Bret Sarlouis

Bret Sarlouis is an ensemble member of (un)apologetic productions as an actor, director and playwright. His acting credits with (un)apologetic productions include: The Santaland Diaries, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, and Dead Man's Cellphone. Bret's past directing credits include Entitled, Albee's The Play About the Baby and The Rocky Horror Show. Bret's previously produced plays are Entitled, Down on Delancy at the '09 Pittsburgh New Works Festival, and Dis-Connect at Penn State University. Bret is a multi-contexual artist who lives in Johnstown. He is wonderfully thrilled to see his words brought to life by such a tremendously talented group of people. Bret is part of the Arts Revolution in Johnstown, PA and wishes everyone to take some time and make art important in their lives!

Kate Davis

Kate Davis, Artistic Director of (un)apologetic productions, is an actor, director, and writer with an MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and has performed in Pittsburgh, Orlando, Savannah, and Scotland. She's been living in Johnstown with her family, Matt and Iris, since 2007. She first joined the troupe in October 2009 with her performance of Not I during An Evening of The Women of Beckett. Since then, Kate has played Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and has been part of the crew for Entitled and Dead Man's Cell Phone. She was also a company member for My Funny Valentine and is looking forward to the rest of the 2011 season. "It's an honor to be part of an organization that is committed to bringing risky, thought provoking, and professional theater to Johnstown."

Randy Jeffreys

Randy has been involved in area theatre for 15 years as an actor , director, stage manager, and even has been known to bake snacks for the concession stand. Working with many groups such as St. Francis New Theatre , Cresson Lake Playhouse, Band of Brothers Shakespeare, and his own little "company" TheatreMatters. Favorite roles include Macbeth, King Lear , Iago and Jacques from the Shakespearean canon. Also R.P. McMurphy , John Proctor, and "Left" from" Entitled an original piece by Bret Sarlouis. He also directed Samuel Beckett's Endgame , Not I, and Come and Go, as well as True West by Sam Shepard, and Ken Ludwig's Lend me a Tenor to name a few. Randy is elated to now continue his theatrical odyssey with (un)Apologetic productions and to help create challenging , and stimulating shows for theatre lovers everywhere.

Scott Jeffreys

Scott doesn't have a bio yet, but we're working on it!

Lindsay St. Clair

Lindsay was last seen onstage in Dead Man’s Cell Phone with (un)apologetic productions. In years past, she appeared in the 2008 and 2009 productions of The Vagina Monologues at the Heritage Discovery Center and the ArtWorks in Johnstown and as Myra Bruhl in Deathtrap at Cresson Lake Playhouse.

In addition, she gained much backstage experience working as a technician and Assistant Stage Manager at the Mountain Playhouse for several seasons. Lindsay has attended the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University and is currently a member of the training department at Atlantic Broadband.

Laci Hess

Laci Hess is a visual artist living and working in Johnstown and a member of the "My Idea of Fun" artist collective. She is a Johnstown native who returned after several years away to participate in and grow with the burgeoning local arts scene. She first collaborated with (un)apologetic productions as Set Designer of the Bret Sarlouis original play, Entitled and most recently as the Stage Manager of the original sketch comedy night, My Funny Valentine. She looks forward to more theater and creative teamwork with the talented people of this region.

Wes Layton

Wes Layton, a Johnstown native, has been a company member since 2010 and serves as Treasurer, Lighting Designer, and Actor. He received a B.A. In Theater Arts from The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown where he played Lucky in Waiting for Godot, Valentine in Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Charlie in Where's Charlie. Wes played Nick in (un)apologetic's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and was lighting designer for Entitled and Dead Man's Cell Phone. He has been a member of several local theater companies including Beta Theater, Band of Brothers and Star Productions at St. Francis University. Wes served as Technical Director for The Julia Morgan Center for the Arts in Berkeley, CA where he also performed with The Berkeley Ballet Theater (Mother Ginger in The Nutcracker) and Berkeley Opera (Sampson in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet). He currently works as a union stagehand with IATSE local #636.

Paula Carroll

Paula Carroll has been a proud company member since 2009. She recently appeared as Mrs. Gottlieb in Dead Man’s Cell Phone, previously performed Rockaby for An Evening With the Women of Samuel Beckett and served on the production staff of Entitled. Paula is an actor, director and acting/voice/dialects coach experienced in stage, film, television, voiceover and industrial media. Before moving to Johnstown, she spent a dozen years in Pittsburgh, working with many fine theatre companies and film artists including: City Theater, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, UnSeam’d Shakespeare Co., Quantum Theatre, Melissa Martin, Steffi Domike and Open Stage Theatre. Favorite stage roles performed include Dario Fo & Franca Rame’s, The Same Old Story, Maureen in Tammy Ryan’s PIG, and Madeline in the world premiere of Family Obligations, written by Johnstown’s own F.J. Hartland. She received an MFA in Acting from West Virginia University, and has enjoyed teaching and working with students at Point Park University, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Carnegie Mellon University Showcase of New Plays, Marietta College and Ohio University. Locally, Paula has also had the pleasure of working with BOB Shakespeare Co. and Wix Pix Productions.