Jersey Boys at the Byham Theater

Pittsburgh Musical theater presents

MAY 4TH - 14TH, 2023

BYHAM THEATER

Cast DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Every summer, my mom and I would leave our home and take a road trip up north in Michigan. We were only driving a few hours away to a small lake, but as a kid it felt like a grand adventure. As part of the tradition, we’d listen to cassette tapes of Mom’s favorite songs from the 60’s and 70’s and sing along. At some point during this rehearsal process I wondered how I knew all the lyrics to every song… and it occurred to me, it was those road trips. Those miles in the car. Those sing-alongs that still make me smile.

Songs are linked to memory – you likely remember the first time you heard “Sherry”, or “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” or “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”. These songs shaped generations. Yet with Jersey Boys, not only do we get to tap our feet, enjoy tight harmonies, and marvel at the slick choreography - we also get to experience the men behind the iconic music. And furthermore, we get to see the men and

women who shaped them - with all the heartaches and struggles that make us human. That’s what makes Jersey Boys a special experience.

Life is a merry-go-round, a spinning record, a constant revolution and evolution. Each season of life brings new experiences, new interactions, new ideas, new people, new relationships. Each human has an impact, and hey – some of them might even be turned into a song!

Keep chasing the music, just like those four guys under the streetlamp.

It’ll always lead you home.

Enjoy – JERSEY BOYS.

Please

enjoy!

Natalie Malotke Director, Jersey Boys Pittsburgh Musical Theater

Cast A NOTE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE

Thank you for joining us here in Downtown Pittsburgh at the Byham Theater for Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of Jersey Boys. We are proud to be able to bring you this great American story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons here in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle.

Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio met more than 60 years ago in Newark, New Jersey. Two Italian Americans, young men in a hard-working city with strong immigrant communities, that – much like Pittsburgh – was changing rapidly. In spite of that change, there was still strong community and a place of belonging where they could meet each other and connect their common love of music, and their desire to make it.

Between 1950 and 1970, a thousand families a week were leaving Newark. Fear was a big part of motivating people to leave the city and increase the space between home and places of belonging: cafes, schools, offices, dance halls, and theaters.

DIRECTOR

We are emerging from a time of great isolation and loneliness - during which we’ve consumed feeds that make us afraid of places of connection and belonging. The very same places where four voices found each other, harmonized, and created something unique and profoundly American that we enjoy tonight. For these magical discoveries to continue, we all need to show up and be together, in person, creating connections, memories, and who-knows-what’s-next with each other.

I hope you enjoy the show and come back for more. I hope you enjoy Pittsburgh throughout the summer and the year ahead. I hope to see you at the festivals, the ballpark, the restaurants, the sidewalks. Once again, I thank you for being here.

Enjoy the show!

Colleen Doyno Executive Director Pittsburgh Musical

Theater

CastPROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION

FOR OVER 30 YEARS,

PMT has been an anchor in the musical theatre industry in the Pittsburgh region. Professional Productions feature local creative talent both on stage and in backstage roles. Truly unique and unmatched in the city, these productions also support PMT’s mission to provide mentorship and integrated opportunities with students of PMT Conservatory, creating a community of belonging and enhancing the vibrancy of our region.

Patrons can enjoy Professional Productions in multiple performance venues including the historic Broadway style Byham Theater in the Cultural District, and PMT’s own OffBroadway style Gargaro Theater in the West End.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, 2022 GARGARO THEATER PRO SHOW, PHOTO CREDIT: MATT POLK

ONCE, 2023 GARGARO THEATER PRO SHOW, PHOTO CREDIT: MATT POLK

Pittsburgh Musical theater presents

Book by MARSHALL BRICKMAN & RICK ELICE

Music by BOB GAUDIO

Lyrics by BOB CREWE

Original Broadway Stage Production by Dodger Theatricals (Michael David, Edward Strong, Rocco Landesman, Des McAnuff);

Joseph J. Grano; Tamara and Kevin Kinsella; Pelican Group in association with Latitude Link Rick Steiner/Osher/Staton/Bell/Mayerson Group

World Premiere Produced by La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, Des McAnuff, Artistic Director & Steven B. Libman, Managing Director

coSTuMe deSigner

Alex Righetti

FigHT direcTor

Callee Miles

ligHTing deSigner

Forrest Trimble

Sound deSigner

Bob Bollman

dialecT coacH

Nancy McNulty McGeever

Wig & Makeup deSigner

Christopher Patrick

aSSociaTe direcTor / cHoreograpHer

Benjamin Rowan

TecHnical direcTor

Jonathan T. Sage producer

Colleen Doyno

MAY 4 - 14, 2023 |

propS MaSTer

Amber Kocher

SeT deSigner

Tucker Topel

aSSociaTe TecHnical direcTor

Kevin Kocher

MuSic direcTor

Dr. Francesca Tortorello

producTion STage Manager

Gemma Williamson*

direcTor & cHoreograpHer

Natalie Malotke

THEATER

JERSEY BOYS is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com.

video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

CastMUSICAL SYNOPSIS

ACT I

“Ces Soirées-La (Oh, What a Night)” - Paris, 2000 French Rap Star, Backup Group

“Silhouettes” Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito, Frankie Castelluccio

“You’re the Apple of My Eye” Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito

“I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” Frankie Castelluccio

“Earth Angel” Tommy DeVito, Full Company

“Sunday Kind of Love” Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick’s Date

“My Mother’s Eyes” Frankie Valli

“I Go Ape” The Four Lovers

“(Who Wears) Short Shorts” The Royal Teens

“I’m in the Mood for Love/Moody’s Mood for Love” Frankie Valli

“Cry for Me” Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi

“An Angel Cried” Hal Miller and The Rays

“I Still Care” Miss Frankie Nolan and The Romans

“Trance” Billy Dixon and The Topix

“Sherry” The Four Seasons

“Big Girls Don’t Cry” The Four Seasons

“Walk Like a Man” The Four Seasons

“December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” Bob Gaudio, Full Company

“My Boyfriend’s Back” The Angels

“My Eyes Adored You”

“Dawn (Go Away)”

Frankie Valli, Mary Delgado, The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

“Walk Like a Man” (reprise) Full Company

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

ACT II

“Big Man In Town”

The Four Seasons

“Beggin’” The Four Seasons

“Stay” Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi

“Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)” Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli

“Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)” Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli and The New Seasons

“Bye Bye Baby”

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

“C’mon Marianne” Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” Frankie Valli

“Working My Way Back to You”

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

“Fallen Angel” Frankie Valli

“Rag Doll” The Four Seasons

“Who Loves You”

The Four Seasons, Full Company

THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY

“Ain’t That a Shame” (Domino/Bartholomew) - “Candy Girl” (Santos)

“Don’t Think Twice” (Dylan) - “Girl Come Runnin’” (Gaudio/Crewe) - “Grease” (Gibb)

“I Make a Fool of Myself” (Gaudio/Crewe) - “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Porter)

“Marlena” (Gaudio) - “New Mexican Rose” (Crewe/Calello)

“Our Day Will Come” (Hillard/Garson) - “Ronnie” (Gaudio/Crewe)

“Save It For Me” (Gaudio/Crewe) - “Silver Star” (Gaudio/Parker)

“Swearin’ to God” (Crewe/Randall) - “Tell It to the Rain” (Petrillo/Cifelli)

“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (Gaudio/Crewe)

“To Give (The Reason I Live)” (Gaudio/Crewe) - “Watch the Flowers Grow” (Brown/Bloodworth)

“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Goffin/King)

Cast CAST

Frankie Valli Adam Marino

ToMMy deViTo David Toole*

nick MaSSi Quinn Patrick Shannon*

BoB gaudio Brecken Newton Farrell*

Joe peSci Jeremiah Smith

BoB creWe & oTHerS Gavin Carnahan

gyp decarlo Paul Binotto*

Mary delgado & oTHerS Elena Doyno

lorraine & oTHerS Lauren Echausse

norMan WaxMan & oTHerS Nick Mitchell*

Francine & oTHerS Rachael Parsons^

nick deViTo & oTHerS Shawn Doremus

Hank Ma JeWSki & oTHerS Larry A. Lozier Jr.*

Barry BelSon & oTHerS Damon Oliver Jr.

Joe long & oTHerS Ben Johnson

cHarlie calello & oTHerS Richard McBride

MiSS Frankie nolan & oTHerS Emily Palmer

SWingS Rob Jessup, Thomas Kuklenski, Ella-Jo Reinhart^, Alexandra Shephard

enSeMBle

Luca Boudreau^, Eli John Fisher^, Ben Johnson, Richard McBride, Damon Oliver Jr., Emily Palmer

underSTudieS

Frankie Valli, BoB gaudio - Ben Johnson

nick MaSSi, ToMMy deViTo - Rob Jessup

* denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

^ denotes student of PMT Conservatory

Cast WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

paul BinoTTo*

lauren ecHauSSe

THoMaS kuklenSki

eMily palMer

adaM Marino

luca Boudreau^

eli JoHn FiSHer^

larry a. lozier Jr.*

racHael parSonS^

Brecken neWTon Farrell*

SHaWn doreMuS

roB JeSSup

nick MiTcHell*

alexandra SHepHard

daVid Toole*

elena doyno

Ben JoHnSon

daMon oliVer Jr.

JereMiaH SMiTH

gaVin carnaHan

ricHard McBride

ella-Jo reinHarT^

Quinn paTrick SHannon*

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paul BinoTTo* (gyp decarlo) PMT credits include Once, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Miss Saigon. Broadway credits include: Dreamgirls, Starlight Express, HAIR, It’s So Nice To Be Civilized, King of Schnorrers, and One Night Stand. Off-B’way credits include: Forever Plaid, Enter Laughing, Shindig, and The Blitzstien Project. Paul has also performed at The White House in Washington, D.C., across the country, and around the world. His additional Pittsburgh credits include: 1776 and Company at The Pittsburgh Public Theater, Peer Gynt at The Pittsburgh Playhouse, tours of Dreamgirls and Starlight Express at Heinz Hall and the Benedum Center and Garrison Keillor’s American Radio Company at Heinz Hall. Born in Canonsburg, Paul is also a University of Pittsburgh graduate.

luca Boudreau^ (enSeMBle) is thrilled to be part of PMT’s Jersey Boys at the Byham Theater! He is 15 years old and currently a freshman at Pine Richland High School. He has been a student at PMT Conservatory for 7 years. He is very grateful for this opportunity and would like to thank all of his teachers at the Conservatory for shaping who he is today. He would also like to thank his friends and family for their support throughout his journey.

gaVin carnaHan (BoB creWe & oTHerS) is ecstatic to be back at his forever home PMT! At PMT, Gavin has appeared in the ensemble of Jesus Christ Superstar and as Professor Knowby in Evil Dead the Musical. Gavin has also had the pleasure of working with Front Porch Theatricals in their recent performance of Grand Hotel. Other favorite roles include: Dave Bukatinsky, The Full Monty (Suncoast Broadway Theatre); Zach, A Chorus Line

(NCTF); and Claude Bukowski, HAIR (Glow Lyric Theatre). In his free time, Gavin enjoys bodybuilding, rapping/song writing, and streaming LoL! Follow my IG @GavinCarnahan or visit my website GavinEarlCarnahan.com!

SHaWn doreMuS (nick deViTo & oTHerS) he/him; PMT debut; Lincoln Park PAC: All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Soloist/Bugler), Newsies (Wiesel/ Jacobi), It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (George Bailey); Endstation Theatre Co: Macbeth (Macduff); The Comedy of Errors (Solinus/Merchant/Pinch); OffBroadstreet Theater: The Merchant of Venice (Salorino/Aragon); Villagers Theater: Titanic (Barrett); Kelsey Theater: Ragtime (Houdini, u/s Tateh), Les Misérables (Enjolras), Playhouse 22: The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert). DIRECTING: Metuchen High School, NJ: The Wizard of Oz, Romeo & Juliet, Grease, Crazy For You.

UPCOMING: Lincoln Park PAC: The Play That Goes Wrong (Robert/Thomas u/s). Shawn is a Teaching Artist at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School and is completing coursework towards his M.A. in Theatre Education from the University of Northern Colorado. All my love to J, J, J, and “P” - you are my everything. www.shawndoremus.com @shawn_doremus

elena doyno (Mary delgado & oTHerS) is beyond excited to be back on the Byham stage for PMT’s Jersey Boys! Now based in New York City, Elena grew up a student of PMT Conservatory and earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory. Recent regional credits include: Young Frankenstein (Inga), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Ensemble), The Wolves (#00), Nunsense (Sister Mary Robert), and

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Dorothy Shaw). Thank you to my family and friends, and to you for supporting the performing arts! It’s all love. @elenadoyno

lauren ecHauSSe (lorraine & oTHerS) is so excited to be making her Pittsburgh debut here with PMT! Lauren is a Jersey native, who graduated with a BFA in Musical Theater from Penn State University in 2019 (WE ARE!). Some of her favorite roles include Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Sandy in Grease, Doralee in 9 to 5, and Hope Cladwell in Urinetown. Much love to her family, @ TheCollectiveTalent, her inner circle, and Lars for their constant love, support, and encouragement. A special shout out to Natalie, our fearless leader: your friendship and mentorship during this process is something I will carry with me for life. I’ll go on this merry-go-round with you forever. This one is for you, Nana! Instagram: @lauren_echausse

Brecken neWTon Farrell* (BoB gaudio) is immensely honored to be performing in this production. Last spring he was seen as “Jesus” in Jesus Christ Superstar for which he won the Broadway World Regional Award for Best Performer in a Musical. Other recent credits include “Emcee” in Once and “Scott” in Evil Dead the Musical, all with PMT. In addition to theater, Brecken is the lead singer for the rock band Fade The Silence (@fadethesilencepa), who just released a new single and an EP coming in June. He would like to thank God, his parents, his brother, Shelby, family and friends for their unwavering support. A special shout out to Francesca for the piano lessons! Brecken dedicates his life’s work to his late grandparents,

Elmer and Joanne Lauster, who loved nothing more than watching him perform. “Walk like a man.” Isaiah 40:31

eli JoHn FiSHer (enSeMBle) is overjoyed to be a part of Jersey Boys at PMT! He first performed with PMT as Grover in The Lightning Thief last summer, and as Scuttle in Disney’s The Little Mermaid last fall. Eli’s most recent performance was with Thomas Jefferson High School as Elisha Whitney in the 2022 revision of Anything Goes. He would like to thank everyone who helped him to make it this far, including his family, his vocal coach Carmen Lopresti, all of his teachers and fellow students at PMT, his directors at TJ, and everyone who doubted him. “You’ll never get what you want if you always let people step on you.” – Sheldon J. Plankton.

roB JeSSup (SWing, u/S nick MaSSi & ToMMy deViTo) Recent PMT credits include: The Sound of Music (Capt. Von Trapp), A Lyrical Christmas Carol (Narrator), and In the Heights (Kevin). Other favorites include Joseph… (Pharaoh) with Stage Right!, Disney’s Newsies (Pulitzer) at the State Theatre, and Big Fish (Edward Bloom) at The Theatre Factory. Rob spent three seasons playing The General in Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker. Additionally, he has been seen in Assassins (Booth), HAIR (Berger), and Glengarry Glen Ross (Roma) with Split Stage Productions, a local Award-Winning theatre company based in Westmoreland County that he co-founded. He sends all his love to Bradley and Parker!

Ben JoHnSon (Joe long & oTHerS, enSeMBle, u/S Frankie Valli & BoB gaudio) is so beyond excited to be at

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PMT joining the incredible cast of Jersey Boys! Raised in Rockford, Illinois, Ben graduated from Rockford University where he earned his BFA in Musical Theatre. Ben most recently performed as Andrej in Once (PMT). Credits also include: Buddy, Elf (the Studio); Mitch, Dear Soldier Boy (Blue Gate Musicals); Cheech, Bullets Over Broadway (Rockford University); Benny, Hands on a Hardbody (Rockford University); and Mark Rothko Red (Rockford University). Theme park goers may have seen him perform at Cedar Point and Kings Dominion. When not on stage, Ben loves to songwrite and release his music online. Ben would like to thank his sister Miranda as well as his friends and family for all their support! He also thanks Natalie, the cast, and the rest of the PMT team for the memories to come. Thanks for reading and enjoy the show! @ben_johnson_007

THoMaS kuklenSki (SWing) may originally be from California, but he is thoroughly enjoying this brief stay in New Jersey! Film: Camp Rebel (RIIFF Selection). Select Regional/NYC credits: Svec in Once (PMT) Spring Awakening and If/Then (The Gallery Players), Dancing On Ice (New York Theatre Festival), Peter Pan (5-Star Theatricals), Lone Star (Kraine Theater). Marymount Manhattan College BFA Musical Theatre Alum, where educational credits include The Who’s Tommy, Steven in Bring It On: The Musical, and Jedadiah Schultz/Aaron McKinney in The Laramie Project. Also the drummer for NYC based indie-folk band The Day Boys, whose debut single comes out soon! Love to my parents, Renee, Pete, and Zoie. IG: @thomaskuklenski

larry a. lozier Jr.* (Hank MaJeWSki & oTHerS) is elated to return to the Byham

Theater with his PMT family. Most recently Larry choreographed Once the musical and performed in Jesus Christ Superstar at PMT’s home, the Gargaro Theater. The last time he stepped foot on the Byham stage was during his debut performance with PMT in Disney’s Newsies! Recent credits: CATS National Tour (final two years), Evita (Casa Manana), Music Man (John W. Engeman), CATS (Casa Manana), Hello Dolly (TBTS), A Chorus Line (TBTS), Urban Cowboy (TUTS), Joseph...Dreamcoat (Casa Manana), Disney Cruise Line, and Celebrity Cruise Line. Larry is grateful to say he has performed all over the country and world. Larry gives thanks to God’s Universe. Thanks to this aweinspiring team; Colleen, Natalie, Ben, Francesca, Gemma, Andi and the entire tech team. All his love and thanks to his loving, hard-working fiancé Zack Woods. He could not be the artist he is without Zack’s unending support and love.  Love and thanks to his entire Pittsburgh family, friends, and his work family at Boyd and Blair-thank you for allowing him to pursue outside passions.

adaM Marino (Frankie Valli) is thrilled to be back on the PMT stage in his favorite show, Jersey Boys! Adam first appeared at PMT as Doody in Grease in 2016. Adam has also worked in the Pittsburgh area at the New Hazlett Theatre in Local Singles in 2021. Adam most recently performed as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys (Broadway Palm Dinner Theater). Credits also include: Terk, Tarzan (Grandstreet Theatre); Singer/ Guitarist, Ring of Fire (Cumberland Theatre); Mr. Scrooge, Scrooge No More (Busch Gardens Williamsburg); and Michael, I Do! I Do! (Gulf Coast Symphony). Adam is also the former

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tenor for the 1950s rock group The Diamonds. He sends all of his love to his friends, family, and his beautiful wife/costar Alex (tenth show together!). I love you, bean. @adammarino www.adamdavidmarino.com

ricHard McBride (cHarlie calello & oTHerS, enSeMBle) is thrilled to be on the Byham stage! Richard first performed with Pittsburgh Musical Theater in Jesus Christ Superstar. Richard has also been seen in PMT’s Broadway at the Overlook, and most recently in A Lyrical Christmas Carol as Scrooge. Richard is excited to bring Jersey to Pittsburgh!

nick MiTcHell* (norMan WaxMan & oTHerS) has been an active professional actor, director, and educator in the Greater Pittsburgh area since moving here from NYC in 2006. He is thrilled to be a part of this incredible production of Jersey Boys where he gets to work and perform alongside so many members of his Pittsburgh Musical Theater family. Past favorite roles include: Cyrano (Cyrano de Bergerac), Dan Kaffee (A Few Good Men), Elliott Garfield (The Goodbye Girl), King Triton (Disney’s The Little Mermaid). Film/TV appearances include Mindhunters, The Outsiders, Thanks to Her, and the award-winning short A Little Glass of Rum. Pittsburgh Musical Theater patrons may also recognize Nick as the director of PMT’s favorite bloody good time: Evil Dead the Musical. Nick studies acting with Z/A Studios, he is represented by Docherty, and is member of Actors Equity. Nick is also a proud husband and cat-dad who gets to recharge between projects by spending quality time with his amazing wife Gemma, alongside Cutch and Falcon.

daMon oliVer Jr. (Barry BelSon & oTHerS, enSeMBle) is elated to be performing with Pittsburgh Musical Theater in their production of Jersey Boys! They’ve had the pleasure of working with theater companies such as Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, Viral Ventures, and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. They were also a choreographer for Allegheny Traditional Academy’s production of Wizard of OZ. Their most recent performance was John Lewis in Heroes: A Boy From Troy (Pittsburgh CLO). Other credits include: Hook and Peter, Peter Pan Cocktail Experience (Viral Ventures), Malik, Order in The House (Playwrights Theatre Fest), Actor educator (Saltworks Theatre Co.).

eMily palMer (MiSS Frankie nolan & oTHerS, enSeMBle) is so excited to make her PMT debut with the stellar cast of Jersey Boys! New to the Pittsburgh area, Emily most recently performed as Michelle/Deloris (cover) in Sister Act (Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre). Credits also include: Mary Jane in Monster Stomp on Ripper Row (Busch Gardens), Bella in Scrooge No More (Busch Gardens), and Tap-Dancing Bellhop/u/s Maria in Lend me a Tenor: The Musical (Palace Theatre, WI). She would like to thank her family and her partner Herbie for all of their support!

racHael parSonS^ (Francine & oTHerS) is extremely excited to be back on the Byham stage with PMT and is honored to be part of this incredible cast! She was last seen at the Byham with PMT Conservatory as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Rachael is a senior at Thomas Jefferson and has trained with PMT since she was a preteen. PMT professional shows:  Jesus Christ Superstar;  Disney’s

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The Little Mermaid. Other PMT highlights:  Annie (Annie);  Joseph and… Dreamcoat (Ensemble, Narrator u/s);  High School Musical, Jr.  (Sharpay);  A Lyrical Christmas Carol (Mrs. Cratchit/ Belle). Rachael also has appeared in productions at TJ and Little Lake Theater. Most recently, she was selected for the PMEA Honors Choir and received recognition at Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Shakespeare Festival. She plans to attend a four-year college for musical theater and will always be a PMT kid at heart! Love and eternal thanks to my family and to the absolutely amazing mentors and teachers at PMT who have helped me to dream big and shaped me into the person and performer I am today!

ella-Jo reinHarT^ (SWing) is a senior at Oakland Catholic High School and feels beyond blessed to be spending her last show as a conservatory student on the Byham stage. Jersey Boys is Ella-Jo’s third professional production after her much-treasured time performing in Jesus Christ Superstar (Swing/Ensemble) and The Sound of Music (Nun/ Ensemble). She has been a PMT kid for the past 10 years. Ella-Jo plans on training in a BFA Musical Theatre program after graduation. She is grateful for her friends and family for their love and overwhelming support. She would like to thank all of her current and past teachers/mentors from PMT who guided her to continue sharing her love of storytelling through music.

Quinn

paTrick SHannon* (nick

MaSSi) has been a regional performer and director in New York, Pittsburgh and Central PA. He first appeared with PMT at the age of 6 as Tiny Tim in the original 1991 production of A Lyrical

Christmas Carol, and played the role of King Herod in PMT’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar last spring. He is perhaps best known at PMT for his appearance as Quasimodo in Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2017). Favorite PMT appearances include Young Frankenstein (Igor), Grease (Roger), and Sister Act (Joey). Other favorites: Guys and Dolls (Nicely Nicely Johnson) for the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Forever Plaid (Frankie), The Toxic Avenger (White Dude), and Titanic (Pittman/Etches) for the Pittsburgh CLO, and The Current War for Quantum Theatre (Francis Upton). He would like to thank his amazing wife Caroline for her never ending love and support.

alexandra SHepHard (SWing) is so excited to be making her PMT debut, revisiting one of her favorite shows, AND working alongside her husband and favorite co-star, Adam Marino, for the TENTH time! Alex most recently performed as the Swing in Godspell (Milton Theatre) and as Lead Vocalist of the Killarney Village Band (Busch Gardens Williamsburg). Other favorite regional credits: Maureen, Rent (Millbrook Playhouse); April, Company (Cumberland Theatre); Lorraine, Jersey Boys (Millbrook Playhouse); Agnes, I Do! I Do! (Gulf Coast Symphony); Squeaky Fromme, Assassins (Generic Theater); and Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Cumberland Theatre - BroadwayWorld Award 2021 Winner for Best Performer in a Play). Next up: heading to sunny California for the summer for Jersey Boys round three at Sierra Repertory Theatre! Endless love and thanks to Adam & The Sheps. @alexshep

www.alexandrashephard.com

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JereMiaH SMiTH (Joe peSci) is so excited to make his debut with Pittsburgh Musical Theater. Jeremiah is a performer, guitarist, and entrepreneur who attended Ball State University and is originally from Athens, Georgia. Some of his previous credits include Monty in Violet (Ball State), Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Ball State), and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (Ball State). He is grateful to his friends and family who have always supported and loved him and would like to emphatically thank all those involved in this production of Jersey Boys! @jeremiah. smith.23 / thecastingconnection.net

daVid Toole* (ToMMy deViTo) US Regional credits include Tuacahn Center for the Arts UT: The Count of Monte Cristo (The Count/Edmund Dantès), School of Rock (Theo / Dewey u/s); w/ Theatre Raleigh NC: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Pierre), Once (Guy), Rock of Ages (Drew); w/ Berkshire Theatre Group: Once (Guy), w/ Pittsburgh Musical Theater: Once (Guy), Disney’s Tarzan (Tarzan), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Disney’s Newsies (Jack Kelly), The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric), West Side Story (Tony), We Will Rock You (Galileo Figaro). With Pittsburgh CLO: Once (Emcee), Pump Boys and Dinettes (Jim), First Date (Reggie/Gabe). With Front Porch: A Man of No Importance (Robbie), The Last 5 Years (Jamie). David recently performed as a soloist alongside composer Jason Robert Brown at the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh NC. Outside of theater David is one of 5 rotating National Anthem singers for the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL), vocalist/ co-songwriter for the band Identity X (idxmusic.com), a private voice

instructor; a husband and father. Thanks to Jesus Christ for his faithfulness and continued blessings year after year, to director/choreographer and associate dir/choreo Natalie Malotke & Ben Rowan for their patience, kindness and, artistic vision, and to PMT for bringing this iconic show to the Burgh. All my love to my family, my undeniably superhuman wife Katie and our wild and wonderful two sons Barrett and Elijah! IG: @davidmichaeltoole

colleen doyno (execuTiVe direcTor, producer) has been with PMT since 1997. Ms. Doyno directed and choreographed countless shows for both the Professional and Conservatory theater companies. Several of these shows have been counted as the “Best of Pittsburgh” in the annual Pittsburgh Post-Gazette year in review; including the Conservatory Theater Company’s 2013 production of Miss Saigon, the first student show to be so honored. In 2013 Colleen’s achievements were recognized with the prestigious “Woman of Integrity” award and her commitment to mentoring young women into future leaders was honored when she was selected as a finalist for the 2013 “Athena” award. Ms. Doyno is a strong advocate for the development of the West End Community, which serves as PMT’s forever home. She has worked with Pittsburgh City Council, PA State and Allegheny County officials and the Mayor’s office to advance growth in the area. She has a deeply held belief in developing our children into healthy, self-assured, well-rounded individuals through the arts. This belief is at the heart of her educational philosophy and has guided the success of the conservatory under her direction. Colleen considers

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herself fiercely local and is dedicated to concentrating on the positive, found in each individual and each day that she faces. Many thanks to the never ending dedication of the PMT staff, the constant support of the PMT Board of Directors and the love of my amazing family.

naTalie MaloTke (direcTor) is excited to return to PMT after choreographing Newsies in 2019. Natalie is a director, choreographer, creative event producer and teaching artist living in New York City. Credits include: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Choreography Team on Broadway and National Tour), Bygone Love for China Broadway Entertainment, Candide at Carnegie Hall, I Married an Angel at City Center, Joy: The Musical (Broadway Developmental Workshop and George Street Playhouse) all alongside Joshua Bergasse. Little Dancer at Lincoln Center with Susan Stroman, Really Rosie at City Center, and the developmental lab of Monopoly: The Musical. Other regional directing and choreography credits at The Engeman, Northern Stage, New London Barn, and Wagon Wheel Theatre. National tour director and choreographer of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live!. Resident director and choreographer for Nickelodeon Experience Design events worldwide. Industrial and corporate events for Bloomberg, Hermès, Target, and The Robin Hood Foundation. TV: Choreography: SNL with Jason Sudeikis and Billie Eilish; PBS, A Capitol Fourth. Faculty at Broadway Dance Center. Gratitude to Colleen, Benjamin, Gemma, and this whole company for jumping on this merry-go-round and making magic. www.nataliemalotke.com

IG: @nataliemalotke

dr. FranceSca TorTorello, d.M.a.

(MuSic direcTor) is the Resident Music Director of PMT. Recent productions include Joseph..., HAIR, Disney’s Newsies, and The Sound of Music. She teaches multiple classes for the pre-college program in the PMT Conservatory. Dr. Tortorello is also an accomplished classical musician and performs with a variety of instrumentalists and singers. She frequently collaborates with members of the Pittsburgh Symphony. A dedicated teacher and coach, she has maintained an active piano teaching studio for the past twenty years. Dr. Tortorello began piano lessons at the age of four in her hometown of Mount Kisco, NY. She holds a Bachelors degree in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with Antonio Pompa-Baldi. She received a Masters degree and Professional Studies certificate in Collaborative Piano from CIM, studying with Virginia Weckstrom. She also earned a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano and Coaching at the University of Minnesota and studied with Timothy Lovelace. Francesca & her husband, Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Michael DeBruyn, have been performing as a professional duo since ‘04.

aMBer kocHer (propS MaSTer) hails from Pittsburgh, with her husband, Kevin and son, Brody. She is a graduate of Clarion University and is the Props Master, Set Dresser, Jack-of-all-Trades Resident Artist and theater mom at PMT. Favorite credits with PMT include Evil Dead the Musical, Disney’s Newsies, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Shrek, and more. Amber has been with the company since 2012, and is looking forward to many more seasons with PMT.

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BenJaMin roWan (aSSociaTe direcTor

/ cHoreograpHer) is thrilled to be back at PMT after last being the associate choreographer for Newsies in 2019. Tour credits include: Blippi The Musical! (Assistant director/choreographer –2023 Olivier Award Nomination: Best Family Show), CoComelon Live! JJ’s Journey (Associate choreographer), Baby Shark Live! (Associate director/ choreographer, associate music director), Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: King for a Day! (Associate director/ choreographer), PJ Masks Live: Save the Day! (Music director, assistant director/choreographer). Ben is also a resident director and choreographer for Nickelodeon Experience Design events worldwide and can be found on the creative team for various theme parks, resorts and cruise ship shows, events and experiences throughout the world with Cedar Fair Entertainment and RWS Entertainment Group. MANY thanks to Natalie, Colleen, Gemma and the rest of the PMT family for having me back in the ‘burg! IG: @benjaminpaulrowan

keVin kocHer (aSSociaTe TecHnical direcTor) has set designed several shows at PMT including Sister Act, Jekyll and Hyde, We Will Rock You and Disney’s Newsies. He has also worked in various other technical positions at PMT and PMT Conservatory such as sound designs for Evil Dead the Musical (2019), Hunchback of Notre Dame (2019), and A Lyrical Christmas Carol (2019). Over the past 3 years as the resident artist with the Teen Performance Intensive Program helping to educate students in technical theater design and application. Kevin attended Clarion University of PA and earned a B.S. in Education and studied theatrical design and direction.

andoneTTa cHiarina TrageSer (andi) (producTion aSSiSTanT) is so excited to work with such an amazing cast and crew on PMT’s production of Jersey Boys! Previous Pittsburgh Musical Theater credits include: Once (Production Assistant), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Production Assistant), A Lyrical Christmas Carol (Run Crew), Bye Bye Birdie (Run Crew), and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Assistant Stage Manager). Andi spent 5 years as a student of the PMT Conservatory and has now returned to the PMT Family as a Resident Intern. Thank you to PMT’s Executive Team for allowing her to live her dreams every day and a special thank you to Natalie, Ben, Francesca, and Gemma. Andi also like to dedicate all her work and dedication for this production to her father, Jack Phinney who passed in 2018 and her oldest sister, Cailyn Phinney who passed in 2022.

ForreST TriMBle (ligHTing deSigner) has been a designer in the Pittsburgh area and has been working with Pittsburgh Musical Theater for over ten years. As a designer at PMT, Forrest has realized the designs of In The Heights, HAIR, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid, as well as many designs with the PMT Conservatory. Outside of the company Forrest has worked with multiple shows in the area. Wizard of Oz, Jazz Nutcracker, and Cinderella with Morgantown Dance Studio. Four Chord Music Festival and Jubilee with Hearcorp. Forrest is also the resident designer at Moon Area High School and Pine-Richland Area High School as well as an assistant designer at the Pittsburgh Opera and a designer with Bold designs.

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alex rigHeTTi (coSTuMe deSigner) has been designing costumes in the Pittsburgh area for over a decade, having worked predominantly with Avonworth High School and Throughline Theater as well as other productions. His first show with PMT was the 2019 production of A Lyrical Christmas Carol. Since then he has worked with the Pre-College Program on Mamma Mia!, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, Once, and now Jersey Boys. He would like to thank all of his friends in the Pittsburgh Theater community for all of their support over the years.

cHriSTopHer paTrick (Makeup & Wig deSigner) is a Journeyman Makeup Artist of I.A.T.S.E. Local 798 has worked in theater, film, and commercials in the Pittsburgh region for nearly 20 years. He has loved helping bring PMT’s productions to life over the years and has fulfilled many design dreams with them including Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Evil Dead the Musical. His film work includes makeup on The Avengers, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Super 8, Archive 81, American Rust, and Rustin and The Pale Blue Eye.

geMMa WilliaMSon* (producTion STage Manager) is ecstatic to finally produce this production with PMT. Her eyes have adored this show since she first saw it on tour with her dad where she sat in the last row of the Benedum Center. Now she’s got the best seat in the house. It’s been a dream working alongside some of her favorite people!

Favorite PMT credits include: Once, Jesus Christ Superstar (winner of Broadway World Pittsburgh’s Best Lighting Design

of a Play or Musical and Best Musical 2022), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The Sound of Music, Les Miserables, Annie, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, and Evil Dead the Musical (winner of Broadway World Pittsburgh’s Best Scenic Design of a Play or Musical 2022). Gemma has spent fourteen years in the PMT Family as the Director of Production Operations and a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for PMT’s Professional Company and PMT Conservatory Productions. Endless thanks for PMT’s Executive team and their support. Special thanks to Natalie, Ben, Francesca, Andi, and to Nick & Mom! For dad. @missgemmamitch

Tucker Topel (SeT deSigner) (He/Him) is a Pittsburgh based scenic designer and teaching artist, after growing up in the southern Wisconsin area. He is an alum of Point Park University. Recent local design credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mercyhurst University), 9 to 5 (Stage 62), Abduction The Musical (MTAP), Meanwhile (CSA Program at The New Hazlett Theater), and HOARD (off the WALL). He also works with local schools including Moon Area HS, Seneca Valley HS, and CAPA Pittsburgh 6-12.

JonaTHan T. Sage (TecHnical direcTor) has been with PMT for more than ten years and is excited to be part of another production. A Michigan State University alumnus, additional credits include The Boarshead Professional Theater in Lansing, Michigan and The Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio. Jonathan would like to thank his family for all of their love and support.

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MarSHall BrickMan (Book) Films

(author or co-author): Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, For the Boys, Intersection; (as writer/director): Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, Sister Mary Explains it All. Television: “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” (head writer), “The Dick Cavett Show” (head writer/co-producer). He has published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy and other periodicals and was the 2006 recipient of the Writers Guild of America’s Ian McClellan Hunter Lifetime Achievement Award. Jersey Boys, his first venture into musical theatre, won four Tonys including Best Musical. The Addams Family, his second Broadway venture (with co-author Rick Elice), is currently playing on national and international tours. He lives in New York City and hopes to die in his sleep, surrounded by his loved ones and their attorneys.

BoB creWe (lyriciST) “New York was pregnant in the fifties,” says Bob Crewe, “gestating with possibilities.” Crewe and music partner Frank Slay became independent writer-producers when the category hadn’t yet been invented. In 1957 they wrote and produced “Silhouettes” for The Rays, which skyrocketed to #1. Suddenly, producers in demand, they launched Freddie Cannon’s “Tallahassee Lassie” and Billy & Lillie’s “Lah Dee Da.” Crewe’s 1960’s unprecedented producing success with The Four Seasons birthed a new sound, striking a major chord in American pop.

“Sherry, “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Candy Girl,” “Ronnie” –all smashes! When lead Frankie Valli demanded a solo turn, Crewe and Bob Gaudio wrote (and Crewe produced)

“Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” which eventually became the century’s fifth most-played song. Crewe ran hot with artists from Vicki Carr, Oliver and Lesly Gore to Mitch Ryder, co-writing with Charles Fox the soundtrack for Jane Fonda’s film, “Barbarella.” Then his own Bob Crewe Generation exploded with Music to Watch Girls By. In 1972 Bob was in L.A., where he revived Frankie Valli with “My Eyes Adored You” by Crewe and Kenny Nolan. They also co-wrote Patti LaBelle’s “Lady Marmalade” (#1, July ’75), which was a hit again on the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge (#1, June ’01)...David Ritz

rick elice (Book) co-wrote Jersey Boys (winner 2006 Tony Award, 2007 Grammy Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with Marshall Brickman. His play, Peter and the Starcatcher, received nine 2012 Tony Award nominations (including two for Rick) and won five, more than any play of the season. It’s currently playing in New York and on tour across North America. Also on Broadway, Elice wrote The Addams Family (with Marshall Brickman, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa), currently touring North America, with productions in Europe and South America. In 2014, the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego will present the world premiere of his new musical, Dog and Pony (music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker). Rick is currently writing a musical for Disney Theatricals with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, based on the film Make Believe, and Super Fly (co-written with Seth Zvi Rosenfeld), directed and choreographed by modern dance legend, Bill T. Jones. Heartfelt thanks to those whose work in the theatre makes him grateful for the day he was born: Sondheim, Stoppard,

Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Tune, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Kushner, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, Coyne, Brickman, Timbers and Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He never thought about Jersey much. He does now.

BoB gaudio (coMpoSer) wrote his first hit, “Who Wears Short Shorts,” at 15, for the Royal Teens, and then went on to become a founding member of the Four Seasons and the band’s principal songwriter. He also produced the hit “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” for Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand (Grammy nomination, Record of the Year) as well as six albums for Diamond, including The Jazz Singer. Other producing credits include albums for Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and the soundtrack for the film Little Shop of Horrors. Several songs co-written with Bob Crewe have been cover hits for such artists as the Tremeloes (“Silence is Golden”), the Walker Brothers (“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”) and Lauryn Hill (“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”). With his wife, Judy Parker, Gaudio produced and co-wrote the Who Loves You album for the Four Seasons and one of Billboard’s longest-charted singles (54 weeks), “Oh, What a Night.” A high point in his career came in 1990 when, as a member of the original Four Seasons, Gaudio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which hailed him as “a quintessential music-maker.” To this day, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli still maintain their partnership...on a handshake.

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Producer Colleen Doyno

Director & Choreographer Natalie Malotke

Music Director Dr. Francesca Tortorello

Production Stage Manager Gemma Williamson*

Technical Director Jonathan T. Sage

Associate Director & Choreographer Benjamin Rowan

Props Master Amber Kocher

Set Designer Tucker Topel

Sound Designer Bob Bollman

Costume Designer Alex Righetti

Lighting Designer Forrest Trimble

Wig & Makeup Designer Christopher Patrick

Associate Technical Director Kevin Kocher

Dialect Coach Nancy McNulty McGeever

Fight Choreographer Callee Miles

Scenic Charge Kelsey Jamison

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Andi Trageser

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STudenTS oF THe ToM SaVini Special Makeup Fx prograM: Caity Byers, Michael Fitsmaurice, Ella-Jo Reinhart, Jayden Solovey

Special THankS: Robert Michael

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Keys 1 / Conductor Dr. Francesca Tortorello

Keys 2 Regina Kettering

Keys 3 Ben Broche

Reed 1 Daniel Heasley

Reed 2 Rick Matt

Trumpet Joe Herndon

Drums RJ Heid

Guitar 1 Ken Karsh

Guitar 2 Daniel Mihelerakis

Bass Justin Bendel

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