Rachel Bailey (she/her) is back again for another FNT show! Favorite previous credits include Golde - Fiddler on the Roof, FNT, Calista - Madam, FNT, Susan - [title of show] Prism Theatre, Lychorida - Am I Dangerous? Contaband Theatre. Much love, as always, to her friends, family, and Benny for always putting up with her shenanigans.

Margaret Beekman is so excited to be making her debut with North Fly Theatricals. Some of her favorite credits include Mabel in Pirates of Penzance at SIUE, Professor Hidgens in The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals at SIUE, and Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock at SIUE. She has a degree in Musical Theatre from SIUE. She would like to thank her family and friends for all their support. 

*student at Fly North Theatricals

Ken Haller is a local actor, writer, cabaret performer, storyteller, advocate, educator, and pediatrician, and he is thrilled to be returning to Fly North Theatricals after appearing as Grandpa Gellman in Caroline, or Change, as Grandpa Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine, and most recently as Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the roof. Other favorite roles include Herbie in Gypsy and Herr Schultz in Cabaret at Stray Dog Theatre, Harry Hope in The Iceman Cometh, Zig in Bleacher Bums, Polonius in Hamlet, Oberon and Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the title role (as well as 6 others) in a three-person production of Macbeth for Hydeware Theatre, Arthur in Love! Valour! Compassion! for Citilites Theatre, and Claude in Hair for New Line Theatre. Ken has also created seven critically acclaimed cabaret shows which he has performed in St. Louis, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Denver, and he was named Best St. Louis Cabaret Performer by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2015 and 2019. In addition, Ken is an acclaimed storyteller, and his stories about being a doctor have appeared frequently on the Story Collider national podcast. He is one of the owners of the Blue Strawberry, a restaurant, bar, and performance venue, named the Best Place to Hear Live Music in St. Louis by The Riverfront Times in 2022.

Ken has served on the boards of PROMO (Missouri’s statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization), the Missouri Foundation for Health, Doorways, GLMA (the national health care professionals organization advocating LGBTQ+ health equity), the Gateway Men’s Chorus, the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis, the Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Story Collider (true, personal stories about science), and he is a founding member of the Black Tulip Chorale, St. Louis’s only free-standing all-voice, all-identity LGBTQ+ choral ensemble.

Ken is an Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine where he has co-created and teaches an elective course for first-year medical students called Acting Like a Doctor, comprising six three-hour seminars wherein up to ten students per semester learn how to use the skills of improvisational theater to become more mindful, empathetic physicians. Though retried from clinical practice, Ken continues to teach residents and students the art of pediatrics. He is a frequent spokesperson in local media discussing health and health equity for children, LGBTQ persons, and other marginalized communities, as well as the crucial role that the arts play in human mental, social, spiritual, emotional, and physical health.

Ken sees his personal mission as Healing, sometimes with a stethoscope, sometimes with a story and a song.

Parker cannot wait to share this tantalizing story with you all! You may recognize them from Fly North’s 2024 production of “Big Machine” as Ernest. Among theatre, they also sing with the Ambassadors of Harmony and work in Arts Administration here in St. Louis. Thank you for your investment in local artists.  Take a drink each time someone invites you to “attend the tale,” tip your bartenders, and enjoy the show! 

Mia Millican is thrilled to be making their Fly North Debut with Sweeney Todd. You may recognize Mia from Tuck Everlasting as Mae Tuck (Monroe Actors Stage Company) or from Just Human: Trans Lives of the 2020s as Briar and Others (One Time Productions). Mia is an actor, teaching artist, and behavioral technician in the St. Louis area who is anxiously awaiting you to attend the tale. They would like to thank their mom for always supporting them in everything. 

Jennelle Gilreath Owens is thrilled and eternally grateful to be making her debut with Fly North Theatricals in such an iconic role. Earlier this year she was seen in 9 To 5: The Musical with Straydog Theatre, and the US Premiere of The Myth of the Ostrich with Upstream Theatre. Her one-woman theatre cabaret show, You Made me Love You: A Personal Tribute to Judy Garland, was nominated for best cabaret in STL for 2023. Hailing from Chattanooga, TN, Jennelle is a proud graduate of The Professional Actor Training Program at Chattanooga State. She is also an award-winning burlesque performer, producer and emcee. A WWII Reenactor of 15 years, Jennelle’s proudest accomplishment is producing her 1940s USO show, Dixie D’s Canteen, which will be performed again at The Foundry in St. Charles on August 29th. She dedicates this performance to all the “Lovetts” in her life.

Isobel Ramsey is thrilled to take the stage in her first Fly North Production! She has previously been seen as Cecily in Importance of Being Earnest with Brickworks Theater Company and Vera Claythorne in And Then There Were None, as well as Ensemble, Sibella understudy in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at Kirkwood Theater Guild. She wants to thank all of her fans that helped get her here and the team at Fly North for this incredible opportunity! 

2X Ken Page Award and 3X Arts For Life Nominee, Crispin is incredibly excited to make his professional debut in Fly North’s production of Sweeney Todd. He was last seen as Marius in Mascoutah High School’s production of Les Miserables, and is incredibly excited to be an incoming freshmen at his dream school, Texas State University’s Musical Theatre BFA Program. Crispin would like to thank his incredible voice teachers, Jennifer Rea and Freddie Rice, as well as his friends and family for always supporting him.

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Chandler Spradling is thrilled to make his Fly North debut and cannot wait to share this show with you! Chandler is a graduate of Missouri State University’s Bachelor of Science in Theatre Studies program and Fontbonne University’s Master of Arts in Acting program. Recently he served as the director for Act Two Theatre's productions of Once Upon a Mattress and One Man Two Guvnors. He would like to thank his spouse, Benni, for being his most ardent supporter and ally, his family for their support in pushing him to follow his dreams, and his friends for putting up with him bailing on game night for the last six weeks while he rehearsed this show.