Shakespeare's Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts at Carrollwood Cultural Center

Kate McColgan is excited to return to acting after a very long break. This is their first role with the Carrollwood Cultural Center. Outside of theatre, they spend their free time reading, writing, and playing way too many role-playing games.

Trevor is thrilled to be returning to the Carrollwood Cultural Center for the first time since starring in Titanic in 2022! Since 2017, he has played several roles ranging from Shakespeare to Disney throughout the Tampa Bay Area. You may have seen Trevor as Christopher Sly in Taming of the Shrew, Duke Mahoney in Nice Work If You Can Get It, or Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, among others. He is also a stage combat director and has choreographed fights for theatre companies throughout the area.

Fresh from playing multiple characters in the recent production of It's A Wonderful Life, Topher is excited to be back at CCC. Prior shows: New Tampa Player’s Singing in the Rain, American Stage’s The Chinese Lady, madTheatres’ The Drowsy Chaperone, and Eight O’Clock Theatre’s 9 to 5 & Rent. A Tampa native, he has performed in Boston, Los Angeles, and Charleston and is a proud alum of Blake High School of the Arts and Emerson College. Love to Josh & Fitz. Thanks for supporting local arts!

Lianne McDonnell-Kruger is thrilled to be working with Carrollwood Cultural Center again! When not on stage, she enjoys streaming cozy video games and the occasional board game on Twitch at Pandopinions, check her out on Monday & Wednesday nights. She wishes she could have a pet panda, but since it is expensive and illegal she is happy to snuggle with her cats Lemony & Snickett.

Joel is delighted to share the Carrollwood Cultural Center stage with friends again. Some of his appearances include Sunday in the Park with George, Spamalot, and Titanic: the Musical. Joel would like to thank his family and friends for their unending love and support.

Erica Garraffa is a Tampa-native voiceover artist, actor, singer, writer, and director. She is the co-creator of the award-winning live radio show, Tales of Mild Interest. Some of Erica’s past roles include Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, and Laura Nyro in And A World To Carry On: Laura Nyro Remembered. Erica is delighted to be returning to the CCC for this quirky tribute to The Bard, and would like to thank her incredibly talented and versatile cast, as well as her family, Mike and Charlotte, for their endless support and love.

Jordan Monsell was born in Syosset, New York, in 1979. He comes from a family of artists; his great grandfather, Charles Warren Bingham, was a commercial artist who created well-known icons such as the Morton Salt girl and the Camel Cigarettes logo. Jordan’s mother, Ruth Monsell, is a successful portrait and silhouette artist.​ After receiving his BFA from the University of Connecticut in 2001, Jordan moved to Maine, where he spent four years teaching art to children. In 2005, he moved to Los Angeles, where he works as an actor, writer, and freelance illustrator. ​In 2010, Jordan’s illustrations appeared in You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News, published through Cracked.com and Penguin Books. Other clients include 20th Century Fox, MSNBC, Avalon Family Entertainment, Sony, and The Hollywood Fringe Festival. In 2011, he directed his first play, Pulp Shakespeare: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Pulp Fiction, which received awards and acclaim in New York City and Los Angeles. Jordan’s next play, Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters, is available on Amazon.com.