Curtain Up: Destination
Louis F. Goldberg, director
Catrina Contini, ‘21 & John Viggiano, ‘22, choreographers
Saturday, February 21 at 7:30p.m.
Sunday, February 22 at 2:00p.m.
Yvonne Theater
Rider University 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, N.J.
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The Herbert B. Mayo Performance Endowment
The Martinson Family Foundation for its support of theater technology equipment. Michael T. '89 & Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel and Kasey & Billy Ziff for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
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Director’s Note
Working with young artists who are coming into their own as performers and adults has always been a very satisfying and inspiring undertaking. This group of first-year students has been tremendously positive, so supportive of each other and, of course, talented well beyond their years. Great excitement and positive anticipation is in the air as Rider's MT Class of '29 takes its first steps toward their ultimate DESTINATION!! With love and gratitude to all those who have contributed their time and talents to this showcase and especially to all of the parents who have entrusted their kids into our guiding hands, we say thank you.
– Louis F. Goldberg
Program and Cast
Curtain Up: Destination will be performed without an intermission
BLUE HORIZON
Choreographed by John Viggiano, ‘22
Full Company
Soloists: Aaron Ballentine, Katia Carbajal, Martina Rodriguez, Arielle Ziff, Rebecca Vander Zalm
BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON
Choreographed by John Viggiano, ‘22
Full Company
KANSAS CITY
Choreographed by Catrina Contini, ‘21
Micayla Hutchings, Kaci Franzen & Josh Zagare
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
Erica Coleman & Olivia McDonald
HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA?
Choreographed by Margaret White, ‘26
Women of the Company
Soloists: Lyra Sales, Olivia McDonald
Dancers: Aaron Ballentine, Afton Grace Higbee, Micayla Hutchings
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE?
Jocely Berrios & Sarah Vergara
PENNY LANE
Choreographed by Leah Miller, ‘27
Joel Baxter, Landon DeGroote, Jake Ryan Flynn & Gavin Evanson
TRAVEL MEDLEY
Choreographed by Maddie McKenna, ‘27
Kimora Mitchell, Arielle Ziff, Naomi Goldman, Rebecca Vander Zalm, Lyra Sales, Jolie Lubar, Kaci Franzen, Olivia McDonald, Gavin Evanson, Camila Pena
Colina, Chloe Harris, Afton Grace Higbee, Jenna Augustine & Logan K. Frazer
DESTINATION MOON
Kimora Mitchell & Martina Rodriguez
DOWNTOWN
Naomi Goldman
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
Lyra Sales & Logan K. Frazer
SAN FRANCISCO
Joel Baxter
I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
Josh Zagare
WICHITA LINEMAN
Gavin Evanson
BY THE TIME I GET TO PHEONIX
Landon DeGroote
THE BUS FROM AMARILLO
Camila Peña Colina
MANHATTAN by Rodgers and Hart
Arielle Ziff & Jake Ryan Flynn
MANHATTAN by Sara Bareilles
Choreographed by Maddie McKenna, ‘27
Jolie Lubar, Chloe Harris, Katia Carbajal & Laken Daniels
Dancers: Erica Coleman, Martina Rodriguez & Lyra Sales
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Choreographed by Jadyn Kelly, ‘27
Full Company
Soloists: Afton Grace Higbee, Erica Coleman, Sarah Vergara, Aaron Ballentine & Rebecca Vander Zalm
SEE ROCK CITY
Soloist: Sawyer Lilley
Aaron Ballentine, Joel Baxter, Erica Coleman, Landon DeGroote, Gavin Evanson, Jake Ryan Flynn, Logan K. Frazer, Rebecca Vander Zalm, Josh Zagare
LOVE ME TO HEAVEN
Choreographed by Catrina Contini, ‘21
Full Company
SHUT UP AND DANCE
Choreographed by Catrina Contini, ‘21
Full Company
Soloist: Logan K. Frazer
Upcoming Performances
FROM UP HERE
Friday, February 27, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 28, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 1, 2 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
CELEBRATION OF BLACK MUSIC: THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE
Saturday, March 7, 4 p.m.
Gill Chapel
MYTHS AND HYMNS
Friday, March 27, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 28, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 29, 2 p.m.
Yvonne Theater
RIDER DANCES
Thursday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
SPRING OPERA: SPEED DATING TONIGHT!
Friday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
RIDER UNIVERSITY CHORALE: JOY IS EVERYWHERE!
Sunday, April 19, 3 p.m.
Gill Chapel
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, SUBSCRIPTION AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.
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.
