Meet the Actors for Murder in the Alley: A Saline Main Street Murder/Mystery

Co-Director, Adrian Diffey is the Cofounder of Mind the Gap Theater, and has performed with the National Theatre in Luxembourg, Brussels, and London. Most recently seen in Outside Mullingar [Tony] The Woman in Black, [Mr. Kipps] and Last of the Red Hot Lovers [Barney] other credits include the film The Great Bear currently featured on Amazon Prime.

Patrick Grimes is thrilled to be working with Mind the Gap Theatre and Saline Main Street again! There is nothing quite like a live show! Some of his favorite roles include “Mick” in the play “Hotel Del Gado” (Neighborhood Theatre Group), “The Writer” in the film “Artificial Inspiration” (Dir. Alejandro Cantu), “The Actor” in the play “The Woman in Black” (Mind the Gap Theatre), “Leon” in the play “The Love List” (A Wilde Theatre) and is looking forward to playing “Richard William Johnson” in the play “Take 127” with Live Action Fun Factory MI, this April. Patrick spent much of his youth studying the Meisner method with Redbud Productions. He wants to thank the cast and crew, as well as his parents Tim and Loretta for their support.

Sarah Burcon is excited to be part of Murder in the Alley here in Saline! Some theatres she’s performed with are Theatre Nova, Planet Ant, The Dio, the Ringwald, a Wilde Theatre, Michigan Irish Repertory Theatre, Performance Network, Two Muses, The Encore, and Monster Box. Enjoy the show, and we hope you can help us catch the killer!

Jerry Doty met his wife Karrie Waarala when they were cast as romantic partners for a theatre production with the Saline Area Players. Among his favorite roles since then were Theodore Sunderson in Perfect Arrangement, The Limping Man in Fuddy Meers, and Steve Stevenson in A Very Shakespeare Christmas, all with PTD Productions in Ypsilanti. Jerry's favorite pastimes include sitting on the patio in the summer at Salt Springs Brewery, Happy Hour at Mac's, and playing basketball at the Liberty School with a bunch of ne'er-do-wells.