Director’s Note The BLC mainstage is jumpin’ with these second year Rider Musical Theatre rock stars! It has been my honor to rock out with these stylistically adept and genre curious performers in our passion project. – Dr. Neal Tracy Special thanks to the Rider University voice faculty for their support in healthfully exploring rock and pop timbres, phrasings and registers.
Program and Cast 1. GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT Choreographed by Natalie Mattson Full Company Soloists: Ryan Torres, Sterling Hart, Grace Wolf and Sadie Patton 2. WOULDN’T IT BE NICE Choreographed by Maddy Winkler Abigail Westers, Suki Scott, Simon Clissold and Sterling Hart 3. GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Choreographed by Maddy Winkler Full Company 4. BLACKBIRD Charlotte Caldejon, Suki Scott 5. WINDMILLS OF MY MIND Bella Mraz, Fiona Hodgson, Peyton White, Jayden Hollister, Cole Russell, Simon Clissold, Ryan Torres and Will Coffey 6. IT’S MY PARTY Choreographed and directed by Natalie Mattson Soloists: Charlotte Caldejon, Fiona Hodgson and Grace Wolf Ensemble: Bella Mraz, Emily Hutchings Fiona Hodgson, Avery DelGiudice, Avery Nurzia, Evelyn Izdepski, Emily Taylor Kaufman, Adam Andrews and Deryn C. Kraner
7. AT SEVENTEEN Angelis Gonzalez, Jade Schaffer and Peyton DiVirgilio 8. HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Choreographed by Natalie Mattson Soloists: Emily Hutchings, Jade Schaffer, Lilli Doll, Avery DelGuidice and Peyton White 9. PINBALL WIZARD Choreographed by Theo Yu Soloists: Will Coffey, Sterling Hart, Ryan Torres, Bella Mraz, Annabel Jones and Peyton DiVirgilio Dancers: Charlotte Caldejon, Abigail Westers, Emily Hutchings, Jayden Hollister, Rayna Allen, Cole Russell, Adam Andrews and Avery DelGuidice 10. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Choreographed by Bailey Poe Soloists: Lilli Doll and Emily Taylor Kaufman Ensemble: Annabel Jones, Fiona Hodgson, Jade Schaffer, Evelyn Izdepski, Suki Scott, Bella Mraz and Abigail Westers Dancers: Avery Nurzia, Will Coffey, Simon Clissold and Angelis Gonzalez 11. GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Annabel Jones, Fiona Hodgson, Jade Schaffer, Lilli Doll, Evelyn Izdepski, Suki Scott, Bella Mraz, Abigail Westers and Emily Taylor Kaufman 12. I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Choreographed by Lucas Marinetto Sadie Patton, Avery Nurzia, Adam Andrews, Simon Clissold, Jayden Hollister and Sterling Hart 13. MY WAY Evelyn Izdepski and Margaret White 14. CRAZY ON YOU Choreographed by Natalie Mattson Soloists: Abigail Westers, Peyton White and Deryn C. Kraner Dancers: Grace Wolf, Sadie Patton, Fiona Hodgson and Jayden Hollister
15. SWEET CHILD O’ MINE Soloists: Angelis Gonzalez and Will Coffey Ensemble: Avery DelGuidice, Suki Scott, Sterling Hart and Jayden Hollister 16. WHERE IS MY MIND? Soloists: Annabel Jones and Margaret White Ensemble: Avery Nurzia, Evelyn Izdepski, Simon Clissold, Rayna Allen, Will Coffey and Cole Russell 17. CREEP Choreographed by Grace Bradbury and Chloe Calhoun Soloists: Bella Mraz, Grace Wolf, Avery DelGuidice, Emily Hutchings, Jayden Hollister, Emily Taylor Kaufman, Cole Russell, Sterling Hart and Simon Clissold Dancers: Deryn C. Kraner, Angelis Gonzalez and Margaret White 18. WOMANIZER Choreographed by Faith Stack Charlotte Caldejon, Adam Andrews, Abigail Westers, Peyton DiVirgilio and Rayna Allen 19. I’M JUST KEN Choreographed by Maddy Winkler Full Company 20. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL Choreographed by Bailey Poe and Nico Nazal Soloists: Lilli Doll, Angelis Gonzalez, Charlotte Caldejon, Grace Wolf, and Sadie Patton. Dancers: Abigail Westers, Rayna Allen and Emily Hutchings 21. RADIOACTIVE Choreographed by Nico Nazal and Chloe Calhoun Deryn C. Kraner, Jayden Hollister, Bella Mraz, Margaret White, Sterling Hart, Annabel Jones, Fiona Hodgson and Ryan Torres Rappers: Angelis Gonzalez and Simon Clissold 22. FAVORITE CRIME Choreographed by Maclaine Rhine and Rylee Carpenter Soloists: Lilli Doll, Charlotte Caldejon, Bella Mraz, Avery DelGuidice, Peyton DiVirgilio and Peyton White Dancers: Sterling Hart and Margaret White
23. RIBS Choreographed by Theo Yu Soloists: Charlotte Caldejon, Fiona Hodgson, Peyton DiVirgilio and Adam Andrews Ensemble: Suki Scott, Peyton White, Ryan Torres, Sterling Hart and Will Coffey Dancers: Avery Nurzia, Abigail Westers, Rayna Allen, Simon Clissold, Cole Russell and Sadie Patton 24. BREAK IN Deryn C. Kraner and Peyton DiVirgilio 25. PART OF YOUR WORLD Will Coffey, Cole Russell and Suki Scott 26. I DID SOMETHING BAD Avery Nurzia and Bella Mraz 27. ALL I WANTED Grace Wolf, Abigail Westers, Bella Mraz, Avery DelGuidice, Annabel Jones, Evelyn Izdepski, Margaret White, Jade Schaffer and Deryn C. Kraner 28. EVERGREEN Sadie Patton, Abigail Westers, Avery DelGudice, Jade Schaffer, Rayna Allen and Peyton DiVirgilio 29. COME TOGETHER/BORN THIS WAY/ROAR Choreographed by Bailey Poe and Ricky Cardenas Full Company
Artistic, Technical, and Administrative Staff and Crew Concept Creator/Director
Dr. Neal Tracy
Accompanist Choreographers
Louis F. Goldberg Natalie Mattson, Maddy Winkler, Theo Yu, Bailey Poe, Lucas Marinetto, Ricky Cardenas, Grace Bradbury, Chloe Calhoun, Faith Stack, Nico Nazal, Maclaine Rhine, Rylee Carpenter
Production Stage Manager
Sydney Druttman
Guitar
Will Coffey, Annabel Jones, Grace Wolf
Cajon
Will Coffey, Simon Clissold, Suki Scott
Ukulele
Fiona Hodgson
Tambourine
Abigail Westers
Light Board Operator
Mia Mintz
Sound Board Operator
Dominic Trivigno
Costume Crew
Sydney Druttman
Dean Associate Dean Director of Production Management
Kelly Bidle Jason Vodicka Buck Linton
Director of Performance Management
Kristen Rodgers
Associate Director of Performance Management
Leandra Acosta
Coordinator of Performance Management
Samuel Stephenson
About Rider University and The Department of Performing Arts Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work. The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College. Through its dynamic mix of academic programs, The Department of Performing Arts helps aspiring professional performers, producers, managers, designers, technicians and entrepreneurs find their unique path in an ever-evolving industry. Acknowledged as innovative and contemporary, the Department of Performing Arts aspires to build a more equitable, engaging and sustainable future for the performing arts while exploring the many diverse historical, cultural, social and creative threads that add to our rich tapestry.
Upcoming Performances WESTMINSTER CHOIR: MUSIC OF AWE & WONDER Sunday, November 5, 7:30 p.m. Gill Chapel FALL STUDENT DANCE CONCERT Friday, November 10, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 7:30 p.m. Rider University – Bart Luedeke Center Theater MOZART REQUIEM: WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR & PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday, November 11, 8 p.m. Sunday, November 12, 4 p.m. Princeton University – Richardson Auditorium FALL OPERA: SUOR ANGELICA & HERMIT SONGS Friday, November 17, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 18, 7:30 p.m. Rider University – Yvonne Theater RIDER UNIVERSITY CHORALE: DRAW THE CIRCLE WIDE Saturday, November 18, 7:30 p.m. Rider University – Gill Chapel WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS: LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON! Sunday, November 19, 7:30 p.m. Rider University – Gill Chapel WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR: TOMORROW SHALL BE MY DANCING DAY! Saturday, December 2, 4 p.m. Gill Chapel FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, SUBCRIPTIONS AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.