The Ugly Duckling Cast

arrives most days at around 7am!

Deborah Ritter

 Deborah Ritter - Deborah Irene plays the role of Lucky Duck.  She was last seen at Masquerade in Lucky Stiff. She graduated from The University of St. Thomas with a BA in Biology & Liberal Arts. She studied theatre with Sam Havens & Claire MacDonald, and Shakespeare with Charles Krohn. Deborah has performed for 8 years with a local band as singer/songwriter & Rhythm Guitar and Keyboards. Favorite theatre roles include Susie Trevor in Lady Be Good, Viola in Twelfth Night, Betty Meeks in The Foreigner and Gay Wellington in You Can’t Take it With You. She also performed in Masquerade Youth Theatre’s productions of Christmas With the Three Bears as Chirpy and in The Ugly Duckling in the title role.

Kory Kilgore

Kory Kilgore  was last seen as Vincent in Lucky Stiff and Skeets Miller in Masquerade’s production of Floyd Collins. Past credits include the title role in Macbeth, Dickon in The Secret Garden, Buckingham in Richard III, Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross, Yvan in Art, Ensemble in Side by Side, and Andrei in The Three Sisters (Abilene Christian University); The Squire in  The Firebird, The Captain in The Toys Take Over Christmas (Early Stages); Kory has a BFA from Abilene Christian University.

Linda Rutledge

Linda is thrilled to be performing again! Linda plays the role of Mama Duck in Masquerade Theatre for Young Audience’s The Ugly Duckling. Previous theatre credits include Main Steet Theatre’s production of The Secret Garden and Centre Stage’s production of Gypsy. Linda’s favorite roles include Reno in Anything Goes and Mabel in Pirates of Penzance. She has her BME from The University of Houston graduating Magna Cum Laude and has taught all levels of music in the Houston area.

Monica Passley

Monica Lynn Passley Monica performs the role of Rosa Duck.  She was last seen in Masquerade’s Lucky Stiff in various roles. At age ten Monica became a member of the Houston Children’s Chorus. She was graced with the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York and also at the Arena Theatre in Houston. She graduated from HSPVA as a vocal performance major. While there, she appeared as a wife and a go go dancer in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She was seen at Stages as Veruca Salt in a production of Wonka put on by Dada Productions and Express Children’s Theatre. She also spent two weekends in Corpus Christi and seven in San Antonio with Texas Theatrical Productions as Sissy Eaton and Fannie Bardeen in For Married’s Only by J. Tom Grahm.

David Higginbotham

 David Higginbotham  Daivd performs the role of Brandon Duck.  He was last seen at The Masquerade Theatre in Lucky Stiff , Whistle Down the Wind, and in Floyd Collins as Ed Bishop. His other credits include She Loves Me (Mr. Kodaly), Jest A Second (Joel) Beau Jest (Chris), Damn Yankees (Sohovik), South Pacific (Joe Cable), 1776 (Dr. Lyman Hall), Annie Get Your Gun (Buffalo Bill), Charlie's Aunt (Jack Chesney), all with the Flint Players. Other regional credits include Godspell (Thomas Aquinas), Robber Bridegroom (Goat), A Funny Thing Happened...(Hysterium), Guys and Dolls (Sky), and Joseph...Dream Coat (Levi).

Mischa Hutchinson