With only a few days left until opening, it's time to meet another one of our cast members, Claire Buckingham!

TSR:  What’s your role in our production of WAPAJ?
CB:    I am playing Trudy.  She's a passionate, driven social worker.

TSR:    Tell us the story of how you first got involved in the theatre.
CB:  The small, Montessori elementary I went to didn't have a theatre program.  Some other first graders and myself started scripting and staging myths from the classroom copy of D'Aulaires'  Book of Greek Myths.  We would perform them after school for our parents.  My first role was as Pestilence in the Pandora story, because I already owned a bat costume.  I've been type cast ever since.

TSR:    What’s your funniest memory from High School?
I got my first detention because Erykah Badu wouldn't let me get my homework out of my locker.  It wasn't funny at the time.

TSR:   What would you be a Patron Saint of? 
The obvious answer is Gingers.  I don't know.  Patron Saint of Crafting and White Wine?

TSR:    Why should we see this play? 
This is such an awesome piece of lady-driven theatre.  It straddles groundedness and hilarity in a way that isn't commonly available to female characters.

With only one week until opening, we'd love for you to meet another one of our ladies, Regina Strayhorn! 
TSR: What’s your role in our production of WAPAJ?
RS: I'm playing Florence, our floundering nun.

TSR:  Tell us the story of how you first got involved in the theatre.
RS:  My parents noticed that i kept on memorizing movies and performing then alone on the fireplace
mantel, so they signed me up for theater summer camp. I made up a line while we were creating our
original play, and everyone laughed and decided to keep it in. From then on I was like "Oh yeah, I've got ideas."

TSR:  What’s your funniest memory from High School?
RS:  In gym class where everyone was required to ballroom dance. That was ridiculous.

TSR: What would you be a Patron Saint of? 
​RS:  Listening.

TSR: Why should we see this play?
​RS:  WAPAJ is hilarious and heartwarming, and everyone involved is extremely talented. Plus, everyone
should experience Catholic school at least once.

With 15 days until Whatchamacallit opens, we'd like you to meet another one of our amazing ladies. Hi, Elizabeth Scopel!
TSR:    What’s your role in our production of WAPAJ?
ES:      Abigail, the prophetess// child-wonder
TSR:    Tell us the story of how you first got involved in the theatre.
ES:      I wanted so badly to be in a production of Annie when I was in second grade, but I was too young. Instead I had to be in the Christmas Pageant as "Sock-Hop Mrs. Claus." It was a silent role.  I cannot sing, but I thought I could if only I could have the opportunity to shine, so after my military dad made us move in fifth grade, I brashly auditioned for Oliver (the kids' version) and got the title part because I was missing teeth (and it was the only part that did not involve singing).
TSR:    What’s your funniest memory from High School?
ES:      For my best friend's birthday, she decided we would prank call people we didn't like. Real mature, I know. We called mean jocks and her buds from California, and had an hour long conversation about the pancake people (people made out of pancakes). I was quite the nerd, so the concept of "hanging out" was fun, exciting, and new.  I think I peed my pants a little I was laughing so hard.
TSR:   What would you be a Patron Saint of? 
ES:      Either Lactose-Intolerance or Oatmeal
TSR:    Why should we see this play? 
ES:      Because all these ladies are badass, and you bet you should support them! 

Meet one of WHATCHAMACALLIT's protagonists, Vanessa, played by Miranda Poett!
We asked Miranda a few questions.  Here's what she had to say.

TSR:     What’s your role in our production of WAPAJ?
Miranda: I'm thrilled to be taking on the role of Vanessa. It's certainly going to be a wild ride!

TSR:  Tell us the story of how you first got involved in the theatre.
Miranda: I was always a very...boisterous child. So, when my Aunt realized that Cotillion wasn't going to be the right activity for me, (an odd tradition for a family of cattle-ranchers) she decided it would be a good idea to get me involved with the local musical theatre scene. Suddenly I found myself playing Laurie Williams in Oklahoma! I was blown away by the experience, particularly my first taste of the terror and excitement that is live theatre. During one of the more energetic dance numbers, I somehow managed to kick a castmate right in the head. From that moment on, I was hooked. 

TSR:  What’s your funniest memory from High School?
Miranda: I may not have gone to an all girls catholic school, but there was nothing traditional about my schooling. For lack of a better description, I attended a hippy boarding school in the woods. It's a hard place to wrap your mind around so instead of trying to describe it, I'll just ask for a little willing suspension of disbelief. One fateful night, towards the end of my junior year, two of my best friends and I decided to sneak out. Cruising, as we called it at school, was usually reserved for the more nefarious midnight deeds (much like burying condoms in a carrot patch). Our motives however, were just a tad less sophisticated. Our plan was to hike a mile and a half away from campus, to a local reservoir on the property, for a late night skinny dip. The evening involved army crawling through a field, hopping fences, and dodging sleeping campers. But, what makes this my funniest memory from high-school is what we all decided to wear as we took this jaunt.On the off chance that we were to get caught, we thought it best that we should go down in style. We each donned a different colored pirate shirt (I went with black), and ceremoniously cut ourselves masks from an old bed sheet. Oh yeah, we were just that cool. 
Where'd the pirate shirts come from, you ask? 
Every Friday we would attend dinner dressed like pirates. 
Like I said, super cool. 

TSR:  What would you be a Patron Saint of? 
Miranda: Boss Ass B*tches 
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TSR:  Why should we see this play? 
Miranda: Who doesn't want to live in a world where anything is possible for an evening? We all need little miracles sometimes, and this play is full of 'em.