Kristin is a long-time Torchsong groupie and first-time Torchsong member! She has been a
Teaching Artist at NWCT since 2021, where she has directed over 30 playlabs - as well as having choreographed for several theaters in the Portland area. Recent acting credits include Stepmother in Funhouse Lounge's 2026 production of Into The Woods, The Sea Witch in Broadway Rose’s 2025 production of The Little Mermaid, Mona in STARS’ 2025 production of Come Back…Jimmy Dean, and Elphaba in Red Shoe Productions’ 2025 production of Witches of Oz. By day, Kristin is a substitute teacher, serves as the Director of IT for Oregon’s Dance/Drill Association, and dances for the OMTAAMB Alumni Team. She also owns/operates Parties with Princess Kristin, where she performs as a variety of fairytale characters for parties and community events. Look for her next in Broadway Rose's Summer 2026 production of Newsies!
Jesse Allwin as Jekyll/Hyde
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Amy Andrews as Indigo​​​
Amy is thrilled to be a part of her third show with Torchsong. A lifelong performer, she has had singing engagements at local favorites such as Wilfs and Arrivederci Wine & Jazz. Torchsong audiences would remember her from her recent performances in Something Wicked and Ballad of the Merry Folx. Other theatrical credits include Hello Dolly, Some Sweet Day, Adrian: The Alternative Pantomime, The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park, and Murder Mystery at Gray Gables Estates: You Only Die Twice. Amy would like to thank her awesome kids and husband for their patience, love, and support in all of her theatrical endeavors. She also thanks the cast of Jekyll in Chains for pouring so much of their heart and talent into this production. It’s an honor and a joy to perform with this group!
Yäel Niccum as Gabby Uttley
Yäel doesn't remember a time before Torchsong. Since she first auditioned for the 2018 season, this company has infiltrated her life in wonderful, terrifying ways. When not performing or working, she enjoys re-watching Sex and the City over and over, and collecting beautiful books that she'll probably never read due to severe ADHD. She is honored for the opportunity to originate the role of Gabby, and hopes you enjoy the show!
Leslie Good as Danielle Carew
Leslie is back for her fourth Torchsong Performance and she means business! She’s taking a break from comedic roles like Stevie in Guilds of Manzoa and Porter in Something Wicked and is bringing some real pathos into her portrayal of pharmaceutical company CEO, Danielle Carew.
She’ll have audience members wondering, “What’s so bad about Big Pharma anyway?” And “Hey, maybe greed really is good!”
Audiences may also remember her from Villains & Vixens (2024), where she made her Torchsong debut playing the Wicked Witch of the West, the Queen of Hearts, a pirate, and a Stranger Things fan. When not onstage, Leslie spends her time woodshedding her dramatic skills in the classroom with very small children with the shortest of attention spans.
Tayler Bolsinger, Brad/ Ensemble/ Jekyll & Hyde Understudy
This is Tayler's first production outside of college and he is proud to be a part of this cast, especially getting a chance to do understudy work for the first time. It has really been a learning experience playing his current role, though it is small, but mighty in different ways. He has also enjoyed doing some ensemble work and getting out of his comfort zone. After knowing the characters Jekyll and Hyde for over six years and cosplaying them, this is a whole new perspective of the story that has enriched his understanding of the characters.
Ginna Kayser, Cherry/ Indigo Understudy
While Ginna Kayser (she/they) is strutting her stuff on the Torchsong stage for the first time, this rainbow rascal is no stranger to the world of performing. Ginna is rekindling her love of musical theater after a 12-year-hiatus and is deeply grateful to have landed in the warm authenticity of the Torchsong community. You may recognize her from her award-winning performances with Equilibrium Quartet and the Emerald Valley Chorus in Eugene, OR, having competed with the former ensemble at the international level in 2022 and 2024. She hopes her performance sparkles as bright as her eyeshadow as she seduces you with sultry smiles and flirtatious fun onstage.
Rachael Singer, Chardonnay/ Jessica/ Ensemble/ Dance Captain
Rachael Singer is a director, choreographer, performer, and teaching artist whose work is rooted in storytelling through movement. She’s always been on the move, starting dance at age three in Pittsburgh, PA, and earning a degree in theater, marketing, and education with a minor in dance from American University in Washington, DC.
As co-founder of PDX Dance Collective, she helped shape a decade of sold-out contemporary performance in Portland and now serves as Artistic Director of the Skylark Tappers.
Recent credits include Alice in Wonderland (Choreographer, NW Children's Theater), True West (Movement Director, Mt. Hood Rep), Something Wicked (Cindy, Torchsong), American Girl (Choreographer, Fuse), Bad World (Director, Crave Theatre), From the Ruby Lounge (Choreographer, Theatre Berk), and Red (Choreographer, Crave Theatre).
Ross Hammer, Pearl
Ross Hammer has performed leading and support roles in dozens of stage and film productions over the past couple decades encompassing a wide range of characters including the goofy upstairs neighbor Jesus Costazuela (The Odd Couple, Female Version), the lovelorn Captain Miles Gloriosus (Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum), to the moody Victorian vampire Robert (Sanguine Academy), the swashbuckling pirate Riven (Jolly Riot), and the saw bladed axe wielding apocalyptic scavenger Coke (Dog Act).
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Equally at home on stage, in front of the camera, or working behind the scenes, Ross also directs and produces videos and stage productions, and performs lighting design and operation. When not on stage or set, he continues to train in real sword combat and hand to hand martial arts, enjoys the beautiful PNW outdoors, and is a senior software engineer.
Mariah Rocker, Cyan/ Ensemble
Mariah is thrilled to be a part of this show, her very first foray onto the stage! She grew up in a small town without a theater program, but she felt like a theater-kid nonetheless. Mariah is no stranger to performing (as leading tours and giving presentations is part of her day job) or dressing up (as she cosplays iconic women). Mariah has always loved singing, and it is a dream of hers to be in a musical, so she’s incredibly thankful to the Torchsong community for welcoming her with open arms!
Gabby Bosso Merlot/ Ensemble
Gabby Bosso is a performer and theater arts educator in the Portland area. She was nominated for best performer in Portland Broadway Awards for her work on the new work Anno Machina, written by William Berk. She has been part of numerous dance shows with infernal productions and Wishheart dance company, where she has grown as a soloist and a mover. She’s been breaking into film in town and has several award winning short films going through the film festival circuit, such as Duck and Cover, In Your Own Sweet Way, and Recurrent. This is her fourth Torchsong production, and she is so proud of this cast and crew and the work that has gone into getting it on its heels
Brick Andrews, Chad/Ensemble
Brick is ecstatic to be a part of this wonderful production. A veteran actor of three decades, he has been seen on the screen and on many stages. He has performed comedy throughout the country and overseas. Brick would like to thank his wonderful family for their support.
Andrew Daraban, Marcus/ Ensemble
The last time Andrew Daraban has performed on stage was during the pandemic. Yet, the theater bug has bitten him once again. Careful! It’s contagious! For this show Andrew is part of the ensemble. The biggest role that he plays is a corrupt businessman who probably deserves jail time. Don’t worry though, he’ll get what’s coming to him… When Andrew’s not on stage, you can find him playing Dungeons and Dragons, creating hand drawn comics, or hiking through one of Oregon’s breathtaking nature sites. Andrew would like to thank his sister Allyson who supports him in all of his creative endeavors. This is a pretty exciting show, so sit back, relax, and try to keep those dark desires under control!
Johnny Rowland, Rick/Ensemble
At the ripe age of 37 Johnny is starting their adult theater journey by performing in their first musical in 20 years. The part they enjoy the most about theater is dancing and playing fun characters so they are extremely grateful to be a part of the ensemble for this show. When not doing work for Torchsong you can find them working in their garden or out dancing on the weekends. When at home they love video games and comic books. So it should be no surprise that their dream role is to play an over the top supervillain.
Ken Bussell, guitar/ music writer
Ken is an accomplished vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, band leader, music director and teacher with over 2000 live stage performances. He has been working with Torchsong Entertainment since 2016, co-writing, recording and performing the original music for such popular shows as Sanguine Academy, Guilds of Manzoa, Jolly Riot, Something Wicked, Ripper: Song of the Knife, and Jekyll in Chains.
Quinn Bicer, Technical Director/ Sound & Projection Design/ Sound Board
Quinn Bicer is an educator and theatre technician in the Portland area who has had the honor of working with Torchsong for around eight years now.
He has had such a wonderful time working on this production as the technical director, the sound technician/designer, and as the projections designer for the comic book/graphic novel style projections. He is especially proud of his projections work on this show and has worked passionately for many hours to make the graphic novel style visuals that you will see, without any usage of AI.
Outside of this show specifically, Quinn spends his days supporting the education of students ages 0-18+, doing folklore drag, singing in a choir, doing technical theatre work, and helping other people learn how to do technical theatre. He has recently been hired as the technical director at Clackamas High School, his alma mater.
A Note From the Writer...
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In 2017 we first produced “Jekyll in Chains” as a jukebox musical, using classic grunge and alt rock songs from bands like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, to name a few. As many people know, I’m a campy, hammy writer at heart, and comedy is in my blood, so writing a musical drama was a departure from my usual fare. I also tend to write PG and PG13 shows, but I really wanted to create something raw and gritty with Jekyll.
I’m a huge fan of the Frank Wildhorn “Jekyll & Hyde” musical so my first iteration of the show was really more of an adaptation of the Wildhorn musical and less from the original text, and included a similar love triangle with Jekyll torn between his finance and the tragic stripper character. It was also 3 hours long at the first dress/tech (ouch) and I had to do massive cuts, including full songs, as we went into dress/tech #2. At that time in Torchsong history, we also did not have the amazing tech team we have now. I designed the lights, I did all the costumes and props, we had no stage manager, no ASM, and I was actually running the sound from backstage. I remember during the songs I didn’t sing I was running to the back of the theater to listen to the sound balance to make adjustments. The theater space we used also had old fashioned lights and terrible wiring that caused the breakers to flip during shows. I recall having to frantically flip the breakers between scenes as the lights and sound all randomly shut down several times during the production. Despite all the craziness, the show was impactful and we had great audience feedback.
Fast forward to 2025, the script had been revised to delete the fiance character (because did we REALLY need two women fighting over a man?), beef up Jekyll’s sisters’ role, and turn the Gabriel character into Gabby to allow for more female roles in the show (cuz girl power, woo!). The pressure was on as Ken Bussell and I were rushing to write all the original songs in the midst of a huge 3 show season where scheduling writing sessions was a nightmare. Up until December we didn’t know if we would finish the songs in time for rehearsals to start in January, and in fact we DIDN'T have them done, and were writing songs AFTER the show was cast and already into rehearsals. Thanks to our incredible director, Kristin, and our amazing stage managers and tech team, it really allowed me to focus on the writing aspect of the production and not have to run around like a chicken with my head cut off wearing too many hats.
The theme of any good J&H adaptation is duality, and I think Kristin and I have both captured the essence of that in many aspects of the production. Another aesthetic we’ve interwoven into the show is a 90’s graphic novel look, and Quinn’s put together some fun projections in a comic book style to drive that home. I’ve also put a lens to kink and power dynamics in this iteration of the show, begging the question, when does consensual non consent and impact play transform into physical abuse? The dynamic between Indigo and Hyde seems a slippery slope, given his violent tendencies and her history of being in abusive relationships. She has a line when Jekyll notices her body is covered in bruises: “Some men like it rough… sometimes I do too… that is until the safe word doesn’t feel so safe anymore.”
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There are a lot of thematic details and layers in this production that all tie into the duality theme. Several songs occur partially in Hyde’s twisted mind ("We All Like A Little Revenge" has some creepy creatures only he can see) and many of the songs transport you into a music video world (like "Play the Game" with the human chess board of Carew Labs board members). I hope you enjoy the grungy music, the moments of fun and comedy sprinkled in, the sexy dance numbers, and the thrilling action scenes. And the swearing… enjoy more swearing then any other Torchsong show.
- Heidi Davis
