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.

Returning to the Sierra Rep stage, HAIR marks Kyle’s 12th production with the company. He is so happy to be working alongside his fellow actors and crew members to bring the arts to life here in the town where he was born and raised. He gives tremendous thanks to all of his dear friends and family who have given their love and support through the years. Onstage or behind the scenes, Kyle is ready to give it his all and have a great time doing it!

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.