Curtain Up: ANTICIPATION Program
Louis F. Goldberg, director
Saturday, February 22, 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 23, 2:00 pm
BLC Theater
Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ
Director’s Note
Dearest families, friends, colleagues & peers – What a joy it is to celebrate the Rider University Musical Theatre Program’s Class of ’28 as they take to our mainstage for the first time!! This has been such a joyful experience and a tremendous honor to work with the abundant gifts and industrious efforts of these young artists as they begin their journeys toward the professional world of performing.
Louis F. Goldberg
Program and Cast
ACT ONE
1. ANTICIPATION
Choreographed by Catrina Contini ‘21 & John Viggiano ‘22
Full Company
2. SOMETHING’S COMING
Choreographed by John Viggiano ‘22
Caroline Quinn, Alexa Fillalan, Nathan Jackson, Nick Ammon
3. STANDING ON THE CORNER
Choreographed by John Viggiano ‘22
Arick Brooks, Owen Creamer, Matthew Angelaccio, Finn Alexander
4. SOME KINDA TIME
Choreographed by John Viggiano ‘22
Lucas Brown, Will McClough, Daniel Hanna, Will Mills, Deven Lawrence, Jacob Ebert
5. MEDLEY: “I WANT” SONGS
Choreographed by Eleni Segerblom ’25 & Emily Hutchings ’26
Part Of Your World – Anusha Kohli
I Want To Be A Producer – Sam Corry
I Want To Break Free – Jaden Blanco & Natalie Beasley
I Wanna Dance With Somebody – RJ Vandenbrouck & Joaquin Cota Levin
I Want To Hold Your Hand – Matthew Tyler Cruz
I Want To Know What Love Is – Eric Peyton & Claire-Elizabeth Patterson
I Want The Good Times Back – Kylah Frazier, Nathan Jackson & Will Mills
6. WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
Choreographed by Margaret White ‘26
Lucas Brown & Julian Warner Hebert
Dancers: Camila Gagliano & Joaquin Cota Levin
7. ASTONISHING
Claira Williams, Caroline Quinn, Vibel Nakande & Natalie Beasley
8. THE BEST IS YET TO COME
Choreographed by Avery Nurzia ’26
Finn Alexander & Claira Williams
Dancers: Kat Gedmin & Eric Payton
9. JOURNEY TO THE PAST
Kat Gedmin, Olivia Conti & Nick Ammon
INTERMISSION – 15 Minutes
ACT TWO
10. YOU’VE NEVER HAD CHOCOLATE LIKE THIS
Arick Brooks & Full Company
11. MEDLEY: “I WANT” SONGS
If I Loved You – Claira Williams
Somewhere – Camila Gagliano
I Have Confidence – Savannah Fouchi
Choreographed by Eleni Segerblom ’25
Dancers: Arick Brooks, Kat Gedmin, Nathan Jackson, Oliva Conti & Will Mills
Tomorrow – Lily Levine
Maybe This Time – Alexa Fillalan & Daniel Hanna
Out There – Jacob Ebert
Corner of the Sky – Trevor McCutchen
A New Life – Libby Phillips
Waiting For Life – Vibel Nakande
The Wizard And I – Jaide Fisher
The Room Where It Happens – Deven Lawrence
Original Choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler staged by Shae Duggan ‘25
Dancers: Trevor McCutchen, Eric Peyton, Joaquin Cota Levin, Kari Belle King & Camila Gagliano
12. PARTY WORTH CRASHING
Chloe Kelly, Claire-Elizabeth Patterson & Nathan Jackson
13. DIE WITH A SMILE
Choreographed by Abbie Westers ‘26
Will McClough, Jaden Blanco, Vibel Nakande & Natalie Beasley
Dancers: Kari Belle King, Olivia Conti, RJ Vandenbrouck & Joaquin Cota Levin
14. HOLD ON
Caroline Quinn, Claira Williams, Natalie Pace, Alexa Fillalan, Rebecca Schledwitz, Anusha Kohli, Natalie Beasley, Vibel Nakande, Arick Brooks, Matthew Angelaccio, Will McClough, Owen Creamer, Lucas Brown, Daniel Hanna, Libby Phillips, Deven Lawrence
15. I WILL WAIT
Choreographed by Avery Nurzia ’26
Joey Mejia, Matthew Tyler Cruz with Jaden Blanco, Sam Corry, Nick Ammon, Will Mills, Jacob Ebert, Lucas Brown, Daniel Hanna, Deven Lawrence, Libby Phillips, Julian Warner Hebert
16. ANTICIPATING
Choreographed by Catrina Contini ‘21
Anusha Kohli, Lily Levine & Olivia Conti
Dancers: Savannah Fouchi, Kat Gedmin, Camila Gagliano, Claire-Elizabeth Patterson
17. BRING ON THE MEN
Choreographed by Catrina Contini ‘21
Kari Belle King, Natalie Pace & Rebecca Schledwitz
Dancers: The Men!
18. BEING ALIVE
Joey Mejia, Joaquin Cota Levin, Julian Warner Hebert, Olivia Conti, Natalie Pace & Full Company
19. ANTICIPATION (reprise)
Chloe Kelly & Full Company
Artistic Staff and Crew
Director/Music Director
Assistant Choreographer
Stage Manager
Production Manager
Performance Management
Lighting Supervisor
Lighting Operator
Louis F. Goldberg
Stella Frye-Ginsberg
Sterling Hart
Buck Linton
Kristen Rodgers
Leandra Acosta
Todd Loyd
Sterling Hart