THEATRE CONSERVATORY PRESENTS
2022-2023 SEASON HISTORIC ARCADE THEATRE •
Book by JOSE FERNANDEZ • Lyrics by JACQUES LEVY
Music by STEVE MARGOSHES
Conceived and Developed by David De Silva
Title Song " FAME " written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore
DIRECTED BY MONIQUE CALDWELL
MUSICAL DIRECTOR EMILY TURTLE
SCENIC DESIGNER INDIA SOODOO
PROJECTION DESIGNER CHARLES CLARK
ASST. DIRECTOR CHASE BRACKETT
CHOREOGRAPHER MEGAN JIMENEZ LEONARD
COSTUME DESIGNER ELEANOR BOOZER
SOUND DESIGNER KATIE LOWE
INTIMACY DIRECTOR BRIANNA McVAUGH
LIGHTING DESIGNER JOEL ZISHUK
STAGE MANAGER JOY RESTER
ASST. STAGE MANAGER CYRUS MEADOWS*
FAME is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Originally produced at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Arnold Mittleman, Producing Artistic Director.
SPONSORED BY LYNNE BIRDT www.FloridaRepEducation.Org
2022-23 GRAND SEASON SPONSORS
Greg Longenhagen, Producing Artistic Director • John Martin, Executive Director • Monique Caldwell, Education Director • Emily Turtle, Asst. Education Director
Fort Myers River District
STARRING
Carmen Diaz.................................................................................Hannah Cruz
Nick Piazza...................................................................................Landon Maas
Serena Katz.......................................................................Gigi Lieze-Adams
Tyrone Jackson................................................................................Gabe Cruz
Joe (José) Vegas........................................................Emmanuel Tojanci
Schlomo Metzenbaum..............................................Braden Heckman
Mabel Washington.............................................................Ella Cameratta
Iris Kelly.......................................................................................................Isa Scalla
Grace “Lambchops” Lamb..........................................Jackie Gossett
Goodman “Goody” King....................................................Bobby Nolan
Ms. Esther Sherman............................................................Danae Teblum
Ms. Greta Bell.........................................................................................Lila Seitz
Ms. Meyers.......................................................................................Sarah Burns
Mr. Sheinkopf.........................................................................Chase Brackett
Acting Students...............................................................Norah Kaminsky
Katherine Schwartzel
Music Students.............................................................................Ella Godfrey
Ethan Mohring
Dance Students....................................................................Halle Heckman
Lia Jaquez (soloist), Lulu Lieze-Adams
MUSICIANS
Violin: Chase Brackett • Bass Guitar: Matt Edwards
Drums/Percussion: John Gonzalez • Reeds/Saxophone: Frank Sanders
Keyboard: Emily Turtle • Guitar: Tim Torres
Understudies/Musician Alternates
Carmen Diaz u/s: Lia Jaquez • Mabel Washington u/s: Halle Heckman
Reed/Saxophone alt: Terrance McGlon
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production Manager: Charles Clark
Props Manager: Lily Munroe
Run Crew
Stage Management Alt.: Jennifer Woodward
A1: Emma Sabulsky
A2: Katie Lowe
Light Board Operator: Serenity Bailey*
Spot Operators: Mae Burrus, Matthew Hakesley
Scenic Artist: London Dailey
Scenic Painter: Julie McCracken
Wardrobe Supervisor: Anthony Toney
Wardrobe Crew: Serenity Bailey*, Z Schoedel-Cuellar*
Stage Crew: Alex Callen, Payton Jordan*
*Theatre Tech Students
There will be one 15-minute intermission. Any taping, filming, recording or broadcast of this play is strictly prohibited.
SETTING
Fame The Musical is set in New York City, in the old High School of Performing Arts Building on 46th Street East of Broadway, just off Times Square, during the years 1980-1984. It concerns the last group of students and teachers to inhabit this grand historic (some might say ancient) edifice, following them on a four-year journey from freshman term through graduation.
WHO’S WHO
MONIQUE CALDWELL (Director) is so excited to have directed her dream show, Fame, as her first conservatory production here at Florida Repertory Theatre. Monique is a performer, arts advocate, director, and acting coach from the Washington Metropolitan area. She is also a licensed theatre educator with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Howard University and a MA in Theatre Education from Catholic University. Monique has worked with children and youth in the performing arts for over 20 years. Some of her directing credits include A Wrinkle in Time (online), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Wiz, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Legally Blonde Jr. , Twelve Angry Men, Once on this Island Jr., Gotta Have Glee, The Odd Couple, 15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play, High School Musical and Anne of Green Gables. Monique would like to dedicate this performance to her Heavenly Father, her mom, Alice Caldwell, for being her biggest cheerleader, and to her friends and family back home!
EMILY TURTLE (Music Director/Keyboard) is thrilled to be Musical Director for her first Florida Rep Education Conservatory Production, Fame The Musical. Emily is a professional actress, vocalist, musical director, and teaching artist who joined the Florida Repertory Theatre staff as Assistant Education Director in August of 2022. Before moving to Florida, Emily obtained her BFA in Theatre Performance and in Theatre Management from the University of Rhode Island, subsequently performing and musical directing professionally throughout New England. Some recent credits include It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (The Gamm Theatre, Zuzu/Radio Announcer/Music Director), Assassins (The Gamm Theatre, Ensemble/ Associate Music Director), The Magic Flute (Encore Opera Company, Queen Of
The Night), The Rocky Horror Show (The University of Rhode Island, Music Director), and Carrie the Musical (Academy Players, Music Director). Emily is very grateful for all of the love and support from her husband Steven, and her family and friends.
CHASE BRACKETT (Asst. Director/Mrs. Sheinkopf/Violin) is an actor, singer, and violinist who is excited to be one of Florida Rep’s acting interns for the 2022-2023 season. He recently appeared on stage in NYC in Snoopy’s Magical Christmas (S.O.O.P. Theatre), Fantasy Tavern Night (Bits and Crits), and The Rowdy Bardlings (Lords of Adventure). Other regional credits: The Lost Colony, Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, and Pathological (The Waterside Theatre). At Florida Rep he appeared in The Importance of Being Earnest and is touring Ella Enchanted The Musical, Macbeth, and Elephants and Piggies: We’re in a Play with Florida Rep’s Education Department. Favorite past roles include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Toby in Sweeney Todd, and Jesus in Godspell. Education: BFA Reinhardt University, MCS acting, Tyler Knauf studio. He thanks his wife and family for their love and continued support.
ELEANOR BOOZER (Costume Designer) is a costume intern at Florida Repertory Theatre. She is beyond excited to design for the theatre again after working on Footloose Jr. and Shrek Jr. during the summer camps this past season. Eleanor also served as the costume shop manager for the camps. Eleanor is a recent graduate of Jacksonville State University, where she earned her degree in theatre production. During her time at the university, she designed costumes for productions of Boy Gets Girl and The Big Bad Bullysaurus, as well as The Shakespeare Project’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Additionally, Eleanor worked with CAST
Kids in Anniston, Alabama, as their resident costume designer where she designed for many shows including The Addams Family Jr., Winnie the Pooh Kids, and The Little Mermaid Jr. Eleanor would like to thank her parents for their unwavering support and her costume team for all of their help during this process.
MATT EDWARDS (Bass) is a young bassist, currently a student at the Bower School of Music at FGCU. He has played with many esteemed artists including Svetlana Schmulyian, Zach Bartholemew, and Benny Benack III. In addition to performing, he also is a dedicated educator, regularly working with local schools and the Gulf Coast Symphony’s Youth Jazz Collective.
JOHN GONZALEZ (Percussion) holds a degree in music direction from Florida Gulf Coast University where he was a member of the Jazz ensemble and Jazz combo under the direction of Emmy-nominee Brandon Robertson. John was recently accepted into the Florida State University Master’s program focusing on Jazz performance. He has toured with several artists including the Emmy-nominated trumpeter and singer/composer Benny Bennack, III. John has also played in several musicals such as A Chorus Line and Rent.
MEGAN JIMENEZ LEONARD
(Choreographer) has a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in Theatre. She had the pleasure of choreographing Florida Repertory’s Education Conservatory production of Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphosis and Heathers the Musical. Since 2019 she has been choreographing for Florida Rep Education’s excerpts from the musicals, Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof, Legally Blonde, and most recently Newsies for the Junior Theatre Festival held in Atlanta, GA. Her musical performance credits include the first national tours of The Addams Family musical (Wednesday u/s, Ensemble), White Christmas (Rita, Judy u/s), and 42nd Street (Anytime Annie u/s, Ensemble). She has performed as a Radio City Rockette in New York City and her favorite Regional Theatre credits include musical productions from John F. Kennedy Center, Sacramento Music Circus,
North Shore MT, Walnut Street Theatre, and American Musical Theatre of San Jose.
KATIE LOWE (Sound Designer) has served as Resident Sound Designer during Florida Rep’s 25th season! Previous credits include Lobby Hero, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ripcord, Freud’s Last Session, And Then There Were None, Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Matilda, Spring Awakening, Disney’s Newsies (Sound Engineer, Florida Repertory Theatre), Maytag Virgin, Bulletproof Backpack, Every Brilliant Thing, Barefoot in the Park, Alabaster, An Inspector Calls, A Fox on the Fairway, Always…Patsy Cline, Romeo and Juliet, August Wilson’s Fences, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Damascus, Steel Magnolias, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Refugee, (Sound Designer, Florida Repertory Theatre), Cabaret (Florida Repertory Theatre, A2), Million Dollar Quartet (Endstation Theatre Company, A2), Sense and Sensibility (University of Kentucky, Sound Designer). Katie would like to thank her parents, Noodle and Truffle, and her fiancé, Ben, for their endless support and love!
TERRANCE McGLON (Reeds/Saxophone Alternate) is currently pursuing a degree in saxophone performance at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and studies saxophone with Dr. Michael Weiss-Holmes. He has also worked with renowned saxophonists Kenneth Tse and James Houlik. Terrance is a member of the FGCU Wind Orchestra and the prestigious Bower Saxophone Quartet. He is also accomplished on flute and clarinet, and thus has participated in multiple ensembles throughout high school and college on multiple woodwind instruments.
BRIANNA McVAUGH (Intimacy Director) is a graduate of The University of South Florida where she earned her B.A. in Theatre Performance. She is an actor/singer/dancer as well as an advanced actor/combatant certified by the Society of American Fight Directors in all eight recognized stage combat weapons. Brianna has worked as
BOOK BY TINA FEY
MUSIC BY JEFF RICHMOND
LYRICS BY NELL BENJAMIN BASED ON THE PARAMOUNT PICTURES FILM
MUSIC & LYRICS BY ROBERT LOPEZ & KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ
BOOK ADAPTED BY LINDSAY ANDERSON
Book & Lyrics by LYNN AHRENS
