Linda has been involved with WCT for 15 years, both onstage and backstage. Most recently, she appeared as Mrs. Tottendale in Drowsy Chaperone and a Skid Row bum in Little Shop of Horrors. A retired music teacher, she lives in Iola.

Jerry Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre. One of the most commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist for a number of hit musicals, starting in the 1960s, that were characterized by an upbeat and optimistic outlook and what Herman called "the simple, hummable showtune". His shows include Hello, Dolly!, at one time the longest-running musical in Broadway history, which also produced the hit title song for Louis Armstrong; Mame, a vehicle for Angela Lansbury; and La Cage aux Folles, the first hit Broadway musical about a gay couple.

Michael Stewart was an American playwright, librettist, and lyricist. He was born in Manhattan on August 1, 1924, and he grew up in Jamaica, Queens. After graduating from Yale, Stewart wrote sketches for revues starring upcoming greats of the stage and screen such as Chita Rivera, Bea Arthur, and Arte Johnson. He then became one of the writers on comic actor and writer on Sid Caesar’s variety and sketch comedy shows, Your Show of Shows and Sid Caesar’s Comedy Hour. In 1954, Stewart met composer-lyricist Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee Adams, and he ultimately worked with them on what has become a staple of the American musical theatre canon, Bye Bye Birdie. Afterward, Stewart continued to write the books for musicals that are now considered classics in musical theatre history: Hello, Dolly!, George M!, Mack and Mabel, Barnum, and 42nd Street, among others. Bye Bye Birdie and Hello, Dolly! won Tony Awards for Best Musical, and Stewart himself won the Tony Award for Best Author of a Musical for the latter. Stewart often lamented that it was difficult to be a book writer because when a show flops, they blame the book, but when it succeeds, they credit the score.