Your Cast of Players
Introducing the cast of our Spooky Season Announcement.
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THE CAST
Chris Bizub
Chris is thrilled to be performing as part of Theatre on Tap’s annual spooky show! A Wickliffe resident, Chris acts and directs across the northeast Ohio area. Some of his recent acting credits include productions of Romeo & Juliet (Prince Escalus), The Life and Adventures of Nicolas Nickleby (Brooker/Johnny Jackson), and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Longaville) at Ohio Shakespeare Festival; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon/Theseus), Oliver! (Bill Sykes), and Our Town (The Stage Manager) at French Creek Theatre; The Play That Goes Wrong (Chris) at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre; Cyrano De Bergerac (Cyrano De Bergerac), ASSASSINS (Leon Czolgosz) and The Underpants (Benjamin Cohen) at Western Reserve Playhouse; DISASTER! The Musical (Tony Delvecchio) at Broadview Heights Spotlights Community Theatre; Yipee Ki-Yay Merry Christmas: A Die-Hard Parody Musical (Hans Olo) at Blank Canvas Theatre; Hamlet (King Claudius), Learned Ladies (Crysale) and Julius Caesar (Cassius) at Cleveland Shakespeare Festival; The Shawshank Redemption (Bryan Hadley) at Avenue Arts; Macbeth (King Duncan/The Porter) at Chagrin Arts; and Twelfth Night (Duke Orsino) at Geauga Center for the Arts. Chris would also like to thank his wife Brittany for her constant love and support.
Heather Culotta
Heather is absolutely thrilled to be back for another performance with Theatre on Tap after joining the cast of The Comedy of Errors this summer. Some of her previous roles include Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett), Kinky Boots (Lauren), Ragtime (Emma Goldman), Kiss Me, Kate (Lilli Vannessi/Kate), Music Man (Marian Paroo), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Pharaoh), Seussical the Musical (Mayzie), as well as several Stepp Stewart productions in New York and Atlanta.
Rachel Fichter
Rachel is extremely pleased to be making her Theatre on Tap debut!. Recent stage adventures include Man of La Mancha (Muleteer), The Hobbit (Gloin), The Tempest (Ceres/Spirit), Much Ado About Nothing (Ursula) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby (Fanny Squeers/Ensemble), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Katherine), The Taming of the Shrew (The Widow), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Quince). When not treading the boards, Rachel is a professional soapmaker and owner of The MacBath Literary Soaps.
Brian Pedaci
Brian is pleased to be a part of Theatre on Tap’s spooky season announcement. Notable roles include As You Like It (Touchstone), King Lear (Gloucester), The Woman in Black (Arthur Kipps), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Ralph Nickleby), Romeo and Juliet (Lord Capulet), Love's Labour’s Lost (Holofernes) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theseus) with Ohio Shakespeare Festival. Other recent area appearances include Elephant's Graveyard (Seat of the Pants), Witch (Dobama Theatre), Clybourne Park (Ensemble Theatre), Glengarry Glen Ross, King Lear, and Waiting for Godot (Beck Center). Brian served as Managing Director for Cleveland Shakespeare Festival from 2012-2017 and Bad Epitaph Theater Company from 1999-2004.
Hannah Storch
Hannah Storch (she/her) is thrilled to join for her first romp with Theatre on Tap. As a writer, she is a frequent at The Dark Room through Cleveland Public Theatre which is an open mic for playwrights and new work has a chance to grow. She attends Story Wars whenever she can. Story Wars strives to build an inclusive community through shared creative action. She was also a proud finalist in Story Wars: Championship of Champions in early 2026. As an actor, previous credits include As You LIke It (Charles/Audrey), Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), The Wizard of Oz (Lion) at Ohio Shakespeare Festival, The Squirrels (Rodentia) at Convergence Continuum, Clybourne Park (Betsy/Lindsey) at Ensemble Theatre, King Lear (Goneril) at Cleveland Shakespeare Festival. She is currently a Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show at Ohio Shakespeare Festival which runs one more weekend! Up next, she will be appearing in All the Emilies in All the Universes as Emilie Red with Seat of the Pants in spring of 2027. Hannah would like to thank her family, her Chickens and Brian for all of their continual love and support. And thank YOU for supporting live, local artists. Enjoy!
Emerson Thoenen
Emerson is thrilled to be back with another evening of spooky stories with this stellar cast! Emerson's experience in the performing arts industry ranges from playwriting to filmmaking, and a little bit of background acting. Other notable work includes stage managing for Ohio Shakespeare Festival and Lakeland Community College, performing in Western Reserve Playhouse's Boys in the Band and Avenue Arts' Cry it Out, and directing Avenue Arts' Hello Herman. He is grateful for all the supportive people in his life, especially his wiffer, Kelsey. Much love and light, friends.
Kelsey Tomlinson
Kelsey is excited to be a part of another spooky evening with Theatre on Tap. An actress and costume designer, she has worked for a variety of theatres in Northeast Ohio. Notable acting credits include Hero (Much Ado about Nothing), Desdemona (Othello), Ellen (Maid Marion), Kate (Nicholas Nickleby), and Mina (Dracula) with Ohio Shakespeare Festival and Dorine (Tartuffe) with Western Reserve Playhouse. Costume design credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and King Lear at Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Moon Over Buffalo at Broadview Spotlights, Into the Woods at Laurel Schools, and up next is Rocky Horror Show with Ohio Shakespeare Festival.
Sydney Warren
Sydney Noelle Warren (she/her) is excited to sing with the coolest people ever at Theatre on Tap! She is beyond thrilled to work with this incredibly talented and kind group of people. They are phenomenal human beings who are a joy to be around. Sydney likes to bounce around to different theaters, and feels so lucky she’s been welcomed by this one!
Robert Webster
Robert Webster is delighted to join you all this evening for the Spooky Season Announcement. His bio is long and filled with stuff like "Amadues", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "Southern Baptist Sissies", but none of that is important. What is important is that you're here, I'm here, and we've come together in this madcap world to enjoy the beauty and camaraderie of theater. I hope you will continue to do so, and I hope I see you when you do. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. FDT
