GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!

 Pam is not new to theatre or the role of stage manager.  Pam has been involved with local theatre productions in a variety of roles for more than 35 years.  She has worked with many local theatre companies over the years including Rochester Repertory Theatre, Mantorville Theatre Company, That Theatre Company, and Theater du Jour.  She is excited to be working on her fifth Calliope show and with a very talented cast.  Her favorite shows have always been musicals; and each one has allowed her to meet wonderful new people.  When not involved in the theatre world, she works as a Senior Business Analyst at Mayo Clinic. Pam also volunteers for Paws and Claws Humane Society and enjoys reading, gardening, and crafts.  

 John Collins [he/him] is a Minnesota-based technical theater consultant whose work spans the full spectrum of live production; from community theater stages and educational spaces to professional equity playhouses, corporate trade show floors, and stadium-scale events. A proud multi-disciplinary technician, John brings the same enthusiasm to a 300-fixture light plot with 32 universes of control as he does to a single-mic murder mystery. His work has earned national, regional, and local recognition across multiple technical disciplines. When not in a theater, John can be found working his day job in Emergency Medicine. He thanks everyone who keeps live theater alive and weird.

 Jon Davis has been involved with over 100 musicals including "Legally Blonde", "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", "Matilda", "The Little Mermaid", "Murder for Two" (Rochester Civic Theatre), "Falsettos", "The Wild Party", "Master Class", "Ruthless", "Avenue Q" (Rochester Repertory Theatre), "Jersey Boys", "Forever Plaid", "Plaid Tidings" (Absolute Theatre), "Sweeney Todd", "9 to 5" (Riverland Community College), "Fiddler on the Roof", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Honors Choirs).  He plays piano for two jazz bands (Uptown Jazz and Swing Street) and is the accompanist for Honors Choirs Chorale and Half Notes.  He also plays in several jazz duos, trios, and quartets around Rochester.  He and his wife, Catherine, are proud parents of two children, Connor and Katrina, and adoptive parents of four cats.  Jon has been working as a software engineer for Western Digital for the last 13 years.

 An avid participant in the local theatre community with many stage managing credits, Emma is delighted to be back working with That Theatre Company. She would like to extend her congratulations to the cast and crew and looks forward to working with That Theatre Company again.  

 Blake Hogue is the Executive Artistic Director of That Theatre Company where he directs, writes, and acts in most shows, as well as teaches improv and sketch comedy. Locally, he's performed at most theatres at least once in the last 10 years. Blake lived in Los Angeles for over a decade appearing in How I Met Your Mother, Raising Hope, 90210,The Benchwarmers, The Soup, and several forgettable commercials. He also studied, coached and taught improv and sketch at iO West and UCB in LA. Blake dedicates this show to his beautiful and talented wife Suz, who somehow tolerates his writing and directing with more grace than he deserves. 

 Evan is a drummer of 7+ years born and raised right here in Rochester, MN. Throughout his drumming career he's played at various churches as well as a garage band with a few friends. As of now, he is a high school senior at Century, though he takes classes exclusively at RCTC. When he's not playing drums he likes to rock climb, play video games, and play board games. Still, drums are his favorite pastime. This is the first musical he's been a part of; he's used to drumming in a rock setting. In any case, he's thrilled to be a part of Gutenberg the Musical. 

 Jake has been a member of the Rochester theatre community for years! He has worked with various local theatre companies, including the Civic Theatre, Rochester Rep, Calliope Theatre and Mantorville Opera House. He is also a founding member of That Theatre Company. When he’s not onstage or backstage, you can find him brewing beer at Forager Brewery! He would like to thank his super fantastic amazing wife Sam for being super freaking awesome and writing his bio for him.

 Cj is happy to be back on stage with That Theatre Company! For some reason, he didn’t get enough Blake from the last time they did this show. Past shows include The Prom, Gutenberg! The Musical! (2025), Jeff on the Shelf, multiple improvised shows, and multiple sightings at Trader Joe’s. Cj would like to thank his fiancé Aspen for her constant love and support. 

Sam has been a part of the Rochester theatre community for almost 12 years. She has directed, designed and performed for several local companies including Rochester Rep, Rochester Civic, Calliope, Wit's End, Mantorville Theatre and That Theatre (of which she is a proud founding member). She holds a BA in Theatre Arts and has performed in New York, London and Dublin. An extra special thank you goes out to Jake, her husband of 5 years, who continues to be her best friend, biggest supporter and the coolest cat dad around. 

Jim Maher (bass) is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Mayo Clinic where he has led an NIH-funded research lab for 31 years. He loves training exceptionally bright PhD and MD-PhD students. A native of Madison, Wisconsin (7 years section bassist with Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra), Jim did his scientific training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (full music scholarship; section bassist with Madison Symphony Orchestra), and the California Institute of Technology in Los Angeles (section bassist with Caltech/Occidental College orchestra). As a classically-trained bassist, for the past 50+ years he has played across the spectrum of musical styles from classical to rock, jazz, swing, bluegrass, blues, theatre, and contemporary Christian music in Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Omaha, and Rochester. Jim is married to (supportive music widow) Laura, with two adult daughters in Minneapolis. He plays frequently for Rochester Civic Theatre, Rochester Repertory Theatre, Rochester Pops Orchestra, Uptown Jazz, Calliope Theatre, That Theatre Company, Wit’s End Theatre, recently with Home Town Opera Company, and most often with the music team at Autumn Ridge Church in Rochester, where he also founded and for the past 18 seasons has produced the Autumn Ridge Arts Series that brings award-winning national and international professional artists to sell-out audiences at the Autumn Ridge stage in Rochester.