The Mousetrap

KATY WHITE is a native Coloradan writer-performer, and is thrilled to work with Open Stage for the first time. She graduated with her MFA in Classical Acting in 2021 from the Shakespeare Theater Company’s Academy for Classical Acting in Washington, D.C. Her most recent roles include: It’s a Wonderful Life (Mary), Julius Caesar (Mark Antony), The Cherry Orchard (Yasha), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolyn Christie), Crimes of the Heart (Babe Magrath). She would like to thank her friends, family, and cats for their support and love.

BRIAN WILCOX is thrilled to be returning to OpenStage Theater. Some of his favorite OST roles in the past have been Malcolm (The Full Monty), Cliff (Cabaret), Will (Big Fish), and most recently, Orsino (Twelfth Night). He received his BME with a vocal emphasis in 2014 and has been teaching and performing ever since. When not treading the boards, Brian can be found teaching music to elementary students in Fort Collins. He would like to thank his caring wife Alison, along with his friends and family, for supporting all of his endeavors, both on and off stage. He would also like to thank all those in attendance for supporting local art and theater, and hopes that you continue to do so for many years to come.

LOUISE THORNTON One of the joys of acting is portraying a character very unlike yourself. Louise has never been a city council member, but sure had fun being Ms. Innes who has been one for 33 ½ years. Past roles include: Virginia Butley in Native Gardens; Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret; Jeanette in The Full Monty; Betty Chumley in Harvey; Egeon, the father, in the all- female cast of The Comedy of Errors; Lady Boyle in Superior Donuts; Mary Meekly in Unnecessary Farce; Aida Gianelli in Over The River And Through The Woods; Betty Meeks in The Foreigner; Helen Potts in Picnic; Madame Bathilde in Is He Dead? Past musical roles include: Nellie Forbush in South Pacific; Ado Annie in Oklahoma; Joanne in Company; and Rosalie in Carnival. For her master’s degree at C.S.U. Louise adapted Requiem For A Heavyweight to the stage and directed a production of it. Thanks and love to George for waiting up for me.

DAVID AUSTIN-GRӦEN is overjoyed to be reprising a clown role in The 39 Steps, which was the first show he appeared in upon moving to Fort Collins. A 38-year veteran of theatre, David has performed in over 59 different productions and theatrical tours as well as having several directing credits. Some of his favorite past roles include Poirot in Murder on The Orient Express, Ben Johnson in The Book of Will (both performances received Colorado Henry award nominations), Brock in Ideation, Harold in The Full Monty, Prince John in Sherwood, Caliban in The Tempest, Agamemnon in Apocrypha, and Edward Winslow in A Pilgrim’s Project. David was previously the Artistic Director of Radio Star Improv in San Francisco and is a founding member of Fort Collins Comedy Brewers Improv. In the few minutes a week when not being a theatre nerd in one way or another, he is a reader, a gamer, and Dad to very busy high schoolers.

BRYN FRISINA has worked with OpenStage Theatre since 2018 and currently serves as Company Manager. In 2022, she received the OpenStage OPUS Award for Outstanding Actress for her role as Elinor in Sense and Sensibility. Bryn earned her BFA in Acting from Syracuse University, a program through which she also studied abroad at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. After graduating, Bryn moved to New York City to pursue a career in the arts and worked on several off and off-off Broadway productions in various roles. Notably, in 2013, she was given the opportunity to produce her original play, Breaking Heels, off-Broadway through the Araca Project. After a decade on the East Coast, Bryn is excited to be back in her hometown, spending this chapter of her theatre life with OpenStage. She would like to thank her family and friends for a lifetime of support and love.

BAS MEINDERTSMA has been in theatre for the last 15 years. He was last seen with OpenStage in Avenue Q, where he played Nicky and one of the Bad Idea Bears, for which he won an OpenStage OPUS Award (Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role). Other roles you may have seen Bas in are Little Charles in August: Osage County (OPUS/Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role), Josh in Bright Ideas, Trevor in The Submission, Silvio in The Servant of Two Masters and a smattering of fools, lovers and villains in various Shakespeare plays. Bas is thankful for being part of the theatre community through OpenStage, for which he is also the Company Representative to the Board of Directors. Bas would like to thank this wonderful cast and crew and give a big thank you to his wife Ashley and daughter Sophie for supporting his creative endeavors.

BRADLEY CALAHAN is a local performer and thrilled to be working with OpenStage for the first time. He received his Bachelor’s in Theatre Performance from Colorado State University in 2019. There he performed in multiple productions, including the roles of Francis Henshall in One Man Two Guv’nors, Andrey Prozorov in Three Sisters, and Tiny Tom in Urinetown, and produced and directed a fully-student led production of God of Carnage. He would like to thank his family and roommates for their undying love and support.