This is her first performance at ZCT.
	*Nicholas Clawson ( Elf* )** I am a first grader at Duncan Falls Elementary School. I have been in several shows at Z.C.T. including; Seussical the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, and the Angel Tree Benefit. I love working with the crew at the theatre and hope to do more shows in the future.
	*Maury Kenily ( Father Christmas* )**
	Members of the Witch’s Army
	Nicholas Clawson - I am a first grader at Duncan Falls Elementary School. I have been in several shows at Z.C.T. including; Seussical the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, and the Angel Tree Benefit. I love working with the crew at the theatre and hope to do more shows in the future.
	Casey Jones is 15 years old and attend Zanesville High School. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is not my first play but it is my first time at Zanesville Community Theatre.
	Paul Palmer is 10 years old and this is the second show I have been in with ZCT. My first part was in Ladies of the Sacred South as a tourist. I really wanted to be in The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe because I wanted to be one of the Queen's evil henchmen!
	Phoenix Palmer is 13 and am a freshman student. I like having ZCT so close because I am able to do plays here and it counts for my high school theatre credits. I have really liked working with this director because she teaches as well as directs, and is nice while she does it.
	Max Knight is a senior at Philo High School. I've been in several plays there and I was Mrs. Mayor in the ZCT production of Seussical the Musical. I've had alot of fun doing this production because this has been my first experience with stage combat.
	Ryan Chernick is 11 years old, in 6th grade. I've done Oliver, Annie Get Your Gun, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Music Man, and Cinderella. I am an evil animal.
	Paige Natalie is a freshman at Rosecrans High School and has been an actor at ZCT for a few years now. She has performed multiple characters in Seussical the Musical, a chorus member in Fiddler On The Roof, & characters in two Angel Tree productions. She has also performed as Shirley Holmes in If Sherlock Holmes Were A Woman & Wendy Shack in All's Well That Ends Wrong at her high school. She enjoys playing the piano, attempting to strum away on her guitar, playing softball, & drawing cartoons. She has enjoyed working on this production & hopes you'll enjoy it too.
	Aslan’s Followers
	Amanda Boehn - age 18 going on 19. College in the near future. Throughout her junior and senior years of high school she has managed to be in four plays: Dearly Departed, a Philo high School production, where she played a pregnant mother of nine. Grease, another Philo High school play. Angel Tree, at the Zanesville Community Theatre. And our most recently, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. She enjoys reading and writing. And plans on becoming an author on the side of her career.
	Nikki Herron is a 7th grader at West Muskingum Middle School. I enjoy acting and singing and would like to be in a production on Broadway someday. I have been in many other shows including Fiddler on the Roof, Aladdin, Who's Dying to be a Millionaire, and Seussical the Musical. The production The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe has been a fun experience for me and I hope you all enjoy it!
	Cheyenne Kokensparger is 15 years old and I am a freshmen at Philo High School. I love acting. I have been in plays at school since kindergarten. I am a Christian and love going to church. I love acting. I want to become an actress when I am older. I have been in many plays put on by the high school since kindergarten. I was in The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Babes in Toyland, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and Beauty and the Beast. I also love music and I am a member of the School Choir, Drama Club, S.A.D.D. I am also in the Rolling Plains 4-H and Driven Youth Group at Rolling Plains United Methodist Church.
	Wood Nymphs
	Jenna Smith (Head Wood Nymph) is no stranger to the ZCT stage, even though it has been awhile since she has preformed there. Jenna was in Ramona Quimby, and Big River. She attends Philo High School where she participated in Moon Over Buffalo, Beauty and the Beast, Dearly Departed, and Grease. Jenna is a senior this year and is involved in SADD, CATS, NHS, and is Philo High School Yearbook Editor. She also participates in 4-H and her church youth group. This is Jenna’s first time doing any type of back stage work.
	Olivia Earich (Wood Nymph) - Hey I'm Olivia Earich and I'm 14. I've loved seeing my friends in this show and I hpoe they continue to do shows. So far my play list is very large, I've done many Angel Tree's, Charlotte's Web, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and many many others. I hope you all enjoy the show! GO WOOD NYMPHS !!!!
	Korie Balderson (Wood Nymph) is a freshman at Zanesville High School. She is involved in swimming, track, ski club and key club. This is the first play she has been in at ZCT and the first time she has done backstage work.
	Brittnee Jackson (Wood Nymph, 5th. Animal) - I am 13 years old, turning 14 on March 25! I go to school at Maysville and I'm in the 8th grade. I have only been in the Angel Tree Benefit at the ZCT but, I've been in many school and choir plays. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I play the 5th animal and one of the wood nymphs.
	Newcomers
	Maddie McCarthy is 11 years old. I've done plays since I was a baby. I've done most of the Angel Trees, Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte's Web and alot of others. After The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is over, I'll be booking for Our Town. I enjoy doing plays with Zanesville Community Theatre.
	Sadie McCarthy - Loved the movie so I decided to do the play.
	Blake Swift is a 9-year-old homeschooler who loves adventure stories. This is his first play.
	Production Staff
	Jillian Von Gunten ( Director ) is currently a Political Science/Theatre major, English/History minor at Muskingum College (if you know her it makes perfect sense, if you don’t, it probably sounds a little odd), with plans to attend law school which she regards as the one way to act for the rest of her life and still feed herself. Jillian has been involved with theatre in general, and ZCT (where she currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors) in particular for her entire life. She has been a part of numerous shows with roles both backstage and in the “limelight”, her favorites being her performances as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Babe Secoli in Working, and Margot Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. This show is the second that Jillian has directed, the first being The Mystery of Irma Vep in which she only had to contend with two actors instead of the current thirty something...yes, she isn't certain of the number...it's rather nebulous at the moment.
	Nancy Cain Hynds ( Producer ) Nancy Hynds, nee Cain, has returned to the production side of theatre after a long hiatus. She has 20+ years of experience in a variety of positions; playing a part, props matron, lighting and sound assistant, playing in the band, and producing, to name a few. Recently, Nancy returned to the stage in “Gershwin by George” and the 2006 Angel Tree Show “Wishbook & Dreams.” “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and Jillian Von Gunten have brought her back as a producer. Nancy is married to Todd and they have one cat, Buddy. She works at the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center as a Treasurer Assistant. She is the choir director at the Market Street Baptist Church where she also is active in Women’s Ministries. In the Thursday Music Club she currently holds the position of Vice President. Her hope is that “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” entertains you and inspires you.
	Angel Palmer ( Stage Manager ) This play is just such a fun show! I love being able to be in the background watching as the characters unfold and it all begins to work together! I am one of the weird theatre people who can't decide where I prefer to be: I enjoy being on stage, love being in the balcony, and equally enjoy being backstage on headset. I am just grateful we have a quality community theatre here in Zanesville that we are able to enjoy as families.
	Carleton B. Underwood ( Lighting Designer ) has been involved with ZCT since the early 1970's in mostly technical capacities. Only once has he been found on-stage in front of an audience. To earn a living, he has been a gas station attendant, factory worker, student worker (Ohio University-Zanesville Library and OUZ R/TV Pgm), contract lighting, sound, and video (OUZ), AV/Media Tech (MATC/Zane State), AV Specialist, Systems Analyst, Network Administrator. The last 3, with the Dept. of MR/DD, State of Ohio. Through out it all – He's been involved with Theatre, Lighting, and Sound. Starting out in the 1960’s with reel-to-reel tape, razor blades and grease pencils and variable transformer dimming systems all the way to the 21st century with computer assisted sound and lighting where “cut-and-paste” is non-destructive…usually.. He has lighted Alex Haley, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, former Ohio Governor Richard Celeste, Terry Waldo, and others plus beauty pageants, musicals, plays, original works in the US and Canada (Book of Dreams by Barbara Lewis). He's had some of the best teachers in the business; some of them didn’t know they were teachers. The “jobs” he's had, to earn a living, have only fueled his love of theatre and the special joy you get from being a part of the greater team. There is nothing like the feeling you have when you look at a show and say, I helped make the audience understand, enjoy, and see the show which many people have contributed to. It isn’t me alone, nor is it others alone – it’s all of us working together. As a team. For something greater than the individuals involved. Since 1997, he has managed ZCT's web site. In the last few years, he has been instrumental in setting up ZCT's on-line and off-line box office systems with an on-line ticket vendor. He uses Show Man and the Audio Box from Richmond Sound Designs ( www.richmondsounddesign.com ) for show control in lighting, sound and video; and Light Factory from www.lifact.com .

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