WHO'S WHO
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DAVID COFFEE (Ebenezer Scrooge) returns for his 28th edition of the role that has labeled him a “New England Tradition” and the “G.O.A.T.”: Ebenezer Scrooge. In a career that spans 54 years, David has been welcomed by audiences from Portland, Oregon to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. To return to NSMT at this time of year is a true holiday celebration. But, David has been seen in many other productions as well (62 to be exact). This year, David comes to NSMT from the Tony Award-winning Dallas Theater Center where he performed in Trouble in Mind. Next year he already has 4 shows lined up in Texas. Please visit his website: www.DavidCoffee.org for more information. Much Love and Happiest of Holidays to You All!
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CHERYL McMAHON (Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig) is full of joy and gratitude to be a part of this 31st Production of A Christmas Carol. A member of the original cast in 1989, Cheryl counts this year’s show as her 28th, along with David Coffee. Other NSMT shows include Hairspray, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Annie, The Student Prince, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Grease, and Jekyll and Hyde. In New England, credits include Lyric Stage, Huntington Theater, Speakeasy Stage, Greater Boston Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Saco River Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, Charles Playhouse - Nunsense and Shear Madness, Overture and Big Stick Productions. Film credits include Defending Jacob, RIPD, The A Plate, Clue VCR, and Brilliant Mistakes, and recently, The Yorkie Werewolf. Thanks to Jon Kimbell, David James, David Zoffoli, Bill Hanney, and Kevin Hill for bringing A Christmas Carol to life.
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SOMMER CARBUCCIA (Narrator) is very excited to be joining the cast of NSMT's A Christmas Carol for the second year! Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Miami, FL, he is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Over his career he has been lucky to work in film, theatre, and TV shows such as Riverdale and Grey's Anatomy. He most recently guest starred on CBS' So Help Me Todd. ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo!
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RUSSELL GARRETT (Bob Cratchit) is very happy to return for his eleventh year in this wonderful holiday tradition! He has appeared on Broadway and on tour with The Scarlet Pimpernel, 42nd Street, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Show Boat, My Fair Lady, and A Chorus Line. Earlier this year he played Charles in Blithe Spirit, Harry in Mamma Mia!, and Sebastian in Cinderella at Bill Hanney’s Theatre by the Sea in RI. Other recent roles include Clown 1 in The 39 Steps and Freddie in Noises Off. As a director and choreographer Russell’s work has been seen around the country including acclaimed productions of Beehive: The 60s Musical, Hairspray, 9 to 5, and The Full Monty for Bill Hanney's Theatre By The Sea and All Shook Up here at NSMT.
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LEIGH BARRETT (Ghost of Christmas Past/Mrs. Cratchit) – she/her/hers - appeared in the premier of A Christmas Carol in 1989 and is overjoyed to be back for year 12! NSMT credits; The Sound of Music, Singin' in the Rain, Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady. Working extensively in the Boston area, favorite roles include Grey Gardens, Company, Gypsy, Souvenir (Lyric Stage Company), Passion (SpeakEasy Stage), Little Women, (Wheelock Family Theatre), Mame (Reagle Music Theatre), Ragtime (The New Rep), Follies with Len Cariou (Overture Productions), Sing Street (cover, Huntington Theatre). She recently directed The Last Five Years for Lyric Stage Company and will be directing Sister Act there this Spring. The proud recipient of four Elliot Norton Awards including the 2018 Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. Much gratitude to Kevin, Matthew and the entire NSMT team. To Peter, Nicholas & Matthew “I can be me because I have you”. www.LeighBarrett.com
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JAELLE LAGUERRE (Ghost of Christmas Present/Philanthropist 1) is overjoyed to be back after being introduced to NSMT’s annual A Christmas Carol as a member of the ensemble last year. She fell in love and is excited to return this time as The Ghost of Christmas Present. You may have seen Jaelle as Charolette in Cinderella or as the Apollo Singer in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story here at North Shore this past season. Select credits include Rock of Ages (The Engeman Theatre), Mamma Mia!, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Argyle Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, (Rocky Mountain Rep) Gloria (Sacramento Theatre Company) and Rent (Redhouse). Recent grad from Syracuse University (BFA). Thanks to Hells Kitchen Agency and the NSMT crew. Gratitude towards her favorite team Matthew, Kevin and Milton. Love to her family and God. Jaellelaguerre.com @Jaellelaguerre
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DEREK LUSCUTOFF (Ghost of Christmas Future/Young Scrooge, s/c Fred & Narrator) - he/him/his - is ecstatic to be back at North Shore for the holidays! Last year he performed in the NSMT productions of Mamma Mia! (Father Alexandrios, Ensemble) and A Christmas Carol (Young Scrooge/Christmas Future). Other credits include Mamma Mia! (Theatre by the Sea), 42nd Street (Goodspeed Musicals), Cinderella (Paper Mill Playhouse), Singin’ in the Rain & Something Rotten! (The Phoenix Theatre Company), and Swing! (Norwegian Cruise Line). BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley. Many thanks to NSMT, BWA Agency, friends, and family! www.DerekLuscutoff.com @derekluscutoff
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RYAN KNOWLES (Jacob Marley, u/s Christmas Present, Mr. Fezziwig) is stoked to return to NSMT, having just appeared in Little Shop of Horrors as The Dentist & Others. He was last seen on Broadway playing 9 characters in The Lightning Thief, for which he received a spot on the New York Times Best Of Theatre 2019 list. Tours include The Lightning Thief, Queen’s We Will Rock You, The Grinch, & Todrick Hall’s OZ. Ryan has played everything on two legs (and occasionally four). From Disney’s Genie to The Wicked Witch of the West; Hunchback’s Frollo to Little Shop’s Dentist; Caliban, Bottom, Prospero and Falstaff. He starred on TV as host of Nickelodeon’s “Me:TV.” He has danced with the Rockettes, tangled with a 60-inch Python in the woods as the Devil (a role he’s played 11 times), grappled in the ring with Lucha Libre wrestlers in Mexico City, and recited Shakespeare while skydiving (without missing a line). @ImRyanKnowles. RyanKnowles.com
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FLORA DICKENS (Pearlie) Starting off as a competitive dancer, Flora competed up until the age of 17. During her years of competing won multiple scholarships, awards, regional/national titles, and self-choreography awards. She has worked with talented dance photographers including Jordan Matter and Shark cookie. In 2018 she was awarded an invitation and scholarship to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive from YAGP’s Larissa Saveliev after placing 1st in contemporary and 2nd in classical. Flora is fully trained in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, hip hop, lyrical, pointe, and acrobatics. Outside of training in the studios growing up, she was mentored and trained one-on-one with Alex Wong in ballet and contemporary. She recently expanded her dance career by teaching and choreographing young dancers, ages 5-18, at studios around Massachusetts. Flora’s dance pieces have won many top scoring awards and choreography awards, some being the highest scoring routine of an entire competition. This year Flora will be touring as a master teacher and judge with Sheer Elite International Dance Competition. You can see her on this year’s Season 17 of “So You Think You Can Dance” as top 12 girls, and top 24 overall.
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DREW PORRETT (Pearlie, Co-Dance Captain) - he/him/they/them - is returning for their third production of A Christmas Carol. He has a mission to guide curiosity through a colorful approach to existence by intersecting inner passive and active energetics. This yoga instructor is a freebird with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Western Michigan University. Credits include Celebrity Cruises, North Shore Music Theatre's Freaky Friday, Paramount's Newsies in Chicago, Arvada Center's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Colorado, Mister Mistoffelees in Cats, Action in West Side Story, and Will Parker in Oklahoma. Their first regional credit was Mason Street Warehouse's Fosse Revue Steam Heat. Surrender to your True Essence and Trust your Truth. Gratitude sent to Matt & Leo, Family, and Dave Secor #InterXPress #JustBe IG: @drew_porrett
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BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY (Fred, Co-Dance Captain, u/s Bob) – he/him/his -returns to New England for his 6th holiday season! For NSMT: West Side Story (Tony), CATS (Gus/Growltiger), Saturday Night Fever (Frank Jr.) & A Christmas Carol (Fred). A nine-year veteran of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Bronson premiered the role of The Phantom in the United States in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel, Love Never Dies: The Phantom Returns. Other work includes CATS (30th Anniversary Tour); Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (World Premiere – Paper Mill) and EVITA (New York City Center). As a concert artist, Bronson frequently sings with symphonies across the United States & Canada. For more, BronsonNorrisMurphy.com & @BronsonBiz. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.” – Dickens.
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TURNER RILEY (Belle/Meg) – they/them - was recently seen as the first Trans Non-binary Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors at Short North Stage. Favorite productions include: Nat’l Tours: Sound of Music (Elsa Schraeder), Ragtime the Musical (Mother), Camelot (Nimue). NYC: The Jury (Izze), Rathskeller (Ensemble. u/s The Bartender, BWW Award Best Off-off Musical). Regional: Head Over Heels (Pythio), Oklahoma (Laurey), Mamma Mia! (Donna), Ragtime (Ogunquit Playhouse- IRNE Award), Newsies (Hannah), A Christmas Story (Mother), The Little Mermaid (Aquata), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), A Chorus Line (Val), All My Sons (Anne Deever). Thank you to FSE talent, my mom, and Laurel for their unending love and support. Love you, philtatos. DONATE to my top surgery! Link in my IG bio: @theyturnerriley
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J.T. TURNER (Mr. Fezziwig/Philanthropist 2, u/s Scrooge & Marley) is honored to return to A Christmas Carol for his 12th year. His stage credits include All Shook Up here at NSMT, Anything Goes and La Cage at Reagle Music Theater, Tosca with Boston Lyric Opera, Man of LaMancha, City of Angels, Kiss Me Kate, at Lyric Stage, Floyd Collins, Triumph of Love, Saturday Night and Chess at Speakeasy Stage. J.T tours (in person and on Zoom), in shows about Robert Frost, Charles Dickens, John Muir, Ben Franklin and Will Shakespeare. He is Descriptive Narrator for the PBS shows Nova, Pinkalicious and Mystery. His film/TV work includes Don't Look Up, The Gilded Age, Julia, About Fate, Dark Matters. He is a stage combat choreographer, as well as a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor. Love to Marci and the kids. jtturner.org
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BILLY GOLDSTEIN (Joe Miller, Ensemble, s/c Philanthropist 1 & 2) – he/him/his - is honored to be back on the NSMT stage with a show that celebrates gratitude, love and the true meaning of the holidays. Credits include Kinky Boots, A Christmas Carol, A Year with Frog and Toad, Chicago, The Addams Family, South Pacific, La Cage Aux Folles, The Little Mermaid and more! Billy would like to thank his family, friends, and Dan for being an endless support system for him, as well as Kevin, Matthew, and the entire NSMT staff/crew for this incredible opportunity.
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ELLEN PETERSON (Ensemble, s/c Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig) is delighted to join the ACC family at NSMT for the 1st time! National Tour - How the Grinch Stole Christmas - the Musical. NSMT - Sunset Boulevard, Evita, Music Man, Mame, Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, among others! Ellen has worked in Boston and regionally at Theatre By the Sea, the Hanover Theatre, Reagle Music Theatre, the Huntington, Speakeasy Stage and Greater Boston Stage Co., among others! Christmas Blessings to all!
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CALEB WILSON SCHAAF (Dick Wilkins, Ensemble, s/c Joe Miller) - they/them - is thrilled to be making their NSMT debut with this iconic production! Select Credits: Cabaret - Ernst Ludwig (The Hangar Theatre), Holiday Inn - Jim Hardy (Prather Productions), The Producers - Featured Ensemble (The John W. Engeman Theatre), Film: Triple Threat - Jamie (Besties Make Movies Productions, Gravitas Ventures). Much love to Marty for his never-ending support! www.CalebWilsonSchaaf.com #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter
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DAN TEIXEIRA (Ensemble, s/c Young Scrooge/Christmas Future) – he/him/his - is happy to be back at NSMT for another Christmas season! Recent credits include HARMONY (Off-Broadway, NYTF), And The World Goes ‘Round (New London Barn Playhouse), State Fair (The REV Theatre Co.) and Let’s Dance (Transcendence Theatre Co.) Thanks to the NSMT creative team & staff for their warm welcome back and to his parents, Claudio and Gabriela, for their trust and support. www.danteixeira.com
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EMILY SONG TYLER (Ensemble, s/c Belle/Meg) – she/her/hers - is thrilled to make her NSMT debut! Regional: World Premiere of Gold Mountain (covering Ali Ewoldt, Utah Shakespeare Festival), A Chorus Line (Broadway Palm), Water By The Spoonful (Cygnet Theatre), Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PA Shakespeare Festival), A Christmas Carol (Geva Theatre Center). National Tour: Paw Patrol Live (US and China). Film/TV: Paw Patrol Live At Home (Paramount+), “That Damn Michael Che” (HBO). Huge thanks to her agent Brian Graziani and much love to Mom, Dad, and Jon. Enjoy the show! @emilysongtyler
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SIERRA WILSON (Ensemble, s/c Christmas Past/Mrs. Cratchit) – she/her/hers - is thrilled to be making her NSMT debut! She recently graduated in 2020 with her BA in Musical Theatre at Temple University. She is a Philadelphia/Delco native. Regional credits: Rocky the Musical (Ensemble, Walnut Street Theatre), Sweet Charity (Helene, Bucks County CPA), Sister Act (Ensemble/Deloris u/s, Media Theatre), Other World: A New Musical (Soprano Swing, Delaware Theatre Company), Beehive (Wanda u/s, Walnut Street Theatre), Hunchback of Notre Dame (Esmeralda, Upper Darby Summer Stage), Mamma Mia (Lisa, Media Theatre), Chess (Ensemble, 11th Hour Theater Company), Ain't Misbehavin’ (Armelia, Candlelight Theatre). She would like to thank her friends and family for always supporting her dreams. Sierra feels very blessed to be performing for audiences again. Instagram: @sierrajwilson and @mezzomango for her cosplay.
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ADDY DALY (Fan) - she/her/hers - is thrilled to perform in A Christmas Carol! It is her second time on the NSMT stage, her first was as Flotsam in The Little Mermaid Jr. Previously, she has appeared with the Neverland Theater Company in The Lion King, Jr. and Annie Jr. and in the BHS production of Anastasia. She gives thanks to her family, friends, teachers and everyone at NSMT for their support while she reaches for the stars!
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ALEXIS NICOLE GEARY (London Child, s/c Belinda) is a passionate actor from Gloucester, MA. Some of her favorite past roles include Madame Thernardier in Les Miserables at Grater Boston Staged Companies, Mr. Wormwood in Matilda Jr at Stadge 284., and Sebastian in The Little Mermaid Jr. In her free time, she enjoys playing the drums, reading, and going on runs around her neighborhood. She is thrilled to be joining the team at North Shore Music Theater as a London Child' in A Christmas Carol.
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SARAH KOURY (Ensemble, s/c Peter and Martha) Is thrilled to be making her NSMT debut in A Christmas Carol this year! Sarah is currently a theatre major at Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Recent credits include: Into The Woods (Jack), The Wedding Singer (Sammy), and Spring Awakening (Ernst). She would like to thank her friends, family, agents and manager for all their support. @sarahkoury101
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GRAHAM LAYTON (Boy Scrooge, Ignorance, s/c Tiny Tim) – he/him/his - is thrilled to join his first production with NSMT! His professional stage debut was in 2019 in Miracle on 34th Street with the Greater Boston Stage Company, where he has joined several student productions. Musical theater has his heart, but he also plays soccer and tries to squeeze in 6th grade.
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JOSHUA McKENNA (London Child) – he/him/his - is excited to be returning to NSMT. Previous productions Joe Turners Come and Gone ( Reuben) at the Huntington theatre, The Bodyguard (Fletcher Marron), and A Christmas Carol ‘21 (London Boy) at NSMT. Thank you to friends and family for all of your support.
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BRADY MURPHY (Ensemble, s/c Boy Scrooge and London Children) is thrilled to make his NSMT debut. Brady is a 6th grader at St. John’s Prep and has been doing musical theater for a year. He's excited to be part of this talented cast and crew. Many thanks to Kevin and Matthew for this wonderful opportunity and to his family and friends for their encouragement. Merry Christmas!
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QUINN MURPHY (Tiny Tim, Want) is grateful to reprise his role as Tiny Tim. A 4th grader at Joshua Eaton, he has been acting for five years. Besides Tiny Tim, other favorite roles include Flounder in Little Mermaid, Jr. at NSMT and Chip in Beauty and The Beast, Jr. at New England School of Performing Arts (N. Reading). Quinn loves art, music, and lots of trampoline time. He sends a big thanks to Kevin, Matthew & everyone at NSMT for another exciting opportunity, and to his family and friends for their support.
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GRACE OLAH (Belinda Cratchit, s/c Fan) is delighted to be back at NSMT! Favorite past roles include Matilda, Annie, Young Alison, Summer, Ghost of Christmas Past, and Debbie Wilkinson. She placed first singing in New England NATS 2021 and Boston NATS 2020. Many thanks to Kevin and Matthew, Briana Visini, Noel Smith, and Kate Pazakis.
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EMILIA TAGLIANI (Martha Cratchit) is thrilled to be returning to NSMT this year! Past credits include: Little Women (Amy March) Wheelock Family Theater, Beauty & the Beast (Belle) GBSC, 13 (Patrice) Acting Out Productions, A Christmas Carol (Fan 2017, Martha 2019, 21) NSMT. Huge thanks to Kevin, Matthew, Briana, and the ACC family for always making this production so meaningful. A special thanks to Noel, and Emilia’s friends and family for their endless support.
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WADE GLEESON TURNER (Peter Cratchit) is excited to return to NSMT to reprise his role as Peter Cratchit from 2021! Recent credits include A Christmas Carol the Musical (Young Scrooge) Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Billy Elliot the Musical (Posh Boy & Michael) Firehouse Center & Seacoast Repertory Theatre, The Sound of Music (Friedrich) Reagle Music Theatre. Many thanks & hugs to Noel, Kevin, Matthew, and his supportive friends & family!
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JON KIMBELL (Adapter) is a producer in residence for SenovvA, Inc. a design and management company offering services to the entertainment, special event, architectural/construction and media services industries with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto and Dublin. As Artistic Director for North Shore Music Theatre for 25 years retiring in 2007, he helped develop over 60 musicals, including Memphis, winner of four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Kimbell produced Langston in Harlem, an original musical that opened Off-Broadway winning four 2010 Audelco Awards, including Best Musical. Audelco Awards celebrate excellence in Black Theater. Kimbell has received the Elliot Norton Award and the New England Theatre Conference Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Theatre; Salem State College’s Lifetime Achievement Award; the Moss Hart Award and the 2010 Spotlight People’s Choice Award for his musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol in addition to several awards for his work promoting tolerance and diversity. A champion of new works, Kimbell served as Vice Chair for the New York Music Theatre Festival and on the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s New Works Committee. He has served as a panelist and evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts, New Hampshire Commission on the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Maine State Council on the Arts and Humanities, Ohio Arts Council, and the Cultural Arts Council of Houston. He currently chairs Somerset Cultural Planning, a project of the Wesserunsett Arts Council, which is developing a cultural plan for Somerset County, Maine as well as serving as Chair of the Skowhegan Opera House Renovation Committee.
KEVIN P. HILL (Director & Choreographer, Producing Artistic Director). Born and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts, Kevin began his theatrical career as dancer and actor. He appeared in National Touring companies of Hello, Dolly! with Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams and Michele Lee, Anything Goes and the International Touring Company of A Chorus Line. New York audiences have seen him in the Off-Broadway production of Party. Regional credits as a performer include: West Side Story, Good News! A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady and Marvin in Falsettoland. Kevin has directed and choreographed over 100 productions across America. He has had the privilege of working with such stars as Marin Mazzie, Joanne Worley, Kathleen Turner, Josh Groban, Jonathan Groff and Tony Award winner, Cady Huffman. In New York, he was the assistant to the director of On the Twentieth Century at the New Amsterdam Theatre and assistant to the choreographer on the revival of Guys and Dolls. He directed and choreographed Kinky Boots, Rodger + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, and Sister Act here at NSMT and Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sister Act, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, and Grease at Bill Hanney’s Theatre By The Sea in Rhode Island, where he is also Producing Artistic Director. Kevin has been nominated as Best Director/Choreographer for his work on Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Rent, The Full Monty, Chicago, and Edwin Drood, and was awarded the NH Theatre Award for Best Choreography for West Side Story at the Papermill Theatre. Kevin has also been awarded Six Broadway World awards and two Motif awards for his productions of Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins and Young Frankenstein. Future projects include an original danced play called Dance Night. As a Professor of Dance, Kevin has been on faculty at Pennsylvania State University, Kansas State University and most recently The Boston Conservatory of Music. Kevin is a proud member of SDC, AEA and Dance Masters of New England, Chapter 5.
MILTON GRANGER (Music Direction) returns to North Shore Music Theatre having previously music directed Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol (’14 – ’18, ‘21), Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Mame, 42nd Street, Young Frankenstein, The Music Man, West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, Mary Poppins, Saturday Night Fever, Anything Goes, Cats and Swing!. As pianist/conductor: Broadway: Mary Poppins, The Woman in White, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Cyrano the musical, and Camelot (with Robert Goulet). National Tours: Phantom of the Opera, Big, Sunset Boulevard, Camelot. International: West Side Story. Over 100 regional productions at North Shore Music Theatre, Baltimore CenterStage, Westchester Broadway Theatre and others. Work as composer/lyricist: Two First Prizes in National Opera Association new chamber opera competition; nine chamber operas, performed regularly throughout U.S. and Canada. Several produced musical plays, including Castle Walk (NYMF Next Link Selection), and Peter Rabbit and the Garden of Doom (winner, Actors’ Playhouse competition). miltongranger.com
HOWARD C. JONES (Original Scenic Design). Past NSMT design credits include Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, My Fair Lady, Bye, Bye Birdie, Contact, Forever Plaid, Hairspray, Singin' in the Rain ‘05, ‘92, Fame, Swing!, Cats, Chicago, Footloose ‘02, Carousel, Sweet Charity, Student Prince, Victor Victoria, Annie, Carnival, Crazy For You, Will Rogers Follies, Phantom, Showboat, South Pacific, Brigadoon, City of Angels, Guys and Dolls, Nunsense 2, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Camelot ‘91 and the annual production of A Christmas Carol. Mr. Jones is Director of Scene Painting at the N.C. School of the Arts. 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, Virginia Opera 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 and several times has been awarded Best Design by KC Drama Desk.
KELLY BAKER (Costume Coordinator/ Additional Costume Design) is so happy to back for another season! Previous NSMT Costume Design/Coordinator credits include: Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Mamma Mia! (‘21, ‘18), The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, A Christmas Carol, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, as well as TYA shows A Year With Frog and Toad and Curious George: The Golden Meatball. Other companies she has worked for include: The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, New England Conservatory, Greater Boston Stage Company, Odyssey Opera, The Cape Playhouse, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Theatre By The Sea, and OIV’s Ouroboros Trilogy. Thank you to Kevin, Karen, Matthew and the amazing NSMT Costume Shop/Wardrobe Crew for all that they do. Hi Mama!
JACK MEHLER (Lighting Design). Previous work with NSMT includes Scenery & Lighting for Jekyll & Hyde (2018, IRNE nomination), Singin’ in the Rain (2016), Billy Elliot The Musical (2015), Miss Saigon (2013), Scenery for West Side Story (2003), and Lighting for Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol ('02-'19, ’21; 2012 IRNE nomination), Oklahoma!, Annie, Camelot (IRNE nomination), Children of Eden, 42nd Street, Funny Girl, Gypsy, Hairspray, High School Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, The King and I, A Little Night Music, My Fair Lady, Nine (IRNE nomination), Ragtime, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, West Side Story (2016), Wizard of Oz, and Young Frankenstein. He received the 2012 (Elisabeth) and 2013 (Rebecca) Korean Musical Theatre Awards (Korean Tony) for Lighting Design of the Year. Other Theatre design credits include Walnut Street Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Manhattan Theatre Club, Riverside Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Seattle Rep, Syracuse Stage, Weston Playhouse, The Working Theatre and WPA among many others. Dance: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Lar Lubovitch, San Francisco Ballet, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Buglisi Dance Theatre, BalletMet, Ballet Memphis, Richmond Ballet and others. Jack also provides owner's design representation for organizations building or renovating performance and rehearsal spaces and is a founding Board Member of ACT of Connecticut.
LEON ROTHENBERG (Sound Design) NSMT: All Shook Up, Wizard of Oz, Les Misérables, Saturday Night Fever, Singin’ in the Rain, and A Christmas Carol since 2012. Select Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, Waverly Gallery, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, The Boys in the Band, A Doll’s House Part 2, Violet, The Realistic Joneses, The Nance (Tony Award), The Heiress, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony Nom). Regional: Pasadena Playhouse, The Wallis (LA), Spoleto Festival, Huntington, A.C.T., Portland Center Stage, Arena Stage, Seattle Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Long Wharf, McCarter, Williamstown Theater Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Merrimack Repertory, Delaware Theater Company, New York Stage and Film, Two River Theater, Theatre By The Sea. Select New York/Off-Broadway: Second Stage, New York City Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Public Theater, Culture Project, Tectonic. Tours/International: Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story Onstage, Cirque du Soleil. klaxson.net
GERARD KELLY (Original Wig and Hair Design) Gerard has designed for Hair on Broadway and on London's West End. His New York credits include the Public Theater, Mint Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons. the Pearl Theater, and the Classic Stage Company. Regional Theatre credits include Theatre Under the Stars, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Paper Mill Playhouse, Maine State Music Theatre, Carousel Dinner Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre. San Francisco TheatreWorks, Cape Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Westport Country Playhouse, Peterborough Players, Actors, Playhouse, and George Street Playhouse. Gerard has designed for Shakespeare festivals in New York, Lake Tahoe, New Jersey, Idaho, and San Francisco. Film credits include The Conjuring, Transamerica, Girls Will Be Girls. Notorious, The Ten, The Savages, and The Other Women. Gerard has worked extensively with the B-52s.
KAT SHANAHAN (Additional Wig Design) is THRILLED to be designing the wigs for A Christmas Carol - a show she has seen every year since she was 2 years old! She is the resident Wardrobe Supervisor here at NSMT, finishing out her 9th season! Other companies she has worked for include Boston Ballet, The Huntington Theatre, Speakeasy Stage Co., The Lyric Stage Co., Greater Boston Stage, Theater By The Sea, Odyssey Opera, The New England Conservatory, Boston University, The Poets Theater, Boston Conservatory, and ArtsEmerson. Kat has designed and/or maintained wigs for such other companies as Boston Ballet, The Huntington Theater, Odyssey Opera, and Boston University. Kat has a B.S. in Film and Video Production from The New England Institute of Art. For J,O,P,R&C, always.
STEPHEN MacDONALD (Production Stage Manager) is excited to be working on another production with North Shore Music Theatre after stage managing Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol (‘21) and Mamma Mia! (‘21). Other recent credits include The Inheritance, People, Places and Things and Admissions with Speakeasy Stage Company of Boston, Mamma Mia! (‘21) at Theatre By The Sea, and A Year with Frog and Toad TYA at North Shore Music Theatre. When not working professionally as a stage manager, Stephen spends his time directing and designing educational productions, teaching future generations of performing and technical theatre artists.
DAKOTAH WILEY HORAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back having worked as the Assistant Stage Manager on Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol ‘16 – ‘19, ‘21, Mamma Mia! (‘18, ‘21), The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, Mame, 42nd Street, Evita, Young Frankenstein, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Music Man, West Side Story, Spamalot and Singin’ In The Rain, and as the Production Assistant for Mary Poppins and Funny Girl. Some of her previous Stage Management credits include: Capital Repertory Theatre: Betrayal, Marvelous Wonderettes, Cactus Flower, 33 Variations, Leslie Uggams in Uptown Downtown, Man of La Mancha, and Single Girls Guide. Pendragon Theatre: Clean House, and Twelve Angry Men. She would like to thank her parents for instilling and encouraging her love of theatre, and to her friends and her North Shore family for always supporting her.
BRIANA FALLON (Assistant to the Director/Choreographer) is thrilled to return for her fourth Christmas season! Other NSMT credits: Cinderella, Mamma Mia! ('18, '21), Freaky Friday, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Singin' in the Rain, Young Frankenstein, Saturday Night Fever, Billy Elliot. NYC credits: Anything Goes, Funny Face. BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. Owner of Refine Dance Studio in Danvers, MA. A huge thank you to Kevin, Matthew, and Bill!! Much love to my biggest supporters, my husband David, Mom, Dad, family, and friends. @briana_fallon
ROBERT L. RUCINSKI (Assistant Music Direction) is thrilled to be returning for his 16th production of A Christmas Carol at NSMT. Past NSMT Music Director credits include A Christmas Carol (‘19), A Year with Frog & Toad, School House Rock Live Jr. Past Assistant Music Director credits include Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol (‘04 – ‘07, ‘10 – ‘18, ‘21), Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain (‘06 & ‘16), Les Misérables, The Little Mermaid, The King and I, Forever Plaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Crazy for You, Cinderella (‘05-’06), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Damn Yankees, Camelot, Fame. Robert has been music director at many theaters throughout New England and teaches at several high school and university theater programs in the local area. A native of Jersey City, NJ, he now lives in Arlington, MA. More info at RucinskiMusic.com.
BILL HANNEY (Owner/Producer) is honored and proud to have been responsible for both the 2007 purchase and re-opening of Theatre By The Sea (theatrebythesea.com), the landmark 500 seat professional summer theatre and restaurant in Wakefield, RI and the 2010 purchase and re-opening of North Shore Music Theatre (nsmt.org), the 1,500 seat nationally renowned regional theatre in Beverly, MA. He began his career in show business at age 19, leasing and developing movie theaters, including his first multiplex in Quincy, Massachusetts. Before long, he was booking rock shows (Jefferson Starship, Rush) and other types of live entertainment, which eventually led to the presenting and producing of Broadway productions. One such show was an appearance by the legendary mime artist, Marcel Marceau. As president of Broadway Productions, Bill presented national tours such as Annie, Amadeus, Dancin’, Peter Pan, The Rocky Horror Show and Mark Twain starring Hal Holbrook, throughout New England including Worcester, Springfield, Portland, Maine and Boston. Throughout his career, Bill has stayed focused on his movie theatre chain having bought, built, owned, operated and sold more than 30 cinemas. His company, Entertainment Cinemas, currently operates seven movie complexes in four states. In 2009, Bill was elected President of the Theatre Owners of New England. Bill’s ongoing work with NSMT inspires him to consider acquiring additional performance venues at which he plans to someday share his productions between his theatres. Bill has been named to the North Shore Top 100 by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, he was recognized by both the Beverly Chamber of Commerce and Salem Chamber of Commerce as Business Person of the Year. He is the recipient of the 2015 Leslie S. Ray Hall of Fame Award, presented by the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce. Bill is a member of the League of Broadway Producers and was involved with the recent revival of Pippin, as well as developing several new musicals. Bill also produces Cape Live!, a summer entertainment series at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center in Hyannis.
MATTHEW CHAPPELL (Casting Director) is honored to continue working with this remarkable creative team as resident Casting Director and Associate Producer for Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre and resident Casting Director for Theatre By The Sea. An accomplished performer, he is fortunate to have worked all over the world in more than 30 productions, including several shows at NSMT, as lead vocalist in Stephen Schwartz’s Magic To Do for Princess Cruise Lines, and appearances at Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Duplex, Carnegie Hall, and The Metropolitan Room. For many years, Matthew worked as a talent agent, casting associate, and photographer for Heyman Talent Agency, specializing in TV/film, commercials, runway, print and voiceovers. He is a former Associate Producer for Encore International, casting and producing shows for theme parks, cruise ships, and corporate events.
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org
NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE (NSMT) Since 1955, NSMT has become one of the most attended theatres in New England, with approximately 250,000 patrons annually. With a national and regional reputation for artistic achievement, NSMT has received numerous industry awards including Elliot Norton Awards, IRNE Awards, the Rosetta Le Noire Award from Actors’ Equity, and the Moss Hart Award. NSMT produced the World Premiere of Memphis in 2003, the show went on to win four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Under the new ownership of Bill Hanney in 2010, NSMT continues to annually produce a musical subscription series and an annual production of A Christmas Carol along with celebrity concerts, children’s programming, and year-round education programs for all ages.
KEVIN P. HILL (Director & Choreographer, Producing Artistic Director). Born and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts, Kevin began his theatrical career as dancer and actor. He appeared in National Touring companies of Hello, Dolly! with Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams and Michele Lee, Anything Goes and the International Touring Company of A Chorus Line. New York audiences have seen him in the Off-Broadway production of Party. Regional credits as a performer include: West Side Story, Good News! A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady and Marvin in Falsettoland. Kevin has directed and choreographed over 100 productions across America. He has had the privilege of working with such stars as Marin Mazzie, Joanne Worley, Kathleen Turner, Josh Groban, Jonathan Groff and Tony Award winner, Cady Huffman. In New York, he was the assistant to the director of On the Twentieth Century at the New Amsterdam Theatre and assistant to the choreographer on the revival of Guys and Dolls. He directed and choreographed Kinky Boots, Rodger + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, and Sister Act here at NSMT and Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sister Act, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, and Grease at Bill Hanney’s Theatre By The Sea in Rhode Island, where he is also Producing Artistic Director. Kevin has been nominated as Best Director/Choreographer for his work on Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Rent, The Full Monty, Chicago, and Edwin Drood, and was awarded the NH Theatre Award for Best Choreography for West Side Story at the Papermill Theatre. Kevin has also been awarded Six Broadway World awards and two Motif awards for his productions of Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins and Young Frankenstein. Future projects include an original danced play called Dance Night. As a Professor of Dance, Kevin has been on faculty at Pennsylvania State University, Kansas State University and most recently The Boston Conservatory of Music. Kevin is a proud member of SDC, AEA and Dance Masters of New England, Chapter 5.
MILTON GRANGER (Music Direction) returns to North Shore Music Theatre having previously music directed Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol (’14 – ’18, ‘21), Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Mame, 42nd Street, Young Frankenstein, The Music Man, West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, Mary Poppins, Saturday Night Fever, Anything Goes, Cats and Swing!. As pianist/conductor: Broadway: Mary Poppins, The Woman in White, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Cyrano the musical, and Camelot (with Robert Goulet). National Tours: Phantom of the Opera, Big, Sunset Boulevard, Camelot. International: West Side Story. Over 100 regional productions at North Shore Music Theatre, Baltimore CenterStage, Westchester Broadway Theatre and others. Work as composer/lyricist: Two First Prizes in National Opera Association new chamber opera competition; nine chamber operas, performed regularly throughout U.S. and Canada. Several produced musical plays, including Castle Walk (NYMF Next Link Selection), and Peter Rabbit and the Garden of Doom (winner, Actors’ Playhouse competition). miltongranger.com
HOWARD C. JONES (Original Scenic Design). Past NSMT design credits include Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, My Fair Lady, Bye, Bye Birdie, Contact, Forever Plaid, Hairspray, Singin' in the Rain ‘05, ‘92, Fame, Swing!, Cats, Chicago, Footloose ‘02, Carousel, Sweet Charity, Student Prince, Victor Victoria, Annie, Carnival, Crazy For You, Will Rogers Follies, Phantom, Showboat, South Pacific, Brigadoon, City of Angels, Guys and Dolls, Nunsense 2, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Camelot ‘91 and the annual production of A Christmas Carol. Mr. Jones is Director of Scene Painting at the N.C. School of the Arts. 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, Virginia Opera 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 and several times has been awarded Best Design by KC Drama Desk.
KELLY BAKER (Costume Coordinator/ Additional Costume Design) is so happy to back for another season! Previous NSMT Costume Design/Coordinator credits include: Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Mamma Mia! (‘21, ‘18), The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, A Christmas Carol, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, as well as TYA shows A Year With Frog and Toad and Curious George: The Golden Meatball. Other companies she has worked for include: The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, New England Conservatory, Greater Boston Stage Company, Odyssey Opera, The Cape Playhouse, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Theatre By The Sea, and OIV’s Ouroboros Trilogy. Thank you to Kevin, Karen, Matthew and the amazing NSMT Costume Shop/Wardrobe Crew for all that they do. Hi Mama!
JACK MEHLER (Lighting Design). Previous work with NSMT includes Scenery & Lighting for Jekyll & Hyde (2018, IRNE nomination), Singin’ in the Rain (2016), Billy Elliot The Musical (2015), Miss Saigon (2013), Scenery for West Side Story (2003), and Lighting for Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol ('02-'19, ’21; 2012 IRNE nomination), Oklahoma!, Annie, Camelot (IRNE nomination), Children of Eden, 42nd Street, Funny Girl, Gypsy, Hairspray, High School Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, The King and I, A Little Night Music, My Fair Lady, Nine (IRNE nomination), Ragtime, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, West Side Story (2016), Wizard of Oz, and Young Frankenstein. He received the 2012 (Elisabeth) and 2013 (Rebecca) Korean Musical Theatre Awards (Korean Tony) for Lighting Design of the Year. Other Theatre design credits include Walnut Street Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Manhattan Theatre Club, Riverside Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Seattle Rep, Syracuse Stage, Weston Playhouse, The Working Theatre and WPA among many others. Dance: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Lar Lubovitch, San Francisco Ballet, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Buglisi Dance Theatre, BalletMet, Ballet Memphis, Richmond Ballet and others. Jack also provides owner's design representation for organizations building or renovating performance and rehearsal spaces and is a founding Board Member of ACT of Connecticut.
LEON ROTHENBERG (Sound Design) NSMT: All Shook Up, Wizard of Oz, Les Misérables, Saturday Night Fever, Singin’ in the Rain, and A Christmas Carol since 2012. Select Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, Waverly Gallery, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, The Boys in the Band, A Doll’s House Part 2, Violet, The Realistic Joneses, The Nance (Tony Award), The Heiress, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony Nom). Regional: Pasadena Playhouse, The Wallis (LA), Spoleto Festival, Huntington, A.C.T., Portland Center Stage, Arena Stage, Seattle Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Long Wharf, McCarter, Williamstown Theater Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Merrimack Repertory, Delaware Theater Company, New York Stage and Film, Two River Theater, Theatre By The Sea. Select New York/Off-Broadway: Second Stage, New York City Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Public Theater, Culture Project, Tectonic. Tours/International: Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story Onstage, Cirque du Soleil. klaxson.net
GERARD KELLY (Original Wig and Hair Design) Gerard has designed for Hair on Broadway and on London's West End. His New York credits include the Public Theater, Mint Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons. the Pearl Theater, and the Classic Stage Company. Regional Theatre credits include Theatre Under the Stars, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Paper Mill Playhouse, Maine State Music Theatre, Carousel Dinner Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre. San Francisco TheatreWorks, Cape Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Westport Country Playhouse, Peterborough Players, Actors, Playhouse, and George Street Playhouse. Gerard has designed for Shakespeare festivals in New York, Lake Tahoe, New Jersey, Idaho, and San Francisco. Film credits include The Conjuring, Transamerica, Girls Will Be Girls. Notorious, The Ten, The Savages, and The Other Women. Gerard has worked extensively with the B-52s.
KAT SHANAHAN (Additional Wig Design) is THRILLED to be designing the wigs for A Christmas Carol - a show she has seen every year since she was 2 years old! She is the resident Wardrobe Supervisor here at NSMT, finishing out her 9th season! Other companies she has worked for include Boston Ballet, The Huntington Theatre, Speakeasy Stage Co., The Lyric Stage Co., Greater Boston Stage, Theater By The Sea, Odyssey Opera, The New England Conservatory, Boston University, The Poets Theater, Boston Conservatory, and ArtsEmerson. Kat has designed and/or maintained wigs for such other companies as Boston Ballet, The Huntington Theater, Odyssey Opera, and Boston University. Kat has a B.S. in Film and Video Production from The New England Institute of Art. For J,O,P,R&C, always.
STEPHEN MacDONALD (Production Stage Manager) is excited to be working on another production with North Shore Music Theatre after stage managing Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol (‘21) and Mamma Mia! (‘21). Other recent credits include The Inheritance, People, Places and Things and Admissions with Speakeasy Stage Company of Boston, Mamma Mia! (‘21) at Theatre By The Sea, and A Year with Frog and Toad TYA at North Shore Music Theatre. When not working professionally as a stage manager, Stephen spends his time directing and designing educational productions, teaching future generations of performing and technical theatre artists.
DAKOTAH WILEY HORAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back having worked as the Assistant Stage Manager on Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol ‘16 – ‘19, ‘21, Mamma Mia! (‘18, ‘21), The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, Mame, 42nd Street, Evita, Young Frankenstein, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Music Man, West Side Story, Spamalot and Singin’ In The Rain, and as the Production Assistant for Mary Poppins and Funny Girl. Some of her previous Stage Management credits include: Capital Repertory Theatre: Betrayal, Marvelous Wonderettes, Cactus Flower, 33 Variations, Leslie Uggams in Uptown Downtown, Man of La Mancha, and Single Girls Guide. Pendragon Theatre: Clean House, and Twelve Angry Men. She would like to thank her parents for instilling and encouraging her love of theatre, and to her friends and her North Shore family for always supporting her.
BRIANA FALLON (Assistant to the Director/Choreographer) is thrilled to return for her fourth Christmas season! Other NSMT credits: Cinderella, Mamma Mia! ('18, '21), Freaky Friday, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Singin' in the Rain, Young Frankenstein, Saturday Night Fever, Billy Elliot. NYC credits: Anything Goes, Funny Face. BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. Owner of Refine Dance Studio in Danvers, MA. A huge thank you to Kevin, Matthew, and Bill!! Much love to my biggest supporters, my husband David, Mom, Dad, family, and friends. @briana_fallon
ROBERT L. RUCINSKI (Assistant Music Direction) is thrilled to be returning for his 16th production of A Christmas Carol at NSMT. Past NSMT Music Director credits include A Christmas Carol (‘19), A Year with Frog & Toad, School House Rock Live Jr. Past Assistant Music Director credits include Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol (‘04 – ‘07, ‘10 – ‘18, ‘21), Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain (‘06 & ‘16), Les Misérables, The Little Mermaid, The King and I, Forever Plaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Crazy for You, Cinderella (‘05-’06), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Damn Yankees, Camelot, Fame. Robert has been music director at many theaters throughout New England and teaches at several high school and university theater programs in the local area. A native of Jersey City, NJ, he now lives in Arlington, MA. More info at RucinskiMusic.com.
BILL HANNEY (Owner/Producer) is honored and proud to have been responsible for both the 2007 purchase and re-opening of Theatre By The Sea (theatrebythesea.com), the landmark 500 seat professional summer theatre and restaurant in Wakefield, RI and the 2010 purchase and re-opening of North Shore Music Theatre (nsmt.org), the 1,500 seat nationally renowned regional theatre in Beverly, MA. He began his career in show business at age 19, leasing and developing movie theaters, including his first multiplex in Quincy, Massachusetts. Before long, he was booking rock shows (Jefferson Starship, Rush) and other types of live entertainment, which eventually led to the presenting and producing of Broadway productions. One such show was an appearance by the legendary mime artist, Marcel Marceau. As president of Broadway Productions, Bill presented national tours such as Annie, Amadeus, Dancin’, Peter Pan, The Rocky Horror Show and Mark Twain starring Hal Holbrook, throughout New England including Worcester, Springfield, Portland, Maine and Boston. Throughout his career, Bill has stayed focused on his movie theatre chain having bought, built, owned, operated and sold more than 30 cinemas. His company, Entertainment Cinemas, currently operates seven movie complexes in four states. In 2009, Bill was elected President of the Theatre Owners of New England. Bill’s ongoing work with NSMT inspires him to consider acquiring additional performance venues at which he plans to someday share his productions between his theatres. Bill has been named to the North Shore Top 100 by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, he was recognized by both the Beverly Chamber of Commerce and Salem Chamber of Commerce as Business Person of the Year. He is the recipient of the 2015 Leslie S. Ray Hall of Fame Award, presented by the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce. Bill is a member of the League of Broadway Producers and was involved with the recent revival of Pippin, as well as developing several new musicals. Bill also produces Cape Live!, a summer entertainment series at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center in Hyannis.
MATTHEW CHAPPELL (Casting Director) is honored to continue working with this remarkable creative team as resident Casting Director and Associate Producer for Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre and resident Casting Director for Theatre By The Sea. An accomplished performer, he is fortunate to have worked all over the world in more than 30 productions, including several shows at NSMT, as lead vocalist in Stephen Schwartz’s Magic To Do for Princess Cruise Lines, and appearances at Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Duplex, Carnegie Hall, and The Metropolitan Room. For many years, Matthew worked as a talent agent, casting associate, and photographer for Heyman Talent Agency, specializing in TV/film, commercials, runway, print and voiceovers. He is a former Associate Producer for Encore International, casting and producing shows for theme parks, cruise ships, and corporate events.
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org
NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE (NSMT) Since 1955, NSMT has become one of the most attended theatres in New England, with approximately 250,000 patrons annually. With a national and regional reputation for artistic achievement, NSMT has received numerous industry awards including Elliot Norton Awards, IRNE Awards, the Rosetta Le Noire Award from Actors’ Equity, and the Moss Hart Award. NSMT produced the World Premiere of Memphis in 2003, the show went on to win four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Under the new ownership of Bill Hanney in 2010, NSMT continues to annually produce a musical subscription series and an annual production of A Christmas Carol along with celebrity concerts, children’s programming, and year-round education programs for all ages.
