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2001 Season

The Port Lavaca

Main Street Theatre

315 E. Main St.

Port Lavaca, Texas

361-552-4082

Current Theatre Production

Main Street Theatre

Sponsorship Information

2010 Season

Cast Biographies

Steve Bales is employed by Formosa and a very proud grandpa of five! Steve is the recipient of the 1999 PLMST Best Supporting Actor Award for his portrayal of the villain Stafford Blackman in the musical melodrama No, No A Million Times, No!, and he received the 2001 Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Over The River and Through the Woods. In addition to periodically performing with the PLMST, Steve is an active member of the Calhoun County Civic Choir. Other PLMST performances include Pirates of Port Lavaca, The Heiress, Camp Christmas I & II, Meet Me in St Louis, Heaven Can Wait, Curious Savage, Scapino, Moon Over Buffalo, Our Town, Over The River and Through the Woods, Deadwood Dick, Face on the Barroom Floor, Bottoms Up, Barefoot in the Park, Dirty Work at the Crossroads, Daddy’s Dyin’ and Over the River and through the Woods (2009).

Ken Barnes, in his other life, is a Mechanical Designer at G&W Engineers in Port Lavaca. He is father to Ryan (14), Dylan (12), Clinton (11), and Zoe (4). Ken is past Vice-chairman of the PLMST Board of Directors, and brings a long history of production experience into his shows. A few of his many MST acting roles include The Foreigner, Texas Tacky, Godspell, The Glass Menagerie, Plaza Suite, and Everyone Loves Opal. Directing Credits include Moon Over Buffalo, Faith County, No, No, A Million Times No, Our Town, and Making A Killing. Ken has also worked as stage manager or lighting technician for many past MST productions. Long time MST audiences will remember him as Director and Actor in Scapino! way back in 1996 and again in 2002. Ken also appeared under his own direction in 2001's The Odd Couple. Ken was awarded the 1999 Best Actor award for his portrayal of Roy Hubley in Plaza Suite and again in 2002 for Scapino!

Ronny Best is a Port Lavaca native and an emmployee of Calhoun County Pct No. 2. Previous shows include: The Pirates of Port Lavaca, Everybody Loves Opal, Harvey, The Odd Couple, Scapino! (2002), Bottoms Up!, Deadwood Dick, Sorry Wrong Chimney, Rumors, Face on the Barroom Floor,The Odd Couple (Female Version), Dirty Work at the Crossroads, Daddy’s Dyin’ , Kitchen Witches, Ghost of a Chance and A Company of Wayward Saints. Ronny received the 2002 Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Faith County II.

Pam Causey recently moved to Port Lavaca from Granbury, TX with her husband, Kenneth. They have one son and will be new grandparents in January. She is employed by the City of Port Lavaca, where she met Jody Weaver who got her interested in trying out for MainStreet Theatre. This will be her debut performance with MainStreet and her first performance since high school.

Mark Daigle is the Chief Deputy for the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. Mark enjoys fishing, golfing, and spending time with his wife Pat and their sons Clay and Logan. PLMST performances include Cheaper By the Dozen, Best Laid Plans, A Bad Year for Tomatoes, and Harvey. Mark was awarded the 2000 season Best Supporting Actor award for his role of Piney in A Bad Year for Tomatoes.

Crystal Dawdy (Crystal) �Crystal is making her debut on the MST stage.in All I Really Need To Know I learned In Kindergarten.

She has been employed as a Choir Director for past 3 years in Calhoun County.

She is a proud mother to two daschunds, Mollie Abigail and Rufus MacDoodlebug Dawdy. She graduated from SWT in 1995 with a Bachelor of Music Education. She began her teaching career in Calhoun County where she grew up. She teaches choir at Travis Middle School and assists at CHS. She also teaches music at Port O�Connor Elementary and Point Comfort Elementary. Her past theatre experience has been at SWT where she performed scenes from Little Shop of Horrors, Les Mis, West Side Story, Oklahoma, and Guys and Dolls.

Kyle Boyd-Robertson is from Port Lavaca. He and his wife Paula have two children, Steven and Kayla. He was first seen on the PLMST stage in The Nerd and has since played several parts in his church Drama Group. He and His wife run a small antique & gift shop in Port Lavaca called The Paper Moon and several Internet businesses. His passions are Collecting Postcards and Historic Texas Documents and meeting new people. His other performances at PLMST include On Golden Pond , Ghost of a Chance and The Odd Couple (Female Version).

Paula Boyd-Robertson has adopted Port Lavaca as her own town after moving here with her husband, and fellow actor Kile Boyd-Robertson. She was first seen on the PLMST stage in The Nerd. She has assisted in many of the Children’s productions that her daughter Kayla was in and is active in her Church Drama Group. Her passions are Meeting & Visiting with People at their Shop, The Paper Moon, Reading, Collecting Giraffes and Vintage Hats. Her other performances at PLMST include On Golden Pond , The Odd Couple (Female Version) and Seven Nuns at Las Vegas.

Steve Branch describes himself as a pharmacist, a fisherman, and a part-time cowboy. He is originally from Woodville, Texas and moved to Port Lavaca in 1992. Steve is the owner of The Prescription Shop here in Port Lavaca. Steve made his debut performance with PLMST in The Nerd. He enjoys bird hunting, fishing from the “Lucky You,” scuba diving on tropical islands in the Caribbean, Cuban cigars, and the laughter of good friends.

Dylan Barnes is the son of fellow actor Ken Barns. Dylan enjoys acting and has appeared in several plays at the First United Methodist Church. Although The Nerd is his first performance in a regular season production. Dylan has appeared in several PLMST children’s plays including The Wizard of OZ, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and James and the Giant Peach.

Adam Beard was active in the schools drama department and has performed in two of the school’s productions, Hubba Hubba and Dracula. Adamis also an adult Scout Leader with Troop #243 and # 361. Adam achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and strives to get more boys involved in scouting. Adam is very energetic and adventurous and loves the outdoors. On Golden Pond was Adam’s first performance on the PLMST stage.

Jacquelyn Campbell has grown up in the PLMST children’s theatre starting at age 8. She received the 2001 Best Actress Award for her role as Alice in Alice in Wonderland. She was active in theatre at CHS and is now attending Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas. Previous performances at PLMST (other than children’s theatre include Face on the Barroom Floor, I Ought to be in Pictures, and Dirty Work at the Crossroads.

Toi Dowell moved to Port Lavaca in 1998 after marring Chipper Dowell. They have one daughter Darbi. Toi was raised in San Antonio and after graduation she attended UT at Austin. She later trained as a court stenographer and has been working as the Calhoun Court at Law No. 1 official court reporter. Having love for the arts, she was involved in theatre in High school and while at UT. She received the Best Debut Actress Award for her performance in The Odd Couple ( Female Version ).

Rebecca Ellard is a 1988 graduate of CHS She has recently moved back to Port Lavaca after living in Arkansas for 15 years. She received The Best Debut Actress Award for her performance in Rumors, she also performed in The Odd Couple ( Female Version ), Seven Nuns at Las Vegas and And Sarah Laughed.

Jennifer Bednorz Enjoys having the chance to act . Jennifer has 3 children, Zac, Zayn, and Zory. Her PLMST performances include Heaven can Wait, Scapino (1996), Our Town, Over the River and through the Woods (2001), Goodbye Charlie, Face on the Barroom Floor and Dirty Work at the Crossroads. Jennifer also directed Bull in a China Shop. She received the 2006 PLMST Chairman’s Award and received the 2006 Best Supporting Actress Award for her portrayal of Bella Yukon in Face on the Barroom Floor.

Lindsay Albright is a graduate of CHS. Her PLMST plays include Scapino, and Bottoms Up.

Betty Birdwell is a native of Port Lavaca and is the past president of the Port Lavaca MainStreet Theatre. She is also an active member of the Catholic Daughters of Americas. PLMST performances include Texas Tacky, Daddy's Dyin', Don't Dress for Dinner, Faith County, Steel Magnolias (2000), and Harvey. Betty was awarded the 2000 season Best Supporting Actress role for her portrayal of Ouiser in Steel Magnolias 2000. She directed All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Daddy’s Dyin’, On Golden Pond and Over the River and through the Woods(2009). She also performed in Bottoms Up, Kitchen Witches, Texas Tacky, Goodbye Charlie and First Baptist of Ivy Gap.

Lorean Clauson Made her debut performance on the PLMST stage as Sister “Maria” in Seven Nuns at Las Vegas. She is a senior at CHS and is on the Varsity Powerlifting Team. She enjoys art and spending time with family and friends.

Dina Eberle returned to the stage as Sister “Maria” in Seven Nuns at Las Vegas after a 32 year hiatus! Her previous acting experience was in Lowell, Indiana when her children were very young.

She moved to Victoria in 1981 and to Port Lavaca in 2002. Dina is a drapery seamstress and has recently begun as a real estate agent, working for Texas Real Estate.

Emily Allen is a San Antonio transplant adjusting to life in Port Lavaca by stepping back into a place she knows best: the theater. Ghost of a Chance was her debut performance on the PLMST stage. She has lost count of how many plays and musicals she has performed in. Some of her work included Cinderella, Meet Me in St. Louis and My Fair Lady. Emily is currently a reporter for the Port Lavaca Wave. She graduated from Texas Christan University in 2009 with a degree in broadcast journalism.

While at TCU, she sang with the Forthworth-TCU Symphonic Choir ( in Carnegie Hall!!!) and worked as a reporter and producer for the campus news station.

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David Ellard is the husband of fellow actor Rebecca Ellard and made his acting debut in And Sarah Laughed.