Who's Who
in order of appearance
SIX. The Musical


Maggie Mutchler as Catherine of Aragon
Maggie is very excited to be playing the role of Catherine of Aragon! She has in appeared in various roles throughout the Youngstown area and parts of Pennsylvania including (but not limited to) Hannah in Puffs at The Youngstown Playhouse, Grace Bradley in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Kennedy Catholic High School, and George in School House Rock Live, Jr., at Keystone State Musical Academy. She has also contributed to theatre offstage, directing Snow White and Rose Red at her aforementioned High School, assistant directing Something Rotten at Stage 62 in Carnegie, and WhiteChristmas at the Newcastle Playhouse. She would like to thank her supportive friends and family, most importantly her mom, Patty.

Abbianna Bates as Anne Boleyn
Abbie is a junior at Springfield Local HS, being in her first show for Top Hat Productions! Previous roles include that of Annie and Peter Pan for Southern Local’s Drama Club, and that of Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast for Springfield. She is a member of the band and Varsity Cheer Squad, this being her 10th year cheering. Abbie has played saxophone for 6 years, participating in both Columbiana County and Malone University honors bands. She is on the path to get her honors diploma, and plans to apply for the NHS. This has been one of her dream roles for a few years!

Finlay Andrei as Jane Seymour
Finlay is a seventeen-year-old student enrolled in the Mahoning County Career & Technical Center’s Early Childhood Education Program. Some of their favorite previous roles include Princess Fiona in Shrek, Jr., The March Hare in Alice in Wonderland, Betty in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Lady Beaconsfield in Jekyll & Hyde, Race in Newsies Jr., and Scaramouche in We Will Rock You:School Edition. Although their spare time is largely taken up by theatre and speech & debate, they enjoy reading about history, art, and science, and ranting to friends about Star Wars and My Chemical Romance.

Izabella Krekys as Anne of Cleves
Izabella is a seventeen-year-old student enrolled at Ursuline High School. Some of her favorite past stage roles include Megan Jones in Puffs, Donkey in Shrek Jr., The Chesire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz Jr., The Cat in the Hat in Seussical Jr., Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Jr., and Wisel in Newsies Jr. Izabella is also involved in many outside activities including bowling, speech and debate, and clubs at her school. With what spare time she has, she loves to draw, spend time with family & friends, and go shopping. Izabella would like to thank her Director Melanie and Music Director Tyler for giving her the chance to participate in such an amazing musical! She would also like to thank her friends & boyfriend for always coming to see her perform. Finally, she would like to thank her parents for always taking her to practice and sacrificing their time to help her out and encouraging her to follow her dreams.

Alexandra Pappalardo as Katherine Howard
is so incredibly excited to bring her all-time dream role, Katherine Howard, to life. Her favorite past roles have been Galinda in Wicked, Les in Newsies (2019 and 2024), and Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors. Alexandra plays electric bass, guitar, oboe, ukulele, saxophone and English horn, and in her free time, plays at local breweries and restaurants with her older sister. She is a member of her school’s Speech and Debate Team, Chambers Choir and Symphonic Band. She gives thanks to the directors for their constant support and everyone for such a warm environment. Enjoy the show :)

Emma Hawkins as Catherine Parr
I am a 17-year-old senior at Struthers High School, where I am in the band, show choir, drama club, cross country team, and Math club. I also volunteer at my church. After high school, I plan to attend a Christian university and major in Biblical studies, with the hope of becoming a college professor. I’m really excited about this show and glad to be a part of it! This is the first musical I have ever done and its always been a dream of mine to be in one. Thank you to Music Director Tyler and Director Melanie for your hard work and dedication, we could never have done it without you!

Raquel Allison as swing
Raquel is so excited to be a part of this production! She has been acting since the age of 7, and loves it with all her heart. Her favorite roles include Mr. D in The Lightning Thief, Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, and Jane/Evie in Descendants. Being a swing has been an amazing learning opportunity and she is grateful to Melanie and Tyler for giving it to her. Raquel loves the friendships she has formed and looks forward to working with everyone again in the future.

Cadence Teich (swing)
a student at Champion High School, has had an interest in theatre for many years. Beginning at the age of 9, she has been in as many shows as possible, most recently Frozen (Queen Iduna), American Idiot (Featured Ensemble), and Living Dead! The Musical (Karen). Cadence also enjoys taking voice lessons with Amanda Beagle Vocal Studio! She would like to thank the Six Production Team for the opportunity to learn the role of a swing, which is something she’s never done before!

Melanie Lucas - Director
Melanie is thrilled to have the opportunity to bring Six the Musical to the stage and play a part of continuing the mission of the Tri-City Drama Club. Melanie is an award winning director and actor and has over 30 years of experience both on and off stage. She has worked in nearly every capacity from props and spots to theatre president. Her directing credits include RENT, Peter Pan, and Addams Family at Kent Trumbull Theatre, A Christmas Carol, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Something Rotten, and Almost Maine at TNT, as well as multiple musicals at Champion High School. She is looking forward to teaming up with music director, Tyler, again this summer for Matilda the Musical at Kent Summer Stock. When not at the theatre, Melanie loves traveling and game nights. Her favorite role is mom to Ethan, Grayson, and Amelia. Break a leg you amazing Queens!

Tyler Stouffer - Music Director
Tyler is thrilled to be music director with Top Hat for the first time! Tyler moved back home to the Valley in 2022 after spending the last decade performing, directing, music directing, and studying in Southern California. Tyler is a proud alumnus of the BFA Performing Arts program at AMDA in Los Angeles. Some other music directing credits include Should Have Been You and Cabaret with MTC; and Cinderella, 9 to 5, Little Shop of Horrors, Shrek Jr, and Something Rotten! with The Youngstown Playhouse. He assisted on YourArts production of RENT at the DeYor PAC last April. Tyler won an LA Scenie Award for “Outstanding Musical Direction of Multiple Productions” for his work on Heathers and Next to Normal in Southern California. He is also the founder and host of the Mahoning Valley Cabaret bringing monthly live performances to the Valley! Please follow @mvcabaret for more info! www.tylerstouffer.com@tstouff

Maddie Pinto - Choreographer
Maddie is thrilled to be choreographing for the six incredibly talented girls performing for you tonight! Maddie is currently a freshman at Kent State University Trumbull studying nursing. Her aspirations for the future are to become a Pediatric Oncology Nurse and continue to inspire others to dance! She is currently on her 16th year of dance at Dynamic Dance Center where she is on the competition team, and teaches her own class of young dancers. Dance has always been Maddie’s passion, so she has loved every minute of this process! She wishes the cast all the best, and hopes you enjoy this awesome performance of SIX!

Nate Chapline - Stage manager
Nate is a recent graduate of Youngstown State University with a BA in Theatre Studies. He has performed nearly every type of job associated with theatre, from acting onstage to running lights in the back. Stage management is something new to him, and he is happy to be having this new experience!