Elaine Murray as Playwright (and shared role) “Bev” Elaine is a native Tennessean who has appeared in six productions at Proud Annie. Other venues include Johnson City Community Theatre, Old West Dinner Theatre, Middlesborough Dinner Theatre, Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Northeast State Theatre, and Kingsport Theatre Guild. Dead-end Diner is the second play she's authored for Proud Annie. She is a valued member of the Proud Annie Advisory Board.

Miriam Story as “Marie” Actor: Miriam Story has been a friend and fan of Proud Annie for about 3 years. She first learned about PA from some of her students at David Crockett High School where she is in her 16th year as School Counselor.  “Dead-In Diner” is her third play with Proud Annie, after being the bride in” Wedding from Hell” and  the cheerleader in “Fatal Football Fever”. Miriam is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and East Tennessee State University. She has made her home in Johnson City since 1981.  Her greatest treasures are her two young adult children, Rachel and Joe and lots and lots of wonderful friends.   Miriam has no designs on Broadway or Hollywood; she's just having fun in local theatre!

Danny Quillen as “Hank” Actor: Danny majored in Speech & Drama at Union College but changed majors 6 hours short, switching to a degree in history with an endorsement in Library Science. He began acting in High School and performed eight of the ten plays produced at Union. His stint in the US Army included touring Germany with a group of other army actors performing one-act plays at American bases throughout Germany. Returning to the States, he performed dinner theater roles on the west coast. He had taken a twenty-year hiatus from acting until moving to Tennessee. Here he has performed for some businesses doing video commercials and does an annual recurring role in the outdoor drama "Liberty" at Sycamore Shoals. This is Danny’s third production at Proud Annie. He makes his home in Gray, TN, is single and enjoys dancing.

Dennis Beamer as “SNAKE:  Dennis was born in Kingsport Tennessee and raised by a great single mom and three older sisters. Dennis has had a yearning to act for sometime. It was one of his "bucket list" items along with riding his motorcycle at 100 mph, riding a hot air balloon and raising great kids. So far, he says he is batting a thousand.

He guesses he needs to add some more items to his list. “Dead-End Diner” is his first (and he says) “hopefully not my last play”.  His favorite phrase is something his mother said, "Enough is enough and too much is nasty" He thinks this will make a good country song someday. Well…maybe?

Calvin Robinson actor: as “Sam” Calvin is new to Proud Annie and has many experiences from which to draw in his acting endeavor.  He has a BS from NCSU and is president of the Buncombe Beekeepers in Asheville NC. He has a keen interest in history and writes about many subjects at www.helium.com  He is a civil service worker by day but enjoys beekeeping, selling raw honey, flying hot air balloons and building children's playhouses in his spare time.  He has a goal of getting a masters degree in story telling from ETSU someday. Being a former park ranger, and former federal investigator, his role as “Sam” provides Calvin an opportunity to have some fun with cop stereotypes.