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We present these pages to offer some
well-deserved recognition for the wonderful people who
have given their ideas, sweat, and time to the Marshalltown Community
Theatre. Without their efforts, our theatre would be little
more than a dark room. We celebrate your generous gift to our
community!
If
you
have participated in an MCT production in the past, in any capacity,
please take your bow with the folks on these pages. Contact the MCT
Web Site Information Director and arrange to be included.
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Jennifer KILMER
Marshalltown, IA
In high school Jennifer was
very active in Theatre, Choir, and Speech. Her first experience here
at MCT is that of cast member in our 2003 production of THE WOMEN, playing
a pedicurist and a debutante. She is enthusiastic about her
involvement at MCT and plans to continue. Her comment on the play: "Soooo
much estrogen!!"
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Benjamin KIRNER
Marshalltown, IA
Benjamin
made his MCT debut in the 2006 Summer Musical, WORKING. He attends
Marshalltown Area Catholic School, and is a Boy Scout. He spends some of
his time reading fantasy comics, playing the XBox®, and
enjoys collecting Garfield books, singing, and playing soccer.
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Christine KIRNER
Marshalltown, IA
Christine
has been on the MCT stage in GALA 2003, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, and
COMPANY.
She performed in MAN OF LA MANCHA while a student at the Marshalltown High
School. Christine studies dance locally with teacher Marcia Taylor.
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Joel KIRNER
Marshalltown, IA
Joel has
appeared in the Marshalltown Community Y Thimble Theatre
production of THE WIZARD OF OZ and MACBETH at Marshalltown High School.
He made his MCT debut with JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in the summer of 2004,
where he joined his sister Christine, and mother Pat, on our stage. He
joined his sister on stage once again in 2007, playing Harry in the
Summer Musical COMPANY.
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Jonathan KIRNER
Marshalltown, IA
Jonathan
made his MCT debut in WORKING. Along with being a student at
Marshalltown Area Catholic School, he is also involved in Cub Scouts.
His favorite school subjects are art and recess, and he has been
involved in dance, performing in THE NUTCRACKER at the Main Street Dance
Academy. Jonathan likes soccer, tennis, track, golf, playing video
games, and reading Lemony Snicket books. He is also a fan of The
Beatles, and a collector, although the things he likes to 'collect' end
up lying around the house and frustrating his mom!
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Pat KIRNER
Marshalltown, IA
Pat is a
longtime MCT audience member who finally decided to get on the stage with
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Her last play was MY FAIR LADY in high
school as a resident of Southern Illinois. Currently she resides in
Marshalltown with her husband, Tom, and their five children, two who joined
her onstage in SUPERSTAR.
Pat has always appreciated the effort that many people have put into
each production at MCT. She and her husband have seen almost all of the
theatre's productions.
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Philip KIRNER
Marshalltown, IA
Philip made his
MCT stage debut as a Workhouse Assistant, Bow Street Runner, and Chorus
member in our 2008 summer musical, OLIVER!, although he has had
experience working backstage for other MCT productions and performing
on-stage in his high school production of OKLAHOMA! He considers
himself a stay-at-home couch potato in spite of his enjoyment of
activities like rock climbing, reading, video games, and scuba diving.
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Thomas W. KIRNER
Marshalltown, IA
Tom's
hobbies include playing musical instruments, reading, and dabbling
in language research and archeology. He is an electrical engineer
at Fisher Controls. WORKING was Tom's debut on the MCT stage, with high
school theatre involvement in the distant past. He was also a
former union card-carrying rock musician in the '70s.
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Bob KRUSE
Conrad, IA
A resident
of Conrad, Bob is heavily involved with his hometown Whistlestop
Players in addition to his appearances at MCT. Past MCT appearances
have included A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM and GALA
2002, while his Whistlestop involvement includes PAINT YOUR WAGON,
MY FAIR LADY, STATE FAIR, 1776, OKLAHOMA, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, SING ON and
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. Many of those performances gave him the
chance to appear onstage with his wife Monica. Bob has also been
involved with Ingersoll Dinner Theatre in Des Moines. When he isn't
onstage, Bob still plays one of the most demanding roles there is: A
school bus driver.
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Julie KRUSE-BREWER
Marshalltown, IA
Julie is a Marshalltown native who
first performed on the Martha Ellen Tye stage in high school during the
'70's! She earned a degree in Speech and Theatre from the
University of Iowa, and spent several years on stage in the Chicago
area. Julie returned to this area in the early '90's and again in
2006, and has
become a staple on the MCT stage. Her favorite role has been that
of Reverend Mother in all five NUNSENSE musicals produced by MCT. Although Julie has portrayed dramatic roles, her passion is
comedy. Making people laugh and lightening their hearts are what
she enjoys most, but she also likes spending time with her dad (who
never misses a show) and her
husband, Mark.
Julie is currently
on our Board of Directors, in charge of the House.
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Monica KRUSE
Conrad, IA
Monica is
a longtime performer and director who has appeared in a variety of shows
at MCT, as well as the Whistlestop Players in Conrad. Some of
her MCT productions include A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE
FORUM, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, GALA 2002, THE GOOD
DOCTOR, PLAY ON and WAITING IN THE WINGS. Her Whistlestop
credits include PAINT YOUR WAGON, SING ON, NUNSENSE, SEVEN BRIDES FOR
SEVEN BROTHERS, MY FAIR LADY, STATE FAIR, QUILTERS, OKLAHOMA and FIDDLER
ON THE ROOF. One of her most recent directing projects was the
Whistlestop Players production of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED).
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Sherry KUBALSKY
Marshalltown, IA
Sherry portrayed
Phyllis in PLAY ON back in 2002, and returned to MCT with her portrayal
Mimi Ralston in our 2007 production of COCKTAILS WITH MIMI. She
maintains a busy life with family, friends, and church, writing puppet
skits, singing, and playing the guitar in the Contemporary Worship Band
for Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Sherry is a Medical Social Worker for
MMSC, the Museum Coordinator for the Iowa Veterans Home, and in her
spare time, she enjoys camping, quilting, walking, and traveling
(especially out of the country). Sherry's husband David is the
Technology Coordinator at Grinnell Schools; she has three daughters, one
step daughter, one stepson, and her desire would be to meet Robert
Redford some day!! Sherry says "I'd take a million friends over a
million dollars any day, but it would be nice to have both!"
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Kimi KUPS-BENSON
Marshalltown, IA
Kimi is a
veteran choreographer for MCT, with her work on display in multiple GALAS
as well as recent MCT productions of CABARET and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
She teaches dance through the Community Y of Marshalltown.
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