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Quinn Briere
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Nora Celesk
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Adalyn Daly
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Daniella Frink
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Brendan Mackenzie
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Ava Morin
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Ella Morin
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Norah Pritchard
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Madalene Rodrigues
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Ronika Salehian
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Alysha Sandaire
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Alexia Towne
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TIM RICE (Lyrics) has worked in music, theatre and films since 1965. With Andrew Lloyd Webber, he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita and has since collaborated with other distinguished composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess) and Stuart Brayson (From Here to Eternity). He has also written with Freddie Mercury, Burt Bacharach, Gary Barlow, Marvin Hamlisch and Rick Wakeman, among others. In 2024-5, Tim toured over 30 towns and cities in the UK and Ireland with My Life in Musicals, an evening of his songs from his 60-year career in show business. In 2025, he was reunited with Andrew Lloyd Webber to write original songs for the comedy play Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas, while Chess returned to Broadway for its first new production there in nearly 40 years. He was knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 and like Elton, Andrew and Alan, has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony – achieving “EGOT” status. Tim’s interests beyond the entertainment business include boxer dogs, astronomy and cricket, and to indulge the latter he founded his own team in 1973. He is a patron of the Bob Willis Fund (along with Bob Dylan), an enterprise inspired by the late great English cricketer, which is dedicated to raising awareness of prostate cancer. Though he has given up spin-bowling, he has no immediate plans to retire from show business.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Music) has composed the scores of some of the world’s most famous musicals. When Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock, CATS and The Phantom of the Opera, he equaled Rodgers & Hammerstein’s record of four shows running simultaneously on Broadway. He is one of the select group of artists with EGOT status, having received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. In New York, hard on the heels of the Tony Award-winning revival of Sunset Boulevard, Lloyd Webber recently opened Masquerade, which brings audiences closer than ever before to his global phenomenon The Phantom of the Opera, and CATS: The Jellicle Ball, the Harlem Ballroom reimagining of his iconic musical, which recently opened to rave reviews on Broadway. Lloyd Webber owns six London theatres, including the iconic London Palladium and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Reopened in July 2021, the latter was completely restored and renovated at a cost of over $80 million. His mantra is that every penny of profit made from his theatres is put back into the buildings. Lloyd Webber is passionate about the importance of musical education and diversity in the arts. In Britain, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation provides 30 performing arts scholarships every year for talented students with financial need and supports a range of projects, such as the Music in Secondary School Trust and commissioning research into diversity in theatre. In the United States, the American Theatre Wing’s Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative provides grant funding directly to under-resourced public schools for their theatre programs and provides scholarships to grade school and university students pursuing studies in theatre. In 2023, Andrew Lloyd Webber partnered with Michael Harrison to produce new productions of existing work and his future musicals. His latest, The Illusionist, will be produced in London in 2027. Andrew Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992, created an honorary life peer in 1997, and made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by King Charles III in 2024.
GERRY McINTYRE (Director/Choreographer) won widespread acclaim for choreographing the Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of Godspell (the first Equity-sanctioned musical to be done during the pandemic) and won the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue with Forbidden Broadway Merrily We Stole a Song. New York: Lucky Stiff, The Goodbye Girl, Hallelujah Baby, Spamilton. Regional: The Full Monty (North Shore Music Theatre); Ain’t Too Proud, The Cher Show, Jersey Boys, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 9 to 5, and Chicago (Ogunquit Playhouse); Ragtime, The Wiz, Cinderella, Sunset Blvd, Jersey Boys (Broadway Sacramento); Young Frankenstein (director/choreographer), My Fair Lady, Songs for a New World, A Chorus Line, Nina Simone: Four Women, White Christmas, The Mousetrap (Berkshire Theater Group); Kinky Boots, Once On This Island, Spamilton(Pittsburgh CLO). Ain’t Misbehavin', Once On This Island, Putting It Together, Bonnie and Clyde, Beautiful (Pioneer Theatre Company); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (La Mirada, The Lyric); Dreamgirls(Walnut Street), The Color Purple (Casa Mañana). As a performer, the original company of Once On This Island, Anything Goes with Patti LuPone, and one of the three Americans cast in the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmand.
ROBERT L. RUCINSKI (Music Director) is excited to come full circle with this production of Joseph – this show was the first musical he did in middle school and revisiting it now has been a blast! Originally from Jersey City, NJ, he came to Massachusetts where he studied chemical engineering and music at MIT before making the decision to embark on a professional career in musical theater. Robert first joined the NSMT family in November 2004. He has been the Music Director for Seussical TYA, Rent (Elliot Norton Award Nomination - Outstanding Music Direction), Curious George: The Golden Meatball (’23 & ’25), Madagascar, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Escape To Margaritaville, A Christmas Carol (‘19), A Year with Frog & Toad, and School House Rock Live Jr. and has worked on over 50 other shows as Assistant Music Director. When not on campus at NSMT, Robert is an active music director and freelance musician for many theaters and school/university theater programs throughout the New England area. Much thanks to his mother, Doris, and his husband, Bryan, for their unending support. More info at RucinskiMusic.com
BARON E. PUGH (Scenic Design) is excited to make his NSMT debut. Baron is a scenic designer whose work explores the intersection of storytelling, architecture, and visual poetry. Based in Providence, he creates immersive environments for theater, opera, and new works that support bold narratives and dynamic performance. Baron holds an MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829. His work has been seen Off-Broadway, regionally, and at leading educational institutions across the United States. Design credits include As Time Goes By (Out of the Box Theatrics), The Lehman Trilogy (Gulfshore Playhouse), The Anonymous Lover (Opera Philadelphia), Primary Trust and ABCD (Barrington Stage Company), Million Dollar Quartet and B.R.O.K.E.N code/B.I.R.D switching (Berkshire Theatre Group), and Trouble in Mind (Hartford Stage). New York credits include An Absolute Turkey, Two Sisters and a Piano, King Lear and The Tempest at The Juilliard School Drama Division. As an associate designer, Baron has worked with award-winning scenic and production designer, Jason Ardizzone-West, contributing to productions that include Shadow/Land at The Public Theater as well as The Grove, Sojourners, and The Bluest Eye at The Huntington Theatre. Whether developing large-scale period worlds, intimate contemporary settings, or highly theatrical environments for new works, Baron approaches each project with a commitment to collaboration and imaginative visual storytelling. Baron is also an Affiliated Faculty member at Emerson College, where he teaches courses in hand drafting and Vectorworks, mentoring the next generation of theatre designers. Outside of theater, Baron enjoys discovering (and eating) new foods/cuisine and spending time with his husband and their doggo Finn (@Faces_of_Finnigan on IG). For more info, visit BaronPughDesign.com or follow him on IG at @BPscenic
REBECCA GLICK (Costume Coordinator) is thrilled to be designing for North Shore Music Theatre! She has designed for many theatres and educational programs around Boston. Her recent designs include Rent (Elliot Norton Award Nomination - Outstanding Costume Design, Large), Waitress, and The Shark is Broken (NSMT), Laughs in Spanish (Speakeasy Stage Company), and Frozen (Framingham High School). She is the recipient of the Thomas Derrah Emerging Artist Award for her Costume Design of POTUS and has been nominated for Elliot Norton Awards for her designs of Rent (NSMT) and Sweeney Todd (Moonbox Productions). Rebecca's educational designs can be seen throughout the year on the stages of Framingham High School, Weston Drama Workshop, and NSMT. She is also the designer for Refine Dance Studio's annual production of The Nutty Suite.
JOSÉ SANTIAGO (Lighting Design) is happy to return after lighting Rent, Million Dollar Quartet, Jersey Boys (‘19, ‘24), The Sound of Music, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia! (‘18, ‘21), The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Freaky Friday, Hairspray, Peter Pan, 42nd Street, Evita and Spamalot at North Shore Music Theatre. His work has been seen at Pioneer Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Chicago Opera, The Paramount Theatre (Aurora, IL), Drury Lane (Chicago), Skylight Music Theatre, Center REP, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Bay Street Theatre, Gretna Playhouse, The Gateway, The Engeman Theater, Guild Hall, Penobscot Theatre, 5 Star Theatricals, Slow Burn Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse. He received his MFA in Lighting Design from Florida State University. Proud member of USA829 and represented by Michael Moore Agency. jsantiagodesign.com
ALEX BERG (Sound Design) is excited to return to North Shore Music Theatre! Alex is a freelance sound designer and mix engineer in the greater Boston area. Credits include shows at The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, ACT of Connecticut, Theatre By The Sea, Prescott Park Arts Festival, Barrington Stage Company, Kavinoky Theatre, and Shakespeare in Delaware Park. Thank you to the team at NSMT, and to my family, friends, and Lyn for all their love and support.
RACHEL PADULA-SHUFELT (Wig & Hair Design). Previous work at North Shore Music Theatre include The Cher Show, Rent, Grease, The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress, Titanic The Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, Tootsie, Disney’s Frozen, Fiddler On The Roof, Jersey Boys (‘19 & ‘24), Elvis: A Musical Revolution, The Full Monty, Escape To Margaritaville, The Sound Of Music, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Freaky Friday, and Oklahoma! Broadway credits include: Glass Menagerie, Waitress. Regional: American Repertory Theatre: Macbeth in Stride, Moby Dick (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Black Clown, Waitress, Fingersmith (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Elliot Norton award winner- Best Design), Marie Antoinette, and Crossing. Huntington Theatre Company: The Band’s Visit, The Heart Sellers, Joy and Pandemic, and The Colored Museum. Rachel is the hair and makeup supervisor for Boston Ballet.
SIMON BYRNE (Youth Chorus Director) has been Music Director for our education programs at NSMT since 2019. He accompanies auditions and masterclasses, teaches workshops and classes, and has music directed our productions of Annie Kids Edition (2020), Disney’s Frozen Jr. (2022), The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition (2023), Matilda Jr. (2023), Disney’s Descendants The Musical (2024), Disney's Beauty And The Beast JR. (2024), Beetlejuice Jr. (2025), Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr. (2025), and Chicago: Teen Edition (2026). He will be music directing our upcoming productions of Disney’s High School Musical Jr. (1 & 2) and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella: Youth Edition this summer. Simon is also Pianist/Music Director for our Out at the North Shore evenings, and Dialect Coach for A Christmas Carol since 2021. simonbyrne.me | @sim0nbyrne
JAMES O. HANSEN (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to NSMT after 10 years! As the Resident Production Stage Manager at Pioneer Theatre Company, recent credits include: Come From Away, Ten Brave Seconds (World Premiere), Dear Evan Hansen, Beautiful, and Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Previous credits include On Your Feet!, Clue (starring Sally Struthers), and Joseph… Dreamcoat (starring David Archuleta). James earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Management from Dean College. Special thanks to his Mom, Family, and Ostie for their love and support! DHH.
SPENCER STANLEY (Assistant Music Director) s ecstatic to be back on Massachusetts' North Shore! He was last seen on stage in NSMT's production of Seussical. Spencer is a graduate of The College-Conservatory of Music; having studied musical theater with a concentration in Composition and Music Direction. He has been recognized as both a composer and actor; as finalist for Taylor Louderman's, "Write Out Loud" contest, and recipient of a Berkshire Theater Critics Association Award for his performance as Nicely-Nicely Johnson. He'd like to thank his family, friends, and the man above for their unconditional love and support. IG: @spencercstanley
MARIA PAPADOPOULOS (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to NSMT after previously working on On Your Feet!, The Cher Show, Rent, Grease, The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress, A Christmas Carol, Tootsie, Disney’s Frozen, and Fiddler on the Roof. She is the Resident Assistant Stage Manager of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company with her favorite credits from there being Lucky Stiff and Goodbye Girl. Select other credits include: Indecent(PSM - Weston Drama Workshops), Merrily We Roll Along (ASM - Weston Drama Workshops), POTUS (Sound Board Op - SpeakEasy Stage), A Case For The Existence of God (Sound Board Op - SpeakEasy Stage). BFA from Penn State.
ELENA RING (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to make their NSMT debut this summer with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Previous credits include serving as the Company Manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre for two seasons. Production Stage Manager credits include Dishwasher Dreams, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Misery, and Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash (MRT), Daughter of the Regiment: Opera on Tour (Boston Lyric Opera), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arrais Ballet). Elena earned a BFA in Stage and Production Management from Emerson College.
BILL HANNEY (Owner/Producer) is honored and proud to have been responsible for the re-opening of the nationally renowned North Shore Music Theatre in 2010. Aside from his work operating North Shore Music Theatre, one of Bill's crowning achievements was the 2007 purchase and re-opening of Theatre By The Sea, a landmark 500 seat professional summer theatre and restaurant, which is entering its eighteenth successful year of operation in Matunuck, RI (theatrebythesea.com). Bill was a co-producer on the recent Broadway production of The Shark is Broken, and recently co-produced a New York City workshop of The SeaView Nursing Home for the Newly Deceased. Bill was an investor in the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Pippin, as well as the First National Tour. Bill is currently expanding his group of live theatres. 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 six movie complexes in three states. Bill is currently Chairman of the Board of the Theatre Owners of New England. Bill has been named to the North Shore Top 100 by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce. He received the Leslie S. Ray Hall of Fame Award (2015) and Businessperson of the Year Award (2012) from the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce, as well as Businessperson of the Year from the Salem Chamber of Commerce (2011). Bill Hanney is the recipient of The Boston Theater Critics Association’s 2026 Elliot Norton Prize For Sustained Excellence.
KEVIN P. HILL (Producing Artistic Director) began his theatrical career as dancer and actor, having appeared in the 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. Kevin has directed and choreographed more than 200 productions across America, including The Cher Show, Grease, Waitress, Titanic The Musical (Elliot Norton Award for Best Director), Disney’s Frozen, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys (‘19 & ‘24), The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and others. He has had the privilege of working with such stars as Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley, Marin Mazzie, Jeannette Bayardelle, Joanne Worley, Kathleen Turner, Josh Groban, Tony Award-winner 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. Kevin has been nominated as Best Director/Choreographer for his work on Sunset Boulevard, 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. 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 and his husband Matthew have created their own production company called, Chappell Hill Productions. Their first venture is co-producing the new Broadway musical Wanted (previously Gun & Powder). Chappell Hill Productions is also the lead producer of a new medium of theatre called, Dance Night. Kevin is a proud member of SDC, AEA and a past member of Dance Masters of New England, Chapter 5. For twelve years, he has held the role of Producing Artistic Director at North Shore Music Theatre and thirteen years at Theatre By The Sea.
MATTHEW CHAPPELL (Associate Producer/Casting Director) is in his 8th season as resident Casting Director and Associate Producer for Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre and resident Casting Director for Theatre By The Sea. He is a former talent agent, casting associate, and photographer for Heyman Talent Agency, specializing in TV/film, commercials, runway, print and voiceovers and, for many years, worked as Associate Producer for Encore International, casting and producing shows for theme parks, cruise ships, and corporate events. Prior to making the leap to Casting and Producing, Matthew enjoyed a 20+ year career as a professional Actor/Singer/Dancer.
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.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Music) has composed the scores of some of the world’s most famous musicals. When Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock, CATS and The Phantom of the Opera, he equaled Rodgers & Hammerstein’s record of four shows running simultaneously on Broadway. He is one of the select group of artists with EGOT status, having received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. In New York, hard on the heels of the Tony Award-winning revival of Sunset Boulevard, Lloyd Webber recently opened Masquerade, which brings audiences closer than ever before to his global phenomenon The Phantom of the Opera, and CATS: The Jellicle Ball, the Harlem Ballroom reimagining of his iconic musical, which recently opened to rave reviews on Broadway. Lloyd Webber owns six London theatres, including the iconic London Palladium and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Reopened in July 2021, the latter was completely restored and renovated at a cost of over $80 million. His mantra is that every penny of profit made from his theatres is put back into the buildings. Lloyd Webber is passionate about the importance of musical education and diversity in the arts. In Britain, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation provides 30 performing arts scholarships every year for talented students with financial need and supports a range of projects, such as the Music in Secondary School Trust and commissioning research into diversity in theatre. In the United States, the American Theatre Wing’s Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative provides grant funding directly to under-resourced public schools for their theatre programs and provides scholarships to grade school and university students pursuing studies in theatre. In 2023, Andrew Lloyd Webber partnered with Michael Harrison to produce new productions of existing work and his future musicals. His latest, The Illusionist, will be produced in London in 2027. Andrew Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992, created an honorary life peer in 1997, and made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by King Charles III in 2024.
GERRY McINTYRE (Director/Choreographer) won widespread acclaim for choreographing the Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of Godspell (the first Equity-sanctioned musical to be done during the pandemic) and won the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue with Forbidden Broadway Merrily We Stole a Song. New York: Lucky Stiff, The Goodbye Girl, Hallelujah Baby, Spamilton. Regional: The Full Monty (North Shore Music Theatre); Ain’t Too Proud, The Cher Show, Jersey Boys, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 9 to 5, and Chicago (Ogunquit Playhouse); Ragtime, The Wiz, Cinderella, Sunset Blvd, Jersey Boys (Broadway Sacramento); Young Frankenstein (director/choreographer), My Fair Lady, Songs for a New World, A Chorus Line, Nina Simone: Four Women, White Christmas, The Mousetrap (Berkshire Theater Group); Kinky Boots, Once On This Island, Spamilton(Pittsburgh CLO). Ain’t Misbehavin', Once On This Island, Putting It Together, Bonnie and Clyde, Beautiful (Pioneer Theatre Company); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (La Mirada, The Lyric); Dreamgirls(Walnut Street), The Color Purple (Casa Mañana). As a performer, the original company of Once On This Island, Anything Goes with Patti LuPone, and one of the three Americans cast in the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmand.
ROBERT L. RUCINSKI (Music Director) is excited to come full circle with this production of Joseph – this show was the first musical he did in middle school and revisiting it now has been a blast! Originally from Jersey City, NJ, he came to Massachusetts where he studied chemical engineering and music at MIT before making the decision to embark on a professional career in musical theater. Robert first joined the NSMT family in November 2004. He has been the Music Director for Seussical TYA, Rent (Elliot Norton Award Nomination - Outstanding Music Direction), Curious George: The Golden Meatball (’23 & ’25), Madagascar, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Escape To Margaritaville, A Christmas Carol (‘19), A Year with Frog & Toad, and School House Rock Live Jr. and has worked on over 50 other shows as Assistant Music Director. When not on campus at NSMT, Robert is an active music director and freelance musician for many theaters and school/university theater programs throughout the New England area. Much thanks to his mother, Doris, and his husband, Bryan, for their unending support. More info at RucinskiMusic.com
BARON E. PUGH (Scenic Design) is excited to make his NSMT debut. Baron is a scenic designer whose work explores the intersection of storytelling, architecture, and visual poetry. Based in Providence, he creates immersive environments for theater, opera, and new works that support bold narratives and dynamic performance. Baron holds an MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829. His work has been seen Off-Broadway, regionally, and at leading educational institutions across the United States. Design credits include As Time Goes By (Out of the Box Theatrics), The Lehman Trilogy (Gulfshore Playhouse), The Anonymous Lover (Opera Philadelphia), Primary Trust and ABCD (Barrington Stage Company), Million Dollar Quartet and B.R.O.K.E.N code/B.I.R.D switching (Berkshire Theatre Group), and Trouble in Mind (Hartford Stage). New York credits include An Absolute Turkey, Two Sisters and a Piano, King Lear and The Tempest at The Juilliard School Drama Division. As an associate designer, Baron has worked with award-winning scenic and production designer, Jason Ardizzone-West, contributing to productions that include Shadow/Land at The Public Theater as well as The Grove, Sojourners, and The Bluest Eye at The Huntington Theatre. Whether developing large-scale period worlds, intimate contemporary settings, or highly theatrical environments for new works, Baron approaches each project with a commitment to collaboration and imaginative visual storytelling. Baron is also an Affiliated Faculty member at Emerson College, where he teaches courses in hand drafting and Vectorworks, mentoring the next generation of theatre designers. Outside of theater, Baron enjoys discovering (and eating) new foods/cuisine and spending time with his husband and their doggo Finn (@Faces_of_Finnigan on IG). For more info, visit BaronPughDesign.com or follow him on IG at @BPscenic
REBECCA GLICK (Costume Coordinator) is thrilled to be designing for North Shore Music Theatre! She has designed for many theatres and educational programs around Boston. Her recent designs include Rent (Elliot Norton Award Nomination - Outstanding Costume Design, Large), Waitress, and The Shark is Broken (NSMT), Laughs in Spanish (Speakeasy Stage Company), and Frozen (Framingham High School). She is the recipient of the Thomas Derrah Emerging Artist Award for her Costume Design of POTUS and has been nominated for Elliot Norton Awards for her designs of Rent (NSMT) and Sweeney Todd (Moonbox Productions). Rebecca's educational designs can be seen throughout the year on the stages of Framingham High School, Weston Drama Workshop, and NSMT. She is also the designer for Refine Dance Studio's annual production of The Nutty Suite.
JOSÉ SANTIAGO (Lighting Design) is happy to return after lighting Rent, Million Dollar Quartet, Jersey Boys (‘19, ‘24), The Sound of Music, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia! (‘18, ‘21), The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Freaky Friday, Hairspray, Peter Pan, 42nd Street, Evita and Spamalot at North Shore Music Theatre. His work has been seen at Pioneer Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Chicago Opera, The Paramount Theatre (Aurora, IL), Drury Lane (Chicago), Skylight Music Theatre, Center REP, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Bay Street Theatre, Gretna Playhouse, The Gateway, The Engeman Theater, Guild Hall, Penobscot Theatre, 5 Star Theatricals, Slow Burn Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse. He received his MFA in Lighting Design from Florida State University. Proud member of USA829 and represented by Michael Moore Agency. jsantiagodesign.com
ALEX BERG (Sound Design) is excited to return to North Shore Music Theatre! Alex is a freelance sound designer and mix engineer in the greater Boston area. Credits include shows at The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, ACT of Connecticut, Theatre By The Sea, Prescott Park Arts Festival, Barrington Stage Company, Kavinoky Theatre, and Shakespeare in Delaware Park. Thank you to the team at NSMT, and to my family, friends, and Lyn for all their love and support.
RACHEL PADULA-SHUFELT (Wig & Hair Design). Previous work at North Shore Music Theatre include The Cher Show, Rent, Grease, The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress, Titanic The Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, Tootsie, Disney’s Frozen, Fiddler On The Roof, Jersey Boys (‘19 & ‘24), Elvis: A Musical Revolution, The Full Monty, Escape To Margaritaville, The Sound Of Music, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Freaky Friday, and Oklahoma! Broadway credits include: Glass Menagerie, Waitress. Regional: American Repertory Theatre: Macbeth in Stride, Moby Dick (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Black Clown, Waitress, Fingersmith (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Elliot Norton award winner- Best Design), Marie Antoinette, and Crossing. Huntington Theatre Company: The Band’s Visit, The Heart Sellers, Joy and Pandemic, and The Colored Museum. Rachel is the hair and makeup supervisor for Boston Ballet.
SIMON BYRNE (Youth Chorus Director) has been Music Director for our education programs at NSMT since 2019. He accompanies auditions and masterclasses, teaches workshops and classes, and has music directed our productions of Annie Kids Edition (2020), Disney’s Frozen Jr. (2022), The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition (2023), Matilda Jr. (2023), Disney’s Descendants The Musical (2024), Disney's Beauty And The Beast JR. (2024), Beetlejuice Jr. (2025), Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr. (2025), and Chicago: Teen Edition (2026). He will be music directing our upcoming productions of Disney’s High School Musical Jr. (1 & 2) and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella: Youth Edition this summer. Simon is also Pianist/Music Director for our Out at the North Shore evenings, and Dialect Coach for A Christmas Carol since 2021. simonbyrne.me | @sim0nbyrne
JAMES O. HANSEN (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to NSMT after 10 years! As the Resident Production Stage Manager at Pioneer Theatre Company, recent credits include: Come From Away, Ten Brave Seconds (World Premiere), Dear Evan Hansen, Beautiful, and Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Previous credits include On Your Feet!, Clue (starring Sally Struthers), and Joseph… Dreamcoat (starring David Archuleta). James earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Management from Dean College. Special thanks to his Mom, Family, and Ostie for their love and support! DHH.
SPENCER STANLEY (Assistant Music Director) s ecstatic to be back on Massachusetts' North Shore! He was last seen on stage in NSMT's production of Seussical. Spencer is a graduate of The College-Conservatory of Music; having studied musical theater with a concentration in Composition and Music Direction. He has been recognized as both a composer and actor; as finalist for Taylor Louderman's, "Write Out Loud" contest, and recipient of a Berkshire Theater Critics Association Award for his performance as Nicely-Nicely Johnson. He'd like to thank his family, friends, and the man above for their unconditional love and support. IG: @spencercstanley
MARIA PAPADOPOULOS (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to NSMT after previously working on On Your Feet!, The Cher Show, Rent, Grease, The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress, A Christmas Carol, Tootsie, Disney’s Frozen, and Fiddler on the Roof. She is the Resident Assistant Stage Manager of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company with her favorite credits from there being Lucky Stiff and Goodbye Girl. Select other credits include: Indecent(PSM - Weston Drama Workshops), Merrily We Roll Along (ASM - Weston Drama Workshops), POTUS (Sound Board Op - SpeakEasy Stage), A Case For The Existence of God (Sound Board Op - SpeakEasy Stage). BFA from Penn State.
ELENA RING (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to make their NSMT debut this summer with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Previous credits include serving as the Company Manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre for two seasons. Production Stage Manager credits include Dishwasher Dreams, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Misery, and Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash (MRT), Daughter of the Regiment: Opera on Tour (Boston Lyric Opera), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arrais Ballet). Elena earned a BFA in Stage and Production Management from Emerson College.
BILL HANNEY (Owner/Producer) is honored and proud to have been responsible for the re-opening of the nationally renowned North Shore Music Theatre in 2010. Aside from his work operating North Shore Music Theatre, one of Bill's crowning achievements was the 2007 purchase and re-opening of Theatre By The Sea, a landmark 500 seat professional summer theatre and restaurant, which is entering its eighteenth successful year of operation in Matunuck, RI (theatrebythesea.com). Bill was a co-producer on the recent Broadway production of The Shark is Broken, and recently co-produced a New York City workshop of The SeaView Nursing Home for the Newly Deceased. Bill was an investor in the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Pippin, as well as the First National Tour. Bill is currently expanding his group of live theatres. 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 six movie complexes in three states. Bill is currently Chairman of the Board of the Theatre Owners of New England. Bill has been named to the North Shore Top 100 by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce. He received the Leslie S. Ray Hall of Fame Award (2015) and Businessperson of the Year Award (2012) from the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce, as well as Businessperson of the Year from the Salem Chamber of Commerce (2011). Bill Hanney is the recipient of The Boston Theater Critics Association’s 2026 Elliot Norton Prize For Sustained Excellence.
KEVIN P. HILL (Producing Artistic Director) began his theatrical career as dancer and actor, having appeared in the 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. Kevin has directed and choreographed more than 200 productions across America, including The Cher Show, Grease, Waitress, Titanic The Musical (Elliot Norton Award for Best Director), Disney’s Frozen, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys (‘19 & ‘24), The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and others. He has had the privilege of working with such stars as Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley, Marin Mazzie, Jeannette Bayardelle, Joanne Worley, Kathleen Turner, Josh Groban, Tony Award-winner 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. Kevin has been nominated as Best Director/Choreographer for his work on Sunset Boulevard, 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. 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 and his husband Matthew have created their own production company called, Chappell Hill Productions. Their first venture is co-producing the new Broadway musical Wanted (previously Gun & Powder). Chappell Hill Productions is also the lead producer of a new medium of theatre called, Dance Night. Kevin is a proud member of SDC, AEA and a past member of Dance Masters of New England, Chapter 5. For twelve years, he has held the role of Producing Artistic Director at North Shore Music Theatre and thirteen years at Theatre By The Sea.
MATTHEW CHAPPELL (Associate Producer/Casting Director) is in his 8th season as resident Casting Director and Associate Producer for Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre and resident Casting Director for Theatre By The Sea. He is a former talent agent, casting associate, and photographer for Heyman Talent Agency, specializing in TV/film, commercials, runway, print and voiceovers and, for many years, worked as Associate Producer for Encore International, casting and producing shows for theme parks, cruise ships, and corporate events. Prior to making the leap to Casting and Producing, Matthew enjoyed a 20+ year career as a professional Actor/Singer/Dancer.
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.
