Rock of Ages, WOH 2023

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ARRANGEMENTS + ORCHESTRATIONS BY

Ethan Pop

CO-DIRECTORS Beth Lambert and Debra Susi MUSICAL DIRECTOR Steven Barter

SCENIC, LIGHTING, AND PROJECTION DESIGN Chad Lefebvre SOUND DESIGN Ben Landry

COSTUME DESIGN Travis M. Grant

CHOREOGRAPHY Holly Gannett, MacKenzie Lewis, Hana Valle, Ryan Vogt STAGE MANAGER Andrea Swiderski

PROPS DESIGN Andrea Swiderski, Hannah Weston SPONSORED BY

Maine State Credit Union, Surette Real Estate, and J. S. Industrial Arts Company Rock of Ages is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals concordtheatricals.com.

“Anyway You Want It” written by Steve Perry and Neal Schon. © Published by Lacey Boulevard Music and Weed High Nightmare Music.

“Beaver Hunt” written by David Gibbs and Chris Hardwick. Published by Feed the Pony Songs and Fish Ladder, Inc. (BMI) “Can’t Fight This Feeling” written by Kevin Cronin. © Published by Fate Music. (ASCAP) “Cum on Feel the Noize” written by Neville Holder and James Lea. © Barn Publishing (Slade) Ltd. “Don’t Stop Believin’” written by Jonathan Cain, Stephen Ray Perry, Neal J. Schon. © Published by Weed High Nightmare Music and Lacey Boulevard Music.

“Every Rose Has Its Thorn” written by Bobby Dall, Bruce Anthony Johannesson, Bret Michael, Rikki Rocket. © All rights owned or administered by Universal Music-Z Songs on behalf of Cyanide Publ./BMI. Used by permission.

“The Final Countdown” written by Joey Tempest. © Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. “Harden My Heart” written by Marvin Webster Ross. © 1980 WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), Narrow Dude Music (ASCAP) and Bonnie Bee Good Music. All rights administered by WB Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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“Heat of the Moment” written by Geoffrey Downes and John K. Wetton. © 1982 WB Music Corp (ASCAP).

Almond Legg Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Pallan Music. All rights on behalf of itself and Almond Legg Music Corp. administered by WB Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

“Heaven” written by Jani Lane, Erik Turner, Jerry Dixon, Steven Sweet and Joey Allen ©.

“Here I Go Again” written by David Coverdale and Bernard Marsden © 1982 C.C. Songs Ltd. (PRS) and Seabreeze Music Ltd. Administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

“High Enough” written by Jack Blades, Ted Nugent and Tommy R. Shaw. © Published by Bicycle Music Company, Broadhead Publishing and Wixen Music.

“Hit Me With Your Best Shot” written by E. Schwartz. © Sony/ATV Tunes LLC/ASCAP. “I Hate Myself for Loving You” written by Desmond Child and Joan Jett. © All rights owned or administered

by Universal-PolyGram Int. Publ., Inc./ASCAP. Used by permission.

“I Wanna Rock” written by Daniel Dee Snider. © All rights owned or administered by Universal Music-Z Melodies on behalf of Snidest Music/SESAC. Used by permission.

“I Want to Know What Love Is” written by Michael Leslie Jones. © Published by Somerset Songs Publishing, Inc. “Just Like Paradise” written by David Lee Roth and Brett Tuggle. © Diamond Dave Music c/o RS Plane Music.

“Keep on Lovin’ You” written by Kevin Cronin. © Published by Fate Music (ASCAP).

“Kiss Me Deadly” written by Mick Smiley. © Published by The Twin Towers Co. and Mike Chapman Publishing Enterprises.

“More Than Words” written by Nuno Bettencourt and Gary F. Cherone. © All rights owned or administered

by Almo Music Corp. on behalf of Color Me Blind Music/ASCAP. Used by permission.

“Nothin’ But a Good Time” written by Bobby Dall, Bruce Anthony Johannesson, Bret Michaels, Rikki Rocket. © All rights owned or administered by Universal Music-Z Songs on behalf of Cyanide Publ./BMI. Used by permission.

“Oh Sherrie” written by Steve Perry, Randy Goodrum, Bill Cuomo, Craig Krampf. © Published by Street Talk Tunes, April Music Inc. & Random Notes, Pants Down Music and Phosphene Music.

“Pour Some Sugar On Me” Written by Joseph Elliott, Richard Savage, Richard John Cyril Allen, Stephen Maynard Clark, Philip Kenneth Collen, Robert John Lange Published by BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP) Used by permission. All rights reserved.

“Renegade” written by Tommy Shaw. © All rights owned or administered by Almo Music Corp. on behalf of itself and Stygian Songs/ASCAP. Used by permission.

“Rock of Ages” Written by Joseph Elliott; Richard Savage; Richard John Cyril Allen; Stephen Maynard Clark; Robert John Lange; Peter Andrew Willis Published by BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP) “The Search is Over” written by James Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. © 1984 Kohaw Music (ASCAP) and Easy Action Music (ASCAP) and Rude Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights administered by Kohaw Music (ASCAP) obo itself and Easy Action Music (ASCAP), c/o The Bicycle Music Company and Three Wise Boys Music (BMI) on behalf of itself and Rude Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

“Sister Christian” written by Kelly Keagy. © Published by Bicycle Music Company.

“To Be With You” written by David Grahame and Eric Martin. © EMI April Music, Inc. obo itself, Dog Turner Music and Eric Martin Songs (ASCAP).

“Too Much Time on My Hands” written by Tommy Shaw. © Stygian Songs/ASCAP. “Waiting for a Girl Like You” written by Michael Leslie Jones and Louis Gramattico. © Published by Somerset Songs Publishing Inc. “Wanted Dead or Alive” written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richard S. Sambora. © All rights owned or administered

by Universal-Polygram Int. Publ., Inc. on behalf of itself and Bon Jovi Publishing/ASCAP. Used by permission.

“We Built This City” written by Dennis Lambert, Martin George Page, Bernie Taupin and Peter Wolf. © All rights owned or administered by Universal-Polygram Int. Publ., Inc. on behalf of Little Mole Music Inc./ ASCAP. Used by permission.

“We’re Not Gonna Take It” written by Daniel Dee Snider. © All rights owned or administered by Universal Music-Z Melodies on behalf of Snidest Music/SESAC. Used by permission.

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Drew ..................................................................................... Noah Jones Sherrie Christian .......................................................... Julia Badaraco Lonny Barnett .................................................................. Jeff Fairfield Dennis Dupree .................................................................... Paul Herard Justice Charlier .................................................................... Katie Libold Stacee Jaxx ............................................................................. Jak Peters Hilda Klinemann ............................................... Jordan Grace Quinn Regina ............................................................................. Sarah Johnson Franz Klinemann ....................................................... Stephen Webb Ja’Keith Gill .................................................................... Richard Meng Joey Primo ................................................................... Gary Cummings Strip Club DJ ......................................................... Samantha Delorie Ensemble .................................................................... Michael Brown, ........Michelle Casavant, Jordan Clatchey, Meagan Dearborn, ...................Caitlin Hellman, MacKenzie Lewis, Marissa Steiner, .................Matthew Stubenrod, Ryley Velozo, Hannah Weston

PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director .................................................. Michael Churchill Production Manager ........................................................... Bryant Cyr Production Assistant .......................................... Nathan Sylvester Assistant Stage Manager ...........................................Linda Neubelt Light Board Operator ........................................... Andrea Swiderski Carpenters ............... Michael Churchill, Wil Currie, Erik Thomas Scenic Artist ................................................................ Desiree Dubois Assistant to the Costume Designer .................. Candace Chase Lighting Technicians ......................… Tony Gerow, Carl Morrison Spotlight Operators ............................ Ryan Eagles, Victor Haron Dance Captains ........................ Marissa Steiner, Stephen Webb Wardrobe Assistant ................................................... Abby LaBrash Fly Operators ............................................. Bryant Cyr, Erik Thomas

ORCHESTRA PIT Keyboard/Musical Director ................................... Steven Barter Guitar 1 .............................................................................. Mike French Guitar 2 ................................................................................. Neil James Bass ..................................................................................... John Lawson Drums .......................................................................... Mark Fredericks 207.873.7000

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MUSICAL NUMBERS Act I

Cum on Feel the Noize ....................................................................................... Lonny, Ensemble Just Like Paradise ......................................................... Lonny, Justice, Dennis, Drew, Ensemble Nothin’ But a Good Time ....................................................... Drew, Lonny, Dennis, Ensemble Sister Christian ............................................ Lonny, Father, Mother, Sherrie, Drew, Ensemble We Built This City ....................................................................... Regina, Hertz, Franz, Ensemble Too Much Time on My Hands ................................................................................................................. ................................ Dennis, Lonny, Drew, Hertz, Franz, Mayor, Regina, Stacee, Ensemble Heaven .................................................................................................................................................... Drew I Wanna Rock ............................................................................................................. Drew, Ensemble Heaven (Reprise) ................................................................................................................................ Drew We’re Not Gonna Take It ....................................................................................... Regina, Ensemble Heaven/More Than Words/To Be With You ................................. Drew, Sherrie, Ensemble Waiting for a Girl Like You ................................................ Drew, Sherrie, Stacee, Ensemble Wanted Dead or Alive ....................................................................... Stacee, Sherrie, Ensemble I Want to Know What Love Is ....................................... Stacee, Sherrie, Drew, Ensemble Cum on Feel the Noize/We’re Not Gonna Take It (Reprise) ......................................................... ......................................................... Stacee, Dennis, Sherrie, Regina, Drew, Ja’Keith, Ensemble Harden My Heart/Shadows of the Night ........................................ Sherrie, Justice, Ensemble Here I Go Again ................... Sherrie, Drew, Stacee, Dennis, Lonny, Regina, Franz, Ensemble

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The Final Countdown ................................ Dennis, Lonny, Hertz, Franz, Regina, Ensemble Anyway You Want It/I Wanna Rock ............................. Justice, Drew, Ja’Keith, Ensemble We’re Not Gonna Take It (Reprise) ................................................................ Regina, Ensemble High Enough ................................................................................................ Sherrie, Drew, Ensemble Beaver Hunt .............................................................................................................................. Joey Primo I Hate Myself for Loving You/Heat of the Moment ... Sherrie, Stacee, Drew, Ensemble Hit Me With Your Best Shot ................................................................... Franz, Regina, Ensemble Can’t Fight This Feeling ......................................................................... Lonny, Dennis, Ensemble Every Rose Has Its Thorn ......................................................................................................... Justice, ................................... Sherrie, Drew, Franz, Regina, Hertz, Dennis, Lonny, Stacee, Ensemble Keep on Lovin’ You ....................................................................................................................... Hertz Oh Sherrie ................................................................................................. Drew, Sherrie, Ensemble The Search Is Over ............................................................................... Drew, Sherrie, Ensemble Renegade .................................................................................................................. Stacee, Ensemble Don’t Stop Believin’ .................................................................................................................. Company SPECIAL THANKS Cappza’s Pizza Erin Fletcher

Mainely Brews Eva Miller

Record Connection Andrea Swiderski

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This production will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.

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Julia Badaraco (Sherrie Christian) is a recent graduate of the University of Southern Maine Musical Theatre Performance program where she most recently performed as the Stepmother in Into the Woods. Though she had a brief adventure in Orlando working for Walt Disney World prior to college, she is a Waterville native and is very excited to debut for the first time on the Waterville Opera House stage. She would like to thank her wonderful voice teachers, Mary Letellier and Ed Reichert from USM and Kathy Brown from Noteworthy Vocal Studios, for all their support and generosity through the years. Rock on!

Steven Barter (Musical Director) is excited to be working once again as the musical director alongside this great creative team. He has musically directed many shows over the last 15 years, most recently Newsies at the Waterville Opera House, and Let it Be at the Community Little Theater in Auburn. Steve also enjoys playing in the pit for other theater productions, most recently Rent, Into the Woods, and Tuck Everlasting, and playing in a wedding/event band, “Every Other Sunday.” Steve would like to thank this awesome pit, this super talented and supportive cast, and his amazing wife and two sons.

Michael Brown (Ensemble) is in his junior year at USM studying Political Science. This is Michael’s first performance at Waterville Opera House, with previous credits from USM with Into the Woods and Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, along with recognition from Lawrence High School’s Four Twisted Tales of Edgar Allen Poe, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Importance of Being Ernest. Michael is thankful to have the opportunity to be in this production with theater being a hobby he enjoys participating in. He hopes you all enjoy the show! Rock on!

Michelle Casavant (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining the ensemble in her first production at Waterville Opera House. Though no stranger to this stage, she had her very first recital here at the age of 3. She is currently a jazz, tap, and hip hop teacher at Kennebec Dance Centre in Augusta. Michelle is a full time Realtor with Surette Real Estate and is proud to have them sponsoring Rock of Ages. She thanks her husband, family, and friends for their support and always being there to cheer her on. Enjoy the show!

Jordan Clatchey (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be returning to the Waterville Opera House Stage for the fifth time in Rock of Ages. You may have previously seen her in The Producers, Seussical, Tuck Everlasting, or The Sound of Music. Jordan lives in Winslow with her mom, their five-year-old Standard Poodle, and their one-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Jordan would like to thank her mom and her aunt and uncle for their unending support. She would also like to thank the rest of the cast and the creative team for all the hard work they have done to make this show come to life.

Gary Cummings (Joey Primo/Ensemble) is an Army veteran with a thirst for entertainment. He did 15 years in the Army. He has been in many plays while stationed at Fort Polk. This is his first show with Waterville Opera House.

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Samantha Delorie (Strip Club DJ/Ensemble) is excited to return to the stage after a three-year hiatus! She has had the pleasure of performing in the ensemble of previous Waterville Opera House productions, her favorites being Rocky Horror Show, Young Frankenstein, and The Producers. When Samantha is not indulging in her theatre passion, she is working as the clinical director for area public schools. But by far, her biggest passion is raising her two boys, Liam and Sullivan. Samantha wants to thank her boys and family for supporting her along this journey of reconnecting with her beloved 80s!

Desiree DuBois (Scenic Artist) is back and happier than ever to make this exciting production come to life! Most recently, she’s lent her scenic painting talents to the Waterville Opera House productions of A Flea in Her Ear, Tuck Everlasting: The Musical, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, and Clue. Desi has been a practicing artist and maker in the central Maine arts and theater community for over twenty years.

You can find her Stone Spirits at Waterville’s own Old Soul Collective and all across the state in stores and galleries. Desi would like to thank her best friend, Mike, and her fantastically talented and wonderful daughter, Skyla, for their loving support of all her artistic endeavors.

Jeffrey Fairfield (Lonny Barnett) is thrilled to be making his return to the stage after a prolonged absence, in Rock of Ages! His previous productions with Waterville Opera House include The Pilot in The Little Mermaid and The Parkkeeper in Mary Poppins. Jeff broadened his rockin’ vocal chops at The University of Maine with a Vocal Music degree, and when he’s not screamin’ his throat out, he works as a special educator at Winthrop Middle School. Jeff is thankful for the support of his friends and family for this opportunity of rock and roll kick-assery!!!!!!!!

Holly Gannett (Choreographer) is a BFA in Dance graduate of SUNY Buffalo with 25+ years of experience teaching and choreographing. She is delighted to return to Waterville Opera House having been involved in many previous shows including: Fame, Chicago, West Side Story, Suds, Little Mermaid, Annie and many more! Holly teaches dance at Kennebec Dance Centre in Augusta, she judges national dance competitions throughout the country, and is the current Vice President of the Maine Dance Teachers Association. She lives in Manchester with her husband and two beautiful children!

Travis M. Grant (Costume Designer) Previously at Waterville Opera House: Tuck Everlasting, Hello Dolly!, Annie, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, The Rocky Horror Show, Into the Woods, Shrek, Fiddler on the Roof, and Spamalot. Elsewhere: Cinderella, Annie Get Your Gun, The Rocky Horror Show, The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain, Million Dollar Quartet, Grease, Tommy (Maine State Music Theatre); The Nutcracker (Bossov Ballet); Inook and the Sun (U.S. Premiere), Last Easter (New England Premiere, KCACTF/Barbizon Region I National Design Award) (University of Southern Maine), and many more! Travis is a frequent collaborator with RuPaul’s 8

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Drag Race alum JuJubee (Huluween Dragstravaganza, PetSmart National Commercial/Instagram). Winner of five regional Broadway World Awards for Best Costume Design, including Best Costume Design of the Decade (201 –2020). travismgrant.com Caitlin Hellman (Ensemble) is so excited to be able to join Waterville Opera House for the first time in this production of Rock of Ages. Caitlin has been singing and dancing her whole life, but has not had the opportunity to take part in any musicals since high school. She would like to thank her husband, Eric, her two daughters, Catarina and Isabella, and her boss, Mandy, for encouraging and supporting her in going after her passion of performing. Rock on everyone!

Paul Herard (Dennis Dupree) is honored and humbled to be a part of this remarkable and talented cast. He has been acting on the Waterville Opera House stage for six years. A few of Paul’s past performances include The Play that Goes Wrong, Clue, Tuck Everlasting the Musical, Newsies, The Wizard of Oz, and many more. Paul would like to thank his family for their support of his passion for theater and storytelling. Enjoy the show and Rock On! Sarah Johnson (Regina) is thankful to be back on the Waterville Opera House stage after recently getting to play in The Play That Goes Wrong. It’s been a long time since she has played in a musical and this cast is delightful to kick the rust off with. Sarah hopes that if Kevin and Pam Rhein come to this show, they know she’s always been thankful to them.

Sarah sends thanks to her mim for all the Pat Benatar sessions in the car and to Ross for still jamming to “The Final Countdown” with her after months of rehearsals.

Noah Jones (Drew) is taking his first steps onto the Waterville Opera House stage. He is a barber and a musician outside rehearsals. He enjoys filling his time off by playing his guitar, hanging with his cat, Charlie, and blowing his ear drums out to killer rock tracks.

This will be his first performance in a production since high school as an ensemble member in Footloose. He would like to thank his family, cast mates, and incredible directors for giving him the support and motivation he needed to bring this show to life.

Beth Lambert (Co-Director) is honored to be co-direct this production of Rock of Ages. She has also directed The Dinner Party, Things My Mother Taught Me, and The Divine Sister in previous seasons, and is looking forward to directing Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express this fall. Beth is a trained actor/director, vocalist, and educator, and holds degrees from Lawrence University Conservatory and Harvard University. Beth has acted, directed, and taught all over the world including the Arcola Theatre in London and was a founding member of a “Theatre of the Oppressed” inspired school in Pune, India. Currently, she is the Director of Innovative Teaching, and Learning and the Acting Chief Innovation Officer, at the Maine Department of Education. Beth lives in Fairfield with her two children, Lillian (18) and Paige (12), and her husband, Greg, and is grateful for their love and support.

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Chad Lefebvre (Scenic, Lighting + Projection Designer) works as the lighting programmer for Carnival Cruise Line, NCL, Kinky Boots, Amazing Grace National Tour, ESPN Sports Center, ESPN NFL, and Rachael Ray. Chad’s recent projects include cruise ships: NCL Prima, Encore and Escape as well as Carnival: Mardi Gras and Celebration. Previously at Waterville Opera House: scenic and lighting design for Shrek the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Rocky Horror Show, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein, A Christmas Story, Annie, The Producers, Seussical, Hello, Dolly!, Wizard of Oz, and Newsies. chadlefebvre.com MacKenzie Lewis (Choreographer, Ensemble) is from Augusta, Maine where she began dancing at the age of three. She attended the University of Maine where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and minored in dance.

While in college, MacKenzie was a member of the University of Maine Dance Team, president of tap club, and heavily involved in the dance department. Since graduating in 2022, MacKenzie has been teaching in the classroom as well as in the studio. Dance is an extremely important part of MacKenzie’s life and she is excited to share this passion with the amazing people within Waterville Opera House.

Katie Libold (Justice Charlier) is thrilled to be returning to Waterville Opera House for her Sweet 16th production! Some of her favorite roles include Mayzie La Bird in Seussical, Lily St. Regis in Annie, Elizabeth Benning in Young Frankenstein, and Trixie/ Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show. Tons of love and thanks to her castmates and the production crew for a truly rocking experience. As a proud 80s kid, Katie is totally psyched to return to the decade of her birth and unleash her inner rocker chick for this show. Forever love to Keith, Ahsoka, and Vader!

Richard Meng (Ja’Keith Gill/Ensemble) is ready to ROCK!!! He is excited to take on the role of Ja’Keith Gill… and who wouldn’t be? Just take a look at his suit!! Growing up as one the last of Generation X, he holds nostalgia for the music and style of the time. Richard would like to thank Waterville Opera House for being a place for storytellers to tell their stories, the storytellers, and everyone who fills the seats to listen and experience the magic with us. We can’t do it alone, it takes a community. I raise a toast to all of us.

Linda Neubelt (Assistant Stage Manager) is new to Maine, having moved in September 2021 to Farmington. Over the past 30+ years in Vermont and New Hampshire she worked as a director, production manager, stage manager, lighting and sound designer, and actor. Since arriving in Maine, she directed an evening of David Ive’s shorts for the Vienna Woods Players and donned the stage at Waterville Opera House as Mrs. Boyles in Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, and as “running crew” in The Play That Goes Wrong.

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Jak Peters (Stacee Jaxx) returns to Waterville Opera House for the first time since Young Frankenstein. He has traveled the Waterville Opera House stage as The Emcee in Cabaret, Fagin in Oliver!, The French Taunter in Not Dead Fred and assorted madmen in Spamalot, and Frank in The Rocky Horror Show.

Having trafficked in excessive blonde wigs, Jak has played Hedwig (of The Angry Inch) for Rocky for Equality, where he has also had a ball in The Rocky Horror Show. Jak thanks his friends and this crew, his mother, Rita, and the brilliant inspiration of the best mute frisbee adversary, Bryce Smith.

Jordan Grace Quinn (Hilda Klinemann) excitedly joins Waterville Opera House for her first production with the company. She is a writer who is a classically trained pianist and flutist, and a blues singer early in her career. Jordan later became the main improv player at Olympia Dukasis’ Theatre in Montclair, NJ. After moving to Nashville in 2014, she enjoyed performing standup and various singing gigs before returning to her hometown of Waterville. Jordan is absolutely thrilled to be included in the cast.

Marissa Steiner (Ensemble) is ecstatic and humbled to be working with such an incredible cast and crew. This marks her debut on the musical theatre stage; although she was raised with a great appreciation for the arts and attended countless performances as a child, her dream was always to be on stage. Marissa would like to thank her wonderful husband, Jerry, and amazingly supportive family and friends for encouraging her to follow her dreams to audition for this show. Let’s get wild, wild, wild!

Matthew Stubenrod (Ensemble) This is Matthew’s very first show at Waterville Opera House. Matthew has done productions at Messalonskee High School as a student there over the past four years. In Matthew’s spare time, he loves music.

Whenever he isn’t on the stage performing, he either has a guitar in his hands or is right next to a piano. Matthew also enjoys playing video games with the rest of the very little spare time he has. Matthew hopes you are ready for a night of good music and nothing but a good time.

Debra Susi (Co-Director) is a 39-year theatre educator and costume designer whose directing credits include U.S. premiere of Fame Forever—Reunion and Rebirth, sequel to the musical Fame, as well as Shrek, Spamalot, Cabaret, Camelot, The Full Monty, The Producers, Clue, The Mousetrap, Amost, Maine, and Tuck Everlasting.

Costume Design credits at The Public include Morning After Grace, Women in Jeopardy, and Screwball Comedy. In the sunset of her teaching career, Debra would like to thank her husband, family and friends for their continued patience, love, and support of her artistic work. Missing you, Miss Juli.

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Ryley Velozo (Ensemble) is thrilled to be part of her first show at the Waterville Opera House stage, and to be working with some amazing people! A few of her past performances include Charlotte’s Web as Charlotte, Charlie, and the Chocolate Factory as Mrs. Beauregarde, Cinderella as Crazy Marie/The Fairy Godmother, etc.

She has also played her trombone in the pit for the musical Annie. Ryley would like to thank her family, especially her mother, Heather, her boyfriend, Andre, her friends, and her coworkers, for being incredibly supportive of her participation and love for theatre. Please enjoy the show!

Stephen Webb (Franz Klinemann) is a singer/actor who was recently seen on the Waterville Opera House stage as Jonathan in The Play That Goes Wrong. He is very excited to make his musical debut in this rockin’ 80’s style romp.

Hannah Weston (Ensemble) is returning to Waterville Opera House after spending eight years in South Carolina. You may have seen her as Tina in The Play That Goes Wrong. Hannah made her debut seventeen years ago. Hannah thanks Debra Susi and Juli Brooks Settlemire, two people that have truly taught her about the art of acting and comedy. She’d also like to thank the cast and production team of Rock of Ages.

Lastly, Hannah would like to thank her family, especially her parents, for literally supporting her love of theater.

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