Laura Templet (Billie Dawn): Laura is a recent graduate of Nicholls State University with a degree in English. With the Nicholls Players, Laura has been seen in seven productions including Arsenic and Old Lace, The Glass Menagerie, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Laura’s community theatre credits include Seven Menus with the Sam & Jim Acing Co. and Lucky Stiff with the Thibodaux Playhouse. Her future goal is to obtain a MFA in acting. She would like to thank her family, friends, and her fantastic fiancée for their support throughout the years.
Damon Stentz (Harry Brock): Born Yesterday is Damon’s third performance with the Thibodaux Playhouse. He has also appeared in Don’t Drink the Water and Enchanted April. Besides personally enjoying acting, Damon enjoys doing his part in bringing the fine arts to this area. Damon is a local attorney and is married to Andrea Cheramie Stentz, who is also an attorney. They have two children: Dylan, 6, and Addison, 4.
Joey Pierce (Paul Verrall): Joey is making the leap from the university and into the great unknown. A recent graduate of Nicholls State, Joey has been seen in productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie, and Arsenic and Old Lace. Joey has also participated in the local theatre community including productions of The Pajama Game and Lucky Stiff with the Thibodaux Playhouse. He would like to thank his family and his amazing fiancée for supporting him in his dreams.
Randy Mayeux(Ed Devery): Randy is ecstatic about this show, because for the first time he is on stage with a family member: his awesome sister, Ashley! Born Yesterday is his third show with Thibodaux Play House. Most recently he portrayed the klutz Axel Magee in Don’t Drink the Water. Now he will be playing the drunken lawyer Ed Devery. He was also seen in numerous shows with Nicholls’ Players and the Sam and Jim Acting Company.
Joel Champagne (Senator Norval Hedges): Joel is a long-time member of the Playhouse, also serving on the Board of Directors for many years, on stage, Producer and Corresponding Secretary and Social Director. He has been associated with many plays on the stage and backstage. Joel was in the cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Damn Yankees, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and he was the king in Mullet Songs. The Janus Award was presented to him for the 1997-1998 theater season.
Connie LeBouef (Mrs. Hedges): Connie is a native of Houma, LA. She returns to the Thibodaux Playhouse for her third performance having previously played “Sister Maria” in Bless Me Father. Connie is thrilled to once again be on stage. She sends her love to her most important fans, her children, Brannon and Stacey.
Treva Breaux (Eddie Brock): Treva is an 8th grader at ED White Catholic High School who has been performing for the last five years. Treva has been seen in over a dozen of shows with the Nicholls Players, Thibodaux Playhouse, and with our Children’s Musicals. This past summer he took on the role of “Toad” in the musical, The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad. Treva is extremely exited to be performing with his best friend Aiyana in this production. He is also a member of the EDW Drama Club, and the 8th grade football team. Treva would like to thank his family, friends, Dr. Stanley Coleman and Mr. Bill Winkley for everything they do.
Cheyenne Miller (Helen): Cheyenne is a junior at Thibodaux High School. This is her first performance with the Thibodaux Playhouse. She’s been in three other plays in school.
Aiyana Ambrose (Asst. Manager/Bootblack): Aiyana (14) is a 9th grader at Edward Douglas White Catholic High School. She is very excited to perform her first tribute to the Thibodaux Play House Aiyana has starred in several plays such as How to Eat like a Child, The Jungle Book, The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad, and a college production Oedipus the King. Aiyana loves theater and wants to make it far with acting and with her best friend Treva Breaux. They aspire to make it to Broadway. Aiyana would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her for what she loves to do as well as Treva Breaux, her best friend and Dr. Stanley Coleman and Mr. Winkley for teaching her so many new things down the road.
Jason Galjour (Bellhop/Barber): Jason Galjour is from Metairie but has lived in the Houma-Thibodaux area for the better part of the last seven years. He is a loving father to six year old Isabella, and works as a State Probation and Parole Officer. This is his first time doing community theater.
Ashley Mayeux (Bellhop/Manicurist): This will be Ashley’s first and hopefully not last time on stage for theatre. For the past 7 years she has been dancing her heart out with Stacy’s Dance Studio and has wanted to try acting for quite some time now. She is very excited to be doing Born Yesterday because she will be gracing the stage with her loving brother, Randy. They have been acting crazy their entire lives and finally gets to perform for a paying audience.
