Max Silver (Jem Finch) is a junior at the Washington Waldorf School. He has been interested in theater since grade school and has studied at many of the local acting schools, including the Studio Theater, B.A.P.A., The Roundhouse Theater, and the Musical Theater. Previous roles include Basque in The Misanthrope and Hornbeck in Inherit the Wind in French Woods Theater for the Performing Arts in New York. Firebelly’s Mockingbird marks his debut in professional theater.

AliceAnna Schumacher (Calpurnia) is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. After receiving a degree from Illinois State University in 2003, she joined the greater Baltimore- Washington Area community of performers. Some of her favorite roles include Alice Moore in The Night Before Christmas, Adventure Theatre; Masha, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Open Circle Theatre; origination of role Mawayla, The Manhasset Way by David Patterson (writer of 2005 Indie Film success Love Ludlow); and Lena "Mama" Younger, in A Raisin in the Sun.

Lauren Antonia Griffin (Miss Stephanie) made her Firebelly debut as Eileen in Moon over Buffalo and then appeared in the children's show Magic Theater, performing at the National Theater in Washington, D.C.  Lauren is a graduate of The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. At the conservatory she played Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Catherine in An Enemy of the People, and Ruth in Book of Days. Other roles include Fan Scrooge/Martha Cratchit in A Christmas Carol at the West End Dinner Theater. Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Luisa in The Fantasticks, Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez in Where's Charley?, and Gertrude in An Ideal Husband, the last five under the direction of Kathi Gollwitzer. Lauren spends most of her time getting handcuffed by "feds" at law enforcement training academies.

Nancy Shneiderman (Mrs. Dubose) favorite roles include Emma Goldman (Ragtime), Princess Puffer (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Mme. Quimper-Karadac (La Vie Parisienne), and the bride's mother (Tony n' Tina's Wedding/the Baltimore production). Nancy has been featured in Jon Waters’ films, TV’s America's Most Wanted and sings both with the Men & Women of Gospel and the Washington Women's Chorus. Her one-woman show is based on her award-winning vocal album, "Like a Tree: Songs & Life-Cycle Celebrations for ALL People" from which her character, Mrs. Dubose, could learn a thing or two.

Sean McCoy (Dill) is a fifth grader at Floris Elementary School in Oak Hill, VA, and excited to make his first appearance with Firebelly Productions. Sean has previously performed in the Grapes of Wrath at Ford's Theatre and at the Kennedy Center, where his credits include The Changeling and The Kirov Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. He has also appeared in many local and national television and print commercials and films.  Sean is a veteran of Pied Piper Theater, having performed in such productions as Suessical, Honk!, Annie, and The Hobbit. Sean recently played the role of "Dill" in a local community theatre production.

Christopher C. Holbert (Tom Robinson) is happy to be working in his first Firebelly production. Most recently, he has appeared in Henry V and in his two favorite roles: Billy in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Othello. Chris has also appeared in A Studio Theatre's A Clockwork Orange and Runaway Home, Silver Spring Stage’s Six Degrees of Separation, Hard Bargain Player's A Lesson before Dying, and Elden Street's Streamers. Chris studies acting at the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory

Dustin Loomis (Boo Radley, Mr. Gilmer, Nathan Radley) is excited to be working with Firebelly Productions for the first time. He recently graduated from the Actors Repertory Theatre and The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Some of his credits include Todd, from the world premier of Late Bloomers and Glory Days, Reverend Laurence in Impossible Marriage, and Bruce in Beyond Therapy. 

Robert Heinly (Sheriff Heck Tate) is delighted to appear in such a great story as To Kill a Mockingbird. He was seen most recently at LTA in Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile and A Christmas Carol. His favorite roles have come under the direction of playwright /director Bob Bartlett; Ruckly in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Paul in A Lesson Before Dying, and Special Agent Fox Mulder in Bartlett’s original Xphiles Unrequited, a runner up in the AACTFest in Kalamazoo, MI. In July, Robert will reprise his role as Rafe in another Bartlette original, Shoulder, at the 2006 DC Fringe Festival, opposite Chris Holbert.

John Collins (Judge Taylor) was seen most recently as George Deever in All My Sons at Quotidian Theatre. He has also appeared as Andrey in Afterplay, and Sevastianov in The Russian National Postal Service, both at Studio Theatre. Also at Studio, in Far East, and Far Away, and in The Galileo Project at Studio Theatre Second Stage. Other local credits include Malena, a Dream of Tango at Source Theatre’s Washington Theatre Festival, and The Easy Chair at Cedar Lane Stage. John is a graduate of the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory.

Charles Clyburn (Reverend Sykes) has been an actor all his life, according to him, but only professionally for only about 15 years, most of those years on the stage. He also has contributed his talents to television commercials and industrial training videos as well as appearing in several independent and feature movies. Clyburn is an African "griot" or master storyteller of African and African-American folktales. He performs at area community centers, schools, and senior citizen residences. This art form he learned from sitting at the feet of his father and grandfather as he listened to them tell their stories. In addition to acting, he is a storyteller for both adults and youth.

Mitch Irzinski (Walter Cunningham, Clerk) Mitch most recently appeared in the staged reading of Take Stock at the Kennedy Center's Fourth Annual Page to Stage New Play Festival. Previously he has appeared in staged readings of Irma and Isadora,Value Mart and Murder Speaks, Though It Hath No Tongue, and Firebelly's Evening of Scenes (2004).

Nora Bauer (Reverend Sykes’ wife and Helen Robinson) is excited about her debut onstage with Firebelly Productions and to be working with such a great cast! She moved to Virginia with her husband about 7 years ago and recently decided to pursue her passion for acting as a professional. She has appeared in several local, national television and print commercials and films. Most recently, she appeared in HBO’s the Wire!

Anna Laura Grant (Townsperson) started acting in church musicals when she was six years old. She continued with community theatre, and most recently, in Oakton High School's theatre department playing roles of Maria in Lend Me a Tenor and Elaine in Arsenic and Old Lace. She has trained at the Studio Theatre Conservatory and with Firebelly Productions. A senior in high school, she has been auditioning for conservatory programs.