The Drowsy Chaperone (Wagner College)

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Wagner College TheatrePresents

February 26 – March 9, 2014

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Director’s Note Welcome to Wagner College Theatre’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone!

The show was born in 1997 when Don McKeller, Lisa Lambert, and Greg

Morrison wrote a love letter to Golden Age musicals as a gift for real-life couple

Bob Martin and Janet Van De Graaff’s wedding rehearsal dinner. When the The

Drowsy Chaperone reshaped for the Toronto Fringe Festival, Bob Martin joined the

team and created the character of the Man in Chair to add the depth of a narrator

character and to give the show its renowned, juxtaposed style.

Part Mystery Science Theatre 3000, part Golden Age musical, part modern comedy,

and part fan fiction, The Drowsy Chaperone opened on Broadway in May of 2006.

It brought home six Tony Awards, including ‘Best Book,’ ‘Best Score,’ and ‘Best

Featured Actress in a Musical’ (for Beth Leavel, as the title character).

The Drowsy Chaperone has had major productions in Toronto, Los Angeles, New

York, London, and Japan, as well as two North American tours. Bob Martin

opened as the Man in Chair for almost every production. Notable actors such as

Bob Saget, John Glover, Clay Aiken and Geoffrey Rush have also played the Man

in Chair in major productions. The upcoming movie of The Drowsy Chaperone is

set to start filming in 2014, starring Geoffrey Rush as the Man in Chair.

The Drowsy Chaperone is a fresh spin on the idea of staying true to oneself. We can

each see a glimpse of ourselves within the show. It is a charming story of “what

makes you you?” and the rewards of finding out the answer to that question.

Ryan Gibbs Rachel Kaufman Director Assistant Director

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SCENIC DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN

Richard A. Kendrick Vicki Neal AND Emma Streett Kurt Alger

SOUND DESIGN HAIR AND WIG DESIGN STAGE MANAGER

Richard A. Kroth Emilia Martin AND Amanda Gomes Macey Best

MUSIC DIRECTION BY CHOREOGRAPHY BY

James Higgins Brian Padgett

DIRECTED BY

Ryan Gibbs

Wagner College TheatrePresents

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BOOK BY Lisa Lambert AND Greg Morrison Bob Martin AND Don McKellar

ORCHESTRATIONS BY Larry BlankDANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS BY Glen Kelly

ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BYKevin McCollum Roy Miller Bob Boyett

Stephanie McClelland Barbara Freitag Jill Furman

Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

421 West 54th Street New York, NY 10019Phone: 212-541-4684 • Fax: 212-397-4684 • Web: www.MTIShows.com

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In Order of Appearance

Man in Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TJ LAMANDOMrs. Tottendale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GRACE WOODWARDUnderling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK MESTAKIDESRobert Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOMMY JOSCELYNGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN KRISSFeldzieg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JORDAN BUNSHAFTKitty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BECKY GRACE KALMANGangster #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN ALATIGangster #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN QUIGLEYAldolpho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KELAND SARNOJanet Van De Graaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELIZABETH MILLERThe Drowsy Chaperone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRONWYN WHITTLETrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANIELLE JAMESSuper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVEN COPPEnsemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATHARINE BRAGG, STEVEN COPP, KELLY HUBBELL,

ROBERT J. KEIR, JESSE PIMPINELLA, SARAH SHOSHANA ROSEN

Cast of Characters

Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Orchestra

“Fancy Dress” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

“Cold Feets” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Martin, George

“Show Off” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janet Van De Graaff, Company

“As We Stumble Along” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Drowsy Chaperone

“I Am Aldolpho” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aldolpho, The Drowsy Chaperone

“Accident Waiting to Happen” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Martin, Janet Van De Graaff

“Toledo Surprise” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

“Message From a Nightingale” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kitty, Gangsters, Aldolpho,

The Drowsy Chaperone

“Bride’s Lament” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janet Van De Graaff, Company

“Love Is Always Lovely” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Tottendale, Underling

“I Do, I Do in the Sky” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trix, Company

“As We Stumble Along” (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.

Musical Numbers

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Conductor, Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAMES HIGGINS

Reeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS REZA, DEVIN DI MAURO

Trumpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIM WENDT

Trombone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BENJAMIN HERRINGTON

Keyboard II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANIEL LEPEK

Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN EVANS GLEICH

Orchestra

STEVEN COPP (Superintendent/Ensemble) is a Senior Theatre Performance Major and is appearing in his final Wagner College production! Past shows at Wagner: Romeo and Juliet, The Normal Heart (Bruce Niles), The Dance Project 2012, and Lysistrata. Other recent productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Tudor Theatrical Productions of Philadelphia, Cabaret at The Eagle Theatre of Hammonton, NJ, and the world premier opera Slaying the Dragon with the Center City Opera Theater of Philadelphia.

KELLY HUBBELL (Ensemble) is a Senior Theatre Performance Major who cannot think of a better show with which to leave the Main Stage. Some of her favorite Wagner roles include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, and Trisha in Dog Sees God. You can see her next in Wagner College’s upcoming Dance Project.

DANIELLE JAMES (Trix) is a Junior Theatre Performance Major and is honored to be a part of such an incredible production! Past Wagner credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), Putting It Together, and Goddess Wheel (Kalonike).

JOHN ALATI (Gangster #1) This is John’s fifth show at Wagner. His past Wagner productions include Little Shop of Horrors, Guys and Dolls, Legally Blonde, and Jesus Christ Superstar. John is a Senior Theatre Performance Major finishing up his Bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Speech. This one and all the rest are for you, Justin.

KATHARINE BRAGG (Ensemble) is a Junior Theatre Performance Major hailing from Virginia. You may have last seen her as General Cartwright in WCT’s Guys and Dolls. Katharine’s other favorite roles include Joanne in Company and Barfée in The 25th... Spelling Bee.

JORDAN BUNSHAFT (Mr. Feldzieg), a Senior Theatre Studies Major, is elated to be a part of this fabulous production. He appeared last spring as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in WCT’s Guys and Dolls. Other favorite stage credits include: Edna in Hairspray, Barfée in ...Spelling Bee, Tateh in Ragtime, Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly! and Amos in Chicago. Jordan was a nominee in the 2010 Jimmy Awards and performed on the stage of the Marquis Theatre.

Who’s Who in the Cast?

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(Aaron Schultz), Avenue Q (Rod), and Into the Woods (The Baker). You can also see him later this semester in the Dance Ensemble of Carousel! He is a Senior Theatre Performance Major. KJS <3

TJ LAMANDO (Man in Chair) is a Junior Theatre Performance Major and is very happy to be returning to the Main Stage after appearing in last season’s Guys and Dolls. He has also been seen in Stage One’s Lysistrata (Ensemble), Spring Awakening (Lammermeir/Fastcrawler), Scab (Alan/Artie/Davie/Angel One), and Zombie Prom (Josh). Other credits include: John and Jen (John), Dog Sees God (CB), and Beyond Therapy (Bruce).

NICK MESTAKIDES (Underling), a Sophomore Theatre Performance Major, is ecstatic to partake in his first WCT production. Past shows include Cabaret (Emcee), Me and My Girl (Bill Snibson), and Guys and Dolls (Benny Southstreet). He is a recipient of the OC Cappie Award for Best Comedic Actor (Nick Bottom) and best Set Design, both for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nick has also directed and produced productions of Completely Hollywood: Abridged and Hurry.

ELIZABETH MILLER (Janet Van De Graaff), a Senior Theatre Performance Major, has been seen at Wagner in Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Seussical (Jojo), Goddess Wheel (Mhyrrina), and Lysistrata (Ismenia). She will also be in the 2014 Dance Project. Elizabeth spent the summer at Surflight Theater in The Boy Friend (Polly Browne), George M, South Pacific, and Les Mis. She proudly hails from Bucks County, PA where she did shows like Avenue Q (Kate Monster), 25th...Spelling Bee (Olive), and Urinetown

TOMMY JOSCELYN (Robert Martin), a Senior Theatre Performance Major, could not be happier to be a part of such a fantastically fun production! Wagner credits include Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt), Guys and Dolls (Ensemble), Dog Sees God (Matt), Rent (Assistant Choreography/Swing), Legally Blonde (Bailiff/Ensemble), Goddess Wheel (Oracle/Hades u/s), and Looking for the Remote (Dancer). Later in this semester you can see him in The Dance Project in Stage One.

BECKY GRACE KALMAN (Kitty) is a Senior Theatre Performance Major and Dance Minor who feels proud to be ending her Main Stage career with The Drowsy Chaperone. Past Wagner credits include Ginger in Zombie Prom, Guys and Dolls, Legally Blonde, Goddess Wheel, and My Fair Lady. Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rumpleteazer (Cats), Erma (Anything Goes), Alice (Seven Brides...), and Luisa (The Fantasticks). Look for Becky in The Dance Project later this semester in Stage One! beckygracekalman.com

ROBERT J. KEIR (Ensemble) couldn’t be happier to be ending his time at WCT with this wonderful show! A native New Yorker, he is a Senior Theatre Performance Major. Robert was last seen in the fall as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Other favorite performances include Legally Blonde, Goddess Wheel, Hairspray, Good Boys and True, and Sweeney Todd. Robert is a proud grad of New York’s Professional Performing Arts School and an Equity member.

DAN KRISS (George) couldn’t be happier about being part of this incredible production. You may have seen him last semester as Joey in Zombie Prom. Other notable credits include Legally Blonde


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concert version of Into the Woods. For KJS.

KELAND SARNO (Aldolpho) This Senior Theatre Performance Major from Las Vegas, NV is happy to be included in The Drowsy Chaperone. His favorite credits include Romeo and Juliet (Mercucio), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Francis Flute), Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter), My Fair Lady, Goddess Wheel, and Legally Blonde: The Musical (Kyle/Dewey/Chad).

BRONWYN WHITTLE (The Drowsy Chaperone) is a Senior Theatre Performance Major with a Minor in Marketing. She is from Dublin, Ireland. Previous Main Stage productions at Wagner include My Fair Lady, Goddess Wheel, Putting It Together, and Little Shop of Horrors. Stage One productions include Catholic School Girls, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, and Zombie Prom.

GRACE WOODWARD (Mrs. Tottendale) is a Junior Theatre Performance Major hailing from Dallas, Texas, making her Main Stage debut! You might have also seen her as Thea/Ilse in Stage One’s Spring Awakening. Her favorite roles include Roxie (Chicago), Jill (Jack & Jill), and Flipote (Tartuffe).

(Hope) with the Once Upon a Time Players.

JESSE PIMPINELLA (Ensemble) feels ecstatic to be a part of this magnificent cast of The Drowsey Chaperone for his Main Stage debut. He was also in Stage One’s production of Spring Awakening as Robert/Reinhold. Other credits include Melchior (Spring Awakening), Berger (Hair), Angel (Rent) and many more. Jesse is a Sophomore Theatre Performance Major.

JONATHAN QUIGLEY (Gangster #2), a Sophomore Theatre Performance Major, is pumped to be returning to the Main Stage after appearing in Guys and Dolls last year. Other credits include: Into the Woods, Once on this Island, and Footloose. He will next be seen in Stage One’s The Dance Project.

SARAH SHOSHANA ROSEN (Ensemble) is a Senior Theatre Performance Major who is overjoyed to be returning to the Main Stage! Other Wagner credits include Romeo and Juliet (Ensemble, Juliet u/s) and Legally Blonde (Kate, Chutney). The past two summers, Sarah has worked for Ocean City Theatre Co. as a performer in their Young Adult Series. This April, Sarah will be playing the Baker’s Wife in a


Adjunct FacultySusan Fenley Mara Gannon David Ledoux Emilia MartinJoe Palmer Vicki Neal Arturo E. Porazzo Mary Six Rupert

Alan Michael Smith Lee Strausland Charlie SiedenburgJeffrey Sweet Michael Tennenbaum Fred Tessler Daniel Venning

Robert Williams Chad Yarborough Brian Sgambati

StaffDiane Catalano – Department Secretary Brian T. Sharron – Technical Director

Tiffany Rau – Master Electrician Shawn Riley-Rau – Master CarpenterMaureen Bradley-Ferrulli – Box Office Manager

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this “honeymoon” of a show with these performers. As a choreographer Brian’s work includes numerous regional, educational shows and concert dance pieces. Highlights include: Jerome Kern’s Sleeping Beauty, High School Musical, Beauty and The Beast, Little Shop, Footloose, Grease, Annie. As a performer Brian’s credits include: Edna in Hairspray, Rudolph in Hello Dolly (with Vicki Lewis and Gary Beach), Snake in The Apple Tree, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Zeke/Snoring man in White Christmas and featured roles in Joseph, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, It’s a Wonderful Life and numerous others. Brian would like to send some special love to his Drowsy family, especially Ryan Gibbs for giving him this chance and always believing! Special thanks go to his loving family, incredible friends and faithful God. Psalms 46:10

KURT ALGER (Costume Designer) Having traveled the country and the world as head of Wardrobe on RENT, Hairspray, and the 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Miserables, Kurt is thrilled to return to Wagner to design The Drowsy Chaperone. Kurt was a 2001 graduate of Wagner’s Theatre Department, and designed their production of Beauty and the Beast. At Maine State Music Theatre he has designed Jesus Christ Superstar, Light In The Piazza, The Drowsy Chaperone, Chicago, Spamalot, Always Patsy Cline, The Wiz, Xanadu, The Marvelous Wonderettes, 42nd Street, Sunset Boulevard, Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, A Chorus Line, and Gypsy. Elsewhere his designs have graced the stages of Riverside Theatre (Funny Girl, Miss Saigon, and South Pacific) Ogunquit Playhouse, Pennsylvania Shakespeare, Orlando Shakespeare, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, The Fulton Opera House (Dreamgirls), and

RYAN GIBBS (Director), a resident of Staten Island, is pleased to be working on his first Wagner show. Favorite directorial credits in NY: Songs For A New World. Regionally: I Do! I Do!, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown and Over The River And Through The Woods. Stage Management in NY: Wicked, Avenue Q, Broadway Backwards, Savage in Limbo. National Tours: Elf, Mary Poppins, Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, Man of La Mancha and The Will Rogers Follies (starring Larry Gatlin). Regional: The Fulton Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse. Ryan has a degree from Marywood University in Scranton, PA and serves as the Artistic Director of the Allenberry Playhouse in Boiling Springs, PA. Love and thanks to Wagner for having him, Brian and James, his real family and Drowsy Family and especially his wife, Amy.

JAMES HIGGINS (Music Director) is overjoyed to return to Wagner, having previously music directed the world premiere of Goddess Wheel by Galt MacDermot and Matty Selman in 2012. He is a music director, orchestrator and vocal coach living in NYC. Off-Broadway: Old Jews Telling Jokes, Living With Henry. Pre-Broadway: Jeanne La Pucelle (directed by Martin Charnin). NYC: Gefilte Fish Chronicles (also at the White House!), Joseph, Little Shop. Regional: Ragtime, South Pacific, Candide, Music of the Night (North Shore Music Theatre), Cats, and many more. For MW, for putting up with this crazy schedule. iamjameshiggns.com

BRIAN PADGETT (Choreographer) is overjoyed to be working with the amazing students of Wagner College! Brian was ensemble and dance captain of the National Broadway tour of The Drowsy Chaperone so it is a distinct honor for him to revisit

Faculty and Production Team

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RICHARD KROTH (Sound Design) is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College of PA and holds a BM with a Major in Sound Recording Technology. He serves as Director of Operations for the TCNJ Center for the Arts at The College of New Jersey, overseeing production, operations, planning, and audience services. This season marks his twelfth with Wagner College Theatre. Recent productions with Wagner include Putting it Together, Legally Blonde, Rent and Guys and Dolls. Rich remains active in audio through freelance recording, editing, consulting, and theatrical sound design.

EMILIA MARTIN (Hair and Wig Designer) is a New York City-based hair and wig stylist working on Broadway, regional theatres, and teaching at Wagner College and New York Film Academy. Recent Broadway shows include Nice Work if You Can get It, Bronx Bombers, La Bete, Evita and Motown. She is thrilled to be back working with one of her fellow Wagner alumni, Kurt Alger. Emilia is a proud member of IATSE 798 and hopes to continue to inspire future generations of wig stylists.

AMANDA GOMES (Hair, Wig, and Makeup Designer) is a Junior Theatre Major with a concentration in Design, Technology, and Management. Previous Wagner credits include Legally Blonde (Assistant Wig Supervisor), Romeo and Juliet (Assistant Lighting Designer), RENT (Assistant Lighting Designer), and Little Shop of Horrors (Assistant Hair/Make-up Designer).

RACHEL KAUFMAN (Assistant Director) feels extremely blessed to be given the amazing opportunity to assistant direct this talented cast and crew. Rachel is a Theatre Studies

Drury Lane Oakbrook (Hairspray). NYC credits include NTMTF Best of Fest winners Caligula, Such Good Friends, Things As They Are, and Les Enfants de Paris, and work on the Off-Broadway smash hit Shockheaded Peter! Kurt designed and produced the world premier of Born Blue directed by Anthony Rapp. He will be designing The Little Mermaid for North Shore Music Theatre.

VICKI NEAL (Co-Lighting Designer) is an Easton, PA based designer whose work has been seen in professional theatres and colleges from Delaware to New York City. Recent Wagner credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Rent, My Fair Lady, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Her professional credits include designs for the New York Music Theatre Festival, The Pearl Theatre Company (NYC), Primary Stages (NYC), St. Bart’s Players (NYC), Snug Harbor/Actors’ Harbor (Staten Island), City Theatre Company (Wilmington, DE), Venture Theatre (Philadelphia) and in Bethlehem, PA for Touchstone Theatre, Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Pennsylvania Youth Theatre. She has also been a guest artist at Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Cedar Crest College, The College of New Jersey, Beloit College, Nazareth College, and Northampton Community College.

EMMA STREETT (Co-Lighting Designer) is a Senior Theatre Design, Technology, and Management Major. Previous design credits include School for Lies and The Dance Project 2012. Additionally, she served as Associate Lighting Designer for Little Shop of Horrors in the Fall, and has been the Master Electrician on Romeo and Juliet, Five Woman Wearing the Same Dress, and School for Lies.


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credits include Titanic at the Lyric Stage, Dallas, Hairspray at the Little Theatre on the Square, Ring of Fire, Buddy – the Buddy Holly Story and All Shook Up at Circa 21.

BRIAN T. SHARRON (Technical Director) holds his BFA in Technical Theatre and Design from the University of Connecticut. Brian is a member of IATSE. He has worked for theatres including Connecticut Repertory Theatre, ArtFarm, Act II Theatre, and The Little Theatre on the Square. Brian has also worked in production shops where he has had clients such as Tiffany & Co, Ralph Lauren Denim Supply, Marc Jacobs, JcPenney, Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, CBS’s Live to Dance, CBS’s The Job, YES’s Centerstage, Food Network’s Worst Cooks, QVC’s Fashions Night Out, Bravo’s Make me a Supermodel, CNBC, Univision, Canadian TV, 2009 Tony Awards, 2009 NFL Draft, In the Heights (national tour), White Christmas (national tour), Angels in America (off Broadway), Chix Six (off Broadway), Manipulation (off Broadway), 4000 Miles (Lincoln Center Theater), Slow Girl (Lincoln Center Theater), Hershey Park, Silversea Cruises, Dutch Wonderland, Idlewild Park, Books for Kids, New York City Opera, Lincoln Center Theater, North Carolina Dance Theater, Sarasota Opera, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Design credits include Twelfth Night, Taming of the Shrew, and Much Ado About Nothing for ArtFarm; Meet the Samsas, Marion Bridge, and 4.48 Psychosis for Connecticut Repertory Theatre.

SHAWN RILEY-RAU (Master Carpenter) started in theatre at Comstock Auditorium, a touring road house connected with a high school/college apprenticeship. While

Major with a Minor in Education. She recently studied abroad in Israel and is hoping to move to Florida to eventually work in Disney.

MACEY BEST (Production Stage Manager) is a Senior Design, Technology and Management Major. Her previous credits at Wagner include Guys and Dolls (Asst. Stage Manager), Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Stage Manager) and Legally Blonde (Asst. Stage Manager). Other credits include Hudson Warehouse’s King Lear (Stage Manager) and The Three Musketeers (Asst. Stage Manager).

CASEY SCHWEIGER (Assistant Stage Manager) is a Theatre Design, Technology, and Management major from Middletown, DE. Her credits outside of Wagner include Harvey; Kiss Me, Kate; Father of the Bride; Once on This Island; and Thoroughly Modern Millie. The Drowsy Chaperone marks her third show at Wagner. Her other WCT credits include Scab and Romeo and Juliet.

SHANE ERTTER (Assistant Stage Manager) is a Sophomore Arts Administration Major from Scottsdale, Arizona. Previous Wagner productions include Guys and Dolls, where he made his Main Stage performance debut. Shane is the Station Manager for Wagner’s Radio Station, WCBG. He is also the Sophomore Representative for the Theatre Advisory Board.

PHILL HICKOX (Director of Production) arrived at Wagner College in ‘96 where his credits include Sweeney Todd, Titanic, Hair, The Threepenny Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar. His design credits in NYC include scenic design for Visions in the Fun House, Lincoln Center Plaza and Marisol at the Sanford Meisner Theatre. Regional


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ELISE PIZZONIA (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a Junior Design and Tech Major. She has worked on several Wagner shows on the Main Stage and has designed in Stage One. She is also the Assistant Lighting Designer for Wagner’s spring production of Carousel.

JEANA SHEA (Props Master) is a Junior Theatre Major with a concentration in Design, Technology and Management. Previous credits include Romeo and Juliet (Stage Manager), Scab (Stage Manager), Guys and Dolls (Asst. Stage Manager), RENT (Asst. Stage Manager) and The Dance Project 2012 (Props Master).

PATRICK RICHARDS (Master Electrician) is a Senior Design/Technology student at Wagner with a focus in Lighting Design and Stage Electrics.

RUSTY CURCIO, CMA, RSMT, RSME (Head of Dance) has taught dance and theatre arts at Wagner for the past 17 years. Prior to joining Wagner, he toured internationally with Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo for nine years and then with Les Ballet Grandiva de Russia for two seasons as well as performing in NYC with Peridance Dance Ensemble and Acanthus Ballet Company. He holds an associates degree in Business Management and Accounting from the Plaza School of Technology. Rusty has worked for many regional and summer stock theatre companies performing, directing and choreographing numerous professional productions. Rusty is a Certified Movement Analyst practicing the Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies. He is also a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator with the International Somatic Movement Therapist and Educators Association. He

learning and completing his apprenticeship, Shawn served in many positions at the auditorium chiefly among them as house Sound Engineer and later as Assistant Technical Director for the facility. Shortly after leaving Comstock Auditorium, Shawn embarked on his first Broadway national tour; he toured for 3 years before taking the Master Carpenter position at the Kalamazoo Civic Theater (the nation’s 3rd largest Civic Theater) where Shawn further honed his skills before taking to touring again. Shawn continued to tour for the next 7 years before retiring from the world of touring theatre to take the Master Carpenter position here with Wagner College’s Theater Department.

TIFFANY RAU (Master Electrician) is a proud Wagner alumna (Class of ’05). After graduation, Tiffany spent a year honing her skills at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven CT before touring North America for 3 years with the Broadway national tours of Cats and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Tiffany is very happy to have returned to Wagner College were she can now help students learn the skills needed to be a professional in the theatre industry.

SARA BANDURIAN (Assistant Costume Designer) is a Senior Theatre Design, Technology, and Management major with a concentration in Costuming. Past Wagner credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Guys and Dolls, and Legally Blonde.

ELLEN SCHMOYER (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a Sophomore Theatre Major with a Concentration in Design, Technology and Management. Recently, she was Assistant Technical Director for Wagner’s production of Romeo and Juliet.


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Michele can be heard on nine original cast recordings, several compilation albums, and dozens of books on tape. She has thoroughly enjoyed working with Wagner students on productions of Seussical, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent, and Little Shop of Horrors.

TODD ALAN PRICE (Associate Professor) teaches in the Theatre and Arts Administration programs, as well as serving as Director of the Stanley Drama Award. Professor Price practiced Entertainment Law in New York City, with emphasis in theatre, music, film, television, and book publishing. His theatrical production experience includes his role as Associate Producer at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, where he produced Death of a Salesman with Hal Holbrook, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Elizabeth Ashley, Ladies in Retirement with Julie Harris and the world premiere of Don’t Stop the Carnival with music by Jimmy Buffet. As the founding Artistic/Executive Director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, a not-for-profit, professional regional theatre, he created a business plan and developed community support to save the former Burt Reynolds Theatre. Professor Price also produced an Off-Broadway show, Noel Coward’s Suite in Two Keys, starring Hayley Mills and Judith Ivey. Professor Price is a member of the New York and Florida bars.

DR. FELICIA J. RUFF (Theatre Department Chair) received her doctorate in Theatre History from the Graduate Center of CUNY, having focused on 19th century theatre, particularly Melodrama. In 2007 she received a NEH grant to attend “The Oscar Wilde Archive” at UCLA’s Clark Library and since then her scholarship has focused on Wilde Studies, including a recent book

currently lives and works in NYC practicing as a movement specialist, dance and acting teacher, and fitness instructor. DAVID McDONALD (Head of Voice) teaches vocal production, speech, acting, dialects, and yoga. In January of 2008, David led Wagner students to Arezzo, Italy for an Expanding Your Horizons course in Commedia dell’Arte and returned multiple times for similar courses in Amsterdam. David holds an MFA in Acting from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, and he has trained with voice training masters Kristin Linklater, Patsy Rodenburg, Catherine Fitzmaurice, and Joan Melton. David’s performance work has included stage, film, and television, recently completing a three year stint as voice/dialect coach and actor with the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

MICHELE PAWK (Associate Professor) received the 2003 Tony Award for her performance in the Carol Burnett/Carrie Hamilton play, Hollywood Arms. Her other Broadway performances include Hairspray, Losing Louie, Mamma Mia, Chicago, Seussical, Cabaret (Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Award nominations), Triumph Of Love, Crazy For You (Drama Desk nomination), and Mail. Her Off-Broadway shows include: Giant, A Small Fire (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations), Mahida’s Extra Key To Heaven, Flyovers, Prayer For My Enemy, The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs, The Paris Letter (Drama Desk Nomination), Reefer Madness, After The Fair, Hello Again, Merrily We Roll Along, jon & jen, and A Little Night Music at NYC Opera. Her television credits include seven appearances on the various “Law & Order” series, as well as numerous sitcoms from the 1980’s.


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the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Arts from Idaho State University.

AMY BETH WILLIAMS (Professor of Acting) received her BFA from SUNY Binghamton and her MFA from Cornell University. Amy has performed in regional theatre and off off Broadway. She has been an Adjunct at Wagner since 2001, and she has served on the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Voice Faculty from 1994 to present. Bistro Award for Outstanding vocalist in 2012.

DR. LAURI YOUNG (Resident Music Director) has been the resident musical director for Wagner College Theatre since 1998. Dr. Young holds a D.M.A. from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Muisc, an M.M. from the University of Louisville and a B.M. from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. NYC credits include: Lincoln Center Director’s Forum, Weill Recital Hall, Ontological Theatre Company, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Harbor Lights Theatre Company, Staten Island Symphony, Surflight Theatre, and original shows at Danny’s, Judy’s, Don’t Tell Mama, the Duplex and the Metropolitan Room. Regional theatre: Columbus Opera, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, College Light Opera, Papermill Theatre, Renaissance Theatre, guest artist with Sylvia McNair. Dr. Young has been on the faculty of the Governor’s School for the Arts, Walnut Hill Performing Arts School, Third Street Music Settlement School, Turtle Bay Music School and Lee Strasberg Acting Institute as well as guest conductor at Coastal Carolina University. In her ample free time, Dr. Young is a competitive triathlete and writes short stories.

chapter titled: “The Transgressive Prop; or, Oscar Wilde’s E(a)nest Signifier.” She has completed two other book chapters: “The Laugh Factory? Humor and Horror at Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol” in Theatre Symposium: Comedy Tonight and “Oscar Wilde, the Erotique-Grotesque, and Modernist Spectacle” in Origins of English Dramatic Modernism, 1870 - 1914 as well as performance reviews for Theatre Journal and biographical entries for the Encyclopedia of Broadway and American Culture. She serves as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Speech as well as on the College’s Priorities and Budget Committee. She has extensive production experience, including opening the Center for the Arts at the College of Staten Island, where she worked with many artists of international renown.

GARY SULLIVAN (Director of Arts Administration) supervises the Arts Administration program, Front of House Management and Box Office. Previously at Wagner, he served variously as Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs; as Head of the Performing and Visual Arts Division; as Producing Director of Theatre; as Art Director and Scene Designer/Technical Director. Professional credits include Dames at Sea, Pacific Overtures, and Just So Stories Off-Broadway. Stage management at Garden State Arts Center (PNC Bank Arts Center), stage-managing headliners on tour such as Heart, Tina Turner, Moody Blues, Whitney Houston, Chicago, Liza Minnelli; scenery, special effects contracting for national tours, industrial trade shows; freelance design; and industrial contracting in employee/manager conflict resolution, and manager training. Professor Sullivan received a Master of Fine Arts from


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Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rachel KaufmanAssistant Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shane Ertter, Casey SchweigerAssistant Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elise PizzoniaAssistant Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara BandurianAssistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen SchmoyerMaster Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick RichardsProps Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeana SheaAssistant Props Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Amato, Amanda TaylorLight Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lindsay DunnSound Board Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophie Adsit, Megan ViglioneFollow Spot Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryann Lillis, Alexis Marquardt, Paige McNamara,

Sarah Shear, Melissa Silano, Madison SylvesterStage Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Dunn, Emma George, Greg Ippolito, Darnell Kenney,

Madison “Charlie” LaSorda, Joe O’Malley, Kelly Swint, Clint ThompsonFlymen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Rath, Tyler RobertsProps Runners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney McGowan, Maria Elena RumayorHair and Makeup Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria RodriguezHair and Makeup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marissa Crowe, Claire MinicozziHair and Makeup Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joanna CatalanoWardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molly SmithWardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jasmine Canziani, Dana Gough, Kristi Long,

Pamela Pangaro, Taia Samuel, Bailey ShadaCharge Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard A. Kendrick, Vicki NealScene Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophie Adsit, Sara Bandurian, Charlie LaSorda, Elise Pizzonia,

Morgan Prouse, Ellen Schmoyer, Amanda TaylorShop Lab Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Amato, Tyler Angotto, Macey Best, Brittany Cattaruzza,

Lindsay Dunn, Brian Falduto, Serina Figueiras, Sam Forin, Amanda Gomes, Doug Hanson, Clarissa Jiminez, Tommy Joscelyn, TJ Lamando, Ryann Lillis,

Chelsea Loesel, Emily Lovell, Courtney McGowan, Paige McNamara, Elizabeth Miller, Lisa Peterson, Maria Elena Rymayor, Maria Salerno, Keland Sarno, Ellen Schmoyer,

Bailey Shada, Jeana Shea, Sarah Shear, Melissa Silano, Daniela Sottile, Anna Kate Spears, Stephanie Sutor, Madison Sylvester, VyVy Tran, Nina Weber

Costume Shop Lab Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanine Bruen, Dana Gough, Clarissa Jimenez,Jeff Mills, Elise Sacco, KT Sanders, Nicole Trubish

Ushers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Garhee, Dean Marino, Ryan McConville, Victoria Puza, Rachel Smith

Theatre Department Graduate Assistant, Poster Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey CaravelloBox Office Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauryn Shirra, Lauren Schueler, Kate Stewart,

Kimberly Cowles, Shannon MaleckiPress Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie SiedenburgPress Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert J. Keir, Keland SarnoProgram Design and Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Forbes Sheehan

Production Crews

15WAGNER COLLEGEFRIENDS OF THE THEATRELisa DeRespino Bennett ‘85 (Co-Chair)

Robyn Ruehl-Lippert ‘97 (Co-Chair)

Anonymous (3)

Dr. J. Keith and Jean Addy

Dr. Victor and Kimberly Avis

Dr. Ronald and Nancy Avis

Luisito and Odette Banzon

Dr. Walter Baumhoff (1959)

Lisa DeRespino (1985) and Thomas Bennett

Robert K. Butterfield

Paula Caglianone

John (1962) and Carol Campi

Eleanor Conforti

John Cronin

Mr. and Mrs. David Cushman

Aletta Kipp (1965) and Robert Diamond

James (1968) and Constance Elliman

Caroline Petosa (1971) and Joseph Ferreri

Donald Fox (1964)

Dr. Bob Freedland and Dr. Cassia Freedland

Dr. Thomas and Lucille Galligan

Eric Gansberg (1980)

George (1988) and Gabriella Lepore (1988) Gaspar

Robert (1961) and Thelma Graber (1961)

Perry (1950) and Harriet Grover (1949)

Dr. James (1974) and Mrs. Joyce Cini Guariglia

(1975)

Dr. Jay (1967) and Marianne Hartig

Peter (1972) and Nancy Hudson

Scott and Nanci Kauffman

Margaret Kelly (1979)

Rita King (1962) and Timothy Keneipp

Rev. Annmarie Lambiasi (1985)

Christopher Landy (1991)

Eva Lazar Laszlo (1954)

Nancy Loddigs (1965)

Christine Fleming Mahon (1970)

Donald and Jeanmarie Mason

Victoria S. Menna (1989)

Marsha and Louis Meyer

Christian Miller (1984)

Alden and Jane Munson

Colleen Pace

Robert and Susan Peirano (1950)

Dianne Powers

Susan Quilty

Matthew and Kathleen Radek

Norman and Susan Reid

Dr. Margaret Reynolds (1940)

Anthony Ricotta (1981)

Dr. Maureen Robinson (1967) and Derish Wolff

William and Dixianna Roelofs

Roxann Romano (1985)

Samuel and Arlene Scollar

Elaine Sheehy (1967)

Dr. Donald (1949) and Dr. Evelyn Spiro (1949)

Jean Unhjem

Paul and Regina Vance

Alan and Nancy Watson

Allan and Bobby (1961) Weissglass

Dr. Egon (1949) and Katherine Wendel (1961)

William Wilkens (1991)

Frederick (1964) and Dee Williamson

Jeffrey Witte (1988, M 1993)

GIFTS TO WAGNER COLLEGEin memory of Professor Christopher Catt

Ms. Joann Baney

Ms. Sylvia Breitberg

Mrs. Janis Bryeans

Mr. Michael Burger

Mr. Christopher Capodice

Ms. Pamela Carlton

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Crater

Mr. and Mrs. David Cushman

Ms. Martha D’Arbanville

Mr. Gerald Folta

Dr. Bob and Dr. Cassia Freedland

Ms. Mary Goehring

Ms. Margo Hammond

Mr. John Jamiel

Ms. Dorothy Marotta

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raths

Mr. Richard Rella

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith

Ms. Tracy Staley

Ms. Kimberly Sunseri

Temple Inland Foundation

Wagner College Friends of the Theatre

To make a donation in memory of CHRISTOPHER CATT or JUSTIN STEVENS,

please contact theWagner College Development Office

(www.wagner.edu/give_now or 888-231-2252)

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Main Stage

Stage One

C A R O U S E LApril 23 – May 4, 2014

Music by Richard RodgersLyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Based on Ferenc Molnar’s Liliom, as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer

Directed by Drew Scott HarrisMusic Direction by Dr. Lauri Young

Choreography by Bret Shuford

MY SOLDIERSMarch 4 – 9, 2014

Written and Directed byRichard Kalinoski

Coming Later this Season

THE DANCE PROJECTApril 29 – May 4, 2014

Choreographed byRusty Curcio and Joe Palmer

Documents

The Drowsy Chaperone (Wagner College)