Jonah Drake returned to their hometown of Springfield, Missouri after a number of years away at Crowder College. Upon their return, they dove headfirst into the community theatre scene at the earliest available opportunity after receiving their education— accepting multiple roles in SCT’s ensemble production of Treasure Island.

From there, they joined the performing body of Devising Original Theatre Springfield, whereafter they participated in the creation and performance of Another Life Story and Accidental Hero.

For Drake, devising was a unique challenge after a steady diet of strictly scripted performances, and a way of leaving their comfort zone.

Zoe Lanigan has ventured from the pothole-riddled lands of Kansas City. Her educational career brought her to the Springfield Kingdom; this town’s uneven roads only remind her of home. She recently graduated from Missouri State University, where she studied Theatre, Philosophy, and Ancient Worlds. Miss Lanigan enjoys devising theatre, because it provides people who may not be interested in memorizing a script with the chance to create and perform. She would like to thank her partner, her little brother, and the various pets in her life.

The eloquent Arsen Baker reigns from a little town named Springfield, Missouri. Theatre has been their muse since the year twenty and thirteen. Having taken a liking to such creative ambitions their fingers have grapple and entangled themselves into academic and municipal means of stagecraft and works of the sort with Springfield Little Theatre and Necrobroth to name a few.

Their passion for devising stems from a love for storytelling, sharing emotions, and a love for creating.  As long as they could recall, they’ve had a knack for creating, whether it be theatre, drawing, singing, dancing, or writing, Arsen knows what their heart desires, creating.

What a hoot! Bennett Derossett, was cradled in the lovely city of Springfield, Missouri. Tumbleweeds stopped a’ blowin’ when he came round to the DOTS center in ‘24 as an Assistant Director takin those folks by storm, he was initiated into their bomb-diggity ensemble come the new year. Good Ol’ Gretchen Teague showed him the howling roots of Theatre in his Drama 1 class and has inspired him since. His bumblin’ heart grows with fortune as he looks to his left… and to his right… at those in the group he has grown to love dearly. His skin is raptured with excitement and thankfulness for this new season of enlightenment for the theatrics and more through this strange and lovely process.