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Director

Scot Miller

Scot is the office manager at Adams Pediatrics and currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of Abilene Community Theatre. He directed WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THREE TALL WOMEN, and PUFFS! at ACT.

Assistant Director

Marica Straughn

Marcia is the Programs Director for the Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing. She was assistant stage manager for PUFFS! and THE RAINMAKER.

Scenic Designer

Charlie Hukill

Charlie is former professor of Theatre at McMurry University, where he designed and built scenery, and designed and executed lighting for stage productions. He also directs plays and sometimes acts in them.

Projection Designer

Barry Smoot

Barry is the Artistic Associate of the landmark Paramount Theatre and the Festival Director of the 24fps International Short Film Festival. He is a writer, director and designer for theatre, digital media, and film. He was the Artistic Director of Historic Paramount Theatre, Inc., from 1992 to 2020.

Technical Director

Larry Wheeler

Larry is retired Associate Professor of Theatre, Head of the Department of Theatre, and Technical Director at Hardin-Simmons University. At HSU, Larry was responsible for the construction of the catwalk in Van Ellis Theatre, updating the basement of Behrens Auditorium to the Down Centre Stage Lab Theatre, and extending the stage in Behrens Auditorium so chapel speakers could be closer to the audience. At ACT, Larry has organized the tool room and shop, redesigned the light booth, built an extension to the stage exit in the courtyard, and maintains the grounds of the theatre. He is also Chair of the Facilities and Maintenance Committee at ACT.

Lighting Designer

Grayson Allred

Grayson is Director of Operations & Programming at the Historic Paramount Theatre. Grayson was most rectnly lighting designer for HELLO, DOLLY! and SWEENEY TODD, and set designer and lighting designer for IT'S ONLY A PLAY at the Historic Paramount Theatre.

Costume Designer

Jami Adams

Jami is the solo pediatrician at Adams Pediatrics. She has designed the costumes for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THREE TALL WOMEN, MISERY, PUFFS, and THE RAINMAKER.

Intimacy Choreographer

Emelie Clements

Emily is a Graduate Student at Luther Seminary and Group Fitness Instructor at Crunch Fitness. She trained in intimacy choreography with Theatrical Intimacy Education.

Fight Choreographer

Gary Varner

Gary is retired Technical Director and professor of Theatre, and current adjunct professor of improvisation at Abilene Christian University. Gary is also the Chair of the Production Committee at ACT.

Makeup and Blood Effects

Shea Cheek

Shea is a Developmental Specialist with Blue Cross Blue Shield and the owner/decorator for Sweet Cheeks Cakes and More. She loves dabbling in special effects and being involved with ACT both on stage and behind the scenes.

Dialect coach

Amanda Keith

Dialect Coach

Joe Davis

Kate Hamill

Originally from the farms and fields of upstate New York, Kate is an award-winning NYC-based actor/playwright. She is deeply passionate about creating new feminist, female-centered classics, both in new plays and in adaptation: stories that center around complicated women. Her work as a playwright celebrates theatricality, often features absurdity, and closely examines social and gender issues - as well as the timeless struggle to reconcile conscience/identity with social pressures. As an actor, she tends to play truth-tellers, oddballs, and misfits.

Kate was named 2017's Playwright of the Year by the Wall Street Journal. She has been one of the 10 most-produced playwrights in the country, 3 seasons running (2017-2020); in both 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, she wrote two of the top 10 most produced plays in the U.S.; many of her plays have been produced internationally. Future productions, including 4 world premieres in 2019/2020: Dracula at Classic Stage Company, Emma at the Guthrie, Prostitute Play at Cygnet Theater, and Scarlet Letter at South Coast Rep. Her previously-produced plays include Sense and Sensibility (Bedlam; in which she originated the role of Marianne) - Winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; Nominee, Drama League Award; 265+ performances off-Broadway; "Top Ten Theater of 2014" - Ben Brantley; "the greatest stage adaptation of this novel in history” - Huffington Post. Other plays include Vanity Fair (The Pearl; in which she originated the role of Becky Sharp; Nominee, Off Broadway Alliance Award; WSJ Critic's Pick), Pride and Prejudice (Primary Stages / HVSF; in which she originated the role of Lizzy Bennet; Nominee, Off Broadway Alliance Award; "Best Theater of 2017", Huffington Post; WSJ Critic's Pick), Little Women, Mansfield Park (originated role of Mary Crawford), and Dracula (Classic Stage Company; originated role of Renfield; WSJ Critic’s Pick.)

Her plays have been produced off-Broadway, at A.R.T., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, PlayMaker’s Rep, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center, Folger Theatre (8 Helen Hayes Award nominations; Winner, best production) & more. Kate’s Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Vanity Fair, and Little Women are published by DPS. She is currently working on an adaptation of The Odyssey (commissioned by A.R.T.) as well as several new original plays - including Love Poem, In The Mines (Sundance Semi-Finalist; now collaborating with The Bengsons on this piece), Em (Red Bull New Play finalist), the Prostitute Play (O'Neill Semi-Finalist), and The Piper (O’Neill Finalist, PlayPenn Haas Fellow play).

Additional acting credits include: Talley’s Folly (Syracuse Stage; WSJ Critic’s Pick; TheaterMania best productions of 2020) The Seagull (Bedlam; "best classical productions of 2014" - WSJ) Noises Off (Syracuse Stage), The General from America (HVSF), Cyrano (“Outstanding Performance by an Actress”- DFW Critics Awards, Amphibian Stage), Internet Famous (Youngblood), Dreams of A West Texas Marsupial Girl (PearlDamour), All That Fall (Cherry Lane), and more. Numerous independent films that she has performed in have gone on to festival success, including: Clermont Ferrand Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Festival del Film Locarno, Brooklyn Film Festival, Boston Int'l Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival (Jury Award Finalist), Honolulu Film Festival, Black Maria Film Festival (Stellar Award), etc. Kate has a BFA in Acting, Ithaca College.