She Loves Me

She Loves Me

Book by Joe Masteroff | Music by Jerry Bock | Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Based on a play by Miklos Laszio Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Originally produced on Broadway by Harold Prince in Association with Lawrence N. Kasha and Philip C. McKenna Original Orchestrations by Don Walker | Adapted by Frank Matosich, Jr. Directed by Jordan Cooper

February 1 - 17

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Cultural Arts Manager / Site Manager....................................Rick Fortney Senior Naturalist................................................................................. Aimee Potonic Naturalist II.............................................................................................Rachel Mazzola Cultural Arts Programmer..............................................................Brian McNally Front Desk Staff.....................................................................................Camille Olsen, Elizabeth Fernandez, Anngela Sawtelle FCNAC Building and Grounds Crew............................................Tim Barrett,

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French Creek

Theatre 2018-2019 season Little Shop ial of Horrors mid*Snigpec ht show Oct 12 - 28, 2018

on Friday, October 26* Seymour Krelborn, a failing florist’s assistant, dreams of escaping his luckless life on skid row. After he stumbles upon a first-of-its-kind flower, his fortunes start to turn around. But when the potted plant suddenly won’t bloom without blood, Seymour must choose: success or slaughter?

Book by Howard Ashman | Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman Based on the film by Roger Corman, with Screenplay by Charles Griffith

The Gifts of the Magi Nov 30 - 16, 2018

When you have nothing, what do you give the person who is your everything? Such is the plight of Jim and Della, a young, penniless couple in New York City on Christmas Eve. Searching for the perfect present for one another, they discover the richness of their love despite being poor in means. Taken from the short stories of O. Henry, warm your heart and spirit with The Gifts of the Magi.

Music by Randy Courts Lyrics by Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts

She loves Me

Little Women

Georg and Amalia, two headstrong employees of a European perfumery, quarrel endlessly on the job. But away from work, they’re two lonely hearts, each exchanging tender correspondences with an anonymous pen pal who’s a lot closer than they know!

From their Concord, Massachusetts home in Civil War America, Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth March plan their futures, but the present is what they’ll cherish forever. Woven together with each sister’s unique flaws, hopes and dreams, the classic novel gets the musical treatment in this vibrant and stirring adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s timeless celebration of a family unbroken by life’s trials.

Feb 1 - 17, 2019

Book by Joe Masteroff | Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Based on a play by Miklos Laszio Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince

Mar 29 - Apr 14, 2019

Music by Jason Howland | Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Book by Allan Knee Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott

Into the Woods

Tuck Everlasting

Cinderella goes to the festival, and marries the prince. Jack climbs the beanstalk, and steals the giant’s gold. The Baker and his wife are bestowed with a child...then what?

In this imaginative and beguiling takeoff of familiar fairy tales, the real story begins once wishes have been granted, and the characters learn to live with their “happily ever after.”

The woods of Treegap, New Hampshire beckon eleven-yearold Winnie Foster to escape her humdrum, small town life. Once within, she discovers a spring with a powerful secret, and a boy with a mysterious past. Pursued by a strange man in yellow, she learns the truth about the connection between the boy’s family and the water, and is forced to make a decision with everlasting consequences.

May 31 - June 16, 2019

Book by James Lapine Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

July 19 - Aug 4, 2019

Book by Claudia Shear & Tim Federle Music by Chris Miller | Lyrics by Nathan Tysen Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Bacon Woods Amphitheatre, Vermilion River Reservation

As You Like It

Aug 16 - 18, 2019 (Shows at 7pm) Lovers in disguise, banished dukes and merry companions come together in As You Like It. Set in the dreamlike Forest of Arden, the Bard’s whimsical discourse on the fun and folly of love is performed outdoors (and FREE!) at the Bacon Woods Amphitheatre at Vermilion River Reservation.

By William Shakespeare

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French Creek

Theatre

She Loves Me Book by Joe Masteroff

Music by Jerry Bock

Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Based on a Play by Miklos Laszlo Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Originally Produced on Broadway by Harold Prince in Association with Lawrence N. Kasha and Philip C. McKenna Original Orchestrations by Don Walker Adapted by Frank Matosich, Jr.

Director/Music Director // Jordan Cooper Stage Manager // Julie Billinghurst Choreographer // Sarah Clare Set Designer/Technical Director // Derek Green Sound Designer // Stan Kozak Costume Designer // Inda Blatch-Geib Lighting Designer // Rob Peck Props Designer // Paul Melnykowski Assistant Stage Manager // Jessica Dupee Assistant Tech Director // Gretchen Woods Sound Board Operator // Sarah Rounds Spotlight Operator // Megan Campana Spotlight Operator // Rachel Miller Artistic Director // Rick Fortney Program Director // Brian McNally **Special Thanks to Liza Woods**

SHE LOVES ME

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 We take you to Budapest, 1934, Maraczek’s Parfumerie, where love is in the air!

I would like to thank my staff, production team, cast and crew.

This truly has been a fun couple of months in preparation ‌ not only due to the subject matter and great music, but due to the great team assembled led by Director Jordan Cooper and Stage Manager, Julie Billinghurst. My heartfelt thanks to all of you.

Rick Fortney Our season continues with the Cultural Arts Manager, musical Little Women opening March 29 and running through Lorain County Metro Parks April 14, followed by the musical Into the Woods in June and Tuck Everlasting in July. We bring you Shakespeare in the Park (Bacon Woods Amphitheatre, Vermilion River Reservation) in August with As You Like It. Thank you for supporting the arts both here at French Creek and throughout Northeast Ohio.

Enjoy the show!

Rick Fortney Cultural Arts Manager

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Cast Kate Michalski.............................................................Amalia Balash Danny Simpson...........................................................Georg Nowack Natalie Green*...................................................................Ilona Ritter Eric Fancher.................................................................Steven Kodaly Trey Gilpin.......................................................................Ladislav Sipos Mark Hilan........................................................................Mr. Maraczek Frank Ivancic....................................................................Arpad Lazlo Lauren Odioso........................................................................Ensemble Jess Pringle..............................................................................Ensemble Samantha Ksiezyk................................................................Ensemble Gwen Stembridge...........................................Waiter / Ensemble Andrew Keller...............................................Kreller / Ensemble Michael Fox...........................................................Busboy/Ensemble John Kost....................................................................................Ensemble *appears courtesy Actors’ Equity Association*

Production Team Jordan Cooper...............................Director / Music Director Julie Billinghurst..................................................Stage Manager Sarah Clare..............................................................Choreographer Derek Green....................Set Designer/Technical Director Stan Kozak..................................................................Sound Designer Inda Blatch-Geib..............................................Costume Designer Rob Peck...................................................................Lighting Designer Paul Melnykowski.................................................Props Designer Jessica Dupee.....................................Assistant Stage Manager Gretchen Woods...............................Assistant Tech Director Sarah Rounds........................................Sound Board Operator Megan Campana.............................................Spotlight Operator Rachel Miller.................................................Spotlight Operator

Special Thanks to...

Liza Woods

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Musical Numbers // Act I // GOOD MORNING, GOOD DAY.............................................Sipos, Arpad, Ritter, Kodaly, Georg SOUNDS WHILE SELLING...........Customers, Sipos, Kodaly, Georg DAYS GONE BY...............................................................................Maraczek NO MORE CANDY..................................................................................Amalia THE FIRST LETTER................................................................................Georg THE SECOND LETTER..........................................................................Georg THE THIRD LETTER............................................................Georg, Amalia TONIGHT AT EIGHT................................................................................Georg I DON’T KNOW HIS NAME................................................Amalia, Ritter PERSPECTIVE.............................................................................................Sipos GOODBYE GEORG...................................................Customers, Clerks WILL HE LIKE ME?................................................................................Amalia ILONA........................................................................Kodaly, Sipos, Arpad I RESOLVE.................................................................................................Ritter A ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE............................................................Waiter MR. NOWACK, WILL YOU PLEASE...............................Amalia, Waiter DEAR FRIEND.........................................................................................Amalia

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Musical Numbers // Act II // TRY ME........................................................................................................Arpad MARACZEK’S MEMORIES...........................................................Maraczek WHERE’S MY SHOE?..........................................................Amalia, Georg VANILLA ICE CREAM...........................................................................Amalia SHE LOVES ME........................................................................................Georg A TRIP TO THE LIBRARY.......................................................................Ritter GRAND KNOWING YOU.....................................................................Kodaly A CHRISTMAS CAROL...................................................................Carolers TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS................................................Carolers, Customers, Clerks FINALE—ACT II.....................................................................Georg, Amalia THANK YOU BOWS.........................................................................Company

// The End //

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Actor/Actress Bios

CAST Eric Fancher (Steven Kodaly) is proud to be making his fifth appearance at French Creek, following You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown), Altar Boyz (Luke), Sunday in the Park with George (Franz/Dennis), and Ten Cents a Dance (George). Other selected credits include The Music Man: In Concert (Harold Hill), Godspell (“We Beseech Thee” soloist), and Sondheim’s The Frogs (Charon/ Aekos) at Cain Park; and Merrily We Roll Along (Frank) at Lakeland Civic Theatre, for which was awarded a Superior Achievement recognition for his performance by the Cleveland Critics Circle. Eric is a cancer survivor, a haberdasher, and the founder/webmaster for the Cleveland Stage Alliance. By day, he can be caught slinging suits at Men’s Wearhouse in Strongsville. Eric is an Equity Membership Candidate.

“Much love to Sarah, Charlie the three-legged puppy, and the rest of his family. TPOG” Michael Ensemble) his French wonderful

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Emery Fox (Busboy/ is elated to be making Creek debut with such a cast and crew. A recent graduate of Kent State University, some of his

favorite shows include Spring Awakening (Kent State Stark), The Little Mermaid (Mercury Theatre C o m p a ny) , Avenue Q (Beck Center) and The Rocky Horror Show (Akron Civic Theatre). Michael would like to thank Jordan for giving him the chance to tell this wonderful story, and his friends and family for all their love and support throughout the years. “Minnie, this one is for you.”

Trey Gilpin (Ladislav Sipos) is thrilled to be in his first official French Creek Theatre production, though you may have seen him here in Sunday in the Park with George (Jules / Greenberg) or The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip). Trey’s a Kentucky native who moved here after working with the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. As an adopted Clevelander, Trey has appeared at Beck Center for the Arts, Cleveland Public Theatre, Cain Park, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Blank Canvas Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Mercury Theatre Company, and more. Favorite shows include The Toxic Avenger (White Dude), ASSASSINS (Zangara), Dirty Rotten

Actor/Actress Bios Scoundrels (Freddy), Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play (Matt), and The Last Five Years (Jamie). Many thanks to this awesome cast, Jordan, Julie, Jess, and the rest of this spectacular team!

Natalie Green (Ilona Ritter) is a graduate of Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Regionally, she has worked with Dobama Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, EJ Thomas Hall/University of Akron, Cleveland Play House, Pittsburgh Repertory Company, None Too Fragile Theatre, Mamai Theatre Company, Beck Center for the Arts, Cleveland JCC/Tri-C East, Lakeland Theatre, Fine Arts Association, Carnation City Players, TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center, Fairmount Center and Ensemble Theatre.

She performs as lead singer and manager for Grand Avenue Band and is a voiceover artist with American Greetings. Natalie is proud to be part of the great artistic work that is happening in the Northeast Ohio area and beyond.

Mark Hilan (Mr. Maraczek) is a retired radio news anchor with more than 30 years’ experience on the air in his hometown Chicago and also New York City. His lifelong interest

in the theatre has offered him the chance to play dramatic, comedic and musical roles s p a n n i n g the genres from William S h a ke s p e a re ’ s Much Ado About Nothing to Michael Bennett’s A Chorus Line. His recent move to downtown Cleveland also brought him to French Creek Theatre for She Loves Me, the first of what he hopes will be many more shows to come.

Frank Ivancic (Arpad Laszlo) is thrilled to be back at French Creek after appearing in Parade in 2017!

He cannot wait for audiences to see this incredible cast working their magic on the stage! Frank recently graduated from Cleveland State University, and is looking forward to the future! He has performed in many theaters around Cleveland including Cain Park, Lakeland Civic Theatre, Blank Canvas Theatre, and more! Thank you so much to Jordan for this opportunity, and break legs to the cast and crew!

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Actor/Actress Bios A n d r e w Keller (Kreller/ Ensemble) is very excited to be returning to French Creek Theatre. He is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University, where he studied acting and directing, and appeared in Noises Off (Freddie), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

(George), and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Gordon). His recent directing credits include: Grease at Sandstone Summer Theater, and Willy Wonka here at French Creek. Recent local acting credits include: Silent Sky (Peter Shaw) at Clague Playhouse, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Lavrenti/Ensemble) at Shaharazad Theater, The Dining Room (Various) at Bay Village Community Theater, Our Town (George) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Potiphar/Dan) here at French Creek, The Phantom Tollbooth (Humbug), The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Peter), and Farragut North (Ben) at Ensemble Theater, as well as Side Show (Ensemble) and The Bigfoot Letters (Roger Korman) at Blank Canvas Theater. Thanks to the audience for supporting local theater, and the biggest thanks of all goes to his family for their constant love and support.

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John Kost is (Ensemble) pleased to be making his French Creek debut in She Loves Me. His recent work includes Shrek the Musical (White Rabbit/ Ensemble) at the Beck Center, Allegro in concert (English Professor and Mr. Buckley) through the Musical Theatre Project and Oklahoma!

(Understudy) at Porthouse Theatre.

John’s other credits include Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely) and Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince), both at Rabbit Run Theatre. John is grateful to capitalize on his talents and passions through his current study in Kent State’s BFA musical theatre program and BA in digital media production. John would like to thank his parents (Margie & Jim), sister (Theresa), dog (Zoey), friends, and faculty at Kent State.

Samantha Ks i e z y k D e C r a n e (Ensemble) is excited to be making her French Creek debut with such a talented group of people.

A Wagnerian Soprano, her most recent engagements include Mrs. Pugh in Annie with Cassidy Theatre,

Actor/Actress Bios the Aunt in Madama Butterfly with Opera Western Reserve, and chorus in Straszny Dwor with The Cleveland Opera. She wants to thank her loved ones for their unending support as she follows her dreams.

Kate Leigh M i c h a ls k i (Amalia Balash) is thrilled to be back at French Creek! Past roles: Parade (Lucille Frank), The 25th...

Spelling Bee (Olive Ostrovsky), ...Charlie Brown (Lucy) at French Creek Theatre; We Will Rock You (Oz), Jekyll and Hyde: 2018 Benefit Concert (Lucy Harris), Reefer Madness (Mae), The Texas Chainsaw Musical (Lucretia) at Blank Canvas; The Toxic Avenger (Mayor/Ma) at Cain Park; Annie Get Your Gun (Annie Oakley) at Silhouette Productions; The Spitfire Grill (Shelby Thorpe) at Beck Center.

She has a BFA in Musical Theatre from Point Park University, and is a proud EMC. Thank you to Jordan for this fantastic show, and this beautiful cast. Love you Mom! Love you Dad. Lauren Odioso (Ensemble) is so excited to be in her first show here at French Creek Theatre! She has just recently graduated from Kent State University with her BFA in Musical Theatre. You may have seen her in some shows around the Northeast Ohio area including Bye Bye Birdie (Kim MacAfee) at Weathervane

Playhouse or Intimate Apparel (Mrs. Van Buren) at Kent State University.

She thanks her fun and awesome cast and crew for a great experience, her family and friends, and Logan. She hopes you enjoy the romantic atmosphere we have prepared for you!

Jessica Agnor Pringle (Ensemble) is thrilled to be performing with such an incredibly wonderful cast and creative team and is excited to be back at French Creek having previously appeared in Parade (Sally Slaton).

Most recently she played Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music at Lakeland Civic Theatre, and was in Sweeney Todd at Blank Canvas Theatre. Other favorite performances include Carrie (Lynn Gardner), Songs for a New World (Woman 1), and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (Smitty). In her spare time, she enjoys travel, baking, and reading.

Love and thanks to my family for their support!

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Actor/Actress Bios D a n n y Simpson (Georg Nowack) is very honored to be sharing the French Creek stage with such a wonderful cast and production staff.

Favorite credits include Blank Canvas Theater’s productions of We Will Rock You (Galileo Figaro), Rocky Horror Picture Show (Riff Raff), Strongsville C.T.’s Godspell (Jesus), John Carroll University’s Medea (Jason), I Hate Hamlet (John Barrymore) and Western Reserve Playhouse’s Hay Fever (Sandy Tyrell). Danny graduated from

John Carroll University with a B.A. in Communications and Theatre Arts. Danny would like to thank his friends, family, extended family, and Tasha for their unconditional love and support. And he would like to thank Jordan Cooper for this awesome opportunity, and for being a wonderful friend.

G w e n Stembridge ( W a i t e r / Ensemble) is a native of Atlanta, but has enjoyed living in the Cleveland area for nearly eight years.

Actor/Actress Bios Her favorite recent performances include Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Woman 1 in Songs for a New World, and Mrs. Brill in Mary Poppins.

Other favorites include Mother/ Grandmother in Barab’s Little Red Riding Hood, Yente in Fiddler on the Roof, and Annchen in scenes from Weber’s Der Freischutz. Since graduating from Converse College with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, she has maintained a small private voice studio for almost 10 years and so enjoys the opportunity to see her students grow. No stranger to Lorain County, in a previous position she worked with the United Way of Greater Lorain County to found the Lorain County Volunteer Connection. By day, she serves on staff with Equality Ohio, our statewide LGBTQ education and advocacy organization, changing hearts, minds, and laws so that all may live authentic, courageous, extraordinary lives. She values the power of both hospitality and the arts as vehicles for working with and learning about people. She sends thanks to her friends and family for their investments of time, energy, and money so that she gets to do what brings her joy. Special thanks to her love, Kaitlyn, for sparking delight in every day.

Production Team: Jordan Cooper (Director/Music Director) is delighted to have a career that has brought him over twenty

years of classical piano training and theatrical experience all over the east coast. His love of theatre and passion for the arts began at a young age and has flourished into a thriving theatre career. He is an accomplished director, conductor, music director and pianist who has had the pleasure of working at Dobama Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Playhouse Square, Lakeland Civic Theatre, Cain Park, and the list goes on. He is also the founding Artistic Director for Shining Star CLE, as well as The Passion Project. Favorite credits include: Altar Boyz, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Sunday in the Park With George (TrueNorth Cultural Arts); Next To Normal, The Light in the Piazza, Violet, Bridges of Madison County, Merrily We Roll Along, A Little Night Music (Lakeland Civic Theater); Rock of Ages, The Toxic Avenger, Godspell, The Frogs, Memphis (Cain Park); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Foxes (Cleveland Play House); A Civil War Christmas, Peter & The Starcatcher, Ella Enchanted (DOBAMA). Upcoming credits include: Children of Eden (Cassidy Theater), Ragtime (Cain Park), and The Last Five Years (The Passion Project).

Julie Billinghurst (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be a part of this fantastic production. This is her fourth season with French Creek Theatre.

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Actor/Actress Bios & Clyde, Parade, Children of Eden and Romeo & Juliet. By day, Julie is the Librarian at St. Peter School in Lorain. Thanks to the cast and crew for making this such a fun and joyful experience. Teamwork makes the dream work! Enjoy the show!

Derek Green (Set Designer/ Technical Director) is thrilled to work on this production with such an amazing team! This is his second full season at French Creek Theatre. Design Credits include The Elephant Man, Children of Eden, I’m Not Rappaport, Bonnie & Clyde, Willy Wonka, Our Town, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (French Creek Theatre); The Tempest, Richard II (Cleveland Shakespeare Festival); South Pacific, The Curious Savage, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (NDCL). Derek also serves as the Associate Producer for Education at Cleveland Play House. www.dgreentheatre.com Stan Kozak (Sound Designer) Stan Kozak, currently in his twenty-seventh 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,

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including productions of Driving Miss Daisy, Niteclub Confidential and a Nightingale Sang. His collaborations with Victoria Bussert at BaldwinWallace 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.

Inda Blatch-Geib (Costume Designer) has worked as a costume and production designer for over 1,000 theatrical, commercial, and film releases that has spanned 30 years and crossed 4 continents. Ms. Blatch-Geib’s set styling, costume,

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Actor/Actress Bios and puppet designs include the Broadway special production of Kris Kringle The Musical. Live performance and festival design include set design for Machine Gun Kelly’s US and European Tours, Wolstein Arena Shows, multiple EST Fests as well as Cobra microphone design. Current commercial work includes Production Design for Footlocker national commercial, Costume Design for The Cleveland Cavaliers’ 1970’s and 80’s themed videos, national spots for the team, and design for on court half-time shows including their shield design. Print designs have included set styling for Harper’s Bazaar UK Scarlett Johansson cover and spread as well as catalogue set styling for Foundations and Kilgore Trout. Ms. Blatch-Geib’s designs have been showcased in exhibits at The Smithsonian Institute as well as national and regional commercials including Microsoft, McDonald’s, Under Armour, TroyBuilt, The Original Mattress Factory, The West Virginia Lottery, and Momentive. Recent film projects include the Production and Costume Design for an upcoming cable Original series and Ohio Art Direction for The Signal starring Laurence Fishburne. Music Video Production and Costume Design includes Machine Gun Kelly’s Alpha Omega and Let You Go releases.

Locally, Inda is the 2018/2019 Resident Designer for Cleveland Public Theatre, Karamu House, Magical Theatre Company, New World Performance Lab

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and Cleveland Institute of Music.

Upcoming Costume Design includes the mainstage production of Native Gardens at Cleveland Play House.

Jessica Dupee (Assistant Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Ashland University, where she received a B.A. in Theatre Design/ Technology! Outside of Ashland, Jessica has stage managed for Porthouse Theatre, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, and CAMEO. She is very excited to back for her second show at French Creek Theatre, and She Loves Me has quickly become one of her new favorites. Jessica is extremely grateful for this incredible opportunity, and is looking forward to the next theatrical adventure!

Sarah Rounds (Sound Board Operator) is excited to be back working on her eighth show at French Creek! She graduated from Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida, earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Recording Arts and currently works at Playhouse Square as a Ticketing Concierge. 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 on stage as much as working off stage 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 and family, work on her sound design skills, and cuddle with her puppy.

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