Cast of Reefer Madness

Travis first performed at TITG in the mid-90’s and returned several years ago for ‘A Christmas Story”. You last saw him in “Wait Until Dark”. He adores the historic theater building but truly loves the diverse, multi-talented people he’s met over the years. The devotion of TITG to diverse, equitable and inclusive casting is more vital (and more inspiring) than ever.

I’m Alex Youngblood, and I’m happy to be apart of theatre in the groves showing of reefer madness, I started my acting career in my senior year of high school where I acted in Hilhi’s into the woods, and ever sense I’ve been doing shows in theatre in the grove such as Assassins, and Wait until dark.

Makena has been singing and dancing on stage since 9 years old, this will mark her 43rd Musical and she couldn’t be happier to make her TITG debut in Reefer Madness. Some of her most recent roles include Veronica in Heathers, Lucy the Slut in Avenue and Lily Craven in the Secret Garden all at Mount Hood Community College. She’d like to thank her boyfriend, her parents, and her Dungeons and Dragons friends for always supporting her endeavors.

Leslie has been in more than a handful of shows at TITG and is proud to be part of such an amazing, supportive, crazy silly cast. It’s all love and she’s over the moon for every last one of them. All love to her boys, a couple of brilliant 4 year olds, and Jer. Every tear is for Bevie and every laugh is for Michael, Viola, and Johnnie.

Nick Serrone is excited to be returning to the stage at Theater in The Grove! You may have recently seen him on stage at Lakewood Center for the Arts as Nick Massi in Jersey Boys, at Theater in The Grove as John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors and at Broadway Rose Theatre Company as Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Lance Manger in Five Golden Rings. He would like to thank Rick Lewis, Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theatre, Cami Curtis and his Ohana for all their support in this wonderful adventure.

Annabelle is so thrilled to be in this production of Reefer Madness! This is her first musical, but she has been dancing and performing since she was 5 years old. She trained at Dance Theater West and Arizona School for the Arts. Annabelle graduated from Reed College in 2023 with a major in Studio Dance, and wrote her thesis on LGBTQ+ square dance. She dabbled with theatrical projects in college, sound designing for several student productions and acting in a Aaron Berlau’s original play “I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore”. She wants to thank everyone in this fantastic cast for being so welcoming and fun to work with!

Trevor (he/him) is thrilled to be making his Theatre in the Grove debut. He was recently seen in the ensemble of Twilight Theatre’s Sweeney Todd. All of his other past credits come from San Diego, CA with some of his favorites being Jack in Into the Woods and Himself in Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (New Village Arts), Mortiz in Spring Awakening and Cat in the Hat in Seussical (American Rose Theatre), Tobias in Sweeney Todd and Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Arts Off Broadway), Marius in Les Miserables (Center Stage Productions), and Mr. Smee in Peter Pan (Moonlight Amphitheatre) for which he won a NYT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. His favorite and most rewarding roles, however, are as husband to Melanie and father to Julian.

Athena is doing her first musical since Hillsboro High School’s Mamma Mia just before lockdown hit. She’s both nervous and excited! She has done a few straight plays before then, portraying Jessica in Hand to God and Susan in Wait Until Dark, both at Theatre in the Grove. She loves the community gets to work with and thanks them for all the laughs, and would like to give a special thanks to Alex for all the rides to rehearsal.

Gina has been performing in the Portland Theater Community for almost two decades. This is her first show with TITG and her first full production musical. She is so excited to be working with the fabulous cast and crew of Reefer Madness! May there always be many more shows to come. Break a leg everyone.