Bat Boy The Musical at Austin Community College Drama Department

Mac Gibson received his B.F.A. in Acting and B.A. in English at Oakland University in Michigan. This is his debut with ACC Drama. He’s excited and extremely grateful to get back on stage since moving to Austin in 2014. He would like to thank his friends, family, and most importantly his wife Shannon (and their two cats Ignatius and Dolly).

Sarah is thrilled to be joining this stellar cast and crew! Regional credits include: Beauty and the Beast (‘Babette’), A Chorus Line (‘Val’ in NYC, ‘Cassie’ in TX), Chicago (‘Roxie’), Grease (‘Sandy’), The Sound of Music, My Favorite Year (‘K.C’), Footloose, The Secret Garden, The Wizard of Oz, West Side Story (‘Anita’), and more. Sarah is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, and is a Registered Nurse by day. Thanks to Mom, Dad, and Clay for all your support!

Steve is stoked to be a part of this production. Last seen in Trinity Street’s production All Is Calm, performance credits include: Incident at Vichy, Blood Brothers, Our Town, Side Show, Godspell, The Christians, and a slew of holiday cabarets with Trinity Street Playhouse. Elsewhere Steve has been seen in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(Joseph), Evita(Che), Les Miserables, Ragtime(Houdini) and Rent(Benny). When he’s not performing, Steve has been a set designer for Trinity Street Playhouse(Joy Vey, Dasher Dancer, Prancer, Playwright) and the Georgetown Palace Theatre(Tarzan, Cabaret, Grease, Wizard of Oz).

Mabel Connell is incredibly blessed to make her return to the theater by joining the cast of BatBoy at ACC! Although this is her first Austin production, Mabel has accumulated quite the resume out of Dallas. With roles including Veronica in “Heathers”, a double feature as Fastrada and Theo in “Pippin”, and Mayzie’s understudy in “Seussical”, Mabel has also dabbled in technical crew work such as makeup design, lighting and sound coordination, and stage managing. In her theatrical hiatus, Mabel spent her time songwriting, traveling, and pining for the opportunity to step back on stage. She will forever be grateful for Dir. Jamie Rodgers for granting her wish, and all her lovely friends who’ve supported her throughout her musical career!

Abandoned in the forest as a child and taken in by a pack of wild sheriffs (or as they liked to be called, park rangers), Jack is excited to claim his birthright by playing Sheriff Reynold's in ACC's production of Batboy: The Musical! You may have seen him previously in Crazy For You (Georgetown Palace), The Tavern (Different Stages), All is Calm (Trinity Street Players), or even in The Full Monty (TexArts Association). He would like to dedicate his performance to Chris, Brandon, and Tracy who he would have never gotten this far without. Most importantly he hopes you enjoy the show!

David Dech is excited to share his second ACC performance with such a talented cast. Most recently David was seen as Rolf in The Sound of Music (Georgetown Palace Theatre). Other roles David has played are Adam in The Mad Ones (ACC), Cliff in Cabaret (Georgetown Palace Theatre), and Spike in Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike (Georgetown Palace Theatre). David would like to give special thanks to his parents for always supporting his endeavors.

After performing in NYC for 12 years, Kathleen returned to her home town of Austin and is delighted to play with this local community again - especially with the talented Batboy team! She was most recently seen playing Chana, the Ingenue in Indecent (Austin Playhouse), Kate in Fire in Dreamland (Filigree Theatre), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Archive Theatre), and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Cold Frame Collective). Thank you to her family, critters, and you - yes you - for supporting local theatre!

Elisa Greenberg is so honored to work with this incredibly talented cast and production team! She was last seen tap-dancing in Georgetown Palace Theater’s Singing in the Rain and Crazy For You. Offstage, she is a state government employee, ice cream connoisseur, and public transit enthusiast. She would like to thank her amazing friends, her wonderful and ever-supportive partner, Sean, and most importantly, YOU for coming to see the show and supporting theater in Austin. This performance is dedicated to her favorite group of people: Altos.

John is an English Teacher from New England, and Producer at Communication By Captivation, A multimedia production group specializing in both live theater and cartoons. He has always had a deep love for the performing arts and enjoys being backstage or working tech just as much as being on stage! Currently, John’s biggest project is leading a team of diverse artists on Sirius AI: A PostApocalyptic Musical, an original musical cartoon series, available on Youtube, about Artificial Intelligence trying to discover what it means to be human.

Orlando “Orlie” Hernandez is a 27 year old musical theater artist from the Rio Grande Valley who’s been performing since he was 12 years old. He has been in over 15 musicals and plays, interpreting dynamic characters like Jack in Into The Woods, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, and Melchior Gabor in UT Austin’s production of Spring Awakening. He also played Mark in the feature film “Accidental Expat,” shot in Mexico City in 2022, winner of the 2023 STX IFF International Film award. Currently, Orlie works as a Technical Recruiter, specializing in the Diversity and Inclusion space. After taking a 6 year break from the stage, he is honored and grateful to be back as part of such a brilliantly talented cast and crew.

Jamie Rogers holds an MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School and an MFA in Arts Administration from Texas Tech University. He has worked as an actor and teacher in New York City, Los Angeles, and in various cities across the country. Recent Directing credits at ACC Drama were the Spring 23 production of The Snow (nominated for 8 B Iden Payne Awards, including Production of Theatre for Young Audiences & Outstanding Direction of Theater for Young Audiences) & the Fall 21 production of Lonely Planet (nominated for 4 B Iden Payne Awards, including Outstanding Production of Digital Theatre & Outstanding Direction of Digital Theatre). Other recent directing credits include: Clue The High School Edition, The Laramie Project, Pippin, The Stronger. Favorite acting performances include Hector Hushabye in Heartbreak House (Different Stages-Austin & B Iden Payne Award Nomination for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Comedy), Louis in Angels in America (NoHo Arts Center), Vince in Tape (Westbeth Theatre, NYC), Reverend Shaw in Footloose (Theatre West Virginia), Mr. Banks in Mary Poppins (Lubbock Moonlight Musicals), Trigorin in The Seagull, Mark in Rent, and Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive (TTU School of Theatre and Dance). Currently, Jamie is an Associate Professor of Drama at Austin Community College and a Teaching Artist at the Georgetown Palace Theatre. Jamie will next be directing Disaster! The Musical at the Georgetown Palace Theater in Spring 2024.

Adam Roberts is equal-parts creative producer, artistic director, and vocologist. He is Director of Music at Austin’s St. Luke United Methodist Church, cofounder of Resolution Creative, Entr’acte, and the former TILT Performance Group, a faculty member at The Actor's School, Carol Hickey Acting Studio, and Impact Arts, guest faculty at the Voice Study Centre, a former contributing writer for Backstage and American Theatre, musical director and conductor of the Heller Awards for Young Artists, and past conductor of the Texas Cultural Trust’s Texas Medal of Arts Awards. Adam’s students have performed in principal roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatre, been nominated for the Tony Award, and appeared in film, national tours, and on network television. As a pianist and conductor, he has performed alongside Ben Platt, Jennifer Holliday, and other luminaries of the musical theatre world. Learn more about Adam and his work at adamkroberts.com and on social at @adamrobertsvoice.

Allison Beaty holds an MFA in Dance (Choreography) from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and a BA in Dance with Highest Honors from Texas Tech University. Allison has performed, taught, and choreographed professionally throughout Texas and North Carolina, and is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at ACC. Recently, she has performed in works choreographed by Renay Aumiller, B.J. Sullivan, Janet Lilly, and Ali Duffy, among many others. Her choreographic work focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration and has been presented at the Wicklow ScreenDance Laboratory (Ireland), the Jacksonville Dance Film Festival (Florida), the International ScreenDance Festival (Iowa; Mexico), the 16th Annual Modern Dance Festival at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Texas), the American College Dance Association Southcentral Conference (Texas), and FilmFest by Rogue Dancer, among numerous other shows and festivals. Allison is excited to be making her choreographic debut at ACC with Bat Boy! www.allisonnicolebeaty.com

Lindsey Ollinger is stoked to be a part of this production! After getting her theatrical debut with ACC in 2017, she transferred and graduated with a degree in stage management from The University of Texas. Her recent stage management credits include ACC’s productions Everybody and Fade, Penfold Theatre's Vincent, and Ground Floor Theatre's Sanctuary City. She would like to thank her family and friends for their support, Ryan for being a constant source of stability and love, her cats for existing, and ACC Drama for always feeling like home.

Chloe Nichols is a student within the Drama Department at ACC and is very excited to be involved with this production! Previous experience includes acting in The Sightless and Iphigenia in Aulis with ACC, Dresser for Fade at ACC, Co-Director and Playwright for Just How It Is at ACC, acting in Playhouse Creatures at Sam Bass Theatre, and acting in Sons of Atreus with FronteraFest. She would like to thank the ACC Drama Department for having her, Merrick for always supporting her goals, and her cat as well as birds for making her smile.

Rachel Atkinson (Scenic Designer) ACC: The Snow, The Glass Menagerie, Everybody, Iphigenia at Aulis, Lonely Planet, The Sightless, Harry and the Thief, Much Ado About Nothing, Well, From This Day Forward, Eurydice, Tape, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Water By the Spoonful, All My Sons, Gloria, Farragut North Austin: The Ballad of Klook and Vinette, Notes From the Field, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and Heisenberg (Zach Theatre), TWENTYEIGHT, Salomé (GALE Theatre), Divine Narcissus, Catalina de Erauso (Paper Chairs), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Middletown (Mary Moody Northen Theatre), con flama (Salvage Vanguard Theatre), The Secretary and Dance Nation (Theatre En Bloc). Rachel received an Austin Critics Table Award for the 2017-2018 season and a B. Iden Payne award for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

Stephanie Dunbar has been designing costumes for both the stage and screen in the Austin and Los Angeles areas for the last ten years. Graduating from California State University, Long Beach, she received her Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design. As an Austin native, she is very happy to be working in her hometown, serving as an associate professor and assistant department chair at Austin Community College. Recent productions include ACC’s Harry and the Thief, The Glass Menagerie, and Savannah Sipping Society at Unity Theater. www.stephaniedunbar.com

Channing Schreyer (Lighting Designer) is a faculty and staff member at Austin Community College and is grateful to be a member of both the Dance and Drama departments. Channing received their BA in Production Design and Studio Art from Pepperdine University and is an ACC alumnus. Recent Lighting Designs include The Snow, Iphigenia at Aulis, and all of the ACC Dance Department’s performances since 2020.

Zia Fox (Sound Designer) is a part-time freelance sound designer and audio engineer based in Austin. Zia received their BA in Music Technology and MFA in Sound Design and Technology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their local credits include Mary Moody Northen Theatre (Godspell), Zachary Scott Theatre (Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch!; A Christmas Carol; Into the Woods), Summer Stock Austin (In the Heights; Alice’s Wonderland), Texas State University (substitute sound advisor), The Hideout (The Kindness of Strangers), and now Austin Community College (Bat Boy the Musical).

Bert is super excited to be a part of the production team for bat boy, and is even more excited to make the jump from props over to makeup and wigs.

Avery is a student here at ACC, studying costume design, makeup artistry, and wig construction. This is their first production working in theater. They aspire to design and create for drag artists around the country.

Andrew Heinrich (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Drama at ACC. As a fight choreographer, Andrew has designed staged violence for the San Antonio Opera, the Magik Theatre, St. Philip's College, the Baron's Men, among many others. He has also taught stage combat at Our Lady of the Lake University and Texas State University. Andrew holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing and a BFA in Theatre from Texas State University. Andrew's work in the theatre also includes playwriting, dramaturgy, directing, and acting.

Tomas Salas has more than thirty years working as a professional theatre technician. He is a master scenic carpenter and lighting tech. His experience includes working in California as; the technical director for Luis Valdez’ El Teatro Campesino in San Juan Bautista, Master Electrician for the Mark Taper Forum and Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles. In Austin Tomas has worked as a freelance tech with just about every local theatre and dance company and in most performance spaces including the Paramount Theatre, State Theatre, ESB Mexican American Cultural Center, Carver Cultural Center, Zach Scott, Planet/Vortex, and others. He is very happy to be a part of the ACC Drama Dept. Team.

Joe Kelley is an Austin resident with a passion for collaboration and storytelling. Whether it’s the set, props, paints, plants, or puppets he’s so excited and grateful to work with Marcus, Channing, Tomas and the entire production team to bring life and love to every show. Joe has been active in the Austin theatre community on and off of the stage in many different productions with many wonderful groups such as: The Archive Theatre, Pollyanna Theatre Co., Summer Stock Austin, Penfold Theatre Co., Expatriate Theatre, and his home: ACC Drama. As always, much love to Remy and Tomas for their patience and support during the whole process

Christina Montgomery received a BFA in Technical Theatre, Theatre Design, and Technology from the University of Kansas and has over 15 years of experience working in professional theatre. Her costume designs for (The Odyssey) were sent to represent KU in the RITU 24 International Theatre Festival in Liege, Belgium. After graduation, Christina worked with the Kansas City Ballet and Opera (Kansas City, MO) and the Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 810. She moved to Austin, Texas, in 2013, where she was Wardrobe Supervisor at Zach Theatre for seven years. Costume Designs (Zach Theatre, Austin TX) include: (Every Brilliant Thing, Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch, Notes from the Field, Goodnight Moon, Elephant and Piggie, Winnie the Pooh, and Frog and Toad). She is excited to be part of the ACC Drama Department and would like to thank everyone for their hard work and support.

Deya Macias is a Radio-Television-Film graduate from ACC (2016), and current student for the Costume Technology Certificate! Deya has been working with the ACC’s costume department since All My Sons (fall 2016) and wardrobe crew since Water by the Spoonful (spring 2016). Their primary job is costume construction and alterations, as well as helping backstage with wardrobe. In the fall of 2022, Deya got promoted to Wardrobe Head, and although leadership positions are tricky, the excellent students and crew helping out backstage have made each production a smooth sail. Deya thanks everyone for being so lovely and making each show an incredible experience. Stay spooky!

Marcus McQuirter is a faculty member in the Drama Department at ACC where he teaches Voice, Acting, and Introduction to Theater. He would like to thank the cast & production team for their work on this production.