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.
