Peter Briceño Gertas (Farmer Brown)
Peter (he/him) is a graduate from Roosevelt University with a BFA in Acting and has worked in the Chicago theatre scene ever since. Recent credits include OUTSIDE MULLINGAR (Dunes Summer Theatre), A CHRISTMAS CAROL and CINDERELLA (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre), NATIVE GARDENS (Williams Street Rep), OUT OF LOVE (Interrobang Theatre Co.), EMMA (Lifeline Theatre), IN TO AMERICA (Griffin Theatre), and JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Citadel Theatre). Peter is excited to be a part of this production and hopes everyone in the audience has a wonderful time! @petergertas
Tyler Meyer (Duck)
Tyler is excited to make his Lifeline Theatre debut! A graduate of Carthage College’s Music Theatre program, Tyler is a Wisconsin native who now calls Chicago home. Tyler’s recent theater credits include: Rock of Ages and Xanadu (Metropolis Performing Arts Center), Camp Rock (Beautiful City Project), A Chorus Line (Madkap Productions), as well as performing at Six Flags Great America. This year, Tyler co-founded and launched SmartAct Productions, producing joy filled and passion driven entertainment events for up and coming Chicago performers. Tyler would like to thank his friends, family, and mentors who have helped shape him into the performer he is today. @tyler.s.meyer
Felicia Niebel (Pig)
Felicia (she/her) is thrilled to be making her Lifeline debut with Click Clack Boo! Other recent credits include; Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town, Freya u/s in LOKI (CCPA), and ensemble in Anyone Can Whistle (Independent). Felicia is a graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts and would like to thank her friends, family, and teachers for their love and support! @felicia.niebel
Nikki Prodes (Cow)
Nikki (she/her) is so excited to make her Lifeline and Chicago theatre debut in Click Clack Boo! Nikki just graduated with her BFA in Acting from Roosevelt University the Chicago College of Performing Arts. At CCPA Nikki was in a number of shows including The Phantom Tollbooth, Carrie, Wonderful Town, and LOKI. When Nikki is not on the stage she is a Montessori preschool teacher. She would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support. Lastly she thanks the entire team of Click Clack Boo for this amazing experience, she is so grateful for all the joy this show brings her. Happy Halloween!
Laura Quiñones (Hen)
Laura (she/her/ella) Lifeline Theatre Debut! Laura is a proud Colombian/Puerto Rican Chicago native. She is a founding board member of Downstage Arts, a non-profit dedicated to providing youth arts education for all. Credits: Dhaba on Devon (Writer’s Theatre), A Jukebox for the Algonquin (Citadel Theatre), Brighter Futures (Paramount Theatre), Bernarda!, Somewhere Over The Border (Teatro Vista), Anna in the Tropics (Remy Bumppo), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Refuge (Theo Ubique), Zorro (Music Theater Works), New Faces Sing Broadway 1979 (Porchlight). Laura is proudly represented by Grossman & Jack Talent. It takes a village, and I cannot be more thankful for mine. lauraquinones.com @lauquinoness
Annie Beaubien (U/S Pig)
Annie Beaubien (she/her) is thrilled to be making her Lifeline Theatre debut in Click, Clack, BOO! Some of Annie’s favorite credits include Kitty (BroadwayWorld 2024 Nominee) in The Drowsy Chaperone (Jeff Nominated Short Run Production), Paula Abagnale (BroadwayWorld 2023 Nominee) in Catch Me If You Can, Josephine “Old Ma” Strong in Urinetown (Jeff Nominated Short Run Best Ensemble, Surging Films & Theatrics), Bus Driver in Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus!, The Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (AlphaBet Soup Productions), Lana Sherwood in A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play (Oil Lamp Theater), Rachel/Everywoman Understudy in MotherFreakingHood! (Mercury Theater Chicago), and The Queen in The Queen’s Museum (Citadel Theatre). Annie graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Theatre and Biological Sciences. She is represented by Big Mouth Talent and MbM Talent. Much love and many thanks to her family, friends, mentors, and her puppy Baron. @anniebeaubs
Danny Andrew Bennett (U/S Duck/Farmer Brown)
This is Danny’s first time on the Lifeline stage, as well as his first production in the city of Chicago. Some other recent credits include Catch Me If You Can (Little Theatre of the Rockies), as well as Eurydice, The Duchess of Malfi, and The Imaginary Invalid at the University of Northern Colorado. @dankybankett
Mahal Gonzales Childress (U/S Cow/Hen)
Mahal (they/any) is thrilled to work on their first Lifeline Theatre show! She made his Chicago debut last fall with Babes with Blades Theatre Company in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (U/S Theseus/Titania/Starveling/Moth). They have a BFA in Acting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an AA in Theatre Performance from Parkland College.
James E. Grote (Adaptor)
Jim (he/him) joined the Lifeline artistic ensemble in 1999. Click, Clack, BOO! is the fifth play (of five) in the Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type series, which have been produced at theatres all across the country. He has also adapted Katherine Applegate’s Newbery Award-winning The One and Only Ivan, Daniel Mason’s The Piano Tuner, and C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair for Lifeline. As an actor, Jim has appeared at Lifeline in Lyle, Lyle Crocodile; Around the World in 80 Days; The Killer Angels (2004); and Busman’s Honeymoon, among other shows. During the day Jim works as a legal secretary in the litigation department of a mid-sized law firm in the Loop.
Amanda Link (Director)
Amanda joined Lifeline’s artistic ensemble in 2013. At Lifeline, she has adapted Leaf, directed Anna Karenina, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2019), Sparky!, The Velveteen Rabbit (2014), and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (2014), and appeared in War of the Worlds, Click, Clack, Boo! A Tricky Treat, Duck For President (2008 and 2012), How To Survive A Fairy Tale, Dooby Dooby Moo, and Half Magic. She has also worked as a choreographer and movement designer. Other Chicago credits include work with: Griffin Theatre, Sandbox Theatre Project, Factory Theater, Kasey Foster’s Dance Tribute Series, the side project, and the podcast Remote.
George Howe (Composer)
George has composed the scores for many Lifeline Theatre KidSeries shows including: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Arnie the Doughnut, The Emperor’s Groovy New Threads, and five musicals in the Click, Clack Moo series. His MainStage musicals have each received Jeff Awards for Best New Musical; Queen Lucia: A Musical Romp, and Northanger Abbey.
Bri Consalvo (Stage Manager)
Diane D. Fairchild (Lighting Design)
Diane loves Lifeline’s Kids Series, and she is proud to be designing Click Clack BOO! and The Conductors for its 43rd season. In addition, Diane will reprise her Jeff Award winning lighting for Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol. Other Chicago credits this fall include work with: Rivendell (ensemble), C.A.S.T at Percy Julian Middle School, Momenta Dance Company, The Academy of Movement and Music, Chicago A Cappella, Wheaton College, Grant Community High School, Wilimette Children’s Theatre, and TedX. Love to FL, X-box, Q-ball, Tank and the recently added, Alvin and Theodosia.
Thee Ricky Harris (Music Director)
Emily Hayman (Sound Designer)
Emily is a Chicago-based sound designer and composer. She is thrilled to return to Lifeline for her fourth KidSeries production where she is an artistic ensemble member! Previous sound design credits include: Leaf, Extra Yarn, and Dooby Dooby Moo (Lifeline Theatre); Little Women (Geva Theatre); Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Pro-Am (First Floor Theater); Seagulls (Oak Park Theatre Festival). Associate sound design for: Revolution(s) and Bust (Goodman Theatre); Ride (The Old Globe); Dream Girls (McCarter Theatre). Assistant sound design for: Winters Tale (Hartford Stage); POTUS, Describe the Night, Choir Boy, and Seagull (Steppenwolf); A Christmas Carol” 24’, New Stages 2022 (Goodman Theatre); Richard III, and The Notebook (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). Emily received her BFA in Sound Design from The Theatre School at DePaul University.
Caitlin McLeod (Scenic & Props Designer)
Annabella Mumma (Costume Designer)
