Dana L. Edison, owner, has worked professionally in commercials(Opryland Theme Park),film(Gummo), stage and trade shows(Chicago Flower & Garden Show) to name a few throughout Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. Some of her favorite stage roles include Gus in "Cookin With Gus", Olivia in "Twelfth Night", Rosa in "Summer & Smoke" and Miss Prism in "The Importance of Being Ernest". She performed stand up comedy in Chicago at the Cubby Bear and did Improv with Extra Crispy here in Lexington. She considers Bluegrass Mystery Theatre to be her greatest accomplishment .The first performance was in May of 2008 and since then the theatre continues to grow, adding new local talent, new performances and new venues.

Tanner Gray has performed some of his favorite roles with Bluegrass Mystery Theatre, including Troy the Boy Toy (Racing Towards Murder), Evan The Choo Choo Man (On Stage for Murder), and Dominic (Murder on the Bluegrass Express). He is currently a Theatre Major at the University of Kentucky with plans to graduate Spring 2011. He has also been involved with other local acting troupes such as Paragon Music Theatre, Woodford County Theatre, and KCTC Summerfest. He is active in the local independent film community and played the part of Brad Hamilton in the film Mountain Mafia. Some other favorite roles include: Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors), Rapunzel's Prince (Into the Woods), Mitch (Orphan Annie is Dead) and Manolo (The Odd Couple). Off stage Tanner enjoys water-skiing, tennis, soccer and singing.

Michele Faught has been with BMT since its beginnings.  She works for Sullivan University of Lexington and is a High School Representative for the Admissions Department.  She travels around the state of Kentucky and gives presentations to the high school students.  She has a husband named Greg and 3 beautiful daughters:  Alyssa, Chelsea and Hayley.  She also loves her dog, Tobey!  She loves acting with BMT, is also involved with Images Model and Talent as well as Done In Sixty Seconds (a video production company on the internet).  Michele also enjoys traveling, playing volleyball and euchre.

Stephanie (Marshall) Peniston is an honest-to-goodness 3rd generation Lexingtonian who began acting in community theatre productions in the late 1980's with Lexington Musical Theatre. After a 14-year absence from the stage, she returned to the theater scene in 2002 appearing in productions of The Diviners, Bus Stop, Crimes of the Hear, Proof, It's A Wonderful Life and Joe Egg for Studio Players; Moon Over Buffalo for Woodford County Theatrical Association, Arcadia for Actors Guild of Lexington, and most recently, Pride & Prejudice for KCTC Summerfest.

Mike Van Zant has appeared in several independent films and theatre productions. Recently, his film credits include Truth or Dare IV: Deadly Dares, Braille, Zombie Planet and Zombie Planet 2: Adam's Revenge, The Edison Death Machine, Dance With A Vampire, Downfall, and Mountain Mafia. Among his many theatre credits in central Kentucky and Dallas, he has appeared as Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace, Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night, Detective Ariel in The Pillowman. In Texas he worked with The Pocket Sandwich Theatre in Crimes of the Heart as Barnett Lloyd and in Dracula as Johnathan Harker just to name a few. Mike attended Berea College in Kentucky and studied acting at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York.

Michael L. Bairdis a native from Corbin, KY. He currently resides in Lexington, KY where he is a full time student in the University of Kentucky's Theatre Department where he plans on graduating in spring of 2012. He also done some independent film work as well as performed with local acting companies such as BCTC drama program and Actors Guild of Lexington.

Some of his favorite roles include Riff Raff in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Prez in The Pajama Game, and Rugby in A Flea in Her Ear. Off the stage, Michael enjoys traveling, meeting new people, and living life to its fullest!

Abby Sheridan, a Cincinnati native, will be a junior Theatre major at the University of Kentucky where she plans on graduating in the Spring of 2013.  She is still new to Bluegrass Mystery Theater having only started in December 2010, but she loves every show!! 

She has performed in mainstage productions at the University of Kentucky, some of her favorites include Ortenzia (Gorey Stories), Brenda (The Pajama Game) and Mrs. Linde (A Doll's House).  Abby is also a member of the University of Kentucky Women's Choir.  Outside of UK Abby works with Studio Players and BMT. 

In her free time Abby enjoys singing, dancing, running and having fun with her wonderful family and friends!

Jeff Roberts, Jeff began his acting career just a few years ago. He started out in Frankfort portraying Marvin Michaels in Neil Simon's "California Suite". The acting bug bit hard after this production. Since then Jeff has been fortunate in his main stage productions at Ragged Edge Theatre, Georgetown Community Theatre, and Studio Player's appearing in "Death Of A Salesman" (Willy Loman), "A Christmas Story" (Old Man Parker) and "It's A Wonderful Life" (Mr. Potter), "Run For Your Wife" (Sgt. Porterhouse) to name a few.

In addition to the above roles, Jeff has performed with Bluegrass Mystery Theatre in several shows including: "On Stage For Murder" (Philipe Iglesias), "Racing Toward Murder" (Bruno Castellano), "A Vacation to Die For" (Tommy Wunkus), "Top O' The Murder To You" (Dr. Paddy McFaddey), and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Murder" (Kris Clauson).

In his "spare" time Jeff enjoys playing golf, riding his motorcycle, photography, hiking and spending time with his family and friends. His alter ego is a mild mannered branch manager for Whitaker Bank in Frankfort.