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I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro Music by Jimmy Roberts Originally Produced in New York by James Hammerstein, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard Original Direction by Joel Bishoff Originally produced by the American Stage Company James N. Vagias, Executive Producer I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com Jason Goedken

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Whitney Morse

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

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DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Jon Cronin

MARKETING DIRECTOR

Leslie Becker DIRECTOR

Angel Creeks

Yasmeen Stogden MUSIC DIRECTOR

Monica Berdecio, MA

Nathaniel Niemi

Sean Allen Pollock

INTIMACY DIRECTOR

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COSTUME DESIGNER & COSTUME SHOP SUPERVISOR

Rebekah Lane

Joshua E. Gallagher

LIGHTING DESIGNER & SUPERVISOR SOUND SUPERVISOR & DESIGNER

Cory H. Garrett

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Collin Hall

Kimber King

Mark Kirschenbaum

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PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

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Ryan Loeckel

Alison Madison

Nicolas Raffenaud

Jordan Gregson

Madison Youngblood

Alec Speers

Clayton Becker

Zach Mlekush

Savannah Rose Parker

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Mini Summer Vacation 2025

I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Music by Jimmy Roberts Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro

Dating, love, marriage, and everything in between.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a celebration of the game of love. This long-running off-Broadway revue reveals the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship.” Through sketches and songs, this hilarious adventure explores the journey from dating to marriage, the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car, and funeral-friendly pick-up lines. This comical and relatable musical pays tribute to those who have loved and lost, those who have fumbled at any chance of romance, and those who have dared to ask, “Say, what are you doing Saturday night?” Join us for this endearing, funny, and heartwarming ride on the rollercoaster of relationships.

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SUITE SURRENDER

By Michael McKeever

Glamour, gossip, and guffaws.

It is 1942, and two of Hollywood's biggest divas, Claudia McFadden and Athena Sinclair, have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel. The stars bring with them two assistants, two sets of luggage, two overblown egos, and one legendary feud. Everything seems to be in order for their benefit performance for the troops—until they are mistakenly assigned to the same suite. Can two bumbling bellhops, two steadfast secretaries, and a stuffy hotel manager keep these fierce rivals apart? Or will this benefit performance end in a delicious disaster?

Check into the Palm Beach Royale Hotel and check out mistaken identities, double entendres, a nosy gossip columnist, disappearing roses, dramatic door slamming, and a pampered, pocket-sized pooch named Mr. Boodles.

Settle into your Suite and Surrender to this hilarious love note to the classic farces of the '30s and '40s.

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Directed BY: Trevin Cooper

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of the Past, SEASON 10 Echoes Visions of the Future

NEXT TO NORMAL

Music by Tom Kitt Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Side effects may include... dysfunction.

Dan is an architect; Diana rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their children are bright, wise-cracking teens.

They may seem like a typical American family, but their lives are anything but normal – Diana has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Containing a thrilling contemporary score by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal is an emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other.

Join Significant Productions as we celebrate our 10th season with this reimagining of our debut production.

Whitney Morse is reprising her critically acclaimed role as Diana, who Chicago critics hailed as “rueful but free of self-pity, funny without resorting to stereotype, and allaround engaging.” – Kelly Kleiman. Don’t miss the show, The New York Times called "Much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical."

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Music Direction By:

Kristin Clippard

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ADA & THE ENGINE

By Lauren Gunderson

Love letters in numbers.

Set in the Victorian era among the houses of intellectual elites, we find Ada, a young female mathematician whose invention of binary code shapes our modern world today.

Ada and the Engine, written by America's most produced living playwright, Lauren Gunderson, composes the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, poet Lord Byron's daughter. This lyrical play details the life of Ada as she struggles between the traditional demands of her mother and the pull of her mathematical ambition. Ada sees the creative potential in "The Engine" created by her mentor, the scholar Charles Babbage. As pressures mount and feelings grow, these two form a partnership that will change the course of the future. Jane Austen meets Steve Jobs in this poignant pretech romance heralding the computer age. In celebration of our 10th season, come along with us as we recalculate this music-laced story of love and friendship, the patrons’ pick: Ada & The Engine.

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Rebekah Lane

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KIM’S CONVENIENCE

By Ins Choi

Humor and heart on every aisle.

Mr. Kim, a first-generation Korean immigrant, dispenses fatherly wisdom, history lessons, and potato chips from behind his convenience store counter in the upand-coming Regent Park neighborhood of Toronto.

With new luxury buildings popping up around the convenience store and a Walmart preparing to move in, Mr. Kim receives an unexpected offer for his property.

He now has a difficult decision to make: keep the cash or keep Kim’s. But Kim’s Convenience is more than just his livelihood — it is his legacy. Follow Mr. Kim as he tries desperately, and hilariously, to convince his daughter Janet, a budding photographer, to take over the store.

Wholly original, hysterically funny, and deeply moving, Kim’s Convenience tells the story of one Korean family struggling to face the future amidst the bitter memories of their past. But no matter what, humor and heart find their way onto every aisle in this award-winning play that is now a hit series on Netflix.

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Yong Suk Yoo

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ONLY SOME OF GOD’S CHILDREN OR MISSISSIPPI MAGNOLIAS

By Paris Crayton III

Will roots grow on Promised Land?

Best friends, John Curtis and William “Cochise” Brown, return home to Plantersville, Mississippi after taking part in the 1963 March on Washington. Inspired by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, the two men contemplate if they want to spend the rest of their lives in the south. Betty, John’s wife, is anxious to leave Mississippi after their son Ezekiel is attacked at a sit-in protest. Meanwhile Cochise’s wife, Hattie Mae, a local juke joint singer, is excited at the prospects of singing in northern nightclubs. She willingly leaves the decision to Cochise, but Cochise only looks to John. The hope of owning the Promised Land, worked on by generations of John’s family, further complicates the decision of whether to leave Mississippi. Where will these two close families choose to grow their roots: in new northern lands, or the fertile southern soil they know so well? Only Some of God's Children or Mississippi Magnolias is a beautiful, yet terribly honest story of five different flowers just waiting to bloom.

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Directed By:

Paris Crayton III

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Mini Summer Vacation 2026

NIGHTSWEAT

By Natalie Symons

Pre-Elderly Gir ls Gone Wild Britney Cox, a washed-up actress has been canceled on social media! To hide from the haters her anxious young assistant, Maude Bender, has booked a girl’s murder mystery weekend at a Berkshires Airbnb. Joining the fun is Tawny Fitzsimmons, a tired mom, and ex-cop and security detail Dale James. Comic mania ensues when the girl’s weekend goes awry. Between pipe bombs, appliances that don’t work, slashed tires, a mysterious landlady, and news of a serial killer hunting “pre-elderly women,” what more could go wrong? “Bridesmaids” meets “Friday the 13th” in Natalie Symons’ hilarious new farce, Nightsweat, as it pokes fun at wokeness, Florida, pronouns, Ozempic, white privilege, “don’t say gay,” horror movie tropes, fake news, and, of course, Hall & Oats. Book your stay at McCurdy’s Haunted Airbnb where murder, mayhem, and belly laughs are behind every door.

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Directed By:

Anne Hering

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CAST

Casa Mañana, Dallas Theater Center and Broadway Dallas. BFA Musical Theater Performance from SAMM CARROLL (Woman 1) Texas Christian University. Blessed for the endless is ecstatic to be back at The love and support from her family & friends! Enjoy Studio Theatre, where you may the Show! www.RachelNicolePoole.com have seen her, in one of her IG: @poolerthanyou all-time favorite roles, as CathBERT RODRIGUEZ* (Man 1) erine in Pippin. A New York co-originated the role of Crush in native, she has performed profesFinding Nemo: The Musical at sionally for the last 15 years all around the country Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Some and she is thrilled to continue that journey here in favorite roles and shows in Florida. Past favorite credits include Trixie in the Central Florida (and beyond) National Tour of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, include Max in Cabaret, Aegeon Violet in Violet, Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, in Comedy of Errors, Bellomy in The Fantasticks, and and Adult Alison in Fun Home. Thank you to all 4 of her wonderful parents, Justin & Josh, her Piragua Guy in In The Heights (Orlando Shakes), DOMU family, Stanley, & her superstar husband, Kevin Rosario in In The Heights (Theater West End), Captain Lennox in The Secret Garden (Mad Cow Jeremy.

Theatre), Carlo in A Day In Hollywood/A Night In ZACH NADOLSKI* (Man 2) is The Ukraine (Winter Park Playhouse), and Anthony an actor and singer based in in End of the Rainbow (En Vivo! Theatrical). He central Florida. Recent roles worked for over a decade as a music director for include Ernst in Cabaret and Don Norwegian Cruise Line. In his role as music in Kinky Boots, both at Orlando director, you may have seen his work on Little Shop Shakes; The Gigolo in Gigolo: A of Horrors or Broadbend, Arkansas right here at The Cole Porter Review at The Winter Studio Theatre! He had the honor of performing as Park Playhouse (world premiere); Beast in Disney’s a featured soloist in the concert An Evening with Beauty and the Beast at The Maltz Jupiter Theatre Kristen & Bobby Lopez as part of Lincoln Center’s (Carbonell best actor nominee); Archibald in Secret American Songbook series. He is a proud member Garden at Mad Cow Theatre; and Anthony in of Actors’ Equity Association and the American Sweeney Todd with the Orlando Philharmonic. Federation of Musicians, local 389.

Zach has also spent time as a principal vocalist on IG: bert.m.rodriguez the high seas for Celebrity and Azamara Cruises, ASHLEY RICCI GARCIA and on the Las Vegas Strip in Donn Arden’s Jubilee!

(Swing for Woman 1 & 2) is Between theater gigs, Zach can be found thrilled to make her debut at The performing at various venues at Walt Disney World Studio Theatre in this delightful and Universal Orlando. IG: @znadolski show. Ashley is a New York City based actor. Her favorite credits RACHEL NICOLE POOLE include Disney's Encanto (Woman 2) is excited for her first show with The Studio Theatre. (Mirabel/Swing), A Christmas Carol (Belle), and Recent credits include: Pete the Into the Woods (Baker's Wife). She was most recently Cat (Dallas Children's Theater), seen regionally in West Side Story (Francisca, Anita The Pirate King in The Pirates of u/s, dialect captain) at OFC Creations in Rochester, Penzance (Theatre3), A Bronx Tale and Bright Star (ensemble, Lucy u/s) at The (Seven Angels Theater), Florinda in Into the Woods Majestic Theatre in Massachusetts. Ashley starred (Dallas Theater Center) and the title role in Rodgers in the acclaimed An Evening with Sir Tim Rice (Eva and Hammerstein’s Cinderella with Lyric Stage Peron, Svetlana) during her two years aboard Dallas. As a Teaching Artist, Rachel has worked Seabourn Cruise Line. In addition to performing, with several Texas theaters in the Dallas/Fort Ashley teaches private voice lessons and loves Worth area, including Dallas Children’s Theater, sharing her passion for theatre with her students. *Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers, appearing under a special agreement with Actors' Equity Association.

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She would like to thank her husband Brett and son Benton for all the love and support throughout this journey. IG: @ashriccigarcia

RYAN LOECKEL (Company Manager, Music Supervisor, Violin) is an active musician, actor, vocalist, and collaborative arts BRETT KLOCK (Swing for producer. Trained as a classical Man 1 & 2) is so excited to be musician at the Ohio State returning to The Studio Theatre!

University, he is a descendant of Previous credits at The Studio the Max Aronoff line of violists through studies with Theatre include: Josh in 9 to 5 the Marcia Ferritto, and studied chamber music with Musical, and Chantal in La Cage the Cavani String Quartet. Ryan has played in PrinAux Folles. Regional: Ensemble/ cipal positions under numerous notable conductors Frankie Valli u/s in Jersey Boys (La Comedia Dinner and composers in addition to sharing the stage with Theatre), Jack/Steward in Into the Woods (Creative various artists including Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Cauldron), Musidorus in Head Over Heels, and Anne Murray, Ben E. King, Barry Manilow, and Brad in The Rocky Horror Show (Iron Crow Theatre). Trans-Siberian Orchestra. His performances and Upcoming: Jinx in Forever Plaid (Little Theatre on musical arrangements have been heard on syndithe Square). Proud BFA Musical Theatre graduate cated national broadcasts, aboard five-star ships, and of Coastal Carolina University. Brett would like to at venues internationally. Ryan is also Artistic thank his friends and family for always supporting Director of an annual summer concert series in him through his crazy shenanigans! conjunction with the Wicker Park Advisory Council TikTok: @brettklock_ticktock | brettklock.com and the Chicago Park District. @loeckelmusik ACTOR’S EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded DIRECTION in 1913, is the U.S labor union that represents more than 50,000 professional actors and stage JIMMY ROBERTS (Composer) managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers composed the music for I Love of its members by negotiating wages and working You, You're Perfect, Now Change, conditions, and providing a wide range of benefits, the second longest-running including health and pension. Member: AFL-CIO, Off-Broadway musical in New FIA. #EquityWorks York theater history. Written with playwright Joe DiPietro, I Love MUSICIANS You received both the Drama Desk and Outer SEAN ALLEN POLLOCK Critics Circle nominations as Best Musical when it (Music Director & Keyboards) is opened in 1996. It has since played in all 50 states an accomplished collaborative as well as over 25 countries around the world. He pianist and vocal coach special- also collaborated with Joe DiPietro on The Thing izing in vocal literature, lyric About Men (2003, New York Outer Critics Circle diction, and choral conducting. award for Best Musical). His latest musical, He has accompanied and music Welcome to the Big Dipper, written with Catherine directed numerous theater and opera productions Filloux and John Daggett, had several successful throughout the southeast including favorites: Sugar, New York readings and is now on the way to a full Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, John and Jen production. Jimmy's songs were featured in two (2001 Ostrander for Best Direction of a Musical), other Off-Broadway shows: A…My Name Is Still Children of Eden, Fame, Songs for a New World, Into Alice and Pets! His children's musical The Velveteen the Woods, Idomeneo, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Rabbit toured the United States for well over a Last Five Years, and Annie. Sean is Director of Music decade. Jimmy is also a sought-after performer. In and the Arts at New Covenant United Methodist entertaining programs that combine classical and Church in The Villages, FL where he accompanies popular music, he has delighted audiences with his the acclaimed community chorus, The Village wit and his special way with song. Recent engageVoices. He is thrilled to be back at the bench with ments include Merkin Concert Hall, the Time Warner Center, the 92nd Street Y, Steinway Hall The Studio Theatre for this production! and the National Arts Club. A graduate of the SignificantProductions.org |

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Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with noted pianist Constance Keene, Jimmy Roberts is also a poet, and several of his poems have appeared in The New York Times.

JOE DIPIETRO (Writer) has won two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. Broadway: Diana (also on Netflix), Nice Work If You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara (10 Tony nominations, including Best Book and Best Musical), Memphis (4 Tony Awards, including Best Book, Best Score and Best Musical), All Shook Up, Living on Love (starring Renee Fleming). Off-Broadway: Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Off-Broadway Alliance Award - Best Musical), Clever Little Lies (starring Marlo Thomas), The Toxic Avenger (OCC Award - Best off-Broadway Musical), The Thing About Men (OCC Award - Best off-Broadway Musical), the much-produced comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, as well I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (the longest-running musical revue in Off-Broadway history). His many regional credits include Conscience (George Street Playhouse), The Second Mrs. Wilson (Long Wharf Theatre), Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse), The Last Romance (The Old Globe.) His musicals and plays have received thousands of productions across the country and around the world.

REBEKAH LANE (Intimacy Director) is a director, choreographer, devisor, and educator with almost two decades of work creating collaborative theatrical experiences. Previous roles at The Studio Theatre include Intimacy Director for Angel Street and When We Were Young and Unafraid. Favorite projects include choreographing intimacy for Angels in America at Valencia College, performing the shaman in Post-Everything at the International Theatre Festival in Varna, Bulgaria, and directing Off-Broadway production of Rebel Girls for National Theatre for Student Artists. Rebekah earned her MFA at Towson University. She served as the Director for the School of Arts and Entertainment at Valencia College from 2019 - 2024. IG: rebekah.lane.mfa

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CLAYTON BECKER (Technical Director) is from the DFW area of Texas. Always wanting a career in theatre, he received his BA in Theatre from the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, AR. After graduating, Clay worked as the Technical Director at Circa’ 21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island, IL before joining The Studio Theatre team in 2018. When not in the theatre, he is out hiking, kayaking or biking the wonders of mother nature across the country. Clay NATHANIEL NIEMI (Director) invites everyone to see the brilliant work our team is thrilled to be back at SigPro. Previous directing credits at The does at both The Sharon and The Studio venues!

Studio Theatre include: Pippin, LESLIE BECKER (Director of Cabaret, The 25th Annual Putnam People, Projects & Culture) is County Spelling Bee, La Cage Aux happy to be at The Studio Theatre Folles, These Shining Lives, The working alongside such a Cake, Urinetown, Company, Neighbors: A Fair Trade passionate and knowledgeable Agreement, Assassins, 9-5, Ada and the Engine. team of professionals. Originally Nathaniel holds a BA in Theatre from East Texas from Illinois, she has worked in Baptist University and an MFA in Theatre for all areas of the theatre world from onstage to Young Audiences (Directing) from the University behind the scenes. A theatre kid for life, she is of Hawaii at Mānoa. Nathaniel is the recipient of honored to be a part of The Studio’s mission to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre bring thought provoking works to Central FL. Festival's National Directing Award and is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

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MONICA BERDECIO, MA (Marketing Director) Bolivian roots drive her passion for the arts, food, and people. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Florida, holding a Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations and a Master's Degree in Mass Communication, specializing in Global Strategic Communication.

She has taken on various roles within The Villages community, leading her to her most recent one as Marketing Director for Significant Productions, where she continues to pursue her love for making stories resonate with diverse communities. When she's not creating stories for work, she's creating memories with her husband and three kids wherever the fun is.

TINA CARROLL (Assistant House Manager) attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University where she earned a B.A. in Journalism and a minor in Marketing.

She has spent the majority of her career working as office manager and children’s ministry director in large churches with lots of volunteers. A great joy has been teaching children’s choir for many years. Music, dance, and theater is vital in her life and she enjoys performing as well as directing. She and her husband have two sons. Tina loves living in The Villages and is delighted to celebrate her “un-retirement” joining SigPro as Assistant House Manager.

ANGEL CREEKS (Associate Artistic Director) is honored to join this wonderful company with over 30 years of experience as an actor, singer, dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director. A few credits include: Film and television (North Hollywood, Days of Our Lives, Living Single), Broadway (Fosse, Chicago the Musical), national tours and artists (Chicago the Musical, Starlight Express, Michael Jackson, Anne Reinking), regional and theme parks (Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular, Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser, FrozenLive at the Hyperion, Romeo and Juliet, Hairspray, Godspell, Seussical). She is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion working with PSPI.org, CFEABlackbook.org, and Blacktheatregirlmagic. org. She has a B.A. in Performing Arts from St. Mary’s College of California, and a certificate in leadership from University of Notre Dame.

ANTONIO CAMPAGNA (Carpenter) born in Caracas, Venezuela, with Italian heritage, found his way to the United States in 2013. His passion for art and entertainment led him to graduate in Film Production and obtain a Certificate in Stage Technology from Valencia College. Since childhood, he has cultivated his artistic talent, writing plays and exploring various forms of creative expression. Currently, he channels his love for entertainment at The Studio, where he plays a crucial role in creating sets and stages for theatrical productions. His world ROEL CAVAZOS (Audio Engirevolves around the fascinating universe of neer) is originally from performing arts, where he continues to make his Raymondville, TX. He joined mark with creativity and dedication.

SigPro in the summer of 2023, after having been on tour with JON CRONIN (Director of Jurassic World Live as an automaOperations) has been working in tion technician under Feld Enterlive events for fifteen years. His tainment. Before Feld Entertainment, he worked professional journey before for Jurassic Quest National Tour for over 2 years. joining The Sharon in 2021 Since getting off the road, he has enjoyed learning included Dave Matthews Band, new things everyday about his work here at The Huey Lewis & The News, World Studio Theatre and The Sharon. Him and his Wrestling Entertainment, Apple Events, Universal partner, Madi Carr, who is the Production Coordi- Parks and Resorts, and The Walt Disney Company. nator for The Sharon, have been welcomed with Jon currently serves as Director of Operations at open arms into the Significant Productions family, SigPro, where he supports the production and and look forward to many more shows with them. operations teams across both of our world-class

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venues. An avid cruiser and theme park fan, Jon spends as much time at Disney or in the middle of the ocean as possible.

KRISTIN FORTUNA (Analyst, Sales, and Customer Support) Originally from Nashville, TN, Kristin fell in love with the Arts at an early age. Her career began in Nashville in the 1990s, working for venues such as Ryman Auditorium, Bridgestone Arena, and Starwood Amphitheater before accepting a position with Clear Channel located in Houston, Texas. Following that, she made her way to Orlando, Florida in 2004.

Kristin has since had the opportunity to lend her talents to multiple other venues including Hard Rock Live, Dr. Phillips Center, Clermont Performing Arts Center, and Reilly Arts Center.

Outside of work, Kristin enjoys spending time with her family, photography, and performing at local music venues such as Orange Blossom Opry and Morgan’s Music Junction.

JOSHUA E. GALLAGHER (Scenic & Props Designer) has been designing imaginary places in real spaces for the past decade.

He began working with The Studio Theatre in 2021 creating an assortment of deserts for The Cake, and became a full-time member of the Significant Productions team shortly thereafter. He has also designed scenery for Garden Theatre, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, University of Cincinnati, Villanova University, Millbrook Playhouse, and Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, among others. Joshua has a Master of Fine Arts in Stage Design from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

JoshuaEGallagher.com CORY H. GARRETT (Costume Designer & Costume Shop Supervisor) is a graduate of the Masters in Entertainment Design at Southern Methodist University and received his undergraduate degree from East Texas Baptist University. Before packing up the truck and moving to paradise, he assisted Elaine J. McCarthy on the world premiere opera The Diving Bell and

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the Butterfly at The Dallas Opera. He is a freelance costume and scenic designer currently based in Central Florida. Selected designs include Cabaret (The Studio Theatre), Next to Normal (Theater 3), Plano (Richland College Theatre), Let the Right One In (Outcry Theatre), The Rape of Lucretia (Meadows Lyric Theatre), Twelfth Night - The Musical (Southern Methodist University), and The Odyssey (Dallas Theatre Center-Public Works Dallas).

IG: @thartsofthartopolis JASON GOEDKEN (Producer) has been the Operations Manager at The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center since its opening in 2015. Prior to his time in Florida, he spent the previous 11 years working in various theatres in NYC and Chicago. Jason helped found both The Sharon and The Studio Theatre and manages the staff from both venues. Although his work is mostly behind-the-scenes, he made a memorable acting debut in The Studio Theatre's Second Season as Harry in Company.

JORDAN GREGSON (Literary & Casting Associate) is an arts advocate, arts administrator, and theatrical director. His journey in the arts encompasses a rich tapestry of experiences within not-for-profit arts organizations and regional theaters. Jordan currently serves as the Literary & Casting Associate at The Studio Theatre.

His assistant directing credits include: Angel Street (The Studio Theatre); Intimate Apparel (Asolo Rep); Jekyll & Hyde, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Players by the Sea); Power to the Queendom (Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration); Gloria the 2022 Broadway World Austin Award Winner for Best Play. His directing credits include: Everyone But Us (Retama Theatre Series); Imaginary Friend, The Meeting (TXST New Play Festival); We Are Proud to Present…, Punk Rock (Apex Theatre Studio). He is an alumnus of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and Texas State University. jordanhoughgregson.com | @just_jayhgreg

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COLLIN HALL (Lighting Designer & Lighting Supervisor) is a Lighting Designer and Technician from Memphis, TN. She has worked in various technical capacities at the Clarence Brown Theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the Indiana Repertory Theatre.

Previous design credits include The Real Inspector Hound (Clarence Brown Theatre), Ghost the Musical (Theatre Aspen), Every Christmas Story Ever Told (Maples Repertory Theatre), The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical, and 8x10: A One Act Festival (Flying Anvil Theatre). She has also worked as an Assistant Lighting Designer for the Clarence Brown Theatre and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2019, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theatre at the University of Tennessee. CollinHall.com | IG: @collin.w.hall MARK KIRSCHENBAUM (Production Manager) has been involved in the theatre business for over 30 years. He has worked as an actor, director, production manager, company manager and theatre teacher throughout the state of Florida. Most recently he has been seen on stage as Dindon in La Cage Aux Folles and Cladwell in Urinetown at The Studio Theatre, Michael in Elegies at The Sharon and as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors at the Savannah Center. Mark is thrilled to be working with this amazing team and looks forward to creating magnificent pieces of performing arts with Significant Productions.

She is fascinated by sound and seizes every opportunity to create a new scape or to learn a new skill.

KRISSI KUGLER (Graphic Designer) is a graphic designer and art director with over 20 years of experience, blending creativity with strategy to bring brands and ideas to life. From freelancing and contract gigs to helping shape the look and feel of The Sharon and The Studio Theatres since day one, she has done all facets of design. Originally from the Northeast (Go Birds!), she has called Florida home for over a decade, continuing to create and collaborate on a diverse range of projects and clients.

ALISON MADISON (Assistant Technical Director) Originally from the Hudson Valley area in New York. Alison graduated with her AAS from Genesee Community College in technical theater and BA in theater from UNLV with a concentration in carpentry and technical direction. She has interned with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA, and worked at UFPA as head carpenter. She loves building spaces for imaginary people for The Villages audience to enjoy!

Thank you to my husband. You are my rock! Shout out to theater gremlins, please stop taking my tools.

VERNA MCINTYRE (Scenic Carpenter) was born and raised here in sunny central Florida and is excited at the opportunity to present important and culturally KIMBER KING (Sound Designer, relevant theater to her home Sound Supervisor, Audio Engicommunity. She's been with The neer) recently earned her MFA in Studio Theatre since 2023 but has been a lover of acting from UCF, but her roots are the performing arts as long as she can remember, in production. She comes from a and is happy to be able to express that love in the long line of musicians. Sound was workshop! a natural obsession for her from an ZACH MLEKUSH (Deck Stage early age. She studied audio at Grand Valley State Manager) is a Midwesterner at University in Michigan. After graduation she engiheart, born and raised in Illinois neered for ProAudio in Grand Rapids, MI working but loving life as a Floridian! for national artists like Heart, Gladys Knight, Zach joined the Stage ManageBonnie Raitt, Eddie Money, and James Brown. She ment team in Season 9, and loves was a company member and resident sound engiworking with this team! Past neer/ designer for The Playhouse at White Lake for nearly 14 years. Whether acting, directing, educating, favorite Stage Management credits include Exit or producing, Kimber loves all things storytelling. Laughing, The Vote, Pippin (The Studio), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Tiananmen: A New

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Musical, Elf: The Musical, The Lehman Trilogy (The positivity into her workplace. In her personal time, Phoenix Theatre Company), The Book of Will (Illi- she enjoys baking, traveling, and antiquing. She nois Shakes), and Lost in Yonkers directed by Jane can't wait to see you at the theatre!

Lynch. He hopes you enjoy the show!

NICOLAS RAFFENAUD WHITNEY MORSE (Artistic (Deck Stage Manager) holds a Director) is a performer, teaching B.A. in Theatre Arts from the artist, and Artistic Director in University of South Florida.

Central Florida. In 2011, she There, he worked on shows such earned her MFA in Acting from as Ride the Cyclone, Little Women, Columbia University School of As You Like It, and 9 to 5. Most The Arts, where she studied with recently he served as the Assistant Stage Manager some of the world’s leading teaching artists for the world premiere of The Boy Who Loved including Kristin Linklater, Andrei Serban, Batman in Tampa, FL. Other Credits include The Olympia Dukakis, Larry Singer and Anne Bogart. Drowsy Chaperone, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Whitney was a founding member of Prologue Wizard of Oz (Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Company in Chicago where she served as Theatre).

Literary Manager and Casting Director. As a DIO RAQUEL JR. (Lighting performer, her work at The Studio includes Next To Technician) hails from Honolulu, Normal, Proof (Broadway World Award), Frankie HI then relocated to Las Vegas, and Johnny..., Tell Me On A Sunday, A Doll’s House, NV. He received his training 9 to 5, Elegies, and White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, among from Del Sol Academy of the many others. Whitney is also the Artistic Director Performing Arts (Las Vegas, NV) of The Sharon. WhitneyMorse.com and his B.F.A. in Theatre Studies, JESSICA NIX (Marketing & emphasizing in Lighting and Arts Leadership from Media Coordinator) Originally Nebraska Wesleyan University (Lincoln, NE). from Illinois with a background ALEC SPEERS (House in film and photography, she has Manager) has a long history of a passion for telling stories working with theatre producthrough visual art. She loves tions. After over a decade of being able to use this passion working on and around the stage, from a marketing perspective. When she isn’t in the he feels most at home in the office, she enjoys singing and playing her electric theatre and is very proud to be ukulele at local establishments. As a performer, she Significant Production's House Manager. Favorite cannot imagine a better way to support other artists credits include Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog than to help put an audience in front of their work.

(Colorado, 2012), La Traviata and La Boheme SAVANNAH ROSE PARKER (Germany, 2017), and Ada and the Engine (The (Assistant Manager of Patron Studio Theatre, 2021). Alec also has experience in Services) is excited to join Signif- set building, stage managing, and directing. He icant Production's House holds two degrees in Theatre Studies and Music Management Team. She comes from the University of Northern Colorado. It is with 13 years of experience in the always a privilege to work in the industry that you customer service industry and is love, so Alec would like to thank The Studio family, very much looking forward to using her skills to Significant Productions, and his own immensely enhance the experiences of patrons at The Studio supportive family for everything they do.

Theatre. Prior to joining the theatre industry, she honed her hospitality skills at several companies, her favorite of which were the Mast General Store in Valle Crucis, NC and the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, FL. Savannah prides herself on displaying strong attention to detail and infusing

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YA S M E E N S T O G D E N (Development Director) has professionally supported the arts in our community since 2015.

Having worked, performed, and supported the arts since she was 8 years old, she has grown passionate about keeping the arts alive and active.

Yasmeen was a professional flutist, competitive conductor, has launched Music Arts Society chapters, and founded a Collegiate Marching Band Program. Yasmeen has been involved and graduated from many leadership and organizational development programs, including Panhellenic Sorority, NCAA athletics, National Camp School, and spent years as a Director and Ambassador of The Villages. To this day, she stands by the training and leadership gained within music and performing arts programs. She is set to ignite the passion and purpose in others to support the arts.

MADISON YOUNGBLOOD (Production Stage Manager) was born and raised in the Central Florida area and has been a member of the resident stage management team at The Studio Theatre since season 6. With nearly a decade of stage management experience, Madison has lived and worked in Central Florida, Philadelphia, and New York. Some of her favorite credits include productions of Urinetown, The Color Purple, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, RED, Collected Stories, Godspell, Mary Poppins, and Blood Brothers.

Madison has worked as an intern with WICKED on Broadway and has stage managed for the Arts for Autism Broadway Concerts and the Broadway Green Alliance. She graduated from the University of the Arts with a BFA in Directing, Playwriting, and Production.

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CAST

Woman 1.......................................Samm Carroll Man 2......................................... Zach Nadolski* Woman 2............................. Rachel Nicole Poole Man 1.........................................Bert Rodriguez* Swing for Woman 1 & 2....... Ashley Ricci Garcia Swing for Man 1 & 2.........................Brett Klock

MUSICIANS

Music Director, Keyboards......Sean Allen Pollock Company Manager, Music Supervisor, Violin..............................................Ryan Loeckel

DIRECTION

Director.................................... Nathaniel Niemi Intimacy Director...........................Rebekah Lane

PRODUCTION

Producer....................................... Jason Goedken Artistic Director.......................... Whitney Morse Associate Artistic Director............... Angel Creeks Director of Operations....................... Jon Cronin Director of People, Projects & Culture....................................... Leslie Becker

LIGHTING

Lighting Designer & Lighting Supervisor..........................................Collin Hall Lighting Technician....................... Dio Raquel Jr.

AUDIO/VISUAL

Sound Designer & Sound Supervisor....Kimber King Audio Engineer............... Kimber King, Roel Cavazos

PROPS

Props Designer...................... Joshua E. Gallagher

HOUSE MANAGEMENT

House Manager.................................. Alec Speers Assistant Manager of Patron Services...................Savannah Rose Parker Assistant House Managers................ Tina Carroll

MARKETING

Marketing Director........... Monica Berdecio, MA Marketing and Media Coordinator...... Jessica Nix Marketing Account Manager........... Erika Nelson Graphic Designer.............................Krissi Kugler Web Designer............................ David Sponseller

Director of Development..........Yasmeen Stogden Production Manager.............Mark Kirschenbaum Technical Director........................Clayton Becker Assistant Technical Director........ Alison Madison Literary and Casting Associate..... Jordan Gregson Production Stage Manager....Madison Youngblood Deck Stage Manager...................... Zach Mlekush Deck Stage Manager................ Nicolas Raffenaud

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Set Designer, Set Dressing..... Joshua E. Gallagher Scenic Artist......... Antonio Campagna, Joshua E. Gallagher, Alison Madison, Verna McIntyre Carpentry....Antonio Campagna, Verna McIntyre

COSTUMES

Costume Designer & Costume Shop Supervisor.................................. Cory H. Garrett

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