Program
Logo Design by Matt Ingram
a new play
by Colin Healy & Bradley Rohlf
The Invention Of Lightning runs approximately
1 hour and 50 minutes
and is presented in Two Acts with
one 15-minute intermission.
Act 1 runs 50 minutes
Act 2 runs 45 minutes
Notes to our audiences:
This production contains the use of
stage fog, flashing lights and
and the use of prop firearms.
Thank you and enjoy the show!
Fly North Theatricals’ Theater For All Initiative (TFAI) aims to make seeing and learning theater more affordable!
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The Starling Company, FNT’s fee-free children’s theater wing.
Our goal of providing up to $10K in scholarships and subsidies every year for our private voice, dance, and acting students.
More shows offered at “pay-what-you-want” pricing to the community.
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Cast
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Michael Musgrave-Perkins is honored to make his Fly North debut. Recent onstage credits are with Riverside Theatre Project in Hermann: Titania in 'Midsummer...', King Arthur in 'Camelot,' and the titular role in the Scottish Play. He is usually behind the scenes as a designer, director, and educator. Regional clients include Upstream Theatre, COCAdance, Prison Performing Arts, Albion Theatre, The Midnight Company, New Jewish Theatre, and many more. Michael teaches acting & technical theatre at Grand Center Arts Academy and manages the historic Sun Theater; he has a BFA in Directing from Lindenwood University and an MA in Theatre Education from University of Houston. He can also be seen around the bi-state area as a member of the 501st Legion, the international charitable organization of 'Star Wars' cosplayers ("Bad Guys Doing Good") as Director Krennic or a Sandtrooper and is also an advisor at the Galactic Academy for aspiring cosplayers. Many thanks and congratulations to Bradley, Colin, Ryan, and the whole FNT team! Love to Southampton & Kit, Mauler & Backstabber. IG: @musgraveperkins
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Ryan Matthew Whaley is honored to make his debut with Fly North Theatricals. As of graduation from SIU Edwardsville this past May with a BA in Theater Performance and a minor in Creative Writing, this is his third professional show as an actor in the St. Louis area. Previous professional onstage credits include Chorus Of Fools (The Privelege of Being Second - Reese Winter), Bread & Wine Theater Company (Baked Alaska - Virgil), Winter Opera STL, and Deenie Nast. He has been seen in SIUE productions such as The Great Gatsby (Nick), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), and The Importance Of Being Earnest (Jack). Ryan is an aspiring writer, with two published short non-fiction pieces through university publications, plans to produce his own stageplays, and has been a D&D Dungeon Master since 2020. He has lead an Mid-America winning short-film for Long Fiction in 2026, The Lesser Key. You can see him perform next in Chorus of Fools' performance of their 2026 Holiday Cabaret this December. He would like to congratulate Michael, Bradley, Colin, and the FNT Team on their guidance and excellence, his family for their trust, and his partner for their love and undying support.
Creative Team
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Bradley Rohlf
CO-PLAYWRIGHT
DIRECTOR
PROPS DESIGNBradley Rohlf is a multi-hyphenate theater artist and musician. He is a co-founder of Fly North Theatricals, working in multiple production capacities on their shows. Directing credits include FNT's production of "Big Machine" (2024 St. Lou Fringe Headline Act), and “Assassins” (2022) for which he was awarded “Outstanding Director of A Musical” by the St. Louis Theater Circle. He was recently seen on stage in “Fiddler On The Roof,” at FNT and “The Inferno is for B*tches” with SATE. Recent lighting design credits include “Wild Nights” with YoungLiars, “The Privilege of Being Second,” with Chorus of Fools, “Hookman” with West End Players, and “Madam” with Fly North Theatricals. He was an invited workshop presenter at MO ThesCon 2025, and is a frequent collaborator with St. Lou Fringe. As a songwriter and recording artist, he has released two EPs under the moniker Another White Suburbanite, "AWS" (2011), and "Counter Culture" (2012). He is the Managing Director of Fly North Theatricals, a co-host of Overarching, and co-owner of Greenfinch Theater & Dive.
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Colin Healy
CO-PLAYWRIGHT
SOUND DESIGN
ORIGINAL SCOREColin Healy (he/him) is a composer, music director, and theater producer based in the City of St. Louis. He is the artistic director of Fly North Theatricals and co-owner of Greenfinch Theater and Dive. Starting as a singer/songwriter at the age of 15, Colin has been a working musician and nationally-touring recording artist for over 20 years. Since relocating to St. Louis in 2015, Healy has composed music and lyrics for four original works of musical theater: Madam, Forgottonia, The Gringo, and Big Machine. Healy has served as a music director in the Washington University St. Louis Performing Arts Department (2025-2026) as well as Artist-In-Residence at both the Center Of Creative Arts (2022) and St. Louis University (2020-21).
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Dizzy Funke
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
STAGE MANAGER
Dizzy Funke is a local student, performer, and stage manager. Some of their favorite credits include Sweeney Todd, Madam, and Big Machine at Fly North Theatricals (Stage Manager), The Wolves at COCA (Stage Manager), and She Kills Monsters at COCA (Tilly Evans). They are so grateful to have the opportunity to earn their first directing credit with this show and this marvelous team! Big love to their friends and a big thanks to YOU for being here! -

Jen Blum-Tatara
COSTUME DESIGNER
Jen Blum-Tatara (she/her) is a professional costumer who has been working in the St. Louis area for nearly a decade. She has met and worked with many talented performers and artists throughout the years, and loves to work with this theatre community. Jen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Theater and English Literature from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and she has returned annually to her alma mater to design costumes for the Cougar Theater Camp each summer. Jen holds several nominations and one win from the Ken Page Awards (formerly St. Louis High School Musical Theater Awards) for her work on costumes at Edwardsville High School, where she has been a collaborator with fellow SIUE alumni for nearly a decade. Recent costume design projects include Roméo et Juliette (Winter Opera St. Louis), Holes (Edwardsville High School), and Professor House (Contraband Theater). When not working, Jen prefers to spend her time at home reading alongside her loving husband and three adorable pets.
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Leo Young
SET DESIGN
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Leo Young is a junior at WashU studying Drama. Recent credits include Associate Production Manager (The Tempest, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival), Technical Director and Assistant Scenic Designer (Progress, Prism), and Assistant Director (Mean Girls, WashU). They hope you enjoy the show! -

Ryan Thorp
LIGHTING DESIGN
This is Ryan's second time lighting a show with Fly North, and this was an absolute treat. He would like to thank everyone at Fly North for trusting him with such a complicated new work, and his partner Rachel for holding down the fort while he is out playing with light(ning). Thank you to you the audience member as well for supporting local artists and being the reason we can keep chasing our passion here in Saint Louis!
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Joel Stillwell
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Joel is the tech wizard behind the scenes at Escape From St. Louis. If it blinks, beeps, locks, or launches Joel built it. He codes, wires, designs, and brings all the tech magic to life in every room. His brain runs on logic puzzles and caffeine. From hidden sensors to clever contraptions, Joel makes sure the rooms not only work, but WOW. He's the reason your escape feels like movie-level magic.
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Sarah Lynne Holt
ADDITIONAL VOICEOVER
Sarah Lynne Holt (she/her) is a St. Louis director whose work you may have seen at Kirkwood Theatre Guild, The Midnight Company, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, That Uppity Theatre Company, and others. Most of her voice work is in the form of audio description for theatre, dance and other cultural events through MindsEye. Recent live performances include the national tour of Death Becomes Her at The Fabulous Fox, Glut at Contraband Theatre, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Theater and Dance and Romeo and Zooliet at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival. She can also be heard as one of the voices of audio description on the Laumeier Sculpture Park app, where she also authored descriptions for the Eastern Woodland.
2026 FNT Board Members
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Laurie K. Landgraf
LAWYER & MASTER ELECTRICIAN (retired)
Laurie received her Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from WashU in 1990, taking classes by night, while by day designing avionics in the F/A-18 fighter jet at McDonnell Douglas. She went on to get her JD at SLU and began work at the McDonnell Douglas Law Department and continued there after they were acquired by Boeing, where she served as Senior Counsel while also maintaining a practice specializing in intelligent property until her retirement. -
David Lemon
LMN REAL ESTATE
A master bonsai horticulturist named their most stunning miniature “Tree of David” after viewing an 87-second social video of Lemon’s. The 2nd-tier Austrian soccer club SV Salzburg’s mascot is “St. Louis Ted Lasso” in honor of Lemon’s appearance as emergency goalkeeper in the 2011 Austrian Cup penalties winner. Lemon apparently is now a “top producing realtor” living in south city St. Louis as husband to Brenn, father to Louis, and a boisterous advocate for better city solutions to housing, transportation, and access to art for all St. Louisans. -
Angel Azzarra
FIDELIO PARTNERS, LLC
Angel Azzarra is the founder of the nonprofit consulting agency Fidelio Partners. A celebrated American dramatic soprano, she has performed on stages around the world, including Detroit Opera, The Kennedy Center, and other major venues. Azzarra brings a combination of artistic insight and strategic leadership, with expertise in audience engagement, organizational strategy, and arts marketing. Her work bridges the creative and operational sides of theater, helping organizations connect with communities while championing accessible, high-quality performing arts.
Interested in helping Fly North Theatricals advance their mission of making seeing and learning the theatrical arts more affordable for students and audiences? Join our board!
For more details, send an email to hello@flynorth.org or just hunt Colin or Bradley down after the show.
Special Thanks