TownKeeper Leaders
Michelle Behrens (Maeve Stewart) Contact at maeve2@suddenlink.net
Diane Walker (Darcy Walker) Contact at zooteacher@suddenlink.net
Diane Walker (Darcy Walker) Contact at zooteacher@suddenlink.net
What is a TownKeeper?
Townkeepers are OKRA cast members that have a paid functional job during festival. Those jobs include pubbers, ticket takers (gatekeepers), information booth workers, program sellers, maze and torture chamber workers. We are also performers and take part in the extensive interactive performance academies at OKRA creating characters and learning acting skills that allows us to bring the village of Castleton alive.
Meet The Townkeepers
Aiden Lilly Whyte- You can call me Aiden as I haven’t been Lilly Whyte in years. I own the Golden Harp Pub. I am a pub wench extraordinaire and this is my story. I was born in Killaloe, Ireland to an Irish father (Stephen) and an English mother (Rose). Father was a merchant in Ireland. He was on his way home from the pub one night when his wagon was attacked. His cargo was stolen and his body was never found. There was much blood and it was determined that animals must have taken him. I was 12 years old. Mother brought us to Castleton to live with her brother who owned the pub at the time. My mother and I worked for my uncle for several years together. After a couple of years, my mother ran off with a traveling merchant who would come through town every now and then. I have one sister, Axyl Rose McTiernan (45) and one brother, Stephen Tyler Whyte (46). They are both alive and well. Stephen lives in Ireland with his wife Kate and has 3 bairns named Lilly, Sean, and Mary. Rose lives with her husband Connor McTiernan in Ireland. She has 2 bairns named Sonia and Duncan. Mother taught us all simple sums and reading. I am quite good at both now. I love to read, dance, draw and ride horses. My talent is getting information out of others without them realizing it. My true friend is Lorelai. She works with me in the pub. I caught her stealing my loki that I illegally sell out of my pub. She was ordered to work for me for a year as repentance. We have become fast friends and she is a very caring person and hard worker. She makes me laugh and enjoy my work even more. I have 2 secrets. Shhh!! The first one is that my father is not really dead. The merchant that my mother ran away with was actually my father, though no one knows that. When he was younger, my father had been a part of a pirate ship crew. After many years of sailing, he and his best mate, Tyler, left the ship and were quite wealthy. They came to Castleton as that is where Tyler was from. Tyler introduced him to his sister, Rose, who would become his wife. After the wedding, my mother and father returned to Killaloe where he became a merchant. His business had been part of a pirate smuggling and sales business and the pirates had been caught. They would not tell who the merchant helping them was because he had been a loyal member of their crew. My parents made up a story so that my father could disappear. To honor his pirate companions, my father helped them escape and left with their crew. My mother waited for 6 months then we moved to Castleton to live with Uncle Tyler. My father kept in touch and would visit from time to time when the ship was in the area. He finally came for my mother and me, but I was happy where I was. I did not want to leave Castleton. He made sure that I had plenty of coin in case I wanted to find them and always sent word where they would be. My uncle, who had made a great deal of money during his pirating days and also from the pub, retired several years ago and left the pub to me. I carry on the family business and help my father and mother obtain and sell goods through my contacts at the pub. The second secret is that a noble from another country was visiting and was thrown into the lake by his horse. He could not swim. I had been out for a late night walk and saw what happened and rescued him. Because he was a very important man and was not supposed to be out by himself, he did not want people to know what had happened. He would have been embarrassed for others to know his secret and so could not publicly announce my actions. We began a secret friendship. He sends me small gifts. We also see each other when he comes to visit even though he has since married, we are still friends.
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Darcy and Maeve - The short version is that it is Darcy's fault that we have to be at gate. If she had just payed a little more attention to counting the felts, instead of engaging William in a little frolicking play, we could have enjoyed the sites of Castleton's Mayfest instead of taking the toll and greeting our visitors at the gates of Castleton.
Diana Baker - Lorieli
Michelle Behrens - Maeve Stewart Vanessa Bess - Penelope Lavenia Deborah Buchanan - Dawn Buchanan Sharon Burris - Shannon Innis Linda Butler - Winnie Robert Collins - Falcon Wolfgang McHaig Donna Demkowich - Rachel (Red) Foxx Jennifer Dodds - Bridgid Sebrina Faire - Cordelia O'Casey Debra Guthrie - FiFi Krystale Head - Amaleta Coster David Jones - Paul O'Connell Rhonda Kilburn - Aiden Lilly Whyte Laroy Leaders - Sean O'Hairre Erin Longnickel - Mia Doubthart william Mayberry - Willie Wolfe Marc Rainish - Marc Rainish Molly Skocny - Morgan Pagan O'Shiel Marie Sullivan - Charity Rose Marjorie Sweet - Anne Marie Elizabeth Catherine Cameron Diane Walker - Darcy Walker Steve Watkins - Eristan Odone'll Michelle White - Marischka Whyte |
