Jeff Benninghofen* (Agent Taylor) lives in Asheville, NC, with his wife and two children. Select theater credits: ART (Black Mountain Center for the Arts), Gatsby in Hollywood (The Met Theater, Los Angeles), The Brothers Menendez (The Burbage Theatre, Los Angeles), Praying on Puritans (Sacred Fools Theater Company, Los Angeles). Film and TV: Capsized, Bruiser, The Gardener, Whistle Down Wind, Gator Lake, Tulsa King, The Resident, Tell Me a Story, The Staircase, Hightown, Outer Banks, The Summer I Turned Pretty. Training: Bob Krakower, Vance Barber (NY); Amy Lyndon (LA). Jeff is thrilled to make his North Carolina Stage Company debut and honored to collaborate with this dynamic company of artists.
Cory Boughton (Unknown Agent) is thrilled to be making his NC Stage Company debut! He is an actor, writer and filmmaker and owner of L&L Productions, a small film production company based here in Asheville. Regional credits include: The Cottage, The Outsider, Shear Madness, Boeing Boeing, Mr. Marmalade, The Divine Sister, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Underpants, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, 12 Angry Men, The Crucible, Waiting for Godot, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Assassins, The Best Man, Cahoots, The Raindrop Waltz and Fortinbras. TV/Film credits include: Road to Boston, City On A Hill, Food that Built America, Blood Feuds and The Making of the Mob:NY. He also portrayed leads in both the upcoming feature film titled Free the Airwaves as well as the short film, Lady in Black that recently won Best Cinematography in the 2025 Asheville Film Festival. More about his work at www.coryboughton.com.
Justine Gottschalk* (Reality Winner) grew up in Asheville and is thrilled to be making her professional stage debut with NC Stage. She has had the privilege of being mentored by NC Stage veterans Callan White and John Hall and is honored to be following in their footsteps. She graduated in May from Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen with a B.F.A. in Theatre. During her time at Western Carolina, Justine appeared as Lilith Morningstar in She Kills Monsters, Emmy in A Doll’s House, Part 2, and led the cast of Lure, a five-episode web series. She also appeared in numerous films in collaboration with WCU’s Film and Television Program, including BITE, which won three awards at the 2025 Controlled Chaos Film Festival. Justine is grateful to NC Stage for the opportunity to begin her professional journey with such an inspiring team.
Willie Repoley* (Agent Garrick) considers himself very lucky to have had an artistic home at NC Stage since their inaugural production of Shakespeare’s R&J in 2002; highlights include The Lehman Trilogy, Pericles, Frost/Nixon, Angels In America. In 2004, he co-founded Immediate Theatre Project and The Redundant Theatre Company Theatre (the latter now, alas, defunct, unfortunately). Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse and the former NC Shakespeare Festival. Film/TV: Genius: Aretha with Cynthia Erivo, First Man with Ryan Gosling, and the locally produced feature Quiet River. Audiobook narration: The Occultists by Polly Shattel. As a student and trainee of renowned voice teacher Patsy Rodenburg, OBE, Willie coaches groups and individuals on authentic communication; details at www.willierepoley.com. Thanks always to his family, especially Sarai, without whom his art would be neither possible nor worthwhile.
*denotes artist appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
