The Game's Afoot Cast

Grady Elmore has a love for theater that was rekindled in the summer of 2021. While working with LRE, he has done three acting showcases and was a stage manager for House of Blue leaves and Closer. He played five different roles in Bright Ideas, and he was in a joint LRE and Looking Glass Theater production of The Sound of Music where he played Captain Von Trapp. He performed as Dexter Cosmo in The Looking Glass Theater's production of The Pajama Party Murders. He then played George in the holiday comedy Happy Hollandaise here at Abbey Players theater. In 2023, he was Don Juan's man servant, Leporello, in Don Juan In Chicago. He joined The Plural Noun, an improv troupe out of Lafayette, in which he has had four performances at Cite Des Arts and other local venues. Grady was also in the Baton Rouge Improv Festival and the Improv Rumble at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Most recently, he played as Charlie The Duck in an IPAL production of One Man Two Guvnors, and Uncle Wes in CCT Lafayette’s production of Footloose, and Judge Turpin in an Abbey Players production of Sweeney Todd. He recently attended an acting class and performed in a showcase for Jeffery Seymour and will be appearing in a local short film as Ken in Trust Fall. In his spare time, he volunteers at Wonderland working on set construction and design.

Perry Ledet is pleased to be working with several cast and crew members that he has worked with before. He enjoys theater and has had the opportunity to act in a variety of productions in Lafayette, New Iberia, and Abbeville. Some of the shows he’s appeared in are Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story, Othello, You Can’t Take It With You, Dracula, and Arsenic and Old Lace. A few of his favorite roles have been Reverend Toop in See How They Run, con man Mike Talman in Wait Until Dark, and deputy sheriff File in The Rainmaker. He was last seen onstage playing several characters in Bonnie & Clyde and has directed the last two Christmas shows - Sorry! Wrong Chimney and Happy Hollandaise - here at Abbey Players Theater. Perry lives in Lafayette and works as an academic advisor. He extends “Merry Christmas” wishes to all . . . and to all a good night!

Malani Hoffpauir is from Acadiana and has done several shows across the state! She has a master’s degree in gifted education and is soon to have a doctorate in education. She teaches talented theatre and academically gifted students in Vermilion Parish. Being onstage has always been a part of her life, and she is excited to be able to continue that adventure here! She was last seen onstage as choreographer and performer for Pippin. You might have seen her dancing in local productions of The Producers, Legally Blonde, Rock of Ages, and more! Thank you Mitchell and Hollie for allowing me to be a part of this journey. A big thank you to everyone working so hard on this production, and thank you to all of you coming to support us and the arts!

Trevor Duhon is returning to the stage for his 7th live performance. After getting the experience of working behind the scenes on Wokna Jr. & seeing all the work that goes into bringing these wonderful works to life from the minds of the directors, Trevor is ready to return to the spotlight & stretch his acting muscles some more. And what better way to lure him back to the stage than with his favorite genre: a murder-mystery! Who knows, maybe after this, he'll finally admit that what he really wants to be is a private detective & start that career path...then again, maybe he should just stick to acting like a detective & leave the real work to the professionals. Haha! Trevor is a working actor from Erath, LA who graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a major in Moving Image Arts. He has starred in various locally filmed commercials, short films, feature films, and television shows, and he is very much looking forward to seeing if audiences can figure out the mystery of the murders awaiting them in The Game's Afoot!

Beth Finch is excited to be returning to Abbey Players once again. Previous Abbey productions include Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (Sonia), A Southern Belle Primer (the Hostess), and A Carol for Tiny Tim (caroler) and Assistant Director for Sorry, Wrong Chimney. She has also played with IPAL, most recently in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, with Streva Productions in Drinking Habits 1 and 2, and with CYT in Inspector Hound. Last year, Beth directed Marvelous Wonderettes for Streva Productions at Cité des Arts and wrote and directed A Cajun Christmas for First Baptist Church, Lafayette. Beth feels that it's always fun to be back on stage, but the greatest joy is the three grandchildren that keep her smiling.

Kathryne Delcarpio is a retired English and ESL teacher. She and her husband Joseph have two adult children and moved to New Iberia eight years ago to be near and enjoy them and their three grandsons. She performed in both plays and musicals throughout her life and directed shows when she taught school. Since moving to Acadiana, Kathryne has become very active in local theater and performs in several venues. She has been in numerous musicals as a chorus member and dancer at IPAL and has been most recently seen in IPAL’s productions of Music Man as Eulalie Shinn and as a 70-yr-old tap-dancing nun in Nunsense. Her favorite non-musical roles have been the Stage Manager in Our Town (LRE-ACA), “Miss” Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life (IPAL) and, most recently, Miss Brent in And Then There Were None (LRE-Cite de Arts). Kathy would like to thank Mitch and the Abby Players for giving her this opportunity. Wishing all of you joy, peace and love this holiday season.

Anna Edwards, an Abbeville native, has a BA in drama from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Her work with Abbey Players includes the role of Shelby in Steel Magnolias, Vilma Hasenpfeffer in Happy Hollandaise!, and assistant directing the Allumé Society and Community Performance International's In the Wake of Time and Cross Currents. She has performed with IPAL as Suzy in Wait Until Dark, one of the multi-character maids in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Lydia in Out of Sight, Out of Murder. Her latest labor of love was assistant directing a phenomenal cast in LRE's production of And Then There Were None at Cité des Arts. Last year, she and her siblings celebrated and wrapped up six successful years designing and operating Red Herring Escape Rooms in Shreveport, and she's spent the last nine years in the rewarding role of providing tech and donor support to lay Catholic missionaries. She spends her free time trying to be as non-Daria-like as possible.

Kaitlyn Viator has been constantly doing theater for six years and doesn't intend on taking a break any time soon. Kaitlyn has been in multiple Abbey Players productions, including Happy Hollandaise, Something Rotten, and Sweeney Todd. She has also been involved with the Iberia Performing Arts League, where her most recent production was One Man Two Guvnors. Kaitlyn is a civics teacher at New Iberia Senior High who enjoys all things old and historical. She can often be found getting good deals at thrift stores or collecting old coins.