Rachel Brownhill is a British theatre, voiceover and anime voice actress with Sentai Filmworks. She is represented by Pastorini Bosby Talent, here in Houston. She has a Performing Arts degree at Salford University, UK, and trained with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Her credits include Woman of Canterbury in ‘ Murder In The Cathedral’ at the Moscow Arts Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival, Mother in-law in ‘ Blood Wedding’ at the Valencia Arts Theatre, Spain, Mom in ‘ Small Jokes About Monsters’ for The Landing Theatre, Houston, Rhonda in ‘ Birds Of Paradise’ for Mildreds Umbrella, Museum of Dysfunction, Titania in ‘ Midsummer Nights Dream’and Marcella for ‘ August Mother’ at UST/Stoic Theatre, in Houston. All credits can be found at www.pbtalent.com. Rachel is delighted to be working with Alric again,and to be performing at Thunderclap Priductions for the first time

Kariyana Chanté graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BFA in Theatre with an emphasis in acting & directing. Her most recent work includes Don’t Worry Willy: The Musical (Penelope P. Porcupine) with The Ensemble Theatre Educational Touring Program and A Doll’s House (Kristine Linde) at The Stoic Theatre. IG: @kari_chante

Alric Davis is driven by the age-old tradition of preserving history through storytelling. Since 2013, he has served as the Founding Artistic Director of The Sankofa Collective, a non-profit theatre organization in his hometown Houston, Texas with the purpose to expose, educate and enrich the lives of at-risk communities of color to theatre. He holds a B.F.A. from Howard University with a concentration in Musical Theatre and Playwriting. He is also a freelance performer, director, theatre critic and adjunct instructor in acting, playwriting, slam poetry and choreography. Some of his favorite directing credits are The Color Purple, Twelfth Night, The Bodyguard, Julius Caesar, Eclipsed, Burden of Proof, Marie Antoinette, Next to Normal, Miss Evers Boys, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Wiz (2019 – Broadway World Award winner). Alric is also a commissioned playwright with Remember The Resurrection in 2024 and Reap the Reparations for Theatre Alliance in D.C in 2020. His original play Different, Damaged, Damned appeared at the D.C. Capital Fringe Festival, his work Queen Peaches appeared at The Tank in New York and his play Bashful and the Noize won the 2021 Page to Stage Festival for the Kennedy Center.

Isaac Gonzalez is a Musical Theatre major from Houston, Texas attending Sam Houston State University. He’s been in college productions such as American Idiot (St. Jimmy understudy), Sweeney Todd (Ensemble/Birdseller), She Loves Me (Swing), and local productions such as Seussical (Cat in the Hat)! He is very excited to be debuting the role of Daniel!

William Grayson is the Director of Theatre and Professor of Drama at Lone Star College-University Park. He holds a BA in Theatre Performance from West Texas A&M University and an MFA in Acting from the University of Arkansas. Williams favorite roles include Michael in God of Carnage, Gus in The Dumb Waiter, Nolan in The Man Without a Country, and Larry in Company. He would like to thank his wife Laura and daughter Marlowe for their love and support.

JaKori Jackson is a Houston native and over the last 2 decades has performed in numerous productions. Some highlights include: A Motown Christmas (Ensemble), Macbeth (Banquo), The Wiz (Tinman), Equus (Alan Strang), The Last of Judas of Iscariot (Sigmund Freud/Saint Thomas), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Quince), Anything Can Happen in the Theater, A Lesson Before Dying (Rev. Ambrose), Legends of the Chinese New Year (Villager/Guard), Hamlet (Bernardo/Osric), and many more. He would like to thank his family, friends, and community for their continued love and support throughout the years.

Hello! Just a simple gentleman, chasing dreams, letting Jesus take me where ever he needs me to be. Words can’t describe how grateful I am to even be apart of this opportunity. I’m excited to showcase my talents through many different characters and I can’t wait to see what magic comes out.

Tamara Siler is a veteran of over 80 theatrical productions in and around Houston. Cabaret: Paul Hope Cabarets at Ovations, Stages Studio Series. Film: First Mourner in the award winning short film Bully: A Musical. Stages Repertory Theatre: Panto Hansel and Gretel (Witch), Xanadu (2014, 2017 – Melpomene), Bat Boy: the Musical (Ruthie/Ned). Ensemble Theatre: Front Porch Society (World Premiere – Winnie), Once on This Island (Asaka). Main Street Theater: Working (Maggie Holmes), Putting it Together (The Wife), Dog Act (Zetta Stone), Caroline or Change (Caroline), Seussical the Musical (Sour Kangaroo). TUTS: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Jewel), Chess (Ensemble), Little Shop of Horrors (Ronnette). Music Box Theatre: Avenue Q (Gary Coleman). Bayou City Concert Musicals: On the Town (Hildy). Country Playhouse/Queensbury Theatre: Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle), Dreamgirls (Effie). The Little Room Downstairs: A New Brain (Lisa). New Heights Theatre: The Life (Queen). Tamara has served on four theatrical boards, and is the current treasurer for Thunderclap Productions.

Cindy Wang is a professional stage actor, teaching artist, and screen actor/writer of STEM+Art educational videos. She received her BA in Acting from University of Mary Washington. After years of working internationally and then professionally in DC, Cindy returned to her hometown where her heart beats the strongest and the food slaps the hardest, in Houston, TX. Past credits include: (The Ensemble Theatre) Suki in Don’t Worry Willy, (Drunk Shakespeare Society) Lady Macbeth/Banquo/Macduff in Macbeth, (Island ETC, Galveston, TX): Deedra in Always a Bridesmaid, (MSTY, Houston, TX): Mrs. Olsen in Little House Christmas, Sally in Cat in the Hat, (Theatre Prometheus, Washington, DC) Nasreen/Belen in Anon(ymous), (Lean & Hungry Theatre, Washington, DC) Richmond in Richard III, (Gaeity School of Acting, Dublin, IE) Maira in Translations, (Diorama Studios, London UK) June/Nicola in London Road, (New Wimbledon Theatre, London UK) Joanne Smith in Some Americans Abroad.

Alric Davis is driven by the age-old tradition of preserving history through storytelling. Since 2013, he has served as the Founding Artistic Director of The Sankofa Collective, a non-profit theatre organization in his hometown Houston, Texas with the purpose to expose, educate and enrich the lives of at-risk communities of color to theatre. He holds a B.F.A. from Howard University with a concentration in Musical Theatre and Playwriting. He is also a freelance performer, director, theatre critic and adjunct instructor in acting, playwriting, slam poetry and choreography. Some of his favorite directing credits are The Color Purple, Twelfth Night, The Bodyguard, Julius Caesar, Eclipsed, Burden of Proof, Marie Antoinette, Next to Normal, Miss Evers Boys, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Wiz (2019 – Broadway World Award winner). Alric is also a commissioned playwright with Remember The Resurrection in 2024 and Reap the Reparations for Theatre Alliance in D.C in 2020. His original play Different, Damaged, Damned appeared at the D.C. Capital Fringe Festival, his work Queen Peaches appeared at The Tank in New York and his play Bashful and the Noize won the 2021 Page to Stage Festival for the Kennedy Center.

John L. Cornelius, II is a member of ASCAP and the AFofM. He has written several shows including Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude, Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, Mirandy and Brother Wind, and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings. His most recent concert works include What Wings They Were (chamber opera), Sweet Freedom’s Song: a Fantasia on the hymn-tune America, The River (MFA-Boston), Colored Carnegie (Urban Souls Dance Company) and PAX (Apollo Chamber Players and Carnegie Hall debut). Dr. Cornelius is a native of Jackson, Mississippi and is Professor of Music at Prairie View A&M University.

Aaron Alon is an award-winning composer, writer, director, filmmaker, and teacher. His concert music has been played in concert venues in seven countries (including in 14 US states, as well as Washington, DC) on five continents, released on five labels, and awarded numerous national and international composition honors. Since 2009, Alon has also been highly active as a playwright and musical theatre composer-lyricist. His plays and musicals have been read or performed in New York City, Houston, San Diego, and Galveston, as well as in the UK. He was one of six international finalists for 2022 Fred Ebb Awards for musical theatre writers and one of three international finalists for the 2023 Stanley Drama Awards. Aaron is the writer and director of the award-winning feature film musical Bully (2017), which has been screened in and awarded prizes from numerous film festivals around the world. Current projects include three new stage musicals (The Great White Way: the Bert Williams Musical, Mad!, and The Chosen Ones); additional new plays, musicals, and films; and additional content for his YouTube Channel, which has had nearly 10 million views. Aaron holds a doctorate in music composition from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Learn more about him at aaronalon.com.

Alric Davis is driven by the age-old tradition of preserving history through storytelling. Since 2013, he has served as the Founding Artistic Director of The Sankofa Collective, a non-profit theatre organization in his hometown Houston, Texas with the purpose to expose, educate and enrich the lives of at-risk communities of color to theatre. He holds a B.F.A. from Howard University with a concentration in Musical Theatre and Playwriting. He is also a freelance performer, director, theatre critic and adjunct instructor in acting, playwriting, slam poetry and choreography. Some of his favorite directing credits are The Color Purple, Twelfth Night, The Bodyguard, Julius Caesar, Eclipsed, Burden of Proof, Marie Antoinette, Next to Normal, Miss Evers Boys, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Wiz (2019 – Broadway World Award winner). Alric is also a commissioned playwright with Remember The Resurrection in 2024 and Reap the Reparations for Theatre Alliance in D.C in 2020. His original play Different, Damaged, Damned appeared at the D.C. Capital Fringe Festival, his work Queen Peaches appeared at The Tank in New York and his play Bashful and the Noize won the 2021 Page to Stage Festival for the Kennedy Center.

Lizzie Guest is a Houston-based singer, actress, and playwright/screenwriter. Her first full length play, (DE)CODED, was a Book Pipeline 2018 semifinalist. She had five plays span multiple productions in New York. Recently, she just played Mrs. Lovett in Lone Star College-North Harris’s production of Sweeney Todd.

Eric Jones is a Medford, Massachusetts born, Minnesota & Texas raised artist. Mr. Jones is a graduate of Texas Southern University, B.S. Pharmacy. He has been involved with the Christian theater circuit since 1995 as a writer, actor, director and composer. Writing credits includes: Children of the Passage, Three Crosses, Postcard Journeys though Christmas, Hallelujah Follies, Sweet Freedom, American Skin Freedom Quilt, Liberators and Fired! The Musical, American Rifle at the Fade to Black Theater Festival, and Audition at the Fragmentation IV. Acting credits include: The Elder in Children of the Passage, Rev. Tuck in Three Crosses, Seward in Winter Garden, Mr. Gable in Postcard Journeys though Christmas. Film Credits: Mortal Love for the 48 Hour Film Project Houston 2011 (Screenwriter & Actor), Curveball for the 48 Hour Film Project 2012 (Story Writer, Actor & Producer), winner of 5 awards for Best of Film ceremony Dreamland Murders (Story & Co-Scriptwriter, Actor & Producer); winner of 6 Awards for Best of Film including Best Screenplay Nomination. Dreamland Murders also won the 2015 Silver REMI Award at the 2015 World Fest Houston Film Festival for Best Dark Comedy. Directing credits include: Children of the Passage, Miracle at Nativity Park & Co-directed Liberators a New Musical. Currently, Emancipation will be premiering at the Atlanta Black Theater Festival, The Underachieving Adulterer written by Devan Wade. “ Eric would like to thank God, my family, WRCF church and the Ensemble Theater for supporting us over the years.

Neil Ellis Orts has participated in theater, on and off, for many years, as an actor and director. He recently turned to playwriting and was part of the 2024 cohort at the New Play Lab at the William Inge Festival in Independence, KS. He also writes prose poems, short stories, and articles, published in small press journals, anthologies, and magazines. His novella, Cary and John, is available wherever you order books.

Brendan started working as a Live Entertainment Technician for Conroe ISD at the age of 16 while gigging around Houston as a trumpet player. He carried his work along with his passion for music and the arts to Lone Star College-Montgomery in 2017, where he worked as a Theatrical Technician while earning his AA in Music. In the second year of his associate degree, Brendan opened Grand Oaks High School as their only Theatrical Technician. Since then, Brendan has gained a broad range of experience working throughout the greater Houston area as a lighting and audio technician, as well as a composer, producer, and performer. He was also the founding Music Director at a local School of Rock while continuing to run concerts and recitals at LSC-Montgomery. Brendan is now the Visual and Performing Arts Building Manager at Lone Star College-University Park, where he applies all his experiences in tech and music to assist with productions and student and faculty needs.