Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast(s)
(In Order of Appearance)
Click on Cast Member Name to see bio and performance dates.
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| Witch Wicked | Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg (Witch Wicked)By day a Realtor and by “night” an actress! Stephanie has been performing in plays since she was a little girl. She serves on the Board of Directors for The Ross Valley Players where she appeared in The Dixie Swim Club, Harvey, Arms and the Man and many others. Her all time favorite roles were Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, Sheree in The Dixie Swim Club, Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (command performance for Princess Margaret) and Linda Loman in The Death of a Salesman. Since joining CTA, she has enjoyed being one of the Genies in Aladdin and the Caterpillar in Alice In Wonderland, among others. She is delighted her grandsons and friends’ children love coming to CTA shows!
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Karen Saghi (Witch Wicked)Having been a member of CTA for many years, Karen’s past performances include an incredible variety of roles: the moody Beast in Beauty & the Beast, the grizzled Rumpelstiltskin, as well as the party-spoiling witchy Evilina in The Legend of Briar Rose. When not performing with CTA, her time is spent selling real estate with Sotheby’s International Realty, playing tennis and even singing with an auditioned jazz a capella group, the High Seas, sponsored by the St. Francis Yacht Club.
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| Sir Clumsy | Kat Zagoria (Sir Clumsy)Kat is entering her 5th year living in SF and being in CTA with her past performance credits being the lead in Pinocchio and Aladdin. Dancing since age 3, she has taught Cotillion, ballroom dancing and Zumba. Kat received her Master’s Degree from Johns Hopkins University. In addition to teaching, she worked in professional dinner theater, acting in many musicals and worked in radio and television commercials. She started a singing group called the Treble Makers, and was the choreographer for the group, which is still performing in NC. As Sir Clumsy, Kat is glad you “dropped in” to CTA, and live theater!
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Dianne Brock (Sir Clumsy)Dianne joined Children’s Theatre with an eye on painting sets and being part of the crew behind the scenes. But the action on the stage looked so fun. So, she gave it a try and finds she’s smitten with the challenge of creating a bit of magic from both sides of the curtain.
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| Sir Silly | Debi Curley (Sir Silly)Debi is making her first appearance in a CTA production and is co-producing Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. Debi and her husband Jim are the parents of six children and grandparents of five. She is also a member of The Songbirds, CTA’s outreach women’s choral group. Debi enjoys music ministry as a pianist at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in San Francisco and St. Pius Catholic Church in Redwood City. Thank you, Patrick, for all the theater mom gigs. Thank you, everyone, for your hard work and dedication to this production!
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Elizabeth Baker (Sir Silly)Elizabeth is thrilled to once again to be on stage for her tenth CTA performance. Originally trained as a ballet dancer, she danced in San Francisco and Denver. More recently, she has studied singing and acting including musical theater workshops at ACT and Marin Theater Company. She has appeared in local productions of Hello Dolly, My Fair Lady, Crazy For You and The Music Man.
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Sir Pompous | Laura Klapper (Sir Pompous)Laura has had many great roles with CTA, including a variety of kings, Gepetto, the evil wizard Jammal, and the White Rabbit. Still, her goal is to play a female some day… In her past life she received a BA in English and Theater from Wesleyan and initially worked as an Assistant Producer/Director at the Arena Stage. Although she later received an MBA, worked as a Marketing Executive and Consultant, and raised her daughter and son, she stayed connected to theater by teaching acting at MTW, chairing 8th grade plays and student talent shows, and choreographing parent/faculty performances at SFDS. She also directed annual adult talent shows at the JCCSF and was Artistic Director of their community theater program.
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Peggy Haas (Sir Pompous)Peggy made her CTA debut in 1994 as Aslan in The Magician’s Nephew. She has performed in many CTA productions, including last year when she played the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. Peggy is a past president of CTA and has co-produced four productions. She is a graduate of the Theatre Arts program at University of The Pacific and worked as assistant director for The American Theater in Vienna and The British Comedy Club in Brussels. She also directed at The Soho Polly in London.
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| Lady Penelope | Brenda MacLean (Lady Penelope)Brenda is making her twenty-second appearance in a CTA production. Her past roles include the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Gertrude in Cinderella, and various trees, guards, jokers and ladies of the court. Brenda has held several Board positions in CTA, including President. She and her husband, Don, are proud parents of two adult children and are adoring Grammie and PopPop to their grandchildren: Tyler, MacLean, Makayla and Gordon Marsten and Casey MacLean.
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Suzy Cronholm (Lady Penelope)Suzy returns to the CTA stage for the eighteenth consecutive year. Some of her previous roles include Rapunzel’s mother, Cinderella’s nasty stepsister and the Giant’s nervous housekeeper. She loves working with and gives a standing ovation to this amazing group of CTA members – actors, producers, business managers, artists, costume designers and crew. In real life, Suzy and her husband, Bob, live in San Francisco and she receives great coaching from her son, a musician, her daughter, an actress, and her two grandchildren, her biggest fans.
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| Lady Lucinda | Valerie Raskin (Lady Lucinda)Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be Valerie’s tenth consecutive CTA show. She has been an active board member and three time producer including last year’s production of Alice in Wonderland. This year she looks forward to focusing on her character “Lucinda” the self absorbed “Lady in Waiting”. Valerie has appeared in numerous community theater productions throughout the Bay Area. She is also a member of CTA’s singing group The Songbirds, under the direction of Dwight Okamura. She lives in San Francisco with her husband Neil.
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Carmen Hedlund Doyle (Lady Lucinda)This is Carmen’s sixth year with CTA. Her background as a Television Fashion Commentator for many years in Honolulu makes her comfortable on stage in the theater she loves. She is looking forward to having her eight year old twin grandgirls, Ashley and Brooke, enjoy Children’s Theatre productions. She is also a member of CTA’s Songbirds.
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| Lady Mathilda | Susan Cook (Lady Mathilda)Susan joined CTA five years ago and this is her third year on stage. Her previous experience was being a germ in her third grade play. She lives in Sonoma and is enjoying her new thespian experiences.
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Jordan Rezai (Lady Mathilda)Jordan loves making fairy tales come alive for young children. This year she is thrilled to have her granddaughter in the audience. She has performed as the Good Witch Red in Sleeping Beauty, as Lady Monet in Rumpelstiltskin and the Fairy Godmother’s helper in Cinderella. In real life when she is not practicing her most dramatic role as Lady Mathilda she is the CEO of Capital Access Group.
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| Lady Helen | Terry Keyes (Lady Helen)Terry has acted in all but three plays since her debut in 1984 as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel. She has held many Board positions over the years including President for three terms. Her Grandmother was a founding member of CTA and her mother, Sally, was a member for over 20 years. Whether a mute dwarf, a princess or a spritely monkey she is always thrilled to see the children delight in live musical theater.
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Pat Glass (Lady Helen)Pat, Patty, Trish, Patricia (she’ll answer to any of the above) has been in the theater world for longer than she wants to admit. She has played animals and people and last year she added “Table”, “Card”, and “Oysterette” to her list in Alice in Wonderland. Bringing live theater to children is a passion in which she feels fortunate to be involved. One of these days she hopes her two grandchildren will be in the audience. She lives happily in Mill Valley with her husband, Bob.
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Queen | Diane Blackman (Queen)Diane has been performing with CTA for over 20 years. She loves playing the evil persona and has done so many times: The wicked step mother (Cinderella), the evil fairy (Sleeping Beauty), the nasty fox (Pinocchio), The Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland), and her all time favorite, The Queen/Witch in Snow White. She and her husband live in Marin County very near her children and grandchildren, except for her one daughter, who is still in Anastasia on Broadway.
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Ginnie Menezes (Queen)Ginnie has always been in love with theater. At Northwestern she performed in campus plays, musicals, and a new Chicago Second City project to bring the classics to local Chicago youth. She has performed with the Lamplighters, Piedmont Light Opera, Pacific Rep in Carmel, and many years with Woodminster Amphitheater in the Oakland hills, which sponsors a “Kids Come Free” program. Ginnie also sings with CTA’s Songbirds. She is proud to be part of CTA’s mission of bringing live theater to SF school children. She would like to thank her acting coach and toughest critic, her daughter, Amy.
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| Mirror | Allison Yates (Mirror)Allison has previously performed with CTA as Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Alice in Alice in Wonderland. She has been performing in musicals since she was a child and has a degree from Santa Clara University with a double major in Acting and Dance. She has studied with vocal instructor Ava Victoria since 2009. Allison lives in San Francisco with her husband where she also designs and constructs bespoke clothing.
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D'Arcy Owens (Mirror)D’Arcy joined CTA in 2003, initially drawn to its longstanding singing group, The Songbirds. Somewhere along the way she picked up the acting bug and has enjoyed playing the Baroness in Enchanted Sleeping Beauty, the Treasurer in Rumpelstiltskin, the Captain in Beauty and The Beast, the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio and Flora in Alice in Wonderland. This year she is looking forward to playing the Mirror.
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| Snow White | Hiedeh Honari Saghi (Snow White)Hiedeh resumed her acting career seventeen years ago and has appeared annually in CTA productions for the last thirteen. Outside of CTA she has appeared in Mame, The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun, as well as Songs For a New World, Our Love is Here to Stay, Company and Lettice and Loveage. With CTA Ms. Saghi has played Rapunzel, Cinderella, Princess Jasmine, Snow White, Belle and a mean Cat! She’s also headed to the small screen, cast in a TV pilot. Hiedeh studies voice with Ava Victoria in San Francisco.
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Shelli Semler (Snow White)Shelli received her professional acting training in New York City where she studied at Circle in the Square Theatre and The New Actor’s Workshop under Mike Nichols, Paul Sills and George Morrison. She has been a member of CTA since 2005 and has enjoyed every minute of bringing music, laughter and live theater to San Francisco school children. Of all the roles she has played, her most favorite is the one she plays every day as a mother to her teen-age daughter. Shelli is delighted to be in this year’s performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and as always lovingly dedicates this performance to her sweet Scarlett.
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| Prince | Alice Steele (Prince)Alice joined CTA in 2005 and has co-produced Aladdin and Jack and The Beanstalk (twice!). She is a member of the CTA outreach singing group, The Songbirds, and she is a chorister at Calvary Presbyterian Church. She has loved playing a good Prince, a greedy King, a brainy Giant, and a naughty boy. As President of the nonprofit Miwok Stables Center she can be found working in “Horses As Healers” programs or riding horses herself on the Marin trails.
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Sheila Larsen (Prince)Sheila’s past roles in CTA productions include the Baron in Jack and the Beanstalk, Beast in Beauty and The Beast, Prince Brian in Rapunzel, The Lion in The Wizard of Oz, The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland and Aladdin in Aladdin. Sheila produced Charlotte’s Web for CTA. She has appeared in Hello Dolly at Hillbarn Theatre and in Bye Bye Birdie at Broadway By the Bay. She has three children, (including one thespian) and holds degrees from Stanford, Northwestern and the Wharton School of Business. She thanks CTA for many years of psychic income!
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| Keeper | Nancy Leavens (Keeper)Nancy joined CTA in 2005 after a lifetime off the stage. She has played an innkeeper, janitor, king, mother, Snow White dwarf, evil thief, queen’s secretary, lady of the court and a dragon. She is grateful to her daughter who encouraged her to perform, to her granddaughter who also loves to sing and dance and to her faithful friends who continue to attend even without children. Thanks to the hard work and long hours of the cast, crew, ticket sellers, school volunteers, ushers, back stage creators, costumes, props, and enthusiasts. They make this happen.
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Joan Herron (Keeper)Joan joined CTA nine years ago and has had great fun in her supporting roles in the productions. She sings with the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus that presents the Sing-It-Yourself Messiah each year among other classical works. She also sings with CTA’s Songbirds who entertain Bay Area seniors and others in need with two programs each year. Joan has served on the CTA Board, designing the promotional materials for the marketing effort. What a great group of fabulous ladies!
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| Picker | Jena Pugh (Picker)Jena is in her third year with CTA having performed as the wicked Halima in Aladdin and the infamous turtle and door #2 in last year’s Alice in Wonderland. She has a dramatic arts background from UCSB and has performed in the likes of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Aside from CTA she is a mother to a six year old daughter and lives in Marin with her husband, Justin, and dog, Jack.
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Kat Zagoria (Picker)Kat is entering her 5th year living in SF and being in CTA with her past performance credits being the lead in Pinocchio and Aladdin. Dancing since age 3, she has taught Cotillion, ballroom dancing and Zumba. Kat received her Master’s Degree from Johns Hopkins University. In addition to teaching, she worked in professional dinner theater, acting in many musicals and worked in radio and television commercials. She started a singing group called the Treble Makers, and was the choreographer for the group, which is still performing in NC. As Sir Clumsy, Kat is glad you “dropped in” to CTA, and live theater!
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| Packer | Adelaide Hornberger (Packer)Adelaide returns for her twelfth performance for CTA. Her past theatrical experience includes producing and acting in three musicals for Town School, and writing three benefit shows for the Epiphany Center. She has authored CTA’s adaptations of Pinocchio and Aladdin.
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Daphne Ball (Packer)Daphne is delighted to return to the stage and reprise her role as a dwarf in Snow White after a hiatus of ten years. During her years away, she continued to be involved with CTA but mostly behind a sewing machine helping to create the wonderful costumes for each show. She also enjoyed nine years of teaching preschool at Calvary Nursery School where she was known to break out in spontaneous song with her three year old students and costume the annual Christmas pageant. She is so grateful to be involved in a group of such talented, inspiring, supportive and fun-loving women who share her love of children.
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| Grinder | Debby Smith (Grinder)Debby has been a member of CTA since 2005. She has a Music degree from the University of Illinois and has performed in many choirs and musicals as an actor, singer and dancer. Since joining CTA she has been on the Board as Producer, Treasurer, Vice President, Secretary and President. She is also a member of The Songbirds singing group. Known as CTA’s “Ms. Pie”, she enjoys spending her spare time baking wonderful treats for her fellow actors, singers, friends and family.
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Cindy Shanholt (Grinder)Cindy joined CTA in 1990. She immediately played Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and had the best time. Well, then life got in the way of doing any shows until this year as she is FINALLY retiring from teaching at Crystal Springs Uplands School where she taught health and fitness classes as well as choreographed and directed the musicals for the last 28 years. Cindy is so excited to be back on stage with CTA. Cindy has an awesome husband and three amazing adult children all of whom have danced, sung, and acted in her musicals and variety shows. And…wait for it….she has a brand new granddaughter, CiCi, who will be attending her first musical to watch her.
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| Woeful | Cathy Kirkpatrick (Woeful)Cathy is a 37-year member of CTA. She was president of the organization in 1994. In 2013 she was the recipient of The Missy Saveri Award for excellence in all aspects of the theater. She is the founder of The Songbirds, CTA’s 20 voice choral group serving the Bay Area for over 20 years. She owns the “Secret Garden,” a children’s store in Greenbrae, CA.
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Linda Allan (Woeful)As a teenager, Linda spent every summer performing in the Junior Artist’s Guild musicals in Los Altos. Now, she is finally returning to the stage to bring the magic of theater that she experienced, to children today. She resumed her acting career last year in Alice in Wonderland as an oysterettte and a playing card. This year she is cheerfully taking on the role of the Dwarf Woeful. She also sings with CTA’s Songbirds.
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| Cutter | Gail Anderson (Cutter)Gail was drafted to dance the part of the Licorice Whip for CTA when she was 17. She has studied ballet, modern dance and drama, and has performed in New York, Los Angeles and Honolulu. She has done runway and print modeling as well as radio and television commercials. In addition to other roles, she has performed as Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web, the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Stepsister and Prince Charming in Cinderella, The Baron in Jack and the Beanstalk, the bad boy Gino in Pinocchio and Tweedledum in last year’s production. She is also a fundraiser for the San Francisco Opera and other Bay Area charities.
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Jackie Edenholm Pettus (Cutter)After her last appearance as a mute sunflower in CTA’s 2015 production of Jack in the Beanstalk, Jackie is happy to speak out as Cutter the dwarf in Snow White. A lifelong student of vocal jazz, she sings with the High Seas, a San Francisco-based a cappella ensemble. Jackie is the founder of Habitudes® LLC, the Habilinks web guide and the HabiTalk Blog.
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| Mouse | Pam McKulla (Mouse)Pam returns to the theater this year with the role of a dwarf under her belt. She has acted in fifteen CTA performances and considers the smiles of the children her greatest reward. When not involved with CTA, she is an actor in local film productions and commercials. She lives in Orinda with her golden retriever, Riley.
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Benita Truman (Mouse)Benita has been in over 30 productions for CTA. She has been active in children’s theater for the past 45 years, performing, producing, directing and teaching in the Bay Area and East Coast. She has performed on both coasts in community and professional theater. She majored in Theatre Arts at San Jose State University, and did graduate work at San Francisco State University. First love: Performing for children.
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