members

	Matthew Stroop joined the RTP program last year. He performed in 2015 in the 8th grade. He did a small play which consisted of about 9 people with two to three lines each person. The play was only about 5 minutes but was enough to get him hooked. Now he is a member and is doing the big play, 50 Shades of Social Justice in October at Baltimore.
	Jacob Engel, or person number 7, joined the RTP program last year and performed in Trinity High and Penn State. He will also be going to Baltimore to do the main play again. Jacob is a pretty shy guy and probably didn't see himself doing this. But Mary Jo needed a person 7, someone who had a loud, powerful voice. Jacob fit the role perfectly. He took it and has been having fun ever since.
	Toni Maurer, or person 2 joined the play willingly. She enjoys acting and also does the Prexie Musical Theatre. She plays the character that doesn't see racism in America, she believes that racism doesn't even exist anymore. Almost all the people in the play attack her verbally saying things like "Are you serious?" "She's kidding right" and so on. Toni starts to understand that she lives with "white privilege" and racism or unfair treatment doesn't happen to her as much as black people.
	Shelby Studt LOVES the RealTalkPerformers and everything in between. She loves Mary Jo and everything she stands for. Shelby joined RealTalkPerformers and has been doing the plays along with them. She plays Hate in the play. The character hate, well, hates everyone who isn't just like her. She despises everyone and only likes person 7 and 6. She wears the darkest shade of gray, or black. She argues back and forth with love during the whole show.
	Daniel has done the RTP for about 2 whole years now. Daniel is the shy guy and has no lines. He is still a fun person even though he doesn't talk much. Daniel doesn't really play a person, but he does play a nazi in the play. Basically someone says how hate has no affect on the world, then he comes out wearing a nazi uniform, pushing people to the ground. Other than that, he is not on stage. He doesn't really care though because he wants to help the program even though he is shy. So this role fits him perfectly.
	Shae Naylor Joined the RTP last year doing a small play with about 8 people. Now she is doing the main play, 50 Shades of Social Justice. She plays person number 1 in the play, right beside Love. She is the voice of reason and tries to get everybody to respect each other. She is a funny and great attitude person. She never has a dull moment in her life and seems to get along with everyone around her.
	Baily Batch joined RTP last year doing a small play with about 8 people. Now Baily does the main play in Baltimore with her best friend Shae Naylor. Baily gets along with everyone and doesn't have a problem with anyone yet. Even though she is goofy she can tend to be serious when the time comes. Baily plays person 5, an LGBT supporter whom argues with person 6 the whole play. Since person 6 is against the whole LGBT group, they tend to argue a lot and never settle at terms. At the end of the play, she calls him out, calling him all sort of names like racist, bigot, homophobe, and makes number 6 realize how horrible he has been. 6 changes and starts to understand 5 a little bit more and the show ends. Baily was really iffy on playing this role but she decided she would try because it needed to be done.
	Koron has been doing the RTP longer than anyone in the group yet. For almost 4 years now, she has performed in many plays and this will be her last year, seeing that she is 18 now. She may still be able to help the group if she chooses to do so, but just cant perform anymore with Mary Jo. She plays person 3 in the play, her and person 4 argue back and forth a little bit through out the play, disagreeing with each other on everything from music, to fast food. Koron is very dramatic and the opposite of shy. She is fun and outgoing and has a lot of heart for what she does.
	Landon has done the play for 2 years now also, he plays as the narrator. He talks a little bit and basically punches the knowledge into you. he explains what's going on and why its happening. He has a powerful, projectile voice which helps a lot knowing that we never get microphones. While Hate and Love argue, Landon is usually the person to break them up and continue the play. Landon is a very fun, very outspoken type of person. He isn't shy at all either and doesn't care what people thing of him.
	Maci Ward plays love in the play. She is the sweetheart and cares for everyone equally. She is sensitive and so caring its impossible to dislike her. She gets along with everyone and is very humorous. Although she hasn't been to to many rehearsals, she still keeps up with her lines and practices all the time.
	Angus is a very up beat person. He plays person 4 and is immobilized to a wheel chair. He disagrees with person 3 a lot and cant seem to settle on like terms with her. He dislikes her music, and her choice in fast food. In a little skit in the play, the play as husband and wife and talk about tolerance. They talk about how they tolerate each other at all, but realize they do, a lot. Angus lives pretty far from the building so he hasn't been able to practice as much, but you wouldn't even notice as he only needs help on a few lines here and there. His voice isn't loud so that causes some problems when we perform. Also, he has to go the whole show with out moving his limbs since he is so pose to be paralyzed.