Emily Eastman (Phantom) is a Junior at Drury High School. She started theatre as a freshman in Dracula and was hooked. Now she is excited to be branching out into theatre outside of school. She jumped at the chance to audition for the Rocky Horror Show after hearing about the auditions from a teacher. She loves that the cast has become so close – rehearsal is her favorite time of each day. What an amazing way to end the summer!

Nicholas Fahey (Bernardo/Ensemble) is a recent graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where he studied fine and performing arts, education, and interdisciplinary studies. During his course at MCLA he has played the roles of Lord Montague in Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet in Hamlet, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. He is currently enjoying life as an unemployed educator.

Nathan Samson (Technical Director) is the lighting designer and board operator for the Rocky Horror Show. He is 20 years old. After high school Nate enrolled at Berkshire Community College in the criminal justice program and after his 2nd semester realized that criminal justice was not for him. After talking to a friend who is  a 3rd grade teacher at Sullivan Elementary, Nate asked her if he could come in and shadow her class and she was more than happy to facilitate this. After spending just one day with her students, Nate realized that being in a classroom is where he belongs. Nate currently works as a teaching assistant in the 3rd grade at Sullivan and it has been a wonderful experience. He also works as the technical director for Topia Arts Center in Adams and owns Ultimate Entertainment Adams which is a Disc Jockey and Holiday Decorating business. Nate enjoys being outside, rollerblading, golf and being an exterior holiday decorator. Lighting is one of his passions. Nate dreams to someday own a performing arts center. He would personally like to thank each and every one of you for coming to the Rocky Horror Show and hopes you enjoy the show!

Emma Gregory (Narrator/Phantom) is extremely excited to be a part of this cast and to work with the talented people at Minerva! Emma is a junior at Drury high school, and has been a member of the Drury Drama Team since freshman year. Productions she has been in with the team are Dracula (Vixon), and The Diviners (Norma). She has acted with the Starlight Stage Youth Theater playing (Tiger lily) in Peter Pan and the (dark witch) in Dark of the Moon. Other productions Emma has been in include Godspell, Just So, Alice in Wonderland, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Dancing is very important to Emma. She has been a dancer for 14 years and is currently on her dance school’s competition team. Emma would like to send big thanks to her Mom, Dad, and friends, but an even bigger thanks to her cast. “It was a night out they were to remember for a very- long- time!”

Mitch Bucciarelli (Player King/Ensemble) was born with a different first name and has spent the last twenty years trying to figure out why he changed it. He lives in the Berskshires.

Michael J. Brames (Osric/Ensemble) is an alum of Agawam High, who partook in their theatre program. The spark that was created then finally ignited last month when he played the part of Judas in the retelling of the 1969 classic Godspell. He will also be in a new staged adaption of Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th Century masterpiece, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha that runs August 3rd to 13th at the MAC. Now that the spark has been ignited, he plans to continue acting for as long as he may.

Melissa Quirk (Gertrude) is delighted to make her Minerva Stage debut, and will return to the MAC next month in the title role in The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. Melissa portrayed Mrs. Van Daan in a national tour of The Story of Ann Frank.  Locally, Melissa has performed in numerous Berkshire County productions including: Tongue of a Bird (Maxine) @ Main Street Stage; Talking With . . .(Big Eight), Rumors (Claire Ganz), As Bees in Honey Drown (Alexa Vere de Vere), Odd Couple (Florence Unger), and The Good Doctor (Nanny, Nina) @ Town Players; Glimpses of the Moon (Eldorada Tooker), Merchant of Venice (Ensemble), Taming of the Shrew (Biondello, Nathaniel), and Heroides (Hypermnestra) @ Shakespeare & Co; Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Meredith) and Gypsy (Miss Crachitt, Ensemble) @ Berkshire Public Theatre; Seduction Scenes:  Cloud 9 (Victoria), Evening of Shakespeare: Henry V (Alice), Tennessee (lead:  Old Woman) @ Williamstown Theatre Festival.  Other productions include: Love Letters, Search for Signs of Intelligent Life, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (Sarah Jackman), Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Alice in Wonderland (Alice) and a one woman show, Foremothers in Faith. Melissa has directed numerous plays including: Macbeth, Hamlet, Midsummer Nights’ Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Anton in Show Business, and The Duke, the Bard and You All on a Midsummer Night, which featured the Duke Ellington band.  Melissa was co-founder and co-producer of StageRight Productions, a NYC theatre company that features original works.

Meghan Deluca (Magenta) is a sophomore at Hoosac Valley High School. She was a Berkshire Idol finalist at this year’s event. Shows she has been in include her role as the Genie in Aladdin in 2008, also as Mrs. Bucket in Charlie in the Chocolate Factory in 2009 and High School musical in 2010. Meghan enjoys competitive swimming, singing and she loves to smile. Meghan loves Rocky Horror and being Magenta is making it about ten times the amount of fun she already thought it would be. She loves the cast as if they were her family.

Keith Edward Weil (Prologue/Ensemble), a newcomer to theatre, has found himself enthralled and intrigued by the strange world of acting. He began as the Boy in Waiting for Godot, then jumped right into the lead role of Jesus in Godspell. He will be seen in the upcoming The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha which opens August 3 and runs through August 13th at the MAC. The next project on the horizon for him comes this fall at the MAC: Night of the Living Dead.

Jon Marks (Preacher) is making his second appearance at the Minerva Arts Center; previously, he performed a humorous reading of Robert Benchley’s Christmas Afternoon: Done in the Manner, If Not the Spirit of Dickens. His theatre experience began in the late 1960s in Northern Ohio; for more than a decade, he has appeared intermittently on, in front of, or behind several area stages.  Additionally, Marks has been featured in two nationally released television commercials. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Pittsfield Town Players and is thought by some to deliver a dynamic curtain speech. Marks works at a law firm, teaches martial arts, and enjoys fatherhood, dog ownership, and understated wit. He is delighted to work again with Edward Cating, following their collaboration on 1 John 4:20 in the 2010 Berkshire Fringe’s Emerging Playwrights program.