Peppy Biddy is happy to return to Mill Mountain Theatre and to Roanoke. Biddy is a Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Mississippi University for Women (Columbus, MS). He earned his MFA in Theatre at Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) and has worked as either actor, director, or stage manager at such companies as Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas Summer Musicals, Casa Manana (Ft. Worth, TX), Dallas Children’s Theatre, and New Stage Theatre (Jackson, MS.) He served as the Production Manager for the Sundance Theatre Lab in Utah from 2000-2017. Previous MMT credits include director of The Glass Menagerie, Smokey Joe’s Café, The Marvelous Wonderettes, The 39 Steps, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Idols of the King and as stage manager for On Golden Pond and last season’s closer Holiday Inn. Proud member of Actors Equity Association. (www.peppybiddy.com).

Cindy Blevins is a local musician and performer in both the classical and musical theatre realms.  After studying piano for 14 years and earning a BA in Music she went on to teach voice and piano both privately and in public school systems and also sing with different groups in and around Richmond, VA, her hometown.  After moving to the New River Valley she continued performing  with Opera Roanoke, Summer Musical Enterprise, Mill Mountain Theatre, Blacksburg Master Chorale and Virginia Children’s Theatre.  She stays busy as a collaborative pianist/accompanist with individuals and groups, and as a director and coach with music makers of all ages.  Cindy is the Chairperson for Summer Musical Enterprise headquartered in Blacksburg, and the Assistant Director of Music at Blacksburg United Methodist Church. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor with Life in Balance Counseling Center in Christiansburg.  Cindy is thrilled to be supporting Jersey Boys with her Mill Mountain Theatre family! 

Evin first began playing music with his middle school orchestra when he was 12 years old. A few years later, as a high school freshman, he made the leap to guitar. Now at 23, with over a decade of experience under his belt, he has performed guitar with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, as well as guitar and bass for a multitude of Mill Mountain Theatre shows and productions. Notable performances include: A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, Mama Mia, The Sound of Music, Next to Normal, Boy Bands Through The Ages, Ladies of The 80s, and Holiday Inn.

J.T. has been playing drums at Mill Mountain since 2008. His favorite show was "My Son Pinocchio" which included his wife Rachel on piano and both kids, Kyle and Caroline, on stage. Early in his career J.T. performed in the country show at Kings Dominion and on the La Boheme cruise ship. Currently he plays with The Boogie Kings, a ragtime / dixieland group that has been together since 1986. He also plays with the 1st Baptist Roanoke orchestra, The Winds of the Blue Ridge, and the Let's Dance big band. J.T. is the owner of Sun Tan City and Buff City Soap, both supporters of Mill Mountain Theatre.

Peyton Gentry is currently a Senior at Virginia Tech studying Music Education and Percussion Performance. After graduating, he plans to attend grad school to continue his music performance and education degrees to teach at a university. Peyton is originally from Roanoke, VA and is so excited to perform back in his hometown with some incredible musicians and cast!

Mike Havens was born and raised in Roanoke, VA and has been involved in music and playing guitar since the age of 12. He received his Bachelors’ degree in classical guitar performance from Radford University and was awarded a full scholarship to study for a Masters’ degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In 2001, he taught guitar studies at local colleges and universities including, Radford University, Emory and Henry College, Sweet Briar College, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, and Lynchburg College. In 2008, he was offered and continues, a full-time position teaching guitar and electronic music at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, VA. Mike performs regularly as an acoustic and classical guitar soloist, is a member of the classical guitar and flute duo Con Eleganza, as a guest guitarist for the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, and is the guitar and bassist for Roanoke’s Mill Mountain Theatre.

Steve is delighted to be playing trumpet and flugel horn in MMT’s production of Jersey Boys. The first musical he played in was My Fair Lady in 1978, and he still remembers the goosebumps during the I Could Have Danced All Night, Finale. That was dramatic! After a number of other productions, his first show at MMT was 42^nd Street in 1993, and since then, there have been many others. Steve enjoys making music with his friends in the Roanoke Chamber Brass which he helped co-found in 2001. He spends most of his time working at Hedrick Music which is the music education company owned by him and his wife, Teresa. Steve is the author of the Band Fundamentals Book Series which is used in hundreds of schools for teaching young bands.

Caroline Moledor is an eighteen-year-old multi-instrumentalist local to Roanoke. She has studied piano for thirteen years, in the private studios of Sandra Paul (Mt. Airy, NC) and Joyce Woods (Roanoke, VA). She studies voice with Seth Davis, guitar with Mike Havens, and drums independently. She has also performed as an actor in fourteen productions with MMT, including Best of Broadway, The Sound of Music, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and others. She produces her own music and has released three singles on all major music streaming platforms. Caroline will be attending Berklee College of Music in the fall.

Conductor for the Broadway national tours of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Dirty Dancing, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Elf The Musical, Memphis.  Broadway:  Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Kinky Boots.  Off-Broadway:  We're Still Hot, Just a Matter of Time, The Last Word, Shooting Star (NYMF).  Many regional theaters including Ogunquit Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare, Laguna Playhouse, Phoenix Theatre, Geva Theater.  Alan also serves as the Music Supervisor for Menopause The Musical, and internationally, was the music director/arranger for the show on the West End (Shaw Theater) and in Dublin, Ireland.  He is a long-time member of AFM (Local 802) musicians' union.  For my Dad.  

Jackson Yowell is native Virginian from Broadway,Va. He is a recent graduate from Radford University with a B.S in Theater with an emphasis on set and props design. He is excited to start his career in theater in such a great community.

Ginger Poole is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and an Associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union. She has studied, taught, choreographed, and performed throughout the U.S. She has worked in GA, HI, FL, MS, SC and VA with, Theatre in the Square, The Alliance City Series, Theatre Gael, Synchronicity Performance Group-GA, Mill Mountain Theatre-VA and SC Children’s Theatre. Originally from Atlanta, she has worked with the N.F.L. and The Atlanta Falcons as their director and choreographer and The Atlanta Opera. Prior to coming to Mill Mountain Theatre, she was based out of North Carolina where she has worked with Flat Rock Playhouse, the State Theatre of North Carolina, in over 25 productions. She was a part of the Education program at Flat Rock Playhouse for 5 years where she taught for their Apprentice Companies and their Conservatory Program in Acting, Dance, and Musical Theatre. Ginger has taught at The University of Southern Mississippi, Western Carolina University, William Carey College, Mississippi University for Women, and currently teaches at Hollins University. With Ginger’s strong background in dance she finds herself not only acting and dancing on stage but also directing the choreography and classroom skills for her students. Ginger holds her M.F.A. in Acting Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi and continues to teach acting and dance.  She has worked with students that range in age from kindergarten through professionals.

Ginger has worked in commercials, voice-overs, film, stage, and the classroom, and was profiled in the book FIRESTARTERS as “the actor”.

Ginger serves on the following Board of Directors: South Eastern Theatre Conference (SETC Secretary, Second Term), Junior League of the Roanoke Valley (Past President and Current Nominating Committee, Second Term), Burton Performing Arts Advisory Board, The Roanoke City Public Schools Education Foundation, and she has served on the Review Panel for theVirginia Commission for the Arts. She was the recipient of the DePaul’s Women of Achievement Award in the Arts in 2013 and was named the 2016 Kendig Award recipient for Individual Artist. Ginger is also a guest host with WSLS, the NBC affiliate, Daytime Blue Ridge television show, and is the host of the new Mill Mountain Theatre Podcast, Meet Me at Mill Mountain. She is very proud to be a member of the Mill Mountain Theatre team and looks forward to its continued growth, success, and artistic influence in the region.

Kristen is an award-winning director/choreographer whose work can be seen on screen and on stage. Purple-haired & proudly queer, she is committed to physical storytelling, believing in movement as the universal language that bridges the gap between audience and artistry. Her dance company, Thistle Dance, blooms at the intersection of theater and concert dance and employs narrative in tandem with an avant-garde aesthetic to refocus our histories and lore for artists and audiences alike.

Seth Davis is a Georgia native who is very excited to be a part of the Mill Mountain family after first serving as Associate Music Director for Mill Mountain’s 2013 production of The Sound of Music. Seth is a music director and musician in both the musical theater and classical music realms, in addition to being a teacher, clinician, and coach for performers and musicians of all ages. Regional credits include Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Spring Awakening, See What I Wanna See (Actor’s Express), Illyria: A Twelfth Night Musical (Georgia Shakespeare), Time Between Us, A Diva’s Christmas, Hair (Serenbe Playhouse) and The Andrews Brothers (Stage Door Players). Seth has also served as musical director for Georgia Tech and Oglethorpe University in addition to teaching at The Alliance Theatre, Aurora Theatre and judging many regional music and theater festival competitions.

Erin Markham is a Roanoke native with a lifelong passion for the theatre. She graduated summa cum laude from Radford University with a B.S. in Theatre and an emphasis in stage management. Along with stage managing several productions and student projects at Radford, Erin worked as a House Manager, Box Office Assistant, and an Assistant to the Chair. In previous summers, Erin has worked with the Christiansburg Dance Academy and the Virginia Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities. Her most recent work includes Assistant Stage Manager for Mill Mountain Theatre’s productions of Holiday Inn, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Fun Home as well as Stage Manager for Mill Mountain Theatre’s Summer Tour of Curious George: The Golden Meatball. Erin is thrilled to be working on this production and hopes you enjoy the show!

Matt Shields is a native of Virginia. Having grown up in Loudoun County, he first moved to the region in 2013 to attend school at Radford University where he graduated with a BS in theatre. After working for a few other companies, Matt is happy to call MMT his artistic home. In the past few years Matt has served in a variety of jobs around Mill Mountain, including Props Master, Costumes Manager, Teaching Artist, Scenic Designer, and Company Manager. Matt is very happy to now be serving MMT as the Production Manager and is grateful to MMT for all the faith they have put in him over the years.

Savannah Woodruff was born and raised in Southern Pines, North Carolina, where she was encouraged to become involved in technical theatre in high school. Savannah is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and received a BFA in Technical Production. Prior to joining the Mill Mountain Theatre staff, she worked as a member of Weston Playhouse Theatre Company’s Intern Company. Savannah is grateful for the support of her family (and especially her cats) in her endeavors, and is thrilled to be able to continue working and growing with Mill Mountain Theatre.

Mike Havens was born and raised in Roanoke, VA and has been involved in music and playing guitar since the age of 12. He received his Bachelors’ degree in classical guitar performance from Radford University and was awarded a full scholarship for study towards a Masters’ degree at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. In 2001, he taught guitar studies at local colleges and universities including, Radford University, Emory and Henry College, Sweet Briar College, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, and Lynchburg College. In 2008, he was offered, and continues, a full-time position teaching guitar and electronic music at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, VA. Mike performs regularly as an acoustic and classical guitar soloist, is a member of the classical guitar and flute duo Con Eleganza, as a guest guitarist for the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, and is the guitar and bassist for Roanoke’s Mill Mountain Theater.

Teresa is excited to be marking her 53rd show in the Mill Mountain Theatre pit! Other theatre work includes Hollins University Theatre Department and Columbia, South Carolina's Town Theatre and Workshop Theatre where her very first show was Sweeney Todd. Teresa has been playing woodwinds since age 12, and was a member of the Dennis Reaser Orchestra, Roanoke Jazz Orchestra, founder of Star City Swing for the Salem Jazz Festival, and is in the Sway Katz Big Band. She performs regularly for area churches and special occasions, and has performed extensively around Southwest VA including concerts with Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Shirley Jones and Maureen McGovern. Teresa teaches woodwinds at Hollins University and Roanoke College, and taught at Bluefield University from 2009-2019. She also teaches woodwinds and her husband Steve teaches brass at Hedrick Music Studios. They own Hedrick Music, Inc., which publishes the Band Fundamentals Book Series.