Mark King

Mark is one of the original members of aka. He has always had a love of music and the group has enabled him to fulfill that passion. Adding to a long list of performances, Mark has been in several community theatre musicals including Wild Dust: The Musical, playing Cooper; Side By Side By Sondheim; Irving Berlin's White Christmas playing Phil Davis; The World Goes 'Round; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; Showtune: Celebrating the Words and Music Of Jerry Herman; and most recently performed on the HCCT stage once again in Side By Side By Sondheim as well as the HCCT reopening in March 2021.

Barbara Calderaro

Barbara has been with aka since 2005 and has performed in most of their shows. She has also performed in many community theatre productions including Showtune: Celebrating the Words and Music Of Jerry Herman; Into The Woods; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; The World Goes 'Round; Irving Berlin's White Christmas; Side By Side By Sondheim; 9 To 5: The Musical; Red, Hot & Cole; Sylvia; and Last Of The Red Hot Lovers. She appeared in the TexArts productions of Carousel and Music Man, both performed at the Paramount theater in Austin. She sings regularly with the 16 piece big band, 'Armadillo Swing Band'.

Boyd A Lawrence

Boyd is one of the original members of aka. He is a 'scare' actor for Scream Hollow Bastrop as the character actor Harold TS Longbottom, the undertaker, on the Haunted Hayride as a storyteller. Boyd worked on the youtube documentary Forging Texas, episode two and three, 'The Texas Revolution'. He has been in several shows with the Lakeway Players including Rumors; Irving Berlin's White Christmas; and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.

Boyd has been in three Gilbert and Sullivan shows and has worked as an extra on TV shows and movies, including Revolution, The Green Ghost, and C Spire.

Clarence Goins

Clarence has performed in several His first exposure to aka shows. His first exposure to the stage was a first grade performance as one of several 'devils' dancing around an angel. At the height of his performance, he slipped and fell. He thought his show business career was over. Redemption came his senior year in college, when he played the Wizard in The Wiz. Most recently he appeared in HCCT's production of Side By Side By Sondheim. Other productions include Into The Woods; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; The World Goes 'Round; Irving Berlin's White Christmas; and Sing On! Clarence is also an avid Karaoke singer.

Cathy Rose

Cathy began the aka Vocal Show Group in 2000. She The show group has performed in theaters has performed as the Witch in Into The Woods; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; The World Goes 'Round, Judy Haynes in Irving Berlin's White Christmas; Side By Sinde By Sondheim; Judy Bernly in 9 to 5: The Musical; and Denise in Wild Dust: The Musical. Other productions include Chelsea in On Golden Pond; Betty Blake in The Will Rogers Follies; and All I Need To Know I Leaned In Kindergarten. Cathy trains in Rhythm Tap.