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WELCOME Welcome to the Morris Educational Foundation’s Morristown ONSTAGE Event!

A TIMELESS Tradition Morristown ONSTAGE is a signature local event that celebrates our community. We look forward to gathering together to cheer on our talented finalists as they courageously and passionately perform on the prestigious MPAC stage. We love listening to their personal stories and motivations for performing and feel inspired. We end the night feeling proud to be part of such a special Morristown community.

A TIMELESS Mission Morristown ONSTAGE is the Morris Educational Foundation’s biggest annual event fundraiser and enables our mission to enhance educational excellence for the 5,700 students and 1,000 educators in the 10 schools of the Morris School District. The MEF is 30 YEARS PROUD serving our schools. Thanks to the donations from our community over the past three decades, the MEF has invested $5.3 million in our students, staff and schools. Look at how our donors have made an incredible impact on the following page, and imagine the possibilities with your continued support.

A big thank you to Morristown Medical Center, the Headline Sponsor of Morristown ONSTAGE, and our many sponsors, advertisers and donors who support this event and our mission. We are also very appreciative of the people that made this show possible by giving their time and talents: MOS 2023 Committee, MEF Trustees, MHS Broadcasting Club, MPAC and the many others involved in putting on an outstanding show. And deepest gratitude to all of you in the audience tonight. We hope you have a truly wonderful experience and are thankful for your support!

Good luck to all the talented finalists tonight! Let’s start the show!

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PROGRAM ACT I Gypsy Souls Sanjna Vel Noel + Naomi Jean Louis Zaira Soriano Ella Lindner Mountain Jam Band

INTERMISSION ACT II Halle Just Diana McNiff Allie & Sydney Gina Marie New Love City Morristown High School Spectrum Jazz Ensemble Morristown High School Theater Cinderella** ** Exhibition of Morris School District Arts Program, not part of judging.

PERFORMERS The Gypsy Souls

The four men who make up The Gypsy Souls have a love for all things rock-n-roll, especially music from the late sixties. Their influences include Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Tony, the bass player, was born and raised here in Morristown, attended Morristown High School, and his bandmates work here and play here! They each began dabbling in music from a young age; one of these band members remembers turning his parents’ Tupperware into a makeshift drum set! They’ve had meaningful guidance along the way, whether it came from their music teachers, or from the School of Rock, or just getting together for a jam session.

Tonight, they will be performing an original song called “Can’t Get You Off My Mind”, and it promises to get the crowd on its feet!

Sanjna Vel

This 14-year-old will be performing “New York State of Mind” vocally, as well as on the piano. Sanjna is a native of Morris Plains, attended Mountain Way and Borough School, before moving onto Morristown High. She began her musical journey at the age of four, when she started piano lessons and classical Indian vocal training.

In her spare time, Sanjna enjoys running cross country, is a black belt in taekwondo, and dabbles in art; she’s even sold a number of her pieces to raise money for a local charity. Sanjna planned to perform her song on the piano only, but a teacher convinced her to sing along, and that, she says, is how her act came together.

Noel & Naomi

Noel and Naomi met at the Mayo Performing Arts Center and bonded over their shared love for music and performance. Naomi grew up in Morristown and spends her days playing the piano and volunteering for the Miracle Project here at MPAC. Noel is a high school sophomore at Gottesman Academy, but spends much of her time here in Morristown as a member of the Mayo Performing Arts Touring Company. She was diagnosed with autism two years ago, but that doesn’t stop her from performing; she says the stage can be an endless spectrum for us all to enjoy!

The two friends will be performing “For Good” from Wicked and are inspired by their friendship and love of the arts.

PERFORMERS Jean Louis

If this crooner looks familiar, there’s a very good reason for it! Jean Louis has been driving Morristown students to and from school for the past several years, and he’s also a lunch aide at Alexander Hamilton!

Jean Louis came to America from Haiti at the age of twentythree and since then, met the love of his life, got married, and became father to his two sons. Aside from his duties for the school district, Jean Louis is a freelance photographer, enjoys using his drone and drives a limousine for the Broadway Elite company in East Hanover. Tonight, he will be singing Julio Iglesias’ “Viens M’Embrasser”.

Zaira Soriano

This bubbly eight-year-old is a third grader at Assumption School. She loves to sing, enjoys drawing and reading books. And this is not her first rodeo: Zaira has already performed at venues including the Triad Theatre, Green Room 42, and Citifield!

Tonight, Zaira will be performing “The Girl in 14G” and hopes to continue her musical journey through education and diversifying herself as an artist. She credits her cousin Shan and music teacher for introducing her to the arts.

Ella Lindner

Ella was born and raised here in Morristown, and will be channeling the Queen of Soul as she performs Aretha Franklin’s “Natural Woman”.

Ella has had a love for vocal performance since a very young age, and is grateful for the constant encouragement she has received all her life from her family.

Ella has been a student of both Morristown High as well as Fusion Academy and credits the voice coaches she has had throughout the years–from Temple B’nai Or, to the chorus teachers from the Morris School District. Her musical influences include Aretha, Jennifer Hudson, Lauryn Hill and Ella Fitzgerald.

PERFORMERS The Mountain Jam Band

The men of The Mountain Jam Band have one goal and one goal only: to honor the tradition of the Allman Brothers and their blues-based improvisational music. The group, comprised of Morristown’s Frank Saia, Chris Pott and Ryan Guthrie, along with Stu Margulis and John McCormack, formed this band more than a year ago, with each bringing a diverse musical skillset. They are performing the Allman Brothers’ “Soulshine”, which is described as an uplifting song of hope that embodies the spirit of the Morris Educational Foundation.

It may come as no surprise that these talented musicians name the Allman Brothers as their musical influence, citing their overall message of inclusion.

Halle Just

Halle’s foray into the world of entertainment came at the age of three when she performed in her first dance recital. Since then, Halle has made the arts her life, participating in musical theater, dance classes, voice lessons and more recently, songwriting. She says performing on stage is her favorite way to express herself!

Halle is very excited to continue her musical journey this fall as a freshman at Boston’s Berklee College of music. There, she plans to major in songwriting with a minor in musical theater. She credits her mother and cousin for being her greatest inspirations–saying she would have never stood on a stage without their support.

Diana McNiff

Diana moved to Morristown 15 years ago and has been singing and playing guitar for as long as she can remember. Tonight, she will perform an original song called “Heavy Love” that she wrote two years ago during what she describes as one of the more challenging times in her life–during the pandemic, and raising two young children with her husband.

Diana calls herself a ‘life-long learner’ and when she is not behind the mic, she is working toward her professional certification as an astrological consultant. Diana recorded her debut album entitled Playing in the Grays back in 2020, and is excited to get back to performing after a long pandemic hibernation!

PERFORMERS Allie & Sydney

Allie and Sydney have been long-time dance partners who became inseparable best friends, and have dreamed of performing together.

Tonight is their chance to shine as they perform an acro-dance routine to the songs “Fall into Me” and “Code Red”. They describe it as a depiction of good versus evil in the world.

Allie is a senior at Morristown High, while Sydney attends Hanover Park High School. They began choreographing this performance back in the fall, while taking technique classes to improve their skills. They both name each other as their inspiration, and credit their teachers from Amanda’s Dance Xtensions for guiding and supporting them on this journey. They describe tonight as a dream come true and are excited to share the stage together!

Gina Marie

Gina Marie is a long time resident of Morris County, and has worked for Bayer Healthcare for the past 15 years. She loves Morristown because of its rich history, community and strong education–her son is currently a student at Assumption School.

Gina Marie’s love for music dates back to her days as a wedding singer; she gives praise to all the divas: Barbara, Bette, Whitney, Celine, Mariah and Lady Gaga. She will be performing “Wind Beneath My Wings” from the movie Beaches, and will no doubt be thinking of her best friend and hero, her mother.

New Love City

Malachi and Glenn have been best friends since they were teenagers. They turned their shared love for music into reality when they each got an acoustic guitar. After spending time in formal lessons, the duo decided it was time to write their own songs. Fast forward several years, Malachi and Glenn became roommates and honed their musical skills while balancing jobs, family, social lives and a host of other adventures. They have a love and passion for everything about Morristown.

They first took the MPAC stage back in 2020, and had a thirst for returning. Tonight, these Morristown residents will perform an original song entitled “Cookies”, and call this opportunity a story of redemption

and revival.

PERFORMERS MHS Spectrum Jazz Ensemble

The MHS Spectrum Jazz Ensemble has been part of the MHS landscape for the past four decades, with new members coming and going each year. This fantastic group of talented musicians began playing together at the start of the school year and are very excited to perform “Feeling Good” by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly; the version you likely know is the one sung

by Michael Buble!

There are twenty-two students performing this year, ranging in ages 14-18, and are accomplished on instruments including the trombone, saxophone, trumpet and piano. They’re led by their musical director, Tim Beadle. Many of them cite some of the greats as their musical influences like Duke Ellington and Ronnie Cuber as well as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald and Dean Martin.

Performers: Jafet Alvarado Martinez, Tim Beadle, Matthew Bozza, Phillip Byrne, Julia Cama, Louis De Leòn, Eli Diringer, Zachary Diringer, Garrett Gregor, Pedro Guillen, Caden Janosy, Jason Marella, Bobby McLoughlin, Audrey Miller, Henry Mruz, Aiden Orbeta, Eric Ottaiano, Santiago Rios Guarin, Anthony Samms, Nicholas Schachter, Shaan Thakker, Henry Yip

Morristown High School Theatre

MHS Theatre is an award-winning, collaborative program in Northern New Jersey. Over 120 students are involved in all aspects of each production through the cast, pit orchestra, set construction/design, visual arts, prop design, lighting & sound design, special effects, hair & makeup, costuming, graphic design, photography, videography, and more!

The student-led program offers a variety of opportunities for students to gain leadership experience in each of the areas listed above. Our student directing team, also known as PMT (Production Management Team), works hand-in-hand with our directors to ensure each production reaches its’ fullest potential. MHS Theatre is an active member of the International Thespian Society (Troupe 4647).

Tonight they share a selection from the 2023 Spring Musical Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

MASTER OF CEREMONIES Tara Bernie

Master of Ceremonies Tara Bernie is an Emmy® winning Senior Correspondent and five time Emmy® nominated Senior Producer.

Her experience includes; Senior Content Producer at PEOPLE (the TV show!), Senior Correspondent at DailyMailTV and Senior Field Producer at NBC’s Access Hollywood. Tara has traveled the country and around the world interviewing the biggest names in Hollywood like Leonardo DiCaprio, Taylor Swift, Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Aniston. She has also covered events such as: Sundance, Super Bowl XLVIII, The Academy Awards, Grammys, Emmys®, MTV Awards and Golden Globes, as well as countless movie premieres. Tara has also crossed over into the political world, interviewing former Presidents and Secretaries of State, and covered the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC. This is the ninth year for Tara hosting Morristown ONSTAGE. She has also volunteered her time as a host/MC for ‘St. Jude Rock for Hope’, ‘Icing Smiles’ and ‘Morristown Festival of Books’. Before working in New York, Tara spent nearly ten years in California, where she held positions as a reporter and producer for two television stations; KNBC Los Angeles and OCN-TV. Early in her career, Tara worked at WNBC New York. Her first job in the entertainment business was on The Howard Stern Show as his intern. She is a Dean’s List graduate of William Paterson University, where she was chosen as a top 10 journalism student to travel to Ecuador, South America as a special assignment reporter.

Tara has lived in Morristown for the past 18 years with her two daughters. Grace attends New York Film Academy and Layla attends The Fashion Institute of Technology. Tara is also a 200HR YTT Certified Yoga instructor, who teaches in studio and private lessons. Follow her Instagram @tarabernie

JUDGES Joseph M. Goryeb Joseph M. Goryeb, former principal of Champion Mortgage Co., Inc., uses his more than 40 years entrepreneurial, sales, management and financial services experience to help non-profits and other companies achieve high level performance. Goryeb has been a regular speaker at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business on the topics of growing a successful family business and maximizing a company’s leadership success by taking care of its greatest asset: its people.

Along with his family, Goryeb helped grow Champion Mortgage into one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the country. Champion was named by INC. Magazine as “One of the 500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies” in the US for three consecutive years.

It was also named as one of the “10 Best Companies to Work For”

by The Business Journal of New Jersey. As Co-President/COO, Goryeb was responsible for overseeing Sales, Marketing and Loan Operations as well as setting the strategic direction of the company. Champion was regarded as having the finest reputation and corporate culture in the mortgage banking industry. He played a major role in the company’s success, including its acquisition in 1997

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Active in the community, Goryeb and his family worked closely with Morristown Medical Center, contributing the seed money that resulted in the Goryeb Children’s Hospital which opened in 2002. Occupying three floors and approximately 85,000 square feet, the hospital has created a safe haven for children and their families who need treatment ranging from short stay procedures to special care for the critically ill.

It has attracted top doctors from around the country to bring the best care possible to Morristown. Goryeb also holds the title of ChairmanEmeritus after serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for MPAC for eight years. He has been a Board Trustee for over twenty years previously chairing the building committee which oversaw the completion of three major renovations of the Theatre, transforming it into one of the premier Performing Arts Centers in the area. His love of the arts started when his parents bought him his first guitar at the age of 12. He has been playing ever since and was previously in a band with his wife, Jeanne.

Goryeb, retired, lives in Morristown NJ and enjoys spending time with, Jeanne, their four boys, daughter in laws and grandkids.

JUDGES Allison Larena For more than two decades, Allison Larena, President and CEO of the Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) has been instrumental in transforming the theatre into one of the top 40 mid-sized non-profit performing arts centers in the world, as ranked by Pollstar Magazine.

Ms. Larena’s leadership, vision and perseverance helped elevate MPAC into a world class performing arts center and grow the theatre’s annual operating budget from $1.5 million to $14 million. Over the past twenty years, Ms. Larena spearheaded multiple fundraising campaigns and capital improvement projects to expand and upgrade the venue, built in 1937, into a state-of-the art facility. Today, MPAC welcomes more than 200,000 patrons to 250 events annually, serves more than 40,000 children through education and outreach programs and has an economic impact of $15 million. With more than thirty years of theatre management experience, Ms. Larena also served in leadership positions at the Garden State Arts Center and Bergen Performing Arts Center. She is a graduate of Rutgers University where she studied Theatre Arts and received her Master of Arts Degree from Montclair State University.

Thank you to MPAC for supporting Morristown ONSTAGE for 16 years!

JUDGES Andrew Malloy Andrew Malloy, a New Hampshire native, attended the University of Massachusetts graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Education degree. He continued his education at The Juilliard School where he received a Master of Music in Performance.

He lived in Los Angeles where he worked as an active freelance musician for 40 years. As a studio player he recorded hundreds of film scores as well as TV shows and commercials. For a complete listing of films, please visit www.andrewmalloy.com. He performed as a regular member of the Pasadena, Santa Barbara and New West Symphonies and The Crown City Brass Quintet. In addition, he worked with most of the leading musical organizations in the LA area: LA Philharmonic, LA Opera, LA Chamber Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony. He also taught trombone at numerous California universities.

Active as a solo recitalist, he commissioned and premiered eleven works for solo trombone and trombone and piano and appeared as soloist with many ensembles in the south land and Central Coast. He has produced two solo albums, BEST OF FRIENDS and PAPER CLIPS. The second album is a two CD set consisting entirely of solo works for trombone that he commissioned. He co-produced two successful Christmas CDs, CAROLS FROM THE BELLS, which utilize 16 top LA trombonists to perform arrangements of Christmas carols. These albums were created as a funding resource for The Hearts of Music, a nonprofit organization formed to assist musicians and their families dealing with serious health issues as a means to assist them financially.

Currently serving on the Board of Directors of Musicians Foundation, he is President Emeritus of the Los Angeles chapter of the Recording Musicians Association and served as a Director of the Executive Board of Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians, Los Angeles and Vestry member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena. His daughter, Katie Cole, is on the Morris Educational Foundation Board or Trustees and the Morris School District Board of Education.

JUDGES Joanna Pang Atkins Joanna Pang Atkins was honored as Outstanding Arts Educator for 2014 by Morris Arts of NJ. She has a unique perspective gained from a fascinating lifetime of experience. Since she was a young girl, Joanna has traveled the world over, performing as an actress and dancer on stage, television and film. As a natural progression, she began producing and directing theater for teens and now brings her experience into schools with World Dance assemblies and residencies.

From her starring role as a teenage idol on CBS’ top-rated children’s show The Secrets of ISIS (Egyptian goddess!) Joanna’s TV appearances have varied as widely as Saturday Night Live, numerous daytime soap operas, The Lawrence Welk Show, and dozens of TV commercials.

Joanna’s stage performances have taken her throughout the country, touring in well-known musicals including West Side Story, South Pacific, Music Man, and The King and I, as well as close to home in the world premiere production of Sayonara at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. Performing with a touring Asian dance company carried her to the far reaches of Europe, South America, Canada and the U.S.A. Her professional teaching background is in dance, ranging from ballet to jazz to folk. She teaches all ages and her special rapport with children has her teaching them on TV and as far afield as California studios, a school in Budapest, and right at home in New Jersey. At many schools, Joanna’s World Dance residencies have become an annual tradition.

In addition to her own performing, Joanna has traveled extensively with her husband, Dick Atkins, a producer and writer of television and feature films, and their son Davy, to movie locations from Los Angeles, Georgia and Vermont in the U.S., to Africa, Budapest, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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Bravo to the following people for helping us celebrate 16th years of Morristown ONSTAGE! Morristown ONSTAGE Committee Tara Bernie Hallie Beyer Laurie Pepitone Joelle Servais Molly Servais Melanie Smith Debby Sontupe Tracey Ulrich-Matalon Katherine Vizzini Chris Volinsky Chrissie Wetherbee Jian Zabalerio Morris Educational Foundation Board of Trustees Master of Ceremonies: Tara Bernie Judges: Joseph Goryeb, Allison Larena, Andy Malloy, Joanna Pang Atkins Hair and Makeup: Blo Blow Dry Bar - Morristown Red Carpet Experience:

DJ Farid, Baseline Productions 908-414-8763 baselineprod.business.site Jamie Frick, Event Accents 973-229-7744 eventaccentsllc@gmail.com Show Photography: Lors Photography Morristown Medical Center: Brandee Fetherman, Chief Nursing Officer and Karen Zatorski, Public Relations Volunteers (auditions, show day, media day): Ann Rhines, Warren Rhines, Amanda Boyadjis, Katie Cole, Jody Marcus, Kathleen Kalaher Humbert, Karen McAllister, Josh Beinhaker, Emily Wolper, Caroline Godfrey, Kevin McAllister, Christine Volinsky, Kezia Volinsky, Courtney McAllister, Petra Lieberman, Emily Bongo, Maddy Vizzini, Katherine Chiqui, Emma Ramirez, Nicole Ruiz, Carmel Smith, Maya Haynie, Katie Schmitt and the MEF Students Club

Mayo Performing Arts Center President & CEO: Allison Larena General Manager: Ed Kirchdoerffer Audience Development Manager: Michael Dundon Director of Ticketing Services: Cheryl Yosh Operations Director: Lee Kaloidis Operations Manager: Mike Del Vecchio Assistant Operations Manager: Kiki Foster Programming Director: Adrienne Beck Production Director: Chris Ball Production Manager: Andy West Hospitality and Catering Manager: Esther Neibart Morris School District Dr. Anne Mucci, Superintendent of Schools Morris School District Administrators, Teachers and Staff Morris School District Home and School Associations Morristown High School Theater Department Adam Casadevall, Technology Brian DiDomenico, MHS Building Foreman Morristown High School Broadcasting Department & WJSV Lance Armstrong, Faculty Advisor Parker Beh, Jasmine Reyes, Keira Baskin, Roman Santaniello, Aida Calle Siguencia, Aryaa Vyas, Aida Callesiguencia, Abigail Schnipp, Keira Fitzgerald, Morgan Langsdorf, Isis Bookhart, Stephanie Morgan, Lily Crean, Thomas Zaklukiewicz, Alec Ratterree Morristown High School Student Photographer: Ronin Flinn Playbill Graphic Design: Sharon Cain

Graphic Design and Video Production: R. Jamie Manalio, Executive Producer

Security: Nick Norton and Don Zsak, NortonZsak.com Dinner: Guerriero’s

Dessert Reception: Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen

Printing: Larry Kovacs and the team at Quickly Printing

Promotional Partner: Promo-Coach by DiversiPrint Inc.

THANK YOU!

Morristown Medical Center Proudly Supports Morris Educational Foundation’s Morristown ONSTAGE For 16 Years!

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