Lucas Adams as Ben Jordan
Lucas Adams CFP®, CRPC™, was a practicing theatre artist and administrator for many years in Louisville. He has worked with StageOne Family Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatre (502), Pandora Productions, and others. While not active in the theatre community any longer, he is an avid patron and is excited to be here with you today. These days Lucas is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Professional with Reliant Wealth Planning, ultramarathon runner, and pet parent with his wife, Susan.
Lucas Adams CFP®, CRPC™, was a practicing theatre artist and administrator for many years in Louisville. He has worked with StageOne Family Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatre (502), Pandora Productions, and others. While not active in the theatre community any longer, he is an avid patron and is excited to be here with you today. These days Lucas is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Professional with Reliant Wealth Planning, ultramarathon runner, and pet parent with his wife, Susan.
Sasha Cifuentes as Nettie
Sasha originally hails from Miami, FL where local libraries were crucial to her artistic development. Sasha sharpened her craft at the University of Florida where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre-Performance. She is an advocate for language access; she served as the Spanish Language Café facilitator for Louisville’s Office of Immigrant Affairs in partnership with Actors Theatre of Louisville last spring. In Louisville, she has performed with Kentucky Shakespeare, Pandora Productions, and StageOne Family Theatre. Her favorite recent acting credits include: Imogen (Cymbeline), Ophelia (Hamlet), Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and Evil Tina (She Kills Monsters). She would like to thank her family and friends for their unconditional love and support.
Sasha originally hails from Miami, FL where local libraries were crucial to her artistic development. Sasha sharpened her craft at the University of Florida where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre-Performance. She is an advocate for language access; she served as the Spanish Language Café facilitator for Louisville’s Office of Immigrant Affairs in partnership with Actors Theatre of Louisville last spring. In Louisville, she has performed with Kentucky Shakespeare, Pandora Productions, and StageOne Family Theatre. Her favorite recent acting credits include: Imogen (Cymbeline), Ophelia (Hamlet), Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and Evil Tina (She Kills Monsters). She would like to thank her family and friends for their unconditional love and support.
J. Barrett Cooper as Henry Jordan
Around Louisville: ATL (Dracula), Kentucky Opera (La Boheme, Carmen, Dead Man Walking) Stage One (Number the Stars, The Giver, Hamlet, Night of the Living Dead!) Kentucky Shakespeare (Richard II, Henry IV pt 1&2, among others) Savage Rose (King Lear, Macbeth, Krapp’s Last Tape, among others) Bunbury Theatre (RED, Buried Child, Sunset Limited), CenterStage (Annie) NYC & Regional: Theatre 1010 & Manhattan Stage (NYC) Constellation Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Playhouse (SLC), Wayside Theatre, Arkansas Rep. Film: Killer Nurses, Gaslit by My Husband (Lifetime), Sugar Babies (BET+) The Alto Knights (w/ Robert De Niro) White Noise (w/ Adam Driver) Land Lord, Mr. Manhattan, The A-Frame, Queen of the Ring (W/ Josh Lucas) TV: The Resident (Fox) Chicago Fire (NBC) and in numerous commercials.
Around Louisville: ATL (Dracula), Kentucky Opera (La Boheme, Carmen, Dead Man Walking) Stage One (Number the Stars, The Giver, Hamlet, Night of the Living Dead!) Kentucky Shakespeare (Richard II, Henry IV pt 1&2, among others) Savage Rose (King Lear, Macbeth, Krapp’s Last Tape, among others) Bunbury Theatre (RED, Buried Child, Sunset Limited), CenterStage (Annie) NYC & Regional: Theatre 1010 & Manhattan Stage (NYC) Constellation Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Playhouse (SLC), Wayside Theatre, Arkansas Rep. Film: Killer Nurses, Gaslit by My Husband (Lifetime), Sugar Babies (BET+) The Alto Knights (w/ Robert De Niro) White Noise (w/ Adam Driver) Land Lord, Mr. Manhattan, The A-Frame, Queen of the Ring (W/ Josh Lucas) TV: The Resident (Fox) Chicago Fire (NBC) and in numerous commercials.
Julie Dingman Evans as Jane Crosby
Julie is currently Chair of the Musical Theatre Department of the Youth Performing Arts School, where she has taught, choreographed and directed for the last seven years. Before landing in teaching, Julie performed professionally as an actor, singer and dancer for 15 years on stages in and out of NYC, regionally, on National and International Tours, and Off-Broadway. Around Kentuckiana, she has performed with Stage One, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Pandora, The Kentucky Opera and Music Theatre Louisville, and works as a director both locally and in Michigan. Julie is Orangegirl on the Original Soundtrack of the off-Bway hit, Shout! The Mod Musical. She lives with her husband, Ben, their daughter, 2 cats and a rescue doggo named Bear. She is grateful for this chance to spin stories together.
Julie is currently Chair of the Musical Theatre Department of the Youth Performing Arts School, where she has taught, choreographed and directed for the last seven years. Before landing in teaching, Julie performed professionally as an actor, singer and dancer for 15 years on stages in and out of NYC, regionally, on National and International Tours, and Off-Broadway. Around Kentuckiana, she has performed with Stage One, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Pandora, The Kentucky Opera and Music Theatre Louisville, and works as a director both locally and in Michigan. Julie is Orangegirl on the Original Soundtrack of the off-Bway hit, Shout! The Mod Musical. She lives with her husband, Ben, their daughter, 2 cats and a rescue doggo named Bear. She is grateful for this chance to spin stories together.
Nicholas Hulstine as Judge Bradford
On Film he’s appeared in My Friend Dahmer, Above Suspicion, Runner, The Art of Self Defense, Chopin, and Great Light. As a playwright his work includes Happyouth (Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC), The Track N’ Hole (Prologue Theatre, Chicago), Blue Scatters Most, (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays, The Secret Theatre, NYC), The Geography of Nowhere (Chain Theatre, NYC), Nub City USA! (Samuel French OOB Festival award winner) and American Foursquare (GLM Theatre, Reno, NV). He received conservatory training at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a B.A. from The New School and a MFA in Playwriting from Spalding University. He teaches writing at the University of Louisville and theatre at Indiana University Southeast.
On Film he’s appeared in My Friend Dahmer, Above Suspicion, Runner, The Art of Self Defense, Chopin, and Great Light. As a playwright his work includes Happyouth (Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC), The Track N’ Hole (Prologue Theatre, Chicago), Blue Scatters Most, (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays, The Secret Theatre, NYC), The Geography of Nowhere (Chain Theatre, NYC), Nub City USA! (Samuel French OOB Festival award winner) and American Foursquare (GLM Theatre, Reno, NV). He received conservatory training at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a B.A. from The New School and a MFA in Playwriting from Spalding University. He teaches writing at the University of Louisville and theatre at Indiana University Southeast.
Tonilyn Hussey as Ella Jordan
Tonilyn is excited to be a part of this reading of Icebound at the Louisville Free Public Library! She’s performed on stages in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles and in the First National Tour of School House Rock Live! Locally, she’s performed with Stage One and Derby Dinner Playhouse where she was last seen in the children’s show How to be a Pirate. Other recent roles there include Monica in Love, Lies and the Lottery, and Ethel McCormack in Footloose. You can hear her on radio/TV as the voice for Mortenson Family Dental.
Tonilyn is excited to be a part of this reading of Icebound at the Louisville Free Public Library! She’s performed on stages in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles and in the First National Tour of School House Rock Live! Locally, she’s performed with Stage One and Derby Dinner Playhouse where she was last seen in the children’s show How to be a Pirate. Other recent roles there include Monica in Love, Lies and the Lottery, and Ethel McCormack in Footloose. You can hear her on radio/TV as the voice for Mortenson Family Dental.
Kelly Moore as Hannah
Kelly has performed with several local companies, including Kentucky Shakespeare, Iroquois Amphitheater, Little Colonel Playhouse, and Looking for Lilith. She served for four years as Artistic Director of Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company, having been active with the company in many capacities since its inception. She also produced and performed in Savage Rose’s play readings at Vault 1031 and the Speed Art Museum. For 13 seasons, she has been one of a 3-actor ensemble who annually devises An Evening of Poe, staging over 30 works by Edgar Allen Poe, which has been presented at The Frazier History Museum, Belle of Louisville, and this October, at StageOne.
Kelly has performed with several local companies, including Kentucky Shakespeare, Iroquois Amphitheater, Little Colonel Playhouse, and Looking for Lilith. She served for four years as Artistic Director of Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company, having been active with the company in many capacities since its inception. She also produced and performed in Savage Rose’s play readings at Vault 1031 and the Speed Art Museum. For 13 seasons, she has been one of a 3-actor ensemble who annually devises An Evening of Poe, staging over 30 works by Edgar Allen Poe, which has been presented at The Frazier History Museum, Belle of Louisville, and this October, at StageOne.
Bailey Preston as Sadie Fellows
Bailey is a co-founder of Untitled Louisville Theatre Company and is an artistic associate with The Chamber Theatre. She was most recently seen as Eva in Do You Feel Anger? (Untitled Louisville Theatre Company) and Karen in the world premiere of Yeti for Love (Pandora Productions). Some other recent credits include: various roles in Clash of the Woyzecks (The Chamber Theatre), Matt Damon in Matt & Ben (Untitled Louisville Theatre Company), Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest (The Chamber Theatre), and various roles in A Tuna Christmas (Company OutCast). She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts from Beloit College and studied theatre performance at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland.
Bailey is a co-founder of Untitled Louisville Theatre Company and is an artistic associate with The Chamber Theatre. She was most recently seen as Eva in Do You Feel Anger? (Untitled Louisville Theatre Company) and Karen in the world premiere of Yeti for Love (Pandora Productions). Some other recent credits include: various roles in Clash of the Woyzecks (The Chamber Theatre), Matt Damon in Matt & Ben (Untitled Louisville Theatre Company), Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest (The Chamber Theatre), and various roles in A Tuna Christmas (Company OutCast). She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts from Beloit College and studied theatre performance at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland.
Iris Schliefer-Myers as Orin
Iris is a third- year student at Stage One’s Walden Conservancy and appeared as Fleance in their 2025 production of Macbeth. She has also spent three summers with Kentucky Shakespeare where she portrayed Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2025 and Macbeth in the 2024 student production of Macbeth in central Park.
Iris is a third- year student at Stage One’s Walden Conservancy and appeared as Fleance in their 2025 production of Macbeth. She has also spent three summers with Kentucky Shakespeare where she portrayed Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2025 and Macbeth in the 2024 student production of Macbeth in central Park.
Dara Jade Tiller as Emma
Dara graduated from the University of Kentucky and was a member of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company. She was most recently seen in Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy at Actors Theatre of Louisville and To Battle:a fight play by José Pérez IV with both Louisville Hivemind Artist Collective and Big Storm Performance Company. Some of her favorite roles have been Mina in Dracula, Titus in Titus Andronicus, and Babe in Crimes of the Heart. She played Jamie Bell's wife in the award-winning film, Donnybrook, appeared in Midway to Love on The Hallmark Channel, and has numerous commercial credits. Dara is an on-camera acting coach and theatre educator. Instagram @darajadetiller
Dara graduated from the University of Kentucky and was a member of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company. She was most recently seen in Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy at Actors Theatre of Louisville and To Battle:a fight play by José Pérez IV with both Louisville Hivemind Artist Collective and Big Storm Performance Company. Some of her favorite roles have been Mina in Dracula, Titus in Titus Andronicus, and Babe in Crimes of the Heart. She played Jamie Bell's wife in the award-winning film, Donnybrook, appeared in Midway to Love on The Hallmark Channel, and has numerous commercial credits. Dara is an on-camera acting coach and theatre educator. Instagram @darajadetiller