cast and crew biographies

Olivia “Liv” Bissonette (Assistant Stage Manager) [she/her/hers] is a freshman Stage Management major and Creative Writing and French double-minor. Carthage stage management credits: FML: HOW CARSON MCCULLERS SAVED MY LIFE, IN THE MOMENT, and ELEEMOSYNARY and SILENT SKY. Liv has stage managed fifteen productions before Carthage and thanks all those who continue to support her endeavors.

Yu-Mei Chang (Assistant Music Director): Yu-Mei is a graduate student at Carthage College majoring in Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy. She is a music director and keyboard player active on theater stages both in Taiwan and China. Her previous credits in theater include MAMMA MIA!, AVENUE Q, DADDY LONG LEGS, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, MURDER BALLAD, I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, LAUNDRY, THRILL ME, JEKYLL AND HYDE, and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA international tour. Workshop credits: SHE LOVES ME, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ORDINARY DAYS. Mei would like to thank her family and friends for all the support and love. Hope you enjoy the show. Ig @maysmusica

Melanie Wright (Assistant for Matthew Hougland): Melanie is a graduate student studying Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy. She recently graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University, where she received her B.A. in Vocal Performance. Melanie is also the Teaching Assistant for the Music Theatre Workshop class. She teaches voice lessons in the community of Kenosha and to Carthage students. Melanie is very happy to be part of the production of this show and wants to thank Matthew Hougland for the many opportunities he has given her.

Zoe Landry (Prop Designer): Zoe Landry (she/her) is a sophomore TechnicalDirection Theatre Major. her Carthage College mainstage credits: BETRAYAL (run crew), SOMETHING ROTTEN (Prop Designer), MEMENTO MORI (Prop Designer). She would like to thank her friends and family for their continued support of her endeavors.

Mykah Melone (Prop Designer): Mykah Melone is a junior Theatre major with a minor in English and Secondary Education. Carthage Credits include Betrayal (assistant stage manager) Something Rotten (sound crew) Hair (Ensemble). Non Carthage acting credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, She Kills Monsters, Macbeth, Lysistrata and Unit LLT. He will also be a part of the Bristol Renaissance Faire’s Puppet Corps this summer. Break legs everyone and enjoy the show.

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin Book by Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Mero-Golwyn-Mayer motion picture.

Original Production by Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals, Dori www.mtishows.com

Berinstein, James L. Nederlander, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman, Amanda Lipitz, Broadway Asia, Barbara Whitman, FWPM Group, Hendel/Wiesenfeld, Goldberg/Binder, Stern/Meyer, Lane/Comley, Bartner-Jenkins/Nocciolino and Warren Trepp; Produced in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber.

Legally Blonde is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.