P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton
and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY Robin Lewis
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY Louis F. Goldberg
This version of Anything Goes was adapted from the 1987 Broadway revival, originally produced by Lincoln Center Theater.
Friday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 20, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 21, 2 p.m.
Yvonne Theater – Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, N.J.
ANYTHING GOES is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. | www.concordtheatricals.com
~ WARNING ~
The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author's rights and actionable under united states copyright law.
Please note that this production utilizes smoke/fog/haze effects as well as strobe lighting effects. In addition, realistic, non-firing weapons including simulated gunshot and machine gun gunshot noises and machine gun will be used during this production.
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The Herbert B. Mayo Performance Endowment
The Martinson Family Foundation for its support of theater technology equipment.
Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our new Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
Special Thanks to:
Wilson Swim Club for the donation of deck chairs using in the performances.
HOUSE OF LASHES
Scenes and Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture
Scene 1: A smoky Manhattan Bar
I Get a Kick Out of You’ Reno Sweeney
Scene 2: The Afterdeck of an Ocean Liner
There’s No Cure Like Travel
Captain, Purser, Sailors
Bon Voyage Sailors and Passengers
Scene 3: On Deck, that evening
Your the Top Reno Sweeney and Billy Crocker
Easy to Love Billy Crocker
Reprise: Easy to Love Hope Harcourt
Scene 4: On Deck, mid-morning
There’ll Always Be a Lady Fair (Sailor Chantey)
Captain, Purser, Sailors
Friendship Moonface and Reno Sweeney
Scene 6: Evelyn’s Stateroom
Scene 7: On Deck, at twilight
It’s De-lovely Billy Crocker and Hope Harcourt
Scene 8: On Deck, early the following morning
Anything Goes
Reno Sweeney, Sailors, and Passengers
Sailor solo tap choreographed by Lucas Marinetto
INTERMISSION ~
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ACT TWO
Entr’acte Foreman Brothers
Choreographed by Jaden Foreman and Ellis Foreman
Scene 1: Ship’s Deck in the early evening
Public Enemy Number One Captain, Purser, Passengers
Blow Gabriel, Blow Reno Sweeney, Angels, Sailors, Passenger
Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye Hope Harcourt
Scene 2: Ship’s Brig
Be Like the Blue Bird Moonface Martin
All Through the Night Billy Crocker, Hope Harcourt, Sailors
Scene 3: On Deck, later that night
The Gypsy in Me Lord Evelyn Oakleigh and Reno Sweeney
Scene 4: The Ship’s Brig
Scene 5: On Deck
Buddy Beware Erma and Sailors
Finale Full company
Cast
(in order of appearance)
Elisha Whitney Evan Blackwell
Fred, a bartender Will Coffey
Billy Crocker Trevor Shingler
Reno Sweeney Abby Bohn
Captain Alain Brutus
Ship’s Purser Ryann Torres
Crew Nico Nazal, Rafael Ferreira, Lincoln Funderburk, Grace Bradbury, Brock Warren, Lucas Marinetto
A Reporter Mitchell Wiley
A Photographer Hunter Quinn
Henry T. Dobson, a minister Thomas Higgins
Spit Diego Dominguez
Dippy Grayson Davidock
Angels
Purity Olivia Sauerberg
Chastity Bailey Poe
Charity Natalie Layosa
Faith Hannah Post
Patience Ellie Pearlman
Virtue Sophia LaCorte
Hope Harcourt Rylee Carpenter
Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt Breanna Lemerise
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh Ricky Cardenas
FBI Agents Nico Nazal, Brock Warren
Erma Carly Walton
Moonface Martin Aidan Kelly
Old Lady in a Wheelchair Grace McKenna
The Foreman Brothers Jaden Foreman, Ellis Foreman
Ship Passengers
Chelsea Udoye, Lydia Diekmann, Grace McKenna, Will Coffey, Hunter Quinn, Mitchell Wiley
SWINGS
UNDERSTUDIES
Brooke Birbilis, Hannah Bonnette, Jill Lee, Adam Andrews, Simon Clissold, Riley Bocchicchio
Reno Sweeney Olivia Sauerberg
Billy Crocker Rafael Ferreira
Elisha Whitney Grayson Davidock
Hope Harcourt Lydia Diekmann
Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt Chelsea Udoye
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh Alain Brutus
Moonface Martin Ryan Torres
Erma Sophia LaCorte
Artistic Staff and Crew
Director/Choreographer Robin Lewis
Musical Director Louis F. Goldberg
Assistant Director Theo Yu
Assistant Choreographer Chloe Calhoun
Script Supervisor Peyton White
Dramaturg Anna Olivia Cincotta
Production Stage Manager Dakota Patterson
Stage Manager Ellee Jo Trowbridge
Assistant Stage Manager Cassidy Sweetland
Assistant Stage Manager Ellie Conover
Production Documentarian Shae Duggan
Production Documentarian Ricky Cardenas
Production Documentarian Macy Champlin
Orchestra Assistant Avery Gallagher
Assistant Costume Designer Janessa Machado
Wardrobe Supervisor Abigail Westers
Wardrobe Runner Angelie Rodriguez
Wardrobe Runner Oli Hartdegen
Wardrobe Runner Johnmichael Les
Hair/Wig Designer/Supervisor Christina Brown
Hair/Makeup Runner
Kristina Pronina
Assistant Lighting Design Olivia Dostal
Light Board Operator Ella Rybczynski
Stage Carpenter Simon Clissold
Follow Spot Trinity Babino, Brain Tobin
Sound Mixer Alyssa Gil-Pujols
Sound Operator ZuZu Long
Sound Runners Emily Demarie, Alex Theis
Props Designer Isabella Mazzoni
Props Supervisor Morgan Thompson
Prop Runners Suki Scott, Emily Kaufman
Lead Stagehand Marissa Dingess
Stagehand Jessica Doty, Nzinga Thompson
Orchestra
Bandleader/Keyboard I Louis F. Goldberg
Keyboard II
Lindsey Co
Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone Bob Apgar
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone Sherry Apgar
Trumpet Andrew Hoesl
Trombone Peter Reichlin
Bass Nathan Harris
Drums Jay O'Brien
Administrative Staff
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Kelly Bidle
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Director of Production Management
Director of Performance Management
Associate Director of Performance Management
Coordinator of Performance Management
Jason Vodicka
Buck Linton
Kristen Rodgers
Leandra Acosta
Samuel Stephenson
About the Cast
ADAM ANDREWS, SWING, (he/they) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider mainstage credits include: Radium Girls, Entr’Acte: Come Together, and Momentum: First Year Musical Theatre Showcase
BROOKE BIRBILIS, SWING, (she/her) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre Major. Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rona Lisa Perreti) and Carrie the Musical (Principal Swing). Select professional credits include: The Little Mermaid (Ariel) and The Prom (Angie)
EVAN BLACKWELL, ELISHA WHITNEY, is a senior B.F.A. Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include: It’s A Wonderful Life (Ensemble), Working (Mike/Joe/Eddie), Pippin (Charlemagne), Polaroid Stories (G), Urinetown (Cladwell), Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Pierre). Professional credits include: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Ensemble) at The Rev Theatre Co. LINK Class 4
RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, SWING, (he/him) is a junior Musical Theatre and Marketing Double Major. Recent: Adam and Bray: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted at Feinstein’s 54Below, 54 Sings ‘INSIDE’, and the NYC reading of F***ing Wall Street. Rider credits: Radium Girls (Tom/Knef/Reporter), Teddy, Phoebe, and the Visionary (Elliot), Clean Slate (Echo #6, Iggy U/S, August U/S). Riley is also a proudly produced playwright. His play, Like Father, Like Son, was produced by The TANK Theatre this past summer. Creative experiences include: Kiss Me, Kate! (Associate Director) and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Associate Director) under director T. Oliver Reid.
ABIGAIL BOHN, RENO SWEENEY, is a senior B.F.A. Musical Theatre major. Previous credits include: Lindsey Christiansen Art Song Festival 2022 (soloist), Lindsey Christiansen Art Song Festival 2023: Heimatland (soloist), Working (Woman 3), Kiss Me, Kate! (Hattie u/s, Ensemble), and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Marya u/s, Helene u/s).
HANNAH GRACE BONNETTE, SWING, is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major. Previous credits include: Ride the Cyclone (Jane Doe) with the Rider Student Theatre Company and in The Ghosts of Gatsby: An Opera in One Act part of LAST WORDS (Zelda 18).
GRACE BRAD “GB”, CREW, (they/she/he) is a senior Musical Theatre major. Professional credits include: Hair (Jeanie), Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble), Kinky Boots (Pat, Angel Swing, Dance Captain), Jesus Christ Superstar (Ensemble, u/s Annas), and The SpongeBob Musical (Ensemble, u/s Squidward). Rider credits include The Prom (Ensemble), Kiss Me, Kate! (Hortensio), Urinetown (Swing), Pippin (Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain), Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret (Young Soprano).
ALAIN BRUTUS, CAPTAIN, U/S LORD EVELYN OAKLEIGH is a junior Musical Theater Major. His previous Rider credits include: Natasha Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 (Anatole) and The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney) with the Rider Student Theatre Company
RICKY CARDENAS, LORD EVELYN OAKLEIGH, is a senior Musical Theatre major. His recent credits professional include: RENT (Gordon) at The Muny. Previous Rider credits include: Kander and Ebb's Cabaret (Victor), and Clean Slate (August).
RYLEE CARPENTER, HOPE HARCOURT, a senior Musical Theater major. Rider mainstage credits include: Clean Slate (Cassie). Professional credits include: The Little Mermaid (Ariel), and Thick As Thieves (Becky). Co-Choreography credits: Pride and Prejudice, and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet Of 1812 Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Carrie the Musical (Carrie), Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), Roots and Doots (Sophie), and Hide and Seek (Molly).
SIMON CLISSOLD, SWING, is a sophomore Musical Theater Student. Previous Rider credits include: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble/Balaga US) and Rider Student Theater Company’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Leaf Coneybear).
WILL BRAXTON COFFEY, FRED/PASSENGER, is a sophomore Musical Theater Major. Previous Rider Credits include: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble, Prince Bolkonsky/Andrey u/s), The Prom (Swing/Kevin u/s).
GRAY STEPHEN DAVIDOCK, DIPPY, U/S ELISHA WHITNEY, is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major. Select Rider credits include: Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 (Fedya Dolokhov), and Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble/US Fred Graham). Professional credits include: The Crossing: A New Musical (George Washington).
LYDIA DIEKMANN, PASSENGER, U/S HOPE HARCOURT is a junior Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Leonata), Last Words (Anne Boleyn). Professional credits include: Noises Off (Belinda), Kander and Ebbs Cabaret (Fraulein Kost/Kit Kat Girl), Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl/Belle u/s), Footloose (Ethel McCormick), The Great Gatsby (Ensemble) at Woodstock Playhouse, Austen’s Pride (Elizabeth Bennet) at CenterStage Theatre.
DIEGO DOMINGUEZ, SPIT, is a junior double majoring in Musical Theatre and Vocal Performance. Previous credits include: Kiss Me, Kate!, Into the Spotlight: A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim, and Rebirth
RAFAEL FERRERA, CREW, U/S BILLY CROCKER, is a junior BFA Musical Theater major. Previous Rider credits include: Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble/US Anatole), The Prom (Mr. Hawkins), Kiss Me Kate (Ensemble/US
Gremio/US Hortensio), Rebirth, Into the Spotlight: A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim, as well as The Bean (Mr. Kllipsborn), Hide and Seek (Swing) with the Rider Student Theatre Company.
ELLIS FOREMAN, hailing from Union, Ellis Foreman, has been tap dancing for 10 + years as a member of The Foreman Brothers. He’s had the opportunity to dance with some of the most influential dancers and dance companies in the art-form, such as Savion Glover, Maurice Hines, Dance Therapy, and The New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble. He’s had the honor to dance on the Apollo Theatre stage while portraying Maurice Hines on Season 3, Episode 8 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as well as playing Willie in NJPAC’s The Tap Dance Kid (2019)
JADEN FOREMAN, has been performing for many years. His ability to dance, sing, and entertain has taken him to incredible stages like The Apollo Threatre, Radio City Music Hall, Newark Symphony Hall, New York City Center, and even on television. Over the years, he has worked with greats such as Debbie Allen, Savion Glover, Chloe Arnold, Maurice Hines, and many more. As a tap dancer, film major, and radio show host at Rider, Jaden is no stranger to the entertainment industry, and putting on a show is always what he strives to do. He is more than excited to be involved in his first Rider musical theatre production.
LINCOLN FUNDERBURK, CREW, is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credits include: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Opera Dancer/Ensemble), The Prom (School Chorus, Waiter), Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble), Urinetown (Senator Fipp), Rebirth, and Into the Spotlight: A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
THOMAS HIGGINS, HENRY T. DOBSON, is a senior Musical Theatre major. Select Rider credits include: Urinetown (Bobby Strong), The Children’s Hour (Joe), and Cabaret (Ernst). Recent Professional credits include: The SpongeBob Musical (SpongeBob) and Kinky Boots (Angel) with Clear Space Theatre Company, DE; Junie B. Jones: The Musical at the J.W. Engeman Theatre, LI; and Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical at The Argyle, LI.
AIDAN KELLY, MOONFACE MARTIN, is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major. Previous regional credits include: Grease (Roger) at the Broadway Theatre of Pitman. Previous Rider Credits include: in Urinetown (Robby the Stockfish, u/s Bobby Strong), in Love and Information (Principal Cast), and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Servant, u/s Pierre) Upcoming credits include: Sweeney Todd (Beadle Bamford), and Rent (Ensemble) at Tibbits Opera House.
SOPHIA LACORTE, VIRTUE, U/S ERMA, is a junior Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include: Urinetown (Little Sally), Into The Spotlight: A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim, and Rebirth
JILLIAN ANN LEE, SWING, is a junior Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credits include: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Into The Spotlight: A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim, Rebirth, and Rider Student Theatre Company’s Teddy, Phoebe & The Visionary (Swing). Recent professional credits include The Prom at Axelrod Performing Arts Center.
BREANNA LEMERISE, EVANGELINE HARCOURT, is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major at Rider University. Rider Credits include: Kiss Me, Kate! (swing), Into the Spotlight, and Rebirth Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: Swingin’ the Seasons 2021-2023 (Music Director). Professional credits: Xanadu (Erato), Wizard of Oz (Toto/Nikko), and Emperor’s New Clothes (Defense Minister) at Cortland Repertory Theater!
LUCAS DIEGO MARINETTO, CREW, is a junior Musical Theater Major. Previous credits include: World of Dance, Season 2/2018; So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation, Season 13; A Christmas Story: The Musical, National Tour in 2016 (Scut Farkus); and Rider University’s production of Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble, U/S Paul). Upcoming credits include: The Wizard of Oz (The Tin Man) at Timberlakes Playhouse.
NATALIE LAYOSA, CHARITY, is a senior Musical Theatre Major at Rider. Previous credits include: Love and Information and When I Grow Up: a BIPOC Cabaret (Music Director/Choreographer) directed by Samantha Ringor. Regional credits include: Sister Act at the Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Tarzan at The Media Theatre.
GRACE MCKENNA, PASSENGER/OLD LADY, (she/her) is a junior Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble), LAST WORDS (Ensemble, Katherine of Aragon cover), Into the Spotlight: A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (Ensemble), and Rebirth (Ensemble).
NICO NAZAL, CREW/F.B.I. AGENT, is a senior Musical Theatre major. Rider credits include: Pippin (Male Swing), Pete(HER) Pan! (Twin #1), Cabaret (Ensemble, U/S Herr Schultz), The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong (Trevor), Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical (Echo, U/S Herc), The Prom (Ensemble) and Radium Girls (Markley, Von Sochocky and Others, U/S Roeder). Professional credits include: Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical at Passage Theatre Company.
ELLIE PEARLMAN, PATIENCE, is a senior Musical Theatre major. Rider performance credits include: Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical (Andi), The One Act Play That Goes Wrong (Florence/Sandra), Pride and Prejudice (Miss Bingley/Mrs. Gardiner), Everybody (God/Evil/Dancer) and Rider New Works ‘21. Professional credits include Hair (Sheila) and Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble) at Cortland Repertory Theatre, Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical (Andi) at Passage Theatre, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Ensemble), Escape to Margaritaville (Wanda), and Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! (Actor 5) at Millbrook Playhouse.
BAILEY POE, CHASTITY, is a senior Musical Theatre major and Sustainability Studies minor. She is Co-President of the Rider Broadway Green Alliance chapter and a green captain for this production. Rider Credits include: The Prom (Angie Dickinson), Kiss Me, Kate! (Lois Lane U/S & ensemble), Cabaret (Lulu) and Rider Student Theatre Company’s production of Romeo & Juliet (Juliet). Recent professional credits include: A Chorus Line (Judy) and Mamma Mia (Ali) at The New London Barn Playhouse, Footloose at The MUNY, and West Side Story at Casa Mañana.
HANNAH POST, FAITH, is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credits include: The Prom (Assistant Choreographer), Kiss Me, Kate! (Assistant Stage Manager), Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical (Assistant Stage Manager), Into the Spotlight: A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (singer), Rebirth (singer/dancer).
HUNTER QUINN, A PHOTOGRAPHER/PASSENGER, (he/him) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major and Psychology minor. Rider credits include: Radium Girls (Berry/Martland/Flinn/Store Owner) Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble), and Kiss Me, Kate! (Swing). Recent professional credits: The Wedding Singer (George) and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown).
OLIVIA SAUERBERG, PURITY, U/S RENO SWEENEY, is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credits include: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Princess Mary) and Kiss Me, Kate! Previous Professional credits include: Young Frankenstein (Inga), White Christmas (Rita/ US Judy), Cinderella (Charlotte), Sweet Charity (Ponytail Girl), The Spongebob Musical (Electric Skate) and The Leading Ladies Cabaret (W3). Upcoming professional credits include Into the Woods (Cinderella) and Bright Star (Margo).
TREVOR SHINGLER, BILLY CROCKER, is a senior BFA Musical Theatre student. Professional credits include: Xanadu (Terpsichore), The Wizard of Oz (Uncle Henry/Oz Guard), The Emperor's New Clothes (Weaver). Rider credits include: The Prom (Ensemble/US Trent), Cabaret (Cliff), Kiss Me, Kate! (Harrison Howell), and Everybody (Death). Rider Student Theatre Company credits include: JRB Cabaret, Hide and Seek (Swing), Magic to Do Cabaret (Co-Choreographer), Swingin’ the Seasons, The Lonely Hearts Cabaret, The Bean (Gerald).
RYAN TORRES, SHIPS PURSER, U/S MOONFACE MARTIN, is a sophomore Musical Theatre major. His previous Rider credits include: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Old Prince Bolonsky), Momentum (Featured Vocalist), Entr'acte: Come Together (Featured vocalist). Professional credits include: Brightstar (Max/Billy US), Broadway Theatre of Pitman: 9 to 5 (Joe), Grease (Eugene), Brightstar (Max/Doctor/ US Mayor), The Sound of Music (Herr Zeller) at Timberlake Playhouse.
CHELSEA UDOYE, PASSENGER, U/S EVANGELINE HARCOURT is a junior Musical Theatre and American Studies double major. Rider credits include: Urinetown and
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. She most recently participated in 54 Below's Queen of Disco: The Music of Donna Summer (performer), 54 Sings Stevie Wonder (producer/performer) and Polkadots! at the Argyle Theatre.
CARLY GARCIA WALTON, ERMA, (she/her) is a performer/playwright hailing from San Diego, California. She is a senior Musical Theatre major with a minor in French. Select professional credits include: Crazy for You (Elaine) with San Diego Musical Theatre and Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical (Dance Captain, Swing - performed) with Passage Theatre Company. Select university credits include: Cabaret (Frenchie, Fraulein Schneider u/s), Our New World (Soloist), and Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble).
BROCK WARREN, CREW/F.B.I AGENT is a sophomore BFA Acting major. Rider credits include: No Fear, Just Passion: The First Year and Second Year Acting Showcase (Ensemble), Of Bodies Changed (Achilles, Zeus, Tereus), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Radium Girls (Arthur Roeder), and Rider Student Theatre Company’s production of Inside The Spitz Cabaret (Bo)
MITCHELL AARON WILEY, A REPORTER/PASSENGER is a junior Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Don Pedro) and Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble, Baptiste u/s). Artistic credits: Teddy, Phoebe, and the Visionary (Book/Music/Lyrics) which debuted at Rider University in January 2024 (Director/MD) with the Rider Student Theatre Company.
About the Artistic & Administrative Staff and Crew
LEANDRA ACOSTA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (she/her), is a graduate of Rider University with degrees in dance performance and arts administration. During her time performing at Rider, she was awarded both the Dance Merit Scholarship and Mildred S. Hawkins Dance Scholarship and helped adopt the Dance Mentorship Program. She is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with so many fantastic choreographers during her time performing at Rider including: Kate Ladenheim, Randy James of 10 Hairy Legs, Angela Cusumano, Merli Guerra of Luminarium Dance Company, Jennifer Gladney, Robson Alves, Lynn Neuman of Artichoke Dance, and Ryan Davis. She was recently featured as a choreographer for the 2023 Senior Dance Capstone performance, Acknowledgements. In her role as Associate Director, Leandra runs various aspects of marketing and promotions for the Department of Performing Arts and Westminster Choir College.
CHLOE CALHOUN, ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER, is a senior Musical Theatre major. Previous Rider credits include: The Prom (Ensemble), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble), Kiss Me, Kate! (Ensemble), Kander & Ebb’s Cabaret (Swing),
and Pippin (Swing), ISM (Soloist), as well as roles in four student produced works. Select professional credits include: A Chorus Line (Cassie), and Footloose (Rusty) at North Coast Theatre Festival, and Mary Poppins (Ensemble, Lark/Corry US), West Side Story (Anybodys), and Mamma Mia! (Ensemble) at North Carolina Theatre.
ELEANOR CONOVER, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, (she/her) is a freshman
Musical Theatre major. Rider performance credits include: Curtain Up: Arrival. Professional Assistant Stage Management credits include: Mamma Mia! with Surflight Theatre, The Music Man at The Basie Center, and Elf at The Basie Center.
OLIVIA DOSTAL, ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER, (she/they) is a sophomore BFA
Acting and BA Design and Technology double major. Previous technical credits include: Curtain Up: Arrival (Lighting Designer), Entr’Acte: Come Together (Lighting Designer) and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Light Board Operator).
LOUIS GOLDBERG, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, has conducted more than 300 musical productions across the United States and Europe including tours of Man of La Mancha, Cabaret, Chicago and 42nd St. Recent projects include a four-month stint Off-Broadway at the York Theatre playing Ted Shapiro in Red Hot Mama: The Sophie Tucker Songbook, a role he premiered at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, followed by engagements at the Players’ Club in NYC, the Plush Room in San Francisco, Santa Fe Stages and at London’s Greenwich Theatre. In Philadelphia, Louis has conducted St. Louis Woman and Peter Pan and Wendy at the Prince Music Theater, Dirty Blonde at the Wilma Theatre, and Evita at the Walnut St. Theatre. As a pianist, Louis was a 1985 Stravinsky Award Finalist and won Silver and Bronze medals in the International Piano Recording Competition. He has been the Musical Director for productions at the Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Florida Repertory Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Syracuse Stage and for more than ten years worked as a performer, arranger and orchestrator at Hershey Park in Chocolatetown, USA. Louis has taught in the Musical Theatre programs at Syracuse University, the University of Oklahoma and the University of the Arts. He currently serves on the faculty of the Musical Theatre Program in the Department of Performing Arts at Rider University. At Rider, Louis has directed the first-year showcases Arrival, Momentum and Rebirth, Brecht’s The Good Person of Setzuan, the musical revue Cole, and has served as music director for Kiss Me, Kate, Assassins, The Theory of Relativity, Once on This Island, White Christmas, A Little Night Music, Merrily We Roll Along, The Full Monty, The Wedding Singer, The Light in the Piazza and Rent.
ROBIN LEWIS, DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER, Rider credits include: The Prom, Will Rogers Follies, Bonnie and Clyde, White Christmas, Pippin, Catch Me If You Can, All Shook Up, The Full Monty, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and The Producers Film credits include: choreography for Bernie. Broadway performing credits include: Fosse (also film), Beauty and the Beast, and A Christmas Carol. His tour credits include: The Producers, A Chorus Line,
Hello, Dolly!, Beauty and the Beast, Where’s Charley? at the Kennedy Center) and Jubilee during the Tony Awards® at Carnegie Hall. He is currently a faculty member in the musical theatre department at Rider University.
BUCK LINTON, DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT/TECHNICAL
DIRECTOR. Earning his MFA in Scenography and Technical Design (Virginia Tech), Buck joined Rider University as its Technical Director in 2012 and became the Director of Production Management in 2022. He professionally produced more than 200 productions with such venues as The Kennedy Center, Paper Mill Playhouse, Manhattan Theatre Club, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and McCarter Theatre. Selected works include Travesties, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Take Flight, Herringbone, Lookingglass Alice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Falstaff, Die Zauberflöte, Pelléas et Mélisande, Dialogues des Carmélites, La Clemenza di Tito, Oreste, Sunjata Kamalenya, The Odyssey Experience, Die Fledermaus, Rigoletto, Turandot, Chicago, EDDA (Ping Chong & Sequentia Ensemble, international tour). Since 2012, he has produced more than 100 productions for Rider University’s College of Arts and Sciences in the performing arts.
TODD LOYD, LIGHTING DESIGNER, is the lighting director for Rider University’s Department of Performing Arts. He supervises the lighting for every performance that the department produces in addition to mentoring several students that assist in designing, hanging, focusing, and programming the lighting for each show. At Rider he has designed over 30 productions including plays, musicals, dance recitals, cabarets, and operas. Some of the highlights include Kiss Me, Kate, Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical, The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong, Urinetown, Cabaret, Polaroid Stories, Rider
Dances: Moving in Our Community, Pippin, Bright Star, Hair, Heathers The Musical, The Theory of Relativity, Once On This Island, She Kills Monsters, Our Town, A Chorus Line and Metamorphoses. Other selected professional projects include Rock of Ages and Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Forestburgh Playhouse, Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical and The Gun Show at Passage Theatre, and Journey to Oz with the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and Experiential Theater Company
JANESSA MACHADO, ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER, (they/she) is a junior Musical Theatre and Theatre Technology and Design double major. Rider technical credits include: Radium Girls (Hair/Makeup Designer), The Children’s Hour (Assistant Costume Designer), Polaroid Stories (Co-Makeup Designer), and Rider New Works (Makeup Designer). Rider performance credits include: The Prom (Sheldon).
DAKOTA PATTERSON, PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER (she/they), is a senior Theatre Design and Technology major. Select Rider credits include: A Doll’s House (Assistant Lighting Designer), Suor Angelica and Hermit Songs (Stage Manager), and The Prom (Assistant Lighting Designer). Professional credits include: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Production Stage Manager), Escape to Margaritaville (Assistant Stage
Manager), Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Assistant Stage Manager) & A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline (Assistant Stage Manager) at Millbrook Playhouse.
CRAIG PINCUS, SOUND ENGINEER, has worked in professional audio and system design for the past twenty-eight years. He has engineered audio for musical theater, television broadcast, and recording studio clientel. Craig holds a Bachelor’s degree in communication from Rutgers University and teaches audio production at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ. Craig also performs and records music, owns a sound & event production service, and directs TheatreCraft Musical Program, a children’s theater company, created with his wife Renee, producing theatrical performances in the central NJ area.
BRANDON RUSH, ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, Brandon Rush is excited to collaborate as artistic staff after a long relationship with the department as a carpenter. He has worked as carpentry staff intermittently with Rider since graduating in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Studies, and has since taken on the mantle of Sceneshop Supervisor for Rider’s Theatre Department. As a freelance Technical Director, his production credits at Luna Stage include: King of the Mountains, Indian Head, and Tranquil.
ROBIN I. SHANE, COSTUME DESIGNER, is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Rider University. Favorite designs at Rider include: Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical, The Children’s Hour, Cabaret, Polaroid Stories, Pippin, and many Rider Dance concerts. Recent professional credits include The Pillowman and In The Next Room, or, The Vibrator Play at the Hedgerow Theatre in Media, PA and Clean Slate: A World Premiere Musical and OK Trenton at the Passage Theatre in Trenton, NJ. Robin has been a professional costume designer for almost 30 years and she has designed costumes regionally and nationally at such varied theatre as The New Victory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, The Yale Rep, The Hedgerow, Theatre Exile, Philadelphia Artist’s Collective, EgoPo, Passage Theater, Shakespeare Theater of NJ, The National Constitution Center, The Revision Theater, the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater, Soho Rep and The Harrisburg Opera, as well as for film and television. Robin holds an MFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and a BA in Theater and Psychology from Wesleyan University.
SAMUEL STEPHENSON, COORDINATOR OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (he/him/his), received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in English Literature and Music from Wabash College, graduating magna cum laude under a full-ride Lilly Scholarship. As a Joseph Flummerfelt Scholar, he received his Master of Music in Choral Conducting with distinction from Westminster Choir College. Samuel has performed with many choirs across the world. He toured with the Wabash College Glee Club internationally to Taiwan and organized and managed the renowned Choral Institute at Oxford, a summer program at the University of Oxford for inspiring conductors to work with leading figures in the choral world. He has performed with The Same
Stream, whose recordings can be found on all major music services, and at the Weiwuying National Center for the Arts as part of the opera chorus for Verdi’s La Traviata. Most recently, Samuel conducted Morten Lauridsen’s Mid-Winter Songs with the Westminster Choir in concert at Washington D.C. He currently works as the Performance Management Coordinator at Rider University and Music Director at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Warminster, PA.
CASSIDY SWEETLAND, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, is a freshman Musical Theatre Major. Rider credits include The Prom (Assistant Stage Manager). Recent professional credits include Props Artisan at Pacific Conservatory Theatre.
YOSHINORI TANOKURA, SCENIC DESIGNER, originally from Tokyo, is currently teaching scenic design at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. Yoshi holds a M.A. in Scenography from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London and an M.F.A. in Set Design from the University of Connecticut. As a freelance designer, his design credits include Moon Over Buffalo at the People’s Light and Theatre, Clever Little Lies by Joe DiPietro at Westside Theatre, NYC, Exonerated with the Delaware Theatre Company, and Peter and the Starcatcher at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Yoshi assisted John Lee Beatty on a number of Broadway productions, such as Venus in Fur, Doubt, and The Color Purple. Yoshi is a member of the United Scenic Artists, Local 829.
ELLEE JO TROWBRIDGE, STAGE MANAGER, (she/her), a junior BA Musical Theatre and Theatre Design and Technology double major. Previous Rider credits include: Pippin (ASM), ISM Cabaret (Stage Manager), Rebirth (Featured Performer), Into The Spotlight: A Tribute To Sondheim (Featured Performer), Love and Information (Production Stage Manager), Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (Balthasar / Dogberry, Benedick US, Beatrice US), Radium Girls (Actor 3, Grace US), and Danny Feldman's Hide and Seek (Stage Manager) with the Rider Student Theatre Company.
PEYTON WHITE, SCRIPT SUPERVISOR, is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major. Rider performance credits include: Entr'acte: Come Together and Momentum. Rider technical credits include: Kiss Me, Kate! (Props Runner).
THEO YU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, (they/them) is ecstatic to work on their final mainstage as a senior Musical Theatre Major. Dedicated to blending Theatrical Traditions with Social Activism, they serve as a director, choreographer, educator, and artistic administrator, pursuing a career in Washington, D.C. Select credits include: Radium Girls (Assistant Director/Dramaturg; Rider University), The Importance of Being Earnest (Director; Self-Produced), Detox: The Art of Expression (Director; ArtWorks Trenton), Jesus Christ Superstar (Choreographer; Young Artists of America), and Macbeth (Director/Choreographer; Rider Student Theatre Company). Upcoming credits include: Pictures by Horace Holley (Director) as part of the Spring Theatre Festival performance of Impressions..
