Scrooge: The Musical at La Comedia

Chris Beiser

Chris is excited to return to the La Comedia stage after last appearing as Tony Whitcomb in Shear Madness and as every member of the D'Ysquith family who met their untimely deaths in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. Chris has been in over 20 other LaComedia productions including John Denver in Almost Heaven, Floyd Spinner in Love, Sex and the I.R.S., Ring of Fire, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, Carriere in Phantom, Little Jimmy Timmy in The Honky Tonk Angels: Bubba's Revenge, Harold in The Full Monty, George Jones in Stand By Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story, and Bellamy in The Fantasticks. Chris is the artistic director and the resident director/choreographer for LaComedia’s MainStage shows as well as overseeing the Lunch and Learn Children’s Theater, Camp Comedia Summer Musical Theater Camp, and the Broadway Star Musical Theater Intensive. Scrooge: The Musical is Chris’s 88th production to have directed/choreographed for the theater. Chris is also in his 31st year as the director of music at St. Mark's UMC in Fairfield. “Much love and thanks to all those who have supported him in all of his projects over the years!”

Nash Barton

Nash is excited to make his acting debut at La Comedia. Nash is a first grader at Stephen Bell Elementary in Bellbrook, Ohio. He also enjoys spending time with his family and friends, playing soccer, and being outdoors. “Special thanks to his family and friends for all of their love and support! Enjoy the show!” Matthew 19:26

Micah Boone Carroll

Micah is thrilled to be making his La Comedia debut. He has been raised back stage of many theaters but has recently found his way to the stage lights. He's been seen locally in The Wizard of Oz, Seussical (twice), Treasure Island, SpongeBob, and Matilda Jr. He would like to thank his family and friends for their support in everything he loves. “God bless us, everyone!”

Colin Cranstoun

Colin returns to the LaComedia stage after most recently appearing in Legally Blonde, Jersey Boys and Saturday Night Fever. Other LaComedia credits include Krupke in West Side Story, LeFou in Beauty and the Beast and the operator of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. He has also been seen here in The Wizard of Oz, Guys and Dolls, Grumpy Old Men, Just Desserts, Footloose, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Little Mermaid, The King and I, Sister Act, Fiddler on the Roof, A Christmas Story, The Addams Family, South Pacific, Miracle on 34th Street, Happy Days, Titanic, and A Christmas Carol.

Catie Cumings

Catie is enchanted to be spending another Christmas at La Comedia for her ninth show on this stage. You may have seen her most recently as Cinderella in Into the Woods, and in the ensembles of Holiday Inn, Saturday Night Fever, and The Wizard of Oz. Other favorite roles around the community include Meg in Little Women (La Comedia), Usherette in The Producers (TheatreLab Dayton), and Sue in Carrie: The Musical (Millennial Theatre Project). She’d like to thank her family and friends for their support, and wish everyone Happy Holidays.

John Dorney

It’s a great joy for John to be back at LaComedia. Performing as Jacob Marley is a bucket-list thing. Adding to that is the excitement of potentially playing Scrooge, which he may get to do depending on how Chris responds to what John puts in his tea. John retired from his own counting-house version of corporate greed and corruption five years ago and since has been busy in area theater including many shows at La Comedia (A Christmas Story, Grumpy Old Men, Guys and Dolls, Shear Madness, et al) and CLP (Beauty and the Beast, Funny Thing…Forum, Kiss Me Kate, et al). He hopes this performance haunts you, encourages your self-reflection, and prompts you to commit once more to holding to the promise of Christmas every day of the year, realizing that it really never is too late to become the “best friend, best master, and best man the good old city ever knew.” Love to many – L, S, D, B, N, A, S, M and Kathy.

Leanne Greenberg

Leanne is a Cincinnati native and returned to La Comedia in 2022, as Martha in White Christmas, after an absence of almost 40 years. Her favorite show ever was Life with Father in 1984 here at LaComedia in which she played five different maids. Her most recent roles here were Flo Manero in Satuday Night Fever, Mavis in Church Basement Ladies: Plowing Through, and Mildred in Just Desserts. Her other regional credits include Showboat Majestic, Wagon Wheel Playhouse, the Incline Theatre, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, Commonwealth Theatre Company, Kincaid Regional Theatre, Middletown Lyric, and the Covedale Theatre. She has also delivered singing telegrams, had a Victorian caroling group, and plays flute and piccolo. And, as always, thank you, Joe Kovacs, for always encouraging me to “Go for it”!

Garrett Hummel

Garrett is an actor from Bloomdale Ohio, and returns to the La Comedia stage after appearing in Matilda, The Wizard of Oz and Saturday Night Fever. He has also starred in two different films playing Walter in "The Amorette Hotel" and Emerson in “The Legend of Holcomb Road.”

Dylan Jackson

Dylan returns to our stage after last appearing as Chris/Inspector Carter in The Play That Goes Wrong, and Carl Bruner in Ghost: The Musical. A graduate of the New York Film Academy, Dylan has performed in many musicals, children's shows, and theme parks. Some of his favorite roles include, Jetsam in The Little Mermaid, Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Nick O'Brian in Shear Madness, Marcellus in The Music Man, Chuck Cranston in Footloose, and Toad in the children's show A Year With Frog And Toad. Much love to his family, fiancee, and Dalton for all their support.

Sierra Jones

Sierra returns to La Comedia after appearing in Ghost: The Musical and Children of Eden. Also known as CeCe, she, began her career at an early age with voice overs and acting for the PBS TV show “Funbunch Playhouse.” She sang as one of the lead vocalists with the Cincinnati Freedom Choir, performing at the Major League Baseball Beacon Awards Luncheon in honor of Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Bill Cosby, and former President Bill Clinton. She has also performed with BeBe Winans during the Major League Baseball Civil Rights game. After moving to Atlanta, Georgia, she was featured in various movies and TV shows such as The Best of Enemies, Insatiables, Pitch Perfect 3, GreenLeaf, and many more.

Tori Kocher

Tori is so honored to be back on the La Comedia stage after being seen as Paulette in Legally Blonde, Ursula in The Little Mermaid and Rusty in Footloose. She has spent the past year as Dragon in the national tour of Shrek: The Musical. Some of her other recent roles include Alice in The Addams Family, Tracy in Hairspray, Diana in Next to Normal, and Jenna Rolan in Be More Chill. Tori has performed on cruises, at theme parks, and with country music stars at ACM Awards, the Grand Ole Opry, and the Ryman Auditorium. B.F.A. in musical theatre from Belmont University. Endless love to her family and Hayley. @torikocher

Chris Kramer

Chris is delighted to return to the La Comedia stage for his 41st production since 2010. Some of his favorites include Sleuth, The Sound Of Music, Newsies, Driving Miss Daisy, A Christmas Story: The Musical, South Pacific, Titanic, Hairspray, two productions of A Christmas Carol (as both Scrooge & Cratchit), and his many turns as Pastor Gunderson in The Church Basement Ladies series. Chris studied theatre and acting at Northern Michigan University, New York’s HB Studio, CCM, and Xavier University. Regionally, he’s worked with Mad Anthony Theatre, New Stage Collective, Know Theatre, Miami University, New Edgecliff, Ovation, and Human Race Theatres. Chris has appeared in innumerable local, regional and national TV commercials, industrial videos, films and print ads. Much love to his wife of 41+ years, Cheryl.

Steve Lakes

Steve is thrilled to return to the LaComedia stage. You may have seen him as King Triton in The Little Mermaid, Gerard Carriere in Phantom, Gaston in Beauty and The Beast, Mr. Macy in Miracle on 34th Street just to name a few. Theatre is his passion, and he enjoys performing on stages in the area. Steve would like to thank his family, friends and especially James for their continued support and love. May the holiday spirit fill your hearts with love and joy at this special time of year.

Mallory Georgia Marie

Mallory returns to LaComedia after just appearing as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. She has been seen here since she was 10 years old in shows such as Footloose (Ariel), The Marvelous Wonderettes, Disaster!, Saturday Night Fever, Charlotte’s Web (Charlotte), Miss Nelson Goes Missing (Miss Nelson/Viola Swamp), Ring of Fire, All Shook Up, and many others. She has also performed at Kings Island in shows such as Retrospect, Cool Yule, 70’s on Demand, and others, and she recently concluded Play On! Dollywood’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, and got to sing alongside Dolly Parton! Mallory is a songwriter with original music on all streaming platforms, a demo singer, and you can hear her sing on audio books for Dolly and Tim McGraw. She wants to send all her love to her special little man, GT. @mallorygeorgiamarie

Jonathan Pendergrass

Jonathan returns to La Comedia after last appearing as Milky White Puppeteer in Into the Woods. Other La Comedia credits include Bob Crewe in Jersey Boys, Bobby in Saturday Night Fever, Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, Jaime in Escape to Margaritaville, Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Tommy Djilas in The Music Man, as well as our Lunch and Learn Children’s Theatre productions of Alexander and the…Very Bad Day, A Year with Frog and Toad, Charlotte's Web, Frederick: The Mouse and The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley. “Thanks Mom & Dad, and supportive friends.” Dedicated to Kathryn Metz. Phil 4:13.

Julianna Pyle

Julianna is excited to be back at La Comedia for her fourth show. She was previously seen in Miracle on 34th Street, Matilda, and as the Mayor of Munchkinland in The Wizard of Oz. She was also unseen as the dog wrangler for Legally Blonde. Julianna sends thanks to her family, friends, and her dog Charlie for supporting her dreams. She is grateful to God for every opportunity she gets to perform.

Ty Smith

Ty (He/Him) returns to LaComedia after appearing as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda. Born and raised in the Dayton area, Ty has been involved in productions since the age of 10. Previous credits include: The D'ySquith Family in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Nostradamus in Something Rotten, Officer Barrel in Urinetown, Charlie Kelly in The Nightman Cometh!, Dan Goodman in Next to Normal, and Miss Trunchbull in Matilda. He would like to thank his friends and family for always believing in him and encouraging him to pursue his passion, and he hopes you enjoy the show.

Rachel Tsirelis

Rachel returns to the La Comedia stage after appearing in Legally Blonde: The Musical. She is a 24-year old aspiring artist who holds degrees in both political science and international studies from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and has had the privilege of studying in Oman, the U.A.E., and Argentina. After concluding her academic journey in January of 2025, she has embraced the performing arts. Rachel’s recent roles include Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! and Rose Alvarez in Bye Bye Birdie, both with Encore Community Theatre.

Elaine Wilson

Elaine is a veteran of nearly twenty shows at LaComedia over a period of 39 years. In fact, she is the only person on the planet who has worked for all four owners of the theater. (Someone alert Guinness!) Favorite La Comedia performances include Martha in White Christmas, Fruma Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof, Grandma in The Addams Family, and Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz. She has danced with the Cincinnati Ballet, the Radio City Music Hall Ballet, and toured for Walt Disney Productions. She holds a master’s degree in dance from the College-Conservatory of Music. She is retired from Cincinnati Public Schools where she taught dance, drama, and special education for 37 years.

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