Holds a BA in Theatre Education from Concordia University, Chicago and a MAH in Theatre and English from SUNY at Buffalo. As an actor, Don has appeared with the Ghostlight, TOY, UB Theatre& Shakespeare in the Park. Artistic and Executive Director of Starry Night/Ghostlight since 1982, Don has published over 25 plays that have been produced in 47 States, Ireland, Guam, Canada and British Columbia. His original titles include All Through The Night, Noodles, The Lottie & Bernice Show, Here We Sit, Final Notice, Halloween Dreams, Halloween Screams, The Birds That Stay, The Forest of the Dead, The Silver Lady, Danse Macabre to name a few. His adaptations include: A Christmas Carol, Little Women, The Monkey's Paw, Tales From the Enchanted City, The Edgar Allan Poe Show, and Nosferatu: The Legend of Dracula. Don has directed over 130 plays and has appeared in almost as many. Don enjoys noisy evenings at home with Debby, Emily, Rosemary, DJ and Michael.

A professional actor and member of Actors Equity, Jesse has appeared with Studio Arena and The Alleyway Theatre in downtown Buffalo. Jesse has been featured in GTC productions for nearly 20 years, as well as serving as Technical Director and Designer. Jesse is also honored to be the recipient of the 2005 Stephen Holesko Memorial Achievment Award.

Debby has a BS in Elementary Education with an extension in English from Buffalo State College. She received her MA in Theatre and English from the University of Buffalo. She has been involved in theatre since 1975. She works in all facets of the theatre arts. She is most known for her work as Dean of Starry Night Acting School, an actress, director of our annual musical, art director, and costumer. Her favorite acting roles include Bernice of the Lottie& Bernice duo, the dead grandmother in Birds That Stay, Violet in All Through the Night, Gram (2011) Autumn(1992) in Halloween Dreams, Mrs. Hanson in Silver Lady, Dot Ott in Final Notice (aka Night We Knocked the Critic Dead), Lulu in Noodles,& Mama Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow (all L. Don originals). Favorites to direct have been, Oklahoma '11, The Sound of Music '10, Joseph& the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oliver!, Big River,& Pippin. Costuming favorites include Little Women, Fiddler on the Roof, A Christmas Carol, Joseph,& Pippin. She loves working with her wonderful husband, L. Don. She enjoys spending quiet evenings at home with Don, Emily, Rosemary, D.J.,& Michael. Debby is a sixth grade teacher at Drake Elementary School in North Tonawanda.

MAH in Theatre and Music from SUNY at Buffalo and a music and drama teacher at Frontier Middle School. Joann has been featured as an actress, singer and music director in GTC productions for over 20 years.

Julie holds an AS degree from NCCC and has been a featured actress and singer with the Ghostlight for over 15 years as well as a lighting and set designer and set builder.

Little is known about the person known to most as Paul. Some say he is the offspring of the North Wind and a burnt out street light. Others say he came to North Tonawanda seeking truth and justice. Still others say he is just some schmoe from Cheektowaga. Quite honestly, no one has bothered to ask. He just kind of hangs around. What is known is that Paul has a degree in the Liberal Arts and has spent a good amount of time on the stage as a stand up comic. Since joining, some of his favorite roles include Jonathon Brewster from Arsenic and Old Lace, Billy Bigelow in Carousel, Wendell Boothe in Final Notice, and Norman Bulansky in Boys Next Door. On top of acting, he has some directing and writing credit with the company. He hopes to continue to grow as an actor and someday publish some of his writing. And ladies, he's single... wink wink, nudge nudge (he made us write that).

Justine made her debut in 1992 as a snow child in Carousel. Her favorite roles include Helen Keller in Miracle Worker, Jo March in Little Women, Mabel and Sarah in All Through The Night, Ellie in Step On A Crack, Cassie in Halloween Screams, The Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol and Gretchen in A Night of Dark Intent. Justine has taken a hiatus from school, but plans to finish soon with a degree in psychology. She has also taken many theatre classes at starry night, taught the kids group in a semester of theatre school, co-directed "The Course Acting Show" one acts and is actively involved in crews. She loves spending time with her webmaster husband, Jim, and new baby girl, Abigail, cats Kovu and Leo and iguana Cartman.

Meagan, currently a sophomore at North Tonawanda High School, made her debut in the 2002 production of Carousel as a snow child. Since then she has played various roles in many shows with the company. Some of her favorites include Chorus of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Holly in A Christmas Carol and a zombie in Night of the Living Dead. Meagan is also a student in the Starry Night Theatre drama class. She plans on continuing her hobbies of acting and singing with the company.

Greg first appeared on stage at the Ghostlight Theatre in an acting class recital in 2004. Any success he has enjoyed since then, and any he may achieve in the future, he owes to Don, Debby and Jesse Swartz and the amazing group of actors (friends) he has met at GTC. His roles at the Ghostlight include Ronald Adams in Orson Welles' original role for the radio drama The Hitchhiker; he has also appeared in the classic comedies Hay Fever by Noel Coward, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. His favorite role remains George Bailey in the Ghostlight's 2005 production of It's a Wonderful Life. In 2006, he appeared as the Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Justice Wargrave in Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. He resides in Tonawanda with his lovely wife Beth and has two beautiful daughters, Ashlee and Megan.

Vanessa is a graduate of Alfred University with a BA in Theatre. She has been involved in productions at the Kenan Center's Taylor Theatre, Alfred University and here at Starry Night. Some past roles include, Nurse Preen in The Man Who Came to Dinner; Miss Giddens in The Innocents, Mary Hatch Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life; Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest; Elaine in Noodles and recently appeared as Candy in The Lottie and Bernice Show. She is very honored and delighted to be starting another great season with the Ghostlight family.

Jim is the webmaster and designer of the Starry Night Theatre web site. He has also worked on technical crews many times running lights and sound, creating special effects and helping out whenever and wherever possible. Jim spending time with his wife Justine, daughter Abby, cats Kovu and Leo and iguana Cartman.

Sarah majored in Acting at NCCC and received her B.A. in theatre and English education at SUNY Fredonia. Some of her favourite roles at GTC/Starry Night include Raven in "The Silver Lady," the Narrator in "This Is Not A Pipe Dream," and Mrs. Something-stuffy-and-British-but-she-can't-remember-the-name in "The Bald Soprano." She most recently appeared as Stella in "The Uninvited," and also served as an instructor for the Theatre School. Right now she is an embittered and disillusioned teacher of high school English.

Mark has been with the Ghostlight Theatre Group since November of '05 and he feels he has found a home. There are no people better in the world than "Ghostlight" people. He first graced the stage here as Harry Bailey in "It's A Wonderful Life." He followed that up with playing Ernest/Jack in "The Importance of Being Earnest", as brother Levi in the summer musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technocolor Dreamcoat," Dr. Armstrong in "Ten Little Indians," and was pleased to help create the role of Stu Boodle in L.Don's "Noodles". "Reeeeaaaaallllllly. . .I thought we were having meatloaf!" He was also seen in "Child's Play" and "Picnic," which he was able to interact with his daughter for the first time on stage, Mr. Cooper in "the Night of the Living Dead," Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life" ('08), Mr Van Daan in "The Diary of Anne Frank," and Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," another L. Don original. Since then, Mark was seen as Sgt. Trotter in "The Mouse Trap", Bob Cratchett in "A Christmas Carol", Ray-Bud in "Dearly Departed", and as Andrew Carnes to his daughter's Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" (a forty year dream come true.) Most recently, Mark was able to perform as George Bailey in "It's A Wonderful Life" ('11). He is no stranger to the stage, having appeared elsewhere as Bob Cratchett in A Christmas Carol, Brother Dan in Joseph and the Amazing Technocolor Dreamcoat as well as roles in Up The Down Staircase, Mame!, Anything Goes, and Starring in Handel's Young Messiah. In the "off season" Mark runs his own Home Improvement Company and is happily allowed to build the many projects that you enjoy around the theatre (seen and unseen).

Jayson joined the company in August 2005 as Ben/Hank in Big River. Since then, he has grown to love every aspect of theater, from acting to the technical side of things. His favorite role has been Hank in Marvin's Room, but other favorites include The Artful Dodger in Oliver!, Zebulun in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Tom in Night of the Living Dead, McArdle in Child's Play, and John in All Through the Night. He has also served as a Technical Director on several shows. He ultimately plans on running a production company designing lights and sound for plays and bands. While not at the theatre, Jayson is a Freshman at Niagara University. He is a starving muscian and plays many instruments. He is one-third of a local classic rock band called Achilles Revival, and also performs as a solo acoustic act.

Amanda joined the Ghostlight family in February 2006 and is so thankful that she did. She is a senior at SUNY Oswego and has appeared in the 2005- 2006 seasonal one acts as Joan in The Children's Story, a member of the female ensemble in Joseph ... Dreamcoat, Judy in 2006 and 2007's Night of the Living Dead, Bet in Oliver!, Madge in Picnic, Catherine in Pippin, and was most recently seen as Ado Annie in this summer's Oklahoma! Love and thanks to her mom, dad, brother and her Ghostlight family! LOVE& PEACE!!!!!

Holds an MBA degree from SUNY Buffalo and a Master's degree in Education from Niagara University. Kathy is a full-time instructor and the Coordinator of the teacher prep program at Erie Community College. She has been an active member of Ghostlight for the past 10 years. She enjoys being in shows as well as ushering, fund raising and bringing in groups to see the shows.

Daniel first appeared on the Ghostlight stage in 2004, after attending the Theatre's adult acting classes. Favorite roles include Dracula in "Nosferatu: Legend of Dracula"(2010), Brom Bones in the World Premiere of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"(2009), George in "All Through The Night"(2009), Hal in "Picnic"(2008), Ben in "Night of the Living Dead"(2006/2007/2008), Fred in "A Christmas Carol"(2004/2007), the World Premiere of "The Lottie & Bernice Show"(2008), and Lucien in "The Boys Next Door"(2004). Many thanks to the Starry Night Theatre company for the opportunities and mentoring throughout the years.

Drew made his début on the Ghostlight Theatre stage in 2008 as the Dr. Zombie in "Night of the Living Dead." Other roles include Mr. Martini in "It's A Wonderful Life" 2008, Mr. Kraler in "The Diary of Anne Frank" 2009, Principal Wilson in "Time Out for Ginger" 2009, Agent Ritter in the World Premier of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" an original adaptation by L.Don Swartz. Jeremy in the 20 Year Anniversary of "All Through the Night" 2009, Jonathan Harker in "Nosferatu: The Legend of Dracula" an original adaptation from the Bram Stoker novel by L.Don Swartz, Franz in "The Sound of Music", Christopher Wren in Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap", Fred in the 25th Anniversary Production of "A Christmas Carol", Simon Stimson in "Our Town", Reverend Hooker in "Dearly Departed", Ike Skidmore in "Oklahoma". Currently Drew is ecstatic to be cast as Inspector Magrady in the World Premier of "Frankenstein" a true adaptation by L. Don Swartz