CAST BIOS (in alphabetical order)
William Beckstrom (Pianist/Poe) returns to A Christmas Carol for his second year. Other Baltimore-area theatre appearances include Machinal (FPCT), LOVE/SICK and Laughing Stock (Spotlighters).
Tyrel Brown (Dick Wilkins/ Horace/ Businessperson 1) previous CSC credits include Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (2025), Flute/Moth in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024), Paris in Romeo and Juliet, (2023, 2024). Other regional credits include Tiny Joe Dixon in Dreamgirls, (Baltimore Center Stage/ArtsCentric), Sebastian/Trinculo in The Tempest (Devils Isle Shakespeare Company). What the holiday season means to me: There’s a certain energy in the air during the holiday season. Even though the holidays happen during the coldest time of the year, it tends to bring me the most warmth. It’s almost as if everyone understands that we can give each other sympathy, grace, kindness, appreciation and love. And it feels like a big hug:) IG and Tiktok: @tyreltyrelbrown
Gregory Burgess (Ebenezer Scrooge) previous CSC credits include Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (2012), Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2012), Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (2014-Present). Other credits include Tevye in A Fiddler on the Roof (JFK High School, 1978), and Harold Hill in The Music Man (Richmond Summer Stock, 1978). The Christmas season gives all a chance to have the courage and compassion to be our better angels. It is also a chance to reconnect with family.
Ellie Cattle (Fiddler) is a Baltimore-local musician who performs with groups and acting companies around Maryland. This will be their sixth time performing with CSC's A Christmas Carol, and they can be found annually at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. They also perform locally with their bands, Madwitch and The Bramblers.
Morganne Chu (Ghost of Christmas Past/ Louisa/ Businessperson 2) returns for her fourth year in A Christmas Carol (Christmas Past 2024, Belle 2023, 2022). Select Previous Credits: Olney Theatre Center- Kim’s Convenience (Janet u/s; Amma u/s) Cumberland Theatre- The Haverton Howler (Bea), Escape to Margaritaville (Ensemble), Comedy of Errors (Luciana), Rock of Ages (Constance), CLUE On Stage (Cook and Telegram Girl) Toby’s Dinner Theatre- GREASE (Female Swing), Spamalot (Ensemble/Female Swing), A Christmas Story (Ensemble); NextStop Theatre- 46 Plays for America’s First Ladies (Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Others); Annapolis Shakespeare- R&G are Dead (Ophelia), Cabaret (Lulu), A Christmas Carol (Martha). BFA Musical Theatre from AMDA NYC/LA. www.morgannechu.com
Kathryne Daniels (Mrs. Pickersgill/ Businessperson 3) previous CSC credits include Adrianna in It’s the Comedy of Errors Hon! (2025), Katie in Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)[revised][again] (2023), Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (Multiple years). Other credits include: Olivia in Sex with Strangers (Fells Point Corner Theater), Mae in Wild Party (Iron Crow). What the holiday season means to me: Time! Its a time to see those you love and to give one of the most beautiful gifts we can give which is our time. It is a gift that can't be returned and one that we always long for.
Kayla Earl (Belle) is making their CSC debut. Previous performance credits include Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood (Ensemble U/S) and The Last Martyr (Nour/Pastor Greene U/S) at Imagination Stage, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Ensemble/Vivica U/S) at Creative Cauldron, If Pretty Hurts... (Adama) at Jubilee Theatre, Twelfth Night: The Musical (Ensemble/Officiant) at SMU Theatre. They graduated from SMU in 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre. (she/they)
Brett Earnest (Mr. Fezziwig/ Charles Dickens) is making his CSC debut. He studied musical theater at New York University’s Tisch School for the arts, and he holds an MFA in classical acting from George Washington University — where he attended The Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy. Credits for STCA include Romeo & Juliet (Friar Lawrence), The Rover, or the Banish’d Cavaliers (Ned Blunt), Cymbeline (Cymbeline and Dr. Cornelius), and The Odyssey (Old Odysseus and Helios). For Georgetown University: Marino Faliero (Marino Faliero). For John’s Hopkins University/Goethe-Instituit: Immanuel Kant (Cardinal). BrettEarnest.com.
Kate Forton (Mrs. Dilber) previous CSC credits include Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (2024), Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (2022), Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018). Other credits include Cookie in Rumors by Neil Simon with Just Off-Broadway theatre. My favorite CSC A Christmas Carol memory: My favorite ACC memory was getting to sing Joni Mitchell's "River" in 2015 and again in 2016. I got to perform it with my friend Nick the first year, and just a month later he unexpectedly passed away, so I got to dedicate it to him the following year. I so miss making music with him, but any time I sing at CSC (especially in A Christmas Carol) I feel just that little bit closer to him.
Ali Haas (Mrs. O'Leary/ Mrs. Fezziwig/ Nancy) has most recently performed in CSC’s student matinee of Romeo and Juliet as Lady Montague. Additionally, she made her CSC debut in A Christmas Carol (2024) as Mrs. Fezziwig and others. Past performance credits include Santa Fe Opera’s Falstaff directed by Sir David McVicar, Complete Female Stage Beauty, Die Mommie Die, and Yellow with the New Conservatory Theater Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Vallejo Shakespeare Company, Troilus and Cressida with Poltergeist Theater, The Speakeasy SF with Boxcar Theater, Two Coins for the Ferryman with 3 Girls Theater, and Infernal Motel, Alice in Wonderland, and Neverland with Epic Immersive.
Isaiah Mason Harvey (Young Scrooge/ Topper) previous CSC credits include Charles Musgrove/Mr. Elliot in Jane Austen’s Persuasion (2025), Orestes in The Oresteia (2024), Young Scrooge/Topper in A Christmas Carol (2024, 2025). Other credits include Caelum in Lyra and the Ferocious Beast (Truepenny Collective), Flat Joe/Black Superman in Black Superhero Magic Mama (The Strand). My favorite A Christmas Carol memory: We did a Secret Santa exchange the 2019 production and I was gifted a lovely book called “The Soul of an Octopus" by a dear friend that I still own to this day. However, they gave it to me wrapped in approximately 8 extra-large trash bags. It took me several minutes to unwrap it. IG: isaiah_mason
Elgin Martin (Ghost of Christmas Present/ Joshua) Previous CSC credits include 2025’s Julius Caesar (Metellus Cimber/Others). Other regional credits include The America Play (Perisphere Theater), Elysian Fields (Ford’s Theatre), Richard II (Frederick Shakespeare Festival), The Pliant Girls and Dua: The Monster’s Story (Theatre Prometheus), Cold Country and Testosterone (ExPats Theatre). Elgin is a graduate of Kenyon College and the Theatre Lab Acting Conservatory.
Elana Michelle (Frances) previous CSC credits include Ophelia in Hamlet (2023), Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018), Juliet in Romeo & Juliet (2016). Other credits include The Witch in Into the Woods (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Project Run-away (Avalon Theatre). What the holiday season means to me: I think of the holiday season as a kind of rehearsal for joy… a quiet invitation to show up with an open heart, to give freely, and to rediscover what’s simple and good: laughter, warmth, forgiveness, and connection. It reminds me how one person’s light can spark another’s; joy doesn’t always arrive easily, it’s something we make together. Each year, I try to carry that feeling forward - not as perfection, but as practice: keeping hope in motion, and light between us. www.elanamichelle.com
Dawn Thoms Reidy (Mrs. Cratchit) previous CSC credits include Henrietta Musgrove in Jane Austen’s Persuasion (2025), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (2023), Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun (2022). Other credits include Lynley Robbins in Hazardous Materials (Perisphere Theatre) and Bit in Our Black Death (Taffety Punk Theater Company). The last couple of years have brought holidays seasons marked by loss. Two Decembers in a row, loved ones have crossed over. In 2022, I brought my son to see A Christmas Carol at CSC for the first time. He got to meet Greg, our Scrooge, and has asked about him ever since. This year, I’m in the show for the first time. And my son is here with me. He now gets his own scene with Greg. It puts the biggest smile on my face. Joy and grief can exist so closely together in the same space. Doing this show with my son has helped that joy to grow.
Samuel Richie (Bob Cratchit) previous CSC credits include A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, Nicholas, others) and 2022’s Henry V (Pistol). His other credits include; As You Like It (Devil's Isle Shakespeare Co.) Cymbeline, Romeo & Juliet, and Man and Superman (STC Academy) Macbeth (Rapid Descent), Henry VI, and The Tempest (Do It Live!) www.samuelrichie.com
Steven Todd Smith (Marley/ Nicholas) is a Baltimore area actor with over a decade of theatrical experience in the DMV, NYC, LA, regional tours, and virtually. CSC: 2025’s Mary Stuart (Amias Paulet), 2024’s A Christmas Carol (Swing/Understudy - Cratchit, Marley, and others); Recent credits: The Shark Is Broken, Maryland Ensemble Theatre (Roy Scheider); Richard II, Frederick Shakespeare Festival (King Richard); Cymbeline, Baryshnikov Center, NYC (Guiderius); Picking Up, DR2 Theatre, NYC (Michael); Halfway There, Regional Tour/New World Stages, NYC (Barry). B.F.A., NYU Tisch School of the Arts; iO West Improv Training Program, Los Angeles.
YOUTH CAST BIOS
Everett Engler (Tiny Tim) is in the second grade at Monsignor Slade. This is his second year with CSC. Everett has performed as part of a musical revue at Musical Theatre Summer Camp with Musical Stages. He spends all of his extra time on the baseball field.
Lavinia Engler (Belinda Cratchit) is in the fourth grade at Monsignor Slade. This is her second year with CSC. At Musical Theatre Summer Camp with Musical Stages, Lavinia played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. She has recently performed an Irish Dance piece in her school talent show.
Charlotte Molitoris (Martha Cratchit) is in the 8th grade at Dumbarton Middle School. Charlotte made her mainstage CSC debut in 2024’s The Oresteia as Iphigenia and performed in last year’s A Christmas Carol. Previous credits include Dragon in Shrek Jr. at Relay Elementary School.
Fallon Reidy (Turkey Boy) is in the 5th grade at Stevens Forest Elementary School. After two summers of CSC camp, walking the boards as a camper, he is making his acting and mainstage CSC debut. Fallon is an avid runner, which comes in handy for Turkey Boy, and is training for his first 10K. He’s also a burgeoning saxophonist.
Cassius Rife (Peter/ William) is in 6th grade at The Green School Baltimore. Cassius previously appeared in A Christmas Carol (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company) in 2023 and 2024.
Isabella Tanase-Coles (Elizabeth Cratchit/ Internal Swing) is in the 7th grade at The Bryn Mawr School. She is making her CSC debut. Her recent stage work includes performances with Suburban Players of Baltimore in Hairspray and with Mid-Atlantic Dance Ballet in The Nutcracker. She has appeared annually in Peabody Preparatory’s ballet productions and has performed in chamber and solo viola concerts through Peabody’s music program. Her additional creative experience includes work in the Destination Imagination Maryland competition and ensemble performances at Park School and Green Spring Montessori.
Mikayla Uqdah (Little Fan) is in the 7th grade at McDonogh School. She previously appeared in CSC’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (2024). Other credits include High School Musical 2 (Arena Player Playhouse); Newsies (McDonogh School); Raise Your Voice, A Broadway Junior Revue (Arena Players Playhouse); Matilda the Musical (McDonogh School)
UNDERSTUDY BIOS
Ronnita Freeman returns after previously understudying for CSC production of It’s The Comedy of Errors, Hon! (2025). Previous credits include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory); Rosaline and Constable Dull in Love's Labour's Lost, Regina in She Like Girls, Demeter in Girls on a Dirt Pile, Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun, and Mrs. Muller in Doubt: A Parable (University of Maryland, Baltimore County).
Holly Gibbs is returning to CSC after appearing earlier this year in It’s the Comey of Errors, Hon! Other local credits include Venus in Gallathea (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory), Witch 3 in Macbeth and Richmond in Richard III (MD Renaissance Festival), Norma in Perfect Arrangement (Fells Point Corner Theatre), and Lenny in Crimes of the Heart (Vagabond Players) among others. Holly is a current member of the resident Acting Company at the MD Renaissance Festival. She holds a degree in Theatre from Goucher College.
Lloyd Marcus is a member of CSC’S Black Classical Acting Ensemble and returns after previously performing in Shakespeare Beyond’s 2025 production of It’s The Comedy of Errors, Hon!, The Oresteia (2024), the summer production of Macbeth (2023), the student matinee of Macbeth (2022), and A Raisin in the Sun (2022). His previous credits include: A Civil War Christmas at the Strand Theatre, Girls on a Dirt Pile as a part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. He was nominated for the Irene Ryan Acting Award and won 'Outstanding Performance in a Play Reading'.
John Dickson Wakefield is making his CSC debut. This is his sixth regional production of A Christmas Carol. John is best known for his work at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, where he has performed for the past 26 years as an actor and as a musician with his band, The Hooligans. He is the co-creator and playwright of Renaissance Rumble’s Shakespeare in the Ring shows.
Joseph Wilson is making his CSC debut. Other theatre credits include Craigslisted (Nu Sass); Muffed! (Prologue); Strange tales VI (COIL Project); Medea (Songs of the Goat); Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare Opera Theatre); and By the seashore (Arts on the Horizon). Opera credits include The yeomen of the guard (Young Victorian Theatre); Le villi (Opera Festival of Niagara); Carmen (Bel Cantanti); Il tabarro (Opera Niagara); La rondine, La bohème (Operavision Academy); Il barbiere di Siviglia, The pirates of Penzance (Loudoun Lyric Opera); I pagliacci (Maryland Lyric Opera); and Ruddigore (Victorian Lyric Opera).