Known to many as “Scooter,” Dustin is a local filmmaker, a principal actor in first-run shows like Mayberry R.I.P., My Big Fat Reality Wedding, and Last Kill and Testament, and a primary understudy since 2008. He’s also been the company’s most frequent Santa in multiple Slay Ride revivals (retired from Santa after 2019).
Dustin Heavilin
His Mystery Theatre Credits
As a principal actor (in a first-run show):
Goober — Mayberry R.I.P. (2010, 2013, 2015, 2025)
Popov Smirnoff — Johnny B. Dead (2015, 2021)
Mary “Snooty” Sweeny Todd Kerry — My Big Fat Reality Wedding (2017)
Ernie Schmendrick — Last Kill and Testament (2017)
Gimpy — Popguy the Sailor Man (2019)
Uncle Santa — A Very Hellmark Christmas Special (2022)
Santa Claus — Slay Ride 7: The Buttcracker Suite (2024)
Dumpling-Door / Dauber — Harry 4gotter & the Pantry of the Secret Sauces (2025)
As an understudy:
Sid Geaser — Murder at the Kit Kat Klub (2008)
Professor Werner Van Braun — Mind Over Murder (2009)
Emeril LaGrossie — Who Killed the Top Chef? (2012)
Coach Krunk — Dead of the Class (2013)
Madame Mesmer — The Calamityville Horror (2013)
Hector Barbasol — The Pirates of Poughkeepsie (2014)
Cheeto Bandito — How the West Was Dumb (2014)
Jack Storm — Johnny B. Dead (New Year’s Eve 2015)
Thugsy — Speakeasy, Die Hard (20th Anniversary Edition) (2016)
Scary Godmother — Happily Never After (2023)
As a principal actor in a revival:
Santa Claus — Slay Ride IV: Revenge of the Claus (2008)
Santa Claus — Slay Ride III: Elliot Brick’s Case of the Femme Fatale (2009)
Santa Claus — Slay Ride II (2012)
Santa Claus — Slay Ride IV: Revenge of the Claus (2013)
Santa Claus — Slay Ride V — CSI: North Pole (2014)
Santa Claus — Slay Ride 6 — Santa’s Last Christmas (2015)
Jethro / Jethrene Bovine — The Capitol Hillbillies (2016)
Gentleman 3 / Jacob Marley / Belle / Tiny Tim — A Deadly Christmas Carol (2016)
Dr. Watson — The Strange Case of Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hype (2017)
Santa Claus — Slay Ride (2017)
Hank (Rocky) Rhodes — Murder on the Luv Boat (2018)
Claude Hammer — Murder at the Kit Kat Klub (2018)
Mild Bill Hiccup — How the West Was Dumb (2021)
Tooth Fairy — Slay Ride IV: Revenge of the Claus (2021)
Sir Harry Proctor-Gamble-Smythe — Indiana Smith and the Restaurant of Doom (2021–22)
Lug — Mind Over Murder (2022)
Mr. Gulp / Wicked Witch — The Wizard of Odds (2022)
Jim Yelps — Mission: Unpossible (2023)
Svetlana Tickov — Indiana Smith and the Raiders of the Lost Sequel (2023)
Colonel Dijon — The Maltese Ferret (2023)
Rudy (Jr.) the Reindeer — Slay Ride V — CSI: North Pole (2023)
Mrs. Shepherd-Boggs-Zane — Overture for an Undertaker (2024)
Congressman Beauregard Jackson IV — Tales from the Script (2024)
Old King Cole — Once Upon a Crime (2025)
