CUT SHORT Cast

A Westfield fifth-grader, Greta loves being with friends, making YouTube videos, rehearsing for upcoming roles, and performing! Greta most recently played Agnes in Meet Me in St. Louis at Myers Dinner Theatre. Other favorite roles include Lavender in Matilda the Musical at Tipton Community Theatre and Young Violet in It’s a Wonderful Life at Beef & Boards.

Afton has been honored to work with this talented group since her last appearance in The Last Man (Erica) in 2019. She has been seen in various film and theatre productions. Most recently seen on the daytime television show The Way I Heard It in the featured role of Peg Entwistle. Afton’s love of classical theatre, comedy, and Shakespeare influences her dynamic acting style. She enjoys roles that take her outside her comfort zone and is always open to exploring new exciting roles and varying genres. She works as the Activities Coordinator at Northridge Gracious Retirement Living in Fishers. Favorite roles include Angels in America (The Angel), Richard II (King Richard), Antony and Cleopatra (Cleopatra), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta/Titania), Boeing Boeing (Gloria), Doubt (Sister James), A Chorus Line (Val), The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), and All Shook Up (Sandra). Follow Afton at @shepardafton.

Ian has been an actor and designer for various theatres around the Indianapolis area. Most recently he appeared as Jack in Shy (the Musical!) with IndyFringe, Prince Ben in Disney’s Descendants at the CAT in Carmel, Axel Magee in Don't Drink the Water and in The Laramie Project at Center Stage Community Theatre, and Gilligan in Gilligan’s Island: The Musical at The Belfry Theatre. Recent Scenic Designs include The Spitfire Grill, Night Must Fall, and Of Mice and Men with Mainstreet Productions, The Lilies of the Field and Drinking Habits with the Belfry Theatre, and True West with Carmel Community Players. Outside of theatre, Ian works as a Regional Director of Human Resources for a prominent hotel company. In his free time he enjoys playing Pokémon with his nieces, spending time with family, traveling to new places with his husband, DéJon, and decorating their house!

Craig Kemp has been performing in Indy community theater since 2012. He previously performed in two L. Jan Eira works: Critical Recall at The Cat and the Fringe show: The Last Man. Most recently he was the Narrator in the Zack and Zach production of The Rocky Horror Show, and Marcus Andronicus in the Bardfest production of Titus Andronicus. Originally from the south-east of England, he eventually settled in Indianapolis. He wishes to thank family and friends for their support and encouragement.

After 20 years of singing opera with great satisfaction but astonishingly minimal fame and wealth, Barbara began trying her hand at straight theatre with the role of Betty Dunlap in The Wild Women of Winedale at Epilogue Players Theatre in 2021, followed later by Crystal Hart in The Hallelujah Girls. So far so good. Favorite opera roles have been Prince Charmant-Cendrillon, Mother-Amahl and the Night Visitors, Charlotte-Werther, Suzuki-Madama Butterfly, Prince Orlofsky-Die Fledermaus, Lucretia-The Rape of Lucretia, Aurelia-The Chocolate Soldier, and the mezzo soloist in Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang. She has also appeared as Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park, Sarah in Hagar, Polinesso in Ariodante, La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica, Bersi in Andrea Chenier, Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Gertrude in Hansel and Gretel, Dame Quickly in Falstaff, and in the world premieres of Oration and Central Park.