The WIZARD OF OZ

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WHO’S WHO Choreographer on The Wizard of Oz, Sweet Charity and Cats. Regional Theatre: Gypsy, Chess, Fame, A Chorus Line and Dance Captain on Grease. Workshops include: The Little Mermaid, Mahabharata and Love Shack. Television and film credits include: Associate Choreographer on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (BBC), “Absolutely Fabulous,” Series One of “Megamaths,” Jesus Christ Superstar, Julie and the Cadillacs, and several Royal Variety performances. WILLIAM BERLONI (Animal Trainer) 2011 Tony Honoree for Excellence in Theatre. Recipient of 2014 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award. Broadway: Annie (original Sandy, 20th, 30th and 35th Anniversary revivals), Living on Love, The Audience, Bullets Over Broadway, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, A Christmas Story, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Legally Blonde,Camelot, Frankenstein, The First, Alice in Wonderland, Oliver!, Anything Goes, Nick and Nora, La Bete, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz, Dinner at Eight, Double Feature (NYCB), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Woman in White, Awake and Sing, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Animal director for Because of Winn Dixie at the Delaware Theater Company March 2015. Hundreds of Off-Broadway, regional productions, tours, movies and television shows. He premiered his new reality series “From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni” on Discovery Family Channel and trained Nana in “Peter Pan Live” (2014) and Toto in “The Wiz Live” (2015) on NBC. Author of “Broadway Tails.” www.theatricalanimals.com JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting) Broadway: Soul Doctor, Wonderland. Off-Broadway: Forever Dusty, Soul Doctor, The Voca People, Dear Edwina. Current/recent tours: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie, 42nd Street, The Wizard of Oz, Bring It On, Mamma Mia!, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can. Dance companies: Rasta Thomas, Elizabeth Streb. Past tours: In the Heights, Fiddler on the Roof (starring Topol/ Harvey Fierstein), Cats, 42nd Street, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley), Movin’ Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

(25th Anniversary), Billy Elliot (2nd national) and the spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Most recently Jim served as marketing director for all domestic and international tours of Blue Man Group. Jim is from Round Lake, NY, currently lives in a suburb of Washington, DC, and runs half marathons so that he can enjoy carbohydrates. RANDALL A. BUCK (Producer, Chief Executive Officer) has produced more than 50 productions across the globe for TROIKA Entertainment. Before joining TROIKA in 1999, Mr. Buck was Vice President and General Manager for Livent in Toronto. Mr. Buck was a stage manager for more than 20 years, surviving a year with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in Jimmy Kirkwood’s Legends!, a year in Japan with Siegfried & Roy, opening The Phantom of the Opera Music Box Company and opening Show Boat on Broadway. When not on the road Randy can be found in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, Angela, and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck. DONALD KINDL (Chief Financial Officer) joined TROIKA in 1992 as the company’s comptroller and assumed his current role in 2000. In this role, he is responsible for the financial, administrative, and human resources aspects of the company. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. He has been involved in the production of such great TROIKA shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Café, Swing, Come Fly Away and as well as many others. Mr. Kindl would like to thank his lovely wife Cindy and three wonderful children for their love and support over the years.

MICHAEL J. ORSINO (Chief Operating Officer) has enjoyed over a decade working around the world with TROIKA Entertainment, touring several years as a stage manager and company manager before landing in the office. A Philadelphia native and a graduate of DeSales University, Mr. Orsino is pleased TALITHA FEHR to have settled down in Maryland with his wife Anissa, TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (Music Coordinator) strives daily to carry on the a fellow tour veteran, and their sons Cameron and contracting traditions of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya. Carson. Broadway: A Christmas Story. National tours: Sister Act, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) has been Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ghost The Musical, West Side the innovator in touring musical theater productions Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla Queen of for over two decades, producing shows throughout the Desert, Come Fly Away, Mamma Mia!, Fiddler on North, Central, and South America, Europe and Asia. the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Additionally, the company is experienced in casino Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera: A Dancer’s Life, and leisure markets having produced for the Wynn, Movin’ Out, and 101 Dalmatians. International tours: Caesars, Grand Casino, Hilton, Eldorado and Harrah’s. West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella, Current and upcoming productions include 42nd Street, The King and I. Other: The Pirate Queen, 2010 Winter Annie, Cheers, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Love Never Dies, and Wine Lovers. With Olympics Ceremonies. strong ties to the Broadway community, TROIKA JIM LANAHAN (General Manager) has spent prides itself on delivering top quality productions to 20+ years managing and marketing Broadway tours. audiences worldwide. Please visit us at www.troika.com. First national tours: Footloose, Titanic, Elton John & Tim Rice’s AIDA, The Lion King, War Horse and Jersey Boys. Additional selected projects: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (3rd national), Les Miserables


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