North Shore Music Theatre - Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers - Cast & Crew

MICHELLE DAWSON (Milly) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit), Show Boat (Magnolia), Cyrano, The Musical. Chicago: Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit). National tours: The Secret Garden, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Annie (Grace). Regional: Laura in Swing (TUTS), Rizzo in Grease (Pittsburgh CLO/KC Starlight), Petra in A Little Night Music, Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde (Pittsburgh CLO), Eva Peron in Evita (Pioneer), Nancy in Oliver!, Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar (WBT). Television: "Law & Order: CI" and "All My Children."

EDWARD WATTS (Adam) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: This past year Edward debuted at the New York City Opera in the role of Joe in The Most Happy Fella. Recent credits also include The Sergeant in The Boys from Syracuse at Baltimore CenterStage, Tomás in The Girl in the Frame at Goodspeed Opera, Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie at Reagle Players, Boston, and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas. Other regional favorites: Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun (Marriott Lincolnshire, Chicago & Music Theatre of Wichita,) Lancelot in Camelot (Stages St. Louis - Judy award for Best Actor,) Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (Gateway Playhouse.) TV/Film: Recurring role in HBO's The Sopranos, All My Children, One Life To Live, MTV, Nickelodeon. Proud member of Actor's Equity.

RANDY BOBISH (Benjamin, u/s Adam) With NSMT: Kismet, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Elsewhere: A New Orleans native, Randy's Broadway credits include the original casts of Fiddler on the Roof starring Alfred Molina (u/s Perchik), 42nd Street (u/s Billy), Lincoln Center's Anything Goes benefit starring Patti Lupone. National tours: Danny Zuko in Grease with Frankie Avalon and Sunset Boulevard starring Petula Clark. Regional: Miles Gloriosus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (New Harmony Theatre),Riff in West Side Story (Theatre -by-the-Sea), as well as productions at Goodspeed, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pittsburgh CLO, Westbury Music Fair and Denver's Arvada Center. "All my love to my beautiful wife Danielle."

MARGOT DE LA BARRE (Martha) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: She was most recently seen in Irving Berlin's White Christmas at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.Tour: The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. Regional: Hello, Dolly! (Paper Mill Playhouse); Me and My Girl (Goodspeed); Singin' In the Rain; Kiss Me, Kate; My Fair Lady; 42nd Street.

CHRISTIAN DELCROIX (Gideon) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Christian is thrilled to be a part of this amazing company. Originally from Pittsburgh and graduate of Florida State University, he now lives in Astoria, New York. Past shows include Where's Charlie?, West Side Story, Seussical, Grease, Miss Saigon and Children of Eden"This performance is dedicated to my Grandma D. Lest we forget."

STEPHANIE FITTRO (Sarah) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Stephanie Fittro is delighted to make her North Shore debut! No stranger to Massachusetts, Stephanie trained at the Boston Ballet School as a teenager; more recently she studied with Shakespeare and Co. (Acting, Clown) in Lenox, MA. Career highlights: Met Opera's The Merry Widow (as Joujou) with Placido Domingo; West Side Story all over the U.S. and in Europe; Jesus and Mandy (Mandy), a new comedy at Theater For The New City; touring with the Tony-award winning revival of Carousel. Other credits: Hairspray (Equity National Tour), Hair (Encores!), and Finian's Rainbow (Irish Rep). "This performance is in memory of Mr. James Jamieson- Agnes DeMilles beloved sword dancer- who was my character dance teacher at the Boston Ballet School."

CHRISTINA RAE HEDRICK (Dorcas) With NSMT: Beauty and the Beast. Elsewhere: Seven Brides (Goodspeed), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Rockette), Christmas Dreams (Grand Palace Theater/Dance Captain), and recently just returned from Japan performing at Tokyo Disney. She received her B.F.A in Dance Performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. "Thanks to my wonderful family, ken, and Jason for there continuous love and support. This is for Daisy my love." Proud member of Actors' Equity!

SARAH MARIE JENKINS (Alice) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: NYC: Dirty Twin Boy in Peter Pan alongside Cathy Rigby (Madison Square Garden/tour), School Daze (NYMF). Other national tours: Swing! (U.S./Japan). Regional: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Alice, Goodspeed), The Music Man (Zaneeta), Bye Bye Birdie (Sad Girl). Television: "The Today Show." "Thanks to Patti, Shout out to Jacqui, My love to Andrew and Ozzy. Also, thanks to AEA for making me add my middle name, so I can always feel like I'm being yelled at by my mother."

TRAVIS KELLEY (Ephraim) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Travis began training with Robin Kelley in Missouri City, Texas. He graduated with honors from SMU and has danced principal roles by Balanchine, Ailey, and Joffrey. His credits include the Dayton Ballet, the Broadway and first national tour of Movin' Out, music videos for Luis Miguel, and the Kennedy Center Honors for Andrew Lloyd Webber.

LUKE LONGACRE (Caleb) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Luke is thrilled to be making his NSMT debut! Credits include: The Frogs (Lincoln Center Theatre), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Other regional credits include: West Side Story (The MUNY), Ziegfeld Tenor in Funny Girl (Barrington Stage Co.) and Mark in A Chorus Line (Geva Theatre). TV/film: The Producers, "The Dave Chappelle Show." Proud member of Actors' Equity. Isaiah 26:8

KATE MARILLEY (Ruth, u/s Milly) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Kate is thrilled to be a part of Seven Brides! Her many regional credits include 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer), Singin' in the Rain (Kathy Selden), On the Town (Ivy Smith), Footloose (Ariel Moore), and covering Daisy Mae in Goodspeed's Li'l Abner. "Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Marcellus, and friends!"

DENISE PAYNE (Liza) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: A graduate of Niagara University, she holds a B.F.A. in theatre. Denise recently played Young Emily in Follies for NY City Center's Encores! series. Her national tour credits include Dr. Dolittle (starring Tommy Tune), 42nd Street, Footloose, and Titanic. Other favorite credits include Guys and Dolls at the International Music Festival in Macau, China, Ruby in Dames At Sea (Helen Hayes THeatre Co.), Marty in Grease (DCT), and Hope in Anything Goes (Artpark). "I owe everything to my family, Mommers, and Matt!" AEA!

ERIC SCIOTTO (Frank, Assistant Choreographer) With NSMT: Children of Eden. Elsewhere: Broadway: Original Casts of Annie Get Your Gun w/ Bernadette Peters (and later as Tommy Keeler w/ Reba McEntire), Aida (u/s Radames), Sweet Smell of Success w/ John Lithgow (u/s Dallas). He can be heard on all three Original Cast Albums! Also on Broadway: 42nd Street (u/s Andy Lee), and Sweet Charity w/ Christina Applegate (u/s Vittorio & Daddy). Tours: A Chorus Line (Paul) and Annie Get Your Gun w/ Marilu Henner (Tommy Keeler). Favorite regional credits: Pirates of Penzance (Frederic), Passion (Giorgio), West Side Story (Bernardo), Cabaret (Emcee), and Brigadoon (Harry Beaton). TV appearances include: "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," "The View"and "The 2006 Kennedy Center Honors." Eric recently completed filming Moving Mike for St. Jude Pictures. www.ericsciotto.com

KARL WARDEN (Daniel) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Karl is thrilled to let you have it in a western way in this amazing production. Karl is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and now resides in Los Angeles, CA. He is a former champion competitive diver. He has appeared in the World Tour of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall as well as the National Tours of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Cats (Macavity), and Chicago. Regional credits include Anything Goes (Pursor), Seven Brides... (Ephraim) at Goodspeed, Footloose (Ren McCormack) and Corpus Christi (James). You can see him in The Producers movie alongside Uma Thurman. Karl has also appeared as a Principal Singer, Acrobat and Dancer onboard the Norwegian Dawn. He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. You can look for him in the hit movie Dreamgirls, but you won't see him because he's not in it. "Thanks to Todd, Family, Shelley and Patti." Proud AEA member.

JASON BABINSKY (Joel, u/s Caleb/Daniel) With NSMT: West Side Story ‘03. Elsewhere: Recent credits include Chicago (Pioneer Theater), Bombitty of Errors (Adirondack Theater), and Hello, Dolly! (Hangar Theater). Other theaters: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theater, North Carolina Theater, and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He holds a BFA in Acting and a BA in English from Northern Illinois University. "Thanks and love to D and Howie."

BECKY BARTA (Mrs. Sanders) With NSMT: Damn Yankees, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Nine, Mame, Footloose. Elsewhere: Becky is thrilled to be back at NSMT! New York credits include Les Misérables (Broadway and National Tour); Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Mrs. Claus); several editions of Forbidden Broadway; Always, Patsy Cline (Patsy); Meet Me in St. Louis (Irish Rep) and many projects at the York Theatre and NYMTF. Regional credits include Goodspeed, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Denver Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, and the Alliance Theatre to name a few. "Love to Mom and David."

RYAN CHRISTOPHER CHOTTO (Zeke, u/s Gideon) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Hairspray. National tour: Hairspray (1st national). Off-Broadway: Fame on 42nd Street. Pre-Broadway workshop: Beehive on Broadway. Regional: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Paper Mill Playhouse, TUTS). TV: NBC's "Fame" with Debbie Allen. "All my love and appreciation to my Mom and family for all you have done and continue to do! This is for you Maw Maw."

CAMERON HENDERSON (Jeb) With NSMT: Debut. Elseswhere: Cameron is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful show! Previous credits include Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby (national tour), Seussical the Musical with Cathy Rigby (national tour), A-Rab in West Side Story (Sacramento Music Circus), and Gideon in Seven Brides . . . (Pittsburgh CLO). "Gratitude to Mom, Dad, and Alexis for their endless support and love." Proud member of Actors' Equity!

NATHAN HERSHBERGER (Nathan, u/s Ephraim) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: NSMT debut! Nathan was last seen in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Atlanta TOTS); Disney World: Beauty and the Beast, Kids of the Kingdom, Tarzan Rocks!, Doug Live, Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue; Tokyo Disney: Sail Away. Television: "Rosie O'Donnell Show," "Wayne Brady Show." Proud member of AEA.

ANDY PATERSON (Mr. Hoallum) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Off-Broadway: Aquila, La MaMa, The Acting Company. Regional: Arizona Theatre Company, Center Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Indiana Rep, Intiman, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre Company, PCPA Theatre Fest, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, TUTS, Utah Shakespearean Festival. Mr. Paterson is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and is tickled to be part of this wonderful company of people. .

BENJIE RANDALL (Matt, u/s Benjamin/Frank) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Benjie is thrilled to be joining NSMT for his first production. Benjie hails from Los Angeles, CA, but is now a proud New Yorker. Past credits include Roger in Grease (Paper Mill Playhouse), Mungojerrie in Cats (TUTS), Chantal in La Cage aux folles (Gateway Playhouse). Benjie appeared in the Off-Broadway musical Dr. Sex and played Gene Kelley in the hit cabaret Judy Garland and Uninvited Company. Benjie has a BFA from Boston Conservatory. www.benjierandall.com

LUKE RAWLINGS (Luke) With NSMT: A Christmas Carol 06, Mame, Miss Saigon. Elsewhere: In between gigs, Luke can be found writing, drawing, teaching high school mathematics, and participating in political activism on a quest to celebrate free creative thinking and challenge herd mentality. He is happy to be back at NSMT and dedicates this show to his Dad.

DAN SHARKEY (Mr. Sanders) With NSMT: Footloose, Kiss of the Spider Woman. Elsewhere: Broadway: Susan Stroman's The Music Man (cast recording). Show Boat directed by Harold Prince (also on London's West End). Off-Broadway: Captains Courageous at MTC, The Prince and the Pauper at the Lambs, Lone Star Love (cast recording). National tours: The Will Rogers Follies, Grand Hotel, and The Sound of Music with Marie Osmond. Select regional credits include performances at San Jose Rep, Goodspeed, ATL, Walnut Street and the title role in Sweeney Todd at The Guthrie. AEA member since 1989.

TINA STAFFORD (Mrs. Hoallum) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Tina is delighted to make her first appearance at North Shore with this incredible company. Favorite appearances include Zhivago (La Jolla Playhouse), Smoking Bloomberg (winner NYMF Best of Fest), Cinderella and Brigadoon (Paper Mill Playhouse), CanCan, Dorian, Lizzie Borden, Sweeney Todd (Goodspeed Musicals), Five Course Love, (Sacramento Theatre Company). National tour: Jolson, The Musical. Ms. Stafford is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

NICK SULLIVAN (Preacher) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Footloose, White Liars/Black Comedy, and The Moliere Comedies. Off-Broadway: Lone Star Love. Nick has worked extensively in regional theatres including the New York and New Jersey Shakespeare Festivals, Cleveland Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera, George Street Playhouse, and the Shakespeare Theatre. Television: "Spin City", "Law and Order SVU" and "Criminal Intent", "Hope and Faith", "All My Children". Film: Prison Song, Puccini for Beginners. Nick has recorded over 200 audio books and has received three Earphones Awards.

SHANE RHOADES (Swing, Dance Captain, Fight Captain) With NSMT: Mame, Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Broadway: The Boy From Oz, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Off-Broadway: Fame on 42^nd Street. Regional: A Chorus Line (Mike, Paper Mill), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger, Sacramento Music Circus), West Side Story (Riff, St. Louis MUNY and Sacramento), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , Li'l Abner, Pippin (Goodspeed), The Music Man (Tommy Djilas, Sacramento) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TUTS, Paper Mill Playhouse).

TIFFANY SUDOL (Swing, u/s Dorcas/ Ruth/ Liza/ Martha/ Sarah/ Alice/ Mrs. Hoallum/ Mrs. Sander) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Tiffany is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo with a BFA in Musical Theatre and Dance. Tours: Joseph . . . Dreamcoat, Evita. NY: Hot Feet (workshop). Regional: Beauty and the Beast; West Side Story; Hello, Dolly!; Starmites; Chicago; Grease. Choreographer and principal dancer, Costa Cruise Lines. "Many thanks to family and friends for their love and support. For Gram!"

LAWRENCE KASHA (Book) won a Tony® Award for producing Applause starring Lauren Bacall and received an Emmy nomination for its CBS television special. As a producer he also received Tony® nominations for Hadrian VII, Seesaw, She Loves Me, and Woman of the Year. On Broadway he also produced Inner City, Father's Day, and No Hard Feelings, as well as co-writing and co-producing the Tony®nominated stage musical of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. He directed a number of London and Broadway productions, including Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl. In television, he was the co-executive producer of the top series "Knot's Landing."

DAVID S. LANDAY (Book) is also the coauthor of Heaven Sent, based on Cole Porter's Out of This World. An attorney and theatrical producer, including Woman of the Year with Lauren Bacall, Raquel Welch, and Debbie Reynolds, David also helps people with life-changing conditions. He wrote the critically acclaimed BE PREPARED, The Complete Financial, Legal and Practical Guide to Living With Cancer, HIV and Other LifeChallenging Conditions (St. Martin's Press). JOHNNY MERCER (Lyrics). Mercer's gift for idiomatic, regional lyrics was well suited to such Broadway musicals as St. Louis Woman, Texas, Li'l Darlin', and Li'l Abner. He received four Academy Awards for his lyric writing, and he collaborated with such notable composers as Henry Mancini, Harold Arlen, Robert Emmett Dolan, and André Previn.

GENE DE PAUL (Music) trained as a classical pianist and, in his early years, played in dance orchestras and toured as singer and arranger for vocal groups. During the '40s and '50s, he contributed to several Hollywood film scores, most notably In the Navy, Keep 'Em Flying, Moonlight in Hawaii, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Broadway Rhythm, A Date With Judy, A Song is Born, So Dear to My Heart, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Li'l Abner. He also wrote the Broadway score to Li'l Abner with lyricist Johnny Mercer.

Al KASHA & JOEL HIRSCHHORN (Music & Lyrics) received Best Score Tony® nominations for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and were also Tony®nominated for their score for Copperfield. Other Broadway ventures include Charles Aznavour's International One Man Show featuring their worldwide standard, "The Old Fashioned Way." Artists who have performed and recorded their songs include Liza Minelli, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin, Taj Mahal, Sammy Davis, Jr., Carol Burnett, Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Melissa Manchester, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley. Maureen McGovern sang their Oscar®winning songs "The Morning After" and "We May Never Love Like This Again." The pair have been nominated for two other Academy Awards and four Golden Globes.

JOHNNY MERCER (Lyrics) Mercer's gift for idiomatic, regional lyrics was well suited to such Broadway musicals as St. Louis Woman, Texas, Li'l Darlin', and Li'l Abner. He received four Academy Awards for his lyric writing, and he collaborated with such notable composers as Henry Mancini, Harold Arlen, Robert Emmett Dolan, and André Previn.

SCOTT SCHWARTZ (Director) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: For the Alley Theatre, he has directed Much Ado About Nothing, The Underpants, and Wait Until Dark. On Broadway, Mr. Schwartz directed Golda's Balcony and Jane Eyre (co-directed with John Caird). His off-Broadway credits include: Bat Boy: The Musical (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle awards, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), Tick, Tick...Boom! (OCC Award, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), The Foreigner starring Matthew Broderick for Roundabout Theatre Company, Franz Kafka's The Castle (OCC nomination, Outstanding Director of a Play), Miss Julie, and No Way To Treat A Lady. He also directed Golda's Balcony on tour, in Los Angeles at the Wadsworth Theatre, in San Francisco at A.C.T. He directed the London premiere of Tick, Tick...Boom! starring Neil Patrick Harris as well as a run at the Coronet Theater in Los Angeles (Ovation Award nomination, Best Director of a Musical). He directed Lavender Girl as part of 3HREE, an evening of one-act musicals conceived by Harold Prince, at the Ahmanson Theatre. Other regional theaters include: Berkshire Theater Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Goodspeed Musicals, La Jolla Playhouse, Prince Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, Signature Theater, Studio Arena, TheatreWorks, Virginia Stage Company. For radio broadcast, Mr. Schwartz directed the Grammy-nominated recording of The Prisoner of Second Avenue, starring Richard Dreyfus and Marsha Mason, for L.A. TheatreWorks. He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and is a graduate of Harvard University.

NELL BALABAN (Associate Director) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Nell has assisted Mr. Schwartz on many projects including Golda's Balcony, Much Ado About Nothing, The Foreigner and L'il Abner. Most recently she directed a staged reading of The Front, a new musical by Paul Gordon & Jay Gruska, for Manhattan Theatre Club's Springboards series. Last year she directed Lips Together, Teeth Apart for the Wingspan Arts Summer Conservatory in New York City. Other directing ventures have included an evening of songs by David Reiffel at the Cornelia Street Café and the world premiere of the musical It Must Be Love at Dixon Place, both in NYC. She has acted on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in film and on television and is a singer/songwriter.

PATTI COLOMBO (Choreographer) With NSMT: Peter Pan. Elsewhere: Patti received an Emmy and American Choreographers Award nomination for her choreography of Peter Pan w/ Cathy Rigby. She also choreographed the Tony nominated Broadway version. Patti choreographed Inaugural Galas for both President Bush (elder) and President Clinton at the Kennedy Center; Radio Gals at the Pasadena Playhouse (Ovation Award). Patti recently directed and choreographed Ann Margret's Here & Now Tour and Patti's choreography for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Goodspeed Opera House received the 2006 Connecticut Critics Circle Award. On television, Patti has choreographed David Hyde Pierce, Christine Baranski, Drew Carey, Martin Short and Terri Garr.

ED GOLDSCHNEIDER (Music Director) With NSMT: Debut Elsewhere: Music Director: NEWSical (New York City and Touring companies); Conductor: Urinetown (Original Broadway and Off-Broadway company), Substitute Conductor/Keyboard: Grey Gardens, Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life, Wicked, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Broadway revival), Altar Boyz, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, The Fantasticks, Chicago City Limits. National Tours: Rent, Fame, West Side Story, A Grand Night For Singing. Regional: Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park (The Last Five Years), Paper Mill Playhouse (Seven Brides, Wonderful Life, Hello, Dolly!, Cinderella. She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, Victor/Victoria, Pippin, Rags, No, No, Nanette), Allenberry Playhouse (Forever Plaid, Secret Garden, Big River), Cumberland County Playhouse (Singing In The Rain), Jenny Wiley Theatre (Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Carnival), Broadhollow Players (Leader Of The Pack, Heartbeats). Orchestrations: One Way Ticket To Hell (L.A. Premiere).

ANNA LOUIZOS (Set Designer) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: High Fidelity; Curtains; Avenue Q (2004 Tony® Award, Best Musical), also Las Vegas and London productins; Steel Magnolias; Golda's Balcony. National: Irving Berlin's White Christmas (S.F., Boston, L.A., St. Paul, Detroit, Seattle), Disney Live Winnie the Pooh (U.S. and world tours). Off-Broadway: In the Heights, 37 Arts, Based on a Totally True Story (MTC); Birdie Blue (Second Stage); Altar Boyz (also U.S. tour); The Foreigner (Roundabout); Tick, Tick . . . BOOM! (World Premiere). Regional: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TUTS, Paper Mill); The Baker's Wife (Paper Mill); Much Ado About Nothing, Beyond Therapy (Old Globe). Me and My Girl (Goodspeed), Also: Berkshire T. F., Alley, Merrimack Rep, Charlotte Rep, George St., Williamstown, Art Direction film/TV: "Sex and the City" (HBO) Feature Film: The Secret Lives of Dentists.

JESS GOLDSTEIN (Costume Design) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: New York highlights: Jersey Boys, The Rivals (Tony Award), The Apple Tree with Kristin Chenoweth, Henry IV and King Lear with Kevin Kline, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Take Me Out, Enchanted April, Proof, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Most Happy Fella, Golda's Balcony, How I Learned to Drive, Buried Child, Sight Unseen, Dinner With Friends, The Dying Gaul and The Mineola Twins (Lortel and Hewes Awards); Il Trittico for the Metropolitan Opera and The Pirates of Penzance, Agrippina and Dead Man Walking for NYC Opera. Films include: A Walk on the Moon, The Substance of Fire and Love! Valour! Compassion! Graduate and Associate Professor, Yale School of Drama.

DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Designer) With NSMT: Tom Jones, The Mikado. Elsewhere: Broadway: Movin' Out (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), The Lion King (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Little Dog Laughed, Prelude to a Kiss, The Apple Tree, Gem of The Ocean (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), A Streetcar Named Desire (Tony nomination), La Cage Au Folles, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Little Shop of Horrors, The Boy From Oz, The Green Bird, Juan Darien (Tony, Drama Desk nominations) and many others. Off Broadway: The Pain and The Itch, Brundibar, A Man of No Importance, Birdie Blue, Observe The Sons of Ulster...(Lortel Award), Jitney, Saturday Night, Three Days of Rain, Spunk, Jeffrey, Pterodactyls, many others.

JOHN A. STONE (Sound Designer) With NSMT: Crazy For You, The 1997-2006 Shakespeare productions and musical seasons, A Grand Night for Singing, Co-designed A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996). 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 received IRNE Awards for his Sound Design for Pacific Overtures, Jesus Christ Superstar and Ain't Misbehavin'. 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.

CHARLES LAPOINTE (Original Hair & Wig Design) Broadway: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Rivals, Henry IV, Sight Unseen, Julius Caesar, A Raisin in the Sun, Good Vibrations, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, High Fidelity. Off-Broadway: Stuff Happens, The Jew Of Malta, Merchant of Venice, The Normal Heart, As You Like It, Two Noble Kinsman, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and In the Heights. Many regional and opera credits including Stormy Weather at the Prince and the revival of Carnival at the Kennedy Center. Love to James.

SAM DAVIS (Dance Music Arrangements) With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway credits as conductor and pianist include: Curtains, The Apple Tree, Cabaret, Into The Woods, Follies. Other New York: dance arranger for Sinatra (Radio City), Dr. Sex (Peter Norton Space), A Woman of Will, Dream True (Vineyard), Belle Epoque (Lincoln Center Theater). Regional: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Goodspeed, Palm Beach at La Jolla Playhouse, Lucky Duck at San Diego's Old Globe, Casino Paradise at Prince Music Theater. As orchestrator: San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Pops, Kennedy Center Honors, Tony Bennett at The Kodak, charts for Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Wilson, Debbie Gravitte, Ron Raines. As composer: Chef's Theater. A winner of the 1999 Jonathan Larson Award, Sam is a founding member of the New Voices Collective at Symphony Space, and a graduate of the University of Michigan.

J. ALLEN SUDDETH (Fight Direction). J. Allen Suddeth has worked professionally as a Fight Director for the past 33 years out of the New York area. Master Teacher of stage combat at Juilliard, Rutgers University, and The Lee Strasberg Institute, Allen is also a Broadway veteran of nine shows, over 150 Off-Broadway shows, and hundreds of Regional Theater shows from Seattle to Denver to Baltimore and Miami. For television, Allen has worked on over 750 episodes, both in network studios and on locations such as Jamaica, Arizona, and Buenos Aires. Allen is also the author of a book, Fight Directing For The Theatre.

ALICIA D. REECE (Stage Manager) With NSMT: Crazy For You, A Christmas Carol '05, ‘06, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cinderella ‘05, ‘06, Singin' in the Rain, Damn Yankees, The Full Monty, Camelot, Abyssinia, Fame, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Elsewhere: ‘Lish' is delighted to be returning for her third (gasp) season in Beverly, MA. Past theatrical journeys include the Off-Broadway runs 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). "BFord: Thanks for the confidence. JLR & Lars: Thanks for the support. GB: Thanks for the 7s.'There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.'"

ALISON FRANCK (Casting) with NSMT: Crazy For You, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cinderella ‘06, Singin' in the Rain, 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 include 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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NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE (NSMT). Operating since 1955, North Shore Music Theatre's mission is to celebrate, perpetuate, and invigorate the art of musical theatre. NSMT creates innovative interpretations of classic and contemporary works, develops new musicals, and provides dynamic and intensive theater training programs for learners of all ages. A 1,500seat theater-in-the-round in Beverly, Mass., NSMT annually produces a six musical subscription series, a production of A Christmas Carol, and an acclaimed concert series. NSMT is the largest nonprofit producing theatre in New England, with approximately 350,000 patrons annually, and has gained a national and regional reputation for artistic achievements, specifically in the development of new works and in the creation of outstanding educational programs.

PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE. A pioneer in the not-for-profit regional theatre movement, Paper Mill Playhouse opened its doors in 1938. Paper Mill has been recognized throughout the theatre industry for the high-quality artistry and production values of its re-imagined musicals as well as its commitment to supporting the development of new works and emerging artists. Led by an intergenerational programming and family engagement vision, Paper Mill has also developed both a statewide and national reputation for its award-winning arts education, artist training and outreach programs that impact more than 50,000 students of all ages each year.

THEATRE UNDER THE STARS (TUTS). Founded in 1968 by Frank M. Young, TUTS was the first theatrical organization in Houston to perform free to the public in 1968 at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Since its founding, TUTS has produced more than 275 musicals including many local, national and world premieres including Disney's Beauty and the Beast. TUTS is also noted for mounting many International tours, including Debbie Reynolds in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Juliet Prowse in Mame, and Robert Goulet in Man of La Mancha. Now more than 1,700 students annually receive musical theatre training through TUTS' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre. TUTS also annually presents the Tommy Tune Awards, honoring the best and brightest in Houston's high school musical theatre programs.

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