Cast & Crew

Joseph has acted for many years in a number of venues in Washington and Georgia.  After moving to University Place, he has been active at local theatres.  Some favorite roles at Lakewood Playhouse are Willy Loman, Atticus Finch, Henry II, and Lord Capulet.  Favorites at Tacoma Little Theatre include John Adams, 1776; Herr Schultz, Cabaret; Van Helsing, Dracula; and the Warden in The Shawshank Redemption.  Recent appearances include several roles including Potter in the radio play of It’s a Wonderful Life, and two roles in The Normal Heart, both at Lakewood.  He also appeared as Scrooge in Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol at Dukesbay Theatre.  He is a retired investigator for the state, and he sends his love to his favorite wife, Corrie.

Helen Marion-Rowe studied theatre at Murdoch University in Western Australia and has since worked as a theatre artist in the US since 2012. Most recently she choreographed and directed the 2025 Centerstage panto, Red Riding Hood. She enjoys keeping art weird and the “just roll with it!” of live theatre. Other things that bring her joy: motherhood, sailing, snowboarding and good eats!

Marilyn Bennett has had a lengthy and varied career onstage in Seattle, Tacoma, New York and San Diego. She spent several years playing Emily Dickinson in "The Belle of Amherst" in various localities: Seattle, San Diego, and Walnut Creek, California. She has appeared in an array of productions, many while teaching theatre in various colleges and universities on both coasts. She is delighted and humbled to be a part of the classic "Uncle Vanya" with this skilled and generous company.

Luke Amundson (Vanya) was most recently seen as Ben in The Normal Heart at The Lakewood Playhouse. Other favorite past productions include The Seafarer, Orlando, Clue, The School for Lies, A Life in the Theater, The Nina Variations, Man of La Mancha, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised], Othello, The Zoo Story, Assassins, and The Fantasticks. He can be seen as Morgrave in the upcoming Cabin 9 Films production The Gamers 4: Dorkness Falls, as Yart Flayschildren (just how it sounds) in JourneyQuest, and heard performing books 2, 3, and 4 in the Airship Daedalus Audiobook series available on Audible. 

He would like to thank you for supporting local theater.

Jacob Tice has been performing on South Sound stages since 2011, appearing recently at Centerstage Theatre as Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps,  Al Manners in Trouble in Mind, and Inspector Lord in Spider's Web, and at Tacoma Little Theatre as Silas in The Da Vinci Code, Giles Ralston in The Mousetrap, and Dennis in The Play That Goes Wrong, among others. He is grateful for the opportunity to give voice to this classic story of melancholy, love (requited and otherwise) and the profound, human need for purpose with you, and honored to do so alongside such talented performers and so gifted a technical team!

Tim is honored to be working with Screaming Butterflies Theatre for the first (but hopefully not last) time. He was most recently in “Miss Holmes,” “Miss Holmes Returns,” and “Harvey” at Centerstage Theatre.

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His other theatre credits include “Andelana” at Dukesbay Productions, “She-Devil of the China Seas” at Pork Filled Productions, “A Christmas Carol…more or less” at Lakewood Playhouse, “Handle with Care” at Burien Actor’s Theatre, “The White Snake” at ReAct Theatre, and “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” and “Snow Falling on Cedars” at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Much love goes out to his family and Karina.

Although she has been on a stage sabbatical for a few years, some of Amanda’s favorite roles in the South Sound have been Helen in Fun Home (SPSCC), Dorine in Tartuffe (TAO), and Fairy Godmother/Queen/Stepsister in CinderEdna (Olympia Family Theater). Amanda is thrilled return to the stage with Screaming Butterflies!  Thank you Kathryn for welcoming me to your playground and all the love to my husband, Carv, for just being awesome!

Sophie Bustetter is thrilled to have this opportunity to work with Screaming Butterflies and these talented performers for the first time. Sophie has performed on various stages around the area. You may have seen her in And Then They Came for Me (Eva), Mamma Mia (Sophie) at The Evergreen Playhouse, The Book Club Play (Ana) at Olympia Little Theater or A Bright Room Called Day (Rosa) at SPSCC. She is also currently in rehearsal for Anastasia (Anastasia) at SPSCC. Outside of theater, Sophie is a 4th grade teacher and an avid traveler. 

Kathryn is the co-founder of Screaming Butterflies, and has worked as an actor, director, and stage manager throughout the Puget Sound region.  As an actor, Kathryn has performed with Studio 21 Theatre, Tacoma Little Theater, Lakewood Playhouse, Olympia Little Theater, Harlequin Productions, New Muses, Tacoma Arts Live, Tacoma Actors Repertory Theater, and Dukesbay Theater.  Some favorite roles include Agnes in She Kills Monsters (TART), Martha in A Piece of My Heart (Dukesbay Theater), and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (OLT).  Her first major directorial project was “Agamemnon”, co-produced with US Presents and Gail Thomason.  Since then, she has directed “Richard II” and “Orlando” by Virginia Woolf, adapted by Sarah Ruhl, both for Screaming Butterflies.  Many thanks to her comrade Jeanette, and fellow Butterflies Jen and Em for fueling this season of fertile creativity!