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| Matt Loehr (Don Lockwood) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Matt Loehr is thrilled to be making his NSMT debut with Singin’ in the Rain. Most recently Matt understudied and performed the role of Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include, The Producers (original cast/ Leo Bloom understudy), Twyla Tharp & Billy Joel's Movin’ Out, and Fosse. He has toured the country with Cats, A Chorus Line (Mike), Show Boat, and Fosse (original cast - First National Tour). After his run at NSMT, Matt will be appearing in the upcoming Broadway production of Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre. “Thank you Nicolosi & Co. for everything! All my love to Dad, Kira, and to Frank! Mom, this one's for you.” |
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Kelly D. Felthous (Kathy Selden) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Kelly recently originated roles in the New York productions of both Starmites: Millennium Edition (directed and reworked by Barry Keating) and Galt McDermott's Goddess Wheel. Other credits include: Bat Boy (Ruthie/Ned), 42nd Street (Phyllis), Bye Bye Birdie (Ursula), Dames at Sea (Ruby), Hello Dolly (Minnie Fae), Peter Pan (Tiger Lily), Li’l Abner (Daisy Mae), West Side Story (Anybodies), Snoopy (Peppermint Patty), and Once Upon a Mattress (Winifred), among many others. Kelly also appeared in the National Tour of The Sound of Music and was privileged to be one of the original cast members of the American Premiere of Broadway’s Jane Eyre. While earning her degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Kelly choreographs for studios and theaters on both coasts, and is part of the faculty for NYLA Dance Conventions and Competitions. “Much love to my mom and sister Charna for all their support!”
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Mark Ledbetter (Cosmo Brown) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Mark most recently played the Danny Kaye role, Phil Davis, in the San Francisco company of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. He was also seen at the Kennedy Center opposite Patti LuPone in Marc Blitzstein’s opera Regina and in the workshop of the Broadway-bound musical A Tale of Two Cities. Other credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy – 1st National Tour); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Willie – Encores!); Off Thee I Sing (Encores!); Our Town and Requiem for William (Transport Group – Off-Broadway); West Side Story (Pioneer Theatre Company); Miss Saigon (Paper Mill Playhouse); Funny Girl (Theatre Under The Stars). Film and TV credits include: It Runs In The Family, The Producers, “The Job”, and “South Pacific at Carnegie Hall.” Mark is a graduate of Northwestern University. “Love to my family and friends.” www.markledbetter.com
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Beth Beyer (Lina Lamont) with NSMT: The Full Monty. Elsewhere: Was seen locally last summer playing Catherine in premiere of A Girl Called Dusty at Provincetown Repertory Theatre. National Tours: The Sound of Music (Elsa Schraeder) with Marie Osmond; Camelot with Robert Goulet. Regional favorites: Singin’ in the Rain (Lina Lamont-Barrymore nomination) Walnut St. Theatre; Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey) Maine State Music Theatre; Bells are Ringing (Ella); South Pacific (Nellie Forbush); The Mousetrap (Mollie); New York Theatre: The Drowsy Chaperone workshop (Kitty) Dodger Stages; Oh What A Lovely War (Drill Sergeant) York Theatre; The Ninth Circle (Catherine) Primary Stages. Recent Film and TV: Celebreality commercials on VH1; Day Zero (Professional Woman) 2007 film release starring Elijah Wood. “So happy to be back at NSMT that I caaaan’t stand it!” Love to Ian.
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David Coffee (Roscoe Dexter) with NSMT: A Christmas Carol ‘92-‘05, Camelot, Cinderella, Kiss Me, Kate, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Will Rogers Follies, West Side Story ‘95, ‘03 Crazy For You, La Cage Aux Folles, The Music Man, and 42nd Street, Phantom ‘92, ‘94, Singin’ In the Rain ‘92, Grand Hotel, Brigadoon, South Pacific, Evita, Good News! Elsewhere: David returns for his 15th season as a recent IRNE Award-winner for his performance as Pellinore in NSMT’s Camelot. David is also delighted to return to Singin’ in the Rain. His appearance in the 1992 production was part of his debut season with NSMT. It was during the run of Singin’ in the Rain that David was first cast as Scrooge in NSMT’s award-winning production of A Christmas Carol. Later this season, he will return for NSMT’s productions of Cinderella, Hairspray, and A Christmas Carol. CLICK HERE to visit my official website.
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Martin Van Treuren (R.F. Simpson) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Martin’s Broadway debut was as part of the original cast of Singin’ in the Rain directed by Twyla Tharp. Other Broadway credits: Me and my Girl, and original casts of A Christmas Carol and Jekyll & Hyde (also on HBO). NYC Opera debut: Candide (Voltaire/Pangloss). National Tours: Camelot starring Richard Harris, Grand Hotel directed by Tommy Tune, Jekyll & Hyde (pre-Broadway), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Jon Secada. Off-Broadway: The Pirates of Penzance (Ruth and the Major General), Blessing in Disguise, The Miser, “Anyone Can Whistle” (concert at Carnegie Hall), and Allegro (Encores!). The Barrow Group: Uncle Vana, Sonnets for an Old Century, and Medal of Honor Rag. TV: “Law & Order: SVU.”
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Leigh Barrett (Miss Dinsmore and Dora Bialy) with NSMT: Sweeney Todd, Sleeping Beauty, Emma & Co., A Christmas Carol, My Fair Lady, Songs for A New World. Elsewhere: Recently featured as Mother in Ragtime at the New Repertory Theatre, Leigh was also in their award-winning Sweeney Todd (Begger Woman), Three Penny Opera (Jenny Diver), and Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife). Around the Boston area, she has been seen in John & Jen and Pal Joey (Stoneham Theatre), Marry Me A Little and Jacques Brel (Gloucester Stage), Passion, A Class Act, and Elegies (SpeakEasy Stage), Sunday in the Park with George, and A Little Night Music (Lyric Stage), and Follies opposite Len Cariou (Overture Productions). She won the 2004 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress, as well as the 2003 IRNE Awards for Best Supporting Actress, and the 2006 IRNE for Best Actress. “Love to HB and the boys.”
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Sae La Chin (Girl in the Green Dress, Ensemble) with NSMT: Camelot. Elsewhere: Sae La is thrilled to be working at NSMT again. She is currently a Radio City Rockette in New York and has toured nationally with Fosse and The King and I. She has also worked at Sacramento Music Circus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet and Martha Graham’s Second Company. She graduated with a BFA from UC Irvine and a MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Sae La will be performing in the first national tour of Sweet Charity this fall. “Thanks to my family and friends for their love and support.”
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Keith Coughlin (Ensemble, u/s Cosmo Brown) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Keith is incredibly excited to make his NSMT debut. Some other regional credits include: Singin in the Rain (Cosmo – Merry Go Round Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Don / Mike – Geva Theatre Center), Funny Girl, Victor/Victoria (Paper Mill Playhouse), Pirates of Penzance, The Scarlet Pimpernel (Sacramento Music Circus), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Dance Captain, Swing – Christmas Across America). “Special thanks to my family and friends for your unending love and support.”
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Michael Brian Dunn (Rod, Tenor, Diction Teacher, Ensemble) with NSMT: Fame. Elsewhere: On Broadway: Cats (Gus/Growltiger), Cy Coleman’s The Life (Jo Jo), Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd, Big River, Baby, Amadeus (1st National), H.M.S. Pinafore (Ralph) Stratford Festival Canada / National. Off Broadway: Von Richthoffen, Lenny & the Heartbreakers, and Human Comedy at the New York Shakespeare Festival, If This Hat Could Talk (Apollo Theatre), Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, Gifts of the Magi, Love in 2 Countries. Regional Theatres across the country. Soloist with Hartford Symphony. TV: “Law & Order Criminal Intent” and “Trial by Jury”
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Sara Edwards (Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Sara recently appeared in the Encores! production of Of Thee I Sing at City Center starring Victor Garber. Sara spent the past year touring with Evita, directed by Harold Prince. Her favorite regional performances include: Chicago, Ragtime, West Side Story, How to Succeed…, Me and My Girl, and Will Rogers Follies. “I dedicate this performance to my late mentor, Nancy Watson of Hershey, PA. Many thanks to my family and Ari.”
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Jenny Florkowski (Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: National Tours: 42snd Street, Cats. Regional credits include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starring Sally Struthers (Shy), Anything Goes (Purity), Chicago (Liz), 42nd Street and Mame. Jenny has also done film and television work including “Law and Order” and the upcoming film The Flying Scissors. She is a native Detroiter and a graduate of AMDA. Jenny is thrilled to be performing at NSMT. “All my love and thanks to my family.”
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| Garett Hawe (Ensemble) with NSMT: Fame. Elsewhere: Garett spent 8 months touring as Jesse in the 1st National Tour of Oklahoma! Other credits include: Rolf in The Sound of Music, starring John Davidson, Crazy For You, West Side Story, Titanic, A Chorus Line and “Take Me To The River” with the Cincinnati Pops (airing on PBS). Garett is a musical Theatre major at Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music (CCM), and recently played Wyatt in their production of Crazy For You. “Thanks to Richard, Jonathan, NSMT, and my family!” |
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| Regan Kays (Ensemble, u/s Kathy Selden) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Regan has performed on Broadway in the hit show 42nd Street (understudy for Lorraine Fleming). Last summer she performed in West Side Story (which received the Kevin Kline Ensemble Award) at The Muny in St. Louis. She has performed at such theatres as Seaside Music Theatre, Music Theatre of Louisville, and The Lost Colony. Favorite show credits include: A Funny Thing Happened…, Damn Yankees, Pippin, among others. Regan received a B.F.A. in Performing Arts from Western Kentucky University. |
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| Julie Kotarides (Zelda, Ensemble, u/s Lina Lamont) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Julie recently played Maisie Dell in Miss Liberty at the York Theatre and is currently a cast member of the Awesome 80’s Prom in NYC. She also toured with the Kansas City Starlight’s production of Hello, Dolly! starring Michele Lee. Julie is a graduate of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Favorite credits include: Merrily We Roll Along (Mary Flynn), Working (Delores Dante) and On the Town. “Love and thanks to Harden-Curtis, Mom, Dad, Brooke and Bri.” |
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| Leah Landau (Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Leah is thrilled to be joining NSMT for the first time. Recently she has been seen in Music Man, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas starring Sally Struthers (Dawn), Footloose (Rusty), and Jane Eyre (Jane). Leah holds a B.F.A. from New York University Tisch/CAP 21 where she performed in Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party. “My love and thanks go to Richard, Jonathan, Gavin, and my family for their support and faith.” “Enjoy the show!” |
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| Jeff Metzler (Ensemble) with NSMT: Camelot Elsewhere: Jeff is thrilled to finally perform in the round at North Shore. Around the country he has been seen touring with both 42nd Street and Fosse (Steam Heat). Regional credits include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (CAA), Walnut St. Theatre (Hello, Dolly!), Gateway Playhouse, Merry-Go-Round, Muhlenberg SMT, & Ann Reinking’s 2003 Broadway Theater Project. “Thank you Richard, Jonathan, John, Matt, & Allison for this opportunity & also to my incredibly supportive & loving family!” |
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| Josh Scheer (Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Josh recently appeared off-Broadway in Phenomenon at HERE Arts. Other credits include: 42nd Street (Moscow Premiere), Camelot (National Tour), George M! (CDT), …Charlie Brown (Lycian Centre), and Singin’ in the Rain (Media Theatre). Josh has performed his critically-acclaimed one-man show From Russia, With Love (42nd Street plays Moscow) in New York City, Rochester, and West Palm Beach. Josh has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity since 2001. |
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| Nathan Scherich (Ensemble) with NSMT: Thoroughly Modern Millie. Elsewhere: Nathan is thrilled to return to Beverly for this wonderful show. Other credits include: Anything Goes (Westchester), Beauty and the Beast (Pioneer), and Mack and Mabel (Goodspeed). A one time ski instructor and school teacher in Telluride, Colorado, Nathan now calls NYC “home”. “Hugs to Allie- don't forget to feed Munk!” |
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| Jonathan Stahl (Ensemble, Associate Director/Choreographer, Dance Captain, u/s Don Lockwood) with NSMT: Swing!, Associate Director/Choreographer for Fame. Elsewhere: Broadway: Cats, Swing! National Tours: Ragtime, Cinderella, Cats. Regionally: Beauty and the Beast (Lefou) at the Walnut Street Theatre and Ogunquit Maine Theatre. Jonathan has also worked at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Helen Hayes Nyack, Downtown Cabaret in Bridgeport, and the Gateway in Belleport, just to name a few. This is his fifth time as Mr. Stafford’s Associate. Jonathan appreciates getting to come back to work for such a fine institution and for the past opportunities that he has received from NSMT. He is admittedly a bad speller and love dark chocolate. “I wish to thank you, the audience, for your continued support of the Arts.” |
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Zephyrus White (Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Zephyrus, a proud member of Actor’s Equity, is thrilled to be making is debut at NSMT. Zephyrus attended Oklahoma City University where he majored in musical theatre. He has performed as a soloist for the Lincoln Midwest Ballet and Metropolitan Ballet of Wichita. Some of Zephyrus’ favorite roles to date include Bobby in Crazy for You and Will Parker in Oklahoma. Zephyrus has appeared in “Sex and the City” and can be seen in the upcoming film Strange Things Happen at Sundown.
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| Neka Zang (Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Neka is ecstatic to be back on the stage, making her debut at NSMT. Performing credits include dre.dance/pre.view at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, (Artistic Directors Taye Diggs/Andrew Palermo,), X’posed at the Hudson Theatre (starring Jai Rodriguez), 42nd Street at the PAC of Coastal Carolina, (Peggy Sawyer). Neka can also be seen in commercials for AOL Time Warner, Sylvania, and in music videos for MTV, MTV Europe, VH1 and Bravo. “Thanks to Mom, Dad, Mars, and my “Babes” for all your LOVE!” |
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| Gordon Baird (Film Ensemble) with NSMT: Youth Performance Academy: Miss Nelson is Missing. Elsewhere: Gordon recently appeared in Batboy (Rev. Hightone) Buddy (Highpockets) Fiddler on the Roof (Nahum, Fruma-Sarah) and Annie (FDR) for Seacoast Rep. and in the upcoming 1776 (McNain) at Boston’s Lyric Stage Company. Founder of Billboard’s Musicians Magazine, Gloucester’s West End Theatre, and Cable TV’s “Gloucester Chicken Shack.” |
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| Bernard Baldassaro (Young Don Lockwood) with NSMT: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and with the NMST Youth Performance Academy: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlotte’s Web, Disney’s Cinderella Kids, Seussical, Jr. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker (Fritz) with the Boston Dance Company. Bernie was part of NSMT’s Youth Performance Academy, which received two national awards at the 2005 MTI Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, GA. He trains at the Chiampa Dance Center (Lynnfield, MA), and with NSMT’s Academy of Music Theater. “Thanks to NSMT and my entire family for helping me live my dream.” |
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| Bethani Boccia (Ensemble) with NSMT: A Christmas Carol ’05, Cinderella ’05, The Wizard of Oz. Youth Performance Academy: Rapunzel. Elsewhere: Bethani is overjoyed to be at NSMT with Singin’ in the Rain and the upcoming production of Cinderella. She most recently appeared in Beverly High School’s production of Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl). A senior this fall, Bethani both teaches and attends classes at Mitchell’s Dance Studio in Beverly. “Many thanks to everyone at NSMT for this amazing opportunity. Love to Mum, Dad, Jamie, and the rest of the family and friends. This one is for Uncle Alvin.” |
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| Brooke Nathanson (Film Ensemble) with NSMT: A Christmas Carol, Show Boat (Youth Ensemble). Elsewhere: Brooke is delighted to return to the NSMT after a ten year hiatus. Currently a sophomore at Boston University, Brooke was last seen as Frenchy in the musical Grease. “I would like to thank my family and friends for all their support and love, and I hope to continue my adventures in musical theatre.” |
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| Austin Jesse Fenway Parker (Young Cosmo Brown) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Austin has recently preformed in the Nutcracker with the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has classical training in ballet, tap, jazz, and ballroom at the Gene Murray Dance Studio in Salem Massachusetts since 1999. Austin has also won numerous awards in regional dance competitions. |
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| Stephanie Moskal (Ensemble) with NSMT: Youth Performance Academy: Seussical Jr, Mulan Jr, Aida School Edition. Elsewhere: Favorite roles include Shelley (Bat Boy), Wendy (Peter Pan) and Becky (Tom Sawyer). “Thanks to NSMT for the opportunity of being on this amazing stage with a great cast, NSMT's Academy, WSPA, AQuest, fam and friends!” |
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Russell Perry (Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Russell was recently seen in North Andover High’s Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour). Other NAHS credits include Sackreligious, Cinderella and Jekyll and Hyde. Russell has performed with Shakespeare & Company, Pentucket Players, and Merrimack Junior Theatre. He will be attending Brandeis University in the fall. “Thanks to Mom, Dad, and Kristin for always supporting me in theatre.”
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| Peter Romagna (Ensemble) with NSMT: Fame. Elsewhere: Some of Peter’s other credits include Footloose (Ren), Anything Goes (Billy), Jekyll & Hyde (Danvers) and Seussical (Horton). He is ecstatic to be back performing at NSMT. “Thanks and love to Dad, Mom, my friends, and Mr. Middleton.” |
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| Justin Sacramone (Film Ensemble) with NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Man of La Manch (Juan), Once on this Island (Gatekeeper), Children of Eden (Young Able), Aida (Minister), Romeo and Juliet (L. Capulet), Fiddle on the Roof (Mordcha), Into the Woods, Grease, plus many more. Justin is a sophomore at PVMHS, loves theatre, and acting is his passion. “Thanks to my family and friends for all your support.” |
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Richard Hip-Flores - Conductor
Walter Bostian - trombone
Robert Bowlby Jr. - flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
Jay Daly - trumpet one
Rod Ferland - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone
Richard Given - trumpet two
Ed Krauss - bass
Lucy Pope - violin
Robert L. Rucinski - keyboard
Mark Worgaftik - drums, percussion |
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| CREATIVE STAFF |
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| Betty Comden & Adolph Green (Original Screenplay and Book) are recipients of Kennedy Center Honor in 1991, 6 Tony Awards, an Obie Award, a Screen Writer’s Guild Award and countless other honors. The longest running creative partnership in theatre history began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called The Revuers, which included the late Judy Holliday. They went on to collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on what was the first show for all of them, On the Town. Also with Mr. Bernstein they collaborated on the score for Wonderful Town. With Jule Styne they wrote the book and/or lyrics for Bells are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Subways Are For Sleeping, Peter Pan and others. They also wrote the book for Applause, the book and lyrics for On the Twentieth Century and the lyrics for The Will Rogers Follies, with Cy Coleman, and A Doll’s Life. Their many film musicals include Singin’ in the Rain, The Band Wagon, On the Town, Bells are Ringing, It’s Always Fair Weather, Good News and The Barkleys of Broadway. Their non-musicals include Auntie Mame and What a Way to Go. Singin’ in the Rain was recently voted one of the ten best American films ever made. As performers, Comden and Green appeared in On the Town and later did an evening at the Golden Theatre, A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green. They are both members of the Council of the Dramatists Guild, have been elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Some of their best-known songs include “Just In Time,” “The Party’s Over,” “Make Someone Happy,” “New York, New York,” “Neverland,” “It’s Love, Lonely Town” and “Some Other Time.” Stars they have written for in their musicals and films include Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall, Rosalind Russell, Judy Holliday, Mary Martin, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett and Nancy Walker. Adolph Green passed away in 2002. |
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| NACIO HERB BROWN (Music) was born in 1896 as Ignacio Herb Brown in Deming, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a successful writer of popular songs, and Broadway theater music in the 1920s, originally doing this as a sideline to his financially successful career in California Real Estate. In 1928 he was hired to work in Hollywood by MGM and write movie music for the new medium of sound film. For his film work, he often collaborated with lyricist Arthur Freed. He appears in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929. In the 1930s he was married to actress Anita Page. Brown's hits included “Fit as a Fiddle and Ready for Love,” “Pagan Love Song,” “Singin' in the Rain,” “Wedding of the Painted Doll,” and “You Are My Lucky Star.” Nacio Herb Brown was residing in San Francisco, California when he passed away in 1964. Brown is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. |
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| ARTHUR FREED (Lyrics) was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1904. He was a lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. Freed began his career in vaudeville, and he appeared with the likes of the Marx Brothers. He soon began to write songs, and was eventually hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For years, he wrote lyrics for numerous films. In 1939 he was promoted to the position of producer, and helped elevate MGM as the studio of the musical. Freed choose to surround himself with film directors such as Vincente Minnelli and Busby Berkeley. He also helped shape the careers of stars like Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. His team of writers, directors, composers and stars came to be known as the "Freed Unit" and produced a steady stream of popular, critically acclaimed musicals that lasted until the late 1950s. Freed served as associate producer on The Wizard of Oz. His most famous song is “Singin’ in the Rain,” and two of his films won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Those being, An American In Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958). Mr. Freed passed away in 1973. |
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| Richard Stafford (Director/Choreographer) with NSMT: Fame, Swing!, Cats. Elsewhere: On Broadway, Mr. Stafford was the choreographer for In My Life (Music Box Theatre), the associate choreographer for Aspects Of Love (Broadhurst Theatre), and dance supervisor for Cats (Winter Garden Theatre). Off-Broadway he was the associate director for Summer’69 (John Houseman Theatre) and associate choreographer for The Middle Of Nowhere (Astor Place Theatre). Internationally he was director/choreographer for The Full Monty, Joseph…Dreamcoat (Mexico City), choreographer for Jesus Christ Superstar (Mexico City), Cats (Mexico City, Buenos Aires) and director/choreographer for Cats (Copenhagen). National Tours include Cats, My Fair Lady (choreographer), Joseph…Dreamcoat (choreographer, starring Debbie Gibson and Patrick Cassidy)—Troika Entertainment. Mr. Stafford’s Regional credits include: director/choreographer: Disney’s Beauty And The Beast (Walnut Street Theatre and Ogunquit Playhouse), The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Ogunquit Playhouse starring Sally Struthers), Sweeney Todd, Evita (Pennsylvania Center Stage), She Loves Me, Copacabana, Pirates Of Penzance, My Way (Mill Mountain Theatre), choreographer: at the Walnut Street Theatre--The Goodbye Girl (starring Donna Mckechnie), Camila (premier), La Vie En Bleu ( premier), Evita, Grand Hotel. At Pittsburgh CLO-- On the Town, Grand Hotel, Camelot, Yestin/Kopit’s Phantom. At Casa Manana-- My Fair Lady, Tommy, Camelot, Grossinger’s (premier, starring Gavin Macleod), Dodsworth (premier, starring Hal Linden), Sound Of Music, Evita. Song Of Singapore (Chicago company), Grand Hotel (TUTS, Fifth Avenue Theatre), Victor/Victoria (Maine State Music Theatre), Oliver! (starring Davy Jones—Hirschfeld Theatre) among others. Mr. Stafford won the Barrymore Award for outstanding choreography for La Cage Aux Folles at the Walnut Street Theatre. |
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| Richard Hip-Flores (Musical Director) with NSMT: Beauty and the Beast, Nine, Fame. Elsewhere: Most recently seen as musical director and bandleader for the Neil Sedaka musical Breaking Up is Hard to Do. Other credits include: Laughwhore, A Christmas Carol, The Last Five Years, Eight by Tenn, Jubilee, Good News, Have a Heart, The Beauty Prize, Oh, Lady! Lady!! Fame Forever, and The Shakespeare Birthday Marathon at Symphony Space. A composer/lyricist at the BMI Workshop, he has written words and music for Dido and Aeneas, Strega Nona, As You Like It, Tartuffe, Columbia University’s Varsity Show, and most recently Neon Mirage, which premiered at the 30th Anniversary Humana Festival in 2006. Richard is on faculty at the American Musical Dramatic Academy, where he has co-founded a program in theater composition. |
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| Howard C. Jones (Scenic Designer) with NSMT: Designed Chicago, Footloose, Student Prince, Camelot, South Pacific, Nunsense 2, Victor Victoria, Showboat, Brigadoon, City of Angels, Annie, Will Rogers’ Follies, Guys and Dolls, Phantom, Sweet Charity, Swing, CATS, Carousel, Footloose, How to Succeed…, Fame, and the annual production of A Christmas Carol. Elsewhere: He has been a member of the faculty of the N.C. School of Arts for the past nine years. Before that, he was the founder and owner of Cobalt Studios, an apprentice painting studio in upstate New York. Other credits include: Goodspeed Opera, Starlight Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, CLO in Pittsburgh, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Weston Playhouse, and the American Heartland Theatre. Mr. Jones was proud to be included in the World Stage Design Expo 2005. He received the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Designer in June 2000 an has been awarded Best Design by KC Drama Desk several times. “Thanks to Mom and Dad and love to Jerry.” |
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| Martin E Vreeland (Lighting Designer) with NSMT: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, Smokey Joe’s Café, Cinderella. Elsewhere: Around the World in 80 Days, The Play About the Baby, and Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On the Sparrow (Florida Studio Theatre), A Christmas Story and Tommy (Stoneham Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Worcester Foothills Theatre), and 5 Bottles in a Six-Pack (Cherry Lane Theatre). Martin has designed seven BC/EFA Easter Bonnet competitions and several benefit concerts for The Actors Fund. He has designed shows at PS122, Ergo Theatre, Looking Glass Theatre, Milkcan Theatre, Wings Theatre, CAP21, Personal Space Theatrics, Alley Theatre, Trump Plaza Casino, Seminole Hard Rock Casino, River Rep, Tri-Arts, Grinnell College, Ashland University, PTTP University of Delaware and Troika. Martin has also assisted on several Broadway productions, including: The Lion King, Voices in the Dark, Swing!, How to Succeed…, and Grease. Martin is a proud alumnus of Syracuse University and is happy to be returning to NSMT for his sixth consecutive season. |
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John A. Stone (Sound Designer) with NSMT: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Damn Yankees, Co-designed A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1996), designed A Grand Night for Singing and the 1997-2005 Shakespeare productions and musical seasons. Elsewhere: John received his bachelor’s degree in physics and music at St. Lawrence University. He came to NSMT as an intern in 1995 and is now the sound supervisor and resident designer. John has also designed Bed and Sofa, The Fever, and Mere Mortals for the Nora Theatre Company in Cambridge. He now owns and runs Addison Audio, an equipment rental and design business intended to provide services to many area schools and organizations. He would like to thank his wife Nancy and step-daughter Dalya for their love and support.
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| Gerard Kelly (Hair & Wig Design) with NSMT: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Damn Yankees, The 2002 - 2005 Musical Seasons, Zorba, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Carousel, Fiddler on the Roof. Elsewhere: Gerard's New York City credits include The New York Shakespeare Festival, The Joseph Papp Public Theater, Jewish Rep., Play Wrights Horizons, The York Theater Company and NYU. Regionally, Gerard has worked with Westport County Playhouse, The Helen Hayes Theatre, The Walnut Street Theater, Gateway Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse, The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Maine State Music Theater, Goodspeed Oprah, The Long Wharf Theater, The Bay Street Theater, The Williamstown Theater Festival, Boise Contempary Theater, San Francisco's TheaterWorks, San Diego Rep, Sacramento Theater Co., the New Jersey and Idaho Shakespeare Festivals, The Carousel Dinner Theatre, Philadelphia¹s New Freedom Theater, The Northern Stage Co., Westchester Broadway Theater, The Downtown Cabaret Theater and The Geva Theater. Gerard has also created wigs for performers such as the B-52's, Sandy Duncan, Laura Linney, Eartha Kitt, Toni Collette, Jennifer Holliday, Varla Jean Merman, Lypsinka and Brini Maxwell. Gerard's wigs can be seen in the film Transamerica and Girls Will Be Girls. |
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| BETHANY FORD (Production Stage Manager) with NSMT: Damn Yankees A Christmas Carol ‘05, The Full Monty, Camelot, Abyssinia, Cinderella, Fame, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Elsewhere: Regional credits include: Memory House (Humana Festival, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, world premiere); Topdog/Underdog and The Bay at Nice with Estelle Parsons (Hartford Stage); Romeo & Juliet: The Musical, co-written and directed by Terrence Mann, The Road To Hollywood (Goodspeed-at-Chester); A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep); Guys and Dolls (Missouri Rep); Forever Plaid (Michigan Ensemble Theatre); and 10 shows for The North Carolina Theatre, including The King and I starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Off-Broadway work includes The Waverly Gallery; After-Play; Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly; and three seasons as Resident Stage Manager for Signature Theatre Company, working with Pulitzer Prize winners Edward Albee and Horton Foote. Ms. Ford is a graduate of Chatham College and a member of Actors’ Equity since 1993. |
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| Alicia D. Reece (Associate Stage Manager) With NSMT: Damn Yankees, Ain’t Misbehavin’, 2005 Musical Season. Elsewhere: A proud native of Watseka, IL, “Lish” is honored to be returning to NSMT. A sampling of Alicia’s credits include the Off-Broadway successes of BUG and Orson’s Shadow, the Asian tour of Cabaret as well as seasons at Playhouse on the Square (Memphis, TN), The Children’s Theatre (Cincinnati), and The Barn Theatre (Augusta, MI). Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. |
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Robert L. Rucinski (Assistant Musical Director, Rehearsal Accompanist) With NSMT: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Damn Yankees, Camelot, Cinderella, Fame, Christmas Carol '04 & ‘05. Elsewhere: Robert is thrilled to continue working with NSMT this season. He was the music director for Worcester Foothills' production of Miss Saigon and for several shows including A Chorus Line (Laurie Gamache, dir.) at Reagle Players (Waltham, MA). Other music directing experiences include a summer at the Arundel Barn Playhouse in Maine, and several productions, including Jekyll & Hyde, and Les Misérables SE, with Booth Productions (Worcester, MA). He conducted the MIT Concert Band for several years, and has taught at The Bromfield School (Harvard, MA) and the Walnut Hill School (Natick, MA). A native of Jersey City, NJ, now currently living in Arlington, MA, Robert is a freelance musician working out of Boston and New York City.
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| MICHAEL GOUDZWAARD (Assistant Video Director) with NSMT: Damn Yankees, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Cats, The Wizard of Oz. In addition to designing special effects, Michael works as a lighting designer. Recent work includes: Sueño, Holiday, Tarantara! Tarantara!, Much Ado About Nothing, Tartuffe. This is his fifth year as master electrician at NSMT. Michael is a graduate of Calvin College and is a trained and Massachusetts-licensed pyrotechnician. Before coming to NSMT he served as the Resident Lighting Director for the Chicago Cultural Center and toured with Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus. |
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| ALISON FRANCK (Casting) with NSMT: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Damn Yankees. Elsewhere: Alison has been Resident Casting Director at Paper Mill Playhouse since 2000. She has cast over 30 productions for Paper Mill, including the revival of I'm Not Rappaport, starring Ben Vereen and Judd Hirsch, directed by Daniel Sullivan, which transferred to Broadway. Among the many plays and musicals she has cast in co-productions with Coconut Grove Playhouse: The Chosen starring Theodore Bikel, Romeo and Bernadette and The Dinner Party, directed by John Rando. Recently, at Paper Mill Playhouse: Ragtime, The Baker's Wife, Carnival, The Drawer Boy starring John Mahoney and A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Tina Landau. Independent film: Broke Even (Best Drama, 2000 New York Independent Film Festival). TV series: Al Franken's “Lateline,” “Soul Man” “Talk to Me”. Pilot casting: “Madigan Men” and ”Freaks & Geeks” (2000 Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series). |
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| MATT SCHREIBER (Casting) with NSMT: This is Matt's 5th year casting for NSMT. Elsewhere: Broadway: Gypsy, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Broadway and Tour), Cabaret at Studio 54. Off-Broadway / Regional: Fran's Bed (Long Wharf), A Midsummer Night's Dream (ART), Oedipus (ART), The Vineyard Theatre's 2004 and 2005 Seasons. Film: Kinsey, Duane Hopwood, Loggerheads, The Namesake, and Over The Mountains. Matt can currently be seen performing in the Broadway cast of Avenue Q. |
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