Meet the Cast of A Christmas Carol's Past: Josh Romeo

Meet Josh Romeo

I performed 6 seasons and 136 shows of A Christmas Carol at MBT. I believe I played every boy's role except for Peter and including 2 years as Tiny Tim. After my final season, I stopped acting to pursue athletics - first wrestling, then parkour and gymnastics. About 12 years later, I was introduced to stunt work which combined an old passion of acting and film making with the current passion of athletics and circus performing. After relocating to Atlanta a couple years ago, I’ve been fortunate to perform stunts on awesome shows including the upcoming “Jumanji: The Next Level”, “ Bad Boys 3” & “Chicago P.D.” https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7603456/

Meet the Cast of A Christmas Carol's Past: Liam Wiesenberger

Meet Liam Wiesenberger

I played Young Scrooge in 8th grade. I did my undergrad in computer science at the University of Michigan, and am now doing my master's in information also at Umich! Next summer I will be moving to NYC to work as a product designer at Flatiron Health. But I also still perform! I'm on hip hop dance team of University of Michigan students called EnCore, and I plan on joining a dance team in New York as well.

Meet the Cast of A Christmas Carol's Past: Kyle Mason

Meet Kyle Mason

I’m currently a junior at Indiana University Bloomington, receiving my BFA in Musical Theatre. I love what I do and what I study, and something that inspired me to pursue a career in performing was my experience in A Christmas Carol back in 2013. I was in my eighth grade year and it was my first regional theatre experience. I only did Carol for one year, and in that year I played the roles of Boy Caroller, a Belle Child, a Mourner, and Turkey Boy. It was a blast, and I still keep in touch with a lot of the other kids I worked with since it was such a special experience. After A Christmas Carol, I decided to pursue performing and did nothing but that in high school. I performed in many shows with Avon Players, Rochester Adams High School Theatre, and RCS Summer Music Theatre, all in the greater Rochester area. Since coming to school and starting to receive my degree, I have also discovered a passion for directing and picked up a minor in Arts Management. Some of my notable experiences in the last few years have been performing in Spring Awakening, Pippin, In the Heights, and soon I will be performing in American Idiot. I also have gotten to direct Next to Normal through a student-led theatre group at IU, and assistant directed Little Shop of Horrors and a new musical workshop called Stardust Road through the summer theatre season IU runs yearly. I am very much looking forward to a career ahead creating theatre and impacting others.

Meet the Cast of A Christmas Carol's Past: Hannah Mathers

Meet Hannah Mathers

I played Tiny Tim in 2000 & 2001 and played Fan in 2003. I'd like to say that my favorite line in the play was "God bless us everyone" which I do admit, I loved that big moment every show. However, the line that has always stuck with me for some reason was "the potatoes are bubbling the potatoes are bubbling." I loved that moment in the show! I remember small pranks behind stage with the two carolers as Fred left the scene talking to Scrooge. I remember loving getting the makeup smeared all over my face during the "poor child" scene. I remember Uno games, Mongolian BBQ cast trips and so much kindness. I do believe that these times increased my confidence on stage but perhaps more importantly with the way my life has gone, off stage.

I did theatre a bit in high school but ultimately studied Communication Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. After graduation, I traveled a bit (visited friends in Egypt and India) and then joined the Peace Corps where I taught English to 6th graders in rural Zambia. My funny voices to get the students' attention, vocal exercises we did as a class, and the theatre prop games that my students loved ("This isn't a water bottle! It's a mustache!") prove that theatre is and always will a part of me. I am currently in Dublin, Ireland helping with a group of study abroad students.

I often wonder if our accent lessons during A Christmas Carol contributed to my desire to learn an Irish accent while here. Every once in a while I will hear someone talking and remember the scene where Old Joe is selling Scrooge's items. Those accents, those scenes, and that acting always stuck with me. My years in A Christmas Carol always have and always will be with me. I have vivid memories of both my adult friends and kid friends. Aside from these memories, I know the effects on my confidence cannot be measured. I'm so grateful for MBT and my time on cast. Hope you have a wonderful Carol season everyone and as always "the potatoes are"... oops, I mean "God bless us everyone."