SUE ANN AIKEN (Chef, Hot Girl, Ensemble)
PHILLIP BALL (Professor Ted Scheider) has been a long-standing volunteer in the Butler theatre community as a performer, director, and technician. For MTG, some of his performances include The Music Man, City of Angels, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He has also directed The Baker’s Wife, The Rocky Horror Show, and Assassins.
MTG has been a hub for many of his longtime friendships and creative connections, and he’s grateful to be part of a community that offers so many opportunities to perform and entertain.
In Disaster!, Phillip is fully embracing his role — so if things get a little out of control… just know that’s not the character, that’s Phil.
HEATHER M. CHECK (Jackie Noelle) is thrilled to be part of this production! She has enjoyed performing in a variety of shows over the years, with two favorite roles being Deloris in Sister Act and Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music.
She sends a heartfelt shoutout to the entire cast and crew for their hard work and energy, and a special thank you to her family for their constant love and support.
SARAH DAILEY (Marianne Wilson) is thrilled to return to the Musical Theater Guild stage for the second time. Previous roles include Miss Scarlet in Clue the Musical, The Rat Queen in hobnob theatre co’s The Nutcracker, and Irene in hobnob theatre co’s ’Twas the Night Before Christmas. She also performs improv with the hobnob theatre co. Offstage, Sarah is pursuing her pageant journey as Ms. Military Star Independence State and will compete at nationals this July. She thanks the cast and crew, the Musical Theater Guild board, and her husband Mike for their support.
PATRICK ERKMAN (Director)
TAMMY ERKMAN (Sister Mary Downing) has appeared onstage in many productions at various community theaters, including Musical Theatre Guild of Butler, New Castle Playhouse, and the Red Barn Theatre. Favorite performances: Annie Get Your Gun, Amother Musical, Suds: The Rockin’ 60’s Musical Soap Opera, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Nunsense series. Directing credits: Little Shop of Horrors, Odd Couple (Female Version), Sorry, Wrong Chimney!. Choreography credits: Forever Plaid, Little Shop of Horrors, Jerry’s Girls, Hello Dolly!. She welcomes the “newbies” to the MTG, and hopes that they had fun during this experience and come back! Thanks to Patrick for love and support. Dedicated to my Paula.
BILL FISHER (Maury Summers) This is Bill’s first time performing at Musical Theatre Guild of Butler. He is delighted to be a member of the cast. Bill has performed in numerous musical and theater productions with Split Stage (Isidor Straus in the musical Titanic and Mary Sunshine in Chicago). Theatre Factory: The Boy’s Father (Hucklebee) in The Fantasticks and was Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap.
Bill is also member of the Pittsburgh Opera Chorus and has performed at several functions in the Pittsburgh area.
DENISE JOHNSTON (Ensemble) started dancing in MTG productions at age 19 and is happy to be back on the boards in Disaster!. She danced in Cabaret 3 times, Minnie’s Boys, Gypsy, and also performed with the Esquire Players in All That Jazz. She also enjoyed being onstage at the Butler Little Theater in their production of The Inspector Calls. Denise hopes you all enjoy the show and thanks you for attending.
JERRY JOHNSTON (Tony Delvecchio) has been involved with MTG for more than half a century — onstage, backstage, and as a board member. Along the way, he’s had a great time pretending to be a New York gambler, a member of the Continental Congress, a Russian farmer, a Roman husband, a flower shop owner, and even one of the Marx Brothers, among many other characters. He’s especially excited to share the stage in Disaster! with his wife, Denise.
As Tony Delvecchio, Jerry is ready to bring a little extra swagger, charm, and just enough questionable decision-making to keep things interesting.
LIAM KILBOURN (Scott, Ensemble) is excited to be in his first MTG production! Born and raised in the Pittsburgh Area, Liam has recently appeared in multiple Pittsburgh Musical Theater productions, including Carousel (David Bascombe) and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (D’Arque). He is currently a student at Slippery Rock University pursuing a BFA in Acting and is a member of the SRU Choirs. He would like to thank his family at home and his colleagues at SRU and Pittsburgh Musical Theater for helping him become the performer he is today! Insta: @liamkilbourn
JADE KLAMER (Choreographer) Jade Klamer has been a part of MTG since she was a baby. Her mother and grandmother were the head prop masters for many years. Jade started out at a young age helping with props backstage and even participated in some shows. Starting in 2018, Jade started choreographing shows for MTG. She has choreographed, Bingo! The Winning Musical, Nunsensations, The Great American Trailer Park, and her proudest show she choreographed was Mamma Mia! in 2019. She has also been serving on MTG’s Board for the last 3 years. Jade danced for 14 years, was a cheerleader for 10 years four of those being on Butler’s Competitive Cheerleading Team. She also has been teaching dance at Mandi’s Dance Studio since 2014, teaching kids many subjects such as Acro, Tap, Jazz, Ballet, and Hip Hop. Jade lives in Butler with her husband and two cats. She loves disco music and is excited to add Disaster to her list of favorite shows!
JAMES KLEIN (Wealthy Husband, Ensemble)
REBEKAH KLEIN (Wealthy Wife, Ensemble)
LILIANA MORGAN (Ben/Lisa)
BARB “BJ” OSCHE (Producer) has been doing local theatre in Butler for 47 years with both the Musical Theatre Guild and Butler Little Theatre. Over the years she has held various position on the MTG Board of Directors including President, Vice-president, and Secretary. BJ has produced over 40 shows for MTG and is currently the Ticket Manager. She has served as Technical Director, Stage Manager, Light Board Operator, stage running crew and props crew member for over 100 shows. BJ has appeared on the MTG stage in very, very, small roles in Little Shop of Horrors in 2013, Nunsense in 2017, and Nunsensations in 2023. Barb retired from United Telephone/Sprint/Embarq/
CORY PFAHL (Chad)
ROANN ROMEO (Jake, Taxi Driver)
JESSICA SANZOTTI (Music Director)
KEN SMITH (Music Director)
SHELLY SPATARO (Levora Verona) is excited to return to the MTG stage having last been seen as Joanne in the musical Company as well as having been in The Great American Trailer Park Musical. Shelly is no stranger to the stage having performed for over 35 years at many theaters, including Split Stage, Theater Factory, Greensburg Civic Theatre, and Apple Hill. Her favorite shows that she performed in include Company, Chicago, Into the Woods, Titanic, Nunsense, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, and Jekyll and Hyde just to name a few. Shelly has also been in the director’s chair for several shows and also sung with the Pittsburgh Opera Chorus for many years. Most recently she was in the chorus for Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s recent production of La Gioconda. She thanks Patrick, Jessica, Ken, Jade and the rest of the MTG staff for the opportunity to be in this hilarious show! Enjoy!
KATY WAYNE (Shirley Summers) is happy to be part of the Disaster! cast. Her favorite onstage roles include Donna (Mamma Mia!), Sylvia (Sylvia, BLT), Catherine (Proof), and Launce (The Two Gentlemen of Verona). Beyond performing, Katy has worked extensively behind the scenes as a director, producer, costumer, properties designer, stage manager, and crew member, bringing a fresh perspective to every production she’s involved in.
LIZA WICK (Traci, Victim 3, Survivor 1) has been performing in theatre since the age of 10 and is currently studying English at BC3. She is excited to be part of this production and grateful for the opportunity to bring these roles to life.