Something Rotten! Program 2022

O T T E R B E I N T H E AT R E & D A N C E and

D E PA RT M E N T O F M U S I C present

OMETHING

Book by

Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell

Music and Lyrics by

Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick Arrangements by

Orchestrations by

Glen Kelly

Larry Hochman

Originally produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum Broadway Global Ventures, CMC, Mastro/Goodman, Jerry & Ronald Frankel, Morris Berchard Kyodo Tokyo, Inc., Wendy Federman, Barara Freitag, LAMS Productions, Winkler/DeSimone Timothy Laczynski, Dan Markley, Harris/Karmazin, Jam Theatricals, Robert Greenblatt And Jujamcyn Theaters Developed in association with the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA, David Armstrong, Executive Producer and Artistic Director Bernadine Griffin, Managing Director and Bill Berr, Production Artistic Director

Directed by

Mark Mineart

Music Direction by

Choreography by

Scenic Design by

Costume Design by

Lori Kay Harvey

Stella Hiatt Kane

Edith D. Wadkins ‘02

Rebecca White

Lighting Design by

Sound Design by

Elliot France ‘05

Nik Engelhart

Stage Managed by

Avery Lynn Barrett ‘22

March 31-April 3 & April 7-9, 2022

Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall 30 S. Grove St., Westerville

SOMETHING ROTTEN is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

CAST

Shakespeare........................................................................................................................Sam Hoyer Nick Bottom............................................................................................................ Benjamin Hoover Nigel Bottom..................................................................................................................Dean Yurecka Nostradamus................................................................................................................Dale Saunders Bea................................................................................................................................... Katie Wagner Brother Jeremiah...................................................................................................................Tru Stites Portia............................................................................................................................ Emily Baggarly Minstrel.............................................................................................................................Carson Zoch Lady Clapham........................................................................................................... Grace Guichard Shylock............................................................................................................................Holden Boger ENSEMBLE Holden Boger, Lucy Breedlove*, Nijah Dent, Elizabeth Foster, Jackson Gifford, Grace Guichard, Daniel Keener, Evan Little, Kate Maniuszko*, Julia Murphy, Charlie Scaglione, Hannah Schmidt, Jacob Schilling, Roberto Silva-Neto, Kailey Souder, Shelby Zimmerman, Carson Zoch UNDERSTUDIES Shakespeare.............................................................................................................Charlie Scaglione Nick Bottom..................................................................................................................Jacob Schilling Nigel Bottom/Brother Jeremiah................................................................................. Daniel Keener Nostradamus...................................................................................................................Carson Zoch Bea................................................................................................................................Lucy Breedlove Portia.................................................................................................................... Shelby Zimmerman Lady Clapham...........................................................................................................Kate Maniuszko Shylock................................................................................................................................. Evan Little Minstrel..................................................................................................................Roberto Silva-Neto

*denotes Dance Captains

ORCHESTRA

Conductor/Keyboard I......................................................................................... Lori Kay Harvey** Violin........................................................................................................................................Lane Champa Guitar I......................................................................Karl Wohlwend (Sub: Brett Burleson 4/2, 4/3) Guitar II.......................................................................................................................... Olivia Conley Bass..............................................................................Eric Stratton (Sub: Lydia Namakydoost 4/9) Keyboard II........................................................................................................................Max Pinson Keyboard III........................................................................................................ Dennis Davenport** Reeds.......................................................................................................................Andrew Kovaleski Trumpet........................................................................................................................... Ben Huntoon Trombone....................................................................................................................... Bella Brennan Percussion...............................................................................................................Tomasz Jarzecki** **denotes Department of Music Faculty

Any video an/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

PRODUCTION NOTE Flashing lights and strobe effects will be used during this production.

Original Costumes Designed by Glenn Avery Breed Costumes provided by Wardrobe Witchery

MUSICAL NUMBERS Act I

Overture............................................................................................................................... Orchestra Welcome to the Renaissance...............................................Minstrel, Jeremiah, Portia, Ensemble God, I Hate Shakespeare.............................................................................. Nick, Nigel, Ensemble Right Hand Man.......................................................................................................Bea, Nick, Nigel God, I Hate Shakespeare............................................................................................................. Nick A Musical.........................................................................................Nick, Nostradamus, Ensemble The Black Death............................................................................................. Nick, Nigel, Ensemble I Love the Way................................................................................................................ Portia, Nigel Will Power............................................................................Shakespeare, Nigel, Portia, Ensemble Shakespeare’s After Party.................................................................................................. Ensemble Bottom’s Gonna Be On Top.........................Nick, Nigel, Bea, Shylock, Shakespeare, Ensemble

15-Minute Intermission Act II

Entr’acte................................................................................................................................ Orchestra Welcome to the Renaissance (Reprise)................................................................................Minstrel Hard to Be the Bard.................................................................................... Shakespeare, Ensemble It’s Eggs......................................................................................................................Nick, Ensemble We See the Light........................................................................ Portia, Nigel, Jeremiah, Ensemble Nigel’s Theme..............................................................................................................................Nigel To Thine Own Self Be True.................................................................................... Nigel, Ensemble To Thine Own Self Be True (Part 2)........................................................................Nick, Ensemble Make an Omelette...................................................Nick, Nostradamus, Shakespeare, Ensemble To Thine Own Self (Reprise).......................................................................................... Nick, Nigel Shakespeare in Court.......................................................................................................... Ensemble Welcome to America................................................................ Nick, Nigel, Bea, Portia, Ensemble

This production would not have been possible without extra support.

Special Thanks to

Mills James Jeanette & the Otterbein Custodial Staff Sam Ash Music

PRODUCTION STAFF Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance..................................................................... T.J. Gerckens Chair, Department of Music..............................................................................................Nick Ross Managing Director.............................................................................................Elizabeth Saltzgiver Production Manager...................................................................................................Brian Sekinger Faculty Technical Director........................................................................................... Patrick Stone Paints Mentor......................................................................................................Stephanie Gerckens Costume Shop Supervisor..................................................................................... Anna Grywalski Intimacy Coordinator.................................................................................................Dr. Aviva Neff Dialects Coach............................................................................................................Melissa Lusher Movement Coach/Voice Coach............................................................................ Melinda Murphy Administrator/Director of Recruiting........................................................................ Dawn Horne Assistant Director..................................................................................................... Grace Guichard Assistant Musical Director.............................................................................. Lydia Namakydoost Assistant to the Choreographer................................................. Lucy Breedlove, Kate Maniusko Assistant Costume Designer................................................................................ Addie Richmond Assistant Lighting Designer......................................................................................Sage Wuertzer Assistant Sound Designer.......................................................................................... Nicole Hunter Assistant Stage Managers.................................................. Alex Munzke & Anna Kate Reynolds Assistant Technical Director..........................................................................Matthew Ward Knerr Charge Artist.............................................................................Gabriela Ahumada Mier y Concha Properties Lead................................................................................................................ Olivia Rossi Scenic & Paints Build Crew.......Libby Carroll, Carlos Grunewald, Nicole Hunter, Ryan Lewis,. ...................................................................................................................Paige Vick, Emylie Winesette Fly Captain............................................................................................................Carlos Grunewald Deck Carpenter.................................................................................................................Ryan Lewis Scenery & Props Run Crew....................................................................David Graves, Ian Peloza Wardrobe Lead................................................................................................................ Kate Larson Hair & Makeup Lead...................................................................................................Cassie Perlatti Drapers................................................................................................ Kate Larson & Tiffany Stone Costume Shop Build Crew............ Libby Carroll, Katie Debolt, Paige Vick, Emylie Winesette Wardrobe Run Crew................... Caroline Bowers, Sierra Gelbman, Jack Giglia, Claire Stancy Lead Electrician...................................................................................................... Anna Wehrmann Assistant Lead Electrician................................................................................................Josie Rocca Light Board Programmer........................................................................................... Luca Fragiotta Light Board Operator...................................................................................................Libby Carroll Follow Spot Operators.................................................................... Benjamin Sanford, Paige Vick Electrics Shop Hang Crew................................... David Graves, Carlos Grunewald, Ian Peloza, .......................................................................................................... Benjamin Sanford, Claire Stancy Sound Engineer (A1).................................................................................................. Nicole Hunter Sound A2s.................................................................................... David Graves, Emylie Winesette Graphic Design..................................................................................................................Trevor List Box Office Manager......................................................................................................... Julia Kelley House Managers................................................................................ Amanda Radke, Sarah Short SCENIC STUDIO ASSISTANTS Luca Fragiotta Sophie Rodriguez Matthew Knerr Olivia Rossi Ryan Lewis

LIGHTING & SOUND ASSISTANTS Zoya Bokhari Anna Wehrmann Jacob Gooch Gabe Whitnack Josie Rocca Sage Wuertzer Paige Vick

COSTUME SHOP ASSISTANTS Addison Chapman Alex Munzke Morgan Joyner Anna Kate Reynolds Kate Larson Tiffany Stone

BOX OFFICE ASSISTANTS Carlos Grunewald Michelle Silva Anna Kate Reynolds Anna Walker

DIRECTOR’S NOTE I could not be more chuffed to welcome each and every one of you to Otterbein’s production of Something Rotten! This piece combines so many of the things I truly love in the theatre: the genius and appreciation of Shakespeare, broad comedy played hand-in-hand with rapier wit, a flawlessly smart and clever book, amazing lyrics, incredible music, and the unapologetic theatricality of the American Musical.

Something Rotten is quite literally a love letter to all of these things. If you are a fan of the Bard, you could come to every one of our performances (which I highly encourage) and still not find all of the nods to Hamlet and Shakespeare’s other works. If you adore musicals, you could come to every performance (did I mention I encourage this?) and still not spot all of the references to great and notable musicals.

Finally, Something Rotten is a musical ode (do you like the word? Shakespeare invented it!) praising the indelible and transformative power of words.

It’s also a helluvalotta FUN! If you enjoy the show, the credit is due to every person whose name appears in your program. If anything disagrees with you, please know those mistakes are entirely mine. We cannot thank you enough for choosing to spend your time with us tonight.

From all of us, Thanks.

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ust for fun, here is a partial list of words and phrases first-coined by Shakespeare* that are still in use today. How many can you spot in our production?

amazement apostrophe arouse assassination auspicious barefaced baseless bated-breath bedazzled bloody countless courtship critic

dishearten dislocate dwindle elbow-room eventful exposure eyeball fair-play fitful flowery frugal generous gloomy

all’s well that ends well be all and the end all brave new world break the ice brevity is the soul of wit catch a cold clothes make the man dead as a doornail eat out of house and home foregone conclusion forever and a day give the devil his due heart of gold in a pickle it’s Greek to me

gnarled good riddance hotblooded hurry impartial invulnerable lackluster leapfrog lapse laughable lonely long-haired majestic

mimic mind’s-eye misplaced monumental new-fangled obscene outbreak perusal pious premeditated puking radiance reliance

it’s high time kill with kindness laid on with a trowel love is blind much ado about nothing one fell swoop obvious as the nose on your face play fast and loose pomp and circumstance pound of flesh primrose path refuse to budge and inch set my teeth on edge sound and fury signifying nothing

restoration roadway salad-days sanctimonious seamy so-so submerge suspicious tardiness thin-air tranquil vulnerable

strange bedfellows sweets to the sweet the course of true love never did run smooth the game’s afoot the milk of human kindness the short and long of it the world is my oyster too much of a good thing tower of strength to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve wild goose chase

* The authorship of Shakespeare’s plays was never called into question until over 150 years after his death. This was done by a young American woman named Delia Bacon who became fixated on the idea that her namesake Francis Bacon (though she was no relation) was the true author of Shakespeare’s works. She went so far as to travel to England to pursue this idea. However, rather than engage in scholarly research, she would go to various sites where Bacon spent time and, in her own words, “absorb atmospheres.” Delia died in an insane asylum in 1859 under the belief that she was The Holy Ghost.

Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford is often put forth as the author of Shakespeare’s works. The most glaring deficiency in this theory is that de Vere died in 1609, well before many of Shakespeares plays had been, or could have been, written, given that some of them (Macbeth and the Tempest, to name two) were based upon historical events that had not yet occurred.

A third contestant put forward as the true author of Shakespeare’s plays was Christopher Marlowe, who, while certainly a legitimate and capable talent, would not have been quite up to the task of penning the plays given that he was stabbed though the eye and died in a bar fight in 1593, at which time, alas, only seven of Shakespeare’s thirty-eight plays had been written.

So, yes, Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare’s plays.

BIOGRAPHIES

T.J. Gerckens (Chair/Producing Artistic Director) is the lighting design faculty member at Otterbein University, a USA829 Union Lighting Designer, and proud Otterbein alumnus.

At Otterbein, he has designed the lighting for Gentleman’s Guide, Into a Lamplit Room, Dance 2020: The Wild Within (with John Diver), Chicago, Oklahoma!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Diary of Anne Frank, Adding Machine: A Musical, Damn Yankees, Dance 2016: The Goddess, The Crucible, Fiddler on the Roof, Dance 2015: Famously Yours...Forever, Dance 2014: Tell-Tale Poe, and Into the Woods. As a freelance lighting designer, T.J. has been part of the design team for the Tony Award winner and MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Mary Zimmerman for the last 29 years. Most recently, he designed lighting for the new opera Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl and Matthew Aucoin at the Metropolitan Opera and L.A. Opera, The Music Man at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, The world premiere of The Steadfast Tin Soldier at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre, the recent revival of Metamorphoses at the Guthrie Theatre and Berkeley Rep, and Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC. Other notable designs include The Odyssey at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Wonderful Town at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Guys & Dolls in L.A., and Treasure Island at the Lookingglass Theatre and Berkeley Rep. His lighting designs have been seen at regional theatres across the United States, on and off Broadway, and at the Metropolitan Opera. Internationally, he has designed in England, Australia, and at the LaScala Opera House in Milan, Italy. He has received numerous awards for his designs including New York’s Drama Desk Award and Lortel Awards for his lighting of Metamorphoses on and off Broadway, Jefferson Awards for The Odyssey and Metamorphoses in Chicago, and an award for “Exemplifying the Art of Collaboration” given to the Zimmerman design team by Entertainment Design Magazine. You can see his designs for Lucia di Lammermoor and La Sonnambula on DVDs released by the Metropolitan Opera. T.J. holds a BFA from Otterbein University and an MFA from Boston University. He is married to set designer, scenic artist, and Otterbein adjunct instructor Stephanie R. Gerckens.

Mark ‘Coach’ Mineart (Director, Associate Professor of Performance) has been a successful member of the professional theatre community for over 30 years, working as an actor, director, fight director, and coach. He has appeared on and off Broadway with such stars as Denzel Washington and Kelsey Grammar as well as having worked at many of the nation’s most wellrespected and award-winning regional theatres. Classically trained, he has portrayed many of the great characters of world theatre, among them Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth, Long John Silver in Treasure Island, Lennie in Of Mice & Men, as well as George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf here at Otterbein with friend and colleague Professor Melissa Lusher. He has created roles in almost a dozen world premiere productions by such playwrights as Jane Martin and Eric Cobble, and has had roles written for him by multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awardwinner Arthur Kopit. In 2009 he relocated to Frankfurt, Germany and appeared in such films as What A Man and Iron Sky in addition to working as a performance capture artist for the blockbuster video games Crysis II, Bullet Storm, and NCIS: The Game. In 2011 he shifted the primary focus of his career to teaching, serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Acting Curriculum at The American University in Cairo. Mark joined the Otterbein Department of Theatre and Dance in the fall 2015. Most recently Mark directed Otterbein’s 2021 production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. As part of an upcoming sabbatical, this spring Mark will directing the European premiere of The Totalitarians for the English Theatre of Frankfurt, the largest English-speaking theatre on the European continent.

Lori Kay Harvey (Music Director) is in her 15th year as a member of the musical theatre faculty at Otterbein. She has music directed over 35 shows in central Ohio and throughout the US and has performed extensively as an actor/singer/dancer on both national and international tours and in numerous regional theatres. Recent Otterbein credits include Into A Lamplit Room, The Theory of Relativity, Chicago, Singin’ in the Rain, Big Fish, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Adding Machine. Tour credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease. Regional:

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Next to Normal, Beauty and the Beast, Jekyll and Hyde, The Taffetas, Camelot, The Who’s Tommy, Damn Yankees, Brigadoon, Carousel, The Desert Song and The Good War. Concert credits: Soprano soloist with Westerville Symphony, Springfield Symphony and Newark-Granville Symphony, Columbus Dance Theatre - Claudel - CDT @ 20, Mozart “Requiem” with The National Chorale (Avery Fisher Hall), Puttin’ On the Ritz with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Carnegie Hall and recorded on TELARC label), and The Magical Music of Disney (Cincinnati Music Hall and Circle Theatre, IN, recorded on TELARC label and GRAMMY-nominated).

Television credits: Sex in the City, Guiding Light, Mel Torme’s Christmas Special, and various commercials and industrials. Education: BS in Voice Performance and Theatre from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Member of Actor’s Equity Association. Lori Kay and her husband, TJ, live in Galena with their 2 children, Macrae (9) and Clara (6).

Stella Hiatt Kane (Choreographer) is the Director of Musical Theatre and Director of Dance at Otterbein University and the founding Artistic Director of JazzMet. Ms. Kane has been a member of the national companies of Sugar and Bob Fosses’ Dancin’ and a member of the national and international companies of The American Dance Machine. She has made television appearances in productions such as PBS’ Dance in America and The Ann Reinking Special with Ann Reinking, Chita Rivera and Ben Vereen. Ms. Kane has taught for New York’s American Dance Machine/Harkness House and the Actors’ and Directors’ Lab. She has been a visiting guest artist/teacher at several universities including The Ohio State University and New York University and has been a master teacher in residence at the Northern Ballet Theatre in Leeds, England. She has also been a guest choreographer for BalletMet and Columbus Dance Theatre, including the world premiere of Women Leading. Her most current Otterbein collaborations have included The Pajama Game, Into a Lamplit Room, The Theory of Relativity and Chicago.

Additionally, she has directed and choreographed the recent Otterbein University productions of The Wild Within, Move Me and Gloriously Grimm. Note: Many thanks to Lucy Breedlove and Kate Maniuszko for their wonderful assistance.

Edith D. Wadkins (Scenic Designer) is thankful for the opportunity to work with Otterbein.

Edith has worked as a freelance scenic artist and set designer around Central Ohio at many professional and educational institutions. Her most recent designs include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder for Otterbein, Cinderella for the Butterfly Guild of Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Little Mermaid for New Albany High School. She also paints in oil in her home studio. Her fine art paintings can be found at edithdingerwadkins.com.

Rebecca White (Costume Designer) is the Director of Design & Technology and the resident Professor of Costume Design for Otterbein’s Department of Theatre & Dance. Having designed over 40 Otterbein productions, a few of Rebecca’s favorites include Dance 2020: The Wild Within, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Outside of Otterbein, Rebecca has worked with Short North Stage, The Santa Fe Opera, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Penumbra Theatre Company, The Minnesota Centennial Showboat, and Theatre L’Homme Dieu. With a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Rebecca specializes in Costume Design, Costume History, and Crafts including millinery and leatherwork. When not in the theatre, Rebecca is an avid equestrian, competing with her horse, Kevin, in Ranch Horse shows, dabbling in western dressage, and mounted archery.

Elliot France (Lighting Designer) is a graduate of Otterbein University (‘05) as a Design/ Technology major. He is excited to be back for another show at Otterbein. Previous lighting design credits at Otterbein include Dance 2019: Together Again, Dance 2013: Once Again, Pulse, and Julius Caesar. Elliot is currently a Production Manager and Technical Supervisor for Mills James Productions here in Columbus. He would like to thank his wonderful wife and fellow

BIOGRAPHIES

Otterbein alum, Christina (‘06) for being so amazing! He would also like to thank his two daughters, Charlotte and Hazel for being such big fans of daddy’s work. Enjoy the show!

Nik Engelhart (Sound Designer) has been the sound designer and engineer for several musical productions at Capital University, where she graduated with a B.A. in Music Technology.

Other productions include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Addams Family at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, Evita and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at Brecksville Theatres, Aspects of Love at CATCO, and Man of La Mancha at A Noise Within Theatre in Pasadena, CA. She is currently a touring audio technician with the hard rock band Starset.

Avery Lynn Barrett (Stage Manager) is graduating this May with her BA in Theatre and BA in Studio Art with a Painting concentration. Avery is beyond thrilled to share her final production here at Otterbein with this incredible cast and crew. Following graduation, Avery will remain in Columbus working as the Education Coordinator at Shadowbox Live Theatre. She would like to thank her partner Kaleb for always being there for her during long rehearsal nights as well as all of her friends and family who have supported her these past four years.

Dawn Horne (Administrator/Director of Recruitment) trained as an actor for three years with Sanford Meisner protégé James Price at The Acting Studio, Inc. before completing an acting fellowship at the Shakespeare Theatre as part of the MFA program at the University of South Carolina, where she studied the Laban system of movement. She also studied acting with Richard Thomas, Barbara Baxley, Philip Goodwin, William Alderson, and Floyd King. She has also studied Dunham technique at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and voice and speech with Liz Smith and Ralph Zito. She trained as a singer with Dr. Patrick O’Donnell at the Levine School and with soprano Heidi Freimanis-Cordts. She has performed as an actor in New York and regional theatres. She loves choral music and has been a member of the National Philharmonic Chorale, Cathedral Voices of Washington National Cathedral, the Jonathan Griffith Singers, the Take Joy Chorus of the Strathmore Center for the Arts, and was a member of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra Blossom Festival Chorus before moving to the Columbus area. She also performed in multiple NEWorks Choral projects at the Kennedy Center under the direction of Nolan Williams, Jr. Dawn is currently a member of the American Guild of Musical Artists. She first became involved in student recruitment while still an undergraduate student at Georgetown University, where she served as a student ambassador.

Melissa Lusher (Dialects Coach) is a tenured Professor of acting, speech, and dialects in the Department of Theatre and Dance, where she also serves as the Associate Chair, the Director of the BFA Acting Program, and the Resident Speech/Dialects Coach. She was deeply honored to receive Otterbein’s 2018 Teacher of the Year award. Melissa holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the combined program of Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre, and a B.F.A. in Acting from Carnegie Mellon. She is a certified teacher of the Michael Chekhov acting technique through the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium. She has served as a dialect coach for many area universities and theatre companies, including CATCO, Short North Stage, and Actors’ Theatre of Columbus. Favorite Otterbein directing credits include A Lie of the Mind, Chicago (named one of the Best 10 Productions of 2019 by the Columbus Dispatch), “Master Harold” ... and the Boys, Rumors, The Crucible, RENT, The Greeks: The Murders, No Exit, and Spring Awakening (named one of the Best 10 Productions of 2012 by the Columbus Dispatch). Favorite roles include Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Otterbein), Barbara in August: Osage County (Otterbein), Goneril in King Lear (Actors’ Theatre), Clytemnestra in The Greeks (Moscow Art Theatre), Marina in Volodya (LaMaMa E.T.C.), Margaret in Richard III (AST), and the title role in Miss Julie (CMU).

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Melinda Murphy (Voice and Movement Coach) teaches Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method® in the Otterbein Theatre and Dance Department, with application to movement, voice, characterization, singing, and dance. Melinda is one of the few teachers trained in both methods; she combines them in her private practice in Columbus, and in classes and seminars for performing artists at other Ohio colleges. Since coming to Otterbein, she also trained to teach Fitzmaurice Voice work for its specialized tools for improving the voice and breath.

Melinda has coached Otterbein productions since the turn of the century. She has also coached equestrians, figure skaters, musicians, and competitive barbershop quartets and choruses, including the two-time international gold medalist Southern Gateway Chorus.

Dr. Aviva Neff (Intimacy Coordinator) is a rustbelt artist-scholar-educator with an expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts. Dr. Neff is an experienced director who enjoys working in devised theatre and theatre for social change. She is an ensemble member with Teatro Travieso, with whom she recently premiered her solo performance, Blood, Earth, Water. Dr. Neff is the Director of Youth and Community Learning at Columbus College of Art and Design and an adjunct faculty member with Otterbein University Department of Theatre and Dance.

Brian Sekinger (Production Manager) joins the Otterbein team this year with experience as an AEA Stage Manager, Line Producer, Consultant, and Educator in the performing arts industry.

Brian has a BA in Educational Theatre & English from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an MFA in Production Technology & Management with a concentration in Stage Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Most recently, he was the Resident Production Stage Manager at Northern Stage and the Production Stage Manager at the New London Barn Playhouse. His passion for new musical development and working with early career Stage Managers has had him jet setting around the country with companies including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center Education, Davenport Theatricals, DreamWorks Theatricals, RKO Stage, Musical Theatre Factory, Prospect Theatre, Playwrights Realm, Folger Shakespeare, and many others.

Patrick Stone (Faculty Technical Director) began his tenure as the Technical Director at Otterbein in the fall of 2014. He spent the previous seven years at the University of Arkansas as the Technical Director. He holds an MFA from the University of South Dakota and a Bachelors of Arts from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. He teaches classes in stagecraft, properties, metal working, technical direction, wood working, and motion scenery. Patrick also enjoys consulting with local and regional theatres ranging from professional through junior high school. Patrick has just returned from a semester-long sabbatical wherein he completed the prestigious Entertainment Technician Certification Program in Theatrical Rigging. He’s glad to be back and can now assure the audience that what goes up, should NEVER come down.

Emily Baggarly (Portia) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Claremont, CA. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Poopsie), Into A Lamplit Room (Company), Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Avabelle), The Odd Couple (Florence), and featured dancer in Dance 2019: Together Again. She wants to thank her Otterbein family (Tru, Hannah, Dean, Victoria, Gracie, and Luke!), and her Baggarly family for their amazing support and love.

Holden Boger (Shylock/Ensemble) is a senior Acting major from San Francisco in his final show at Otterbein. He has performed mostly in student directed workshops in his time with the department, but you may have seen him on the mainstage as Benjamin Backbite in The School for Scandal or, most recently, in The Launch 2022. After graduation, he plans to pursue screen acting and comedic writing back home in California. Holden would like to thank his professors for their support and the opportunity to be a part of this magnificent production in his last semester, and Ma Ma, Pa Pa, Mei Mei, Noah, and Lydia for always picking him up and encouraging him to keep pushing forward.

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Lucy Breedlove (Ensemble, u/s Bea, Assistant to the Choreographer, Dance Captain) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Vienna, VA. Previous credits include Otterbein’s The Pajama Game (u/s Babe, Ensemble), Into a Lamplit Room: The Songs of Kurt Weill (Company), An Enemy of the People (Ensemble). Regional Credits: Carrie (Columbus Immersive Theatre - Sue Snell), Noises Off! (Short North Stage - u/s Brooke Ashton), Watch on the Rhine (Arena Stage - Babette Mueller). Lucy will spend her summer with the Utah Festival Opera perfoming in She Loves Me, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Carmen. She sends much love to her friends and family <3 Lane Champa (Violin) is a violinist and violist from Delaware, Ohio. He is an active performer in the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra, and Westerville Symphony Orchestra. Champa is the Outreach Coordinator of Christian Howes’ Creative Strings Workshop, was Onsite Manager of the Chamber Music Connection from 20152018, and is currently an Associated Faculty Member of the organization. He performs regularly across the state, managing a gig musician collective and performs bimonthly as a soloist on the Heather Pick Music Series at the Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital. Champa studied Music, Business Administration, and Arts Administration at Otterbein University and is a 2016 graduate. He enjoys contemporary music collaborations and has performed in premieres of works by Aiv Rubino, Kyle Price, Zachary Koors, Charlie Wilmoth, Rachel Epperly, Max Vinetz and Brian Riordan. Champa is a director and guest artist at the annual Olentangy Summer Strings Camp at Otterbein University and manages a private string studio teaching violin, viola, cello, improvisation, and composition to students across central Ohio.

Olivia Conley (Guitar) is a senior BA Music major from Cleveland, OH. Olivia was excited to be invited to play as it will be her first pit orchestra performance. She also participates in Otterbein’s jazz ensemble where she continues to expand her big band repertoire. Beyond guitar, she loves music theory and composition and combines the two interests by composing her own digital music. Outside of school she works as a guitar instructor at Encore Music Studios. She would like to thank her family for their unconditional support.

Dennis Davenport (Keyboard III) is a Professor of Music at Otterbein. Current teaching includes Musical Theatre History, directing the Otterbein Singers, and teaching in the First Year Experience program. With colleague Jim Bates, Dennis leads the Vienna Travel Course in May Term. Recent music direction includes The Pajama Game in fall 2021, and, pre-pandemic, The All Night Strut, The Fantasticks and Little Shop of Horrors for Otterbein Summer Theatre. Dennis has composed music for two one-act operas to libretti by his spouse, Sarah Davenport, under the collective title First Encounters. The first is Isak Dinesen Meets Marilyn Monroe, and the second is Berthe Morisot Meets Edouard Manet. Both works have been produced by Otterbein Opera Theatre. The final work in the trilogy, Cole Porter Meets Rodgers & Hart, is being composed right now during Dennis’s sabbatical leave!

Nijah Dent (Ensemble) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Monroe, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include the A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Miss Shingle), An Enemy of the People (Billing) and Into a Lamplit Room (Company).

Elizabeth Foster (Ensemble) is a freshman BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Grand Rapids, MI. Previous Otterbein credits include Tale of Two Spectators (Woman). Elizabeth would like to thank her family for their constant support and for giving her the training and confidence needed to breakdance publicly in Renaissance clothing. “You did this, guys.”

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Luca Fragiotta (Light Board Programmer) is a sophomore BFA Design/Technology major and Film Studies minor from Lewis Center, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include Land of Ours: The Devising Project (Stage Manager), The Heidi Chronicles (Assistant Technical Director), and Into a Lamplit Room (Light Board Programmer, Light Board Operator). Luca thanks Stone for his guidance in the scene shop, as well as Elliot, Sage, and Kelly for the wonderful experience brought by this production. Luca is also forever grateful to his family for their loving support.

Jackson Gifford (Robin, Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Oklahoma City, OK. Previous Otterbein credits include Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Oogie) and The Pajama Game (Ensemble). His other credits include Annie (The Muny), The Sound of Music (Parallel 45 Theatre), and A Christmas Carol (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma).

Gifford is the Founder & Artistic Director of Southern Plains Productions, a 501(c)(3) theatre company in Oklahoma City. He is the recent winner of the NextGen Under 30 Award.

Grace Guichard (Lady Clapham, Ensemble, Assistant Director) is a junior BFA Acting major and Philosophy minor from Walnut Creek, CA. Previous Otterbein credits include A Lie of the Mind (Meg), and God of Carnage (Veronica). She also directed a workshop of Eggs by Florence Keith Roach. Grace would like to thank her friends and family for their constant love and support. She is eternally grateful.

Benjamin Hoover (Nick Bottom) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Franklin, PA. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Pop), and Bald Soprano ADP Workshop (Mr. Martin). Ben would like to thank Coach, Lori Kay, and Stella for giving him the opportunity to step into one of his dream roles. He would also like to thank his fellow cast mates and crew members (who deserve the most praise), for their constant love and support throughout the entire process.

Sam Hoyer (Shakespeare) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Cincinnati, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include Into a Lamplit Room (Swing), The Theory of Relativity (Swing), and a student directed workshop of Seminar (Martin). Special thanks to his friends, family, faculty, and those who supported him through good times and bad. Enjoy this wonderful production!

Nicole Hunter (Assistant Sound Designer, A1) is a senior BA Theatre major and Psychology minor from Columbus, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include A2 for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and The 2021 Launch. She would like to thank her friends and family for always supporting her.

Ben Huntoon (Trumpet) recently retired after 30 years as the Jazz Education Consultant at Stanton’s Sheet Music in Columbus. He also served on the music faculty at Otterbein University for 15 years. Ben received degrees in music from Capital University and The Ohio State University. He is a contributing author for Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz from GIA Publications. As a professional musician, Ben has performed with numerous artists and on many stages throughout the country for over 40 years. Among the bands are the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra, Glenn Miller Band, Tommy Dorsey Band, Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians, Jazz To Go and the Rob Parton Big Band. He’s also performed in numerous pit orchestras for CAPA, among other theatrical companies. Andrea Bocelli, Wayne Newton, Johnny Mathis, Don Henley, Barry Manilow and Natalie Cole are among the artists with whom he has performed.

Tomasz Jarzecki (Percussion), originally from Poland, is a Columbus based drummer/ percussionist. A graduate of University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, he is a self-proclaimed “jack-of-all-genres,” and likes to perform in various musical settings. From a

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symphony stage to a country band stand, he’s done it. Tomasz can be seen performing regularly for Otterbein University’s theatre productions, OSU opera productions, as well as smaller productions throughout the city. On a national level, he was a percussionist for two national tours of the 2001 Broadway revival of the musical Oklahoma! He has played drums for many local bands, including Juke Joint Saints, Christy Angeletti Band, Ray Massa’s Eurorhythms, In Full Swing Big Band, Clavesonic Latin Jazz Project, Big Rockin’ Blues Band, and others. He’s also a drummer for the contemporary worship praise team at Peace Lutheran Church in Gahanna, Ohio. As of recent, Tomasz is a part-time faculty addition to Otterbein’s Music department where he teaches percussion pedagogy and percussion lessons to Otterbein students.

Andrew Kovaleski (Reeds) is a saxophonist and piano technician in Columbus, OH, where he is the sole proprietor of Andrew Kovaleski Piano Tuning, LLC. He maintains pianos for Otterbein University, Ohio Dominican University, Worthington City School District, and in the homes of many. Andrew plays alto saxophone in the Black Swamp Saxophone Quartet and holds a Master of Music in Saxophone Performance from Youngstown State University, where he studied with Dr. James Umble. He also holds a Bachelor of the Arts in Music History from Otterbein University, and has previously studied with Jay Miglia, Wes Miller, and Jean-Michel Goury. If your piano is in need of tuning or repair, learn more at www.andrewkpiano.com.

Kate Larson (Wardrobe Lead, Draper) is a sophomore Design/Technology major from Cambridge, MN. Previous Otterbein credits include The Heidi Chronicles (Properties Lead), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Wardrobe Lead), and The Pajama Game (Draper). Kate wants to thank her lovely friends for being so wonderful and kind.

Evan Little (Ensemble, u/s Shylock) is a freshman BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Mooresville, NC. Evan would like to thank his family for supporting him through thick and thin, and also the creative team and cast for making this such a fun educational experience!

Kate Maniuszko (Ensemble, u/s Lady Clapham, Assistant to the Choreographer, Dance Captain) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance and Exercise Science minor from Scottsdale, AZ. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Ensemble u/s Mabel), Into a Lamplit Room (Company), and The Theory of Relativity (Swing). Kate sends her love to Mom and Dad, friends, and family for their endless support. Grab a seat and just relax because it’s “A Musical!”

Alex Munzke (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore BFA Design/Tech major from Shakopee, MN. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Assistant Stage Manager) and God of Carnage (Stage Manager). Munzke would like to study abroad in Japan this upcoming semester to learn more about different types of theatre.

Julia Murphy (Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Indianapolis, IN. Previous credits include Otterbein’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Ensemble), and Summer Stock Eclipse’s Godspell (George). Julia is so grateful to the cast and crew for this incredible show. Special thanks to her mom and sister; and to Avery, Anna Kate, and Munzke for the endless supply of Fun Dip. Sharla Maynes is here to PARTY, babes!

Lydia Namakydoost (Assistant Music Director) is a senior BA Theatre and BME Music Education major from Powell, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include An Enemy of the People (Music Director), Chicago (Assistant Music Director), and Otterbein Summer Theatre’s Guys & Dolls (Assistant Music Director). Lydia will be graduating this May, will briefly study abroad in Vienna over the summer, and then will continue her career as a full-time music and theatre educator. As this is her last show here at Otterbein, she thanks her friends, family, loved ones, and her professors who have helped her along her collegiate journey.

BIOGRAPHIES Cassie Perlatti (Hair and Makeup Lead) is a junior BA Theatre major from Cleveland, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include A Lie of the Mind (Hair and Makeup), A Tale of Two Spectators workshop (Director), and The Pajama Game (Assistant Director). Cassie would like to thank her wonderful family, her amazing friends, and her beloved cats for their love and support.

Her work on this production is dedicated to everyone who lets her be herself, and who eats her pasta and various baked goods. :) TPWK Max Pinson (Keyboard 2) is a senior Mathematics major with a Music minor from Overland Park, KS. He is so excited to be a member of the pit for the first time! You may have previously seen him onstage in Into a Lamplit Room (Kurt Weill) or The Pajama Game (Joe, u/s Pop).

Unfortunately, this is his last show at Otterbein, but he would like to thank Lori Kay for giving him this opportunity, his amazing friends who are shining onstage, and his family for their endless love and support.

Anna Kate Reynolds (Assistant Stage Manager) is a senior BFADesign/Tech major from Houston, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include Into a Lamplit Room (ASM), The Pajama Game (Assistant Costume Designer), and Chicago (Wardrobe Lead). Anna Kate would like to sincerely thank her family for supporting her all the way from Texas; and Matt Ward Knerr, Julia Kelley, Carlos Grunewald and Avery Lynn Barrett for their immense support and friendship throughout this process. Special thanks to Otterbein Theatre and Dance faculty, staff, and students for their commitment to creating great theatre over the last 4 years.

Addie Richmond (Assistant Costume Designer) is a junior BA Theatre and Art History major from Tampa, FL. Previous Otterbein credits include A Lie of the Mind (Costume Designer), The Pajama Game (Draper) and The Tempest (Draper). Addie is looking forward to studying abroad this summer at Shakespeare’s Globe in London and developing her own upcoming exhibition in Otterbein’s Fisher Gallery.

Josie Rocca (Assistant Lead Electrician) is a sophomore BFA Design/Tech major from Lewis Center, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Assistant Stage Manager), The Heidi Chronicles (Assistant Lead Electrician, A1) and Into a Lamplit Room (Assistant Stage Manager). Josie would like to thank all of the people who helped make this show possible, especially Lead Electrician Anna Wehrmann, the LSAs, and the freshman practicum students that helped get the lights hung.

Olivia Rossi (Props Lead) is a sophomore BFA Design/Technology Theatre Major from Hilliard, OH. Dale Saunders (Nostradamus) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Vermillion, OH. Previous credits include 2020’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Ensemble) which was cancelled due to COVID-19, The Theory of Relativity (Male Swing), Advanced Directing Projects of Art (Serge) and God of Carnage (Michael), and The Pajama Game (Prez). Dale would like to thank his friends, family, and God for the unending support he has received as he continues to chase his goals. He hopes you enjoy the show!

Charlie Scaglione (Ensemble, u/s Shakespeare) is a freshman BFA Musical Theatre major from Marietta, GA. Previous credits include Orbit Theatrical’s Rock of Ages (Stacee Jaxx) and Mamma Mia! (Sam Carmichael), and Moonrise Atlanta Theatre Company’s Spring Awakening (Moritz Stiefel). He thanks his family and friends for all their love and support and hopes you enjoy the show!

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Hannah Schmidt (Ensemble) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Bainbridge, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Babe Williams), Land of Ours (Ensemble), and Into a Lamplit Room (Company). She would like to thank her family, friends, and dog, Blue, for their love and support!

Jacob Schilling (Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Fishers, IN. He thanks his cast and directors.

Roberto Silva-Neto (Ensemble, u/s Minstrel) is a freshman BFA Musical Theatre major from West Lebanon, NH. Previous credits include Northern Stage’s Legally Blonde (Emmett Forrest), Kimball Union Academy’s The Producers (Roger DeBris) and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Leaf Coneybear). Roberto is excited for his future years at Otterbein and cannot wait to see what they have in store. He would like to thank his mom and dad for their unconditional love and support!

Kailey Souder (Ensemble) is a freshman BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Atlanta, GA. Kailey is so thankful for the opportunity to be in her first mainstage show at Otterbein! She would like to thank the entire cast and crew, as well as her friends and family for always supporting her.

Tru Stites (Brother Jeremiah) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Richland, WA. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Sid Sorokin), Into A Lamplit Room (Company), and The Theory of Relativity (Anthony). His other creidts include Columbus Immersive Theatre’s Carrie (Tommy). Tru is incredibly excited to study abroad in Vienna this summer!

Eric Stratton (Bass) graduated from Otterbein University in the spring of 2019 with degrees in Bass Performance and Jazz Studies. He actively performs around central Ohio, playing both upright and electric bass in many genres including jazz, rock, pop, metal and classical. Eric also works in the instrumental music department at Stanton’s Sheet Music in Columbus. Musicals are one of his favorite performance opportunities, and credits include Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Singin’ in the Rain, Big Fish, Next to Normal, Little Shop of Horrors, Rock of Ages, The View Upstairs, and many more.

Katie Wagner (Bea) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Lewis Center, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include God of Carnage (Annette Raleigh), The Pajama Game (Brenda), and The Theory of Relativity (Swing). Katie dedicates her performances to her father, Jeff Wagner.

She would like to thank her friends and family, specifically David Bahgat, Evan, Sydney, and her mom!

Karl Wohlwend (Guitar) has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He has released six full-length solo recordings, as well as recordings with flutist, Kimberlee Goodman and guitarist, Stanley Yates. His playing can also be heard on dozens of other recordings, and with the Celtic groups Knot Fibb’n, Two2Many, and Dogwood Road. He has served on the music faculties of The Ohio State University, Otterbein University, Capital University, and Ohio Wesleyan University, and taught at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Summer Guitar Workshop for twenty years. He holds performance degrees in classical guitar from The University of South Carolina and The Cleveland Institute of Music. He studied with Christopher Berg, Julian Gray, and John Holmquist.

Dean Yurecka (Nigel Bottom) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Clearwater, FL. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Vernon Hines), Into a Lamplit Room (Company) and Columbus Immersive Theater’s Carrie (Stokes/Dance Captain).

Dean wants to thank his family and friends for their constant support. Enjoy the show!

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Shelby Zimmerman (Ensemble, u/s Portia) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Tampa, FL. Previous Otterbein credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Miss Barley). Shelby would like to thank the entire Something Rotten team for giving her the opportunity to take part in one of her dream shows. She dedicates this performance to her incredible and supportive family and friends, and Emma “The Rose” Johnson.

Carson Zoch (Minstrel, Ensemble) is junior BFA Acting major from Houston, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include The Pajama Game (Ensemble, u/s Hines), A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (Ensemble, u/s Monty) and The Tempest (Prince Ferdinand). Carson wants to thank his friends, family, and Shelby for being so supportive. And don’t forget, “Life is A Highway” - Rascal Flatts.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES Karey Kirkpatrick (Author/Composer) began his career as a screen and songwriter for Disney Animation where he penned The Rescuers Down Under and James and the Giant Peach. With more than a dozen feature films produced, screenplay credits include Chicken Run (Golden Globe nominee for Outstanding Comedy), Charlotte’s Web, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Spiderwick Chronicles and Over the Hedge, which he also co-directed. He directed the Paramount Pictures film Imagine That starring Eddie Murphy and co-produced, wrote and performed on the film’s soundtrack. He recently directed the Warner Brothers animated musical Smallfoot for which he also co-wrote the screenplay and the songs (with brother Wayne). He has won a number of Tony, Oscar and Grammy awards and that number is zero. Other credits: husband of Nada, father of Sami, Maia and Finn.

John O’Farrell (Author) is one of the UK’s best known comic authors and script writers. Bestselling novels include The Best a Man Can Get, May Contain Nuts and The Man Who Forgot His Wife. Non-fiction includes An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, the political memoir Things Can Only Get Better and its recent sequel plus three collections of his satirical columns for The Guardian newspaper. O’Farrell’s books have been translated into thirty languages and adapted for BBC Radio and television. Winner, British Comedy Award. Previously a writer (and later panelist) on BBC’s Have I Got News For You and lead writer on ten series of ITV’s Spitting Image. Currently writing the sequel to Chicken Run and adapting one of his novels for Sony International Pictures.

Wayne Kirkpatrick (Composer) is the Grammy Award-winning songwriter of Change the World by Eric Clapton (Song of the Year). Top 10 singles include Every Heartbeat, Good for Me (Amy Grant); Wrapped Up in You (Garth Brooks); Boondocks, Bring It on Home, Little White Church (Little Big Town); Place in This World (Michael W. Smith). He is a multi-formatted songwriter with songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Faith Hill, Joe Cocker, Gabe Dixon, Trisha Yearwood, Babyface and Peter Frampton, among others. His songs have been featured in TV shows (Grey’s Anatomy, True Blood, Hart of Dixie) as well as feature films (Almost Famous, Phenomenon, Smallfoot). Wayne lives in Nashville with his wife Fran and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame for 2018. Favorite productions: Kourtney, Shelby, and Carson.

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