Barbecue Program

DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

PRESENTS

BY Robert O'Hara

DIRECTED BY Gilbert McCauley

SCENIC DESIGNER

Izmir Ickbal

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

COSTUME AND WIG DESIGNER

Amaan Khan

Shannon Lamb MOVEMENT COACH

Stephen Cross

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Sarah Schultz

DIALECT COACHES

Amani Dorn and Blake Segal

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Ralph Zito

SOUND DESIGNER

Kevin O’Connor

STAGE MANAGER

Tess Vocalina

Barbecue had its world premiere at the Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, Patrick Wellington (Executive Director) in New York, October 8, 2015 The play was directed by Kent Gash. Barbecue was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago (Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkansom, Executive Director. Barbecue is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by TRW PLAYS. 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.trwplays.com. The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

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CAST

White James T.....................................................................Seamus Doyle

Black James T......................................................................Tobias Rytting

White Lillie-Anne...........................................................Annie Comegno

Black Lillie-Anne.................................................................Nyobi Boddie

White Adlean.....................................................................Maeve Doody

Black Adlean.................................................................Haley Thompkins

White Marie....................................................Ragan Darmody-Latham

Black Marie.........................................................................Adeera Harris

White Barbara........................................................................Rileigh Very

Black Barbara......................................................................Morgan Perry

UNDERSTUDIES

For White James T – Franco Tomaino

For White Lillie-Anne – Avery Larson

For White Adlean/White Marie – Kari Lynn Miller

For White Barbara – Dani Saril

For Black Lillie-Anne/Black Barbara – Malaika Wanjiku

For Black Adlean/Black Marie – Kendall Stewart

SETTING

A pavilion, surrounded by a park in Middle America.

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

SPECIAL THANKS

Special Thanks to Scooby (Our Cast Mascot)

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

Walkout Music: “At The Barbecue” by Dani Saril, Kendall Stewart, and Franco Tomaino

Assistant Scenic Designers: Luke Blumencranz, Mabel McPhee

Assistant Costume Designer: Brooklyn Green

Assistant Lighting Designer: Jay Korter

Assistant Stage Managers: Dassi Cohen, Maya Zepeda

Casting Associate: Carrie DeGraw

Culture Consultant: Kal Alston

Satire Consultants: Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay

Addiction Consultants: Tom Barrack, Kimberly Bonilla

PRODUCTION STAFF & RUN CREW

Faculty Advisors to Student Designers: Izmir Ickbal

Faculty Advisor to Stage Managers: Dianna Angell

Light Board Operator: Maggie Weller

Sound Board Operator: Seb Arora

Deck: Teddy Brendel, Delaney Thompson

Dressers: Emma Early, Brooklyn Green, Lydia Hall, Gray Westbrook

Costume Maintenance: Weller Dorff, Corrin Rae Pulliam

Hang and Focus Crew: Henry Killbourn, James Klemmer, Dylan Lee, Gray Westbrook

Nyobi Boddie (she/ her) (Black Lillie-Anne) is a sophomore musical theater major from West Orange, NJ. This is her first production at the Department of Drama and she is honored to have worked with this incredible company. She is very grateful for the love and support from her peers, instructors, friends, and family.

Annie Comegno (she/ her) (White Lillie-Anne) is a sophomore acting major from Moorestown, NJ. This is her first production at the Department of Drama and she is honored to have worked with this incredible company. She is especially thankful for the amazing creative team that has supported her throughout this journey. She is also very grateful for the love and support from her peers, instructors, friends, and her caring family.

Ragan Darmody-Latham (she/they) (White Marie) is a sophomore acting major from Syracuse, NY. Barbecue is her first production at the Department of Drama and they are very excited and honored to have worked on this incredible show with these incredible people. She would like to thank the cast and creative team, her professors, and her family for their love and support during this show.

Maeve Doody (she/ her) (White Adlean) is a junior acting major from Oak Park, IL. She is honored to be part of this exciting show alongside an incredibly talented and dedicated team. This is her second Syracuse University Department of Drama mainstage production, as she was also part of the Department’s run of Cymbeline last spring (Jupiter/Roman Captain, u/s Imogen/Queen), directed by Chris Albright-Tufts. She would like to thank her parents and the rest of her family for their ongoing support and is beyond lucky and grateful to have several of them in the audience for this production (Special shoutout to her Mom, Dad, Aunt Cynthie, Uncle Jim, and her cousin Katie).

Seamus Doyle (he/him) (White James T) is excited to be making his Department of Drama mainstage debut after performing previously in Dealing Dreams (Black Box Players). He is from Boston, MA, and is grateful to join the Barbecue team!

Adeera Harris (Black Marie) is a sophomore musical theater major from Chicago, IL. Adeera is very excited to participate in such a thought provoking play that shines light on many ideas society decides

to ignore. For Adeera, tackling this invigorating material has cultivated and expanded great skills that she is excited to bring along with her as she continues her journey in her educational and professional career in the performing arts.

Avery Larson (she/ her) (u/s White LillieAnne) is a sophomore acting major from Snohomish, WA. Barbecue is her first understudy position within the Department of Drama. She would like to thank her family, friends, teachers, and the company of Barbecue for their good vibes and support.

Kari Lynn Miller (she/ her) (u/s White Marie, u/s White Adlean) is a sophomore acting major from Los Angeles, CA. This is her first mainstage production at the Syracuse University Department of Drama. She is excited and grateful to have had this opportunity to explore the world of Barbecue and work with such a wonderful team.

Morgan Perry (she/ her) (Black Barbara) is a junior musical theater major in the Syracuse University Department of Drama. She studied abroad in London last semester as a

part of the Department’s Acting at Shakespeare’s Globe program and is excited to be back in Syracuse. This is her second mainstage production, following Sender directed by Terrence Mosley last spring. Morgan would like to thank her friends, family, and Department of Drama for their support and love, and she hopes you enjoy the show!

Tobias Rytting (he/ him) ( Black James T ) is a sophomore musical theater major from Houston, TX. He is really excited to be in his first play and second mainstage show at the Department of Drama.

Dani Saril (she/her) (u/s White Barbara) is a sophomore musical theater major from New Rochelle, NY. She is thrilled to perform in her first mainstage production with the Department of Drama. She sends her love to her wonderful friends and family who have supported her along the way. @danisaril

Kendall Stewart (u/s Black Adlean, u/s Black Marie) is a current sophomore musical theater major from Germantown, MD. This is her first Syracuse University Department of Drama production, and she is so excit-

ed to be a part of such an amazing project. She would like to thank the team and cast for this amazing experience.

Haley Thompkins (she/her) (Black Adlean) is a sophomore acting major from Cerritos, CA. She is honored to be returning to the Storch stage after having just made her Department of Drama debut in Failure: A Love Story this past fall. Working alongside this creative team has been an absolute dream come true and she hopes to continue to tell stories like this in her career.

Franco Tomaino (he/ him) (u/s White James T) is a sophomore actor/singer from Wethersfield, CT. This is his first Department of Drama production as well as his first time understudying in a show. Franco could not be more grateful for the support and encouragement of the cast, creative team, and directors throughout the entire rehearsal process. You can see him as Lorenzo in the Department of Drama’s upcoming production of Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical or on the 21st season of American Idol. He would like to thank his family, friends, and Lionel Richie. @heeyitsfranco

Rileigh Very (she/her) (White Barbara) is a junior musical theater major from Pittsburgh, PA. At the Syracuse University Department of Drama, Rileigh was previously in ID as a writer, actress, and choreographer of the devised film piece. She also played Mama Corin/Ensemble in the Department of Drama’s production of As You Like It. Rileigh was recently seen in her first professional production as a Swing in the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production of The Little Mermaid . She is extremely excited to be playing White Barbara in Barbecue and sends a big thank you to everyone involved in the project.

Malaika Wanjiku (u/s Black Lillie-Anne, u/s Black Barbara) is a native Kenyan and is so thrilled to be a part of this project. Her favorite roles include Bruce/Hortensia in the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production of Matilda the Musical, Jacques in As You Like It, Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown, and Paulette in Legally Blonde When she isn’t singing, acting, or dancing, she is probably playing golf, making eggs, or reading. She is so excited to continue telling stories and she is so thankful for each and every person reading this. Enjoy the show! Instagram: @malaikawanjiku

ARTISTIC TEAM

Izmir Ickbal ( Scenic Designer ) is a multidisciplinary theater designer who currently serves as an assistant professor of theater design and technology in the Department of Drama. He has also previously taught at Alfred University, St. Bonaventure University, and Southern Connecticut State University. Ickbal has designed more than 60 productions locally, regionally and internationally, at large theater spaces such as the Mark Taper Forum for Center Theater Group in Los Angeles; the iconic Auditorio de Tenerife in Spain; at premier national venues in Singapore such as the Esplanade Concert Hall and the National Gallery of Singapore; at the tiniest off-off-Broadway spaces the size of a postage stamp such as Theater C at 59E59 theaters in New York City; and to bustling community outdoor audiences with the Elm Shakespeare Company in Connecticut. Others include the Classical Theatre of Harlem, Company One Theater Boston, The Tank, BRIC House, New York Theater Workshop, Dixon Place, National Black Theatre, LAByrinth Theatre Company, Kitchen Theater Company, Redhouse Performing Arts Center, The People’s Theatre Project, and Theater for a New Audience. As a designer and artist, Ickbal aims to give voice to the under- and/ or misrepresented, seeks to de-colonize euro-centrism in theater, and believes theater is for all. He is interested in reclaiming the narrative of cultural evolution in cultures and societies

that have hitherto been perceived as primitive, crude, and inferior. In 2019, he received nominations for Best Scenic Design at the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards and the Elliot Norton Awards in Boston. Ickbal graduated with an M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama and is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. More info: izmirickbal.com

Amaan Khan (he/him) (Costume Designer) is a senior theater design and technology major from Benton, ME. This is Amaan’s second time designing costumes for a Syracuse University Department of Drama mainstage production. Previous credits include costume design on Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (director Puaseisei Patu-Tanielu), costume design on Lungs (director Maxwell Evans), costume/scenic design on Eurydice (director Savannah Devlin), and costume design on As You Like It (director Rodney Hudson). Amaan would like to thank his family for supporting him, as well as his professors who helped him along the way. @amaankhandesigns.

Sarah Schultz (she/her) (Lighting Designer ) is a senior theater design and technology major with a concentration in lighting design and a minor in information management and technology through the I-School. Other Department of Drama lighting credits include Sender (mainstage), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (studio proj-

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ect), and Lungs (studio project). She is so excited for audiences to see this wonderful show.

Kevin O’Connor (Sound Designer) is currently in his 14th season working for Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. He graduated from St. Lawrence University with a B.A. in music in 2008. Most of Kevin’s sound design credits have been with the Department of Drama over the past decade and some of his favorites are Bright Half Life (2021), Romeo and Juliet (2020), Good Kids (2019), We Are Proud to Present... (2019), The Baltimore Waltz (2018), Laura and the Sea (2016), A Flea in Her Ear (2016), The Spitfire Grill (2016), Measure for Measure (2015), and Stepping Out (2014) Kevin also designed Danny, King of the Basement, Miss Electricity, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane for the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama Bank of America Children’s Tour. Besides sound design, Kevin has also worked as the A1 position, controlling the audio console/live mixing most of the musicals over the past 13 years for Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama including Disney ’ s The Little Mermaid, Matilda the Musical, Disney’ s Beauty and The Beast, The Last Five Years, Elf the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Next to Normal, The Wizard of Oz, Ring of Fire, Berlin to Broadway, Mary Poppins, Nine , The Spitfire

Grill, Peter Pan, Kiss Me, Kate, Avenue Q, Hairspray, Parade, Spring Awakening, Seussical, Violet, Irving Berlin’ s White Christmas, Merrily We Roll Along, Quilters, The Cradle Will Rock, and Cabaret. He was also able to work as the A1 for Thoughts of a Colored Man during its Syracuse Stage run before it moved to Broadway.

Shannon Lamb (she/her) (Associate Director) is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Her most recent roles include Bertha, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Rachel Twymon Sr, Common Ground Revisited (Huntington Theatre). Selected theatre credits: Letters to Kamala (WAM), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (UMASS Theater), It Happened in Little Rock, Because of Winn Dixie (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), Temptation in Pendemoniun (Cherry Lane Theatre), NYC (world premiere); Building The Wall at Academy of Music (rolling world premiere); Jar the Floor, Gee’s Bend, Mary Poppins, and The Full Monty at Arkansas Repertory Theatre; Smokey Joe’s Café, Little Shop of Horrors , and Annie at Murray’s Dinner Playhouse. TV/film credits include Mighty Real, The Dave Chapelle Show, This Revolution, The Empty Hand, and Fight Knight. Career highlights include singing the national anthem at Madison Square Garden and appearing on the cover of American Theatre Magazine for the world premiere of It Happened

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in Little Rock. Sending Love to my handsome husband and our children.

Carrie DeGraw (Casting Associate) is a senior theater management major from Union Springs, NY. During her time at Syracuse, she has been the Department of Drama’s casting associate, as well as a production assistant for the Department and Syracuse Stage. Previously, Carrie was a management intern at Jermyn Street Theatre in London, England, and the development apprentice at Theatre Aspen in Aspen, Colorado, where she currently is working as the management & board coordinator and apprentice program coordinator.

Amani Dorn (Voice and Dialect Coach ) is an actor/singer/dancer/ teacher from Austin, TX, currently residing in Atlanta, GA. She received an M.F.A. in acting from the University of California, Irvine, and has 18 years of professional experience in performance, teaching, and coaching. She got her start performing in musicals in Austin while an undergrad at the University of Texas and has since performed and coached with and for actors all over the world. While pursuing her M.F.A., she was introduced to Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework and has since pursued both certifications and continues her career as a dialect coach. Amanidorndialects.com

Blake Segal (Voice and Dialect Coach) is an actor and dialect coach, and he is delighted to return to Syracuse University’s Department of Drama. Dialect coaching credits include NYC: Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, The Araca Project, Fault Line Theatre; Regional: Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Berkshire Theatre Group, Two River Theater, PlayMakers Rep, Cleveland Musical Theatre, Luna Stage, Passages Theatre, and Walkerspace at SoHo Rep; Educational: Yale School of Drama, Fordham, Columbia, Syracuse, Kean, and Stella Adler. Blake currently serves on the voice/verse faculty of Syracuse University’s Department of Drama. As an actor, he has performed on film and television, off-Broadway, in major regional theaters across the country, and on the national tour of Mary Poppins. M.F.A. in acting: Yale School of Drama. www.blakesegal.com

Stephen Cross (Movement Coach) is an associate professor of movement at Syracuse University. He is the artistic director of Building Company Theater, based in Syracuse, and the founding artistic director of the Irondale Ensemble Project Canada based in Nova Scotia. Recent productions with Building Company Theater include Fragile White Guy and Immigration Dialogue, and in October, 2020, he guided the development and presentation of a new work titled Hypothetical News Magazine. Additionally, with Building Company he has partnered with several

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community organizations to develop arts based programs for their constituents. Most recently he built an arts centered curriculum for Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center in partnership with the iApologize Foundation.

Tess Vocalina (she/her) (Stage Manager) is junior stage management major from Orange, CT. Department of Drama credits include stage manager for Movie Night (studio project), assistant stage manager for In Love and Warcraft (mainstage), and The

Matchmaker (mainstage). She recently served as the assistant stage manager and assistant company manager for Cortland Repertory Theatre for the entirety of their 50th anniversary season as well as the stage management intern for Syracuse Stage’s Somewhere Over the Border. Tess would like to thank this incredible company for their collaboration, communication, and wonderful energy throughout this process. She would also like to thank all the people in her life for their immense love and support.

ASSISTANTS & ASSOCIATES

Luke Blumencranz (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from Jericho, NY.

Dassi Cohen (Assistant Stage Manager ) is a freshman stage management major from Baltimore, MD.

Brooklyn Green (she/her) (Assistant Costume Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in costume and lighting design from San Diego, CA.

Jay Korter (he/him) (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from Syracuse, NY.

Mabel McPhee (Assistant Scenic Designer ) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in lighting and scenic design from Plantsville, CT.

Maya Zepeda (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore stage management major from Los Angeles, CA.

DIRECTOR

Gilbert McCauley is presently a professor in the Department of Theater at the University of Massachusetts. He has served as the produc-

ing artistic director of the Oakland Ensemble Theatre, resident director at Rites and Reason Theatre, as an acting company member of the Rep-

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ertory Theatre of St. Louis, and he is a former participant in the New York Drama League’s Directors Project. He has also served on the theater faculties at University of California at Berkeley, California State University at Dominguez Hills, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Rhode Island College, and University of Rhode Island at Kingston. Mr. McCauley has directed Off-Broadway and at regional theaters around the country including Arena Stage, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Goodman Theatre, New Century Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and the National Theatre of Ghana. His directing credits include salt/city/blues by Kyle Bass,

Athol Fugard’s Master Harold...and the Boys, Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We are Proud to Present..., The Call by Tanya Barfield, Cheryl L. West’s Jar the Floor, The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez, Gees Bend by Elyzabeth GregoryWilder, Hell in High Water and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi by Marcus Gardley, Peter Morgan’s Frost/ Nixon , August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson , and Fences , Charles Fuller’s A Soldier ’ s Play, and Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie He is pleased to be doing his second production for the Syracuse University Department of Drama with the creative assistance of his beloved wife Shay.

PLAYWRIGHT

Robert O’Hara has received the NAACP Best Play and Best Director Award, the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, two Obies, and the Herb Alpert Award. Broadway: Slave Play (Tony nomination). Off Broadway: He directed the world premieres of Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play, Nikkole Salter and Dania Guiria’s In the Continuum, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays (Part 2), Colman Domingo’s Wild with Happy, Kirsten Childs’s Bella: An American Tall Tale, Baum and Cheri’s Gun and Powder at Signature

Theater, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun at Williamstown Theater Festival, Aziza Barnes’s BLKS at MCC, Inda Craig-Galvan’s Black Superhero Magic Mama at The Geffen Theater, the Universes‘s Uni/Son, inspired by the poetry of August Wilson at OSF, and Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, as well as his own plays, Mankind, Bootycandy, and Insurrection: Holding History. His plays Zombie: The American and Barbecue world premiered at Woolly Mammoth Theater and The Public Theater, respectively.

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Ralph Zito (he, him) is in his thirteenth year as chair of the Department of Drama. He came to Syracuse University from the Juilliard School Drama Division, where he had been a teacher and director from 1992 to 2010 and chair of the Voice and Speech Department since 1999. He was a director and adjunct lecturer in the Barnard College Theater Department from 2006 until 2010 and has been a guest artist at training programs across the country, including the Old Globe in San Diego, The University of Texas at Austin, and the Academy for Classical Acting in Washington, DC. Directing credits for the Department of Drama include: The Spitfire Grill, As You Like It, Gruesome Playground Injuries, and The Aliens. He has served as a voice, text or dialect consultant for numerous professional productions both on and off-Broadway, including: The Light in the Piazza; Awake and Sing!; The Herbal Bed; Mrs. Klein; The Fiery Furnace; The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theatre); Tongue of a Bird; The Merchant of Venice (New York

Shakespeare Festival); The Pitchfork Disney (Blue Light Theatre Company); Birdy (The Women’s Project); The Model Apartment (Primary Stages); the New York premiere of Tony Kushner’s SLAVS! (New York Theatre Workshop); and The African Company Presents Richard III (The Acting Company). His regional theater credits include numerous productions at The Shakespeare Theatre and Arena Stage in Washington, DC; Syracuse Stage; Baltimore CENTERSTAGE; Hartford Stage; and the McCarter Theatre, among others. A former touring member of The Acting Company, he served as artistic associate of The Chautauqua Theatre Company for seven years and was a member of the Board of Directors of The American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) for six years. He is a graduate of Harvard University, The Juilliard School, and the American Center for the Alexander Technique. He was recently awarded the prestigious Juilliard President’s Medal in recognition of his contributions to both Juilliard and to the broader performing arts community.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Syracuse University Department of Drama offers degree programs in acting, musical theater, theater design and technology, stage management, and theater management

utilizing conservatory-style training in a university setting and in collaboration with Syracuse Stage. With much appreciation, the Department of Drama wishes to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the Syracuse Stage staff.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

While students are responsible for designing the technical elements of most Drama productions, implementing

these designs requires a significant contribution by the professional staff of the Syracuse Stage production department.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Chair.......................................................................................................................................Ralph Zito

Business Manager.................................................................................................................Lisa Tucci

Administrative Specialist...............................................................................................Leslie Noble

Director, Tepper Semester in NYC...............................................................................Erica Jensen

Academic Operations Manager, Tepper Semester NYC.....................................Casey O’Neil

Associate Music Director.................................................................................................Jacob Carll

Dean, VPA...................................................................................................................Michael S. Tick

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Christine Albright-Tufts

Robert Andrusko

Rufus Bonds, Jr.

Jacob Carll

Kiira Schmidt Carper

Brian Cimmet

James A. Clark

Stephen Cross

Danyon Davis

Izmir Ickbal

Rebecca Karpoff

Andrea Leigh-Smith

Daisy Long

David Lowenstein

Celia Madeoy

Carmen Martinez

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Jill Anderson

Dianna Angell

Alec Barbour

Kathleen Baum

Bradley Beckman

Kerry Bereza

Dave Bowman

Don Buschmann

Diane Coloton

Gretchen Darrow-Crotty

Marina de Ratmiroff

Danita Emma

Kathryn Fathers

Marcus Herndon

Jacqueline R. Herter

Emily Holm

Robert Hupp

Sandra Knapp

Richard Koons

Nicholas Kowerko

Zizi Majid

Michael McCurdy

Aldo Katton Santiago

Mendez

Kathryn Miranda

Amanda Moore

ACCOMPANISTS

Kerry Bereza, Abel Searor

Katherine McGerr

Thom Miller

Ricky Pak

Felipe Panamá

Holly Thuma

Kathleen Wrinn

Ralph Zito

Leslie Noble

Whitney Pak

Stuart Plymesser

Rebecca Schuetz

Hanni Schwarzlander

Abel Searor

Blake Segal

SEVAN

Randy Steffen

Bradley Stone

Joseph Whelan

Matthew Winning

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SWEET CHARITY

BOOK BY NEIL SIMON | MUSIC BY CY COLEMAN | LYRICS BY DOROTHY FIELDS | BASED ON AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BY FEDERICO FELLINI, TULLIO PINELLI, AND ENNIO FLAIANO | PRODUCED FOR THE BROADWAY STAGE BY FRYER, CARR, AND HARRIS

CONCEIVED, STAGED, AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY BOB FOSSE

DIRECTED BY DAVID LOWENSTEIN | CHOREOGRAPHED BY KIIRA SCHMIDT-CARPER | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET

OCTOBER 14 - 23 | OPENING NIGHT: OCTOBER 15

FAILURE: A LOVE STORY

BY PHILIP DAWKINS | DIRECTED BY THOM MILLER

NOVEMBER 11 - 19 | OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 12

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID *

MUSIC BY ALAN MENKEN | LYRICS BY HOWARD ASHMAN AND GLENN SLATER | BOOK BY DOUG WRIGHT | BASED ON THE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN STORY AND THE DISNEY FILM THAT WAS PRODUCED BY HOWARD ASHMAN AND JOHN MUSKER AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOHN MUSKER AND RON CLEMENTS

ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

DIRECTED BY MELISSA RAIN ANDERSON | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET | CHOREOGRAPHY BY ADAM CATES

CO-PRODUCED WITH SYRACUSE STAGE

NOVEMBER 25 – JANUARY 8 | OPENING NIGHT: DECEMBER 2

*DRAMA SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE VOUCHERS REDEEMABLE FOR TICKETS TO DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID

BARBECUE

BY ROBERT O’HARA | DIRECTED BY GILBERT M c CAULEY

FEBRUARY 17 - 26 | OPENING NIGHT: FEBRUARY 18

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DANCE NATION

BY CLARE BARRON | DIRECTED BY KATHERINE McGERR

MARCH 24 – APRIL 2 | OPENING NIGHT: MARCH 25

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MELANCHOLY PLAY: A CHAMBER MUSICAL

BOOK AND LYRICS BY SARAH RUHL | MUSIC BY TODD ALMOND DIRECTED BY DANIELLA CAGGIANO | MUSIC DIRECTED BY JACOB CARLL

APRIL 28 – MAY 7 | OPENING NIGHT: APRIL 29