ArtCentre Theatre

Colter O’Ryan Smith

This is Colter’s first show with ArtCentre Theatre. Previously he could be seen at Kitchen Dog Theatre in “The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek”, or on stage or in the director’s chair at Southern Methodist University. Colter is a 2009 graduate of SMU’s Theatre Studies program. His near future includes a move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career on camera. He would like to thank his mother for pushing him to keep working, Jamie Link and Caitlin Johnston for adventures, cake, and a couch to sleep on, and laughter to keep him sane.

Krishna Smitha

This is Krishna’s first show with ArtCentre Theatre.  She graduated from the New Actors Workshop in New York and moved back recently.  She has worked in various theatres around the DFW area and is a founding member of the new theatre group, Level Ground Arts. Thanks to Jamey and Lon for giving her this great opportunity and Angela for being here all the time.  She also sends special thanks to her amazing family and friends for all their unconditional love and support.  Hi Gavin!  

Jacques Buckingham

This is Jacques’s first show with ArtCentre Theatre and, also, his first professional turn on stage. He has trained with some of the top coaches in Los Angeles and has worked primarily in Film and TV and is represented by The Linicomn Agency. He is looking forward to jumping back into Texas’ rich artistic community and contributing, somewhat, to its current “Artistic Renaissance”.  Thanks, first and foremost, to God for the passion and opportunity to be a vessel in many “story-telling” endeavors; His wife, his children whose support and steadfast belief and never allow his efforts to go unnoticed. To Lon, whose writing is deeply inspiring and gives so much substance for the actor to dive into. Thanks Jamey and the world’s best stage manager, Angela, for planting and watering my theatrical “seed”!! Now it’s time for the garden to grow!

Chris Tucker

CHRIS TUCKER (Father Mack) has enjoyed numerous roles in plays such as Arsenic and Old Lace (Jonathan Brewster), Scrooge (Mr. Fezziwig) and The Music Man (Mayor Shinn).  A native Dallasite, he earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English from the University of North Texas.  In real life he is a writer, a commentator for KERA 90.1 FM, National Public Radio, and  a regular contributor to  The Dallas Morning News.  

Nancy Lamb (Doctor Carlyle) has appeared in productions at Dallas Children’s Theater, Deep Ellum’s Hub Theatre, Plano’s Cox and Courtyard Theatres with Rover Dramawerks, Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre, and Stage West and Casa Mañana in Ft. Worth.  Her most recent roles were with Lyric Stage (Showboat), Garland Summer Musicals (Sound of Music and Mame) and Richardson Theatre Centre (a Christie mystery and a Zindel comic-drama).  She has performed in the MBS Theatre of Death, and with the school touring companies of Theatre Britain, Word of Mouth Productions, and Story Time Theatre. 

Clint Lander

After taking several years off of acting, Clint is now back to acting full time as a career. He started his acting debut in films such as "Any Given Sunday" and "The Rookie". This is his first attempt at stage theater since high school. The Observer wrote that his latest role as Rocky, in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", was paralleled to the unique and ever entertaining acting styles of" Jack Black". He is currently building up his resume to switch to film in the near future.

Kaitlyn Sicula

Kaitlyn is a junior (16) at McKinney High School, and is part of their award winning broadcasting crew, their student teacher program Ready, Set, Teach!, and their varsity theater program. She is currently a part of three productions, assistant stage manager in my school production of 'The Pajama Game', Miss Scarlet in CLUE here at the Art Centre Theater,  plays the role of Jennifer in this production of 'Evening Star Rising'. At school, she is also in the process of picking their competitive one-act play piece. Along with those performances, she has also participated in shows with other local theatre companies. She has a part time job as a tennis-shop clerk, and is working to get at least 100 hours of community service in before this school year is over.