Resident Acting Company

Josh Harris is from Sherman, Texas and attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Josh has two degrees in Musical Theatre and Acting/Directing with a minor in dance. Theatre credits include: Hysterium (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Bellhop (Lend Me a Tenor), Claudius (Hamlet), Hortensio (Taming of the Shrew) and Antonio (Twelfth Night) with the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival. Educational Credits include Adolph (The Last Night of Ballyhoo), JJ Peachum (The Threepenny Opera), Roger (Grease), Horton (Seussical), Beast (Beauty and the Beast) and Nicely-Nicely (Guys and Dolls).

Jillian Kuhl hails from the small town of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Jillian graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with degrees in Musical Theatre and Communications. Post graduation, she toured the Pacific Northwest with Hampstead Stage. A few favorite roles include Jo March (Little Women the Musical), Ado Annie (Oklahoma!), Jeanie (Hair), and Ghost of Christmas Past (A Christmas Carol). Outside of the theatre, she enjoys getting coffee with good company, reading, being physically active, and playing with her adorable nieces and nephew. www.jilliankuhl.com

Vanessa Moyen grew up in San Jose, California, and is thrilled to be returning to the sunshine after spending four cold years in Boston earning her BFA in Musical Theatre from Emerson College. Some of Vanessa's acting credits include: Carla in Nine (Emerson College, MA), Olive in Spelling Bee (Willows Theatre Company, CA and Summer Theatre in Meredith Village, NH), Hope in Urinetown (Emerson College, MA), Phyllis Dale in 42nd Street (Starstruck Theatre, CA), Lucy in Mr. Marmalade (Rareworks, Boston), Nan in the original workshop of Little Miss Fix It (Musical Theatre Society, Boston), and a swing for the main stage shows at Paramount's Great America in California.  www.vanessamoyen.com

Derek T. Pickens was born and raised in Southern Maryland and lived there for the first twenty years of his life. Since then he has moved all over the country, and now that he resides in South Carolina, he can proudly say he has lived in every state from Maryland down to Georgia. Derek is a recent graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) with an MFA in Performing Arts and has a BA in Theatre Education from Greensboro College in North Carolina. While attending SCAD, Derek appeared in A New Brain (Mr. Bungee), Songs for A New World (Man 2) and his thesis production of Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story (Nathan Leopold). He also directed and music directed Zombie Prom, SCAD's first fully-produced student-directed production. Derek's other credits include the national tours of Horrible Harry (Harry) and The Energized Guyz (Nikki Neutron) as well as regional productions of Bye Bye Birdie (Hugo), Disney's High School Musical (Ryan), and Seussical the Musical (The Cat in the Hat). He can be heard on the Studio Cast Recording of Will You Know It's Me? (Natural Theatricals in Washington, DC) and is a proud member of the Equity Membership Candidacy program. www.derektpickens.com 

Gabriel Wright was born and raised in Charleston with his twin sister Gabrielle and older sister Angela. He is a graduate of the College of Charleston with studies and concentrations in Arts Managment, Political Science, and Theatre. He has performed in numerous productions, favorites including the Duke Octavio in The Last Days of Don Juan, Harry Roat Jr./Sr. in Wait Until Dark, Michael Jackson and James Brown in Rock and Roll Heaven, and Titivilleous in Everyman/Mankind. This past season with Charleston Stage, Gabriel was seen as Luthor in Hairspray, Jacob Marley and other multiple characters in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas, Samuel Clark, Jr. in Blue, and as Smee in Peter Pan. One of his favorite quotes that brings him inspiration in life is from his favorite television show SMALLVILLE that states, "The Man of Tomorrow is forged by the battles he wins today."