Cow-O-Ween 2020

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Mad Cow Theatre Presents

OCTOBER 30, 2020 | 7:00 p.m. (EST)

ONLINE


Schedule 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour 7:30 p.m. Welcome Costume Contest Entries Cocktail Demonstration Games 7:45 p.m. ONLINE Production of

“10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse” 8:30 p.m. Announce Costume Contest Winners Performance by

The Glitter Conspiracy 9:00 p.m. Thank you and Closing Hosted by

Jay Hopkins Julie Snyder

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Friday, October 30,2020 | 8:00 p.m.

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The Glitter Conspiracy Song List

1. Haunted Mansion Intro – Keys, Bass Drums & Lead Guitars only - 1 minute 2. Bad Moon Rising: (original key) – Lead Vocals: Erissa ,Harmonies: Dawn & Stephanie, Lead Guitar/Guitar Solo: Dennis/Sean - 2 ½ minutes; 3. Monster Mash (original key) – Lead Vocals: Sean, Background vocals: Erissa & Dawn, Lead Guitar: Dennis, Rhythm Guitar: Erissa - 3 minutes 4. I Put a Spell on You (original key): Lead Vocals: Dawn, Harmonies: Erissa & Steph, Lead Guitar: Sean - 3 ½ minutes 5. Hell/I Wanna Be Like You (original key) – Lead Vocals: Sean/Erissa, Background vocals: Dawn & Steph, Lead Guitar: Dennis (covering all horns parts), Banjo: Sean - 2 ½ minutes 6. Cruella de Vil (original key) – Lead Vocals: Steph & Dawn, Lead Guitar: Dennis - 3 ½ minutes 7. Abracadabra (original key) – Lead Vocals: Erissa, Harmonies: Dawn & Stephanie, Lead Guitar: Sean & Dennis alternating fun effects - 3 ½ minutes 8. Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley key) – Lead Vocals: Sean, Background vocals: Erissa, Dawn & Stephanie, Lead Guitar: Dennis (covering horn parts on guitar at end) - 2 ¼ minutes 9. I Want Candy (original key) – Lead Vocals: Dawn & Steph, Lead Guitar: Dennis, Ukuleles: Erissa & Allan - 3 minutes

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Who’s Who Cast Director..................................................................................DJ Salisbury0 Stage Manager.....................................................................Melissa Collins0 Host 1.................................................................................... Jay Hopkins0 Narrator 1............................................................................... Philip Nolen* Narrator 2..........................................................................Trenell Mooring* Girl/ Christy.................................................................... Heather Leonardi* Nanna/Susan.............................................................................Tracy Wiu* Sam..................................................................................... Brett Waldon0 Jimmy...................................................................................Robby Pigott* Zombie 1.................................................................................. Wes Slade* Zombie 2.............................................................................David Almeida0

Propduction Team Producer............................................................................... Kat Henwood0 Casting.................................................................................Alyssa Zegers0 Sound Design................................................................. Anthony Narcisco0 Lighting Design........................................................................ Josh Seyna0 Copy Writer.........................................................................Ben Mikelberg0 Graphic Artist..............................................................................Lisa Buck0

Musicians Vocalists.......................... Erissa MacKaron, Stephanie Reed & Dawn Frazier0 Lead Guitars................................................ Sean Curry & Dennis Norcross0 Bass Guitar................................................................................Dan Steck0 Keyboard............................................................................. Keith Whipple0 Uke & Percussion..................................................................Allan Alegado0 Drummer............................................................................ David D’Arpino0

* * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the U.S.

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ACTORS BIOS DAVID ALMEIDA (Zombie) Full-time Equity performer at Walt Disney World since 2008. Other roles: Universal Studios, Sea World, Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theatre, and many a Fringe Festival. Favorite Mad Cow roles/ shows: Humphries in The Explorers Club, Kenny in Laughter On The 23rd Floor, and Jules in Sunday In The Park With George. Other favorites: Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Garden Theatre, Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest at Seminole State, and Forbidden Broadway at Winter Park Playhouse. Currently: a weekly podcast worshipping the 1980s sitcom “The Facts Of Life.” www.FaceTheFactsPod.com. MELISSA COLLINS (Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native, but has called Orlando, FL home for the last 14 years. She recently worked at the Orlando Shakes Theatre for the 2019-2020 season. Favorite credits include Macbeth, Mr. Burns a Post Apocalyptic Play and Next to Normal.

JAY HOPKINS (Host) is busy improvising, acting, writing, and directing for SAK Theatre, Universal, Jester Theater, Disney, and ANYONE else who is hiring. He has produced/directed/performed in many shows including Noises Off, Improv Bingo, Fringe Family Feud and The Iliad, The Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or less. He loves movies, board games, his friends, his granddaughters, and of course his wife Diana … who is the only person who knows what Jay’s doing at any given moment. If Jay is lost and you find him, please contact her immediately. HEATHER LEONARDI (Girl/ Christy), a proud AEA member of almost two decades, is thrilled to be returning to the pasture remotely from the concrete jungle of Harlem, New York City. Previous regional credits include; Goodbye (Soho Playhouse, NYC); The Explorers Club, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Cock, Mary’s Wedding, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Stop Kiss (Mad Cow Theatre); Pluto, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trapezuim (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Theatre); The Blue Room, The Well

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ACTORS BIOS of Horniness, Skip Peril (Orlando International Fringe Festival). TRENELL MOORING (Narrator 2) loves Halloween so she very excited to be a part of this event. She is a graduate of UF and The Stella Adler’s 2-year conservatory program in NYC. She was last seen on the Mad Stage stage as Lizzy Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Other credits include The Amish Project, Clybourne Park (Mad Cow) , Our Town, The Little Price ( freeFall) and Ruined (GableStage). Her office job includes being a scrapper on Batuu, a Jedi Knight, a 1940s starlet, and a wandkeeper. In her spare time Trenell enjoys sewing and cosplay. Trenell is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Much love to her family and friends. PHILIP NOLEN (Narrator 2) has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of actors and stage managers in the United States, for twenty-eight years. His most recent appearance at Mad Cow was, The Chairman, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. His last stage performance before COVID-19 closed theaters, was Captain Treville in The Three Musketeers, and Sir

John Falstaff in Henry IV, Part One, for Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and hope for the future. T. ROBERT PIGOTT (Jimmy) Robby grew up on Maui and studied theatre at Yale University. He has performed West Side Story all over Europe and starred in Starlight Express in Germany and Las Vegas. He has appeared off-Broadway twice and has been an actor for Walt Disney World for the past 25 years allowing him to work for nearly every professional regional theatre in Central Florida. Previous Mad Cow credits include 12 Angry Men and The God Game. You can currently see him live at SAK Comedy Lab nearly every weekend. DJ SALISBURY (Director) has set shows nationally and internationally: Paper Mill Playhouse, Dallas Summer Musicals, Sacramento Music Circus, Riverside FL, Ogunquit Playhouse, Musical Theatre West- LA, Pioneer Theatre-SLC, KC Starlight, Orlando Shakes, and Off-BWAY (CHIX 6). Favorite directing experiences: Les Miserables (LA’s Scenie Award), The Full Monty, Man of La Mancha, La Cage Aux Folles, Ragtime, West

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ACTORS BIOS Side Story, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and The Will Rogers Follies (10 productions!) In NYC, DJ directed Alan Menken’s Lincoln Center Solo concert as well as numerous readings of new musicals. He’s also worked with or alongside BWAY masters Tommy Tune, Jeff Calhoun, Jerry Mitchell, and Susan Stroman. TV Choreography: ABC’s “DWTS Road Trip,” and The Rachael Ray Show. Current project as writer: Www.WhisperDarkly.com. www.djsalisbury.com WESLEY SLADE (Zombie) Mad Cow: Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Albert Einstein), The Who’s Tommy (Tommy), and Sunday in the Park With George. Other Regional theatres include Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Actors Playhouse, The Wick Theatre, Slow Burn Theatre Co., TheatreZone, American Stage, GableStage, Southern Rep, and more. Favorite Credits: Hand to God (Jason/Tyrone), One Man, Two Guvnors (Francis), The Music Man (Marcellus; With John Tartaglia), Shrek: The Musical (Shrek), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy). Wesley has been seen on stages all over Central Florida, including Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theatre and more. Coming Summer 2021: Mary Poppins at The MUNY.

JULIE SNYDER (Host 2) Julie is an actor, improviser, and creator residing in New England after ten years in Central Florida. Favorite Roles include: Veronica (God of Carnage–Florida Theatrical Association), Natasha (3 Sisters–MCT), and Judy (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime–Apollinaire Theatre Company). When not onstage, Julie performs as a Simulation Specialist (improvising with digital avatars) –finally proving to her mother that all of those video games were, in fact, vital to her career. www.juliannesnyder.com BRETT WALDON (Sam) has always looked at doing plays as an opportunity to escape reality for a bit; so when he got the offer to do this one he thought it would be fun to live in a different world for awhile. A world populated by mindless masses, acting on impulse with no intelligent thought, infecting everyone they come across. By the time he realized this fantasy world and his real world were no different, it was too late and he had already agreed to do the show. On the bright side the fictional reality seems to be funnier, so ... enjoy!

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ACTORS BIOS TRACY WIU (Nanna/Susan) is thrilled to be surviving this zombie apocalypse! Last seen at Mad Cow as Christmas Eve in Avenue Q back in 2016. Theatre credits include Miss Saigon (Mimi / Kim understudy) at Maine State Music Theatre, multiple shows at Walt Disney World including Finding Nemo the Musical, Lights Motors Action, and Disney’s Spirit of Aloha. TV credits include I am Frankie on Nickelodeon, Homeland on Showtime, and The Inbetweeners on MTV. MAD COW THEATRE now in our 23rd season, is downtown Orlando’s destination for professional theatre. MCT was founded on the belief that the theatre is a dynamic and powerful means of social understanding, as well as a hugely entertaining art form.Through the combination of passionate, skillful

acting and compelling, insightful writing, nurtured by an attentive and ever-changing process, Mad Cow presents entertaining works of theatre to an ever-widening audience — promoting, enhancing, and celebrating the human condition through art. With a passion for both classic and contemporary plays representing the best of American and world literature, MCT is committed to story-telling with no boundaries, to a wide range of audiences. MCT attracts the area’s most talented performers, designers, and directors. A mainstay of the company is its dedication to the process of creating theatre, incorporating in-depth rehearsaland research periods along with a nurturing collaborative process. Awards include Arts Innovator of the Year (United Arts of Central Florida), Best Place to See a Play Orlando Sentinel Best Live Theatre Orlando Weekly, Best Local Theatre Company Orlando Magazine, and Best Performance Theatre (Orlando Business Journal).

Contribute Mad Cow Theatre creates entertaining, intimate, high-quality

theatre experiences in downtown Orlando. We are dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and celebrating the human condition through art. But we couldn’t do it without the generosity of our patrons. Ticket sales make up only a portion of the revenue we need to produce 10 shows, two festivals, and a variety of community programs and educational workshops each year. Call: 407.297.8788

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Website: madcowtheatre.com


STAFF Mad Cow Theatre Staff Executive Director Mitzi Maxwell Director of Operations Audrey McGowen Producer Alyssa Zegers Manager of Art and Design Lisa Buck

Development and Marketing Coordinator Alletta Gentry Director of Special Projects Jessica Kaschube Production Coordinator Kat Henwood

Patron Experience Manager Maddie Stroud Patron Services Assistant Brent Lane Max Pinsky Charis Walter Resource Development Manager Laurel Hatfield

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Project Manager Ashley Ahr Audio Coordinator Anthony Narcisco Photographer Tom Hurst Founding Members Rus Blackwell Trudy Bruner Alan Bruun Dennis Neal

Board Members Bill Boles Meredith Egan Kathy Godfrey Mitzi Maxwell Susi Rivera Karenna Senors


DONORS LIST Business Circle CORPORATE ANGEL Adirondack Scenery Alternative Dispute Resolution Center of Central Florida Amazon Hose & Rubber Company ArtReach Orlando Baker, Hyatt, Homrich & Lokvic, P.A. in memory of Bob Stonerock Bywater Management Co. Carousel Workshop ClassAct Studios Clear Channel CNL Financial Group Creative Zing Promotion Group Direct One Effective Financial Services Inc.

Florida Theatrical Association Holland & Knight LLP Joanne King Design Kres Chophouse Majors Motors/M Bar MBI Direct Mail Miller’s Hardware Network For Good Odd-o-Ts’ Entertainment in honor of all those who keep us performing! Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs Remixed Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theatre, Inc.

State of Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs Ten Thousand Villages of Winter Park Terracon The Burnett Honors College at UCF The Hinsdale Group The Walt Disney Company Foundation The Walt Disney Foundation Walt Disney World Resort Watermark Publishing Group White Wolf Cafe Wow! Works International

Black & White Bash BLACK & WHITE BASH 2020 CORPORATE SPONSORS Godfrey Legal J. Meyers Insurance Agency Mid-Florida Credit Union

ODEIA Theatre Management System The Walt Disney Company WUCF

BLACK & WHITE BASH 2020 DONORS Anonymous Maria Elena Augustin Lara Baker Wendy Blair Christine Bowen Annalise Carty Laurie Clark Aurora DeMarco Mary Dunleavy Eileen Dworkin Meredith Egan Anna Eskamani Gloria Gladieux

Biff Godfrey Kathy Godfrey Tom Hurst Arlene Hutton Florian Jentsch Kathy Koons Leland Krause Susan Ledlow David W Lowe Alison Lunsford James Lussier Barbara Maxwell Mitzi Maxwell

Charlotte McCormick Audrey McGowen Denise Meneghelli Whitney Morse James Mullen Donna Mylrea Lauren Nelson Linnea Nelson Jennafer Newberry Terry Olson Lenore Roland Catherine Roth Nicole Sargent

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Mike Schneider Alan Sheppard Judith Stern Ronald T Hirsch Michael Tedesco Alan Wilson Angela Withers Karel Wright Ariel Zambrano


Family and Individual THE HOLSTEIN HERITAGE SOCIETY

Sandy Neubarth PLATINUM $25,000 AND UP

Anonymous

Holland & Knight

GOLD CIRCLE $10,000 – $24,999

Anonymous Frank Doherty Godfrey Legal

Shelby Norwich Michael Schneider Dr. Joseph & Susan Warren

SILVER CIRCLE $9,999 – $5,999

Pamela Aniello Margaret Jane Brownlee Michael & Jennifer Coleman

Mary Kelsh Judith Thompson Lee & Wendy Zehngebot

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $2,500 – $4,999 Anonymous Bill & Leslie Boles Universal Orlando

Kerby Pickens John Rigsby

Steve Rivers Rafael Torres

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $1,000 – $2,499 Anonymous Sheryl Batchelder Minter Byrd Steven Clawson Jeffrey Cohen Austin Commercial Ann H. Cook Addition Financial Thomas & Kathleen Gillman

Kathy & Biff Godfrey Jim & Freddi Goodrich Michael Haddad Dan Hitt Dean Johnson Charline Kennedy Susan McKenna Janet Mechlin William Newkirk

Jane Oatway John O’Brien Deede Sharpe & John Parker Deborah Randall Kimberly Sterling Joan & Joel Strickland L. Karenna Senors Nancy Hutson & Pat Williams

ARTIST’S CIRCLE $500 – $999 Norman & Donna Abramson Kay Allen Sheila Arnold Maria-Elena Augustin Marc & Jill Craddock Brenda Dalman & Rudi Moerck

The Walt Disney Company Foundation James Lussier Benevity Community Impact Fund Deena Breed Jan Bowman Jerry Burnley

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Karen Castelloes Brian Chambers Robert Dipboye Rosemary DuRocher Rosemary Gates The Hance Family David & Nancy Harvey


ARTIST’S CIRCLE $500 – $999 (continued) Georgiana Havill John Horn Libby Jackson Bette Jore Robert & Judith Kemp Susan Ledlow David Lowe Joann Marks Barbara Maxwell Thomas Ouellette

George Poelker & Judy Black David Piatt Lenore Roland Alison Royle Maria Rubin Kristina Kise Rygwalski Melanie Sylvan Sachs Lindsay Siebert Kathleen & John Simpson Barbara J. Smith

Dennis Sobeck Kimberly Sutton Sigrid Tiedtke Trudy Wild Daniel Wise Leighton Yates Edward Zissman

HOLY COW $250 – $499 Robin Baab Hohman Dr. Cori Baill Barbara Blake Louise Cook Earl Crittenden Judy Doyle & Bob Shaw in Memory of Katie Doyle Robert Galano Edward Gilbert

Patrick Hanna Stephen & Ruth Ann Heller Margaret Hickson Ron Hirsch & Betty Reid Erica Johnson Jeffrey & Rebecca Junod Penilope Krain Gordon Lange K.H. Loo

James Lussier Ken & Trisha Margeson James Mullen Christy Mullins & Polly Purgason Robert & Marianne Murphy Jimmie Leonard Raughton Russ Reader

Nancy Sabetini John Simpson Annemmarie Smith Cynthia Schleier Stacia Wake Robert Zollinger

Listing in the program for $250+ donations Listing reflects donations through July 25, 2020 We apologize for any errors or omissions.

We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS SAG-AFTRA Special thanks to AEA Theatre Authority, for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on this program.

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