Elaine has always had a passion for the dramatic since High School, but this part of her life really took off after High School when she took drama lessons at the Indiana Repertory Theater prior to its 2nd Season.

She and a friend where asked during the Summer of ’73 to take part in a fall production of Our Town playing a Townsperson and a choir member and from there she was hooked. Next, she became involved with Civic Theater and worked behind scenes on Desperate Hours, Life with Father, Glass Menagerie, Bell, Book & Candle and George M – she also appeared in The Time of Your Life as “Lorene”, a man-hungry woman and in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying as “Secretary”.

Elaine then took time off to raise a family and has now decided to re-ignite her former passion – by becoming re-involved in theater that has a purpose of reaching the lost and hurting. She last worked behind the scenes as Assistant Stage Manager on the production of Agape and is now making her acting debut after being away from the stage since her younger years.

Elaine would like to THANK GOD for her husband Steve, who is no longer with us and has given her five sons along with 2 adopted sons and 4 grandchildren, which are her second loves as she places GOD as her first and foremost LOVE for without Him she can accomplish nothing. She also wants to thank her family and friends who have supported her through the thick and thin of life.

Sakeri, always having a passion towards the fine arts, began branching out to follow a dream from childhood. Having no real major education on the subject, most of Sakeri’s knowledge was self-taught. While this is Sakeri’s first debut she has had some experience with taking on other roles in the past. Crafting and acting out skits at conventions, Sakeri took on personas of other characters at cosplay affairs and now looks forward to this opportunity for her debut.

An arts enthusiast Sakeri dabbles in other creative passions. Being a photographer, artist, writer, and singer in her church’s praise band, she finds time to enjoy the arts in her spare time. Working as a custodian on the side Sakeri is seeking to broaden her horizons.

Sakeri would love to thank her family and friends for all their support through all the trials and tests. She is extremely grateful to her partner of six years for all the wonderful love and help he has given. She is also in sincere gratitude for the wonderful team of people who have worked on this production. Lastly, she is in a debt of appreciation to “The Man Upstairs” that makes everything possible!!! <3

Lanetta is originally from Chicago Illinois, moved to Indianapolis in 1999 where she graduated from Martin University and settled here to raise her beautiful daughters Taliah and Taryn. She is a multi-talented actor, director, and playwright. Lanetta's work includes Creeps and Silly Women in 2015, For Colored Girls in 2016, It Is Well in 2016, which went on tour to multiple cities. Her work also has landed her roles in major theater such as the Athenaeum downtown Indianapolis where she performed in Love's Knot and A Soulful Christmas in 2018. Lanetta has worked on web series such as Red Bottoms and other film projects such as Dear Diary, He Beats Me Because He Loves Me. She has always had a passion for writing and in April of 2018 she wrote and direction her first stage play Forever Moore, at the Onyxfest selling out over four shows. Her passion didn’t stop there, in April of 2019 she wrote and co-directed her second stage play Too Good To Be True downtown Indianapolis at the Indiana Historical Society. In 2019 Lanetta also launched The Kennedy Project, a start to her own business as a playwright.

I am so excited to bring Grace Beyond Humanity to life. My passion will always be to exalt the Lord in all things that I do. It is truly because of him I am where I am today. I am forever grateful for my friends and family who support me on my endeavor to achieve greatness. My mother, father, and my two daughters have sacrificed endless amounts of time to help me achieve my hearts desire.

Madison is 9 years old. She is a 4th grader at White Oak in Avon, Indiana. She loves to act, model, draw, and make YouTube Animal Jam videos. In her spare time she loves hanging out with her little brother Jacob and best friend Noah. She loves animals and wants to be a Marine Biologist when she grows up. She played “Rose” in the movie The Unicorn Sisters filmed at LA Castle Studios and just finished performing in the musical theatre production Junie B. Jones. She wants to thank Zachary and Susannah Francis for giving her this opportunity. Also, she wants to thank all her friends and family that support her.

David would like to thank Zach and Susannah for allowing him to be in this very powerful play after taking a 2 year hiatus. He is very excited to be back on stage. His last play was the Classic play Duchess of Malfi. His resume includes Diary of Anne Frank, Carrie: The Musical, Clue: The Musical, Three Musketeers, Flaming Idiots and several others. He has loved this play so much and hopes to reach you in some way. In his spare time he likes to go to the movies, game, read, and spend time with his family at home. He would like to thank his girlfriend for pushing him to his dream and being supportive every step of the way. He would also like to thank his mom for being there. He thanks the cast for welcoming him with open arms and hopes he didn’t make you hate him too much. Once again, he would like to thank Zach and Susannah for giving this opportunity and challenge to him. He hopes to make everyone involved proud.

Kelsey is an up and coming actress who has had the opportunity to play "Know-it-all Nellie" in the movie Titans of PS 271, and also act in a Connexus Credit Union Commercial. Along with acting she also spends her time modeling, singing, and playing music. The instruments she plays include the piano, bass and guitar. Kelsey would like to thank and dedicate this show to her family, Charles, April and Kayla Randle, her mentor Pastor Carol, her best friend Michael and the director and writer Susannah and Zachary Francis.

Doug is an actuary by trade, but an actor and youth leader at heart. He loves using his talents and gifts for Christ. And one way he does that is to produce and co- direct shows with his wife Theresa, and even direct the shows when she is on stage. He is also a gifted pianist and loves to write original music. He is a Mahler fan for classical music, a Cubs and Saints fan for sports, but his favorite pastime is traveling with his wife seeing Broadway shows in NYC, seeing TV shows taped in California, and visiting National Parks across the USA.

He has been seen on stage as "Mr. Gower" in It's A Wonderful Life, George Bailey as well as numerous skits. His most recent performance was as "Jesus" in AOTM Drama Troupe's production of The Promise then and Now. He and his wife love serving as leaders of AOTM Drama Purity Youth Group and Drama Troupe which they co-founded 14 years ago and most recently had their first mission trip with the kids leading a Drama Camp in Atlanta Georgia. Doug also wrote the book "My Father, My Hero" and is working on his second book.

Theresa has been in love with the Arts since High School, especially Musical Theatre, having been bit by the bug from moving to choir to Fiddler on the Roof as "Shprintze". This love has never left her, as she and her husband love to take groups of people to see touring shows they fall in love with, while traveling across the USA -- especially those they catch on Broadway or making their debut in California.

Her favorite roles on stage in her early days were: "Gilmer" in Godspell, "Virginia" in The Canterville Ghost, "Agnes" in The Beautiful People, playing a Bathing Beauty in IRT's production of Skin of Our Teeth, a nun in Sound of Music, and as "Mrs. Bailey" in Its A Wonderful Life, George Bailey.

After completely surrendering her talents for the Lord, she started singing in weddings and small concerts around Indianapolis. After she married, she was part of a Worship Team and Choir in their local church before starting to dive into directing Christian Youth Musical productions as a Children's Pastor. While she and her husband Doug raised and home schooled their two children, they started AOTM Purity Youth Group and traveling Drama Troupe, which is in its 14th year.

In this season of life, she has served as Assistant Director and Devotions leader for Agape Theatre Company's beautiful production of Les Miserables in 2017. She has begun to dabble in Freelance Writing and is a creative writer for Wisdom's Gate Magazines. She has moved from just writing and directing youth productions to being back on stage in a few roles in Christian Musicals -- her favorites include "Anna" in Come Messiah Come, and "Mrs. Tidings" in Joy Story 2, which she wrote and directed. She is honored to sing on stage again in this production of Grace Beyond Humanity.

Charla was in two school plays, but her favorite role was “Maggie Anderson” in the musical Brigadoon because she was able to dance. However, piano and percussion were her main studies. Besides a college class in acting and enjoying theater productions at Ball State University, she enjoyed directing children’s plays while raising her own four children.

In 2018, she finally found her niche as an actress in preparation for Launch Showcase in Chicago, last November through which she landed a contract with NYMMG. Her first film role was in Three Corners of Deception, still in production, and her first commercial was taped in October for Comcast Spotlight, Indy.

Charla is grateful to Susannah and Zachary Francis for giving her the opportunity to be “Paulena” in Grace Beyond Humanity.

Always having an interest in theater, Kim received his minor degree from Ball State University in theater. While at Ball State, he was involved in numerous productions on the stage and behind the scenes. He has not had the opportunity to act in a very long time and has looked forward to this production.

A music lover, Kim is a conductor and plays trumpet in the Lapel Community Band. Professionally, Kim is an executive coach and business coach. He and Charla have been married 42 years, have 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

I have always enjoyed acting-up! And so, every chance I get, schedule permitting, I take.

I come from a family of six children, and I am smack-dab-in-the-middle; two of my brothers are older than myself and my two sisters are both younger than me, and then there’s the baby of the family, the youngest brother.

I’ve made my contribution to the world of humans as well. I have three sons, and have been married to Mr., who is the biological father of them all. Mr. and I have been married for thirty-seven years this past April, 2019. And the Cherry-on-The-Top in life for me are my three GRAND-sons! They are the perfect ending to any day.

I am dually employed as a Health Care Worker at a local hospital here in Indy, and I am a business owner. I bake The BEST Mexican Wedding Cakes (cookies) in the City!—where ever that city might be.

One word to describe me would be: hospitable, resilient, merciful, kind, fun, confident, flexible…wait a minute, that’s more than one word—oh well, math was never my strong suit.