Bonnie & Clyde

BONNIE & CLYDE

Bonnie & Clyde

Book by Ivan Menchell | Lyrics by Don Black | Music by Frank Wildhorn

October 13 - 29

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2017-2018 season E w i n g T h e at r e

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Bonnie & Clyde

Annie

The Great Depression. As the country’s corporations, banks and institutions crumble, suffering Americans crave a reckoning. Two upstart criminals emerge from the dust of poverty to become folk heroes for their brazen, lawless and deadly deeds.

Billionaire Oliver Warbucks is a man who thinks he has everything. Elevenyear-old Annie is an orphan with nothing. When the unlikely pair meet, together they find the thing that was missing in each other.

Oct 13 - 29, 2017

Book by Ivan Menchell Lyrics by Don Black | Music by Frank Wildhorn

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Dec 1 - 17, 2017

Book by Thomas Meehan Music by Charles Strouse | Lyrics by Martin Charnin Based on Little Orphan Annie by permission of The Media Tribune Services, Inc.

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I’m Not Rappaport

Children of Eden

From a bench in Central Park, Nat & Midge, two feisty octogenarians, refuse to disappear into the diminishing twilight of their lives.

While Nat’s daughter imperils his independence with the threat of nursing homes, Midge fights the yuppie forces trying to push him out of his job. Using the wiles and wisdom that only come with age, they make their final stand in this sidesplitting and thoughtful Tony-award winner.

In the beginning, Adam and Eve live in a state of perfection with their Father.

But when they eat from the Tree of Knowledge, their disobedience sets off a powerful chain of events spanning generations, and leaves the far reaches of their bloodline searching for the way back to Eden.

Feb 2 - 18, 2018

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By Herb Gardner

Mar 9 - 25, 2018

Book by John Caird Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Based on a concept by Charles Lisanby Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and Martin Erskine

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The Elephant Man

Oliver!

In 1886, a horrifically deformed sideshow attraction named John Merrick is taken in by a young English surgeon named Frederick Treves.

As Treves endeavors to civilize him by introducing him to London’s elite, Merrick dreams of being like other men. But when manners and propriety leave Merrick dissatisfied, Treves begins to question his own altruistic pursuits.

Sold from the only life he’s ever known in a toilsome workhouse to be an apprentice coffin-follower for a jocund undertaker, the orphaned and hapless Oliver escapes to find someplace he truly belongs. Taken in by a band of young pickpockets, Oliver thinks he’s finally found a family until a robbery gone sour incurs the wrath of their menacing leader.

May 4 - 20, 2018

July 13 - 29, 2018

Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart

By Bernard Pomerance

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Romeo & Juliet

Aug 17 - 19 (Shows at 7pm) One of the greatest tragedies of all time, Shakespeare’s tale of passion and calamity is performed outdoors as Lorain County Metro Parks is transformed into “fair Verona, where we lay our scene…”

By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare in the Park!

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Bonnie & Clyde Book by Ivan Menchell

Lyrics by Don Black

Music by Frank Wildhorn

Director // Brittni Shambaugh Addison Music Director // Anthony Trifiletti

Original Broadway Production Produced by Kathleen Raitt Jerry Frankel Jeffrey Richards Barry Satchwell Smith Michael A. Jenkins Howard Caplan Bernie Abrams/Michael Speyer Howard Kagan Barry & Carole Kaye Terry Schnuck Nederlander Presentations Corey Brunish/Brisa Trinchero Alden Badway Podell/The Broadway Consortium Patty Baker Bazinet & Company Uniteus Entertainment Ken Mahoney Jeremy Scott Blaustein in association with StageVentures 2011 Limited Partnership Darren Bagert Robert G. Bartner/Ambassador Theatre Group BGM Broadway Across America Michael D. Coit Mary Cossette Ronald Frankel Lloyd Fruge Bruce Robert Harris/Jack W. Batman Cynthia Stroum DSM/Gabriel Kamel Irving Welzer World Premiere of Bonnie & Clyde produced by La Jolla Playhouse Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director & Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director Subsequently presented at Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sarasota FL Michael Donald Edward, Producing Artistic Director & Linda DiGabriele, Managing Director Bonnie & Clyde Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

–– PLEASE NOTE ––

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited

Welcome to French Creek Theatre Welcome! America’s most notorious lovers and bank robbers have taken French Creek by storm!

It seems ironic we would be opening Bonnie & Clyde so soon following the tragedy in Las Vegas.

Honestly, it was difficult continuing rehearsals the first few nights after the horrible event. However, the relationship shared between Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the downward spiral of their lives being on the run, the effect their choices had on their families, let alone the community and country as a whole … it’s a story to study and possibly learn from.

We welcome back Brittni Shambaugh Addison Rick Fortney as our Director. Brittni directed Joseph and the Cultural Arts Manager, Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat last season. I Lorain County Metro Parks love how Brittni utilizes the characters of Bonnie & Clyde’s younger selves in this production; seeing them throughout is a constant reminder of the impact our foundation and upbringing has on us throughout our lives … may it be a topic of conversation and challenge for each of us.

My thanks to our Staff, Production Team, Crew, Musicians and Actors. The community of talent before you is awe inspiring, I am grateful beyond words for their time and talent, not only as they share it here, but throughout Northeast Ohio.

If you have yet to receive a brochure for the 2017-2018 French Creek theatre Season, please pick one up before leaving. Learn more at the front desk during intermission or anytime throughout the week.

Thank you for supporting the arts here at French Creek Theatre and throughout the region.

Rick Fortney Cultural Arts Manager

Across the fields of yesterday She sometimes comes to me A little girl just back from play

the girl I used to be And yet she smiles so wistfully

once she has crept within I wonder if she hopes to see

the woman I might have been.

-- Blanche Barrow, 1933

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Scenes/Songs Act I Picture Show...............Young Bonnie, Young Clyde, Bonnie & Clyde This World Will Remember Me..............................................Bonnie & Clyde You’re Goin’ Back to Jail.............Blanche, Stella, Eleanore, Trish, Buck How ‘Bout a Dance?..........................................................................................Bonnie When I Drive...............................................................................................Clyde, Buck God’s Arms Are Always Open......................................Preacher, Ensemble You Can Do Better Than Him...............................................................Ted, Clyde You Love Who You Love..........................................................Bonnie, Blanche Raise a Little Hell................................................................................................Clyde This World Will Remember Us...............................................Bonnie & Clyde

// End of Act I //

Act II Made In America..................................................................Preacher, Ensemble Too Late to Turn Back Now....................................................Bonnie & Clyde That’s What You Call a Dream..............................................................Blanche What Was Good Enough For You........................................Bonnie & Clyde Raise a Little Hell (Reprise)..................................................Clyde, Buck, Ted Dyin’ Ain’t So Bad................................................................................................Bonnie God’s Arms Are Always Open (Reprise)....................Blanche, Preacher Picture Show-Reprise...................................Young Bonnie, Young Clyde Dyin’ Ain’t So Bad (Reprise)........................................................Bonnie & Clyde

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Cast Bonnie.................................................................................Kennedy Ellis Clyde.........................................................................Michael Knobloch Young Bonnie..........................................................Marissa Dingess Young Clyde................................................................................Joe Daso Blanche.........................................................................Leslie Andrews Buck.............................................................................................John Webb Ted.........................................................................Robert Scott Taylor Preacher..............................................................................Carlos Cruz Emma..................................................................................Carla Petroski Cumie..............................................................................Barbara Fryman Henry.....................................................................................John Bassett Sheriff Schmid.......................................................Stuart Hoffman Deputy Bud..............................................................................Neil Macke Stella.............................................................................Megan Campana Trish............................................................................Kaitlyn Poschner Eleanore................................................................Michaela Bennett Governor Ferguson...........................................................Ines Joris Charlie/Bonnie u/s...............................................Karyn Bellush Young Ted/Young Clyde u/s.................Hayden Atzberger Archie/Young Bonnie u/s..................................Katie Schuler Hamer.........................................................................Matthew Gergely John/Bank Teller.........................................Tobin Grendzynski Alcorn/Joe.....................................................................Spencer Riley

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Production Team Director...........................................Brittni Shambaugh Addison Music Director.................................................Anthony Trifiletti Techncial Director......................................................Derek Green Stage Manager..................................................Julie Billinghurst Sound Designer..................................................................Stan Kozak Costume Designer......................................................Aimee Kluiber Set Designer/Lighting Designer.......................Derek Green Projection Designer.................................................T. Paul Lowry Fight Choreographer/Ukulele coach..........Lavour Addison Properties Master.........................................................Devin Gallo Sound Operator.....................................................................Kim Mann Projection Operator.............................................Sarah Rounds

Orchestra Conductor/Keys............................................Anthony Trifiletti Keys.............................................................................................Jayne Kacik Reed 1.................................................................................Alison Ortenzi Reed 2..........................................................................Rebecca Gardner Violin......................................................................................Emily Barger Guitar.................................................................................Sarah Boyson Bass.....................................................................................Kevin Aylward Drums..........................................................................................Brad Elles

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Actor/Actress Bios

CAST Leslie Andrews (Blanche Barrow) is excited to be making her French Creek Theatre debut in Bonnie and Clyde! Recent roles include City of Angels (Gabby/ Bobbi), Young Frankenstein (Inga), and Lend Me a Tenor (Diana). Favorite roles include Jerry Springer: The Opera (Zandra/Irene/ Mary), Xanadu (Caliope/Aphroite), Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical (Debbie), High Fidelity (Laura), and The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Pippi). Leslie would like to thank Brittni, Anthony, Julie, and the rest of the cast and crew for allowing her the opportunity to share in this incredible journey. She is forever grateful for the love and support of her family, especially the guy with the messed up face.

H a y d e n At z b e r g e r (Young Ted/ Young Clyde U/S) is thrilled to be appearing in his first performance at French Creek Theatre. Hayden previously appeared at the Beck Center for the Arts as Orphan/Pickpocket in Pg. 14 Oliver, the Beast in Happily

Forever After, Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland, Ensemble for Big – the Musical, and as a featured soloist in School House Rock Live! When not performing onstage, he enjoys drawing and playing the clarinet in his school’s Jazz Band. Hayden would like to thank the cast and crew for making this such a fun experience!

John Bassett (Henry Barrow) is happy to be performing in his fifth show at French Creek.

Previous shows include Jesus Christ Superstar, White Christmas (twice), and Aesop’s Fable-ous Barnyard Bash.

Recently he appeared in the LCMT production of Mary Poppins. He began his theatrical career with the Black River Playhouse in Elyria many years ago. Since, he appeared in shows at BGSU, in Chicago and the Boston areas before returning to Ohio. His most notable shows include A Flea in her Ear, The Fourposter, Fiddler on the Roof, A Company of Wayward Saints, Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell, The Lion in Winter, and The Crucible.

Karyn Bellush (Ensemble/Bonnie U/S) is a senior at Marion L. Steele High School. She has performed in productions there as well as with Sandstone Summer Theatre. This past summer she participated with a select group of students in a musical theatre intensive at the University of Cincinnati’s

Actor/Actress Bios C o l l e g e Conservatory of Music as well as the Conservatory Summer Institute at Baldwin Wallace University. This is her first production with French Creek Theatre, and she is extremely excited to be a part of this show! She has had an amazing time working with everyone involved in this production.

M i c h a e l a B e n n e tt (Eleanore) is happily making her French Creek Theatre debut!

A native of New Philadelphia, with a BA in Theatre Performance from Kent State University, she now resides in Chagrin Falls where by day she crafts wonderful Pumpkin Spice Latte’s for all the thirsty patrons at Starbucks. She has previously been onstage at Aurora Community Theatre (Brigadoon), Players Guild Theatre (A Christmas Carol), Carnation City Players (The Addams Family), Cassidy Theatre (Into the Woods), Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center (Rose & the Rime), and the Little Theatre of Tuscarawas County. Favorite roles include Frenchy (Grease), Meg (Little Women), and Kim (Bye Bye, Birdie). A special thank you to the cast and crew for their hard work and dedication to

making this great show what it is.

M e g a n Campana (Stella/ Ensemble) is happy to be appearing on the French Creek Theater stage for the fourth time.

She was part of the ensemble in Godspell, Lady Beaconsfield/Barmaid/Ensemble in Jekyll & Hyde, Mrs. Snoring Man/ Ensemble in White Christmas. Megan loves being backstage as much as she loves being onstage and has been actively involved with Lorain Community Music Theater as hair and makeup artist since 2008. Megan cantors at her church, St. Peter in Lorain, and is a member of Project Praise (her church’s contemporary choir) under the direction of Mr. Anthony Trifiletti. She is also a member of Choral Spectrum, a local chamber choir under the direction of Dr. Ted Williams.

C a r l o s Antonio Cruz (Preacher) is very excited to be in his first production at French Creek Theatre. He was most recently seen as Pancho Va rg a s / M u ñ oz in City of Angels. Some of his favorite credits include Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Jetsam) at Beck Center, Jesus Christ Pg. 15

Actor/Actress Bios Superstar (Jesus) at Near West Theatre, RENT (Angel) at Fairmount Performing Arts, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Magenta) at Cleveland Public Theatre and American Idiot (Ensemble) at Beck Center. He thanks his family and friends for their constant love and support, and the amazing cast and crew! Thank you God for EVERY blessing!

Joseph Daso (Young Clyde) is thrilled to be back at French Creek Theatre!

He previously performed here as Young Will in Big Fish. Other previous roles include Michael Banks in Mary Poppins and Billy Kopecki in Big, The Musical (Beck Center for the Arts), and Jewell Estes in Floyd Collins (Blank Canvas Theatre). Joey lives in Lakewood, is 13 years old, enjoys playing the marimba and drum set, composing music, and browsing through dank memes on Reddit. He will soon be spotted on the stage of Cleveland Play House as Scut Farkas in A Christmas Story starting next month.

Marissa Dingess (Young Bonnie) favorite roles include Little Red (Into the Woods) and Sally Brown (YAGMCB) at Cassidy Theatre, Cellise (Godspell) at Heights Youth Theatre, Mike T.V. (Willy Wonka) at Brecksville Theater on the

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Square, & Dori/ Principal Soloist (Schoolhouse Rock) at Beck Center. She is a member of The Singing Angels, and was lucky enough to be a featured soloist in 2015 at “The Rhythms of One World� festival at The United Nations in New York City. She is a voice student with Helen Todd and is a dancer at the Beck Center.

Kennedy Ellis (Bonnie) is elated to make her debut at French Creek Theatre!

She has previously appeared in productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, Rent, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, and is an Irene Ryan nominee for her performance of Holly in Well Beings and Ellen in The Art of Dining. She is a zealous pianist and vocalist having studied with exceptional professors at Baldwin Wallace for the last four years. When not onstage, you will find her writing music, studying (see: stressing) at the library, drinking her life elixir (see: coffee), or relaxing (see: dying) on a run on her favorite trail. Kennedy would like to thank her family for never complaining about having to be good family

Actor/Actress Bios people and seeing her shows. She guarantees that you’ll lose the blues and forget about everything you hate while watching Bonnie & Clyde!

Enjoy the show… Hi Mom and Dad! B a r b a r a Fryman (Cumie Barrow) is finally doing what she loves again!

Before moving to Cleveland from Dayton, Barb started her theater career with Centerville Town Hall Players at the age of 14. Active in theater for over 25 years, her favorite directing credits include The King and I, Kiss Me, Kate and Come Blow Your Horn. Favorite roles include The Lion in Winter (Alais), The Sound of Music (Maria), Anastasia (Dowager Empress), The Private Ear and The Public Eye (Belinda/Doreen), Mary, Mary (Mary McKellaway), Steel Magnolias (Clairee) and The Octette Bridge Club (Connie). “I am beyond excited to return in such an extraordinary showand with such a professional and incredibly talented cast, crew and director. Thanks to Brittni and everyone involved with

Break a Leg, Cumie Barrow, aka Barb Fryman!

Love you to the moon and back!

- Lynda

the show who made my return something very special. Thanks to my nephew John Webb (Buck Barrow) for calling me about tryouts and reminding me that we have been wanting to do a show together for 10 years. Thanks to my family and friends from out of town for literally going the extra mile to be here for me. Thanks to my family and friends in town for all your continuing and appreciated support. And special thanks and love to Lynda, my partner of 21 years for her encouragement and support. If it weren’t for her, I’d still be sitting home dreaming instead of onstage doing.

M a tt h e w Gergely (Frank Hamer) is happy to be in his first musical at French Creek Theatre and third overall this year. Previous credits include Mr. Lawrence in Little Women at Vermilion High School, and Ensemble in The Little Mermaid at LCMT. Matthew would like to thank his mom, dad, grandma and grandpa for supporting him, especially with this show as he attends LCCC with plans to transfer and get his degree in Political Science. ENJOY THE SHOW! Tobin Grendzynski (John/Bank Teller) is excited to be joining the cast of Bonnie and Clyde. Tobin lives in North Ridgeville, and is a sophomore at North

Actor/Actress Bios Ridgeville High School where he runs cross country and track.

Tobin is also a tenor in concert choir and loves to sing. He started acting in 2014 at Olde Towne Hall Theater in Sleeping Beauty and Aladdin.

Two years ago he appeared in The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (Big Bad Pig) here at French Creek.

Tobin would like to thank his family for all the support that they have given him, and the directors for believing in him.

S t u a r t H o f f m a n (Sheriff Schmidt) is appearing for the second time on French Creek’s stage, following Death of a Salesman earlier this year. He has also been seen at various other local theaters including Cleveland Public Theatre (where he was a 2015-16 Nord Playwriting Fellow), convergence-continuum, Blank Canvas Theatre, Ohio City Theater Project, and Dobama (where he is a member of their playwriting unit: The Playwright’s GYM). Thank you for supporting live theatre.

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Inés Joris ( G o v e r n o r Ferguson) is a Spanish, bilingual actress who graduated from DRAMA STUDIO LONDON and has been working as a theater, film, TV, commercial and voice actress in Spain, the UK and the US. In 2013 she moved to Oxford, MS, and collaborated as an actress with Theatre Oxford in productions such as The Pillowman, Ariel, Harvey, Nurse Kelly, Sex, Love and the IRS, Vivianne and Lend me a Tenor.

While studying at the University of Mississippi she directed the short film Shabati. She moved to Cleveland with her husband and eight-yearold son a year ago. Since, she has collaborated with Cleveland Public Theatre’s Latino Branch, Teatro Público de Cleveland, directing America Yo Soy for Station Hope; appeared as an actress for Beck Center in City of Angels (Margie); and collaborated in play readings at CPT and Cleveland Play House. She is now thrilled of being part of the French Creek Theatre family in this awesome production, and is looking forward to new creative and exciting adventures!

Michael Knobloch (Clyde) is thrilled to be returning to French Creek Theatre after playing the titular role in Jekyll & Hyde last

Actor/Actress Bios year. Some other recent projects include City of Angels (Peter Kingsley) at Beck Center for the Arts, Comedy of Errors (Antipholus double) at Ohio Shakespeare Festival, and Floyd Collins (Homer Collins) at Blank Canvas Theatre.

Also this year Michael appeared as part of the acting ensemble in Violins of Hope, an educational concert series revolving around violins played during the Holocaust with the Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Play House. Michael will be on a brief hiatus from the stage until March as he prepares for graduate school auditions. When he returns, he will appear as Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman at Brecksville Theatre, and shortly after he will be in the Ohio premiere of King Charles III at Ohio Shakespeare Festival.

Neil Macke (Deputy Bud) is thrilled to be returning to the French Creek Theatre stage where he was last seen as Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He is incredibly happy to be working with this fantastic cast and creative team,

and to be under the direction of the ever-talented Brittni Shambaugh Addison once again! Favorite previous credits include: How to Succeed in Business… (J.B. Biggley), Songs for a New World (Man 1), The Music Man (Mayor George Shinn), and Little Shop of Horrors (Mr. Mushnik). Neil currently works at Cleveland Play House as a member of the artistic department where he has had the honor to work on such productions as The Crucible, A Christmas Story, and the world premiere of Quiara Alegria Hudes’ The Good Peaches.

C a r l a Petroski (Emma Parker) believes it has been too long since she had the pleasure of performing in this theatre.

She played Mrs. Van Daan in The Diary Of Anne Frank, Truvy in Steel Magnolias, and directed Bunnicula!

The Musical when the space was referred to as TrueNorth. Now, she can’t leave! After having the honor of working alongside the bright, young talent in Bonnie & Clyde she will sink back into The Great Depression taking on the role of Miss Hannigan in the French Creek Theatre production of Annie. Carla has performed in Northeast Ohio for over 30 years.

She also was a member of the improvisational group

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Actor/Actress Bios Something Dada and has been included in a number of cabarets across town. She is a proud graduate of Cleveland State University. All her love goes to John & the brood of pups...usually in that order.

Kaitlyn Hope P o sc h n e r (Trish/Ensemble) has been involved in theater since 5th grade and got her start as the Lame Child in the passion musical Tetelestai. Since then, Kaitlyn has been involved in 30 different singing events, films, and theater productions. Some of her previous theater experience includes West Side Story (Maria), Parade (Iola Stover), and Phantom of the Opera (El Confidante). After graduating from Kent State University with and Associates Degree in the Arts, Kaitlyn has broadened her skills by completing her first local film, My Summer in Ohio, which will be out next year. She is presently employed by Second Star to the Right LLC as a princess character and Mr. Kringle’s Inventionasium.

She is an avid reader, Disney trivia champ, and hopes to continue studying American Sign Language.

Kaitlyn wishes to thank her parents and family for loving and supporting her, and allowing her to chase her dreams.

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Spencer Riley (Bob Alcorn/ Ensemble) is appearing for the seventh time at French Creek, his last appearance being the production of South Pacific in 2016. He is excited to return with a bang (pun intended) in such a fantastic show! In addition to French Creek, Spencer has also performed with Lorain Community Music Theater and Mighty Goliath Productions. His most recent theatrical credits include The Little Mermaid (Pilot/Chef/Sea Creature) and Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble). Spencer is a 2014 graduate of Marietta College with a BFA in Theater. He would like to thank his family for their undying love and support, and his castmates for making this such an exciting show! Enjoy the show!

Katie Schuler ( A r c h i e / Yo u n g Bonnie U/S) is excited to be back on the French Creek stage as part of the ensemble in Bonnie and Clyde. She made her debut at French Creek this past spring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. After Bonnie

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Katie loves singing and dancing, and has completed eight years of dance with experience in tap, ballet and contemporary. Besides performing, she enjoys playing volleyball, painting and spending time with family. Katie is ten years old, and is in fifth grade at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception school in Avon.

Robert Scott Taylor (Ted) is a recent graduate of Kent State University with a BFA in Musical Theatre, and now lives in Cleveland Heights.

In addition to this being his first production with French Creek, he recently started working as a staff member for the French Creek Nature & Arts Center, and a barista for the Woodmere Starbucks. Recent credits include Baker (Into the Woods), Harry Druggist (The Cradle Will Rock), and Ensemble (Kiss Me, Kate). Thank you to the production team, friends, and family for their endless support!

Enjoy the show! www.RobertScottTaylor.com John Webb (Buck) is thrilled to be making his French Creek Theatre debut. John has previously appeared

in City of Angels (Ensemble) at the Beck Center for the Arts, Mercury Theatre Company’s Mary Poppins (John Northbrook/ Ensemble) as well as in The Marilyn Bianchi Kids Playwriting Festival production of A Thief, A Chief, and a Liar (Chief Benjamin) at Dobama Theatre. John was a ten year member and soloist with Cleveland’s renowned youth chorus, The Singing Angels. A graduate of Muskingum University, John’s favorite past credits include Company (Bobby), Bye Bye Birdie (Albert Peterson), Proof (Robert), Almost Maine (Chad), Closer Than Ever (Man 1), Anything Goes (Sir Evelyn Oakleigh), and Curtains (Frank Cioffi). While at Muskingum, he also enjoyed performing in operas, operettas, and opera scenes, such as Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro), Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein), The Merry Widow (Camille, u/s Danilo), Street Scene (Sam Kaplan), and Candide (Dr. Pangloss). Special thanks and love goes out to his beautiful fiancee Katie, parents John and Cindy, and all of his family and friends for their constant encouragement and support.

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Actor/Actress Bios

Production Team: Brittni Shambaugh Addison (Director) is so happy to be back at French Creek Theatre, having directed last season’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Since moving to Northeast Ohio in 2015, she has also had the pleasure of directing and performing with Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theater, Ensemble Theatre, and Cleveland Public Theatre. Next up, she will be directing The Little Prince at Ensemble Theatre. Before relocating to Cleveland, she was a member of the Professional Acting Company with the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, as well as a lecturer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Brittni holds a BA in Theatre and an MFA in Directing and is currently the Education Associate at Cleveland Play House.

Lavour Addison (Fight Choreographer/Ukulele Coach) is a 2017 Member of the Chautauqua Theatre Company where he Played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.

Recently seen In Shakespeare in Love at CPH. CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program credits include: She Stoops to Conquer, Clybourne Park, Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses and a cameo in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. At Cleveland Play House he has performed in The CPH Centennial Plays, the world premiere Pg. 22 of Quiara Alegria Hudes’

The Good Peaches in collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra, and the world premiere reading of FEED

by Eric Coble. Other credits include serving as the Acting Captain of the Hawaii Pirate Ship Adventures and working as a full time member of the Professional Acting Company with the Honolulu Theatre for Youth.

He recently played Macbeth with Oberlin Summer Theatre Festival.

Favorite credits include The Wild Party, The Genteel Sabai, and Bug. I love you Brittni, Winnie, and Pixie.

Julie Billinghurst (Stage Manager) is pleased to be returning for her third season at French Creek Theatre. She has previously staged managed Big Fish, White Christmas, Godspell, Next to Normal, Jekyll & Hyde, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She has also been the SM for Lorain Community Music Theatre’s production of Into the Woods. During the day, she is the librarian at St. Peter School in Lorain.

Thanks to Brittni, Anthony and Derek for helping to make this such an incredible experience. The entire cast and crew has been wonderful!

Teamwork makes the dream work!!

Derek Green (Scenic Designer, Technical Director, Lighting Designer) is thrilled to return to French Creek for this production. Most recently, Derek served as the Scenic Designer for the FCT productions of Willy Wonka, Our Town, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Actor/Actress Bios Other design and TD credits include The Tempest and Richard II (Cleveland Shakespeare Festival); South Pacific, The Curious Savage, Joseph . . . Dreamcoat, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Here Come the Brides (NDCL). Derek currently works as part of the Education staff at Cleveland Play House. All my love to Brittni, Julie, and Paul!

Aimee Kluiber (Costume Designer) is a fashion and costume designer from Lakewood, Ohio. She studied theatre and music at Wittenberg University and The Cleveland Institute of Music and fashion and millinery design at The Virginia Marti College of Art and Design. Some of her local theatrical associations include: Lyric Opera Cleveland, The Cleveland Playhouse, Cain Park, Case Western Reserve University, Baldwin Wallace University, Cesear’s Forum, Dobama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Willoughby Fine Arts Association, and The Beck Center. You can find more of her work at www.aimeekluiber.design.

Stan Kozak (Sound Designer) Stan Kozak, currently in his twentyseventh season at Great Lakes Theater, has more than 50 design credits including Bat Boy: The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Comedy of Errors, Amadeus, You Can’t Take It With You, Private Lives, Into the Woods and the Tom Hanks’ benefit performances. His work in 1979 and 1981 with Geraldine Fitzgerald

on Streetsongs at GLTF led to the original cast album. Mr. Kozak was the resident sound designer for four seasons at the Porthouse Theatre Company, including productions of Driving Miss Daisy, Niteclub Confidential and a Nightingale Sang.

His collaborations with Victoria Bussert at Baldwin-Wallace College include productions of Chess, Hair, Company, Cabaret, West Side Story, Tommy in Concert, Parade, the Ohio premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, and one of the first nonprofessional productions of Phantom of the Opera. For Cain Park, his design credits include Secret Garden, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Bat Boy, Tick, tick…Boom, Nine, The Wiz, Harold and Maude and Pippin.

Mr. Kozak has also designed sound for Wit and Last Five Years for the Dobama Theater, Iolanthe and Sweeney Todd for the Cleveland Opera, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Forbidden Broadway SVU for the Hanna Theatre and A Shayna Maidel, Brooklyn Boy and Pangs of the Messiah for the JCC. He has served as sound designer for the All-City Musical for the Cleveland school system for eight seasons.

He also had the good fortune to have worked with Bebe Neuwirth in her concert performance for the Ideastream Gala in 2005. He was honored to be among the first group of LORT sound designers to achieve recognition in USA 829.

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Actor/Actress Bios T. Paul Lowry (Projection Designer) has served in artistic, production and design capacities with such companies as Long Wharf Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, New Haven Theater Company, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Cleveland Public Theatre, Near West Theatre, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, Ingenuity Festival and Celebrity Cruises. He is the Technical Theatre Director for Hathaway Brown School. Noted recent design work Fire on the Water, Johanna: Facing Forward (CPT), Uz, Donde Esta My Home (Teatro Publico de Cleveland), The Turing Machine (Theatre Ninjas), Next to Normal (TrueNorth), Run to the Capulets, Raise up the Montagues (Cuyahoga Community College), and To the Orchard (Playwrights Local 4181).

You can learn more about his work at www.tpaullowry.com.

Sarah Rounds (Projection Operator) is a recent graduate of Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida where she earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Recording Arts.

She is an Avon High School alumni where she was hugely involved in the drama club and was inducted into the Thespian Society. She enjoyed being onstage as much as working offstage in running crew and as head of the makeup/hair crew. In her free time, Sarah likes to sing, teach herself new instruments, hang out with friends

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and family, play with her dog, and work on her sound design skills.

Anthony Trifiletti (Music Director) is an active solo pianist, collaborative artist, and music director throughout much of Ohio.

As a pianist and music director, Anthony has held positions at TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center, The Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain Palace Youth Theatre, Sandstone Summer Theatre, Amherst Workshop Players, Lorain Community Music Theatre, The Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton Opera, Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings, and numerous other venues. Anthony is currently serving on the Board of Directors for TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center. He is a recent graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. While at UD, Anthony was the recipient of the Award for Outstanding Collaborative Pianist and performed at the American Choral Director’s Association National Convention in 2013. Besides working in theatrical and other performance related settings, Anthony is an active church musician having served at numerous parishes throughout the state. He is currently the music director at St. Peter in Lorain. Congratulations cast, crew, and orchestra on a wonderful performance!

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