Nikki Boler was last seen in High Tide Theatrical’s production of The Sweet Delilah Swim Club as Jeri Neal. She has been performing locally for 2O plus years. She is super egg-citied to play the Colonel in The Gizzard, and would like to thank Gretchen Teague for the opportunity. She would also like to thank her husband Russell, her Mom Judy, and her Dad Tom for their love and support.

This is Heather’s first time performing in an original piece, and she’s excited to stretch her creativity in a new way. Heather has previously performed in The Full Monty and School of Rock with Springfield Little Theater, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Actor’s Theater of Missouri, and Dream Roles in Concert and Leading Ladies in Concert with High Tide Theatrical. She has also been on tech crew for In the Heights with Springfield Little Theater.

Heather would like to thank Gretchen and Bryant for convincing her to try something new, and she’d like to thank DOTS for giving local playwrights a chance to get their originals works on a stage.

Aubrey comes from Springfield, Missouri. She has a Bachelor of Music Education in Voice from Drury University in Springfield, MO (2016). She completed a teaching assistantship in Choral Conducting with Dr. R. Paul Crabb at the University of Missouri (MU) in 2019 and a teaching assistantship in Vocal Performance with Prof. Steven Tharp (MU) in 2022. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Ozarks Technical Community College since 2019 and teaches music history, choir, and voice. In addition to her work at OTC, Aubrey teaches a private voice studio at Palen Music Center and is music director for the Springfield Catholic Schools theater department. She studies voice with professional soprano Jennifer Forni and most recently sang the role Sandra Bloom in Springfield Contemporary Theatre’s production of Big Fish, the role of Mrs. Potts in Springfield Little Theatre’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and also covered the role of Donna Elvira in Ozarks Lyric Opera’s production of Don Giovanni.

Aubrey is excited to work with Devising Original Theatre Springfield to create new works and innovate existing material for modern audiences.

Gretchen jumped head first into working with the DOTS ensemble on this fun Gizzard project. A fan of all things theatre, Gretchen loves creating new work through collaboration, physical theatre, puppetry, and laughter. 

If this seems fun to you too, check out all the other things DOTS will be up to this coming fall. DOTS has classes, workshops, playwright support, and more performances. 

Shawn is thrilled to join the shenanigans of the DOTS Company and make this production a family event. He is well known in the Springfield theatre scene as a performer, musician, and director. He was recently seen as the Inspector in The Real Inspector Hound at the Judy with Springfield Little Theatre and as Schumann  in The Schumann Play with Springfield Symphony.

Shawn is the proud father of Zach, Charlie, and Haley and husband to Gretchen. 

Zach joins the DOTS Ensemble as a sound technician. Zach has performed in many shows at Central High School including Mr. Biggley in How to Succeed, Alf in Peter and the Starcatcher, and Vinnie in Lucky Stiff. He is a recent Central High School graduate who plans on putting all of his good learning to use as soon as he takes a nap.