HARRIET
Chief of Staff, A Political Bulldog Who Lives for the Job

Laurie Carter Rose

Laurie is excited to be making her Contemporary Theatre debut in her home state! Originally from Cincinnati and a graduate of Miami University, Laurie has been fortunate to live and perform in NYC, LA, Tokyo and London before landing in Chicago and calling it home for the last two-plus decades. Favorite regional theatre credits include Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), Butterflies are Free (Riverside Theatre), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (NC Stage), The Roommate (Theatre Silco), The Cake (Human Race), Good People (New Harmony Theatre), Menopause the Musical (Fireside Theatre), Lifespan of a Fact and It Shoulda Been You (Farmers Alley Theatre), and Calendar Girls (Clinton Showboat). London’s West End and US National Tours: Sunset Boulevard and Jesus Christ Superstar. TV/Film credits include Chicago Med, FORCE, Early Edition, and The Tonight Show. Love to “Rose Boys” S,N,D,&H. www.LaurieCarterRose.com

JEAN
Press Secretary, Pressroom Pro, Romance Disaster

Noelle Anderson

Noelle is thrilled to perform her first show with The Contemporary Theatre in POTUS!

A Columbus native, Noelle Anderson has been a professional performer for over 20 years as a singer, musician, and actor. Currently, she works as Shadowbox Live’s Director of Data Systems. Some of her favorite past roles include Maureen in Rent, and Simon Zealot in Jesus Christ Superstar.  In her off time, she runs a web design and marketing agency (Sage Nine Creative) with her husband Brandon, and they both spend too much time spoiling their Jack Russell Terrier, Archie.

STEPHANIE
President's Secretary, Bright Mind, Shaky Confidence

Kelsey Hopkins

Kelsey Hopkins is thrilled to be back this season with The Contemporary after appearing in 9 to 5 as Margaret. Favorite Regional credits include: The Taming, Heathers, As you Like It, Dracula, Pete the Cat, August Osage County, Into the Woods. Receiving her BFA in Acting (Musical Theatre) from Wright State University, backed by the Tom Hanks Scholarship, Kelsey went on to live and work in NYC and traveled nationwide as an actor before returning to her hometown of Columbus where she works as an acting coach and local theatre artist. Lots of love and thanks to her amazing community of friends, Mom & Dad, and her fiance, Sam, for their unending support! kelseyhopkins.com

DUSTY
President's Dalliance, The Prez’s Secret (& Pregnant) Lover

Arriah Ratanapan

Arriah Ratanapan is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University and is thrilled to make her Contemporary Theatre of Ohio debut! She has previously worked with the company as an Artist Educator and is excited to take the stage with them. Recent performances include Freaky Friday with Off the Lake Productions and Love’s Labour’s Lost with Actors’ Theatre of Columbus.

BERNADETTE
President's Sister, a Chaotic, Calculated, & Charismatic Hot Mess

Christina Yoho

Christina Yoho has been involved in Columbus theater since ’98, a Good Medicine Specialist (healthcare clown) since ’17, and is psyched to join this team and The Contemporary for the first time. Recent shows include Machinal (The Sound Company), Love’s Labor’s Lost, Dracula, and Tale of Two Cities (Actors’ Theatre), Whiskey Wars, Ghost Story Tours, and Uptown Scrooge (Good Medicine). A few other favorites: Cowboy Mouth (Warehouse), The 39 Steps (SRO), Awake and Sing! (Civic), and a couple Midsummer Night’s Dreams (’10 St. John’s College, NM & ’01 Columbus Parks and Rec). Has a cat.

CHRIS
Journalist, Overburdened, Postpartum, Newly-Divorced, & on the brink of irrelevancy.

Shanelle Marie

Shanelle Marie is happy to be returning to The Contemporary’s stage where she was last seen acting in Home and directing School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play. She is an Available Light Theatre company member. Some of her favorite moments on stage include performing for Ruby Dee in Legends and Legacies, “Ruth” in A Raisin in the Sun, and as a Tedx Columbus Women speaker. She credits her first acting teacher as her beloved grandmother, who would bring Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s poetry to life.

MARGARET
The First Lady, Brimming with Bitterness and Pent-Up Rage

Anita Davis

Anita Davis is an actor, writer, vocalist, dancer and model. She has worked throughout the U.S., creating standout performances both onstage and onscreen. Stage productions include the award-winning School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, as well as Steal Away, Stepper’s Ball, Sisters, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, The Trip and numerous others. Onscreen roles include the films The Endangered, Compensation, Cruel and Unusual, and Turning the Corner, along with made-for-TV movies Skin Complex and the Emmy-award winning Our Father. Additional work includes lead vocals with several bands, runway and print modeling and podcast hosting.