After an 18-year sojourn in New York City, Katie is back in her hometown of Bowie and thrilled to have been welcomed into the 2nd Star community. She and her husband, Ryan Power, are the proud parents of two boys and a thriving business, KRP Interactive. In her professional life, she has led major initiatives with many entertainment clients, including A+E Networks, Ghostlight Records, Broadway.com, Warner Music Group, as well as provided support for Broadway’s core marketing agencies. She has also produced musical theater concerts at famed NYC venues, including Joe’s Pub and 54 Below. She holds an M.A. in Cultural Policy & Management from City, University of London and B.A.s in Journalism and Dramatic Literature, Theater History & Cinema from NYU.

Cheramie Julianne Jackson is a native of the DMV area, attending Howard University and UMD for Musical Theatre/Drama. She is a dancer, actress, and producer. She has been working with and for 2nd Star productions since 2007 with over 20 productions. She joined 2nd Star’s board soon after having worked closely with them in creating their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. She also dabbles with independent film producing and acting coaching. Her favorite performances with 2nd Star Productions have been My Fair Lady, Secret Garden, and Pirates of Penzance. As a producer her favorites have been A Soldier's Play and Crowns, which recently won a Ruby Griffith award! All of her gratitude goes to God, her four beautiful children, amazing husband, and love of art which fills her life.

Twice retired (once from the U.S. Navy and once from a second career in psychology) Gene has been a part of 2nd Star since 2012, and has been the company's Treasurer since 2015. His favorite show was 2014’s production of Children of Eden, but his favorite role was as Ebenezer Scrooge in 2019’s A Christmas Carol—The Musical. Gene has also designed sets, built sets, produced shows, and designed and built special effects.

Karen joined 2nd Star with 2019's production of A Christmas Carol - The Musical. After a nearly 20-year hiatus from theatre, she has enjoyed various roles since, including VP, music director (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown), and actor (Sister Berthe, The Sound of Music). She enjoys reading, crafting, and watching movies in her free time. Most importantly, she has loved sharing her joy of theatre with her husband and two daughters.

Andrea first performed with 2nd Star in 2018 in Ragtime. Since then she has enjoyed other roles in A Christmas Carol, Crowns and working behind the scenes as the assistant choreographer for Matilda. In her free time she enjoys many activities, but has been working hard on her own musical and is currently taking online classes with the BMI Lehman Engel Institute in New York City.

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Crista’s bio is still in rehearsals – check back later!

Lauren Jackson Sayles remembers driving 2 hours from her childhood home in West Virginia in 1997 or 1998 to see 2nd Star's production of Sweeney Todd, but she didn't get involved until about 25 years later when her daughter Lillian appeared as Marta von Trapp and she appeared in the nunsemble in 2nd Star's The Sound of Music in 2022. Since then, Lauren and Lil have also been a part of Matilda (Lil, on stage, Lauren, backstage) and hope to be a part of many more productions to come. Lauren and her brand new husband Tim frequently appear on various stages in the area - she was most recently seen as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at Vagabond Players in Baltimore The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime at Colonial Players. By day, Lauren is a speech language pathologist with Anne Arundel County Public Schools. In addition to her family, she loves her cats, Ruthie and Eleanor, cheese, gardening, cross-stitching, coffee, kayaking, and her couch, not always in that order.

Dan Monteith has lived in the Crofton Gambrills area since 2017. Along with his wife Karen and his two daughters Bridget and Sabrina, he enjoys attending and participating in community theater immensely! He has been a part of productions both on stage and back stage with 2nd Star Productions, Bowie Community Theater, and Colonial Players of Annapolis ever since moving into the area. If you are a part of the local theater community and need to borrow costumes, set pieces, props, etc, please email him and he will gladly assist whenever able.

As a founding member of 2nd Star, Jane has seen and done it all. She’s enjoying a well-earned retirement from actively running the company, but is happy to share her wisdom with the rest of the board.