Board Members

Rebecca Babilon

Treasurer

Rebecca began honing her acting chops many years ago when she first auditioned for and got the part of the narrator in THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER in elementary school. Since then, she has participated in a few productions, including several youth musicals with local churches and a couple of productions with the Jones County Jr College Drama department; the most notable of these roles was being cast as Emily Arden in the 2000 production of STATE FAIR. She has also been involved in various choirs for most of her life and is currently a member of the praise team of Four Mile Creek Baptist Church. She is a mother to two teenage boys.

John Kremm

Vice President

A recent transplant to Pascagoula from Spring Green, WI, John really loves the area and the people. He has been involved with community theater for nearly 30 years and has been in or worked on more than 50 shows. He has done just about everything a theater nerd can do—from singing and acting, to directing and stage crew, to set design and building, and pretty much anything in between. He is excited to be working with the Singing River group and hopes to do many more shows with them, making lots of new friends along the way.

Mary McCusker-Thames

Fundraising

Mary McCusker-Thames is married to Mark R. Thames and they made their home in Gautier. Mary is no stranger to Theatre or the SRLT stage. She has enjoyed working with several theatre groups starting at Gulfport Little Theatre when she was in “Broken Up”. Mary has also worked with Biloxi Little Theatre as Quiser in “Steel Magnolias”. Center Stage she performed in the Christmas classic, “Scrooge” to mention a few. She also appeared as Raynelle in SRLT’s production of “Dearly Departed” and as Minnie in “Deadly Deal”. 

Leah McWilliams

Media

Leah McWilliams has been acting on and off since her start in theatre with the East Central High School Players in 2009 under the direction of Krystal Sisson. After a break from the theatrical stage to pursue college and life, she returned to the stage with SRLT in her first lead role as Lucile. After appearing with her best friends in Dearly Departed, she took on other roles with SRLT leading her to direct her first ever production – Deadly Deal.

Maribel Myers

Publicity

Maribel is a Bilingual Native of New York State who currently lives in Grand Bay, AL but don’t hold all that against her! A Yankee who has lived on the Gulf Coast since 1991.  She is a Project Engineer in the Planning Yard with the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast (US Navy) here in Pascagoula. She has been a civil servant for over thirty-five years. In an attempt to meet new people, she jumped head first into the thriving arts scene here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast first by attending productions and then by participating in them both on and off stage: she sang and acted with the Gulf Coast Opera Chorus (1993-2001), Gulf Coast Little Theatre (2003), and Walter Anderson Players (2004-2010). She was also on the board of directors for Coast Performing Arts (2001-2003).  Most recently she appeared in SRLT’s The Mousetrap, Dearly Departed, and The Edgar Allen Poe Afterlife Radio Show. As a recent empty nester. since her son is off at Mississippi State, she also volunteers as the Pack Committee Chair for Pack 504 (Pascagoula), Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 191G (Gulfport), Vice President of Education for Bienville Toastmasters (Biloxi), and Core Team member for CYO at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Pascagoula).

Kathy Roberts

Secretary

Kathy is a native of Wichita Falls, Texas. A retired Physician Assistant, she moved with her husband, Rick, to Pascagoula in 2020. Kathy’s involvement with theater began in the 60s. After a long hiatus due to family and career, Kathy is excited to once again be involved with theatre and to return to the stage.

Rick Roberts

Historian

Rick Roberts, a native of Pascagoula, Rick is a retired U. S. Dept. of State Senior Foreign Service Officer. While growing up he appeared in numerous productions with the former PasPoint Little Theater, PHS, and the Cabaret dinner theater in the late 60s/early 70s. After leaving Pascagoula in 1972 Rick continued to perform, first at Ole Miss then at various community theaters around the world. Among his favorite roles are Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace, Felix in The Odd Couple, and multiple characters in the two person show, Greater Tuna. Rick and his wife, Kathy, a retired Physician Assistant, have 5 children. Their youngest son, Luke Spencer Roberts, is living the dream as a working actor/ writer/ director in L.A. After 50 years away, Rick is happy to be back performing in Pascagoula again. 

Jill Sullivan

President

After a lifetime of coast theatre involvement from Moss Point Children’s Th eater, JC Players, and TheatreUSA to Walter Anderson Players, Biloxi Little Theatre, Center Stage, Jill now proudly serves as President of Singing River River Little Theatre. She has also previously directed, assistant directed, and acted in “Blithe Spirit”, “Plaza Suite”, “A Nice Family Christmas”, and “Dearly Departed”. Mrs. Sullivan teaches
theatre at Pascagoula High School, and is excited for her theatre worlds to collide in their first ever  collaboration! Jill enjoys spending time with her husband Cory and son Remy.

Chris Wiggins

Honorary Board Member

 Dr. Chris Wiggins has been there since the beginning of Singing River Little Theatre.  He was instrumental in helping to bring our community theatre back to Pascagoula.