Heathers
the Musical

Autumn Bolton is a 22 year old actress from Lincoln County. Autumn has been acting for 11 years in various community theatre, college productions, and short films. Some of her favorites include, CATHY HYATT in The Last Five Years, ANNIE/ENSEMBLE in Chicago, MARGARET PATTON in Thunder Over Carolina, and NURSE FLYNN in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.  She'd like to thank her partner Ans for always being so supportive and pushing her to work towards her dreams. Autumn would also like to thank the production team for entrusting her to take on this iconic role.

Patrick Stepp is excited to return to the stage at the Little Theater of Gastonia with the cast of HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL. Patrick has been seen in Little Theater of Gastonia’s SOMETHING ROTTEN (Shakespeare) as well as other regional productions of HEAD OVER HEELS (Musidorus), TICK, TICK…BOOM! (Jon), and CHESS (Freddie Trumper). Patrick would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support and give a special thank you to the Little Theater of Gastonia, the cast, and the entire production team of HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL for the amazing experience.

Sid Willoughby (they/them) is honored to be a part of their first show with Little Theatre of Gastonia! They are a rising freshman at Manhattan School of Music, and have a stronger bond with their cat than any human being. You may have seen them around Charlotte recently in productions of PIPPIN, SUESSICAL, and GREASE. They also want to thank the entire production crew and casting team for this wonderful experience!

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Hannah Risser has been has been active in the Charlotte theater community since 2016. She studied Musical Theatre at Northwest School of the Arts and was an active performer and director at The University of St Andrews. Her past performances include The Legacy Theatre Company’s LONG TIME SINCE YESTERDAY (Alisa), Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte’s AMERICAN IDIOT (Leslie), and most recently in HEAD OVER HEELS with Queen City Concerts. Hannah can also be found behind the scenes, most recently stage managing Queen City Concerts' production of ANGELS IN AMERICA. HEATHERS is a dream production for her and she is so grateful to get the chance to perform this production with this amazing cast and crew.

Alyssa is so pumped to be back on the LTG stage and to be a part of such a rockstar cast!! Some of her favorite previous credits include MISS HONEY in Matilda the Musical (LTG), PORTIA in Something Rotten (LTG), KATHERINE in Newsies, and ROSEMARY in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. She would like to dedicate this performance to her beloved late grandfather (Zeide) who never missed seeing her in a show 🤍 (…although he would’ve found this one far too raunchy)

Daniel Turner is very excited to make his Little Theatre of Gastonia debut in Heathers! Daniel is 20 years old and is a student at Western Carolina University getting his BFA in Acting. He previously was a student at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Some of his favorite shows he’s been in are Rock of Ages (Ensemble, Hertz u/s), Rent (Mark), and Peter and the Starcatcher (Prentiss). He would like to thank his family and partner for always supporting him and everyone in the cast and crew for making this incredible show.

Chris Hager is excited to be a part of this show. He would like to thank his family, amazing girlfriend, and KB for all their support. Enjoy the show!

Kourtney Conway has been involved in theatre for most of her life, both on stage and off. Kourtney is excited to be back on stage and portraying such a great character! When she is not at rehearsal, you can find Kourtney working in her coffee shop, spending time with friends, or taking care of the pets that make up her tiny zoo.

This is Arden's first show with LTG, and their first show in 2 years not being backstage! Arden's theater roots are in Shelby, NC with Dan Treharne and dancing with Beth Mayo. Arden loves dancing, making costumes, choreographing, acting, and all wonderful parts of theater. Off-stage, Arden is a barista and drag queen. Arden would like to thank their newfound friends and family at LTG, Beth Mayo, their mother Robyn, their brothers, their drag family and their friends. Arden would like to dedicate this show to their late father, Art Mauney.

Christina has been doing theatre her whole life and is so excited to be in her 3rd show at LTG! She was seen as Gloria Rasputin in “Bye Bye Birdie”, Snoopy in “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors”, and many more. She’d like to thank her amazing boyfriend for always encouraging her, even though he’s obsessed with KB.

Danielle is excited to be on stage and in the production team for another show at LTG. She was last seen as the MAYOR'S WIFE in Bye Bye Birdie. Danielle would like to thank her friends in the theater for creating an incredible second home.

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DJ first started in theater working spotlights for YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. Since then, DJ realized they have a huge love for theater. This will be DJ's first show outside of school, and it's an exhilarating leap being able to embrace the artistic freedom of storytelling without the limitations of censoring and modifying words and phrases that weren't suitable for a school stage. This feels almost like another debut into theater, where now DJ can seek out shows they've wanted to be in since their passion for theater began. DJ has been in love with Heather's, The Musical the longest of their theatrical years, so it seems only fitting it's their first out of school show. DJ thinks one of the reasons theater is so appealing to them is because everything's always in some kind of flux. There's no way to really know what your next show is going to be, or who you'll be portraying in it. DJ loves the freedom it gives and the experiences of meeting so many different people, forming connections with directors, musicians and other actors that you may end up working with again out of the blue.

Noah Bolton is a 16 year old actor and makeup artist! Noah has been doing community theater for the past 11 years, with a résumé of over 50 shows! This past year he actually completed 7 shows in just a year! So it’s no surprise Noah wants to pursue acting through musical theater as a career! Noah’s first ever production was Peter rabbit as the role of Tom Cat! A couple of his favorite roles he has played are MR. GREEN  in Clue, HUGO F. PEABODY in Bye Bye Birdie, and VALENCIO DI CARPATHIO in The Bold, The Young, and the Murdered! Noah has loved working on this production with his sister, Autumn, and his mother, Mary! He hopes you enjoy this amazing show!

This is Wesley's first show at Little Theater of Gastonia. Wesley has performed in school productions at North Gaston High School. Wesley has won the "Excellence in Acting" award from NCTC. Previous show credits include "Freaky Friday" and "Into the Woods".

This is Becky's second show with LTG, and she's so happy to be on the stage with this amazing group of people! Becky is originally from NC, having grown up in the Lake Norman area. After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill in 2010, Becky moved to Chicago for a post-grad service corps, and eventually graduated from the University of Georgia with her Masters in Nonprofit Management. It was in Chicago that Becky met her husband, Nate. Becky and Nate live in Lowell with their two dogs, Butch and Peanut. Becky has been performing musically all her life in different choirs and shows. Some of her musical theatre credits include The Sound of Music (2002, Davidson Community Players) The Wizard of Oz (, 2004, North Lincoln HS), Beauty and the Beast (2004, NLHS), Grease (2006, NLHS), Winter Wonderettes (2022, DCP), ByeBye Birdie (2023, LTG)

Bryan Rife was born and raised in Wild Wonderful West Virginia but is now living in Belmont, NC with his spouse Shane Elks. Bryan works full time for a National Board, is Secretary here at LTG and also serves as President for the non-profit Wonder Warriors in Charlotte, NC. Bryan has graced this stage several productions such as Chicago, Children of Eden, All I Really Needed To Know I Learned in Kindergarten, and Something Rotten’ and Every Christmas Story Ever Told and was Spongebob in the Spongebob Musical. Here at LTG he was the director for the award winning Junie B Jones Is Not A Crook, Matilda the Musical and Comedy of Tenors. Everyone that knows him, knows that he brings sparkle to everything he does. In his spare time you can catch him assisting here at the theater as a costumer and stage manager. He also enjoys spending time with his family.

Shane is happy to share the stage with his husband in this show based on a movie that he has watched well over 100 times. Though Shane would identify as a Veronica, he’s happy to play a Dad. Shane has been performing and teaching the arts for over 20 years. He is always grateful to be a part of using the arts as a means to educate, engage, and entertain the community.