The Crew & Cast

Co-Director/Choreographer

Mary A. Stiegelbauer earned a BA in Dance and a minor in Classical Studies from The University of North Carolina Greensboro. While in NC she worked with Triad Stage, Greensboro Opera, Cyrus Art Production, American Dance Festival, and The Lost Colony. In 2010, Mary moved to Williamsburg, VA and started working all over the country on various projects and productions as a performer/dance captain, assistant stage manager, guest dance teacher, and guest choreographer. In 2011, Mary founded draMAStic dance works which has developed and produced 6 original productions that have gone on to be performed in numerous venues and festivals up and down the east coast. In 2015 she started a short film series collaboration, known as the Mischief Day Series, between draMAStic dance works and RAWHIDE Theatre Company. This collaboration has produced 4 short films which can be viewed on draMAStic's website. Mary also runs a summer internship program she developed in 2016 with The North Street Playhouse, where theatre professionals, both on-stage and off, are hired and brought in to train local students interested in learning the process of mounting a fully realized professional musical theatre production.

Co-Director/Writer/The Toymaker

Cat is an actor, model, and fight director based in New York City. Some credits include RIPT Theater Company’s 4- Actor Hamlet, Psittacus Productions and Lincoln Center Education’s Romeo and Juliet, Edinburgh Fringe, The International Tennessee Williams Festival, Rochester Fringe, Connecticut Repertory Theatre. Web-series: Hot Lemonade (in production), The Mischief Series. Film: Cul de Sac, Minataur, Firefly Lane: The Mayors Daughter. Cat is the Artistic Director of R A W H I D E Theatre Company and has written for them SherlockHolmes: The Loss at Whitechapel, and Edgar (I Nothing Am). Cat is a published photographer, model, and illustrator.

Marketing Director

Courtney Van Arsdale Phillips studied at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she focused her interest in movement processes, dance film, and somatic theory. Courtney performed in several MFA thesis concerts and graduated with a BA in dance. She became involved with the draMAStics dance company first with "Intrigue, a mystery on marley…" as a Consultant, then served as Assistant Director and Vampire Specialist in "Dracula, dance macabre". Her last stage performance was as “the tree monster” in “Giselle, a twisted tale” Courtney has expanded her skill set by tackling digital organizing and social media management for political candidates and nonprofits while growing her family to include Amelia (age 7), and Max (the puppy.)

Sherlock Holmes

James R. Ringel is a native of the New York/Connecticut area. He is an actor with a specialization in improvisational comedy. Favorite past credits include: Jim in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (for which he shared in an award for Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Acting from the Theatre Association of New York State), The Common Man in A Man for All Seasons, The General in Seussical, Smee in Peter Pan, and as The Landlord in the 2013 production of The Lost Colony, which received a Tony Honor in Excellence in Theatre.

Dr. John Watson

Dwight L. Trice, Jr. holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Kalamazoo College and considers himself a “student of life”. Some of his favorite productions include Rock of Ages (Parish Theatre), Mel Brooks’: Young Frankenstein (Kalamazoo Civic), Mel Brooks’: The Producers (Farmer’s Alley Theatre), draMAStic dance works production of Dracula: Danse Macabre (North Street Playhouse), and Urinetown (The Little Theatre). He can also be seen on YouTube in the side-splitting Web Series of BroadwayWorld.com acclaim, “City of Dreams”. When not on stage, Dwight is an avid foodie and baker and enjoys all things Marvel. So much love and thanks to my caring and supportive fiancé, Robbi!

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Miss Mylette

Tara Britton Wilkins is native of North Carolina, she has studied ballet in various places, including St. Petersburg, Russia, NYC, Carolina Ballet, Bossov Ballet Theatre, and East Carolina University. Professional stage credits include four seasons as a dancer in The Lost Colony, Oklahoma! (Armina), RAWHIDE's EDGAR, I nothing am (Lenore), Darkside (Emily's mother/ensemble), Jesus Christ Superstar (ensemble), and Spamalot (featured dancer). Previous credits as a company member of draMAStic dance works include the title role in The Remarkable Voyages o' Molly Reed, Broken Toys, Curiosities, and Sisters. She currently resides in New York City where she also works as a jeweler for Catbird.

The Painter

Jimmie Lee Brooks III is an accomplished director, performer, and bench jeweler. He has worked up and down the East Coast and is currently living in the Outer Banks of NC, where he is a full time bench jeweler at The Silver Bonsai Gallery. Jimmie Lee has worked with draMAStic dance works since the beginning, originating the roles of The Victim in Intrigue, a mystery on marley, Professor Van Helsing in Dracula, danse macabre, and The Queen in Giselle...a twisted tale. Mr. Brooks has also been featured in the dance films Broken Toys, Curiosities...origins unknown, and Sisters, which were collaborations between draMAStic dance works and RAWHIDE Theatre Company. He is so excited to continue to work with Mary Stiegelbauer and Cat Yudain on this production of Sherlock Holmes: The Loss at Whitechapel.

www.JimmieLeeThree.wixsite.com/mysite

The Busker

Michael “Dillon” Warren is proud to be a member of the Sherlock company. His credits include Into the Woods (The Baker), Young Frankenstein (The Hermit/Werewolf), Legally Blonde: The Musical (Kyle), Once Upon a Mattress (King Sextimus), and Carolina Broadway’s productions of Grease (Johnny Casino) and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. For many years, he organized and performed in a series of concert fundraisers in North Carolina, and has done extensive work with the Western Piedmont Symphony and other non-profits. Dillon is also a drummer, enjoys cooking, and loves his dogs Frankie, Lou and Margot. He would like to thank his wife and best friend, Tara, for her love and support.

The Scamp

Tearzah Harrel was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and grew up dancing all styles. In 2016 she was welcomed onto the Syncopated Ladies youth tap company titled “#NoFilter Sole Talk” and performed with them for many years across the US. Harrel began college in 2019 at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and pushed on through the pandemic to graduated in 2021 with a certificate in dance theater. Since then, Harrel has worked with the draMAStic dance works and RAWHIDE Theatre Company performing as The Scamp in “Sherlock Holmes, The Loss at Whitechapel” at the Rochester Fringe Festival in 2021, as well as becoming a full time dance teacher at Next Step Broadway, a dance studio in Jersey City.

Ensemble

Megan Tatum is a performer/choreographer based in Richmond, VA where she trained under the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus before getting her B.S. in Kinesiology and Health Sciences and a B.A. in Integration of Dance, Music, and Theatre Performance from the College of William and Mary. Megan has taught and choreographed all over the country and was nominated for Best Choreography by the Richmond Theatre Critics Circle for her work on Bright Star at Swift Creek Mill Theatre. She also just tapped her way through the summer at Busch Gardens in Celtic Fyre, America’s #1 Amusement Park Entertainment. Other select regional performance credits include: Virginia Repertory Theatre (Mame, A Christmas Story), Olney Theatre Center (South Pacific, Beauty and the Beast), Mill Mountain Theatre (A Chorus Line), Virginia Musical Theatre (Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde).

www.MeganTatum.com

Ensemble

Molly Jenks is a Richmond-based dancer, singer and actor. After graduating from Elon University with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography and a B.A. in Journalism, Molly began performing full-time. Her recent credits include featured ensemble and dance captain for Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s “Monster Stomp” choreographed by Jen Jancuska and Madeline Dunn. Other select credits include Jen Guy Metcalf’s contemporary-pointe piece, “All the Light We Cannot See”, “Transference 2.0” choreographed by Indonesian-choreographer Alisa Soelaeman, and performing as a soloist in Elon University’s Dancing in the Landscape. Molly is also a certified Pilates instructor and works part-time as a Digital Marketing Specialist for a communications agency in Richmond, VA.

Ensemble

Olivia Fabian is a NYC based performer and choreographer originally from Rochester, NY. She double majored in dance and biomedical sciences at Marymount Manhattan College. She most recently attended the Institute for American Musical Theatre completing their 2-year certificate program in 2022. She is excited to be joining this cast and would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support.