Known to many friends as Scooter, he is a local filmmaker and was principal actor in first-run shows such as - "Mayberry R.I.P." "My Big Fat Reality Wedding" and "Last Kill and Testment", and he has been a primary understudy since 2008. He has also been the company's most frequent Santa Claus in a variety of revivals of various "Slay Ride" productions. (After 2019, he retired from playing Santa.)

Dustin Heavilin

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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 Sweeny Todd (Snooty) 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 Chrsitmas Special (2022)
Santa Claus ~ Slay Ride 7: The Buttcracker Suite (2024)

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 Calmityville Horror (2013)
Hector Barbasol ~ The Pirates of Poughkeepsie (2014)
Cheeto Banditio ~ How the West Was Dumb (2014)
Jack Storm ~ Johnny B. Dead (New Year's Eve 2015)
Thugsy ~ Speakeasy, Die Hard (20th Anniversay Edition) (2016)
Scary Godmother ~ Happily Never After (2023)

As a principle 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 4: Revenge of the Claus (2013)
Santa Claus ~ Slay Ride 5 - 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 ~ 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)
Colonol Dijon ~ The Maltese Ferret (2023)
Rudy (Jr.) the Reindeer ~ Slay Ride Five - 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)