The Port Lavaca
Main Street Theatre
315 E. Main St.
Port Lavaca, Texas
361-
Wendy Kirchner is a native of Port Lavaca and works as an RN, at Citizens Hospital. She enjoys drawing and painting and spending time with her nephew, Nickolas, and her nieces Kaylee and Camie. Her PLMST performances include Moon over Buffalo, Plaza Suite, Faith County, Harvey, The Odd Couple )Male Version) and The Christmas Angel.
Trey Mageluzzo (Trey) �Trey is a newcomer to MST stage.
He is married to Sandy. They have two children Shanna (21) and Sasha (20). Also father to two dogs Zena and Bear and one cat, Simba. He plays drums in a band and also enjoys playing on the computer, and writing stories and songs. His acting included All I Really Need To Know I learned In Kindergarten.
Simon Mackenthun is a foreign exchange student from Bremen Germany. He is a junior at CHS and a member of the Varsity football team. In the 3rd grade he made his acting debut in Die Kleine Hexe ( The Little Witch ). Little Women was his first and unfortunately his last production with PLMST.
Johnny Krause is a detective for the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. He and his wife Stacey have two children, Hannah and Caleb. He enjoys playing music in his band “ Tip Jar Romeo”, and playing sports, riding his motorcycle and being with friends. Active in College theatre Johnny made his PLMST debut in Texas Tacky and has since performed in The Christmas Angel and Daddy’s Dyin’.
Emerson Lane Audiences raved at Emerson’s return to the role he portrayed in the PLMST first production of Texas Tacky in 1996. He was a member of the Calhoun County Crimestoppers Board and the YMCA of Calhoun County Board. Emerson has since moved to Beaumont, Texas. He is surely missed. His PLMST performances include Driving Miss Daisy, Can You Save Christmas?, Noises Off!, Barefoot in the Park, and Texas Tacky again in 2005.
Sam Mitchell is employed by Alcoa and CCISD Transportation. He and his wife Cheryl have 2 sons, Erk and Tristum and a daughter Pam. Previous previous PLMST performances include Pirates of Port Lavaca, Bench 18, The Taming of the Shrew, Texas Tacky, The Best Laid Plans, and Over The River and Through the Woods.
Jill Nicholson was born in San Diego, California and moved to Texas in 1980. She has lived in Port Lavaca since 1992. Jill is married to Todd Nicholson and has two children Jarred (13) and Logan (4). She works at a local bank and is an active member of the Point Comfort United Methodist church. PLMST performances include Blithe Spirit, A Bad Year for Tomatoes, and Harvey.
René Mutchler Is a Houston native, but has lived in Port Lavaca for 20 years. She is a Court Reporter and mother to fellow cast member. Ashley Mutchler. She enjoys very much helping backstage during the PLMST Children’s Productions. In addition to appearing in several VCT productions, her previous PLMST performances include, Texas Tacky, for which she received the 2005 Best Debut Actrest Award, The Nerd, I Ought to be in Pictures, Dirty Work at the Crossroads, Rumors, The Creature Creeps, Odd Couple (Female Version) as Florence Unger, Little Women, The House of Frankenstein, and Seven Nuns at Las Vegas. She received a 2005 and 2008 PLMST Volunteer Award and loves to travel.
Ashley Mutchler First appeared in the PLMST Play Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She has been performing in the theatre regular season for five years, previously appearing in Face on the Barroom Floor, Dirty Work at the Crossroads, Rumors, and The Creature Creeps for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Award, Seven Nuns at Las Vegas, The House of Frankenstein, and Little Women. Ashley also loves sports, academics, and getting really close to reaching her goal to visit all fifty state capitals within a year with her mom, fellow cast member, René Mutchler.
Lyndsey Myers is active in the theatre program at CHS. Lyndsey first appeared on the PLMST stage as an extra in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2002 and then recieved increasingly larger roles, playing Mom in her last children’s production, Monster in the Closet. She also performed in the PLMST regular season productions of The Christmas Express and The Creature Creeps.
Kyle Marshall was born in Port Lavaca in 1986 and is a senior at Calhoun High School. He is active in Marching Band and Yearbook. He also enjoys web design and spending time with his family and friends. Deadwood Dick is Kyle�s ninth performance at the PLMST. Previous performances include Life with Father, The Wizard of Oz, Charlotte�s Web, Alice in Wonderland, Scapino! 2002, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Mousetrap and Bottom’s Up!
Dorinda K. Norrell is a native of Calhoun County and was involved in speech and theatre in high school. She is a court reporter and lives in Victoria with her husband, 2 daughters by marriage, and a menagerie of dogs and cats. Previous PLMST performances include Steel Magnolias (1995 & 2000), Driving Miss Daisy, The Foreigner, Curious Savage, The Glass Menagerie, Plaza Suite, Faith County, Blithe Spirit,Barefoot in the Park, and Over The River and Through the Woods. Dorinda was awarded the 1999 PLMST Best Actress award for her role of Norma Hubley in Plaza Suite and the 2000 Best Actress Award for her portrayal of M'Lynn in Steel Magnolias.
Cast Biographies