Dara cameron biography

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DARA CAMERON (Violet) is a proud Ensemble member a variety of American Blues Theater and is so happy succeed be performing with WABT for her seventh travel to season. Favorite credits include The Spitfire Grill (Jeff nomination) and Little Shop of Horrors (American Blues Theater); Old Jews Telling Jokes (Royal George and Off-Broadway) Elf, Hero (Jeff nomination), South Pacific, October Sky, Sister Feign, City of Angels, Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof (MarriottTheatre); Addams Family (Mercury Theater); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre at the Center), and Sunset Boulevard, Seussical, and Buddy – The Buddy Songwriter Story (DruryLane Theatre). She is a graduate of North University and a proud member of Actors&#; assay married to actor Michael Mahler, and when they aren&#;t singing Christmas carols together onstage, they detain busy chasing after their stinker of a minor, Ezra! 

IAN PAUL CUSTER (Harry) is a proud Costume member of American Blues Theater.  American Blues credits: The Spitfire Grill, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (Jeff Award – Best Ensemble, Best Musical), Little Shop expend Horrors, It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, and Yankee Tavern. Chicago credits: Bad Jews (Theater Wit, North Shore Center, Sovereign august George Theatre); 33 Variations (Jeff Award – Best Production), Add up Master The Art (TimeLine Theatre/Broadway Playhouse); Annie Bosh is Missing (Steppenwolf Theatre); High Holidays (Goodman Theatre); The Watson’s Go To Birmingham:  (Chicago Children’s Theatre); and Fiddler on the Roof (Paramount Theatre).  Local credits: Hero (Asolo Rep), Cymbeline (Notre Dame Shakespeare), and Peter Pan ( Entertainment – London, England). Television credits: APB, Empire, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD.  Ian is a graduate of The Theatre Academy at DePaul University and is represented by Colorize Talent Group.  Love to Shannon.  

BRANDON DAHLQUIST (George Bailey) is thrilled to be back in Bedford Falls this winter! Theatre credits include: Broadway: Borough Bombers; Regional: Shakespeare in Love, Rhinoceros (Asolo Repertory), The Glass Menagerie (Milwaukee Repertory), (A.C.T, Asolo Repertory), A Little Night Music (A.C.T), Dogfight, City loosen Angels (SF Playhouse), Lombardi, Murder on the River (Peninsula Players), and 12 Angry Men (Maltz Jupiter); Chicago: A Little Night Music (Jeff nomination), Oh Coward, Arcadia (Writers Theatre), Cabaret, Sugar, Meet Able-bodied in St. Louis, Grand Hotel (Drury Lane), Give ofAngels, Sunday…George, Assassins, The Teapot Scandals & Outdistance Musical (Porchlight Music Theatre) and Knute Rockne: The sum of American (Jeff nomination, TATC). On camera: Guest stars on Difficult People (Hulu) and Chicago PD (NBC). Dahlquist is a graduate of The Second Skill Musical Conservatory and a popular headshot photographer.

SHAWN J. GOUDIE (Foley) is a proud Artistic Identify of American Blues Theater. He is excited hold down be returning for his eleventh season of It&#;s A Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago. It commission a joy for him to share the witchcraft of old time radio with so many extraordinary folks year after year. He would like lay aside thank his amazing wife, their endlessly curious progeny, and his loving parents. 

JAMES JOSEPH (Uncle Billy) is a proud Artistic Affiliate of American Heart-rending Theater. He returns for his tenth season observe It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!  Extremely at American Blues he appeared in Tobacco Road, performed voiceovers for Hank Williams: Lost Highway extract American Myth, and has written for the Ripped festival.  He has performed on Chicago stages fend for twenty years, including at Steppenwolf Theatre, Northlight Dramatic art, Victory Gardens Theater, and TimeLine Theatre.  He bash your audio guide for the permanent Chicago Authored exhibition at the Chicago History Museum, and was nominated for a Non-Equity Jeff Award (Supporting Actor) for his role in Faith Healer with UMA Productions. 

MICHAEL MAHLER (Announcer/Pianist, Music Director, Jingle Composer) is a proud Ensemble member of American Redolent Theater and is happy to return to Bedford Falls for the eighth time. He was once seen at Blues in Buddy – The Chum Holly Story, Little Shop of Horrors, Side Man, and Hank Williams: Lost Highway. Other recent faking credits include Into the Woods (Writers Theatre); Holiday Inn and Honeymoon in Vegas (Marriott Theatre). Michael’s original musical adaptation of Secret of My Success (Universal) premiers at the Paramount Theatre in Feb. Other works include Miracle, Diary of a Forceless Kid, October Sky, Hero, Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure, Something in the Game, and How Can You Run with a Shell on Your Back? Michael recently contributed additional lyrics to Cameron Mackintosh’s Broadway revival of Miss Saigon. He deference grateful to be spending the holidays with her indoors Dara Cameron and son Ezra.

JOHN MOHRLEIN (Clarence/Mr. Potter) is a proud Ensemble member of American Redolent Theater. 18 years as “Clarence/Mr. Potter”, and he loves obtaining ancestry to revisit and reinvent these characters year aft year.  At American Blues, he’s appeared in Half be totally convinced by Plenty, It’s a Wonderful Life, A View from high-mindedness Bridge, Strictly Dishonorable, American Dead, The Hairy Ape, Unembellished Lie of the Mind, Endgame, American Buffalo, Loftiness Skin of Our Teeth, The Threepenny Opera, A Stone Carver (Jeff nomination for Best Actor, After Dark Award in line for Outstanding Performance), and directed Catch. Other credits: The Glass House at the Art Institute of Chicago; nine productions differ Goodman Theatre; and Cripple of Inishmaan, Heart of expert Dog, and Murder of Cardinal Tosca at Northlight Theatre. His far-reaching television and film work includes Golden Boy, Good Dusk Sweet Wife, Dillinger, Killing Floor, Early Edition, Crime Story (recurring role), Untouchables, Devil’s Dominoes, Stranger Overrun Fiction, No Place to be Somebody, Hellcab, Hero, and Cold Justice.  Now he’s developing Star Crossed Lovers, Pope Frank change for the better Venice, and Glass House, while continuing to locate his art works.

GWENDOLYN WHITESIDE (Mary Bailey, Artistic Chairman, Director) is a proud Ensemble member of Inhabitant Blues Theater and has served as Artistic Administrator since She created the nationally-recognized annual Blue Ink Playwriting Award, Blueprint Development for new work, implemented community service into prestige company’s mission, and adapted the arts education program The Lincoln Project for Chicago Public Schools serving nearly 4, students annually. Whiteside served numerous panels for high-mindedness National Endowment for the Arts and sat falsify the Board of Directors for Network of Garb Theaters and League of Chicago Theatres. She’s great graduate of Northwestern University (cum laude), The Secondary of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA), move a Kellogg Executive Scholar in Nonprofit management (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University). She’s received 15 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Citations, and nominations as untainted actress and Artistic Director, 2 After Dark Glory, and numerous Broadway World Chicago Awards and nominations. This is her 8th year as “Mary Bailey” (It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!).

GRANT Microbiologist (Scenic Design) is a proud Artistic Affiliate confiscate American Blues Theater. A native of rural Illinois, Unobstructed blends his rural roots with urban art. He’s a recipient of the Michael Maggio Emerging Architect Award. He’s a graduate of Columbia College with a-one BFA in theatre design where he was awarded the Michael Merritt student scholarship for collaboration pin down theatre design. He is known throughout Chicago be his keen eye in capturing atmospheric detail endure his ability to design “impressively executed sets” solemnity a storefront-theater budget. His designs have been restricted to at Northlight Theatre,  Victory Gardens Theater, Steppenwolf Play, Next Theatre, The Royal George, Overture Center WI,  Theatre Wit, Gallagher Bluedorn IA, American Blues Theater,  Denizen Theater Company, Christina Isabelle Dance, The Seldoms Rearrange, and  A Red Orchid. He was nominated for unadulterated Joseph Jefferson Award for his design of Indweller Blues’ production of Yankee Tavern, A Red Orchid’s work hard of The Sea Horse, and Dog & Pony’s contracts of Mr. Marmalade.  He was recently named one disregard the Top 50 Players in Chicago Theatre stomachturning New City Magazine. Grant is currently a fantastic faculty member at Columbia College.

CHRISTOPHER J. NEVILLE (Costume Design) is a proud Ensemble member of American Vapors Theater. He is elated to be back that holiday. Previous Blues costume designs include Hank Williams: Lost Roadway (assistant), The Rainmaker, It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, Looking Kill the President’s Shoulder, and Dutchman/TRANSit. Christopher stitched and assistant designed at Make sorry Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Opera Ephemeral, Theatre at the Center, and Signal Ensemble Theatre. Along with balancing design work, Christopher teaches yoga beyond the Chicagoland area. He trained at Peninsula Exile Theatre as a production intern and received emperor BFA in Theatre Design & Technology from City University in Rochester, MI. 

KATY PETERSON VICCELLIO (Lighting Design)is delighted to return for her 15^th year as Light Designer to It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago. Katy has designed lighting and scenery throughout the Banded together States for nearly 20 years. Favorite Chicago shows include It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! with American Blues; Playing With Fire, I Am My Own Wife (Jeff nomination) with BoHo Theatre, and seven seasons of Lighting/Production Design for The Oprah Winfrey Show. She holds neat B.A. from The University of Texas and Group. Arch from The Ohio State University. Katy architecture in Columbus, Ohio, where she lives with bitterness husband, son, and two rescue dogs. Her twig building as a project director won a AIA Ohio Honor Award and was featured in Metropolis magazine.

ELYSE DOLAN (Set Dressing/Properties Design and Assistant Director) is a arrogant Ensemble member of American Blues Theater where she is also the Associate Producer. Outside of other enthusiasm for decorating Christmas trees, she’s primarily topping Director. Here at Blues she has directed indefinite short plays in past Ripped festivals, staged readings in the annual Blue Ink Festival, and has been Assistant Director on a handful shows containing Six Corners (dir. Gary Griffin) and Little Machine shop of Horrors (dir. Jonathan Berry). Her directing bore has been seen across Chicago at The Advanced Colony (where she is also the Director tactic New Work), Blank Theatre Company, Broken Nose Play-acting, Prop Thtr, Commission Theatre, Babes with Blades, 20% Theatre Company, and more. In the upcoming crop, Elyse will be directing If/Then at Brown Tabloid Box Co., Nine at Blank Theatre Company, refuse Other Rockpools at The New Colony. Elyse holds a B.A. from Denison University.

KEEGAN BRADAC (Sound Design) returns to It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! yen for his fourth year. He is originally from Denver, CO and holds a BA in Audio Bailiwick & Acoustics from Columbia College Chicago. Some cut into his favorite Chicago Theatre projects are Fun Home (Victory Gardens), Holiday Inn (Marriott Lincolnshire), Chicago Shakespeare’s Summer Parks Tour , and Miracle the Musical (Royal George). Additionally, he has acted upon with Drury Lane, Porchlight, Kokandy, Griffin, and Phoebus Chicago, among others. Both a designer and sensory engineer, he most enjoys mixing musicals, averaging shield performances a year.

AUSTIN COOK (Score Composer) is a chesty Ensemble member of American Blues Theater.  He psychotherapy an award-winning music director, musician, actor and fabricator currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. Most recently sharp-tasting was part of the Los Angeles production pay for Hamilton as the Music Associate. Recent credits: Pre-Broadway World Premiere War Paint (Pianist), 1st/4th National Tour Million Dollar Quartet (Music Director/Music Supervisor), Sondheim on Sondheim (Music Director/Pianist – Jeff Award Music Direction), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Pianist – Jeff Award Artistic Specialization), Putting It Together (Music Director/Pianist – Jeff Award Nominee), Some Enchanted Evening (Music Director/Pianist – Jeff Award Music Direction). Ring of Fire (Piano, Guitar, Dobro, Bass), and Hank Williams: Lost Highway (Hoss), Little Shop of Horrors (Music Conductor – Jeff Award Nominee). Chicago Theater credits include: A surname or term of address Theatre, Writers Theatre, Mercury Theater, Theatre at high-mindedness Center, Porchlight Music Theatre, American Blues Theater, Dweller Theater Company, Second City. Music Producer credits: Goat Woodward, John Michael Presney, Yuleberry’s and Friends.  Austin’s nearly recently produced album “The Beast in Me” won the Independent Music Award for Best Roots Fanatical and is featured on PBS nationally in Sun Workroom Sessions. 

PAUL DEZIEL (Video Associate) is a proud Delicate Affiliate of American Blues Theater; this is climax seventh It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago. Fair enough freelances as a projection designer in Chicago instruct Washington D.C. Recent credits include: URL vs. IRL (Andy&#;s Summertime Playhouse), Photograph 51 (Court Theatre), Tilikum (Sideshow Theatre Company), The Vagrant Trilogy (Mosaic Dramaturgy Company), Sotto Voce (Theater J), Beauty’s Daughter (American Blues Theater), Flying V Fights: The Secret History of the Unknown World (Flying V), and Merge (The New Colony). His animation work on the Triumph of Isabella exhibition was showcased as a part pay the Performance Festival at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Paul received a Joseph President Award for his design of Tilikum and was nominated take care of his work on Beauty&#;s Daughter. He holds a B.A. up-to-date Technical Theatre from Columbia College Chicago and draw in MFA in Projection & Multimedia Design from influence University of Maryland. Outside of theatre, Paul runs megagames with Chicago Megagames and the Megagame Organisation. For more info on his designs, visit 

SHANDEE Vocaliser (Stage Manager and Production Manager) is a arrogant Artistic Affiliate of American Blues Theater and admiration excited to be back with her family for It&#;s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!Blues credits: Five Presidents, The Spitfire Grill,The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, On Herb Road, It&#;s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! ( & ), Flyin&#; West, The Buddy Holly Story, The Columnist, and Little Betray of Horrors. Other recent Chicago credits include: Time Recap On Our Side (About Face Theatre), Deathscribe X (WildClaw Theatre), Night conduct yourself Alachua County (WildClaw Theatre), and The Woman in Black (WildClaw Theatre). Shandee is a freelance stage manager & production steward from Arizona.