Hide and Seek

RIDER UNIVERSITY

A School of Fine and Performing Arts Student Production

Book, Lyrics, and Music by Danny Feldman Directed by Ellie Pearlman

hide & seek Danny Feldman, Book/Music/Lyrics Director, Ellie Pearlman

February 18, 2022 Bart Luedeke Center Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

Musical Numbers

ACT I Prologue: Whatever you want Prologue: Two Car Garage Lincoln High

Andrew and Julie Full Company

What's Left

Julie

Lincoln High (Reprise) Pick a Spot

Julie

Student Ensemble Andrew and Student Ensemble

Hide and Seek The Party (Part I) The Straightforward Path

Andrew Full Company Charles

The Party (Part II)

Full Company

Something About Ypu

Jen and Rose

Close Enough Montage: Don't Come Down He'll Notice Me He'll Notice Me (Play Off) Butterflies

Charles and Andrew Student Ensemble Jen and Student Ensemle Rae Full Company

Hide and Seek (Reprise)

Andrew

Two Car Garage

Andrew

ACT II Entr'acte

Orchestra

I Know What's Best For You What Friends Do If I Was a Girl The Sun's Coming Out

Ally, Molly, and Amanda

Jen, Rae, and Student Ensemble Charles Student Ensemble

Question the Truth

Rae

Something I'm Not

Andrew

Finale Exit Music

Full Company Orechestra

CAST Andrew

Thomas Higgins

Charles

John Viggiano

Jen

Jasmine Bassham

Rae

Bree Nicola

Julie Ally

Victoria Mozitis Grace Brad

Molly

Rylee Carpenter

Amanda

Mica Swingholm

Brad Jason John Andrew/Charles Swing Jen/Rae/Julie Swing

Gray Stephen Ned Way Lucas Marinetto Trevor Shingler Madison Figueroa

Ally/Molly/Amanda Swing

Chloe Calhoun

Brad/Jason/John Swing

Rafael Ferreira

Artistic Staff and Crew Director

Ellie Pearlman

Music Director

Danny Feldman

Production Stage Manager

Abigail Dorwart

Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Scenic Design Lighting Design Sound Design Properties Design Additional Choreography

Ellee Jo Trowbridge Casey Curcio Isabella Mazzoni Josiah Jacoby Sean McDonald John Roca Jasmine Bassham, Gina Gagliano

Assistant Lighting Design Video Projection Design Photography Design Stage Carpenter Set Dressing Assistant Set Dressing

Breanna Lemerise Riley Dun Drake Wolf Sean McDonald Isabella Mazzoni Sara Meola

Light Board Operator Follow Spot Operators

Paula Ciko Jack Cecere, Breanna Lemerise

Fly Operator

Brinley Degwert

Sound Operator

Sam Schucht

Projection Operator

Sam Schucht

Sound Runner House Management

Isabelle Oliver Natalie Leclair, Anna Spendley

This performance will feature Ian Howells on the piano.

About the Cast THOMAS HIGGINS (Andrew) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include Rider New Works. Professional credits include Newsies, Freaky Friday (Music Theatre Wichita, KS), and Catch Me If You Can (Studio Theatre of Long Island, NY).

JOHN VIGGIANO (Charles) is a senior Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include: PETE(her) Pan, Hair, Elegies, Summer of 69: A Woodstock Cabaret, and Mad About You. Professional credits include A Girl and a Boy Dance.

JASMINE BASSHAM (Jen; Additional Choreography) is a junior Musical Theatre major. Her previous professional credits include The Addams Family (Arizona Broadway Theatre, AZ) Mamma Mia (Arizona Broadway Theatre, AZ), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Hale Center Theater, AZ). She was last seen in Pippin on the Rider mainstage.

BREE NICOLA (Rae) is a junior Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credits: Pippin, The Collective, and MAD About You! VICTORIA MOZITIS (Julie) is a junior Musical Theatre major and AEIM minor. Rider: Steel Pier (u/s Rita). Regional: Matilda (Miss Honey) and Evita (Peron’s Mistress) at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman in N.J.; Little Women (Beth) and The Fantasticks (u/s Luisa) at The Eagle Theatre in N.J.; Mary Poppins at The Walnut Street Theatre in P.A. 2017 NJACT Perry Award recipient for “Outstanding Youth Actress in a Musical”!

GRACE BRAD (Ally) (she/they) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major.

Rider main stage credits include Pippin and Cabaret (Spring 2022).

Professional credits include Evita (Lyric Stage, TX). Grace Brad is a Broadway World Next Onstage Dance College finalist and an Equity Membership Candidate.

MICA SWINGHOLM (Amanda) is a freshman Musical Theatre major. This is Mica’s first Rider production!

RYLEE CARPENTER (Molly) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Rider credits: Choreographer for Pride and Prejudice, and JRB Cabaret. The Westchester Ballet Company, Rylee has performed in The Nutcracker (Clara and Snow Queen), Coppélia (Soloist in ‘Dance of the Flowers’), Swan Lake (Tarantella soloist).

GRAY STEPHEN (Brad) is a freshman Musical Theatre major. This is Gray’s first Rider production!

LUCAS MARINETTO (John) is a freshman Musical Theatre major. This is Lucas’ first Rider production! Professional credits include “So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation” 2016, “A Christmas Story” National Tour 2016-2017, World of Dance 2018, and is a 2020 National YoungArts Foundation winner in dance.

NED WAY (Jason) is a junior Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include Mad About You Cabaret, Pride and Prejudice, and The Reds and Yellows and Blues and Ambers.

CHLOE CALHOUN (Ally/Amanda/Molly Swing; Dance Captain) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Other Rider credits include Pippin (Ensemble & Swing) and ISM (Soloist). Other favorite credits include Mamma Mia! and West Side Story (NC Theatre).

RAFAEL FERREIRA (Brad/Jason/John Swing; Assistant Dance Captain) is a freshman Musical Theater major. This is Rafael’s first Rider production!

TREVOR SHINGLER (Andrew/Charles Swing) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include Everybody, JRB Cabaret, and Cabaret this upcoming spring.

MADISON FIGUEROA (Jen/Rae/Julie Swing) is a freshman Musical Theatre major. This is Madison’s first Rider production! Professional credits include In The Heights (Interlochen Arts Academy, MI), Our Town (Opera House Theatre Company, NC), Into The Woods, Footloose, and Godspell (Thalian Association, NC), 13: The Musical (Performance Club, NC).

About the Artistic Staff and Crew DANNY FELDMAN (Book/Music/Lyrics; Music Director) is a junior Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credit: Pippin. Professional credits include Hide and Seek (Feinstein's/54 Below, NY), and A Wonderful Life (John W. Engeman Theater, NY). Danny will be reprising his role as Andrew in Hide and Seek for the fifth time at Feinstein’s/54 Below this April, starring opposite JJ Niemann. His new song, “Classy Time”, can be streamed on Broadway.com starring Tony Award® winner Beth Leavel.

ELLIE PEARLMAN (Director) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. This is her directorial debut. Rider credits include Rider New Works 2020, Everybody, and Pride and Prejudice.

ABIGAIL DORWART (Production Stage Manager) is a sophomore Theatre Design & Technology major with a concentration in Stage Management. She also serves as the Assistant Production Coordinator for the School of Fine & Performing Arts. Rider credits: Elegies (Assistant Stage Manager), Everybody (Production Stage Manager), Pippin (Stage Manager, Lead Fly Operator), ISM (Production Stage Manager), Pete(HER) Pan (Sound Operator), and Cabaret (Production Stage Manager).

SEAN MCDONALD (Sound Designer/Live Mixer) is a sophomore double major in Theatre Design and Production as well as Music Production. Rider credits include Everybody, Monstersongs, Rider New Works, Pippin, and Pride and Prejudice.

ISABELLA MAZZONI (Scenic Design) is a junior double majoring in Technical Theatre and Psychology, concentrating in set design. Her past Rider crew credits include set designer (Pippin, Rider New Works); props designer (Pippin, Rider New Works, Monstersongs, Everybody); assistant stage manager (The Wolves); and props coordinator (Hair).

ELLEE JO TROWBRIDGE (Stage Manager) is a freshman Musical and Technical Theatre major. Rider stage managing credits include Pippin and ISM Cabaret.

CASEY CURCIO (Assistant Stage Manager) is a senior Musical Theatre major with a minor in Psychology, making her ASM debut! Rider Credits include ISM Cabaret and Anything Goes: A Tap Cabaret. Professional Credit: Assistant casting director for Hide and Seek (Feinstein’s/54 Below, NY).

JOSIAH JACOBY (Lighting Designer) is a junior double major in Acting and Dance Performance. Rider credits include Rider Dances 2020: Dance in Our Community, Pippin (ALD), and Pride and Prejudice. Professional credits include A Christmas Story (Walnut St. Theatre, PA), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Quintessence Theater, PA), and Jesus Christ Superstar (Surflight Theatre, NJ).

GINA GAGLIANO (Additional Choreography) is a junior Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include Pippin (Influencer/Ensemble), Steel Pier (Swing). Professional credits include The Sisters Kardos (Sam), Fallen Hero Productions, NYC. JOHN ROCA (Props Designer) is a senior Technical Theatre and Arts and Entertainment Industries Management double major. Rider Credits: Dance Day, Ballymore, Pippin, Rider New Works (PSM), Steel Pier, A Grand Night for Singing (SM), Bright Star and Will Rogers Follies (ASM), PeteHer Pan, Polaroid Stories (Props Manager). Professional Credits: Spring Selections, Nutcracker at Highland Park (American Repertory Ballet).

Special Thanks Nicholas Barbati Christopher Botti C Colleton Dana DeVestern DonnaJean Fredeen Lyle Greene Louis Goldberg Robin Lewis

Buck Linton Robin Shane Joseph Love Debbie Stasolla Todd Loyd Jay Stern Sean McCarther Angela Vujicic Miriam Mills Carly Walton Kim Pearlman Marcus White T. Oliver Reid Monterasia D. White Eli Schildkraut Carter Zajac