Thespians - Seniors
Bella Andriessen: Bella is the coolest girl you will ever meet. That’s an overstatement but you get the point. She is involved in student council, class council, and girl scouts. She also plays softball and is a captain in the Pantherettes dance team. This is her fifth year in the drama department. She has acted in previous shows such as The Second and Third Annual Middle School Drama nights and The Music Man. She has done lights and helped out in shows such as The Fourth Annual Middle School Drama Night, I Remember Mama, and was Sandy in last season's production of Grease!
Julia Gonzalez: Julia is a senior who has been apart of The Griffith Theatre Company for the entirety of her high school and middle school career. She has tried her hand at acting, costume crew, set crew, being a production assistant, and now directing! Anne Frank will be her 12th show with the GTC and she is so excited for you to see all the hard work that has been put in this season.
Savannah Harrington: Sav is a senior and this will be her third year of being involved with the Griffith Theatre Company. Her first show with the GTC was Radium Girls and has since been a part of other shows like The Mousetrap, Grease and Middle School Drama Nights. This fall, she stars as Edith Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. When she is not acting, she can be found back stage with set and stage crew or upstairs with GLS. Sav is also a part of Griffith’s cross country and swim team. Other after school and out of school activities include, Taekwondo, book club and class council. She is very excited for her senior fall show and wishes everyone a great show!
Desting Magana: Destiny is a senior at Griffith High School and helped run sound last fall for The Mousetrap. When she is not in drama she plays volleyball, serves as Junior Class Council president, and participates in National Honor Society, Best Buddies, and many more activities. She enjoys drama and is so excited for you guys to see the show!
Elijah Neal: Elijah Neal is a senior at GHS and has been apart of the GTC family for four years. The first show he was casted in was Shrek: The Musical, but due to COVID-19, he wasn’t able to perform his role as Donkey. Soon after drama started back up, Elijah was eager to start acting again. He preformed in the fall show The War of the Worlds. and was happy to be performing again. He would then go on to do crew for the middle school show, and snag the role of “Raymond Berry”, in Radium Girls. After finding out that that last years show was The Mousetrap, Elijah knew exactly what role he wanted. Sadly, because of covid, Elijah once again could not act. Thankfully his awesome directors assigned him as an understudy and a production assistant for when he got back. He also worked with the directing staff in the middle school show, The Brunch Club. Elijah then went on to get triple casted in, cast and crew, in the GTC’s adaptation of Grease! Elijah hopes you’ll enjoy this fall's adaptation of The Diary Of Anne Frank, because he directed it!:)
Carter Pala: Carter Pala is in 12th Grade and today he will be playing the role as Mr. Van Daan this fall. Carter has had an absolute blast doing this show and is so excited to be showing it all to you this fall. Carter has been in the theatre company for ever since 7th grade. He’s had roles such as but not limited to Prince Bob, Winthrop, Gamer Steve, Christopher Wren, Kenickie, and much more. Outside of theatre you can catch Carter just trying to have a good time with his pals.
Nathan Pinkelton: Nathan Pinkelton is a senior and has been in the drama department for five years. He has fallen in love with putting on shows, and has been involved in almost every show put on by the department since then, experiencing both the acting and the crew side of theatre. Nathan is especially excited to put on this show for his senior year. Although it’s been a little tough for him to balance theatre with tennis, cross country, and his various clubs, he still wishes to put on the best show for his audience. Nathan hopes that you all enjoy the show!
Kaylee Sheline: Kaylee is a senior this year and has been involved in the Griffith Theatre Company since she was in 7th grade. She has been doing costumes since 7th grade. Outside of drama she is also a member of the softball team, NHS, class council, student council, color guard, SADD, FCCLA, and paranormal society. She hopes you enjoy the costumes!
Ashley Taylor: Ashley Taylor is a senior at Griffith High School. This is her 13th show with the Griffith Theatre Company. She is so excited to be playing the role of Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank. Ashley has been both on and off stage throughout her time in the GTC. Outside of the Griffith Theatre Company she is captain of the cross country team, runs track, is in NHS, Senior Class Council, Choir, and Paranormal Society. When she is not at practice or rehearsal she enjoys spending time with her friends, listening to music, and going to other school events. Ashley would like to thank everyone in the cast and crew for making this a memorable last fall show (so sad :[ ) She hopes you all enjoy the show!
Bella Visak: Bella is a senior and has been involved with the GTC since middle school where she played Cinderella and Martha Jefferson. She has done costumes for many high school productions such as War of the Worlds, Tracks, Radium Girls, and The Mousetrap, and was a featured dancer in Grease. When not part of the GTC she is the captain of the volleyball and tennis teams for GHS. She’s going to go on and play Division III volleyball for the Milwaukee School Engineering next year. She is a member of NHS, best buddies, class council and Girl Scouts. She’s so happy to share this show with you.
Lily Wroblewski: Lily Wroblewski is finally a senior and this is her 15th production with the GTC. She wishes everyone a wonderful show!
Julia Gonzalez: Julia is a senior who has been apart of The Griffith Theatre Company for the entirety of her high school and middle school career. She has tried her hand at acting, costume crew, set crew, being a production assistant, and now directing! Anne Frank will be her 12th show with the GTC and she is so excited for you to see all the hard work that has been put in this season.
Savannah Harrington: Sav is a senior and this will be her third year of being involved with the Griffith Theatre Company. Her first show with the GTC was Radium Girls and has since been a part of other shows like The Mousetrap, Grease and Middle School Drama Nights. This fall, she stars as Edith Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. When she is not acting, she can be found back stage with set and stage crew or upstairs with GLS. Sav is also a part of Griffith’s cross country and swim team. Other after school and out of school activities include, Taekwondo, book club and class council. She is very excited for her senior fall show and wishes everyone a great show!
Desting Magana: Destiny is a senior at Griffith High School and helped run sound last fall for The Mousetrap. When she is not in drama she plays volleyball, serves as Junior Class Council president, and participates in National Honor Society, Best Buddies, and many more activities. She enjoys drama and is so excited for you guys to see the show!
Elijah Neal: Elijah Neal is a senior at GHS and has been apart of the GTC family for four years. The first show he was casted in was Shrek: The Musical, but due to COVID-19, he wasn’t able to perform his role as Donkey. Soon after drama started back up, Elijah was eager to start acting again. He preformed in the fall show The War of the Worlds. and was happy to be performing again. He would then go on to do crew for the middle school show, and snag the role of “Raymond Berry”, in Radium Girls. After finding out that that last years show was The Mousetrap, Elijah knew exactly what role he wanted. Sadly, because of covid, Elijah once again could not act. Thankfully his awesome directors assigned him as an understudy and a production assistant for when he got back. He also worked with the directing staff in the middle school show, The Brunch Club. Elijah then went on to get triple casted in, cast and crew, in the GTC’s adaptation of Grease! Elijah hopes you’ll enjoy this fall's adaptation of The Diary Of Anne Frank, because he directed it!:)
Carter Pala: Carter Pala is in 12th Grade and today he will be playing the role as Mr. Van Daan this fall. Carter has had an absolute blast doing this show and is so excited to be showing it all to you this fall. Carter has been in the theatre company for ever since 7th grade. He’s had roles such as but not limited to Prince Bob, Winthrop, Gamer Steve, Christopher Wren, Kenickie, and much more. Outside of theatre you can catch Carter just trying to have a good time with his pals.
Nathan Pinkelton: Nathan Pinkelton is a senior and has been in the drama department for five years. He has fallen in love with putting on shows, and has been involved in almost every show put on by the department since then, experiencing both the acting and the crew side of theatre. Nathan is especially excited to put on this show for his senior year. Although it’s been a little tough for him to balance theatre with tennis, cross country, and his various clubs, he still wishes to put on the best show for his audience. Nathan hopes that you all enjoy the show!
Kaylee Sheline: Kaylee is a senior this year and has been involved in the Griffith Theatre Company since she was in 7th grade. She has been doing costumes since 7th grade. Outside of drama she is also a member of the softball team, NHS, class council, student council, color guard, SADD, FCCLA, and paranormal society. She hopes you enjoy the costumes!
Ashley Taylor: Ashley Taylor is a senior at Griffith High School. This is her 13th show with the Griffith Theatre Company. She is so excited to be playing the role of Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank. Ashley has been both on and off stage throughout her time in the GTC. Outside of the Griffith Theatre Company she is captain of the cross country team, runs track, is in NHS, Senior Class Council, Choir, and Paranormal Society. When she is not at practice or rehearsal she enjoys spending time with her friends, listening to music, and going to other school events. Ashley would like to thank everyone in the cast and crew for making this a memorable last fall show (so sad :[ ) She hopes you all enjoy the show!
Bella Visak: Bella is a senior and has been involved with the GTC since middle school where she played Cinderella and Martha Jefferson. She has done costumes for many high school productions such as War of the Worlds, Tracks, Radium Girls, and The Mousetrap, and was a featured dancer in Grease. When not part of the GTC she is the captain of the volleyball and tennis teams for GHS. She’s going to go on and play Division III volleyball for the Milwaukee School Engineering next year. She is a member of NHS, best buddies, class council and Girl Scouts. She’s so happy to share this show with you.
Lily Wroblewski: Lily Wroblewski is finally a senior and this is her 15th production with the GTC. She wishes everyone a wonderful show!