ALLEN HIGGINBOTHAM as Mitch O'Connor
Allen first performed on the EPT stage in the play Rumours and returned after 20 years to play the role of Bill Ray in
last year’s On Golden Pond. A native of Eunice, he lived in Lafayette for
a time where he worked in retail and attended UL for a degree in film. He moved
back to Eunice three years ago and now manages the Café Mosaic on Second
Street. He wants to thank Jody, who was in the play Rumours with him, for dragging him gratefully back onto the stage.
He also wants to thank Jacob Winters and the staff at Café Mosaic for all their
support in allowing him to return to his first love.
ERIN SEGURA as Laura Dubois
Erin is a 2005 graduate of Northwestern
State University with degrees in Liberal Arts and Dance. Since then has moved to Lafayette and has
been very active in theatres across Acadiana.
Her favorite roles include Shelby in Steel
Magnolias at Teche Theatre in Franklin, Rita in Educating Rita at Cite' des Arts and Iberia Performing Arts League,
Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream
with Acting Unlimited, Inc. in Lafayette, Xanthias in The Frogs with Acting Unlimited Repertory Academy in Lafayette, and
most recently, Mona Lipshitz (Merry Murderess #6) in IPAL's Chicago. Her most recent role onstage was that of Lucy
Harker in AUI's production of Dracula
last fall. Erin loves theatre as a hobby and appreciates the friendships
she's made through community theatre that last long after the show is over.
DEBORAH D. ARDOIN as Blanche Dubois
Debbi is a long-time member of Eunice
Players' Theatre, and a company member of Acadiana Repertory Theatre, based in
Lafayette. She is a multiple Irving Award winner at EPT for her dramatic and
comedic roles, including the roles of Mom in A Nice Family Gathering, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Annie in Misery, and most recently Lottie Molloy in The Murder Room. She was
seen last year in The Vagina Monologues
presented by V-Day Lafayette 2012, and as Halie in Buried Child at Cite’ des Arts in Lafayette. Debbi has also directed several plays at
EPT including Agnes of God, ’night,
Mother, Broadway on 2nd St. (co-director) and Providence (co-director), and the musicals The Fantasticks and The
Sound of Music. She is currently
employed by the State of Louisiana, Office of Aging and Adult Services. 
KATRYN SCHMIDT as Maggie the Cat
Katt brings a lot of passion and
experience in stage and film work. Some
of her credits include Bella in Lost in
Yonkers, Mrs. Webb in Our Town,
various female roles in Parallel Lives:
The Kathy and Mo Show, The Vagina
Monologues, and more recently, Anne in Edward Albee's At Home At The Zoo. Katt is excited to be performing for the
first time at Eunice Players' Theatre and is grateful to be working with such a
talented director, cast, and crew. 
MARY GAIL LAMONTE DEVILLIER as Amanda Dubois
Mary Gail has been enamored with acting
since high school when she saw her first stage play, a production of The Glass Menagerie and declared,
"I can do that." Years later
she indeed did portray the story's matriarch, Amanda Wingfield, on two
occasions, including once here at EPT with her daughter, Jody Lamonte Powell,
cast as Laura. She has had lead or supporting roles in over 25 plays, over 62
years. Prior credits include Daisy in Driving
Miss Daisy, Emma in Over the River and
Through the Woods, for both of which she won the Eunice Players' Theatre's
Best Actress Irving Award, and Louise in Always...Patsy
Cline, all directed by Jody.
Mary Gail retired in 1998 after a 33
year career as a Children's Protective Services Worker. After the recent death
of her second husband, she returned to Opelousas to be near her family. She has
three children and eight grandchildren, one of whom lives in heaven. She is
grateful to Jody, her frequent and favorite director, for casting her in such a
delicious role and allowing her to be part of such a talented group of
actors.
KEVIN MILLER as Big Daddy Dubois
Kevin
has been seeking psychological refuge in theatre, since grade school and has been a regular fixture
at Eunice Players’ Theatre for decades,
where he has been honored with several Irving Awards for his acting in comedies including Complete History of America (abridged),
as well as the dramas Misery and The Subject was Roses. He is a member of Acadiana Repertory Theatre troupe in Lafayette
and has enjoyed performing on different stages
around Lafayette, including The Rehearsal
and Carol: A Broken Chain last year.
This
time, in addition to collaborating with some
of his favorite local talent, he is enjoying the challenge of working with the very talented actors
and actresses which our director has,
fortunately, lured to our stage from Lafayette, Carencro, and Opelousas. When
not doing his
"grown-up" gig as a chiropractor, in Ville Platte, he enjoys time with his children and grandchildren.
Kevin would like to give special thanks
to Marsha, for taking up the slack at home, once again, so he can enjoy himself on stage.
JOHN SNYDER as Stanley Kowalski
A native of Opelousas now living in
Carencro, John has studied contemporary theatre at The University of Louisiana
at Lafayette and The American Theatre for Actors in New York City, as well as
classical theatre at The British American Drama Academy at Oxford. He has also
studied long-form improvisational theatre at The Upright Citizens Brigade
Theatre in New York where he was a main stage performer, and helped to develop
the long-form, The Documentary. John has
performed in a myriad of productions in Louisiana, New York, and England, some
of which include Much Ado about Nothing,
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lost in Yonkers, Of Mice and Men, and The Heidi Chronicles. He was seen on the EPT stage in the 1990’s in
Playing Doctor, and in Lend Me A Tenor, for which he won a Best
Actor Irving Award.
John has two children, Jack, age 9, and
Drew, age 8, and is engaged to Aimee Calandra.
He manages an Allstate insurance agency in Opelousas.
BRICK as Himself
After a thorough search on the internet,
Brick comes to EPT via ebay. Brick’s
earlier career was in modeling, where he specialized in military uniforms. His versatility and flexibility have allowed
for photo shoots in Star Wars and comic book hero attire, as well as a 70’s
cool dude. Brick has television credits
to his name, having been seen on “30 Rock” as a doorman. He was drawn to the role in this play after
having seen the red smoking jacket which he finds so comfortable, he wears
throughout the entire play. This play
marks Brick’s stage debut. He thanks
Katryn for keeping him engaged in the action, and helping him get comfortable
with stage movement.
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