Gale Munro As she begins work on new shows, Gale's friends always assure her that she has been typecast. In reciting some of her credits, she would like prospective tourgoers to understand something of herself, thereby assuring themselves of a lively time. She has played a ladybug (James and the Giant Peach, Adventure Theatre), murdering impresaria (Bloody Murder, Source Theatre Festival), and saccharine cosmetic saleslady/terrorist-hunter (Citizen Patrol, MuseFire Productions).

June Schmitz
June is has performed Mary Surratt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Harding, Dorothea Dix, Perle Mesta, and too many Washingtonians to mention. She excels at historical interpretation and is responsible for some fabulous costumes that grace the tours.She also works with the Surratt House Museum when not "Strolling". She is a devotee of the study of American Life, especially the Civil War period.

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Desiree Gibson has an extensive background in improvisation and theater including The Alchemist Theater and Art-Stream and has performed on the Dickens and Gussie and Ghost Story tours as Billie Holliday, Charlotte Dupuy, Rose Greenhow and others. She can be seen in our Downton Abbey Parody

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J. McAndrew Breen An Award-winning local actor: Shear Madness" (Kennedy Center) "A Prayer for Owen Meany" (u/s, Round House Theatre) "Holy Ghosts" (Spooky Action Theater)The Spitfire Grill (H Street Playhouse), and The Learned Ladies (Catalyst Theatre). He has appeared as Edgar A. Poe, Philip B. Key and others and in our one man show: "Thomas Burgess: C&O Canal Lockkeeper"

Laura Rocklyn has performed with numerous DC area theaters including Round House Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Arena Stage, Synetic Family Theater, and Annapolis Shakespeare. Regionally, she has performed with Kentucky Shakespeare, Richmond Shakespeare Festival, and Adirondack Shakespeare. She toured with Olney Theatre Center’s National Players. Laura holds a MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting. www.LauraRocklyn.com See her play "Clover" performed at the Kennedy Center on Sept 3rd!

Aron Spellane: Actor, Director and Improvisation wizard, Aron has appeared on Ghost and Dickens tours and is leading ghost tours for us as well and recently appeared in "Soldier, Poet" at the Anacostia Arts Center for Theatre Promethius

Vanesa Bisbee actor, interpreter and improvisational genius, Vanessa has appeared as a Red Cross Nurse WW1, Rosie the Riveter and the historic character Sister Sarah

Sydney Nicole Has appeared for the Strolls as Elizabeth Keckley and Alethia Tanner and Melinda Lawson and in our Air and Space Museum events as dynamic women from the 1960's and 1970's. She has appeared as Sojourner Truth at the National Archives and for the Humanities Council of Washington.more on Sydney

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"Madeleine Regina is a director, designer, and an actor. She received her B.A. from St Mary’s College of Maryland and studied directing at Boston University. She is thrilled to finally be playing dead professionally as a ghost in the Ghost Story Tours.

Patricia Woolsey has worked in Washington theater as a director, playwright, choreographer, theater educator and (not often) actress for the past 25 years. She served as the Executive Director for the non-profit organization, ArtStream for 9 years. She currently works as a drama therapist and consultant.

Alice Anne English

She works in NYC and Washington and has performed at Forum and Studio Theater, Richmond Shakespeare and can be seen on "The Good Wife" on CBSin January, 2014. She is Lucretia Garfield and Rose Greenhow, and others in Ghost Story Tour. More on Alice Anne

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Ellie Nicoll As well as appearing as historical personages in Historic Strolls tours, Ellie Nicoll often performs locally with Scena and Le Neon Theatre. She most recently appeared with the Royal Danish Ballet as an English Tourist in Napoli.And she can be seen in the WUSA TV video on the Ghost Story Tour page portraying Rose Greenhow more on Ellie

Barbara Papendorp A Washington, DC area actress whose interest in history and theatre often merge, Barbara performed in the Civil War Musical (Stonewall Country, Lexington, VA). She appeared in The Mandrake for Faction of Fools.Fluent in French, she has performed a cabaret at the Harmon Center for the Arts most recently.

Brian Mac Ian has a BA in Theatre and Music from Naropa University, Boulder, CO. He is also a singer, musician and acting teacher and received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Sound Design.

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Madeline Muravchik has performed at The Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Le Neon Theatre and others. She also teaches French. Madeline is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.She is also a playwright and a Professor.

Brandon Mitchell is no stranger to standing on the street in historic garb, having "lived in 1776 in Philadelphia" working with Historic Philadelphia. He grew up in another historic city, New Orleans, and received a BA in Theatre from Northwestern State University. More on Brandon

Nicolette Stearns actress,director, playwright and theatre educator. She is an original cast member of Imagination Stage. She is also a co-founder of Artstream Theatre and has written several books. She is also the co-host of "Telling Your Story with Terrell and Nic" on mymcmedia.org Other roles include Helga in “Kindertransport”

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Mariel Buhler Penberthy

Mariel Penberthy has studied at the Studio Theatre and the Lansburgh, and performed with several theatres in D.C. area including Scena Theatre and Fraudulent Productions. She has portrayed Susan Decatur and Peggy Eaton and others on Ghost Story Tour  She continues to work on local film projects, playing a succession of evil aliens in the cable show Star Crash.more on mariel's voiceover work

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Michael Hovde

has appeared at Black Rock Center for the Arts in "The Laramie Project", in numerous productions for ArtStream and is a talented set designer and builder. He has appeared in countless historic strolls and historic character events as many characters including: Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Hamilton, Dickensian Character and others. His portrayal of multiple characters in the Dickens tour set a new record for us!

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Catherine Aselford made her professional acting debut in 1982, later graduating from Catholic University with a BFA in Theatre. Her stage work includes The Center Company, Source Theatre, Cherry Red Productions and The Georgetown Theatre Company, of which she is Artistic Director. She has appeared in Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted and numerous television commercials and DC SWAN Day,

Emily Love Morrison starred in a one woman show this summer and has portrayed Rose Greenhow, Susan Decatur, Letitia Tyler and others for the Strolls. She has appeared at American Century Theater and Scena among others.

Erin Gallalee has played many roles on local stages including VstartCrow and Victorian Lyric Opera Company at the Capital Fringe Festival and Zemfira Stage among others.

Elise Webb is an experienced actor, improviser and historic interpreter who has worked with Plimoth Plantation. She has portrayed Louisa May Alcott and Anna Surratt among others for the Strolls

Actors Emeritus

Chris Davenport is a local actor, director, and teacher. Recently, he has performed with Rorschach Theatre, Tsunami Theatre, American Century Theater, PEDC Theatre, and Le Neon Theatre, and PBS "French and Indian War" series among others. He has directed for Le Neon Theatre, Adventure Theatre, and Imagination Stage, where he also teaches acting. more on Chris

Actors Emeritus

Dwane co-founded The Barnstormers Theatre Company, producing and performing in The Love Course and Gurney X2, along with co-writing and performing in Rock of Aged, the Social Security Tour at the 23rd Annual Source Theatre Festival. He was selected as the spokesman of the Jonathan Green Grass Seed Company. He has appeared as Joseph Henry for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and recently portrayed Robert Frost.