Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken | Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith Originally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director) Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City by the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization

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French Creek

Theatre 2018-2019 season Little Shop ial of Horrors mid*Snigpec ht show Oct 12 - 28, 2018

on Friday, October 26* Seymour Krelborn, a failing florist’s assistant, dreams of escaping his luckless life on skid row. After he stumbles upon a first-of-its-kind flower, his fortunes start to turn around. But when the potted plant suddenly won’t bloom without blood, Seymour must choose: success or slaughter?

Book by Howard Ashman | Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman Based on the film by Roger Corman, with Screenplay by Charles Griffith

The Gifts of the Magi Nov 30 - 16, 2018

When you have nothing, what do you give the person who is your everything? Such is the plight of Jim and Della, a young, penniless couple in New York City on Christmas Eve. Searching for the perfect present for one another, they discover the richness of their love despite being poor in means. Taken from the short stories of O. Henry, warm your heart and spirit with The Gifts of the Magi.

Music by Randy Courts Lyrics by Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts

She loves Me

Little Women

Georg and Amalia, two headstrong employees of a European perfumery, quarrel endlessly on the job. But away from work, they’re two lonely hearts, each exchanging tender correspondences with an anonymous pen pal who’s a lot closer than they know!

From their Concord, Massachusetts home in Civil War America, Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth March plan their futures, but the present is what they’ll cherish forever. Woven together with each sister’s unique flaws, hopes and dreams, the classic novel gets the musical treatment in this vibrant and stirring adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s timeless celebration of a family unbroken by life’s trials.

Feb 1 - 17, 2019

Book by Joe Masteroff | Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Based on a play by Miklos Laszio Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince

Mar 29 - Apr 14, 2019

Music by Jason Howland | Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Book by Allan Knee Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott

Into the Woods

Tuck Everlasting

Cinderella goes to the festival, and marries the prince. Jack climbs the beanstalk, and steals the giant’s gold. The Baker and his wife are bestowed with a child...then what?

In this imaginative and beguiling takeoff of familiar fairy tales, the real story begins once wishes have been granted, and the characters learn to live with their “happily ever after.”

The woods of Treegap, New Hampshire beckon eleven-yearold Winnie Foster to escape her humdrum, small town life. Once within, she discovers a spring with a powerful secret, and a boy with a mysterious past. Pursued by a strange man in yellow, she learns the truth about the connection between the boy’s family and the water, and is forced to make a decision with everlasting consequences.

May 31 - June 16, 2019

Book by James Lapine Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

July 19 - Aug 4, 2019

Book by Claudia Shear & Tim Federle Music by Chris Miller | Lyrics by Nathan Tysen Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Bacon Woods Amphitheatre, Vermilion River Reservation

As You Like It

Aug 16 - 18, 2019 (Shows at 7pm) Lovers in disguise, banished dukes and merry companions come together in As You Like It. Set in the dreamlike Forest of Arden, the Bard’s whimsical discourse on the fun and folly of love is performed outdoors (and FREE!) at the Bacon Woods Amphitheatre at Vermilion River Reservation.

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French Creek

Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors

Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman

Music by Alan Menken

Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith Originally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director) Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City by the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization

Director // Katie Lupica Musical Director // Anthony Trifiletti Stage Manager // Julie Billinghurst Choreographer // Neil Macke Set Designer/Technical Director/Spotlight Operator // Derek Green Lighting Designer // Rob Peck Sound Designer // Stan Kozak Co-Costume Designer // Alyssa Henkelman Co-Costume Designer // Jane Medoro Sound Board Operator // Sarah Rounds Props // Paul Melnykowski Spotlight Operator // Gretchen Woods Artistic Director // Rick Fortney Program Director // Brian McNally

Little Shop of Horrors

Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

–– PLEASE NOTE ––

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited

Welcome to French Creek Theatre Welcome to French Creek Theatre and to our 2018-2019 Season!!!!!

A hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh …with music in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown … welcome to Little Shop of Horrors!!!!! Welcome to our October Fest / Halloween production! A special evening is planned for Friday, October 26th. The show that evening Rick Fortney will be at midnight.!!! At 10:00 Cultural Arts Manager, p.m. we will have a Halloween Party complete with Scareokie, Lorain County Metro Parks Dance Contest, Costume Contest, Games, Mocktails, etc. Will be lots of fun …. Hope you will consider joining us! I would like to thank our Staff, Production Team, Cast, Crew and Band for all their hard work in bringing Little Shop to our Stage. A special thank you and shout-out to our director, Katie Lupica!

Our Holiday Production, The Gifts of the Magi, opens November 30th. We invite you to this and the rest of the season … She Loves Me, Little Women, Into the Woods, Tuck Everlasting and As You Like It. See pages 4 and 5 of this program for the full season lineup with dates and times. It is not too late to get season tickets and save 33% off your ticket price!

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Thanks for coming, and more importantly thank you for supporting the arts, both here and throughout Northeast Ohio!

Enjoy the show!

Rick Fortney Cultural Arts Manager

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Musical Numbers Act I Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors)...............................Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette Skid Row (Downtown)...........................................................Company Da-Doo.................................................Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette Grow For Me.................................................................................Seymour Don’t It Go to Show Ya Never Know..............................Mushnik, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette, Seymour Somewhere That’s Green.........................................................Audrey Closed For Renovations............Seymour, Audrey, Mushnik Dentist....................................Orin, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette Mushnik and Son................................................Mushnik, Seymour Sudden Changes........................................................................Seymour Feed Me (Git It).......................................................Seymour, Audrey II Now (It’s Just the Gas)..............................................Seymour, Orin

// End of Act I //

Act II Call Back in the Morning................................Seymour, Audrey Suddenly, Seymour..............................................Seymour, Audrey Suppertime......................................................................................Audrey II The Meek Shall Inherit..........................................................Company Sominex/Suppertime Reprise.........................Audrey, Audrey II Finale (Don’t Feed the Plants).........................................Company

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Cast Dayshawnda Ash.......................................................................Crystal Andrea Belser.............................................................................Chiffon Megan Campana.........................................................................Ronette Emma DiBattiste.....................................................................Ensemble Domenic Farinelli.............................................................................Orin Dawn Galang...........................................................................Ensemble Kayla Haskins..........................................................................Ensemble Zach Palumbo............................................................................Seymour John J. Polk..................................................................................Mushnik Spencer Riley...........................................................................Ensemble Hanna Shykind.............................................................................Audrey Anthony Williams..................................................................Audrey II

Production Team Katie Lupica.................................................................................Director Anthony Trifiletti.................................................Music Director Julie Billinghurst..................................................Stage Manager Neil Macke..................................................................Choreographer Derek Green....................Set Designer, Technical Director, Spotlight Operator Rob Peck...................................................................Lighting Designer Stan Kozak..................................................................Sound Designer Alyssa Henkelman..................................Co-Costume Designer Jane Medoro...............................................Co-Costume Designer Sarah Rounds........................................Sound Board Operator Paul Melnykowski........................................................................Props Gretchen Woods.........................................Spotlight Operator

The Band Anthony Trifiletti............................................Conductor/Keys Jayne Kacik.............................................................................................Keys Jacob Majoras................................................................................Guitar Kevin Aylward.....................................................................................Bass Brad Elles..........................................................................................Drums

A Note from the director Hello and thank you so much for joining us for Little Shop of Horrors! It has been a pleasure to work with the French Creek Theatre family for the past two months. The extraordinary cast, design team, crew, and I have had a blast with this show, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

Though adapted in 1982 from a 1960 B-movie, Little Shop’s offbeat, toe-tapping cautionary tale still has plenty to offer audiences in 2018. The campy delights of Seymour’s unlikely partnership with a carnivorous plant - and the motley ensemble of lovable (and love-to-hate) characters - still ask bigger questions that are relevant today. What happens when the voice of gain at all costs presents itself as the only hope for a better life? How do we come to believe that some people are more disposable than others? Is it possible to fight the seduction of these less-than-benevolent forces? Is there another way?

Thanks to the genius of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, exploring these questions has never been more wickedly fun or wonderfully satisfying. It’s the perfect medley of trick and treat for the Halloween season. Whether this is your first or fiftieth visit to Skid Row, I hope you enjoy the fun and fright in store and leave with some questions of your own. Thank you for joining us. We’re thrilled you’re here.

Katie Lupica Director

Actor/Actress Bios

CAST Days h aw n da Ash (Crystal) is excited to be back at French Creek, and to have an opportunity to work with such an amazing cast. Her credits include Bare (Sister Chantelle), Side Show Rival (Fortune Teller), Urinetown (Little Sally), Hairspray (Shayna), Avenue Q (Gary Coleman), Children of Eden (Snake), Sister Act (Sister Mary Patrick), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Muzzy), Ghost (Clara Brown) and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (St. Monica). Dayshawnda thanks her Grandma for her unending love & support in the pursuit of her dreams!

Remember “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

Sit back, relax, and “Don’t feed the plants.”

Andrea Belser (Chiffon) is a Performing and Teaching Artist from Cleveland with a BA in Theater Studies emphasizing Dance and Applied Voice from Wright State University.

Currently, she teaches dance, theater and acting to all Pg. 14 ages with theaters and

companies around Northeast Ohio.

She has also worked behind the scenes as a choreographer, stage manager and dresser. You may have last seen her in The Casual Tree Ward at Convergence-Continuum, Panther Dancer at Playwrights Local, Sundiata at Talespinner Children’s Theatre, or I Call My Brothers at Cleveland Public Theatre. Andrea’s awards include 2008 Best Actress in Cleveland and a nomination for the same in 2012.

M e g a n C a m p a n a (Ronette) is excited to be a part of Little Shop of Horrors. Megan has been a part of several French Creek Theatre productions including Oliver! (The Widow Corney), Children of Eden (Storyteller), Bonnie & Clyde (Stella), Jekyll & Hyde (Lady Beaconsfield/ Barmaid) and Godspell (Ensemble/ solo: Bless the Lord). Megan has also been actively involved with the Lorain Community Music Theatre as a hair/makeup artist since 2008.

Megan cantors at her church, St. Peter in Lorain, and is a member of Project Praise contemporary choir under the direction of Mr. Anthony Trifiletti. She is also a member of Choral Spectrum, a local chamber choir under the direction of Dr. Ted Williams.

Actor/Actress Bios E m m a D i Bat t i s t e (Ensemble) is a junior at Albert Einstein Academy, and is thrilled to be back with French Creek. Little Shop of Horrors has been one of her favorite shows growing up, and it’s been an honor for her to be in it. This will be her sixth show in total, and her third with French Creek. She’s so grateful for the wonderful cast she’s had the pleasure of meeting and working with. Thank you for coming to the show!

D o m e n i c Farinelli (Orin) is glad to be performing with French Creek Theatre again! He teaches English and Theatre at Lakewood High School where he also directs the drama club, which will be performing The Laramie Project November 1-3, and Mamma Mia May 2-4. Domenic is also working on his Master’s in Workforce Education and Development at BGSU, and will be starting a PostGrad Diploma in Creative Writing at the University of York next spring.

He was most recently seen at FCT in Romeo & Juliet as Mercutio, and Children of Eden as Father. Other favorite performances include

West Side Story (Tony), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Peter Pan (Captain Hook), and High School Musical (Troy). He would like to thank Katie and Julie for giving him this amazing opportunity in spite of his hectic schedule. He’d also like to thank Christine, Snow, and his family for always supporting him!

Dawn Galang is (Ensemble) excited to be back onstage singing and dancing in one of her favorite musicals.

She played Lady Montague in the summer outdoor production of Romeo & Juliet, and was a member of the ensemble in Annie this past winter. A longtime resident of Bay Village, Dawn currently resides in Westlake, and is a teacher at the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center. Special thanks to family and friends for supporting the show!

Kayla Haskins (Ensemble) is very excited to be doing her third show at French Creek Theatre. You may have seen her in Children of Eden (Storyteller) or Annie (Annie). She would like to thank her mom for her love and support,

Actor/Actress Bios Nina Fisher and Amber Michalek for their vocal guidance and superb knowledge, and the cast and crew for making this show spectacular!

Sit back, relax, and don’t feed the plant!

Zach Palumbo (Seymour) is thrilled to be returning to French Creek after appearing earlier this year in Children of Eden (Snake/ Storyteller). Since then, he has appeared in Dogfight (Bernstein) at Western Reserve Playhouse, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Jacek) at Blank Canvas Theatre, and Spring Awakening (Moritz Stiefel) at Near West Theatre. Zach is humbled to be sharing this show with a wonderful cast and creative team, and he is grateful to his family and friends for their unending support and encouragement. He requests that you not feed the plants on your way out.

John J. Polk (Mr. Mushnik) is making his French Creek debut with this production.

He has been seen loitering with intent around the Northeast Ohio theatre scene for…ohhhh, a LONG

time… He has brought a parade of authority figures, blowhards, villains, and foils to numerous area stages, in productions such as Little Women (Old Mr. Laurence) and Romeo & Juliet (Lord Montague) as part of the 2018 Oberlin Summer Theatre Festival; Sideshow (Sir), Urinetown: The Musical (Caldwell B. Cladwell), Cabaret (Herr Schultz), and Our Town (Doc Gibbs) at Blank Canvas Theatre; Lend Me A Tenor (Henry Saunders), Mary Poppins (Admiral Boom, The Chairman), and My Favorite Year (King Kaiser) at The Beck Center For The Arts; and Spirits To Enforce (The Snow-Heavy Branch) and Fever/ Dream (Fred Clotaldo) at Cleveland Public Theatre. Our performance is our gift to you; your enjoyment is your gift to us. Enjoy your evening…

Spencer Riley is (Ensemble) excited to be a part of this classic, spooky musical! Spencer has appeared many times on the French Creek stage, the most recently in Oliver! (Noah Claypole).

Spencer has also acted with Lorain Community Music Theater, Lorain Palace Youth Theater and Mighty Goliath Productions in such shows as Beauty and the Beast (Chorus), The Little Mermaid (Pilot/Chef/ Sea Creature), Hairspray (Pinky/ Spritzer/Flasher), and The Wizard of Oz (Zeke/Cowardly Lion), to

Actor/Actress Bios name a few. He is a 2014 graduate of Marietta College with a BFA in Theater, where he performed a variety of roles, including The Arabian Nights (Shahryar), At Home at the Zoo (Peter), Arms and the Man (Major Petkoff), and The Music Man (Oliver Hix). Spencer would like to thank his family for their continued support and love, and his cast and crew mates for their enthusiasm and dedication. Enjoy the show, and have a Happy Halloween!

Hanna Shykind (Audrey) is a senior at Oberlin College double-majoring in Theater and Neuroscience.

Hanna was first cast in a production of Little Shop in tenth grade when she was living in Doha, Qatar. She is thrilled to be playing Audrey here at French Creek, and loves working with such a fabulous cast and crew! Previous credits include Millie in Picnic (Oberlin Summer Theater Festival), Amy in Little Women (Oberlin Summer Theater Festival), and Harper Pitt in Angels in America (Oberlin College).

She is endlessly grateful to the team of people who drove her to and from rehearsal everyday: Liam McMillin, Laurie McMillin, Katie Lupica, Evan Board, Jack Miller, Kelvin Baker, and Kieran Minor. And she couldn’t have done it without the support of her wonderful family!!

A n t h o n y W i ll i a m s (Audrey II) is pleased to announce that this production of Little Shop of Horrors marks 15 years performing, and what an amazing journey it has been. Anthony got his start in 2003 in the ensemble of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He went on to do many shows including Urinetown, Cats, West Side Story, Godspell, Children of Eden, Hairspray and Six Degrees of Separation. With great shows came some great roles as well, such as John in Miss Saigon, Ike Skidmore in Oklahoma, Horton in Seussical, Booker T. Washington in Ragtime, Tom Collins in Rent and Ken in Ain’t Misbehavin’ to name a few. He most recently was seen as Delray in Cain Park’s production of Memphis. He has performed at other theatres as well including Near West, Cleveland Public Theatre, Karamu House, Aurora Community Theatre, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre and others across northeast Ohio. He has worked in live entertainment in the last few years at Cedar Point, and was a part of the T.O.P.S (Theatre Outreach Performance Series) at Karamu which toured around different venues in northeast Ohio.

Thanks to his grandma, and his little brother, Warren!

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Actor/Actress Bios

Production Team: Julie Billinghurst (Stage Manager) is excited to be opening her fourth season at French Creek Theatre. She has also worked at Stage Manager for TrueNorth and Lorain Community Music Theatre.

Some of her favorites include; Big Fish, Bonnie & Clyde, Parade and Romeo & Juliet. Thanks to the cast and crew for working together to bring this show to life. Enjoy the show!

Derek Green (Set Designer / Technical Director) is a freelance technical director, scenic and lighting designer, and has served as French Creek’s technical director for the past year. Design credits include The Elephant Man, Children of Eden, I’m Not Rappaport, Bonnie & Clyde, Willy Wonka, Our Town, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other design credits include The Tempest, Richard II (Cleveland Shakespeare Festival); South Pacific, The Curious Savage, Joseph . . . Dreamcoat, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Here Come the Brides (NDCL). Derek currently works on the Education staff at Cleveland Play House.

Alyssa Henkelman (Costume Designer) is so delighted to be making her French Creek designer debut! A Cleveland native, she’s a past intern and volunteer of Dobama Pg. 18 Theatre, Weathervane

Playhouse, and Near West Theatre. She currently works at Cleveland Play House as the arts administration apprentice. Favorite projects have included directing and choreographing Cry-Baby (Stage Left), assistant directing and choreographing First Date (Stage Left), assistant stage managing The Wild Party (Miami University), and costuming Rumors (Stage Left). She would like to thank Jane, her better half, and the entire Little Shop team and cast!

Stan Kozak (Sound Designer) Stan Kozak, currently in his twentyseventh season at Great Lakes Theater, has more than 50 design credits including Bat Boy: The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Comedy of Errors, Amadeus, You Can’t Take It With You, Private Lives, Into the Woods and the Tom Hanks’ benefit performances. His work in 1979 and 1981 with Geraldine Fitzgerald on Streetsongs at GLTF led to the original cast album. Mr. Kozak was the resident sound designer for four seasons at the Porthouse Theatre Company, including productions of Driving Miss Daisy, Niteclub Confidential and a Nightingale Sang.

His collaborations with Victoria Bussert at Baldwin-Wallace College include productions of Chess, Hair, Company, Cabaret, West Side Story, Tommy in Concert, Parade, the Ohio premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, and one of the first nonprofessional productions of Phantom of the Opera. For Cain Park,

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Actor/Actress Bios his design credits include Secret Garden, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Bat Boy, Tick, tick…Boom, Nine, The Wiz, Harold and Maude and Pippin.

Mr. Kozak has also designed sound for Wit and Last Five Years for the Dobama Theater, Iolanthe and Sweeney Todd for the Cleveland Opera, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Forbidden Broadway SVU for the Hanna Theatre and A Shayna Maidel, Brooklyn Boy and Pangs of the Messiah for the JCC. He has served as sound designer for the All-City Musical for the Cleveland school system for eight seasons.

He also had the good fortune to have worked with Bebe Neuwirth in her concert performance for the Ideastream Gala in 2005. He was honored to be among the first group of LORT sound designers to achieve recognition in USA 829.

Katie Lupica (Director) came to Northeast Ohio as the 2017-

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18 Cleveland Play House Artistic Directing Fellow. At CPH, she served as director for the 2018-19 Season Announcement and Cicada in the New Ground Theatre Festival, and as assistant director for Shakespeare in Love and Macbeth. NYC directing includes work at Access Theatre, La MaMa (NYC Fringe), Ugly Rhino, Gallery Players, and NYU Steinhardt.

Regional directing includes the Hangar Theatre (Drama League Fellow), Williamstown Theatre Festival, SUNY Brockport (in assoc. with Geva Theatre), and Cincinnati Fringe (Producer’s Pick Award).

Select assisting credits include: Godspell (Broadway, Circle in the Square); Peter & The Starcatcher (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Rep. St. Louis); Stupid F**king Bird (The Pearl NYC); and Pygmalion (Williamstown). She is a graduate of Columbia University (summa cum laude) and an associate member of SDC. More at www.katielupica.com.

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Actor/Actress Bios Neil Macke (Choreographer) is thrilled to be returning to French Creek Theatre where he was last seen onstage as Deputy Bud in Bonnie and Clyde and Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. He is excited to be taking the step offstage to choreograph for the first time here at FCT, and is incredibly happy to be working with this fantastic cast and creative team to bring this strange and interesting story to life. Favorite previous credits include: How to Succeed in Business…

(J.B. Biggley), Songs for a New World (Man 1), The Music Man (Mayor George Shinn), and Little Shop of Horrors (Mr. Mushnik). Neil currently works at Cleveland Play House as the Producing Associate where he has had the honor to work on such productions as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Freaky Friday, The Crucible, A Christmas Story, and the world premieres of

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The Good Peaches and Minton’s Place.

Jane Medoro (Costumer) is pleased to be designing the costumes for one of her favorite musicals. Her recent credits include Benvolio in French Creek’s recent production of Romeo and Juliet, an ensemble member in Near West’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and designing and directing Sweeney Todd at her university. She’d like to say thank you to our director, Katie, as well as the beautiful and talented Alyssa Henkelman, her co-designer.

Sarah Rounds (Sound Board Operator) is excited to be back working on her second season at French Creek! She graduated from Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida, earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Recording Arts, and currently works at Playhouse

Actor/Actress Bios Square as a Ticketing Concierge.

She is an Avon High School alumni where she was involved in the drama club, and was inducted into the Thespian Society. She enjoyed being onstage as much as working offstage in running crew and as head of the makeup/hair crew. In her free time, Sarah likes to sing, teach herself new instruments, hang out with friends and family, and work on her sound design skills.

Anthony Trifiletti (Music Director) is an active solo pianist, collaborative artist, and music director throughout much of Ohio.

As a pianist and music director, Anthony has held positions at TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center, The Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain Palace Youth Theatre, Sandstone Summer Theatre, Amherst Workshop Players, Lorain Community Music Theatre, The Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton Opera, Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings, and numerous other venues. Anthony is currently serving on the Board of Directors for TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center. He is a recent graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. While at UD, Anthony was the recipient of the Award for Outstanding Collaborative Pianist and performed at the American Choral Director’s Association National Convention in 2013. Besides working in theatrical and other performance related settings, Anthony is an active church

musician having served at numerous parishes throughout the state. He is currently the music director at St. Peter in Lorain. Congratulations cast, crew, and orchestra on a wonderful performance!

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