(Ellard Simms) Justin started acting as an adult beginning in 2022. All his work has been with the Port Angeles Community Players or Olympic Theater Arts. Perhaps you’ve noticed him in another show. If you have, he hopes you think he’s getting better in his portrayal of characters. This will be his seventh show with...
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Jennifer Saul
(Catherine Simms) Jennifer Saul is an educator and dedicated performing artist, now beginning her 30th year in elementary education. She has choreographed for Riverside Children’s Theater, California Baptist University, and regional theaters, with favorites including The Music Man and Something’s Afoot. Onstage, she has portrayed memorable roles such as Truvy in Steel Magnolias, Clelia in...
MaryKaye O’Brien
(Betty Meeks) MaryKaye loves farce and comedy. This is her second appearance in a farce which she says is “an honor to be acting in.” Interestingly, both shows her end with a toast to success. Art imitates life for her in The Foreigner, as she, too, is an innkeeper at a bed and breakfast she owns...
Rick Mischke
(Sgt. “Froggy” LeSueur) Rick is a retired Air Force Commando who now works as a Park Ranger. This is his eighth performance with the Port Angeles Community Players. He is having lots of fun in his role as British soldier Staff Sergeant LeSueur. “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front...
Ted Brown (Director)
Ted Brown (Director) returned to western Washington in 2021, and has worked in several capacities at OTA, directed It Can’t Happen Here last year and started a play reading group at the Shipley Senior Center in Sequim. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from University of Washington and taught theater & English...
Daniel Brown (Boddy, Chief of Police)
Daniel Brown (Mr. Boddy/ Police Chief) is treading the boards for only the third time; having played Dave in Almost, Maine and Holmes in Christmas Dreams on our stage earlier this season, but he wanted to try something different by being in this farce. He enjoys riding and working on motorcycles, exploring nature, camping and...
Wesley Vollmer (Motorist)
Wesley Vollmer (Motorist) loves a good murder mystery! They have lived in PA about 8 years and is a student at Peninsula College working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Wesley has played Queen Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mary Bennet in Georgiana and Kitty Christmas at Pemberley, and William in The...
Randy Powell (Prof Plum)
Randy Powell (Professor Plum) says “Acting is fun, and building community is even better. I’m really lucky to live around such creative people, and it’s been great spending time with this band of miscreants and ne’er–do-wells. Thanks for coming out tonight. I hope you have as much fun watching our shenanigans as we do performing...
Rick Mischke (Policeman)
Rick Mischke (Policeman) returns for his seventh performance with PACP. After retiring from the Air Force in 2004, he turned to writing about his overseas combat experiences while serving as a Special Operations Air Commando, which led to acting in short films and theatre, and production work as a precision driver and technical advisor for...
Justin Stapleton (Colonel Mustard)
Justin Stapleton – (Colonel Mustard) Justin began working in musical theater with his grandmother from roughly the ages of 3 to 13. He got back into acting in 2022 with the Hobbit. This will be his fifth appearance on the stage at the Playhouse. He has also been in six productions at OTA. When not...









