Casting Announcement: Haley Dillon

CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT: Haley Dillon as Mrs. Daria Sargento

April 24, 2011

Haley Dillon

Haley Dillon joins the cast of MONSTER MANIA as the snobby (and very, very wealthy) landlady, Daria Sargento.  Daria is a character of mystery and, as Ms. Dillon insists, indeterminate age.  She will be the third actress to play this particular role.  It was originated by Savannah Shackleford in 2003 and followed by Meagan (Bagley) Hayley in the revival.  Brassy and sassy, Haley brings just the right amount of menace and humor to the character.

"I remember being asked, 'would you like to play a creepy, snobbish old woman who is scarier than all the monsters?  I think you'd be great!"  Now I must admit that I am very pleased to be cast in this role and promise to do my very best to scare the living crap out of every normal person who watches it.  That's all I got."

Ms. Dillon is no amateur in the world of creepy characters having played Columbia in ROCKY HORROR (alongside MANIA co-stars, Allen and Kramer) and Fruma-Sarah in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.  On the lighter side of theatre, she has also played Glinda the Good Witch of the North and played in the ensemble of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Ms. Dillon as Columbia in ROCKY HORROR (2010).