MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
Dolly Parton BOOK BY Patricia Resnick
Based on the 20th Century Fox Picture
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt, April 2009
ORCHESTRATOR
Bruce Couglin
ARRANGEMENTS & ADDITIONAL ORCHESTRATIONS
Stephen Oremus & Alex Lacamoire
DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
Robin Lewis
MUSIC DIRECTOR Louis F. Goldberg
9 to 5 is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Friday, May 1st at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 2nd at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3rd at 2 p.m.
Yvonne Theater Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ
~ WARNING ~
The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author's rights and actionable under united states copyright law.
Please note: This production utilizes prop guns, simulated gunshot noises, and blaring alarm clocks.
Special Thanks
Dan Loges and 107.7 The Bronc, Gabrielle Clissold, Maureen Mckenna and the DPA Parent Coalition
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
9 to 5
Violet, Doralee, Dwayne, Judy, and Ensemble
Around Here Violet and Ensemble
Here For You Franklin Hart Jr. and Boys’ Club
I Just Might Judy, Doralee, Violet Backwoods Barbie Doralee Heart to Hart Roz and Ensemble
The Dance of Death Judy, Hart and Ensemble
Cowgirl’s Revenge Doralee, Hart and Ensemble
Potion Notion Violet and Ensemble
Joy to the Girls Judy, Doralee, Violet, Hart, and Ensemble
Shine Like the Sun Doralee, Judy, Violet, and Ensemble
~ INTERMISSION ~
ACT TWO
Entr’acte Orchestra
One of the Boys Violet and the Boys 5 to 9 Roz
Change It
Doralee, Violet, Judy and Ensemble
Let Love Grow Joe and Violet
Get Out and Stay Out Judy Finale 9 to 5 Company
The Cast
Violet Newstead Brooke Birbilis
Doralee Rhodes Leah Rose Crossan
Judy Bernly Fiona Swann
Franklin Hart Jr. Finn Alexander
Roz Keith Emily Taylor Kaufman
Joe Julian Hebert
Dwane Lucas Brown
Josh Newstead Richard James Vandenbrouck
Missy Hart Leah Miller
Maria Alexa Fillalan
Dick/Detective Owen Creamer
Kathy Kylah Frazier
Bob Enright Trevor McCutchen
Policeman Lucas Brown
Tinsworthy/Doctor Sterling Hart
Margaret Angelis Gonzalez
Intern Joey Mejia
Candy Striper Presley Ann Muirhead
New Employee Claire-Elizabeth Patterson
Ensemble
Adam Andrews, Alexis Archer, Juliette Belke, Arick Brooks, Lucas Brown, Joaquin Cota Levin, Alexa Fillalan, Kylah Frazer, Angelis Gonzalez, Sterling Hart, Trevor McCutchen, Joey Mejia, Leah Miller, Presley Ann Muirhead, Eric Payton
Understudies
Franklin Hart Jr. Owen Creamer
Doralee Rhodes Ahnna Tate
Judy Bernly Alexis Archer
Violet Newstead Angelis Gonzalez
Roz Keith/Maria Julia Almendra
Joe Nicholas Ammon
Josh Newstead Arick Brooks
Margaret Julianna Belbol
Dick/Dwayne Sam Corry
Swings Nicholas Ammon, Kat Gedmin, Claire-Elizabeth Patterson, Richard James Vandenbrouck
Dance Captains Arick Brooks, Kat Gedmin
Artistic Staff and Crew
Director Robin Lewis
Assistant Director Abigail Westers
Music Director Louis F. Goldberg
Choreographer Robin Lewis
Assistant Choreographer Abigail Westers
Dramaturg Angelis Gonzalez
Production Stage Manager Brandy Lee Hatcher
Assistant Stage Manager Nalani Arboleda
Assistant Stage Manager ZuZu Long
Production Assistant Georgie Stone
Technical Director Brandon Rush
Scenic Designer Yoshinori Tanokura
Assistant Scenic Designer Matt Cirola
Lighting Designer Amanda Jensen
Assistant Lighting Designer Hailey Tedesco
Light Board Operator Abbey McBee
Costume Designer Jim Parks
Assistant Costume Designer Jordan Perucki
Assistant Costume Designer Kat Gedmin
Wardrobe Supervisor Cate Malachowski
Wardrobe Runner Afton Higbee
Wardrobe Runner Kyra Pichardo
Hair and Wig Designer Garrett Currier
Makeup Designer Avery DelGuidice
Hair and Makeup Supervisor Lily Levine
Hair and Makeup Runner Rebecca Vander Zalm
Sound Designer Hailey Tedesco
Sound Engineer Craig Pincus
Sound Mix Hailey Tedesco
Sound Operator Mallory Hoelzl
Sound Runner Sawyer Boyle
Sound Runner Caroline Quinn
Props Designer Clare Hanrahan
Props Supervisor Jocely Berrios
Props Runner Lila Maru
Props Runner Ryan Overley
Lead Stagehand Henry Breit
Stagehand Natalie Beasley
Stagehand Jolie Lubar
Fly Operator Jacob Ebert
Pre-Show Recording Dan Loges
Production Documentarian Brooke Birbilis
Administrative Staff
Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Jason Vodicka
Director of Production Management Buck Linton
Artistic Producer C. Ryanne Domingues
Associate Director of Performance Management Leandra Acosta
Costume Shop Supervisor Jim Parks
Props Director Clare Hanrahan
Scene Shop Supervisor Chris Schimpf
About the Cast
FINN ALEXANDER, FRANKLIN HART JR., (he/him) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Select credits include Taub’s Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch; Rider University), Mary Poppins (George Banks; Summer Stock Austin), The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (Professor Hidgens; Rider Student Theatre Company), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon Zealotes; Summer Stock Austin), and Please, I'm A Star (Teacher; Rider Student Theatre Company).
JULIA ALMENDRA, ROZ KEITH/MARIA UNDERSTUDY, (They/Them) is a junior Musical Theatre major. Select credits include: Twelfth Night (Illyrian Officiant; Rider University), Nell Gwynn (Arlington Understudy & Ensemble Understudy; Rider University), MOSAIC: A BIPOC Cabaret (Rider Student Theatre Company), The Six Degrees of Sierra Boggess (Rider Student Theatre Company), CATS (Mr. Mistoffelees Understudy; Georgetown Palace).
NICHOLAS AMMON, JOE/SWING, (he/him), is a sophomore Musical Theatre Major. Rider credits: Taub’s Twelfth Night (Second Officer, Sebastian Understudy) and Myths and Hymns (singer/dancer). Select Credits include: 9 to 5 (Josh Newstead; Fulton Theatre), Grease (Teen Ensemble; Fulton Theatre), Pulling Heartstrings Cabaret (Featured Performer; 54 Below), and Oh Em Gee They Sang That On Glee (Director, Featured Performer; 54 Below). Select Technical Credits include: Rent (Assistant Stage Manager) and Nice Work If You Can Get It (Stage Manager).
ADAM ANDREWS, ENSEMBLE, is a senior BFA in Musical Theatre Major. Regional Credits: Cats (Mungojerrie), Footloose (Cowboy Bob/Coach/Teen Ensemble), A Year With Frog and Toad (Frog). Rider Mainstage Credits: Nice Work If You Can Get It( Slim/Vice Squad), Into The Woods (Mysterious Man), Rent (Ensemble), Anything Goes (Sailor Swing), Radium Girls (Actor 8 & 9 Understudy). RSTC Credits: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Swing), Carrie (Swing)
JULIANNA BELBOL, MARGARET UNDERSTUDY, (she/her), is a Junior Musical Theatre Major. Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Detox: The Art of Release directed by Theo Yu, Our New World: A Green Cabaret for a Sustainable Future directed by Juliette Maners and Bailey Poe, The Minor Feelings of a Minor Character (Person 2) directed by Aileen Pujols, Inside The Spitz Cabaret directed by Sean McDonald, and PLEASE, I’m a Star! (Swing for Student #1, #5, #9, #12, and #13) directed by Bianca D’anton. Rider Main Stage technical credits include: Into the Woods (Stage Manager) and A Doll's House (Assistant Stage Manager).
JULIETTE BELKE, ENSEMBLE, is a junior Musical Theatre major with a minor in Theatre Design and Technology. Rider Main Stage Credits include: Into the Woods (Rapunzel Understudy), Rider Fall Student Dance Concert (Lighting Designer), From Up Here (Assistant Lighting Designer), and The Fire (Assistant Lighting Designer).
BROOKE BIRBILIS, VIOLET NEWSTEAD/PRODUCTION DOCUMENTARIAN, is a senior Musical Theatre Major. Rider Mainstage credits include: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Olive), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife Understudy), and Anything Goes (Swing). Past credits include: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ariel, Broadway Theatre of Pitman), Little Women (Jo March, Levoy Theatre), Cats! (Cassandra/Bombalurina Understudy), and Oklahoma! (Ado Annie, Eagle Theatre). brookebirbilis.com
ARICK BROOKS, ENSEMBLE/DANCE CAPTAIN/JOSH NEWSTEAD UNDERSTUDY, (he/him) is a sophomore Musical Theatre Major. Rider Main Stage credits include: Twelfth Night (Swing) Select Credits include: Newsies (Elmer; Music Theatre Wichita), The Addams Family (Lucas; Clinton Area Showboat Theatre), Issachar (Joseph; Clinton Area Showboat Theatre).
LUCAS BROWN, DWAYNE/POLICEMAN/ENSEMBLE, (he/him/his) is a Sophomore Musical Theater major. Rider MainStage credits include: Myths and Hymns (Cover). Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt). Other credits include: Spring Awakening (Melchior Gabor; Inside Out Theater Company). The National High School Musical Theater Awards (Nominee; Jimmy Awards 2023 & 2024).
JOAQUIN COTA LEVIN, ENSEMBLE, is a sophomore musical theatre major. Rider Mainstage Credits Include: Taub’s Twelfth Night.
SAM CORRY, DICK/DWAYNE UNDERSTUDY, (he/him) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major making his Rider Main Stage debut. Stage credits include: Seussical (Wickersham), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Mr. Bratt, Understudy Bud Frump), Falsettos (Whizzer). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: 13 the Musical (Evan Understudy).
OWEN CREAMER, DICK/DETECTIVE/FRANKLIN HART JR. UNDERSTUDY, (He/Him), is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Today I will Be Singing Cabret
LEAH ROSE CROSSAN, DORALEE RHODES, is a junior Musical Theatre major She has previously played this role in a production with the West Deptford Center Stage Players. Her Rider Mainstage and Westminster Opera Theatre credits include: Xavier Montsalvatge’s El Gato Con Botas (El Gato + Hair/Makeup Designer), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Duchess Understudy), and Strauss’ Die Fledermaus (Ida).
ALEXA FILLALAN, MARIA/ENSEMBLE, (she/her) is a Junior Musical Theatre major. Rider Main Stage credits include RENT (Mimi Understudy). Professional credits include RENT (Ensemble, Joanne Understudy).
KYLAH FRAZIER, KATHY/ENSEMBLE, (She/Her) is a sophomore musical theatre major. Her Rider main stage credits now include 9 to 5 Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Today I will be singing! (Cabaret Soloist). She recently produced her own cabaret at 54 Below, Pulling heartstrings and performed in another 54 Below cabaret, Oh Em Gee: They sang this on glee
KAT GEDMIN,
FEMALE SWING/DANCE CAPTAIN/ASSISTANT COSTUME
DESIGNER, is a sophomore musical theatre major. Rider Mainstage credits include: Romeo & Juliet (Understudy Nurse). Other credits include Fresh Fruit Fellows: The First (Kat Understudy/Assassin Understudy and Pope Pius Understudy/Shakespeare Understudy/Sir Francis Drake Understudy) and Interlochen Arts Academy: Cats (Jennyanydots).
ANGELIS GONZALEZ, MARGARET/ENSEMBLE/VIOLET NEWSTEAD UNDERSTUDY/DRAMATURG (they/them), is a senior Musical Theatre major. Rider Mainstage credits include: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Assistant Director) and Rent (Alexi Darling/Maureen Understudy).
STERLING HART, TINSWORTHY/DOCTOR/ENSEMBLE is a senior musical theater major. Rider Main Stage credits include: Rent (Mr. Grey/Santa/Cop/Priest), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Swing). Rider Student Theatre Company Credits include: Coffee Hour (Taylor) and Roots and Doots (Jason).
JULIAN HEBERT, JOE, (he/him) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include: Curtain Up: Anticipation.
EMILY TAYLOR KAUFMAN, ROZ KEITH, (She/her) is a senior Musical Theatre Major. Select credits include: Into the Woods (Little Red Understudy; Rider University), Legally Blonde (Ensemble; Broadway Theatre of Pitman), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble; Rider University), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Swing; RSTC). @emilytaylorkaufman
TREVOR MCCUTCHEN, BOB ENRIGHT/ENSEMBLE (Bob Enright) (He/Him) is a sophomore Musical Theatre Major making his Rider Mainstage debut Professional credits include: A Cinderella Christmas (Dancer; Laguna Playhouse). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: 13 The Musical (Choreographer), Please I’m A Star (Male Swing), and The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (Paul Understudy, Sam Understudy).
JOEY MEJIA, INTERN/ENSEMBLE, (he/him), is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. Select credits include: El Gato Con Botas (Understudy Ogre), Bright Star (Theatre West Nebraska), and Orin Scrivello (Inside Out Theatre Company)
LEAH MILLER, MISSY HART/ENSEMBLE, (She/Her), is a junior Musical Theatre Major with a minor in Marketing. Rider Main Stage credits include: El Gato Con Botas
(Choreographer/Dancer). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Ride The Cyclone (Dance Captain/Ensemble) and Steel Magnolias (Truvy).
PRESLEY ANN MUIRHEAD, CANDY STRIPER/ENSEMBLE, is a junior musical theatre major. Rider Main Stage debut! Select professional credits include Cats (Tantomile, Broadway Theatre of Pitman), Legally Blonde (DA Joyce Riley, Broadway Theatre of Pitman), Grease (Swing, Summer Stock Austin), and The Wizard of Oz (Tree, Summer Stock Austin).
CLAIRE-ELIZABETH PATTERSON, NEW EMPLOYEE/ SWING, (she, her) is a current Junior Musical Theatre major. Professional Theatre Credits include: Les Misérables (Cosette), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive), Bring It On (Skylar), Into the Woods (Little Red), Shrek the Musical (Gingy),The Sound of Music (Ensemble, Liesl Understudy), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ensemble, Mersisters Understudy), and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Ensemble, Swing).
ERIC PAYTON, ENSEMBLE, is a sophomore Musical Theatre major at Rider University Recent credits include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Barfée), Anastasia (Vladimir Popov), and Taub’s Twelfth Night (Swing, Antonio Understudy). @ericcpayton
FIONA SWANN, JUDY BERNLY, (she/her) is a senior Musical Theatre major and minor in Filmmaking for Actors. She is the Vice President of the Rider Student Theatre Company (RSTC). Rider Main Stage credits include: Into The Woods (Cinderella's Stepmother), Romeo & Juliet (Assistant Director). RSTC credits include: Hamlet (Director), The Importance of Being Earnest (Miss Prism), Romeo & Juliet (Lady Capulet), Emotional Women (Jeb/Hutton Understudy), Our New World: A Green Cabaret (Vocalist)
AHNNA TATE, DORALEE RHODES UNDERSTUDY, is a junior Musical Theatre major. Select theatre credits include: Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Grease (Sandy Dumbrowski), The Play That Goes Wrong (Sandra), Into The Woods (Rapunzel), and more. This production is Ahnna’s Rider Mainstage debut.
RICHARD JAMES VANDENBROUCK, JOSH NEWSTEAD/SWING. Previous credits include: Off Broadway: Camp, A new musical (male swing and dance captain); Regional: Nutcracker (Drosselmyer), The Addams Family (Gomez), Kinky Boots (Angel), Puffs (J.Finch and Zach Smith), Legally Blonde (Carlos and dance captain) Nominations include: 2024 Basie Award winner for best lead actor in a musical (The Addams Family). @rjvandenbrouck
About the Artistic & Administrative Staff and Crew
LEANDRA ACOSTA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (she/her), is a graduate of Rider University with undergraduate degrees in dance performance and arts administration and a master’s degree in organizational leadership. She currently serves as the Associate Director of Performance Management and adjunct faculty in the Department of Performing Arts. She has worked with a variety of choreographers including Kate Ladenheim, Randy James of 10 Hairy Legs, Angela Cusumano, Merli Guerra of Luminarium Dance Company, Jennifer Gladney, Robson Alves, Lynn Neuman of Artichoke Dance, and Ryan Davis.
Leandra has participated in a number of freelance performances and choreographic opportunities but is mostly engrossed in her arts administrative endeavors. In her role as Associate Director, Leandra oversees and manages various aspects of marketing and promotions for the Department of Performing Arts and Westminster Choir College. She recently premiered a new work in the Fall Dance Concert titled i am // we are.
NALANI ARBOLEDA, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, (she/her) is a sophomore Theatre Technology and Design major with a concentration of Stage Managing. Rider Main Stage credits include: Taub’s Twelfth Night (Stage Manager). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include Swingin' In The Season 2025 (Production Stage Manager), Hamlet (Stage Manager), and How We Fall (Assistant Stage Manager).
MATT CIROLA, ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNER (he/him) is a junior Theatre Design and Technology major looking to pursue a career in set design. Select Rider Main Stage Credits include: The Fire (Assistant Scenic Designer), Twelfth Night (Assistant Stage Manager), Into the Woods (Props Supervisor), 2026 Rider Dances (Costume Designer).
AVERY DELGUIDICE, MAKEUP DESIGNER, (she/her) is a senior musical theatre major. Credits include Taub’s Twelfth Night (Illyrian Attendant), and Into the Woods (Florida/Lucinda Understudy).
C. RYANNE DOMINGUES, ARTISTIC PRODUCER, teaches acting, directing, and devising as an Assistant Professor at Rider University. From 2017-2024, she was the Artistic Director of Passage Theatre, a professional, regional theatre found in the heart of Trenton, NJ. Prior to her time at Passage, she worked at a variety of theatres on both coasts, with most of her work being for Simpatico Theatre (which she cofounded in 2004) and the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia. She received her MFA in Directing from the University of California, Irvine and was a participant in the 2008 Lincoln Center Director's Lab. Next up, Ryanne will continue working with Passage Theatre and Princeton University on a new, devised piece that focuses on issues within the U.S. education system.
LOUIS F. GOLDBERG, MUSIC DIRECTOR, Louis has conducted more than 300 musical productions across the United States and Europe including tours of Man of La Mancha, Cabaret, Chicago and 42nd St. Recent projects include a four-month stint OffBroadway at the York Theatre playing Ted Shapiro in Red Hot Mama: The Sophie Tucker Songbook, a role he premiered at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, followed by engagements at the Players’ Club in NYC, the Plush Room in San Francisco, Santa Fe Stages and at London’s Greenwich Theatre. In Philadelphia, Louis has conducted St. Louis Woman and Peter Pan and Wendy at the Prince Music Theater, Dirty Blonde at the Wilma Theatre, and Evita at the Walnut St. Theatre. As a pianist, Louis was a 1985 Stravinsky Award Finalist and won Silver and Bronze medals in the International Piano Recording Competition. He has been the Musical Director for productions at the Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Florida Repertory Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Syracuse Stage and for more than ten years worked as a performer, arranger and orchestrator at Hershey Park in Chocolatetown, USA. Louis has taught in the Musical Theatre programs at Syracuse University, the University of Oklahoma and the University of the Arts. He currently serves on the faculty of the Musical Theatre Program in the Department of Performing Arts at Rider University. At Rider, Louis has directed the first-year showcases Destination, Anticipation, Arrival, Momentum and Rebirth, Brecht’s The Good Person of Setzuan, the musical revue Cole, and has served as music director for Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate,
Assassins, The Theory of Relativity, Once on This Island, White Christmas, A Little Night Music, Merrily We Roll Along, The Full Monty, The Wedding Singer, The Light in the Piazza and Rent.
CLARE HANRAHAN, PROPS DESIGNER & PROPS DIRECTOR, graduated from Rider University in 2021 with a degree in Technical Theater and a concentration in Props. She has been working in the props field for 10 years now, and her favorite props include the following: Yorik’s skull in Hamlet, floral designs for Kiss Me Kate, a faux marble bust for Nell Gwynn, fake vegetables for Cinderella, and a library full of fake books for Into The Woods. She also loves when she gets to incorporate her love of photography into her prop work. Clare would like to thank Louise Grafton for sharing her wisdom about the dangers of hot glue guns and for always being her inspiration.
BRANDY LEE HATCHER, PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER (she/her), is the Faculty Stage Manager, mentoring and advising students focusing on Stage Management within the Design & Technology program. Brandy Lee joined Rider University after 12 years at The Walt Disney Company in California, most recently as a Senior Entertainment Stage Manager. She received her MFA in Stage Management from the University of California, Irvine and her BFA in Stage Management from Stephens College in Columbia, MO.
AMANDA JENSEN, LIGHTING DESIGNER, is a Philadelphia based lighting designer. She has designed for 1812 Productions (This Is The Week That Is (‘22, ‘23, ‘24), Let's Pretend We’re Married (‘25)), The Arden (No Child, So Far, Treasure Island, Snow White), Theatre Exile (Abandon, D-Pad, Really), The Lantern (The Wanderers, Lifespan of a Fact, The Heir Apparent), Inis Nua (A Holy Show, A Hundred Words for Snow, The Monster in the Hall, Love Lies and Taxidermy, The Swallowing Dark, Radiant Vermin, Spine), Almanac Dance Circus Theatre (The Edge, Communitas Five Years Later, Jeanne/Jean/John/Jawn, XOXO Moongirl), Missing Bolts Theatre Co.(Rail), Delaware Shakespeare Co. (The Tempest, Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Gunnar Montana Productions (Kink Haus, Wroughtland). Her work for the 2017 production of Kink Haus was exhibited at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial as part of the USITT/USA exhibition of professional designers.
ROBIN LEWIS, DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER, Rider credits include: Nice Work If You Can Get It, RENT, Anything Goes, The Prom, Will Rogers Follies, Bonnie and Clyde, White Christmas, Pippin, Catch Me If You Can, All Shook Up, The Full Monty, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and The Producers. Film credits include: choreography for Bernie. Broadway performing credits include: Fosse (also film), Beauty and the Beast, and A Christmas Carol. His tour credits include: The Producers, A Chorus Line, Hello, Dolly!, Beauty and the Beast, Where’s Charley? at the Kennedy Center and Jubilee during the Tony Awards® at Carnegie Hall. He is currently a faculty member in the musical theatre department at Rider University.
BUCK LINTON, DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. Buck Linton is the Director of Production Management for all academic stage productions within the College of Arts and Sciences. He is an adjunct faculty member within the Design and Technology Department where he teaches Stagecraft and oversees all production tech credits. Since 2002, he has worked on over 150 productions with Rider University and Westminster Choir College. In that time, he worked as a scenic designer, technical director, projection designer, and/or production manager in all of the performing arts disciplines that Rider has to offer.
Prior to joining Rider University, Buck was the assistant technical director at McCarter Theatre for more than 50 productions. During his time at McCarter, he had the
opportunity to work on numerous co-productions with nationally recognized theaters including La Jolla Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Steppenwolf, Manhattan Theater Club, and Seattle Repertory to name a few. While at McCarter, he also served as a scenic designer and technical director for their education department. Buck has had the pleasure of working as a scenic designer, technical director and production manager with many other regional companies such as Opera New Jersey, Theater Virginia, Theater IV, Ashlawn Opera, Peach State Summer Theater and Jekyll Island Musical Theater Festival.
Buck earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Tech in Scenography and Technical Design. A native of South Carolina, he earned his Bachelor of Arts from Francis Marion University, double majoring in Theater Design and Technology and Fine Arts with a focus in painting and ceramics. He lives in Lawrenceville with his wife and their three children and frequently assistant coaches their various sports.
ZUZU LONG, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, (she/her) is a junior Theatre Design and Technology Major. Select Rider Mainstage Credits include: From Up Here (CoScenic Designer), Lost Girl (Assistant Scenic Designer), The Medium (Assistant Stage Manager), Enemies: A Love Story (Assistant Stage Manager), and Much Ado About Nothing (Assistant Stage Manager).
JIM PARKS, COSTUME DESIGNER & COSTUME SHOP SUPERVISOR, is excited to be working on this production. He is currently working as Rider University’s Costume Shop Supervisor. Jim has been a costume designer for the better part of 30 years and has worked on a variety of productions for plays, musicals, operas, festivals, film and television. His most recent work was for both RENT and Grease for Middlesex counties Plays in the Park summer season
JORDAN PERUCKI, ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER, is a sophomore BFA Acting major. Rider Main Stage credits include: Lost Girl (Assistant Costume Designer) and Romeo & Juliet (Juliet Understudy).
CRAIG PINCUS, SOUND ENGINEER, has worked in professional audio and system design for the past twenty-nine years. He has engineered and produced audio for musical theater performances, national television broadcasts, and live concerts.
Craig holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Rutgers University and teaches digital audio production at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ.
Craig also performs and records music, owns a sound and event production service, and directs TheatreCraft Musical Program, a children’s theater company, created with his wife Renee, producing theatrical performances in the central NJ area.
BRANDON RUSH, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, is a graduate of Rider University and has kept a consistent relationship with Rider’s Theatre Department, where he is returning for his second year as their Technical Director. Some of his celebrated works at Rider include, but are not limited to, Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Fire, Into The Woods, RENT, Anything Goes, Enemies: A Love Story, A Doll’s House, and Radium Girls.
GEORGIE STONE, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, (she/her) is a freshman AEIM major with a minor in Stage Management. This is her first Rider Mainstage production.
YOSHINORI TANOKURA, SCENIC DESIGNER, originally from Tokyo, is currently teaching scenic design at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. Yoshi holds a M.A. in Scenography from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London and an M.F.A. in Set Design from the University of Connecticut. As a freelance designer, his
design credits include Moon Over Buffalo at the People’s Light and Theatre, Clever Little Lies by Joe DiPietro at Westside Theatre, NYC, Exonerated with the Delaware Theatre Company, and Peter and the Starcatcher at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Yoshi assisted John Lee Beatty on a number of Broadway productions, such as Venus in Fur, Doubt, and The Color Purple. Yoshi is a member of the United Scenic Artists, Local 829.
HAILEY TEDESCO (SOUND DESIGNER/ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER) is a Senior BA Theater Design and Technology student here at Rider University. Her past Rider credits include Romeo and Juliet (Sound Designer), The Fire (Sound Mixer), Nice Work if You Can Get It (Sound Designer), RENT! (Sound Designer) and Radium Girls (Sound Designer). She is also the president of the Rider Student Theater Company.
ABIGAIL WESTERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER, is a senior B.F.A. musical theatre major. Rider Main Stage credits include Taub’s Twelfth Night (Viola), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Alice/Chorus Girl), and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt), Coffee Hour, and Please! I’m A Star! (Co-director/Cast Member) @abigailwesters
