Meet the Cast
Aaron Reese Boseman( Audrey II) Aaron Reese Boseman, a Chicago native, is a Jeff Award nominated director, producer, and actor. As a theatre artist, Boseman has also been nominated for several Black Excellence Awards and Black Theatre Alliance Awards. Boseman is co-founder & artistic director of Pulse Theatre Chicago and an ensemble member of Invictus Theatre Company. Boseman also serves as an adjunct professor of Theatre at his alma mater, Columbia College Chicago. Regional acting credits include: Little Shop of Horrors( Skylight Music Theatre & Citdel Theatre), Blue Heaven( Black Ensemble Theatre), Big River( Theatre at the Center), Ragtime( Metropolis Theatre), Ruined( Invictus Theatre). Directing credits include: Once on This Island( Jeff Award Winner), In The Blood, The Colored Museum, A Streetcar Named Desire( Pulse Theatre Chicago), Topdog / Underdog, The Mountaintop, A Raisin in the Sun( Invictus Theatre), Fabulation, Detroit ' 67( Columbia College Chicago), Fairview( Theatre at Cedar Rapids), The Lifespan of a Fact( Elsinore), Clyde ' s, American Son( Ghostlight). Rest in Power, Chad.
Lauren Fenwick( Crystal) Lauren Fenwick is thrilled to take the stage as Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors. A senior at Coe College studying vocal music education, Lauren is passionate about both performance and teaching. She was most recently seen in Waitress( Becky) with Theatre Cedar Rapids last summer. Over the past few years, the friendships she’ s built through Coe and TCR have made Cedar Rapids feel like home. Lauren is deeply grateful to the Cedar Rapids community for their warm support and encouragement, and she extends special thanks to her mom— her greatest cheerleader— for always believing in her.
Katelyn Halverson( Chiffon) This is Katelyn’ s fifth TCR show and she is having so much fun! You may have previously seen her this past fall in Carrie: The Musical( Carrie White), in the regional premiere of Waitress( Ensemble), Something Rotten!( Portia), or Mamma Mia!( Ali). Aside from TCR, she performs with City Circle Theatre Company and Revival Theatre Company. Some favorite productions include Spring Awakening( Wendla), Legally Blonde( Elle Woods), and Next To Normal( Natalie). She also sings in a variety of gigs in local band, Brad and the Big Wave and with Josh Sazon, Keith Robnett, and John Wertz. Katelyn is so grateful for these wonderful opportunities and would like to thank her friends & family, her fellow cast mates, crew, production team, and musicians. Enjoy the show, and don’ t feed the plants!
Mia Hatcher( Ronnette) Mia is thrilled to make her debut with TCR. In her free time, she enjoys dancing and recently participated in the Cedar Rapids Community Choir. She expresses
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