Dracula - Oct. 2019 | Page 29

MEET THE CAST * Denotes new volunteer. Welcome to the TCR experience! *CLAIRE BOSTON LUCY Wedding at Iowa City Community Theatre. Hometown: Cedar Rapids "Special thanks to my lovely wife for supporting my desire to come work in this amazing space with these great people." This is Claire's first production at TCR. Other roles include Adele in Visages at Dreamwell Theatre, Susie Bones/Harry/ Etc. in Puffs at Giving Tree Theater, Lydia/Lady Catherine DeBourgh in Pride and Prejudice at Giving Tree Theater. "I would like to thank my family and friends for their love and support." *BETTINA BRAKEMAN A BRIDE Hometown: Santa Clarita, California Profession: Student and aspiring archaeologist Bettina is an improv performer in Clearly Confused Intertainment Dinner Detectives. She is also involved in Love and Information at Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Theatre and played "young girl" in Blood Wedding at Iowa City Community Theatre. "I’d like to thank my father for accepting that I moved all the way from California to Iowa just to end up pursuing acting." MATT BREWBAKER BRIGGS Hometown: Harrisburg, PA Profession: Call Center Supervisor This is Matt's second production at TCR. Previous TCR experience includes Olsen in The Genesis Project (Underground Play Festival.) He is currently the Artistic Director for Dreamwell Theatre in Iowa City. He codirected Tragedy: a Tragedy at Dreamwell Theatre and Blood DRACULA | theatrecr.org *EMMA EGGERS THE CHILD Hometown: Cedar Rapids Profession: Student This is Emma's first production at TCR aside from performing as Queen Iduna in TCR's Frozen, Jr. summer camp. "I would like to thank the creative team and my friends and family for all of their support!" MIC EVANS RENFIELD Hometown: Cedar Rapids This is Mic's fourth production at TCR, in addition to directing Disney's Frozen, Jr. summer camp. Previous TCR roles include Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Crutchie in Newsies, and Lord Lovelace in Ada and the Memory Engine. Other work includes Jordan in Significant Other and Dickon in The Secret Garden at Giving Tree Theater, and Jordan in Sender at Mirrorbox Theatre. "My best friend in high school pulled me off the football field to audition for a production of Dracula. That show lead to another, and to another. The rest is history. I’m thankful for that gift." 27