Hear My Songs Program

HEAR MY SONGS:

THE MUSIC OF JASON ROBERT BROWN

ABOUT THE STUDIO THEATRE™: Tierra del Sol was formerly a Country Club with performances as a backdrop to the outstanding food and impeccable golf course views. It has since transitioned, bringing the performances to the forefront by evolving into a new Black Box Theatre. The Studio Theatre™ is now a flexible theatre with intimate seating and options for Thrust, Round, Alley or Proscenium style seating. The Studio Theatre at Tierra del Sol’s season runs from October through April each year with four productions running approximately 140 total performances.

The Studio Theatre is an extension of The Sharon® L. Morse Performing Arts Center, located in The Spanish Springs Town Square®, in The Villages® community. The Sharon is primarily a touring house hosting a variety of artistic disciplines ranging from concerts and comedians to dance, musicals, and operas. The Sharon seats just over 1,000 guests in a multi-level theater offering state of the art audio, visual, and theatrical rigging systems to create an entertainment experience second to none.

The Studio Theatre is led by Producer, Jason Goedken and Artistic Director, Whitney Morse. Trevin Cooper serves as Resident Director, with Set Designer, Kenneth Constant; Lighting Designer, Weston Corey; Production Manager, Danielle Paccione; House Manager, Grace Petty and Gary Powell as Resident Music Director.

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HEAR MY SONGS:

The Music of Jason Robert Brown Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown

Produced by Jason Goedken and Yvette Kojic Artistic Director Whitney Morse

Director Yvette Kojic

Music Director Randy Redd

Set Designer Kenneth Constant

Production Manager Danielle Paccione

Technical Director Preston Speaker

Lighting Designer Michael Giovinco

Stage Manager Stefany Sosa

House Manager Grace Petty

Company Manager Autumn Encarnacion

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CAST COLE BURDEN National Tour: The Bridges of Madison County (Robert u/s Performed), 25th Anniversary Les Miserables. OffBroadway: Priest/Giorgio in Himself and Nora (Minetta Lane), Applause (Encores!), Bonnie and Clyde (NYMF). Regional: George Seurat in Sunday in the Park With George (Arvada Center), Lank Hawkins in Crazy For You, Revival (Signature Theatre), Buddy Rocky/Roy Bacon in Honeymoon in Vegas (Marriott Theatre), Percy/Travers in The Ballad of Little Jo (Two River Theatre, Original Cast Recording), Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Tom in Murder Ballad (Studio Theatre in DC), Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden (Capital Repertory Theatre), Joe Kennedy/Jerry in Grey Gardens (Philadelphia Theatre Company), Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde (Marriott Theatre), Che in Evita(Mason Street Warehouse). Film and TV: Beautiful Creatures, The Rainbow Bridge Motel, 30 Rock, As The World Turns, One Life to Live. Baldwin-Wallace University. @coleburden

CAMERON ANIKA HILL is so excited to be sharing the work of Jason Robert Brown. Cameron grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. She has been seen on Broadway in Dear Evan Hansen as the Alana Beck vacation cover. She has also appeared regionally in shows at Pittsburgh CLO, Music Theatre Wichita, Westchester Broadway Theatre, and Gretna Theater. Her favorite credits include Mamma Mia (Lisa), American Idiot (Extraordinary Girl), Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon), Ragtime (Sarah), Les Miserables (Eponine), Songs For a New World, and In The Heights. Cameron is a proud graduate of CCM Class of 2016. Go bearcats! Thanks to Yvette, Randy, her parents, and Judy Boals Inc. www.cameronanikahill.com @cameronanika

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CAST VINCE ODDO is most recently seen on NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live (Apostle/Soloist). TV/Film: Jessica Jones, Madam Secretary, and Unforgettable. Broadway/Nat'l Tour: The Terms of My Surrender, Rocky, Amazing Grace, and American Idiot. Love to Lauren and Nica, you make this all worth it. @VinceOddo

KALLI SIRINGAS is an actor, writer and producer from Detroit living and working in NYC. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Pearl Theatre Company, Theatre Row, 54 Below, Birdland, Sharon Playhouse, The York Theatre, Theatre For a New City and 92Y. She is a Moth StorySlam finalist who has premiered original work at the PITs StoryFest, SoloCom, Tale @ The Red Room, The Tank, Dixon Place and Am I Write Ladies? She also produces a night of N.S.F.W. (New Solo Female Work), giving female identifying performers space and time for their work.

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DIRECTOR YVETTE KOJIC is a Producer, Director, Actress, and Freelance Writer for Playbill.com and Playbill Magazine. She is also runs the Groups Department for Broadway Workshop and plans hundreds of educational workshops in New York City for visiting school groups. Directing: STOP THE PRESSES: The Newsboys of New York Rally at 54 Below, Robin De Jesus: CRUSH & CRUSHED and Robin De Jesus: The Struggle is Real, Bitching and Belting, Gioia to the World: Live at 54 Below, Melanie Brook: Live at 54 Below, When I Grow Up: Broadway's Next Generation, Women & Men on the Verge, Rags & Iron (starring Richard Masur); Producing: Mother Jones and the Children's Crusade, Dearly Beloved (starring Lena Hall & Robin De Jesus), From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook Elementary School, Volleygirls (starring Anthony Rapp & Susan Blackwell), Somewhere Safer (NYFF); Former Associate Producer and Social Media Director for The Broadway Consortium and Broadway Records. @YvetteKojic and #CarrieBroadwayshaw

MUSICAL DIRECTOR RANDY REDD Broadway and Off Broadway credits include Parade, Ring of Fire, Million Dollar Quartet, Smoke on the Mountain, Andrew Lloyd Webber's By Jeeves, Terrence McNally's Some Men, The Burnt Part Boys, Randy Newman's Faust, Pump Boys & Dinettes, Alain Boublil's Manhattan Parisienne, Allegro directed by John Doyle, and Max Vernon's The View Upstairs.

Film/TV: Beautiful Creatures, The Last Five Years, After The Storm, Kinsey, From Broadway With Love, All-American New Year (FOX), the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Tony Awards.

Directing credits include Swing Wings, Extraordinary Joe, Million Dollar Quartet, Smoke On The Mountain, The Who's Tommy, Little Shop Of Horrors, Some Nights, and Fiction In Photographs. His first play, Mississippi Sugar, was developed and produced at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Other original works: Awful/Good, Touché, What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling. In concert: Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Birdland, Alan Light's Live From Home, Symphony Space, St. John The Divine, Ars Nova, Cooper Union, and numerous appearances at Joe's Pub. Recordings: Wearing Someone Else's Clothes with Jason Robert Brown, The Burnt Part Boys, Ring of Fire, Lucky Stiff, Parade, The View UpStairs, and ShowFolk with Tony Award winner Rachel Bay Jones.

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CAST & CREW CAST Cole Burden Cameron Anika Hill Vince Oddo Kalli Siringas

MUSICIANS Keyboard................................................................... Randy Redd Percussion.................................................................. Jerry Bruno Bass..........................................................................John Gaffney Guitar........................................................................... Bill Neale DESIGNERS Set/Projections Design.....................................Kenneth Constant Lighting Design................................................Michael Giovinco

PRODUCTION TEAM Production Manager..........................................Danielle Paccione Technical Director................................................Preston Speaker Stage Manager........................................................... Stefany Sosa Assistant Stage Manager........................................... Amber Sacks Audio Engineer........................................................... Luke Bezio House Manager...........................................................Grace Petty Company Manager...................................... Autumn Encarnacion Assistant Company Manager..................................... Layna Sasser Set Construction..........................Preston Speaker, Tony Fairchild SPECIAL THANKS The Villages® Sales & Marketing Tierra del Sol Bar & Grill City Furniture for providing The Studio Theatre with all the furniture for this season’s productions.

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