DIRECTOR
Dana Iannuzzi MUSIC DIRECTOR
Louis F. Goldberg CHOREOGRAPHER
Megan Mazarick JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of LW Entertainment. | www.concordtheatricals.com
•••
Friday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25, 2 p.m. Yvonne Theater Rider University 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 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 for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
~ 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. NOTE: This production utilizes fog, haze, and strobe light features.
Director’s Note Time is a flat circle… Throughout history there are periods of time that the world makes a major shift and we are scurrying to keep up with the changing times. In the 14 th century it was the Renaissance, for the 18 th century it was the Industrial Revolution, and in the 20 th century it was the 1960s. The 1960s were the counterculture and revolution of social norms in America about clothing, music, drugs, sexuality, formality and schooling. The cultural landscape of America was changing as the Baby Boomers entered their adolescence and came to the realization that perhaps the “way things have always been…” was not how life should continue to be – the times they were a’changing. The Assasination of President Kennedy wakes the country from it’s fairytale slumber to the harsh reality of a changing nation. The line of segregation was being actively blurred by activists like Medgar Evans, Malcolm X and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and separate, but equal was not something that we were going to tolerate any longer. So too was the way we received information. With Vietnam raging overseas this was the first time that war was accessible to us, live in living technicolor, in our living rooms. A war halfway across the world with an “enemy” we didn’t know was raging and we didn’t even fully understand why we were there. Women’s roles were also changing with the gentle shove of women like Gloria Steinem and the ERA more women are seeking higher education and the equality in the workplace always granted to men. How is the Passion of Jesus Christ any different from where we were and where we are today? A leader of a movement gets caught up in the celebrity culture their followers create around them, and passion from those that follow the message quickly turns to the complete opposite of the message. The people in charge are afraid the movement will challenge
the current way of life, and so they do whatever they can to maintain the status quo. Young people question whether their elected leaders are leading them in the right direction, or if their own moral compass should be their guide. The themes of this piece show how truly cyclical time and history are, and we see that whether it is 33AD, 1969 or even present day that if we fail to learn from history we are bound to repeat it.
Musical Numbers Act One Overture Heaven On Their Minds Judas, Apostles, Disciples What’s The Buzz? Jesus, Mary, Apostles, Disciples Strange Thing Mystifying Judas, Jesus, Apostles, Disciples Everything’s Alright Mary, Apostles, Disciples Jesus Must Die Caiaphas, Annas, Priests Hosanna Jesus, Caiaphas, Apostles, Disciples Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem Simon, Jesus, Apostles, Disciples Pilate’s Dream Pilate The Temple Jesus, Ensemble Everything’s Alright/I Don’t Know How To Love Him Mary Damned for All Time/Blood Money Judas, Caiaphas, Annas
Intermission Act Two The Last Supper Gethsemane The Arrest Peter’s Denial Pilate and Christ King Herod’s Song Could We Start Again Please? Judas’ Death Trial Before Pilate Superstar/Crucifixion/John 19.41
Jesus, Judas, Apostles Jesus Full Company Peter, Mary, Ensemble Pilate, Christ, Ensemble King Herod Mary, Peter, Others Judas, Annas Caiaphas Pilate Caiaphas, Jesus, Ensemble Judas, Jesus, Ensemble
The Cast Judas Iscariot Jesus of Nazareth Mary Magdalene Annas Caiaphas Pontius Pilate King Herod Simon the Zealot Peter Andrew James Son of Zebedee John Son of Zebedee Philip Bartholomew Thomas Matthew James Son of Alphaeus Thaddeus Disciples
Priests
Nia Chavis Danny Hanna Alexis Archer Deven Dashawn Lawrence Gavin Evanson Jessie Doty Cameron J. Krauss Jaide Fisher Julia Almendra Julianna Belbol Julian Warner Hebert Jessica Dawn Claire-Elizabeth Patterson Eric Payton Brandi Quigley Nicholas Ammon Trevor McCutchen Joaquin Cota Levin Eleanor Conover, Patrick King, Ian Kent, Jessica Lewis, Will McClough, Charlotte Eliza Moore, Martina Rodriguez, Regan Wright Sam Corry, Kylah Frazier, Jolie Lubar
Understudies Swings
Elizabeth Bera, Jocely Berrios, Laken Daniels, Landon DeGroote, Mila Gagliano
Artistic Staff and Crew Director Assistant Director Music Director Orchestra Supervisor Choreographer Dramaturg Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Managers Production Assistant Technical Director
Dana Iannuzzi Presley Ann Muirhead Louis F. Goldberg Alaina Hannah Megan Mazarick Morgan Murphy Caylee Madison Fletcher Breza, Evelyn Engels Deborah Hammond Brandon Rush
Scenic Designer Assistant Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Assistant Lighting Designer Light Board Operator Follow Spot Operators Costume Designer Assistant Costume Designer Wardrobe Supervisor Wardrobe Runners Hair and Makeup Runners Sound and System Supervisor Sound Designer Sound Operator Sound Runners Props Designer Props Supervisor Props Runner Production Documentarians Parent Coalition Assistants
Yoshinori Tanokura Jacob Ebert Chloe Dittloff Ella Rybczynski Jaden Foreman Caiden Loyer, Xavier Ngo Jim Parks Chloe Kelly Natalie Cunningham Juliet Woolard, August Butler Camila Pena Colina, Cece Harris Craig Pincus Alyssa Gil-Pujols Mallory Hoelzl Malik Jardine, Thuy Chau, Jo Hughes Melody Marshall Finch Kluegel De’Mari Marsh Abby Ray, Jo Hughes Aaron Crowell, Chloe Scacheri
Orchestra Keyboard I Keyboard II Bass Guitar Drums
Louis F. Goldberg Michael Gilch John Lindner Neil Nemetz Jon Ball
Administrative Staff Dean Chair, Department of Performing Arts Artistic Producer Director of Production Management Director of Performance Management Stage Management Mentor Lighting Director Costume Shop Supervisor Props Director Scene Shop Supervisor
Jason Vodicka Sean McCarther C. Ryanne Domingues Buck Linton Leandra Acosta Brandy Lee Hatcher Sam Lazofsky Jim Parks Melody Marshall Chris Schimpf
About the Cast JULIA ALMENDRA, PETER, (They/Them) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major. Rider Main Stage credits include: 9 to 5 (Roz/Maria U/S), Taub’s Twelfth Night (Illyrian Officiant, Feste U/S), Nell Gwynn (Arlington U/S, Ensemble U/S). Rider Student Theatre Company performance credits include: MOSAIC: A BIPOC Cabaret, The Six Degrees of Sierra Boggess. NICHOLAS AMMON, MATTHEW, (he/him) is a junior Musical Theatre Major. Rider Credits: Taub’s Twelfth Night (Second Officer; Sebastian US), Myths & Hymns (Soloist; Dancer), 9 to 5 (Joe U/S; Swing). Select Credits: West Side Story (Snowboy; Fulton Theatre), 9 to 5 (Josh Newstead; Fulton Theatre), Grease (Teen Ensemble; Fulton Theatre). Technical Credits: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Stage Manager) and Rent (Assistant Stage Manager). ALEXIS ARCHER, MARY MAGDALENE is a musical theatre major in her senior year. Previous Rider Mainstage credits include 9 to 5 (Robin Lewis - Dance Ensemble, Judy U/S) and Into the Woods (T. Oliver Reid - Snow White / Cinderella U/S). Outside of Rider, she was recently a supporting lead in a feature film on location in the Bahamas, headlined her own solo pop concert as the "Princess of Polonia” at the Taste of Polonia Festival in Chicago, walked in New York Fashion Week, and workshopped the new jazz musical in New York, Darn Tootin’. @alexisarcherr JULIANNA BELBOL, ANDREW (she/her) is a senior Musical Theatre Major with a minor in Social Media Strategies. Select credits include Shrek (Dragon, Algonquin Arts Theatre) and Bare: A Pop Opera (Ivy, Cultural Arts Playhouse). Rider Mainstage credits include: 9 to 5 (Margaret U/S), Into the Woods (Stage Manager), and A Doll's House (Assistant Stage Manager). Rider Student Theatre credits include The Minor Feelings of a Minor Character (Person 2) and PLEASE, I’m a Star! (Swing for Student #1, #5, #9, #12, and #13). @juliannabelbol_ ELIZABETH BERA, SWING, is a sophomore musical theatre major. Select credits include: Anastasia (Anya, Broadway Theatre of Pitman), Rock of Ages (Ambrosia, Phoenix Productions), 13 (Patrice U/S, Rider Student Theatre Company). elizabethbera.com JOCELY BERRIOS, SWING, (she/her) is a sophmore Musical Theatre Major. Rider Main Stage credits include: Curtain Up: Destination (Ensemble) NIA CHAVIS, JUDAS ISCARIOT, is a senior Musical Theatre major. Rider Main Stage credits include: Rent (Joanne) and Taubs’ Twelfth Night (Feste). Professional credits include: Rock of Ages (Justice Charlier/ Timber Lake Playhouse) and The Lightning Thief (Sally, Charon, Others/ Actors Studio of NJ). ELEANOR CONOVER, DISCIPLE, (she/her), is a senior musical theater major with a minor in Arts and Entertainment Industry Management. She has spent the last two summers working as a singing server at Show Place Ice Cream Parlor as well as teaching their education camps. Additional performance credits include Myths and Hymns (soloist), Legally Blonde (Margot), and Shrek (ensemble). For Donald. SAM CORRY, PRIEST, (He/Him), is a junior Musical Theatre major. Rider Main Stage credits include: 9 to 5 (Dick/Dwayne/Detective u/s). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Final Act Follies, 13: The Musical (Evan u/s, Heebraturge), and Director of the upcoming Love, as per Sondheim Cabaret.
JOAQUIN COTA LEVIN, THADDEUS, is a junior musical theatre major. Main stage credits include: Taub’s Twelfth Night (Ensemble/ Andrew US) and 9 to 5 (Ensemble). Rider Student Theatre credits include: Today I Will Be Singing, BIPOC Cabaret, and the 11 O’Clock Cabaret (Director) LAKEN DANIELS, SWING, (She/Her), is a sophomore Musical Theatre major at Rider University, pursuing minors in Dance and Theatre Design and Technology. This is her first Rider Main Stage production. Past production credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), Pippin (Manson Trio/Dance Captain), and Crazy for You (Assistant Choreographer). LANDON DEGROOTE, SWING, (He/They) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major at Rider University. Previous credits include the scarlet pimpernel (St.Cyr/Sentry) and in My Fair Lady (Ensemble/Quartet member) both at Music Mountain Theater. Rider Student Theatre Company credits include Stupid F**king Bird as (Doyle Trigorin) and 13 the Musical as (Malcom/Rabbi). JESSICA DAWN, JOHN SON OF ZEBEDEE (She/Her), is a senior Musical Theatre major and Music Production minor. Rider Main Stage credits include: From Up Here (Kate), Taub’s Twelfth Night (Swing), The Medium (Ms. Nolan Cover). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Ride the Cyclone (Dance Ensemble). Professional Credits include: The Prom (Ensemble; Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). JESSIE DOTY, PONTIUS PILATE, is a senior Musical Theatre Major and Film and Television Minor. Rider Main Stage credits include: Taub’s Twelfth Night (Fabian), Into the Woods (U/S Jack), From Up Here (Assistant Director). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Ride the Cyclone (Micha), The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (U/S Bill/Ted) GAVIN EVANSON, CAIAPHAS, (He/Him), is a sophomore BFA Acting Major. Rider Student Theatre Company Credits Include: The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon) JAIDE FISHER, SIMON THE ZEALOT, (He/Him) is a junior Musical Theatre Major. Professional credits include: Pretty Woman (Giulio), Mean Girls (Kevin G), The Cher Show (Ensemble, U/S Bob Mackie). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: 13 The Musical (Director), God Of Carnage (Michael), The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (Bill). @jaidefisher KYLAH FRAZIER, PREIST, is a Junior Musical Theatre major. Other Rider Mainstage credits include 9 to 5 (Kathy). Professional credits include Hair at Gretna Theatre (Featured Tribe Member). Credits also include the Family Series at Gretna Theatre. MILA GAGLIANO, SWING (she/her) is a junior Musical Theatre Major originally from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. Credits include: Anastasia (Swan Lake Dancer/Ensemble) at the Broadway Theatre of Pitman, in the original play Saudade (One) at the Puerto Rico Traveling Theatre (NYC), Juilliard Performing Arts Summer Program, Corps de Ballet at Cia Pettite Danse. DANNY HANNA, JESUS OF NAZARETH, is a junior Musical Theatre major. Rider Main Stage credits include Myths and Hymns (Hero and Leander Vocalist). Credits include: Bonnie and Clyde (Ted Hinton; Clinton Showboat Theatre), Seussical (Wickersham brother; Clinton Showboat Theatre) A Chorus Line (Bobby; JCC CenterStage) and more. Rider Student Theatre Company credits include Swingin’ In The Seasons (Vocalist).
IAN KENT, DISCIPLE/DANCE CAPTAIN (He/Him), is a senior Dance and Arts and Entertainment Industries Management double major. Rider Main Stage credits include: Fall Dance Concert 2023 (Dancer/Choreographer), Rider Dances 2024 (Dancer), Fall Dance Concert 2024 (Dancer/Choreographer), Rider Dances 2025 (Dancer), Fall Student & Alumni Dance Concert 2025 (Dancer/Choreographer), Rider Dances 2026 (Dancer). Professional credits include: Roxey Ballet River Dance Festival 2024 (Dancer/Choreographer), Montclair Dance Festival 2025 (Dancer/Choreographer), Dixon Place presents: HOT! Dance (Dancer), American College Dance Association Northeast 2026 (Dancer), Arts On Site presents: What Shifts Here (Dancer/Choreographer). Upcoming credits include: Impressions of Impressions: An Exhibition of Queer Connection (Choreographer/Artistic Director), Fall Dance Concert 2026 (Dancer), Rider Dances 2027 (Dancer). PATRICK KING, DISCIPLE, (he/him), is a transfer junior Musical Theatre major. This is his first Rider Main Stage production. Other credits include: Cats (Mr. Mistoffelees), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip Tolentino), Wizard of Oz (Tinman U/S). CAMERON J. KRAUSS, KING HEROD, (He/Him) is a junior Bachelor of Arts in Music major pursuing a career in musical theatre, arts education, and music direction. Select Director Credits: The SpongeBob Musical (Music Director/Conductor/Keys 3; Neshaminy Summer Stock), School of Rock (Music Director/Conductor; Neshaminy Summer Sock), Swingin’ in the Season: Traditions in Tune (Creator/Music Director/Arranger; Student Theatre), Oh Em Gee… (Music Director/Accomp.; 54 Below), Did You Bring a Condom? (Music Director/Accomp.; 54 Below/Broadway Cares). Select Assitant Credits: Rent (Assistant Music Director), Into the Woods (Assistant Music Director/Synth), Taub’s Twelfth Night (Assistant Music Director/Keys 2), Upcoming credits include: Swingin’ in the Season: Winds of Change, and Oh Em Gee…. DEVEN DASHAWN LAWRENCE, ANNAS (He/Him) is a Junior Musical Theatre Major. Rider Student Theater Company Credits include: 11 O'Clock Cabaret (Performer). JESSICA LEWIS, DISCIPLE, (she/her) is a senior musical theatre major with a minor in music production. Select credits include: Ride The Cyclone (Ocean Oconnell Rosenburg; Rider Student Theatre Co.) Wizard Of Oz (Ensemble/Dorothy U/S; Broadway Theatre Of Pitman,) and Myths And Hymns (Soloist appeared in: “Come To Jesus”, “There's A Land”, and “At The Sounding”; Rider University) JOLIE LUBAR, PRIEST, is making her Rider mainstage debut in Jesus Christ Superstar. Most recently, she appeared as in High School Musical (Gabriella Montez; Rochester Opera House). Outside of performing, Jolie co-hosts the theatre podcast Dramatically Speaking. @jolie.lubar | jolielubar.com WILL MCCLOUGH, ENSEMBLE, (He/Him), is a junior Musical Theatre major. Professional credits include: Escape to Margaritaville at Broadway Theatre of Pitman (Ensemble/Brick U/S). Rider credits include: Myths and Hymns (Dancer), and Romeo and Juliet (Ensemble/Mercutio U/S.) Rider Student Theatre Company Credits include: Emotional Women (Hutton). TREVOR MCCUTCHEN, JAMES SON OF ALPHAEUS, (He/Him) is a junior Musical Theatre Major. Rider Main Stage credits include: 9 to 5 (Bob Enright). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: 13 The Musical (Choreographer), The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (U/S Paul, Sam), and Please I’m a Star (Swing). Dance credits include: Tove
Lo (Background Dancer), and Nicky Youre (Background Dancer). Upcoming Credits include: Catch Me If You Can (Dance Captain/Ensemble, 2nd U/S Hanratty). CHARLOTTE ELIZA MOORE, DISCIPLE, is a Senior Musical Theatre Major. Rider Student Theatre Company: Ride the Cyclone (Swing). Regional: Heathers: The Musical (Heather Chandler; SOOP Theatre Company), Legally Blonde (SOOP Theatre Company) @charlotteelizamoore | charlotteelizamoore.com CLAIRE-ELIZABETH PATTERSON, PHILIP, (she, her) is a Senior 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, U/S Liesl), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ensemble, U/S Mersisters), and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Ensemble, Swing). ERIC PAYTON, BARTHOLOMEW, is a Junior Musical Theatre Major. Credits include: Hairspray (Seaweed), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Barfeé), 9 to 5 (ensemble), Taub’s Twelfth Night (Antonio u/s & swing). Upcoming Credits: Catch Me If You Can (Cod/ensemble). BRANDI QUIGLEY, THOMAS, is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major. Her previous Rider Main Stage credit includes: Myths and Hymns (dancer), Curtain Up: Arrival, and Entr’Acte: Femininomenon (“Everything Changes”). MARTINA RODRIGUEZ, DISCIPLE, (she/her), is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. She is making her Rider Main Stage debut in Jesus Christ Superstar. JULIAN WARNER HEBERT, JAMES SON OF ZEBEDEE, (he/him) is a Junior Musical Theatre major. Rider Main Stage credits include: 9 To 5 (Joe). REGAN WRIGHT, DISCIPLE, (She/Her), is a senior BFA Musical Theatre Major. Other Rider Main Stage Credits include: Myths and Hymns. Rider Student Theatre Company Credits include: Six Degrees of Sierra Boggess, Please I'm a Star, and Swingin' in the Seasons. Regional Credits include: Legally Blonde (Elle Woods) at the Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
About the Artistic & Administrative Staff & Crew LEANDRA ACOSTA, 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 Director of Performance Management and adjunct faculty in the Departments of Media Arts and 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 Director, Leandra oversees and manages various aspects for the performances in Westminster College of Media and Performing Arts. She recently premiered a new work in the Fall Dance Concert titled i am // we are. FLETCHER BREZA, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, (they/them) is a junior Design & Technology Major with a focus in Stage Management. Select Credits include: The Three Musketeers (Stage Manager; New Jersey Renaissance Faire), From Up Here (Production
Assistant; Rider University), Annie Jr. (Stage Manager; Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts), Lost Girl (Props Runner; Rider University), The Golden Age of Piracy Returns (Stage Manager; New Jersey Renaissance Faire), Alice in Wonderland (Stage Manager; Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts), The Lightning Thief (Stage Manager; Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Assistant Stage Manager; Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts), A Year with Frog and Toad (Assistant Stage Manager; Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts). Upcoming credits include: Junie B Jones the Musical. (Stage Manager; Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts). CHLOE DITTLOFF, LIGHTING DESIGNER, recently graduated with a BFA in Lighting Design from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts. Recent design credits include: Village Light Opera Group's Death Takes a Holiday, Floor Thirteen's The Happiness Treatment, Columbia University's The Winter's Tale and BAKKHAI, Gallery Players' Legally Blonde, and Luna Stage's Hamlet and the ripple, the wave that carried me home. Recent associate design credits include: Waterbury Symphony's Broadway Scores!, Lucky Man: a Warrior's Journey, and the New American Ensemble's The Brothers Karamazov. Recent assistant design credits include DOLLY: A True Original Musical. Chloe is also currently an adjunct professor at Rider University. Find more of her work at chloedittloffdesign.com. C. RYANNE DOMINGUES, ARTISTIC PRODUCER, teaches acting, directing, and devising as an Assistant Professor at Rider University. Prior Rider shows include The Wolves, Everybody, Pride and Prejudice, Radium Girls, and the musical adaptation of Twelfth Night. From 2017-2024, she was the Artistic Director of Passage Theatre, where she also directed several productions including Morir Sonyando, The OK Trenton Project, Clean Slate, and most recently, the world premiere of Teen Dad by Adrienne Dawes. Prior to her time at Passage, she directed at a variety of theatres on both coasts, with much of her work being for Simpatico Theatre, where she was a co-founder and held the position of Producing Artistic Director from 2004-2010. 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 to work on a new, devised piece with Passage that was commissioned by Princeton University’s Center for Human Values. This piece focuses on the literacy crisis in the U.S. education system. EVELYN ENGELS, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, (she/her) is a junior Theatre– Design and Technology major. Rider Mainstage credits include: Nell Gwynn (Sound Runner), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Stagehand), El Gato Con Botas (Assistant Stage Manager) and Myths and Hymns (Assistant Stage Manager). ALYSSA GIL-PUJOLS, SOUND DESIGNER, (She/Her), is a Senior Theatre Design and Technology major with a Minor with Music Production who is pursuing a career in sound design and sound engineering. Rider Main stage credits include: Natasha, Pierre the Great Comet of 1812 (Assistant Sound Engineer), Radium Girls (Sound Mixer), A Doll’s House (Sound Designer) Anything Goes (Sound Mixer), Rent (Sound Mixer), Nell Gwynn (Sound Designer), Into the Woods (Assistant Lighting Designer), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Light Board Operator), Lost Girl (Sound Designer), Taub’s Twelfth Night (Sound Mixer), Myths and Hymns (Sound Mixer & Assistant Lighting Designer). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Ride the Cyclone (Sound Designer), INSIDE a Bo Burnham Cabaret (Sound Designer), The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (Sound Designer), Steel Magnolias (Lighting Designer), 24 Hour Play (Lighting Designer). LOUIS F. GOLDBERG, MUSIC DIRECTOR, 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 Off-Broadway 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 several first-year showcases, Brecht’s The Good Person of Setzuan, the musical revue Cole, and has served as music director for 9 to 5, 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. DEBORAH HAMMOND, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, is a junior Arts & Entertainment Industries Management major with an emphasis in Institutional Theatre at Rider University, with minors in Theatre Stage Management and Spanish. Before coming to Rider, Deborah earned associate degrees in Global Studies and Business Administration from Bucks County Community College, where they were involved in theatre as a stage manager, director, actor, crew member, and photographer. Their previous credits include Little Women (Stage Manager), The Great Gatsby (Director), and working on several productions and live events at Bucks. BRANDY LEE HATCHER, STAGE MANAGEMENT MENTOR (she/her), mentors and advises students in the BA Theatre program concentrating in Design & Technology and Theatre Making. She teaches Stage Management, Theatre History, and training students in the art of collaboration in live entertainment. Brandy Lee joined Rider University after 12 years at The Walt Disney Company and received her M.F.A. in Stage Management from the University of California, Irvine. DANA IANNUZZI, DIRECTOR, is a New York-based Actor/Director. Previously Dana served as the American Associate Director for Six the Musical for Norwegian Cruise Lines. Other Directing Credits Include: Million Dollar Quartet (Forestburgh Playhouse), 9 to 5 (Cortland Repertory Theatre), What the Constitution Means to Me (Vangaurd Theatre Company), Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (Forestburgh Playhouse), Blue Stockings (Muhlenberg College), FADE (Vangaurd Theatre Company), Say Goodnight (WaterTower Theatre), Escape to Margaritaville, Monty Python’s Spamalot (Forestburgh Playhouse), Murder for Two (Greenbrier Valley Theatre), On Your Feet (John W. Engeman Theatre) A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Timberlake Playhouse), Cursed: The Musical (Virtual Event), Freedom Summer (NYMF), Beehive: The 60s Musical (Timberlake Playhouse), and The Vagina Monologues (The Players Theatre). danaiannuzzi.com @thedanaiannuzzi SAM LAZOFSKY, LIGHTING DIRECTOR. Sam is proud to be back at his alma mater. Before joining Rider’s team, he was freelancing in the NJ/NY/PA area and was the
Lighting Supervisor/ Production Manager for Axelrod Performing Arts Center. Some interesting credits include Lighting Designer/Assistant Director for DFAD (Producer’s Club NYC), and the Onsite Electrics Coordinator for The Debut (Movie Premiere 12/11/26). After winning the BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design, and multiple Perry award nominations, he is so excited to be able to follow his first passion of teaching. He wants to thank his family for their support over the years, and his incredible partner, without whom, his life would be a lot dimmer. BUCK LINTON, DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. Buck Linton is the Director of Production Management for all academic stage productions within the Westminster College of Media and Performing Arts. He is an adjunct faculty member within the Design and Technology Department where he teaches Stagecraft and oversees all student production tech assignments. 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. CAYLEE MADISON, PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER, is a senior Theatre Major concentrating in Theatre-Making and Design & Technology and an employee in the University’s Costume Department. She plans to pursue a career in stage management, costuming, and puppetry. Rider Main Stage credits include: Rider Dances (Costume Designer), From Up Here (Production Stage Manager), Lost Girl (Stage Manager), and Into The Woods (Assistant Stage Manager). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: ‘26-27 E-Board (President), The Roles We’ll Never Play (Performer), The Importance of Being Earnest (Production Stage Manager), Hamlet (Production Stage Manager), Steel Magnolias (Production Stage Manager Mentor/Light Operator), Please, I’m A Star (Light Operator), and The Guy Who Doesn’t Like Musicals (Stage Manager). MELODY MARSHALL, PROPS DESIGNER & DIRECTOR, is a returning alumna (Class of 2020) currently serving as the Props Supervisor. She is a designer, writer, and educator from South Jersey who has worked with several theatres in the Philadelphia area including Passage Theatre Company, Quintessence Theatre Group, Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, EgoPo Classic Theatre, and others. This year she was awarded Emerging Artist of the Year by Passage Theatre Company. MEGAN MAZARICK, CHOREOGRAPHER, is choreographer, teacher, performer, collaborator, and curator of Contemporary Dance. She received both her BFA
(University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and MFA (Temple University) in dance. As a choreographer, she makes work that is humorous, political, theatrical, and personal, often including text, improvisation, and love of fantasy. Her choreography has been presented most frequently in Philadelphia (Live Arts Festival, nEW Festival, Philadelphia Dance Projects, PARD, Cannonball Festival, etc.) and New York City (Movement Research at Judson Church, Triskelion Arts, Dance New Amsterdam). She has toured throughout the USA (San Francisco, Minneapolis, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Maine, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia) as part of various dance festivals and events. She has also shown work internationally at Atlas Festival’s Raw Materials Improvised Performance Series (Guanajuato, Mexico), Budapest’s Trafo Theatre, Bulgaria's BlackBox Theater and Dance Festival, Singapore Fringe Festival, Zawirowania International Choreography Competition (Warsaw, Poland), Zielony Jazdow Festival (Warsaw, Poland), Gdansk Solo Dance Festival (Gdansk, Poland), By Chance Festival (Cairo, Egypt), and Contemporary Dance Night (Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt). As a performer she has worked with Susan Rethorst, Keith Thompson, Marianela Boan, Merian Soto, North Carolina’s Blackbox Dance Theatre, and Anonymous Bodies. She has taught at multiple universities and is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Rider University. SEAN MCCARTHER, CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS, serves as Professor of Musical Theater Voice and Chair of the Department of Performing Arts at Rider University, where he teaches applied voice to classical, musical theater, and music production majors, as well as movement for the actor. He is an advanced actor combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors and the Academy of Fight Directors Canada and has trained with both Intimacy Directors and Coordinators and Theatrical Intimacy Education. Dr. McCarther’s research interests span vocal pedagogy, peak performance psychology, expertise acquisition, motor learning, theatrical emotion, and consentbased rehearsal processes. His research appears in several peer-reviewed publications, and he frequently lectures and leads workshops nationally and internationally. Previous Rider violence/intimacy choreography credits include From Up Here, Romeo and Juliet, Lost Girls, Nell Gwynn, Children’s Hour, The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong, Cabaret, Polaroid Stories, These Seven Sicknesses, Oklahoma, Heathers, She Kills Monsters, and Spring Awakening. PRESLEY ANN MUIRHEAD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR is a senior Musical Theatre Major and Arts and Entertainment Industries Management Minor. This is her first creative team credit. Select performance credits include 9to5 (Ensemble; Rider University), Cats (Tantomile; The Broadway Theatre of Pitman) and Legally Blonde (Ensemble; The Broadway Theatre of Pitman). CRAIG PINCUS, SOUND AND SYSTEM SUPERVISOR, has worked in professional audio & system design for the past thirty-one 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 & 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.
ABBY RAY, PRODUCTION DOCUMENTARIAN, is a Senior Film/TV Major with a Minor in Theatre Design & Technology. Rider Main Stage credits include: Lost Girl (Sound Mixer), From Up Here (Light Board Operator), Speed Dating Tonight! (Light Board Operator), and Rider Dance Ensemble Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 (Lighting Designer & Board Operator). Upcoming credits include: Stage Door (Sound Designer). 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. 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. JIM PARKS, COSTUME DESIGNER & 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 Guys and Dolls at Middlesex counties Plays in the Park summer season.
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. Westminster College of Media and Performing Arts 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 two schools: the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts 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 & Events WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR: I AM/WE ARE Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. Gill Chapel DANCE DAY & PERFORMANCE Friday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. (Dance Day during the day) Bart Luedeke Center Theatre EXPANDING BOUNDARIES EXPLORING CHORAL CULTURES AND TRADITIONS Saturday, November 7, 7:30 p.m. Cavalla Room, Bart Luedeke Center WESTMINSTER COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA: NEW HORIZONS Sunday, November 8, 3 p.m. Gill Chapel POP, ROCK, HIP-HOP ENSEMBLE CONCERT Thursday, November 12, 7:30 p.m. Bart Luedeke Center Theatre WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS: GRATEFUL HALLELUJAHS Sunday, November 15, 5 p.m. Gill Chapel THE THREEPENNY OPERA Friday, November 20, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 21, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2 p.m. Yvonne Theater RIDER UNIVERSITY CHORALE IN CONCERT Sunday, November 22, 7 p.m. Gill Chapel FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS, SUBSCRIPTION AND PATRON PROGRAM OPTIONS, VISIT RIDER.EDU/ARTS.