TATE BOYER is going into her junior year at Manheim Township High School. She is honored to be chosen to be a part of Apprentice Company. Tate has been in Once Upon a Time in January, and Frozen Jr. in 2020 with Servant Stage. Other shows she has done include: Music Man Jr. and Clue. She performed in Shrek the Musical Jr. and Mary Poppins Jr. in middle school, Frozen Jr., Music Man Jr., at Cavod Theatre, and in High School Musical Jr., at Popovsky Performing Arts. She also takes voice lessons with Rebekah Hill. Along with theatre, Tate also loves to bake, read, and play guitar. She also fills her time with her part time job at an ice cream shop. Tate is thrilled to be a part of AppCo and very thankful for the opportunity!

Tirzah Byers is so excited to have been selected for this year’s Apprentice Company! She is a recent homeschooled graduate of high school. She hopes to pursue a career in the performing arts by attending Sight & Sound’s Conservatory next fall or attending Lancaster Bible College to major in Musical Theater. Tirzah has been taking dance at Adagio Dance Academy for 15 years and some of her favorite productions have been performing as Sugarplum Fairy & Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker; as well as performing in Cinderella, Gissele and La Fille Mal Gardee. She has been in Servant Stage’s production Once Upon a Time and most recently, Don’t Rock the Jukebox. She’s been in music lessons for 10 years taking piano, voice, and guitar and also takes acting classes at Cavod Academy. She wants to thank her parents, teachers (Christine Pizzolo, Brenda Balmer, Rebekah Hill, & Caleb Heckman), and especially Servant Stage for being such a wonderful support and inspiration!

ABIGAIL Davis (alias Abi) is also known as the short-haired version of Rapunzel. She is is 16 going on 17 (cue music). Abi has been in several productions, but her favorites include playing the roles of Lavinia (A Little Princess) The Cat in the Hat (Seussical Kids) and R.F. Simpson (Singin’ In The Rain Jr.) She’s been in some online plays as well, including Super Happy Awesome News, where she played Parker and Joey. She has also taken virtual drama courses, as well. Additionally, Abi sang in a homeschool choir. Outside of theater Abi enjoys playing her ukulele and naming random inanimate objects. Abi is also a missionary kid and lived in Belize for 5 years, where her parents pastored a deaf church. Abi is as pleased as punch to be in the USA again and is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful theatrical experience APPCO and other talented actors!

Elena DiSciullo is so excited to be returning to Servant Stage as a part of Apprentice Company! She is a rising junior at Penn Manor High School, some of her favorite classes include chorus and English. Some of her favorite past credits include: High School Musical Jr. (Servant Stage), and Pirates of Penzance (Cavod Theatre). She currently takes vocal lessons at Creative Pursuits Studio with Rebekah Hill. Many thanks to her friends and family for their support and Servant Stage for the wonderful opportunity.

KAI GUHL is 13 years old and going into 9th grade at Warwick High School. She has enjoyed performing since 4th grade. Recently she has played the roles of Elsa in Frozen Jr, Charlie in Willy Wonka Kids, and was going to be Spiker in James and the Giant Peach (but the show was cancelled due to Coronavirus). Kai has also enjoyed doing multiple cabaret and virtual type performances during quarantine. When she’s not singing, dancing or acting, she’s either in the kitchen cooking or writing songs and playing any of her many instruments. Kai was very excited to join AppCo this year and has enjoyed learning, growing, and meeting new people.

When Kacy accepted the role of Littlest Angel in Susquehanna Stage Company’s production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, one could only have imagined what fire would ignite in Kacy’s heart for ‘the stage’. Over 10 years later, she is honored to be training with Servant Stage’s Apprentice Company to prepare her for a future career in Music & the Entertainment industry. Over the years, Kacy has taken on roles such as Cinderella & Rapunzel (Into the Woods, Jr), Attina (Little Mermaid, Jr), Shakespeare’s feisty Adrianna (Comedy of Errors), an orphan/pick-pocket (Oliver), and the villainous Ms. Andrews (Mary Poppins, Jr). She has also enjoyed participating in many fundraising Cabarets with Hershey Area Playhouse, and during the pandemic last summer, a socially distanced teen concert with Bartos Theatrical Group. A huge shout-out to Kacy’s friends and family for their on-going support, and also to her present and past vocal coaches, who have nurtured & encouraged her through this amazing journey (Reji Woods, Sarah Cope, and Jo Abrom). Thank you, Wally Calderon, for this wonderful opportunity!

Elle Herson is a 9th grade homeschool student and has been excited to learn and train in AppCo this year! Elle has performed with Servant Stage in their Living Room Concert Series, as Young Elsa in Frozen, Jr., in Let Freedom Ring, Old Time Gospel Radio Hour, and Don’t Rock the Jukebox. In addition to Servant Stage, Elle has had the opportunity to perform at the American Music Theater, Barley Sheaf Theater, SALT, Piercing Word, and at West Chester Studios for the Performing Arts. Her experience with TV/commercial includes work with PGW, YMCA, the Discovery Channel, and the Philadelphia Convention and Business Bureau. Elle has had the honor of singing and signing the National Anthem for the Lancaster Barnstormers, Camden Riversharks, Brandywine Polo Club and on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. Above all, Elle’s passion is to live for Jesus Christ, who because of His grace, is her Savior and Lord!

Allyson Hunisicker is a 2021 homeschool graduate. She began performing in 8th grade and some of her favorite performances with Encore! Homeschool Productions have been Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie, Fiddler on the Roof, Beauty and the Beast, and the play Teens: What are They Thinking?” Allyson would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support over the years, as well as every wonderful director and teacher she has been able to learn from through her experiences. She is thrilled to be part of the Servant Stage Apprentice Company!

Landon Hunsicker is so excited to be part of the Servant Stage AppCo! He is a rising homeschool freshman. He has performed in many shows with Encore! Homeschool Productions, such as Bye Bye Birdie, Newsies, Fiddler on the Roof, and Beauty and the Beast. He most recently portrayed Aladdin in Servant Stage’s Aladdin Jr. In his free time, he likes to play video games. Landon would like to thank his family and friends for their support and his mom and sister for encouraging him to do theatre.

Annika Locke is a rising 9th grader at McCaskey High School. She is thrilled to be part of the Servant Stage Apprentice Company this year and has enjoyed connecting with others who love musical theatre as much as she does! Past performances and roles include Willy Wonka Jr. (performance canceled due to COVID-19) at Reynolds MS, Wanderlust (Ensemble) with Creative Pursuits, High School Musical Jr. (Sharpay) with Cavod Academy, The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus) with People’s Shakespeare Project Camp Will, Princess Bea and the Royal Goodnight Story (Princess Bea) at Lancaster County Library among others. Annika also sings in the Mennonite Children’s Choir of Lancaster and plays guitar. Other hobbies include baking, playing volleyball, and hanging out with her family’s two adorable black lab dogs.

Malloree Marshall is 13 years old and has been on stage since she was about 3. She has been performing on stage in musical theatre since she was 8. She has also had a passion for dance from a young age. She started ballet at 2, looking up to her older sister. She dances at Balance Dance in Manheim, dancing with people that she’s known for a large portion of her life. She’s also been tap dacning since she was 8, inspired to learn from watching the performance of Elf at Fulton Theatre The first show she performed in was Seussical Jr. at Susquehanna Stage in 2016 as a Who. She has performed in many shows since then including the 2016 Christmas Show at AMT, Dutch Apple’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Oliver! at Gretna Theatre. Malloree plays tennis and volleyball; as well as the oboe and violin. She also enjoys performing in choir.

Candace Mbugua is 15 years old. She is glad for the opportunity to be a part of the Servant Stage Apprentice Company. Her love of music and dance inspired her to try musical theater, and from her first show, she has known it is something that she would always love and want to do. Some of her favorite roles include Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Mayzie (Seussical Jr.) Eulalie Shinn (The Music Man Jr.) and Tinker Bell (Peter Pan Jr.) Locally she has appeared with The Lancaster Academy for the Performing Arts, Piercing Word, Red Accordion Studios, Servant Stage, and Cobblestone Players. Candace also enjoys reading and playing the piano and flute, and her academic interests include history, literature, debate, and economics.

Ava Joy Munn, age 13, has lived in Lancaster all her life with her family, including 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Some of Ava’s favorite roles include: Eulalie Mckechnie Shinn (Music Man Jr., Cavod Theatre), Sarah (Jesus, Sight & Sound Theatres), Youth Ensemble (Joy to the World, AMT), Youth Ensemble (Let Freedom Ring, Servant Stage), Ensemble (Mary Poppins Jr. EPAC), and Young Girl (Titantic the Musical, Servant Stage). She enjoys taking voice lessons at CPS with her wonderful teacher, Rebekah Hill. It’s Ava’s honor to spend this summer with App Co., growing and learning from the best. She would like to thank God for His many blessings and her family for their love and support, including putting up with her nonstop singing around the house. “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.” Psalms 98:4

Callaghan Petrosky was anxious to join this year’s AppCo. Having been a part of past shows, Let Freedom Ring and Frozen Jr., he appreciates the wonderful family feel and support of Servant Stage. Other past favorites include playing George (Finding Neverland) at The Dutch Apple, Oliver! at Gretna Theatre, Elmer (Newsies) with Encore! Productions, and Matilda at The Belmont Theatre. He has also appeared locally in productions with Lancaster Academy and Creative Pursuits. He is grateful for this opportunity and to God for his many blessings. He would like to thank his various directors, his one friend Mike D, his radical brother Nolen and his parents for their enduring love and support. - “El Psy Congroo”

Coden Tortolano has performed in Seussical Jr. as Horton, Octavius in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, and has also played the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. He has been a part of multiple choirs over his 9 years of singing and is currently co-leading a group at his church. He has taken theater classes at the Lancaster Academy for the Performing Arts (LAPA) with Regi Woods and Rachel Musser. He took a theater dance class with Andrea Calderon and has worked under Jen Felty, in the show Seussical Jr. Coden lives for the theater and loves working with others. In his free time, he likes to play and sing at the piano, play soccer and frisbee with his friends, tinker with Legos, and also enjoys playing video games. He is so excited to have the opportunity to be apart of this year’s Apprentice Company and cannot wait to see what God has in store for his future.

Christian Wolf started performing in theatre when he was 9 years old. His first performance on stage was in The Wizard of Oz at the Fulton Theater, where he played a Munchkin. After that, he continued taking acting classes, dance classes, and voice lessons. Christian enjoys making others happy by bringing characters to life on stage. His favorite character that he’s played was Oaken in Frozen Jr. because he was a big personality and brought a lot of fun and excitement to the show. He is excited to be a part of AppCo and to continue his theatrical journey and development.