2008 PLAYERS
Madeleine Hamer
Eleanor Dare
Madeleine is absolutely thrilled to be appearing in
this, her first season at
The Lost Colony
here in gorgeous Manteo, North Carolina. A recent
graduate of the Honors College at the University of
South Carolina with a degree in theatre, Madeleine
plans to leave North Carolina at the summer’s end to
pursue further acting work. A lover of all things
theatrical, her interests range from classical
Shakespeare to cutting edge films by directors like
David Fincher and Sam Mendes. She would like to
thank her family and great friends for their endless
support, as well as Robert and all the folks at
The Lost Colony
for giving her this glorious opportunity!
Zechariah Henry Pierce
John Borden
This is
Zechariah's first appearance on
The Lost Colony
stage. He is very excited to be spending his summer
with such a creative and innovative troupe!
Zechariah graduated from Gainesville State College
with an AA in theatre and is currently a senior at
Brenau University with the Gainesville Theatre
Alliance. He plans to graduate next spring with a
BA in theatre. Theatre credits include
two summers with Georgia Shakespeare in
Atlanta where he appeared in
A Servant of Two
Masters, Pericles, Robin Hood, Hamlet, Twelfth Night,
and Treasure
Island. He would like to thank all his
mentors at GTA, his parents for their constant
support, and The
Lost Colony for providing him with this
exciting professional opportunity.
Brian Rooney
Old Tom
Returning for his
second season as Old Tom, Brian is happy to be
working on his fourth show with Robert Richmond
including
As You Like It,
Oh What a Lovely
War, and
A Cabal of
Hypocrites. Spending the last
several years in school, Brian is very close to
getting his MFA in Acting from University of South
Carolina. He has played leading roles in
The Pillowman,
Picasso at the
Lapin Agile,
Waiting for Godot,
The Birthday
Party,
Honk!,
Noises Off,
and
The Tempest
(to name a few) during his time as a student.
Professionally, Brian has been seen in
Tony and Tina's
Wedding (Portland, OR),
Mommie Queerest
(Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles), and
Urinetown
(Portland). He is also no stranger to the world of
film and television having had roles in
For the Boys
and
French Exit
and appearing on
General Hospital.
Nathan Bennett
Sir Walter Raleigh/ Historian
Nathan Bennett is
a second year MFA student at University of South
Carolina where he performed in
A Cabal of
Hypocrites,
Noises Off,
The Pillowman,
On the Verge,
Oh, What a Lovely War!,
As You Like It,
and The Tempest.
Last year, Bennett voiced the new
children's book.Jack
& Inar: Tales of the Brothers Grimble. In
2004, he co-founded Chicago’s Overshadowed Theatre,
directed Our
Town, starred in a three-person
production of
King Lear and premiered
Profit.
At Magnum Opus Shakespeare Company, he performed in
The Merchant of
Venice, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and
Playboy of the
Western World. Other roles include a
one-man show of
The Elephant Man, Alvin in
Funeral Wedding,
Malcom in
Macbeth, Hotspur in
Henry IV
, Pericles in
Pericles the Prince, Ferdinand in
Love’s Labor’s Lost,
and Mr. Wickham in
Pride and Prejudice.
Additionally, Bennett directed
Romeo and Juliet
for ShowForth video and has a Masters in
Interpretative Speech.
Nikki Ferry
Queen Elizabeth I
Nikki is excited to return to
The Lost Colony this summer playing Queen
Elizabeth, having played Dame Coleman last
season. Recently performed: Roxy Regional Theatre:
A Doll's House
(Nora),
Grease
(Rizzo), The
Picture of Dorian Gray (Sibyl Vane.)
Stage One: A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena),
Alice in Wonderland
(Queen of Hearts). Past seasons were spent with
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park:
A Christmas Carol,
a tour of
Twelfth Night
(Olivia),
Reviving Ophelia;
St. Croix Festival Theatre:
Private Lives
(Amanda), Lucky
Stiff (Dominique Du Monaco); and The
Hilberry Theatre:
Lovers and
Executioners (Julie),
The Cherry Orchard
(Varya), King
Lear (Regan). Nikki holds an MFA from the
Hilberry Repertory Theatre of Wayne State
University. She has also studied at the Moscow Art
Theatre School.
Terry Edwards
Gov. John White
Thirty years ago,
Terry Edwards made hi professional acting debut as
the Historian in
The Lost Colony.
Terry travels the country working as an
actor. Recently, he moved to the Outer Banks. It
is his privilege to return to the show and place he
started his acting career. For the third season in
a row, Terry reprises his portrayal of Gov. White,
the leader of the colony and the grandfather of the
first English child born in North America. He is
appreciative to Joe Layton,
Carl Curnutte, and his wife Jennifer
for making his anniversary season possible.
Micah Lyons
Simon Fernando
Micah Lyons is a
senior at Texas State University. He is seeking a
BFA acting degree. His recent stage roles include
Simon in The
Caucasian Chalk Circle; Danny in
Danny and The Deep
Blue Sea; Ali in the world premier of
Welcome to The
Sandbox; Stanley in
A Streetcar Named
Desire; Booker T. Washington in
Ragtime.
Micah has also appeared in numerous film and
commercial projects recently and is starring in an
action/thriller movie that premiers fall 2008.
Micah would like to thank God for His many
blessings, and his family for their unconditional
love and support. And
as always...Determination and Favor!
Pressly Coker
Ananias Dare
Pressly is in his
first season with
The Lost Colony,
and is currently a senior at The University of South
Carolina. Theatre South Carolina credits include
The Country Wife,
This Lime Tree
Bower,
Winners,
Twelfth Night,
This Is Our Youth,
The Real
Inspector Hound,
Fuddy Meers,
The Tempest,
and the experiment of
A Tale Told By An
Idiot. Shakespeare Theatre of
New Jersey credits include recent productions of
The Cherry
Orchard and
The Rivals,
touring productions of
Twelfth Night
and
Henry IV Part One,
and
The Winter's Tale.
Other recent credits include
Glengarry Glen
Ross, and
Dori and Duncan
on the Peter Pan Express with
12 Miles West Theatre Company. Pressly has trained
at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and in the
Actor Training Method of Tadashi Suzuki.
Margie Mills
Dame Coleman
Margie is
thrilled to return to the colony for her second
summer. She will graduate in '09 from Virginia
Commonwealth University with a BFA in theatre
performance. Previous roles include Fraulein
Schneider in
Cabaret, Reverend's Wife in
Volume of Smoke,
Patti in
Smokey Joe's Cafe, Domina in
A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum, Imogene
in The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever, and Grace in
I Will Go, I Will
Go. Previous
Colony
credits include the choir, Blossom DuBonnet in
Cinderella,
and the Lead Nurse in
South Pacific.
Clay White
Manteo
White grew up in
Philadelphia, PA where he vacillated between
competitive sports and acting. His passion for
movement led him to discover martial arts and dance.
Over the last seven years, he has performed with
modern dance troupes, cirque-style acrobats, and
performance martial artists. White has also worked
with film studios in Los Angeles, modeling for
movement art in photography, animation, and motion
capturing. He spent summers on the Outer Banks and
looks forward to re-visiting his roots and
performing the role of Manteo.
Carl Conway Maguire
Father Martin
Carl Conway
Maguire is happy to return for a third season with
The Lost Colony.
He is from Alabama, with a BFA in Acting/Directing
from the University of Montevallo. At Waterside
Theatre, Carl has appeared as Judah in
Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and as
Luther Billis in
South Pacific.
Roles at UM include Harry in
Company,
Treplev in The
Seagull, Pompey in
Measure for Measure
and Terry in
Side Show. Carl has directed several
plays including
Humpty Dumpty (Bogosian),
Cowboy Mouth
(Shepard) and an original musical he wrote
called The
Quixoticians. Carl is especially
grateful for his years at TLC as an
Actor/Technician—without them he would never be
where he is today.
Vivian Lamolli
Agona
Vivian Lamolli is
currently a third year student at the University of
Florida, and majoring in theatre performance. Her
most recent projects have been
Twelfth Night,
Godspell,
and The
Hairpiece from The Colored Museum. She
is absolutely delighted to be working with such a
wonderful cast, staff, and crew at
The Lost Colony
and hopes she will experience many more future
productions with them. Vivian would also like to
thank her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (through Him
all things are possible!); Mommy, Daddy, Adriana,
Matt, and Marisa for always supporting her on all of
her endeavors—love you all!
Michael Charles
Campion
Wanchese
Michael is
thrilled to return to
The Lost Colony
this year as Wanchese! Although he is a North
Carolina native, born in Raleigh, he moved several
times before his first birthday before residing in
Indiana. For summer vacations, Michael returns to
his NC roots to spend time with his Manteo family.
Michael takes classes in business and theater at
Purdue University. He recently performed with
Project in Motion Dance Group as Phaeton in the
cirque show
Phaeton and the Sun. Previous credits
include Elsa in
The Enigma and an actor/technician in
The Lost Colony.
Jimmie Lee Brooks III
Uppowoc
This is Jimmie
Lee Brooks’ eight season and sixth in the role of
Uppowoc, the medicine man. He attended the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
majoring in dramatic arts. While there, he appeared
in A Chorus Line,
Hamlet,
and made his directing debut with
The Wiz.
Brooks has worked in Richmond, VA, Washington D.C.
and New York. He recently returned from Brooklyn
where he was a hip hop instructor in Prospect Park
and appeared off-off Broadway in the one-act #,
portraying the role of Black Man and Choreographer.
He would like to thank RIHA for the chance to return
to The Lost
Colony…but most of all he would like to
thank John Walker, “my mentor and friend for life.”
Riaz Lane
Wano
Riaz Lane is nine years old and is homeschooled with
his brother and best friend, eleven-year-old Razi
(Colonist Child 2008). His parents are Rakhsheed and
Alton Lane of Chowan County, NC. Riaz along with
Razi have performed several educational skits and
acted throughout the summer of 2007 with the Hampton
Roads Shakespeare festival. The brothers are active
in 4-H and participate in 5k races and chess
tournaments. Riaz loves reading, writing,
numismatics, baseball, and his pet hamster Dewey.
Riaz is inspired by investor Warren Buffet and
baseball legend Jim "Catfish" Hunter. He also enjoys
studying successful people.
