Digital Program: Gh0stChaser04 at TCHF XIII 2024

Gh0stChaser04

Written by Rachel Teagle; Directed by Jenny Moeller

Produced by A Murder of Crones

Featuring: Rita Boersma, Megan Kim, Heather Meyer, Mickaylee Shaughnessy, and Ben Tallen

Stage Manager and Gore Goblin: Shea Roberts Gyllen

Additional Special Effects: Victoria Pyan

Props Builder: Caden Wessner

Special Thanks: Vinecia Coleman, Rachael Dosen

TEAM BIOS

Night_Raven: MEGAN KIM

Megan Kim is thrilled to be making her TCHF debut! She is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy-Los Angeles. She spent 9 years acting and singing in LA before returning to the Twin Cities. She is a company member with Wonderlust Productions and Gnarly Bard Theater. Other theater credits include: The Jungle, Artistry, Freshwater Theatre, Theatre Pro Rata, The Neighborhood Playhouse and Next Act Theatre. She also performs with Pillsbury House + Theatre’s “Breaking Ice” program.

Upcoming: -“The Caregivers Project” Wonderlust Productions Oct. 18-Nov. 3@825 Arts in St. Paul; “The Naughty List” Gnarly Bard Theater Dec. 6-15.

Gh0stChaser04: MICKAYLEE SHAUGHNESSY

Mickaylee Shaughnessy has been performing in the Twin Cities for over fifteen years. This is her second Horror Fest show. It’s good to be back. Companies she has worked with include Umbrella Collective, Fearless Comedy Productions , HardCover Theater, Six Elements Theater, Cromulent Shakespeare and Burning Ember, and Smartmouth.

Upcoming: I’ll Be Home for Kahless

BehindTheWall: BEN TALLEN

Ben is giddy as a hyena on nitrous oxide to once again be performing for this band of SCARY tricksters. Previous TC Horror Fest productions include “Girls in Bins” for The Rachel Teagle Effect and “The Thermos Bottle” for Ghoulish Delights. Ben has seen things, man.

Anna Larsson: RITA BOERSMA

Rita Boersma is an actor, storyteller and seasoned improviser with over two decades on Twin Cities stages. She is a member of improv mainstays, The Mess, and you can find her doing totally not-scary things in the monthly variety show, Bring Your Kids! She also probably makes mashed potatoes better than you do.

Upcoming: I’ll Be Homicidal for Xmas at Mystery Cafe and performing with The Mess over at Strike Theater in the new year

Minnie Wright: HEATHER MEYER

Heather is a writer and performer! Her birthday is on Halloween. Spooky!

She is also doing Campfire Stories at Horror Fest and has some spooky silly crafts in the Goblin Market

Playwright/Producer: RACHEL TEAGLE

Rachel Teagle (she/her/hers) is a playwright, librettist, and comedian who grew up in the Silicon Valley, moved around the country, and settled in Minnesota. She helped found the Atlanta Fringe Festival and the Twin Cities Playwright Cabal. She was awarded the Leah Ryan’s Fund for Emerging Women Writers prize for her play The Ever and After. She currently resides in St. Paul with her family. 

Concurrently: Rollicking! A Winter Carnival Musical with Keith Hovis at History Theatre’s Raw Stages Festival

Director/Producer: JENNY MOELLER

Jenny Moeller is a props and lighting designer, director, playwright, and theater artist working in the Twin Cities. She is currently Technical Director of the Twin Cities Horror Festival, serves on the board for Arts Nest, and is the former Artistic Director of Raw Sugar. She has worked as producer, playwright, director, technical director, designer, and builder for many theaters, including Theatre Pro Rata, Nimbus, the Minnesota Opera, Southern Theater, Theatre Unbound, Four Humors, Six Points Theater, and many others. She believes that stories make us human, and has a passion for helping others bring their stories to life.

UPCOMING: Partnering with Ursula Bowden to be the Scenic and Props team for Nimbus’s holiday show!

Stage Manager/Gore Goblin: SHEA ROBERTS GYLLEN

Shea is so delighted to be working with Murder of Crones on more spooky stuff. They love horror despite being so scared by the genre at the same time. They are grateful for their tiny goblins and parenting partner who support making art and help make fake blood.

Additional Special Effects: VICTORIA PYAN

Victoria Pyan (she/her) is a Twin Cities Theatre maker. You may have seen her past horror fest productions: The Deep Dark and Geminae, Locally, Victoria has also appeared with The Improv Movement Project, Girl Friday Productions,Market Garden Theatre, Freshwater Theatre, Theatre Pro Rata, Theatre Unbound and Frank Theatre. She is a founding member of Little Lifeboats and a company member of Oncoming Productions

Props Builder: CADEN WESSNER

Caden Wessner is a theatre artist who recently moved to the Twin Cities from Florida. He most recently was Assistant Director for Hello Dolly! with Quincy Music Theatre and The Prom with New Stage Theaterworks. He is ecstatic to be working with A Murder of Crones Theater for the Twin Cities Horror Festival!