Meet the Holdaways

Nicole Galyean (Holdaway - female cast)  Originally from Las Vegas NV where she was employed to do photography for selected celebrates who maintained contract on the Vegas strip, Nicole relocated from the Big City to Small Town Olympia after high school graduation. After purchasing her first home, she decided it was time to add new and fun adventures into her life. She started modeling, running marathons, picked up a home decor hobby, quad riding and participating in live theater productions. Since 2011 she's been a part of: Bell, Book & Candle, Distracted, Much Ado About Nothing and Goodbye Charlie all at Olympia Little Theatre; Little Shop of Horrors and Vagina Monologues at Evergreen Playhouse and now Reservoir Dogs.

Theater has provided her a wonderful gateway to meet new amazing people.

She wants to thank the audiences who continue to support local theaters and the shows because it's those individuals who keep us working hard.  She started off  this journey just trying something new, but theater will be something she keeps in my life for many years to come.

Tim Samland (Holdaway - male cast) Tim was born in the Philippines into an Air Force family. After he was about a year old, his family moved to Louisiana where most of his early childhood was spent.  

One of his earliest memories was going to see Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.  His parents took him for his fourth birthday and as part of the show experience the theatre company passed out Gobstoppers to all the Kids.  “Free Candy”!  This had to have been the most exciting thing that had ever happened to Tim.  He sat thru the first half of the show totally excited with what he had just seen on stage, still buzzing from the sugar high.  And that is when he heard his name being called. “What is going on?” he asked his parents.  Willie Wonka was on stage calling his name.  Without even the slightest thought in his head, he leaped out of his seat and ran up to the stage.  Willie got Tim to come join him and presented Tim with a small cake for his birthday.  

“WOW”!

The whole audience sang him happy birthday as he bounced around and jumped up and down with a huge smile on his face.  So he blew out the candle, took his cake and started back to his seat when Willie called him back and said “Willie has even more surprises in store for your special day”.  MORE CANDY!   

Once the show was over and the family were in the parking lot, Tim started bugging his parents to bring him back to see another show.  (We all think he wanted to come back for the free candy)

After a few months of pestering them, the family returned to the theatre.  The show this time was Peter Pan.  What boy can’t identify with wanting to fly around Never Neverland chasing adventure.  He recalls how excited he was!  Seeing those people on stage, they looked like they were having so much fun!  

“I want to have that much fun,” Tim said to his mother, who was amazed that he stayed in his seat and actually paid attention to something for more than 3 minutes.  The entire show was so exciting, that he hadn’t even notice that there was no candy passed out.  Afterward, he talked and talked and talked about the show for the whole week following.

By the time Kindergarten came around, Peter Pan was a distant memory.  But one day the teacher told them that they were going to do a school play at Christmas time called Charlie Chipmunks Christmas.  Tim's eyes lit up and all he could think about where the memories of Willie Wonka and Peter Pan.    He was so excited that he couldn’t wait to get home and tell his mom. The next day, the teacher asked the class if there were any volunteers to play the part of Charlie Chipmunk.  “Me, me, me, me” Tim said as his hand shot up so fast that he didn’t realize even it was in the air.  Unfortunately, his hand was not the only one up.  

So the best way to settle such disputes is with an audition!  

Now at the time he was just learning how to tie his shoes, so he had not mastered the bow tie yet.  His sweat pants, of course, had a tie string in them.  Part way through the audition, Tim felt this tap on his shoulder.  He turned and saw the girl next to him giggling and pointing to the floor ... which is where his pants ended up without him noticing. So Tim pulled them up and kept going. Back to the floor they went. So he pulled them up…And down they went again…and again.  The teacher was laughing so hard.

Well, time be told, it is almost Christmas and Santa would be bringing Tim lots of presents because he was so good!...  As the title character.

And that is how Tim was bitten by the “Bug”.

Since then he has gotten older, wiser and much more skilled at life (and keeping his pants up).  But he still gets just as excited as that little boy, when he gets to play onstage!

Tim would like to thank his parents for their love and support over the years and dedicates his life work to his late mother Kathy.