The Post Meridian Radio Players Present - Bullets Over Boston

JB Brown (Announcer, After the Thin Man), a California native, has been active in the theatre arts for over thirty years. JB received a Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance as well as an MFA with an emphasis in directing Shakespeare from Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia. He has taught, acted, voice-acted, and directed with various academic and professional theatre groups over the years such as Mary Baldwin in association with the Blackfriars Playhouse, Utah Tech University, Utah Valley University, Hale Center Theatre-Orem, the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Sundance Summer Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Motley Sounds. Some of his more notable acting performances include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors, Andrew Wyke in Sleuth, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, John Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet, and Fin in One Foot for the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. Most recently, he has performed in Hale Center Theatre Orem’s A Christmas Carol as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Marley’s Ghost and locally in the Burlington Players production of The Book of Will as Henry Condell.

Simone Agha (Foley, The Steve Starr Caper) is thrilled to be once again making noise for a PMRP production. This is her mumblesth show stomping and <unintelligible noise> with PMRP.

Terry Sage Bernard (Foley, The Steve Starr Caper) had ninety bars of gold,
As I sailed, as I sailed
I’d ninety bars of gold,
As I sailed,
I’d ninety bars of gold,
And dollars manifold,
With riches uncontrolled,
As I sailed.

Marielle Boudreau (Ensemble, After the Thin Man) is excited to be making her PMRP debut. She has previously performed with groups including the Gazebo Players, Theatre To Go, Riverside Theatre Works, and Theatre@First. She is also featured as a playwright in this year’s Festival@First.

Jaimie Carlson (Foley Coordinator and Assistant Director, After The Thin Man)’s previous roles with PMRP include adapting The Most Dangerous Game and Foley coordinating for various shows. When not choreographing sword fights or breaking glass for PMRP, Jaimie can be found programming robots, playing quizbowl, or cramming more books into her apartment. She would like to thank Hobbes for Asta inspiration. Clink!

Jess Conger-Henry made a name for herself as a Major General in the War of 1812. She parlayed her military success into a career in politics, being elected the 9th President of the United States. Unfortunately, she was taken ill with typhoid fever, and died just 31 days after being sworn into office. The preceding biography may contain some errors in its historical accuracy.

Mikah Connolly (Dancer, After the Thin Man) reminds me of the babe. The babe with the power. The power of voodoo. You do, you do.

Kim Dauber (Ensemble, After the Thin Man) is back to cause more trouble! She is delighted to be in a show with so many talented people. Please enjoy her shenanigans.

Caroline DeBrota (Samantha Spade, The Steve Starr Caper) (VOICEOVER): I stared down across the empty cast bio before me. Ever since I closed that performance of Night of the Living Deadback in 2023, I had known in my gut that I would one day be back on the PMRP stage…but had I realized it would be in my first truly “Starr”-ing role, after over 18 years of acting? The thing was, there really was more to the character of Samantha Spade than met the eye, er, Private Eye, if you will. Her no-nonsense detective work reminded me of my own calculated approach to my day job as an engineer, and all the lovey-dovey stuff with that secretary of hers certainly called to mind my relationship with the handsome actor Shawyoun Shaidani–a man so irresistible that we’ve found ourselves entangled in the past twelve shows together….. I snapped out of my recollective trance, realizing I had nothing to write in the cast bio, as I really had nothing to prove. And suddenly it struck me…that Dundee spelled backwards is Eednud!

Sue Downing (Aunt Katherine, After the Thin Man) has been a voice actor in several shows with PMRP including three Halloween sets and most recently as an understudy for Omar in “Dungeons and Townies” by Michael McAfee. Sue also directed “Family Business” by Tegan Garon on behalf of PMRP sponsorship in the 2023 Boston Theater Marathon XXV.

Joev Dubach (Ensemble, After the Thin Man) is a long-time PMRPer and wakes up wicked early for the November Project. We think his house has secret leprechauns.

Naomi Ibasitas (Nora Charles, After the Thin Man) is a Filipino-American actor, stage manager, and director within the Boston fringe and community theatre scene, and ever so excited to be reprising her role as Nora Charles in The Thin Man Returns! Past credits with PMRP include Sulinor the Mighty in Townies and Dragons: Barrel Full of Peril, Lieutenant Sulu in Gender-Swapped Star Trek, and as director of The Furnished Floor. You can also catch her in The Mrs. Hawking play series on YouTube! Hope you all enjoy this next thrilling mystery!

Jeremy Holstein (Adaptor/Director/Producer) This is Jeremy’s thirteenth year doing the Summer Mysteries, and his fourth with his daughter as ASM. He wants to thank all of his casts and crews across the years (particularly his Stage Manager for many, many years Meg Wickham,) but also his long suffering wife who’s had to put off a June/July vacation for over a decade.

(Ensemble, After the Thin Man) Hello, my name is Reggie Joseph and this is my 1st production for the post meridian radio players. In After the Thin Man, I’m part of the ensemble cast and will be Robert for one weekend performance. I currently live in Randolph, Ma. I’ve done theater,film, commercials for the last couple of years, my favorite roles are Walter Lee Younger in Raisin In the Sun, Macbeth in Macbeth, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Clifford Anderson in Deathtrap, Ben in Night Of The Living Dead, Guildenstern in Hamlet, Charles The Wrestler in As You Like It and countless other. It’s always amazing to meet and work with other talented actors, directors and producers to bring a production to life, it’s always an enjoyable experience and hope for many more. When I’m not doing theatre, I’m working on my personal training business and my 2 ecommerce websites I created.

(Dundee, The Steve Starr Caper) Whether a crook or a cop, Kevin is always delighted to be involved in the Summer Mysteries.

Erika Claire Kuttner (Michelle, The Steve Starr Caper) is thrilled to be part of her second PMRP production. She would like to thank Paul and Erikson for inviting her to their party every day.

Paul Kuttner (Ensemble, After the Thin Man) is in his first role with PMRP. He lives in Malden with his family and, as a fan of audio dramas, is excited to have been magically transported into one.

Alex LaFreniere (Nick Charles, After the Thin Man) is thrilled to be back behind the microphone for his second outing as Nick Charles and ninth production with PMRP. Alex would like to thank his partner Jazz, his family, and his much loved cats Mylo and Kevin for their unwavering support. His favorite cocktail currently is an upside-down martini (dirty), but has also been known to enjoy a well-made negroni.

Daniel Lemr (Foley, After the Thin Man) is pleased to be making his PMRP and theater debut here in Boston. Originally from Ohio, Dan is excited to be working at the Foley table and to practice opening a door. He would like to thank his lovely wife Emma for introducing him to PMRP and “encouraging” him to join.

Émile Lewis (Eddie, The Steve Starr Caper) has been acting nonstop for thirty-something years in their award-winning role as ‘Émile Lewis.’ He’s also performed at Improv Boston, the Rozzie Square Theatre, with the Post-Meridian Radio Players, and in the shower. Her favourite performances thus far have been Sir Joseph Porter, KCB in the MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ 2018 production of HMS Pinafore and as the titular Invisible Man in the PMRP’s 2024 Halloween adaptation of the HG Wells story of the same name. As you can guess, Émile is very flexible about pronouns as long as nobody calls them ‘Emily.’ Émile is currently a co-host on the recently-released ‘Not Even Podcast’ (whose first episode can be found on YouTube) and is the creator of the upcoming audio fantasy dramedy ‘Malaika’ coming soon from Hear Me Out Productions.

Arturo Lichauco (Foley Understudy, After the Thin Man) is excited to perform in his second Post Meridian Radio Players show (when he can!) after his first foley experience in last season’s rendition of The Bonnie Tales of Captain Bellamy! He performed as an actor in many student theater shows during his college years and is happy to be back into the swing of things.

Sam Marchiony (Ensemble, After the Thin Man) is thrilled to be back with the PMRP for her second production, after appearing in The Unseen Worlds of HG Wells. This is also her return to noir radio dramedies, following her time as a performer and writer on THE DEAD HEAR FOOTSTEPS at Oberlin College. When not performing, Sam is the host of the “Six Degrees of Star Wars” (https://6dosw.buzzsprout.com/) podcast, where all of cinema has a potential connection to George Lucas’ flagship franchise.

Maeve McCluskey (Guild, After the Thin Man) is thrilled to be returning to PMRP for the third time! You can find her acting out around Greater Boston. Most recently, she pirated the great ship, The Sea Witch, as Captain Bonny Bellamy in “The Bonny Tales of Captain Bellamy: Song of Trickery” in this spring’s Dangerous Adventures with PMRP. Other previous roles include Fruma Sarah in “Fiddler on the Roof” (Needham Community Theatre) and the Baker in “Into the Woods” (Colonial Chorus Players). They are also a Continuing Education student of Animation at MassArt.

Zack Murphy (Announcer, the Steve Starr Caper) What hasn’t been said about Zack that hasn’t already been said by some of the top minds in the world, like; “He was recently seen in Psych Drama’s “Stage Kiss” as The Director.”, or “Also as Prince John in Theatre@First Marian: Or the True Tale of Robin Hood.” . They said other things, but cannot in good conscience be printed in a family-friendly playbill.

Tori Queeno (Assistant Director, The Steve Starr Caper) is thrilled to be working on their 21st production with PMRP! When not making radio theater, they can be found creating foley sound effects for various other creative projects, performing in TTRPG actual plays, editing and writing for TTRPGs, working with Gehenna Gaming at various gaming conventions, doing too many crafts, and playing too many video games. They would like to thank their fiancé, Jon, for appreciating their whimsy, and their cat, Persephone for being both adorable and evil. See more of Tori’s adventures at thatnerdtori.carrd.co

Jay Sekora (Sound Engineer) has worked with PMRP as an actor and director as well as working on sound. He directed PMRP’s adaptations of “THEM!”, “Metropolis”, and ”Filibus”, and adapted and directed “Night of the Living Dead”. His favorite PMRP acting roles were a drunken astronaut in “Junkyard” and the homicidal narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart”. And he’s done a lot of sound engineering and other sound-tech work. He thanks his chosen family members Zeph and Sally and especially his beloved Mare Freed for getting him back into theater after a long absence, and for a wonderful shared life together. Nineteen years this August!

Jiayi Shao (Foley Understudy, The Steve Starr Caper) is thrilled to be making their PMRP debut. A Theatre Studies major at Wellesley College, they have performed in a wide range of productions around the greater Boston area. Notable roles include Dionysus in The Bacchae, Linda in The Thin Place, and Camillo in The Winter’s Tale. Jiayi is deeply grateful to be working with such a talented cast and crew.

Shawyoun Shaidani (David, After the Thin Man) is excited to return to his third show with PMRP, having previously appeared in “Metropolis” and “Night of the Living Dead.” He is also delighted to be in a twelfth show with his beloved Caroline! Recently, they also appeared together in Theater Company of Saugus’ productions of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” “Evil Dead: The Musical,” and “Puffs.” He thanks the cast and crew for making this experience peachy as usual for PMRP. Finally, he would like to thank his friends and family for always supporting his theatrical adventures through thick and Thin (Man)!

Racer Soares (Foley, After the Thin Man), 25, resides in Arlington and has been involved in local theatre and music for over fifteen years. This is his 4th show with PMRP doing foley arts. Racer has recently graduated from UMass Lowell for Composition for New Media. When he isn’t playing in a band, tutoring, or doing camera work, he enjoys grilling on the bar-be-que and walking his dog, Ringo. Racer would like to thank his family for their support.

Hilary Soltz Short (Jay Wellington Starr/Inspector Polhouse, The Steve Starr Caper) is thrilled to be shot with a Webley-Vickers in her PMRP debut, and after a ~27-year hiatus from the theatre. A graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre and a director, actor, and touring puppeteer in the Twin Cities and Pacific NW until a tragic puppet-van accident cut short that career (ask me!), she is deeply grateful to the many family and friends who encouraged her to dip a toe into Boston’s community theatre pool.

Kristina Spinney (Natasha, The Steve Starr Caper) is an actor turned accountant in the live music industry returning for her second PMRP show after appearing as Rainsford in a gender-swapped version of Most Dangerous Game in “Dangerous Adventures” this past Spring. She holds a BFA in acting from Salem State University, has produced film festivals, and appeared on sci-fi, horror, and film panels at Arisia. Some past credits include Maria in West Side Story, Lilli Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate, Antigone in Antigone, and Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown. Kristina enjoys horror, sci-fi, and fantasy of all types. You can typically find Kristina at a book club, cult cinema night, or dancing at a goth club. LLAP!

(Selma, After the Thin Man) After too long of a hiatus from her love for acting, Mira is uber excited to leap out of retirement and hop back into her love for the stage. In her free time, she loves dancing & paddle boarding & and stuffing her face with poke bowls.

Meg Wickham (Stage Manager) is the (officially) unofficial PMRP stalker and has a bizarre love for herding cats. This is her 16th year haunting the group and the 10th since she decided to insert herself into the process. Like a bad penny, they can’t get rid of her.

Jack Wickwire (Seller, The Steve Start Caper) has acted and designed for many MetroWest community theaters. His credits include: Makeup design for Ghosts (for PMRP), Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Lend Me a Tenor (TCAN), Prelude to a Kiss, Waiting in the Wings, Agatha Christie Made Me Do It, (for Belmont) and Is He Dead, Sunday in the Park With George (for Vokes); Batboy, Memory of Water (for Arlington)