Dan Radtke
Albert Soady

Dan is the vice president and financial consultant at Associated Investment Services who has been seen on the LCT stage as Kolenkov in Mousetrap and the Russian Dance Instructor in You Can’t Take it With You. Outside of the theatre, Dan enjoys cooking, golf, hunting and fishing. He enjoys theatre because it allows for a change of pace and the wonder of creativity. Dan would like to thank first and foremost, “my family. Then those at the theatre who put in their time for little pay or recognition. Thanks to my dad for my love of hunting and the memories of deer camp. They helped to inspire me for this part...and oh yeah...happy birthday.”

Tom Wright
Reuben Soady

Tom is the manager of emergency medical services and emergency management at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital and was most recently seen on the LCT stage as Walter Cunningham in last season’s To Kill a Mockingbird as well as having been seen at The Pumphouse and Appleseed Community Theatre. In his spare time, Tom is a pilot and is involved in dog rescue. He enjoys theatre because of “the escape from my reality into others’ worlds.” He would like to thank his family: Cindy, Adam and Amanda, and Greg and the entire production staff. 

Scott L. Vehrenkamp
Remnar Soady

Scott is a legal assistant at Murphy Law Office in La Crosse. His hobbies are singing, history, and watching football and baseball. Scott has been seen on the LCT stage in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as Chaswick and as Mr. Di Pina in You Can’t Take it With You; he also had credits at the Campus Community Players in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Scott’s favorite things about LCT are meeting new people and “having the pleasure to act with very talented artists.” He would like to thank Greg Parmeter and Jennifer Burchell.

Ken E. Brown
Jimmer Nagamanee

Ken is an employee of the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation. He has been seen on the LCT stage as Max in last seasons The Producers and as Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees, as well as being seen on stage in other area theatres including Appleseed Community Theatre and UW-L Theatre. He likes to canoe, camp and deer hunt and enjoys the theatre because of the friendships that are made. Ken would like to thank his wife and family for their support.

Tom Desjarlais*
Ranger Tom T. Treado

Tom works as a sales representative at Collins Outdoor Advertising and is making his LCT debut. His credits elsewhere include Fiddler on the Roof and Oliver. Tom is an avid golfer and is the associate director of the Wisconsin State Golf Association, president of the Cedar Creek Members Association and on the advisory board for the Three Rivers Golf Association.

Stacy Bruemmer
Wolf Moon Dance Soady

Stacy is a teacher at Coulee Children’s Center who enjoys scrap booking, reading and motherhood. Stacy was last seen at LCT as Hold-Me Touch-Me in The Producers, as Penny Sycamore in You Can’t Take it With You, and has been seen elsewhere as Bianca in Taming of the Shrew. She enjoys the feeling of being “home” when on the LCT stage as well as “meeting new friends and seeing old ones!” Stacy would like to thank “Johnny Boyle, Mac & Annie and Kate! Without you all I wouldn’t have nearly as much fun.”

Greg Parmeter
Director

Greg earned his M.F.A. from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His credits include seasons with the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Northern Fort Playhouse, and the Hampstead Stage Company. Previously, Greg was the technical director at Aberdeen Central High School and an instructor/director with T.O.Y.Box Children’s Theatre. Greg also developed a pilot program, ArtSpark, with Trollwood Performing Arts School, Fargo, N.D.

Ken Schelper
Assistant Director

Ken is a sales associate at SSE Music. Most recently, Ken was the assistant music director of LCT’s She Loves Me and has been seen on stage as Geoffrey in Something’s Afoot and Matt in The Fantasticks. Ken enjoys games of all varieties and enjoys theatre because: “Only in theatre can you put a group of yoopers in a deer shack telling bad jokes on stage- and call it art.” He would like to thank Greg for the opportunity to work along side of him.”

Jenn Burchell-Bailey
Stage Manager

Jenn works as a paralegal at Murphy Law Office. She has been seen onstage here at LCT in Something’s Afoot as Miss Tweed and in Twelfth Night as Feste. Jenn is a choir member at Christ Episcopal Church; she enjoys knitting at The Fitting Knit Shop, and is La Crosse Pipes and Drums “biggest fan.” When talking about theatre, she believes Thornton Wilder said it best: “We live in what IS, but we find 1,000 ways not to face it. Great theatre strengthens our faculty to face it.” Jenn would like to thank Brian and Jane Murphy for their indulgence and her husband, Euel, for his love and patience.

Dillon McArdle
Technical Director/Set Designer

Dillon is from Minneapolis but grew up in Las Vegas. He received a bachelor of arts degree in technical production and design from Viterbo University. Professional credits include the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, Minn., the Virginia Shakespeare Festival in Williamsburg, Va., and the Commonweal Theatre Company in Lanesboro, Minn. Dillon thanks all the volunteers who have given countless hours of time and, most of all, his wife, Megan, who supports him in every way.

Mandy Parmeter
Costume Designer

Mandy is originally from Aberdeen, S.D.  She received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Northern State University, where she discovered a passion for theatre. After a year of teaching music, she moved to Lincoln, Neb., to study costume design. She received her M.F.A. in costume design in May 2005. Her work has taken her from Oklahoma to Washington, Virginia, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Mandy thanks her husband, Greg, for relocating his life to La Crosse. His support is a true blessing and one of the reasons she loves him so much.

Sue LaCrosse
Costume Assistant/Construction

Cindy Wright
Properties Master

Leslie Bates
Sound Designer/Sound Board Operator

Jeff Copsey
Light Board Operator

Cindy Wright
Properties Master

Tim Harris
Set Construction

Cindy Wright, Amanda Wright
Run Crew

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