ACTORS BIO'S
MIDDLE AGED BUSKER by Melissa Lucero McCarl
ALWAYS by Susan Lyles
LORRAINE LAROCQUE (CALLIE)
This is Lorraine’s first play crawl with And Toto too! Lorraine studied theatre at North Carolina School of the Arts and has performed throughout N.C. and Colorado. Favorite roles include: Sarah in Trying, Slippy Helen in The Cripple of Inishmann, and Meredith in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. Lorraine is ecstatic with Melissa and Maggy again!
AUSTIN LAZEK (JACK)
Austin Lazek is excited to return to the Play Crawl this year. He has appeared in local shows with And Toto too, Cherry Creek Theater, and Denver Children's Theater. Thanks to all who have supported this event, and thanks especially to Kaela, Harrison, and Lucy for letting Papa do a little acting this summer.
YOU’VE GOT MAIL by Leslie C. Lewis
CLOWN SHOES by Rebecca Gorman O’Neill
KATE POLING (EMILY)
Kate is excited to be back for another Play Crawl. Kate is an actor and director in the Denver area. Credits with And Toto too include Gertrude and Ophelia in Hell, One Last Thing Before I Forget, South Star, The Way Station, and Smoke. Other regional credits include Three Tall Women and Pride and Prejudice (Firehouse Theater) and Rumpelstiltskin, The Nutcracker and Robin Hood (Miners Alley). Directorial credits include These Shining Lives and Little Women (Firehouse Theatre), Mother Goose and Juan Bobo (MIners Alley TYA
MEGAN DAVIS
JULIE WOLF (HER)
Julie loves being involved in the Play Crawl. Julie received her B.F.A. in Theatre from Emporia State University. She has been seen on stage as Lisa Kron-Well, Annie Sullivan-The Miracle Worker, Lenny McGrath-Crimes of the Heart, and Elizabeth Proctor-The Crucible, Blanche Dubois-A Street Car Named Desire, and Lady Macbeth-Macbeth to name a handful. Julie has also recently directed Pride & Prejudice by Kate Hamill at Firehouse Theater Company. She will be directing Dracula by Steven Dietz this fall for Firehouse. Jeff Jesmer, you’re my forever favorite. Love to our fur-babies. And thanks to you, the audience, for supporting live theatre.
JEFF JESMER (HIM)
Jeff Jesmer is very excited to share this experience with a live audience. Thank you for supporting live theatre in our community. Jeff works around Denver as a Set Builder/designer and as an Actor. He hopes you enjoy the evening and wishes that you spread the word of this and other live theatre around Denver. Jeff would like to thank Julie and our fur-babies for the most love any one person could handle.
KATHI BAERNS (CLOWN)
Kathi is so glad and proud to be in the 2025 Play Crawl. This will be her 12th consecutive as
either a director or actor, having only missed the inaugural crawl. She is amazed each year at
the creativity of all the fabulous writers and talent Susan is able to assemble and so honored to be a part of this extraordinary summer event.
MARK COLLINS (BUSKER)
Mark Collins is happy to be performing in one of his favorite annual theater events, And Toto too's Play Crawl, in "The Middle-Aged Busker." Recent credits include Sergio in "Conversations: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (The Dairy Arts Center); Ludie in "The Trip to Bountiful" (Bas Bleu Theatre); Thomas Stockmann in "An Enemy of the People" and Goose in "Coal Country" (Boulder Ensemble Theatre); Father/Mr. Grimm in "ImpossibleThings" and Bob in "Small Ball" (The Catamounts); Buster in Miners Alley Playhouse’s "Misery"; Tim in "A Great Wilderness" and Neil in "The Quality of Life" (Benchmark Theatre). Mark holds an MFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Find his music on streaming services under House Painter Music.
LEGACY, or, MOM-VIBES by Nina Alice Miller
DEB HULTGREN(TOMI)
LAURA ADUCCI (SHIMA)
ROGER WINN (JAY)
BALANCE by Linda Berry
RICK LONG (HIM)
A native of Littleton, Rick Long has been seen on stages all over the United States and Europe, with this marking his debut in the cast of the Play Crawl. Earning an MFA in Theater from UW-Milwaukee, Rick has appeared with The Arvada Center, THAC, Vintage Theater, Stage One-Louisville, The Arizona Theatre Company, the Monomoy Theatre on Cape Cod, and appeared as a Guest Artist at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespearean Festival. Nominated in 2022 as Best Supporting Actor for a Henry Award, Rick is also an accomplished director, playwright, and internationally exhibited watercolor artist. Rick’s watercolors can be viewed at www.RickLongArt.com
DARLENE GRANDY (HER)
EXTREME JOLENE by Edith Weiss
EMILY PATON DAVIES
Emily has been performing on stages across Colorado for decades. She is excited to help bring the words of the talented Edith Weiss to life at this year's Play Crawl benefiting the terrific And Toto too Theater Company. Thank you for supporting the arts.
CANDACE ORRINO
Candace Orrino is an actor, audiobook narrator, and director. Directing credits include Good People (Ouray’s UpstART Theatre), JQA and Dorothy’s Dictionary (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company), The Real Inspector Hound (University of Colorado), and Double Gothic (University of Central Missouri). Favorite roles include Eddie Van Halen in Eddie and Dave (The Catamounts); Lizzy in Pride and Prejudice (BETC); Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Michelle in Amerikin and Gloria and Nan in Gloria (Curious Theatre); and Portia in District Merchants (Miners Alley, Henry award nominee, best actress), Mother in The Oldest Boy, and Abby in Belleville. She has also played Shakespeare’s Malcolm, Olivia, Emilia, Helena, Celia, Perdita, Thaisa, and Bawd. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA. www.candacejoice.com