Wayne Asbury (David Caxton) hails from Kansas City, Missouri, and currently calls Peterborough, New Hampshire home. Wayne is a graduate of The Actor’s Studio Drama School, and worked as an actor in New York, before relocating to New Hampshire. Since moving to New Hampshire, Wayne has worked with The Peterborough Players, Theatre KAPOW, The Players’ Ring, Hatbox Theatre, Theatre in the Open, Vicious Mole Theatre Collective, Glass Dove Production and The Star Theatre. Past Roles include Christy in A Safe Passage, Macbeth in Macbeth, George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Bernard in Arcadia, Henry in Mud, Jerry in Buried Child, Heisenberg in Copenhagen, and Claudius in Hamlet.
Carey Cahoon (Maria) was seen on stage last season with tKAPOW in What the Constitution Means to Me. Other favorite roles include the woman in On the Exhale, Sarah Goodwin in Time Stands Still, Cassandra in Agamemnon, Hedda Tesman in Hedda Gabler, Jessie in ‘night, Mother, the Pilot in Grounded and Penelope in The Penelopiad. Carey has performed, directed or designed with Glass Dove Productions, Boston Playwright’s Platform, Stage One Productions, and the Anselmian Abbey Players. She holds a BA in Classics from St. Anselm College, and trained at the Atlantic Acting School, Shakespeare & Company, and with SITI Company. careycahoon.com
Michael Cobb (Larry)‘s favorite roles in New Hampshire include Andy Warhol, Elizabeth I’s most trusted advisor, and the title characters in Robert Frost’s Death of the Hired Man (Tongue Mountain) and Bauer (KAPOW ARTiculate series). He has also directed and produced for Hatbox, the Winni Players, and truepenny arts. Previous credits include leading and featured roles at Trinity Repertory Company (company member), Dallas Theatre Center, and for David Gordon/PickUp Performance Company for PBS and at the Public Theater, among many others.
Eric Gutterson (Other Voices) is a native of Manchester, NH with a career in medical device R&D and a lifelong passion for theatre and the arts. Theatre has always weaved into my life through school groups, classes, workshops, and as an enthusiastic audience member. A longtime fan and friend of tKAPOW, this is his first foray in serving as a performer for the company and he’s excited to share the experience of Continuity with an amazing group.
Heidi Krantz (The PA) is a Southern NH based artist. Their recent credits include Jedadiah Schultz/Aaron McKinley/others in The Laramie Project, Adam/Silvius in As You Like It, and Lysander/Francis Flute in A Midsummer’s Night Dream. They thank you for your continued support of the arts!
Olivia Sowell (Dr. Gerber/Lily) is a NH based theatre artist. Her love for theatre has led her to train at Todoroff NYC Conservatory, LAMDA, UNH, Regent’s University London. She has a deep love for devised Shakespeare productions but loves to find herself working on contemporary pieces as well. Recent productions include Mrs. Weston (Kate Hamill’s Emma); Casca (Julius Caesar); Maggie/Marge (Mr.Burns: A Post a Electric Play); Nurse (Romeo &Juliet). She is so excited to be working with tKAPOW and is so grateful that you have made it to this reading today. Thank you!
Shanel Sparr (Eve/Nicole) is an actor with experience in film, theatre, and television, whose passion for performing began in sixth grade. One of her most notable film roles was playing lead character Rita in Seekers of the Lost Worlds, available on Tubi. Her theatrical credits include Hallie in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Catch the Butcher as Nancy, and the iconic Cat in the Hat in the musical adaptation of The Cat in the Hat. With experience spanning more than 40 productions, she has also worked as a director, stage manager, and crew member. Shanel couldn’t be more excited to return to the stage to work with tKAPOW on this production.
Jimmy Stewart (Jake/George) is an actor and an Engineer based out of Newburyport, Ma and he is thrilled to be playing in the Seacoast with this group of talents. Favorite past roles include Lucky in Waiting for Godot (The Players’ Ring), Jacques in As You Like It (Theatre in the Open), and Orpheus in Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice (Firehouse Center for the Arts). Jimmy is thankful for the love and support of his friends and family. Thank you for supporting the arts!
Rachael Chapin Longo (Director) received her BS in Theater from Skidmore College and her MA in Educational Theatre from NYU. She is an actor, director, educator, playwright and arts advocate. Throughout her career, Rachael has dedicated herself to arts education and has worked as a theater educator and education director; creating curriculum and teaching classes in acting, directing, playwriting and movement for arts organizations and at the college level. In 2023, she became a council member of the Andover Cultural Council, which is responsible for awarding state grant funding to local artists and now serves as the council Chair. Her directing credits include The Wizard of Oz, The Laramie Project, The Death of a Caterpillar, West Side Story, The Tempest, South Pacific, Sister Act, Singin’ in the Rain,
The Ash Girl and Silent Sky (for which she was a finalist for a NHTA “Best Director” Award in 2019). Acting credits include The Crucible, Desdemona, Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, The Penelopiad, The Burial at Thebes, Natural Shocks, The Boyg, Breadcrumbs, Life Sucks, The Wolves and Romeo and Juliet. Rachael is a company member, board member and actor with theatre KAPOW and most recently appeared as “One” in their spring 2026 mainstage production of Morning Sun. She is grateful to have the support of her tKAPOW family as she continues to train and learn. Special thanks to her incredible family and friends for cheering her on for so many years.
