Rover Dramawerks Donors Crusader - $10,000 and above

City of Plano ▪ Texas Commission on the Arts

Trailblazer - $5000 to $9999 The Dale Wasserman Foundation ▪ Naifeh Photography ▪ Caitlin Schraufnagel

Pioneer - $2500 to $4999 Anonymous (2) ▪ David McCall ▪ Randy & Diana Wright of The Wright Solution

Explorer - $1000 to $2499 Curran Tomko Tarski LLP ▪ Mike Hathaway ▪ HP Enterprise Services ▪ Jason & Carol Rice ▪ Steven Shaw ▪ Robert R. Smith ▪ Ken Willingham

Adventurer - $500 to $999 Anonymous (2) ▪ Tim & Jane Birkhead ▪ Bridge Builder Academy ▪ Marion & Dianne Brockette ▪

John Caldwell ▪ Kelly & Russell Clarkson ▪ Communities Foundation of Texas ▪ Margo Lynn Hablutzel ▪ Hirsch’s Specialty Meats ▪ Lennox Corp. ▪ Ashley Morris-Johnson

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Outrider - $100 to $199 Angela’s at the Crosswalk ▪ Anonymous (2) ▪ Janet Behning ▪ Gregory Boydston ▪ Roger Carver ▪ Edward Coyle ▪ Ruth DeNamur ▪ Mary Ann Dudko ▪ Richard Fiske ▪ Susan Fortin ▪ Dan & Claudia Gray ▪ Dale Gutt ▪ Julie Holmer & David Rankin ▪ Annika Horne ▪ Lindsey Humphries ▪ Sonya Jones ▪ Mary Kennard ▪ Doug & Debi Kilmer ▪ Howard & Joyce Korn ▪ Mirna Lynch ▪ Rich Machado ▪ Anne McGravie ▪ David & Mei Meermans ▪ Ron Miller ▪ Patricia Mitchell ▪ Ashley Morris-Johnson ▪ Howard & Brenda Moyes ▪ North Texas Chamber ▪ Joanne Rice ▪ Ron Seher ▪ In Memory of Frank Shirar ▪ Peter & Marilyn Van Leuvan ▪ Debbie Watson ▪ Elena Westbrook ▪ Richard Wills ▪ Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wright ▪ Sandy Yeh

Scout - $50 to $99 Anonymous (4) ▪ Carol Becker ▪ John & Melody Bock ▪ Michael & Teresa Bronsky ▪ Jackie Carey ▪ Carrabba’s Italian Grill ▪ John & Twylia Church ▪ Donald Cook ▪ Julia Costello ▪ Robbin Dill ▪ Dan & Cathy Donahue ▪ Cheryl Dorrance ▪ Jack & Patricia Forbess ▪ Doug Grace ▪ Carla Graham ▪ Andrea H. ▪ Genie Hammel ▪ Darlene Humphries ▪ Stephanie Kelly ▪ Donna Latham ▪ Debbie & Dave Marshall ▪ The Ronald ▪ In Memory of Caryl Scales ▪ Alasdair Seth ▪ James & Heather Shin ▪ Cathy Sims ▪ A Star Sushi & Seafood Buffet ▪ Tan Lines ▪ Dave Tenney ▪ Pete & Marilyn Van Leuvan ▪ The Wickwares ▪ Kenny Wilson

First Watch - $20 to $49 Anonymous (8) ▪ Deb Caperton Ballard ▪ Howard Barber ▪ Janet Behning ▪ Vicki Biddy ▪ Mark, Debbie & Aaron Blankenship ▪ Dan Brantley ▪ Heather Broughton ▪ Michael Brown ▪ James E. Burnside ▪ Emily Ball Cicchini ▪ Karen Click ▪ Julie Confalone ▪ Manuel C. Cruz ▪ Travis & Veronica Day ▪ Antoinette Degnan ▪ Kevin Dias ▪ George Elwell ▪ Kelly Ferguson ▪ Carlos Gallegos ▪ Adrian Giuhat ▪ Lawrence Groves ▪ Susan Long Haga ▪ Gayle Ormsby Hargis ▪ Rae Harville ▪ Keith Hoffmaster ▪ Robbi Holman ▪ Kelli Ivy ▪ Charlotte Kolls ▪ Jim Long ▪ Mirna Lynch ▪ Tom McCallister ▪ David Meermans ▪ Libby Mitchell ▪ Bill Naifeh ▪ Betty Nieczyporowicz ▪ Melissa O'Neal ▪ Janette Oswald ▪ Dr. William Parr ▪ John Reas ▪ Jody Reed ▪ Laura Reyes ▪ Monica Salhuana ▪ Mark-Brian Sonna ▪ Buster Spiller ▪ Linda & Frank Stepan ▪ Linda Stevens ▪ Lauren Tunnell ▪ Lloyd Turney ▪ Beverly Wassberg ▪ Dale Wheeler ▪ Tracy Yost ▪ Melody Yuhn

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If we have failed to acknowledge you, please accept our sincere apology

and let us know so we can rectify the situation.

June 4-27, 2015

presents

Season sponsors:

by Michael McKeever directed by Carol M. Rice

Special Thanks

Suite Surrender would not have been possible without the generous contributions of the following:

Tom Cao - FLOWERAMA of Plano

C.A.T.S. - Arlington City of Plano

Shelby Gilliland Mitzi and Dave Hubbard

Darcy Koss Lighting Guy Enterprises

Bill Naifeh - Naifeh Photography National Endowment for the Arts

Pocket Sandwich Theatre Adam and Lori Steczko

Dave Tenney Texas Commission on the Arts

Texas Nonprofit Theatres Ted Wesley

Our wonderful donors, season sponsors, and purchasers of

program ads. Please visit those businesses whose ads you see here and let them know you appreciate their support of the arts!

YOU, for being in our audience - with an extra special thanks

to our season ticket holders!

Please turn off all cellular phones, pagers, wristwatch alarms, tablets,

and other noise and light making devices.

There will be no smoking or vaping in the theatre.

Rover's Mission

Searching for treasures, new and rediscovered, for theatre "off the beaten path."

Rover Dramawerks produces lost or forgotten works of well-known authors,

revives excellent scripts that have suffered from lack of exposure, and discovers unknown gems of the stage.

Get Involved!

Welcome to Rover and the fifth mainstage show of our 15th Anniversary Season! We are pleased to present seven exciting mainstage shows and two One Day Only 10-minute play festivals again this season, as well as classes and camps for children and adults. We also offer unique Adventure Nights programming most Fridays and Saturdays between our mainstage shows. There’s still time to join our ever growing ranks of season ticket holders by picking up a 3-show Season Sampler or Punch Card. Then you’ll be ready to renew when we announce our 16th Season during Come Blow Your Horn later this summer. Join us as we grow, won’t you? Volunteers make all of this possible. We are a business. We are an art. We are a community. If you have ever been a part of any of these things, you have the skills we’re looking for! We’re looking for people to join our dynamic Board of Directors, help us write grants, network on Rover’s behalf with local businesses, build sets, join our new guild - if you’ve got a talent, we can probably make use of it! Just give your contact information to the box office or a roving board member and we’ll take it from there. You can also send an email to Rover’s Artistic Director Carol M. Rice at carol@roverdramawerks.com for more information or with kudos, questions, or concerns about anything Rover related, too! If you don’t have a lot of extra time, you can still help out. Use GoodSearch.com when surfing the web (instead of Google), and Rover gets a penny per search. Use GoodShop when you shop online, and we get a percentage of your purchase! There’s even a nifty toolbar you can download that will tell you when you’re visiting a shopping site that will benefit Rover! With COUPONS! You can also link your Tom Thumb Reward Card to Rover. Just fill out an application at the store including our account number, 10965, and we’ll get a percentage every time you buy groceries! Every little bit ads up! Another easy way to support Rover is to visit the businesses whose ads appear in our program, and let them know you’re there because you saw them here! You can even buy an ad for YOUR business! Rates start at just $50 for a quarter page, and we have season ads available, too. Be a show sponsor! You can sponsor the whole run, be a co-sponsor, or even just sponsor an opening night, closing night, or any special night during the run of any show in our season! And of course you can donate to Rover, and we don’t just need money (although that’s the BEST way to help) - you can also donate goods and services! More than anything though, we love it when you’re here in our audience. We need and appreciate your support and hope to see you again SOON. Be sure to make your tax-deductible donations and buy your season tickets!

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The Cast Otis..............................................................................................Louis D. Hall Francis.......................................................................................Henry Okigbo Bernard S. Dunlap...........................................................Kenneth Fulenwider Mrs. Everett P. Osgood.................................................Kelly Moore Clarkson Dora del Rio...............................................................................Veronica Day Claudia McFadden.........................................................Heather Walker Shin Mr. Pippett..........................................................................DeWayne Blundell Athena Sinclair........................................................Melissa Hartman Couture Murphy.......................................................................................Latreshia Lilly

The Production Staff Director.…..................................................................................Carol M. Rice Stage Manager......................................................................Phineas Bennett Fight Choreographer...............................................................Rhonda Durant Set Designer……………………....……...............................................Bill Parr Lighting Designer.…..……….....…………...............................Maxim Overton Costume Designer...……….……..........................................Samantha Grace Makeup/Hair/Wigs Designer.....................................................Shanna Gobin Sound Designer.............................................................................Jason Rice Properties Designer.….....................….............................Lindsey Humphries Light and Sound Board Operator................................................Kenneth Hall Program.................……………………………………..................Carol M. Rice Box Office…………………………………..................................Kim Wickware Show Logo Design..................................................................Mike Hathaway

About Tonight’s Play

It's 1942, and two of Hollywood's biggest divas have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel with assistants, luggage…and

legendary feud in tow. Even with members of the Navy diving out of the fourth floor windows into the swimming pool and running maneuvers in the

lobby, everything seems to be in order for their wartime benefit performance. That is, until they are somehow assigned to the same suite.

Mistaken identities, overblown egos, double entendres, and a lap dog named Mr. Boodles round out this riotous love note to the classic farces of

the 30s and 40s.

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Suite Surrender is produced by special permission with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)

Who's Who Phineas Bennett (Stage Manager) is elated to return to Rover Dramawerks. Previous Rover credits have included Summers in The Girls in 509 and stage managing Something’s Afoot. He has stage managed, assistant directed, and designed costumes for Pocket Sandwich Theatre and stage managed and directed for MBS Productions. A stickler for shows running on time, he has the word “places” tattooed on his arm. Phineas would like to thank his loving partner for all he does for his “munkey.” DeWayne Blundell (Mr. Pippett) was most recently on stage with Nouveau 47 in A Very Nouveau Holiday, and has performed in numerous productions with the Pocket Sandwich Theatre including Jack the Ripper, Fangs for the Memories, Oh Bother Werewolf Art Thou, and Curse of the Mummy. He’s also appeared in Mary Stuart at Garland Civic Theatre and Rover Dramawerks’ late-night production of The Killing Joke. After a couple of turns in their One-Day-Only theatre festivals, DeWayne is thrilled to be back with Rover portraying the fabulous Mr. Pippet in this hilarious production, and grateful to be involved with such an amazing cast and crew. Kelly Moore Clarkson (Mrs. Everette P. Osgood) is excited to return to Rover Dramawerks in Suite Surrender as Mrs. Osgood. Audiences may remember her in past Rover productions like, It Runs in the Family, More Fun Than Bowling, The Crowd You're in With, and Premiere! In addition to her work with Rover, Kelly has appeared in many theaters in Dallas area including The Pocket Sandwich Theatre, Uptown, and FCT. Her most recent roles were Julia in Lend Me a Tenor at Mesquite Community Theatre, Betty in The Great American Trailer Park Musical at Runway Theatre and Officer Randy Osteen in Superior Donuts at Lewisville Community Theatre. Kelly wishes to express her love and gratitude to her husband Russell and their children for their unending support.

First Friday INSIDERS

What’s better than being a VIP? Being a Rover Dramawerks INSIDER.

Sure VIPs receive special treatment, but INSIDERS not only receive

special treatment but are also treated to the additional perks that only INSIDERS get.

What perks, you may ask?

Following the show on the First Friday of each new production,

INSIDERS are treated to a private soirée with food, drink, and the chance to hobnob with playwrights, actors, directors, and designers.

If you already have tickets for another performance but wish to attend

the First Friday and become an INSIDER, call or send us an email.

We will gladly move your existing tickets to the First Friday.

Tickets for the INSIDER meet and greet with food and beverage following the production are only $10.00

and may be purchased online or at the box office.

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Melissa Hartman Couture (Athena Sinclair) is a native of Dallas Texas and has a BFA from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters from TWU. She spent 12 years in NYC pursuing Musical Theater where she was seen in the Off Broadway hit Schoolhouse Rock Live! as well as The It Girl. She toured with The Swiss Family Robinson, sang and danced on The M.S. Maasdam cruise ship and was a magician’s assistant in a Harry Potter musical in Seoul, South Korea! Favorite roles include Gingie in Shrek, Lexie Richards in The Dixie Swim Club, Belinda in Noises Off, Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice, and Edith Potter in The Women. Melissa lives in McKinney with her wonderful husband Mike and her stepsons, Sam and Reed. Veronica Day (Dora del Rio) was last seen in Rover’s production of Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? She is grateful for the opportunity to play such fun, physical comedic roles. When she’s not busy wearing Jersey-shore wigs, getting hit in the face with doors or playing the lovable ditz, she spends her time saving the world by working for a nonprofit. She would like to thank her wonderful husband Travis for his support. She would also like to thank Rover Dramawerks for being home away from home. Rhonda Durant (Fight Choreographer) is very happy to be working at Rover for the first time. Previous choreography jobs include Hearts Like Fists with Outcry Theatre, Silver Screen Slayer with Camp Death Productions, and Herbitts, Wizards, and Borks, Oh My! with The Pocket Sandwich Theatre. Kenneth Fulenwider (Bernard S. Dunlap) is thrilled to be returning to the Rover stage where he has been seen in the original production of Morphic Resonance and The Crowd You're in With. Much of his more recent work has been seen at the Pocket Sandwich Theatre. Some of his favorite roles include Mister Saunders in Lend Me a Tenor, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, and Chandel/Poche in A Flea in Her Ear. He wants to thank his friends and family for all the love and support. Also, a very special thanks goes out to Gideon's Feet and all they do for Dallas area actors in crisis. Shanna Gobin (Hair/Makeup/Wigs Designer) is excited to be back working with Rover Dramawerks. She is a Dallas transplant from Amarillo with her degree in Performance from the University of Texas El Paso. Her recent hair and makeup designs include The Silver Screen Slayer for Camp Death Productions, Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? for Rover Dramawerks, and Love, Loss, and What I Wore for the Mesquite Arts Council.

Samantha Grace (Costume Designer) is a costume designer from Arlington Texas. She graduated in 2012 with her Masters degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce. Some of her past costuming credits include: The Little Mermaid Jr. - Theatre Arlington, Strega Nona – C.A.T.S., Light Up the Sky - Mesquite Civic Theater, and Godspell - TAMUC. She would like to thank all of her family and friends for the continued support.. Louis D. Hall (Otis) feels that every part of the Arts comes from his spirit. To date, he has participated in approximately 15 stage productions either as a cast member, stage technician, or director/producer. In addition he has written several original pieces and teaches Arts and Culture to “at-risk” youth in the summer and spring break months. In 2005, Louis auditioned for The Apprentice and was one of 50 contestants that made it to the final interviews before the casting selection. He is a Communications Specialist and veteran of the United States Air Force. Kenneth Hall (Light and Sound Board Operator) is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, with a degree in Theatrical Production. At SFA, he did everything from set and sound design to shop work and running shows. Since graduation he has run two shows at Dallas Children's Theatre: Miracle on 34th Street and the world premiere of Skippyjon Jones. This is his second time helping out at Rover, the first in this new space, and he's grateful for the opportunity to help out again. Lindsey Humphries (Props Designer) most recently directed 18 Holes for Rover and is pleased to be designing again. Recently, she designed props for Other People’s Money and Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?, and costumes for These Two Couples Went To Italy and It Runs In The Family here at Rover. She also designed props for Silver Screen Slayer (Pocket Sandwich Theater) and Supermodel Super Spies (Camp Death Productions), and costumes for The Marvelous Wonderettes (ONSTAGE In Bedford) and Always a Bridesmaid (Pocket Sandwich Theatre). Latreshia Lilly (Murphy) is so grateful to perform in this show with this talented bunch! This is her first full production here at Rover Dramawerks; previously you may have seen her here in One Day Only and the 365 Woman's Play Festival. She is from a very small town of Folsom, LA, where she first found her love for the theatre. Her favorite roles she has played are the Witch in Into the Woods, BJ/Ensemble in Smokey Joe’s Cafe', and Long Jane Silver in Treasure Island, while on tour with Missoula Children's Theatre. She hopes you enjoy this show as much as she has enjoyed working on it! Michael McKeever (Playwright) entertains theater audiences throughout America, Europe and Russia. His plays include 37 Postcards, Suite Surrender, Charlie Cox Runs with Scissors, Stuff and Melt, and have been produced at Florida Stage (Manalapan), Marin Theatre Company (Marin County), Hudson Stage Company (New York), Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis) and Caldwell Theatre Company (Boca Raton) among many others. His comedies have played in some of the most prestigious theaters in Europe, including Komödie Dresden (Dresden), Och-Teatr (Warsaw) and Theater in der Josefstadt, Kammerspiele (Vienna). He has been honored with an NEA Residency Grant (New Theatre, Miami) and has been a 3-time finalist for Humana Fest's

Rover Dramawerks has been honored over the past few weeks to host an intern through Texas Nonprofit Theatres. Welcome Shelby Kay Gilliland!

And we’ve been keeping her busy! So far, she's helped build our set for Suite Surrender, attended Rotary meetings and Plano Chamber of Commerce Business Interchanges with board members, helped plan our June 20 season announcement party, Photoshopped publicity photos, and read more than a half dozen plays under consideration for next season! Also while

she’s here, she’ll teach at our drama camps and run lights and sound for a camp showcase, attend fundraising webinars and assist in grant writing, help clean out our prop room, work in the box office, attend production meetings and rehearsals for Suite Surrender and Come Blow Your Horn, and put up posters in store windows all over town. We’re also making sure she gets a sampling of what the other theatres in the area have to offer by taking her to shows at the Pocket Sandwich Theatre, Runway Theatre, ONSTAGE in Bedford, and MBS Productions, to name a few.

Shelby Kay Gilliland is a senior Theatre Major at Stephen F. Austin State University. Later this summer, she will also be spending five weeks at Circle Arts Theatre in New Braunfels as their intern through TNT. Shelby was most recently seen in God of Carnage and has also played Lizzie Borden in Blood Relations. In 2016-17 she will be studying at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in London.

Shelby is with us through June 27, and we’ll miss her when she’s gone. We think she has a very bright future in theatre.

Texas Nonprofit Theatres is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the theatres of Texas and the communities they serve. TNT, with the support of the Texas Commission on the Arts, sponsors internships to address the needs of theatres for qualified assistance, and the need of students for information about theatre careers and for job opportunities in the field.

The goal of the program is to expose students to the theatre profession by providing firsthand experience working with and in theatres; giving an overview of current issues in the profession; and facilitating job opportunities through contacts made in the Texas theatre community.

Please visit www.texastheatres.org for more information about TNT.

Meet the Intern!

Summer’s on the Way

Rover has got another awesome session of CAMPS lined up!

This summer, there are several camps right here at Rover Dramawerks - sign up NOW at www.roverdramawerks.com or at the box office for

Break a Leg! (our most popular camp), Break Your Other Leg! (continuation of the skills learned in Break a Leg!)

and Musical Theatre! as well as our OFFLINE: an Improv Comedy Workshops

on four Saturdays throughout the summer!

Plano Leisure camps will be at the Cox Building. Sign up at parks.planotx.org.

NEW half day camps include SFX Makeup & Creature Features, Stage Combat, and Musical Theatre Dance Workshop.

Our Advanced Acting and Young Writers camps are being completely revamped for this summer, so be sure to check those out as well.

Also at the Cox Building we’ll have old favorites:

Break a Leg!, Break Your Other Leg!, Musical Theatre, Improv to Acting, and Improv, Characters and Performance.

Make plans NOW to sign your children up for their favorite camps!

We’ve also just announced

BRAND NEW ADULT CLASSES at Rover Dramawerks for 18 and up!

Acting for Adults - Two sessions!

Mondays and Wednesday at 5:30, June 15 - July 1 Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30, July 20 - August 5

Sign up today!

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nationally renowned Heideman Award. He is the recipient of five Carbonell Awards; two Silver Palm Awards; and three Florida Individual Artist Fellowships. He is also an award-winning actor and designer. He is a founding member of the award-winning theatre Zoetic Stage in Miami. He resides in South Florida and is a member of the Dramatists Guild and Actors' Equity. Henry Okigbo (Francis) is excited to be performing with Rover Dramawerks for the first time. A recent graduate from Texas A&M University - Commerce, Henry has performed in many TAMU - Commerce productions, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kiss Me, Kate, Hollywood Arms by Carol Burnett, and Iphigenia by Don Nigro. He was recently seen in Theatre Britain's And Then There Were None as Doctor Armstrong. He also performed for MBS Productions' Dante: Purgatorio as Dante. His favorite credit is William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, because his portrayals as both Oberon and Theseus challenged him as an actor. It made him believe that acting is his calling and to strive for greatness. He would like to thank God, for his guidance and protection. Also he would like to thank the director Carol for casting him. Finally, he would like to thank his family and friends for their support and motivation. The saga continues.... Maxim Overton (Lighting Designer) learned the mystic arts of Tech-Wan-Do from James "Pop" Smethers, W. T. White High School's theater teacher. Max has picked up new tricks since then, but the majority of what he knows, he knows because of him. Thanks Pop.

Bill Parr (Set Designer) is honored to have been asked to work with Rover once again. Bill has periodically participated in Rover Productions since before Rover was Rover. He wants to thank Ted, Kenneth, Adam, Shelby, Trish, Darcy, and the cast and crew for making his concept of Mizneresque rooms come to fruition. Carol M. Rice (Director) is the Artistic Director of Rover Dramawerks, as well as one of the co-founders. For Rover, a few of the plays she has directed include The Cupcake Conspiracy, Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? Written in Time, The Crowd You’re in With, Morphic Resonance (both in 2003 and 2010), Epic Proportions, and Shakespeare in Hollywood. She also recently directed Silver Screen Slayer at Camp Death Productions and Pocket Sandwich Theatre and appeared as Emily Brent in Theatre Britain’s And Then There Were None. Also a playwright, she is proud to say that Rover has produced her world premieres of Around the World in 80 Days in 2008 and Murder at the Orient Burlesque in 2011. She has plays published through Next Stage Press (nextstagepress.com) and Brooklyn Publishers (brookpub.com) and has short plays being produced this summer in Florida and New York. Despite her absolute love of theatre, her favorite roles are Wife to best friend Jason and Mom to Stephen and Scott. Jason Rice (Sound Designer) has been on the Rover board since it was founded and is the current Board President. He has designed sound for such shows as Other People’s Money, Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, Written in Time, Adventures in Mating, Mary’s Wedding, The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged), and Night Must Fall. He has received awards for acting and sound design, and he has written several custom murder mysteries and one-act plays. Jason has composed music for both live theatre and video, receiving the Aegis Award for his original composition for Matt Kaufman’s film short Willoughby. Some of the plays he has directed for Rover include WRENS, More Fun Than Bowling, Premiere!, Around the World in 80 Days, The Runner Stumbles, and War of the Worlds. As much fun as theater is, Jason’s favorite role is Daddy to Stephen and Scott. “What’s my motivation for ‘Because I said so!’?” Heather Walker Shin (Claudia McFadden) is enjoying being back on the Rover stage, having last been seen as Rosemary Mortimer in the smash hit It Runs in the Family. Previous credits include Ginger Grant in Gilligan's Island: the Musical, Mary Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life, and Queen Aggravain in Once Upon a Mattress. Heather would like to thank her husband James and her kids Grady and Wyatt for their love and support! Saranghae!

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