
Meet Our Resident Acting Company
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Amy Rene Byrne
(She/ Her/ Hers)
Amy Rene Byrne is a Tennessee native and a proud Pennsylvania transplant. She earned her MFA in Acting from West Virginia University in 2012 and joined BTE as Education Director in 2015. In 2016 she also became an Affiliate Artist and in 2019 she began her candidacy for the Ensemble and became an official member in 2020 (some good things did come out of 2020). Amy has acted in Tennessee, West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. She has taught theatre at Lycoming College, Zane State College, and West Virginia University and has appeared in various television commercials and voice-over roles.
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Kimie Muroya 室屋季美恵
(She/ Her/ Hers)
Most recently you may have seen her in Witch; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; and A Christmas Carol, and now she’s back for more. Though most recently from Philadelphia, she went to high school in Lewisburg and interacted with BTE throughout her time there - seeing shows at the Alvina Krause Theatre, participating in workshops, and even performing in one of the summer shows! Since graduating college, she’s spent the last seven years building a professional acting career, performing with many companies in the Philadelphia area, co-founding the Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists, and even dabbling in some commercial and film work. Find out more about Kimie at kimiemuroya.com.
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Aaron White
(He/ Him/ His)
Aaron White has been a working theatermaker for the past two decades and has a cobbled together a multi-faceted career as an actor, director, educator, choreographer, fight choreographer, songwriter, set/puppet designer and sometime portrait artist. A native son of lower Northumberland County, Aaron spent his twenties attempting to escape Central Pennsylvania to earn artistic laurels in the wider world. He passed through Baltimore, Houston, New York, Pittsburgh and points in between.
Emeritus Members
An Emeritus Member is an artist who has served at least 20 years with the Ensemble at the time of their departure from the company.
Elizabeth Dowd
James Goode
Andrew Hubatsek
Laurie McCants
Danny Roth
Gerard Stropnicky
Associate Ensemble Members
An Associate Ensemble Member is an artist who spent at least one year as part of the Ensemble at the time of their departure from the company.
Peter Brown, Tom Byrn, Richie Cannaday, Jerry Matheny, Whit MacLaughlin, David Moreland,
Cassandra Pisieczko, Seth Reichgott, Martin Shell, Leigh Strimbeck, Rand Whipple, and Eric Wunsch.