The Sword in the Stone

Kathryn Schultz Miller is the author of over 70 plays for young audiences. Her plays have been published by Dramatic Publishing, Samuel French, Anchorage Press and others. She has received many awards including the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award. Ms. Miller’s plays have been produced by amateur and professional theatre companies around the world. Having served as Artistic Director of the professional ArtReach Touring Theatre for over 20 years, Ms. Miller is one of the nation’s most produced playwrights for young people.

Jerry Lee is Sierra Rep’s Artistic Director. He’s appeared in the SRT productions of Misery, Sunday in the Park with George, Elf The Musical, Shrek The Musical, Camelot, Cabaret, Route 66, Intimate Apparel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Man of La Mancha, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair, and The Drowsy Chaperone. As an actor: I Love You…Change, Forbidden Broadway (California Musical Theatre); Life Could Be a Dream, A Christmas Carol (CenterREP); A Little Princess, The Fantasticks (Sacramento Theatre Company); West Side Story (Mountain Play); Orlando, An Iliad, A Tale of Two Cities (SacImpulse Theatre). As a soloist: Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration (Sacramento Choral Society); Billy Bigelow in Carousel in Concert (Sacramento Philharmonic). As a director: HAIR, Little Shop of Horrors, Mean Girls JR., Sh-Boom! A Christmas Miracle (World Premiere), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Twelfth Night, Jersey Boys, Clue, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh KIDS, Elvis The Musical (West Coast Premiere), Dogfight, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Steel Magnolias, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka KIDS, I Love You…Change, The Wizard of Oz, Holiday Jukebox, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Robber Bridegroom (SRT); I Love You…Change (STC). Lee began his association with Sierra Rep in 2010 when he stepped in as a replacement in Guys and Dolls.

In 2019, Lee created SRT in Schools, a touring program that brings live professional theatre to Tuolumne County schools at no cost to the schools, students, or their families. In 2023, the program branched out to include Stanislaus and Calaveras counties.

Kyle was last seen as Yukon Cornelius in SRT’s production of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. He is a Local here in Sonora and began his journey with this company in 2016’s Sister Act: The Musical as a member of the Ensemble. This will be his 16th production with SRT, he is grateful for the opportunity to return to Oz after 6 years alongside so many wonderful and gifted people. Some favorite SRT credits include: HAIR (Woof), Route 66 (Crew/Understudy), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Spotlight Op/Ritchie Stevens), The Sword in the Stone (Arthur), The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble), and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Yukon Cornelius). Kyle wants to thank you all in the audience for supporting this company and helping us continue to deliver the arts to our community, he hopes you enjoy the show and come back for more real soon!

Betsy Moore played Miss Lynch in Grease, Colleen in Ripcord, and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at SRT and is delighted to be back for The Sword in the Stone! Her solo show, Freebird Goes to Mars, won the award for best avant garde show on Broadway at the United Solo Festival. Performance awards: Garland Award Dolores, The International Amsterdam Film Festival Sissy, LA Film Light as a Feather. She portrays the mischievous hard-nosed Belinda in season two on the new series The Baxters out next year.

Ty Smith has appeared in 89 roles at Sierra Rep including Rumson in Paint Your Wagon, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and Lear in King Lear. A graduate of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s Professional Actor Training Program, Ty is a veteran of Off-Broadway, regional theaters and Shakespeare festivals across the country. He spent several summers with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival where his roles included Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, and Capulet in Romeo and Juliet.