Alabama Story
Cast
Maria Burnham
Maria Burnham [she/her] (Latimer)
Jean E. Mueller-Burr
Jean Mueller-Burr [she/they] (Eustasia) is so delighted to be in this hilarious show with these fantastically talented individuals. She was most recently seen in Angry Fags as Kimberly and in the first two installments of the 3 Stages of Love Cabaret Series (all with Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre). Favorite credits include Margalo (Stuart Little, Open Door Rep), Cassie Hack (Hack/Slash, Strangeloop Theatre) and Sally Brown (Charlie Brown, Kernersville Little Theatre). She sends love and thanks to her family, friends, Chris, and her two sons - Riku and Big Timmy (actually cats).
Valerie Cambron
Valerie Cambron (Anne/Eustasia US)
Faris El-Kildani
Faris El-Kildani (Leonard/Nicholas US) Is a Chicago-based actor originally from Michigan. Faris completed two and a half years of Meisner training with The Artistic Home and debuted in his first performance in Cut to the Chase 2024. After a short hiatus, Faris returned to acting in 2025, and performed in a series of short plays put on by microChicago as part of The Body Politic — a show produced for Rhino Fest 2025. He then performed as an understudy in Below the Belt, a show produced by No Dogs in the Kitchen. Outside of acting, Faris is passionate about films and photography. He’d like to thank his friends and family for always supporting and cheering him on.
Nick Furlong
Nick Furlong [he, him] (Nicholas) is excited to join Ghostlight Ensemble for the first time with such a fun and exciting production. Hailing from Minnesota, Nick began his theater career on stages across the vibrant Twin Cities theater community. He is incredibly excited to continue that journey here in Chicago.
Hannah Perez
Hannah Perez (she/her) (Anne) is very excited to be working with Ghostlight! Some of her favorite performing credits include Holiday Spirits (Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Company), Vice Principals (HBO), Pocus Hocus: A Virgin's Revenge (Rejected Sequel Theatre) and They Could Give No Name (Northwestern University). She can be seen performing regularly with Improvised Jane Austen on Saturdays at the iO Theater.
Lukas Felix Schooler
Lukas Felix Schooler [he/they] (Leonard) is a recent transplant to Chicago from Indianapolis. He is thrilled to make his Chicago debut with Ghostlight Ensemble. Favorite Indianapolis credits include: Marcus in Another Medea, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, Frederick Nietzsche in Seeking Nietzsche, John D’Agata in The Lifespan of a Fact and Rodney in Small Mouth Sounds. He is also often busy flexing his fine arts background by creating wearable sculptures for Sylva Dean and Me, an award-wining performance art project created by his frequent collaborator and friend Ventiko. Previously, Lukas was a company member and executive director of NoExit Performance — Indianapolis’ premier site-specific & immersive theatre company. He sends mountains of gratitude to his family and friends for their continued support! Learn more about his past and future projects at: LukasFelixSchooler.com
James Sparling
James Sparling [he/him/his] (Dominic) is delighted to return to Ghostlight’s warm embrace. He has appeared in theaters in Indiana, Edinburgh, Durham, London and Frankfurt and in Chicago at Writers Theatre, Northlight, Timeline, Lifeline and Theater at the Center. Chicago area roles include Inspector Rought (Gaslight/Oil Lamp), Pastor Manders (Ghosts/Red Twist), Sherlock Holmes (Hound of the Baskervilles/City Lit), Antony (Antony & Cleopatra/Skyline), various Dukes with Midsommer Flight Shakespeare, Goldberg in The Birthday Party (City Lit) and Thomas Becket in Murder in the Cathedral (City Lit, Jeff Nom). He is represented by Stewart Talent and DDO Artists Agency. There might be more information at James-sparling.com.
Production Crew
A.A. Milne
Alan Alexander “A.A.” Milne (Playwright) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.
Milne began his writing career as an assistant editor and contributor to the humor magazine Punch. Following his discharge from the Army in 1918, he set out to become a professional playwright. His comedies of the early 1920s, including Mr. Pim Passes By (1921) and The Dover Road (1921), were enthusiastically received by critics and audiences. He also penned a detective novel titled The Red House Mystery, published in 1922. In 1929 he wrote a stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book The Wind in the Willows, titled Toad of Toad Hall.
Milne has been praised for his accurate and sympathetic observations of children's behavior, his wit and his skill with language, especially wordplay and dialogue.
Anna Bundy
Anna Bundy (Stage Manager)
Holly robison
Holly Robison [she/hers] (Director) is Co-Artistic Director of Ghostlight Ensemble and a Chicago-based director, actor and improvisor. Favorite directing credits include An Ideal Husband, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also conceived Ghostlight's ongoing reading series, For Your (Re)Consideration, which explores historically overlooked works by female writers. She has directed a number of readings for this series, including Plays for Women! A Night of Suffrage Plays & Shadow of a Doubt at Driehaus Museum and The Woman of Colour, which she also co-adapted with Ghostlight Ensemble member Song Marshall. She has studied directing with various organizations, including the summer program, A Practical Approach to Directing at Yale School of Drama, and is a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab. She is also a Cast Member and Producer with Improvised Jane Austen.
Kasey Wolfgang
Kasey Wolfgang [she/her] (Costume Designer) is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is a costume designer based in the Chicagoland Area. She holds an undergraduate degree in Costume Design from Western Michigan University and a Masters in Costume Design from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is an Artistic Associate with Tin Drum Theatre Company. Some Chicago designs include The Unseen (Tin Drum Theatre), Company (Madkap Productions), The Mark (Babes with Blades) and The 8th Dwarf (Ghostlight Theater Ensemble). Before moving back to the Midwest, Kasey worked in D.C. assisting and designing shows, including The Snow Maiden (Synetic Theater), Senior Class (Olney Theater Company), Disney’s Frozen (Olney Theater Company) and the Helen Hayes award winning The Nance (1st Stage). When not designing, she works as the costume crafts artisan for First Stage Children's Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.