Springfield Contemporary Theatre
presents
August 13-15, 19-22, 2021
on the SCT Backlot
Book & Lyrics by PETER KELLOGG
Music by DAVID FRIEDMAN
Orchestrations by DAVID HANCOCK TURNER
Vocal Arrangements by DAVID FRIEDMAN
Director JEFFREY MINDOCK
Music Director ALEX HUFF
Choreographer ARYN BOHANNON
Scenic Design JACK GOLDEN
Costume Design LOUIS SCHAEFFER
Lighting Design CHRISTIAN BARNARD
Sound Design COLIN MARSHALL
Props Master DENNIS STEWART
Stage Manager MALLORY KOENIGSEDER
New York Off-Broadway production produced by
Pat Addiss, Mary Cossette, Willette Klausner
World Premiere Production Presented by The York Theatre Company,
James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, Evans Haile, Executive Director
Originally Presented in the New York Musical Theatre Festival,
Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Director and Producer
Presented by special arrangement with Stage Rights
on the SCT Backlot
Book & Lyrics by PETER KELLOGG
Music by DAVID FRIEDMAN
Orchestrations by DAVID HANCOCK TURNER
Vocal Arrangements by DAVID FRIEDMAN
Director JEFFREY MINDOCK
Music Director ALEX HUFF
Choreographer ARYN BOHANNON
Scenic Design JACK GOLDEN
Costume Design LOUIS SCHAEFFER
Lighting Design CHRISTIAN BARNARD
Sound Design COLIN MARSHALL
Props Master DENNIS STEWART
Stage Manager MALLORY KOENIGSEDER
New York Off-Broadway production produced by
Pat Addiss, Mary Cossette, Willette Klausner
World Premiere Production Presented by The York Theatre Company,
James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, Evans Haile, Executive Director
Originally Presented in the New York Musical Theatre Festival,
Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Director and Producer
Presented by special arrangement with Stage Rights
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Bella Rose ARYN BOHANNON
Governor Von Richterhenkenpflichtgetruber JEFF CARNEY
Sheriff Martin Green CLAYTON AVERY
Susanna (aka Sister Mary Jo) MEGAN MARKS
Johnny Blood JOEY MYERS
Father Morse RON SENEY
Ensemble SAMANTHA FLEMING & JUSTIN ZICKEFOOSE
BAND
Piano/Conductor ALEX HUFF
Violin/Mandolin KIRSTEN WEISS
Cello ESTHER LOYA
Guitar JASON LOFTIN
Bass RILEY ROBISON
SETTING: Somewhere out west.
TIME: Late 1800's.
There will be one 12-minute intermission between acts.
Master Electrician PAYTON JACKSON
Follow Spot Operators ALEX BATES & LENZIE GOODMAN
Sound Mixing CHRISTIAN BARNARD
Scenic Construction & Painting RICH BOGUE, RICK DINES, JACK GOLDEN, AMY HOLLAND,
PAYTON JACKSON, JEFFREY MINDOCK, LOU SCHAEFFER, DENNIS STEWART
The making of electronic or any audio and/or video recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, violation of the author's rights and actionable under the United States copyright law.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Kathleen Hains; Patty Moore; Heather Fann; Ned Wilkinson; Marilyn Lowe; Donovan Bankhead, Springfield Music; Holly Rogers, Diversity Commercial Investments; Chuck Rogers & Jamie Bower, Springfield Little Theatre; Springfield Regional Arts Council; Randy Stewart, KSMU Public Radio; Springfield News-Leader; 417 Magazine; Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau; Rusty Worley, Urban Districts Alliance
(in order of appearance)
Bella Rose ARYN BOHANNON
Governor Von Richterhenkenpflichtgetruber JEFF CARNEY
Sheriff Martin Green CLAYTON AVERY
Susanna (aka Sister Mary Jo) MEGAN MARKS
Johnny Blood JOEY MYERS
Father Morse RON SENEY
Ensemble SAMANTHA FLEMING & JUSTIN ZICKEFOOSE
BAND
Piano/Conductor ALEX HUFF
Violin/Mandolin KIRSTEN WEISS
Cello ESTHER LOYA
Guitar JASON LOFTIN
Bass RILEY ROBISON
SETTING: Somewhere out west.
TIME: Late 1800's.
There will be one 12-minute intermission between acts.
Master Electrician PAYTON JACKSON
Follow Spot Operators ALEX BATES & LENZIE GOODMAN
Sound Mixing CHRISTIAN BARNARD
Scenic Construction & Painting RICH BOGUE, RICK DINES, JACK GOLDEN, AMY HOLLAND,
PAYTON JACKSON, JEFFREY MINDOCK, LOU SCHAEFFER, DENNIS STEWART
The making of electronic or any audio and/or video recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, violation of the author's rights and actionable under the United States copyright law.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Kathleen Hains; Patty Moore; Heather Fann; Ned Wilkinson; Marilyn Lowe; Donovan Bankhead, Springfield Music; Holly Rogers, Diversity Commercial Investments; Chuck Rogers & Jamie Bower, Springfield Little Theatre; Springfield Regional Arts Council; Randy Stewart, KSMU Public Radio; Springfield News-Leader; 417 Magazine; Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau; Rusty Worley, Urban Districts Alliance
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WHO'S WHO
CLAYTON AVERY (Sheriff Martin Green) SCT: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Justin), Enron (multiple roles), Julie Bunny Must Die! (Laserwolf/Mr. Simon), Reefer Madness (Jimmy Harper), Speech and Debate (Solomon) and Disney’s High School Musical (James). SLT: Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius), Shrek (Farquaad), The Nerd (Rick) and Forever Plaid (Sparky). www.claytonavery.com
CHRISTIAN BARNARD (Lighting Designer, Sound Mixer) SCT: Sound Mixing: A Grand Night for Singing, Side by Side by Sondheim, SCT Sings Broadway Rock. Christian serves as Technical Director for Marshfield Community Theatre and Contemporary Music Director at Aldersgate Church.
ARYN BOHANNON (Bella Rose, Choreographer) SCT: Beehive, SCT Sings B’Way Rock 1 & 2. SLT: The Last Five Years, Shout! The 60’s Musical. Regional: Shrek (Tulsa Project Theatre) Education: BFA in Musical Theatre at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee website: arynbohannon.com
JEFF CARNEY (Gov. Von Richt…) SCT: Side by Side by Sondheim, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Seafarer, Blackbird, Sweeney Todd. Local: Titus Andronicus (Actor’s Theatre of Missouri), Springfield Regional Opera. Regional: San Fransisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Connecticut Opera, San Jose Opera, Long Beach Grand Opera.
RICK DINES (Managing Artistic Director) SCT: Directing: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Fugitive Songs, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Skeleton Crew, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun, An Enemy of the People, Tribes, Hands on a Hardbody, Spring Awakening, The Mountaintop, Xanadu, Avenue Q, The 39 Steps, Cock, The Pillowman, Is He Dead?, The Laramie Project, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Bat Boy: The Musical, Urinetown, Dawg Pound Blues (world premiere), Sheer Will (world premiere). Acting: Fun Home (Bruce Bechdel), Assassins (John Wilkes Booth), The Normal Heart (Ned Weeks), The Secret Garden (Dr. Neville Craven), Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw), SCT Sings Sinatra, SCT Sings Irving Berlin, Sing for Your Supper and A Holiday Carol. Local: The Who's Tommy (director, SLT), Hair (director, MSU), You Can't Take It with You (actor, Tent Theatre). Regional: Hanky Panky (KC Fringe, Midtown International Theatre Festival NYC - world premiere), Girl's Night: The Musical (national tour). Upcoming: Directing final show of the SCT season, Hands on a Hardbody.
SAMANTHA FLEMING (Ensemble) SCT: Debut! Local: Annie, Footloose, Pirates of Penzance, Book of Will, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nixa High School)
DAVID FRIEDMAN (Composer) In addition to Desperate Measures (2018 Drama Desk Best Music Award), David has written 4 other musicals with Peter Kellogg: Nicolette & Aucassin, Nellie Bly, Money Talks, and Lincoln in Love; King Island Christmas (with Deborah Brevoort – 50+ productions worldwide); Koga (with Phillip Kholos) a web series for children about using martial arts and kindness to solve every day problems, and is currently collaborating with Elizabeth Dewberry on a musical about Temple Grandin. David has written songs for everyone from Disney to Diana Ross, produced all the late/great Nancy LaMott’s CD’s and wrote many of her best known songs, conducted and vocal arranged 6 musicals on Broadway and numerous Disney Animated Films (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) wrote songs for The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Bambi II and Trick, scored 3 television series, performed his revue Listen To My Heart – The Songs of David Friedman Off Broadway, all over America and abroad, and co-wrote 100 songs (with Kathie Lee Gifford) for the Today Show’s Everyone Has a Story Segment. David is a best-selling metaphysics author with 5 books including The Thought Exchange, and We Can Be Kind – Healing Our World One Kindness at a Time, based on his song of the same name. For more information, go to www.MIDDERMusic.com.
JACK GOLDEN (Scenic Design) SCT: Debut! Regional: Design: Hangar Theatre, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Bristol Valley Theatre, Ozark Actors Theatre, NexStop Theatre, Thunder Bay Theatre, Artscentric, Theatre B, Maryland Opera Studio and others. Assist: Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Studio Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, The Harbor Stage Co, and many others. Education: BFA, North Dakota State University; MFA, University of Maryland, College Park. New York City-based scenic designer and assistant. www.jackcgolden.com
ALEX HUFF (Resident Music Director) Desperate Measures is the 20th musical Alex has music directed for SCT. SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock 1&2, Side By Side By Sondheim, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Fun Home, A Grand Night For Singing, The Christians, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show, Beehive, The Santaland Diaries, The Robber Bridegroom, Assassins, Jerry’s Girls, Hands on a Hardbody, Xanadu, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Spring Awakening, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Avenue Q, VCT Rocks. Sunday Songbook Series: Ashley Smith, Erica Spyres, Heart & Music, Kelly Osborne, Paula Patterson, Rick Dines, Sean Doherty, Tent Theatre Edition, Alex’s Girls, plus nine installments in the SCT Sings series. Local: Little Shop of Horrors, Tuck Everlasting, Fiddler on the Roof, Big Fish, Spelling Bee, Clue, Addams Family (Glendale High School), Hair, Dogfight, City of Angels, The World Goes ‘Round, Noah’s Art, Cabaret, Pajama Game (Missouri State), Shrek, Joseph..., A Chorus Line, Les Miserables (Springfield Little Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof, Forever Plaid, All Shook Up, Hairspray, Leap of Faith, Damn Yankees, 110 in the Shade, 42nd Street, 9 to 5, Oklahoma, Shout! The Mod Musical (Tent Theatre). New York: See.Spot.Sing (The Metropolitan Room), Bernice Bobs Her Mullet (The Joe Allen Players), The Music Man in Concert tour with Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy (Local Hire). Alex is also a busy arranger and orchestrator having penned work that has been performed all over the country and even at sea! Upcoming: Ranked! The Musical at Ozark High School, Footloose the Musical at Parkview HS, SCT’s Gala, and a soon-to-be-announced concert in NYC.
PAYTON JACKSON (Technical Director/Master Electrician) SCT: Stage Manager: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, A Doll’s House, Part 2; Liz and Ladybird: Whistlestop!; The Elephant Man; Driving Miss Daisy; Beehive: The 60s Musical. Local: Godspell, Broadway Cabaret, The Fantasticks, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Runner Stumbles, The Flaxen Miss Jackson (Drury University). Education: BA in Theatre from Drury University.
PETER KELLOGG (Book and Lyrics) has two Tony nominations for book and lyrics to a musical of Anna Karenina (composer Dan Levine), which toured in Japan and was broadcast on Japanese Public TV in 2006. With David Friedman, he created Desperate Measures which won 2018 Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics, as well as The Outer Critics Circle and off-Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Musical. CD available on Amazon. Also with David, Chasing Nicolette (based on the French romance, Aucassin and Nicolette), produced at Westport Playhouse, the Prince in Philadelphia and Village Theatre in Seattle, and Stunt Girl, based on the life of Nellie Bly, New York City’s first female reporter, which premiered at Village Theatre. With composer Steve Weiner, he has written a 10-person musical based on the Sheridan play, The Rivals, which premiered at Bristol Riverside Theatre last fall.
MEGAN MARKS (Sister Mary Jo) SCT: Debut! Local: Head Over Heels (Spectra Theatre Co). Regional: Murder in the Village (Tableside Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Carpe Diem Theatre), As You Like It (Classical Edge).
COLIN MARSHALL (Sound Design) SCT: Debut! Regional: Sound Design: Ismene, Farenheit 451 (The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University) Thunder Bay Theatre. Sound Engineer/Technician: Opera Theatre St. Louis, Variety Theatre, Metro Theatre Company.
JEFFREY MINDOCK (Director/Development Director) Jeffrey comes to Springfield Contemporary Theatre after a five year stint as Producing Artistic Director for Thunder Bay Theatre in Alpena, Michigan. At TBT, Jeffrey increased earned and contributed revenue each years and established a five-year strategic plan, capital campaign and TCG member status for the organization. Jeffrey also wrote four plays and workshop curriculums to create and produce an educational tour that served almost 20,000 students in Northern Michigan over a three year period. Jeffrey serves SCT through fundraising, grant writing, social media and marketing, and directing. Over his career, he has directed and produced over fifty professional productions. Before flipping to the other side of the table, Jeffrey performed in over thirty professional productions most notably playing the title role in Macbeth, Brutus in Julius Caesar, and Long John Silver in Treasure Island.
JOEY MYERS (Johnny Blood) SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock 1 & 2. MSU: Picnic (Hal Carter), Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim), The Secret Garden (Swing), Working, Cats!, Rimers of Eldritch. Upcoming: Brigadoon, Missouri State University Education: Current student, BFA, Musical Theatre, Missouri State University
MALLORY KOENIGSEDER (Stage Manager) SCT: Debut! MSU: Oklahoma! (SM), Argonautika (SM), Everybody (SM), Picnic (ASM). Upcoming: Much Ado About Nothing (SM, MSU) Education: Current BFA Design/Technology in Stage Management at Missouri State University.
LOUIS SCHAEFFER (Costume Designer/Executive Producer) SCT: Opened the Vandivort Center Theatre 26 years ago. Has designed many of the plays and musicals produced at the Vandivort, Vandivort 2nd Stage and Center Stage. SLT: Opened the Landers Theatre in 1970 as Executive Producer/Designer. Served as Technical Director/Designer for SLT before purchasing the Landers. SRO: Designer for La Boheme, The Magic Flute and other productions over the organizations 40-year history. MSU/Tent Theatre: Designer: Dames at Sea, Celebration, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Working, Your Own Thing, Oh, Kay! Past full-time MSU faculty member. Springfield Ballet: Executive Director/Designer for more than 12 years. New Electric Dinner Theatre: Manager/Designer for 5 years. Virginia Museum Theatre: Tech Director/Lighting Designer for one season. Honors: The Ozzie Award presented by Springfield Regional Arts Council. He has been presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and the Byrne Blackwood Memorial Award from SRO for contributions to the area arts.
RON SENEY (Father Morse) SCT: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, An Enemy of the People, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Mornings at Seven, The Tempest, Around the World in 80 Days, The Threepenny Opera, Is He Dead? Glengarry Glen Ross, The Seafarer, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Amadeus, Light in the Piazza. Directing: Side by Side by Sondheim. SLT: Merry Christmas, George Bailey, Joseph…, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, Oliver! Tent: Noises Off, You Can’t Take It With You, 42nd Street, Fiddler on the Roof, A Christmas Carol. Education: BS in ED, Missouri State University; MA, Speech and Theatre, Missouri State University
DENNIS STEWART (Props Master) SCT: Resident Properties Master on over 60 productions, House Manager. Local: Properties master on many productions for Springfield Little Theatre; Usher for Hammons Hall and the Gillioz Theatre.
JUSTIN ZICKEFOOSE (Ensemble) SCT: Debut! SLT: Newsies, Footloose. Education: Current Dance Major at MSU. Upcoming: Kinky Boots at SLT.
CHRISTIAN BARNARD (Lighting Designer, Sound Mixer) SCT: Sound Mixing: A Grand Night for Singing, Side by Side by Sondheim, SCT Sings Broadway Rock. Christian serves as Technical Director for Marshfield Community Theatre and Contemporary Music Director at Aldersgate Church.
ARYN BOHANNON (Bella Rose, Choreographer) SCT: Beehive, SCT Sings B’Way Rock 1 & 2. SLT: The Last Five Years, Shout! The 60’s Musical. Regional: Shrek (Tulsa Project Theatre) Education: BFA in Musical Theatre at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee website: arynbohannon.com
JEFF CARNEY (Gov. Von Richt…) SCT: Side by Side by Sondheim, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Seafarer, Blackbird, Sweeney Todd. Local: Titus Andronicus (Actor’s Theatre of Missouri), Springfield Regional Opera. Regional: San Fransisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Connecticut Opera, San Jose Opera, Long Beach Grand Opera.
RICK DINES (Managing Artistic Director) SCT: Directing: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Fugitive Songs, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Skeleton Crew, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun, An Enemy of the People, Tribes, Hands on a Hardbody, Spring Awakening, The Mountaintop, Xanadu, Avenue Q, The 39 Steps, Cock, The Pillowman, Is He Dead?, The Laramie Project, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Bat Boy: The Musical, Urinetown, Dawg Pound Blues (world premiere), Sheer Will (world premiere). Acting: Fun Home (Bruce Bechdel), Assassins (John Wilkes Booth), The Normal Heart (Ned Weeks), The Secret Garden (Dr. Neville Craven), Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw), SCT Sings Sinatra, SCT Sings Irving Berlin, Sing for Your Supper and A Holiday Carol. Local: The Who's Tommy (director, SLT), Hair (director, MSU), You Can't Take It with You (actor, Tent Theatre). Regional: Hanky Panky (KC Fringe, Midtown International Theatre Festival NYC - world premiere), Girl's Night: The Musical (national tour). Upcoming: Directing final show of the SCT season, Hands on a Hardbody.
SAMANTHA FLEMING (Ensemble) SCT: Debut! Local: Annie, Footloose, Pirates of Penzance, Book of Will, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nixa High School)
DAVID FRIEDMAN (Composer) In addition to Desperate Measures (2018 Drama Desk Best Music Award), David has written 4 other musicals with Peter Kellogg: Nicolette & Aucassin, Nellie Bly, Money Talks, and Lincoln in Love; King Island Christmas (with Deborah Brevoort – 50+ productions worldwide); Koga (with Phillip Kholos) a web series for children about using martial arts and kindness to solve every day problems, and is currently collaborating with Elizabeth Dewberry on a musical about Temple Grandin. David has written songs for everyone from Disney to Diana Ross, produced all the late/great Nancy LaMott’s CD’s and wrote many of her best known songs, conducted and vocal arranged 6 musicals on Broadway and numerous Disney Animated Films (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) wrote songs for The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Bambi II and Trick, scored 3 television series, performed his revue Listen To My Heart – The Songs of David Friedman Off Broadway, all over America and abroad, and co-wrote 100 songs (with Kathie Lee Gifford) for the Today Show’s Everyone Has a Story Segment. David is a best-selling metaphysics author with 5 books including The Thought Exchange, and We Can Be Kind – Healing Our World One Kindness at a Time, based on his song of the same name. For more information, go to www.MIDDERMusic.com.
JACK GOLDEN (Scenic Design) SCT: Debut! Regional: Design: Hangar Theatre, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Bristol Valley Theatre, Ozark Actors Theatre, NexStop Theatre, Thunder Bay Theatre, Artscentric, Theatre B, Maryland Opera Studio and others. Assist: Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Studio Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, The Harbor Stage Co, and many others. Education: BFA, North Dakota State University; MFA, University of Maryland, College Park. New York City-based scenic designer and assistant. www.jackcgolden.com
ALEX HUFF (Resident Music Director) Desperate Measures is the 20th musical Alex has music directed for SCT. SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock 1&2, Side By Side By Sondheim, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Fun Home, A Grand Night For Singing, The Christians, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show, Beehive, The Santaland Diaries, The Robber Bridegroom, Assassins, Jerry’s Girls, Hands on a Hardbody, Xanadu, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Spring Awakening, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Avenue Q, VCT Rocks. Sunday Songbook Series: Ashley Smith, Erica Spyres, Heart & Music, Kelly Osborne, Paula Patterson, Rick Dines, Sean Doherty, Tent Theatre Edition, Alex’s Girls, plus nine installments in the SCT Sings series. Local: Little Shop of Horrors, Tuck Everlasting, Fiddler on the Roof, Big Fish, Spelling Bee, Clue, Addams Family (Glendale High School), Hair, Dogfight, City of Angels, The World Goes ‘Round, Noah’s Art, Cabaret, Pajama Game (Missouri State), Shrek, Joseph..., A Chorus Line, Les Miserables (Springfield Little Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof, Forever Plaid, All Shook Up, Hairspray, Leap of Faith, Damn Yankees, 110 in the Shade, 42nd Street, 9 to 5, Oklahoma, Shout! The Mod Musical (Tent Theatre). New York: See.Spot.Sing (The Metropolitan Room), Bernice Bobs Her Mullet (The Joe Allen Players), The Music Man in Concert tour with Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy (Local Hire). Alex is also a busy arranger and orchestrator having penned work that has been performed all over the country and even at sea! Upcoming: Ranked! The Musical at Ozark High School, Footloose the Musical at Parkview HS, SCT’s Gala, and a soon-to-be-announced concert in NYC.
PAYTON JACKSON (Technical Director/Master Electrician) SCT: Stage Manager: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, A Doll’s House, Part 2; Liz and Ladybird: Whistlestop!; The Elephant Man; Driving Miss Daisy; Beehive: The 60s Musical. Local: Godspell, Broadway Cabaret, The Fantasticks, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Runner Stumbles, The Flaxen Miss Jackson (Drury University). Education: BA in Theatre from Drury University.
PETER KELLOGG (Book and Lyrics) has two Tony nominations for book and lyrics to a musical of Anna Karenina (composer Dan Levine), which toured in Japan and was broadcast on Japanese Public TV in 2006. With David Friedman, he created Desperate Measures which won 2018 Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics, as well as The Outer Critics Circle and off-Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Musical. CD available on Amazon. Also with David, Chasing Nicolette (based on the French romance, Aucassin and Nicolette), produced at Westport Playhouse, the Prince in Philadelphia and Village Theatre in Seattle, and Stunt Girl, based on the life of Nellie Bly, New York City’s first female reporter, which premiered at Village Theatre. With composer Steve Weiner, he has written a 10-person musical based on the Sheridan play, The Rivals, which premiered at Bristol Riverside Theatre last fall.
MEGAN MARKS (Sister Mary Jo) SCT: Debut! Local: Head Over Heels (Spectra Theatre Co). Regional: Murder in the Village (Tableside Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Carpe Diem Theatre), As You Like It (Classical Edge).
COLIN MARSHALL (Sound Design) SCT: Debut! Regional: Sound Design: Ismene, Farenheit 451 (The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University) Thunder Bay Theatre. Sound Engineer/Technician: Opera Theatre St. Louis, Variety Theatre, Metro Theatre Company.
JEFFREY MINDOCK (Director/Development Director) Jeffrey comes to Springfield Contemporary Theatre after a five year stint as Producing Artistic Director for Thunder Bay Theatre in Alpena, Michigan. At TBT, Jeffrey increased earned and contributed revenue each years and established a five-year strategic plan, capital campaign and TCG member status for the organization. Jeffrey also wrote four plays and workshop curriculums to create and produce an educational tour that served almost 20,000 students in Northern Michigan over a three year period. Jeffrey serves SCT through fundraising, grant writing, social media and marketing, and directing. Over his career, he has directed and produced over fifty professional productions. Before flipping to the other side of the table, Jeffrey performed in over thirty professional productions most notably playing the title role in Macbeth, Brutus in Julius Caesar, and Long John Silver in Treasure Island.
JOEY MYERS (Johnny Blood) SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock 1 & 2. MSU: Picnic (Hal Carter), Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim), The Secret Garden (Swing), Working, Cats!, Rimers of Eldritch. Upcoming: Brigadoon, Missouri State University Education: Current student, BFA, Musical Theatre, Missouri State University
MALLORY KOENIGSEDER (Stage Manager) SCT: Debut! MSU: Oklahoma! (SM), Argonautika (SM), Everybody (SM), Picnic (ASM). Upcoming: Much Ado About Nothing (SM, MSU) Education: Current BFA Design/Technology in Stage Management at Missouri State University.
LOUIS SCHAEFFER (Costume Designer/Executive Producer) SCT: Opened the Vandivort Center Theatre 26 years ago. Has designed many of the plays and musicals produced at the Vandivort, Vandivort 2nd Stage and Center Stage. SLT: Opened the Landers Theatre in 1970 as Executive Producer/Designer. Served as Technical Director/Designer for SLT before purchasing the Landers. SRO: Designer for La Boheme, The Magic Flute and other productions over the organizations 40-year history. MSU/Tent Theatre: Designer: Dames at Sea, Celebration, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Working, Your Own Thing, Oh, Kay! Past full-time MSU faculty member. Springfield Ballet: Executive Director/Designer for more than 12 years. New Electric Dinner Theatre: Manager/Designer for 5 years. Virginia Museum Theatre: Tech Director/Lighting Designer for one season. Honors: The Ozzie Award presented by Springfield Regional Arts Council. He has been presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and the Byrne Blackwood Memorial Award from SRO for contributions to the area arts.
RON SENEY (Father Morse) SCT: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, An Enemy of the People, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Mornings at Seven, The Tempest, Around the World in 80 Days, The Threepenny Opera, Is He Dead? Glengarry Glen Ross, The Seafarer, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Amadeus, Light in the Piazza. Directing: Side by Side by Sondheim. SLT: Merry Christmas, George Bailey, Joseph…, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, Oliver! Tent: Noises Off, You Can’t Take It With You, 42nd Street, Fiddler on the Roof, A Christmas Carol. Education: BS in ED, Missouri State University; MA, Speech and Theatre, Missouri State University
DENNIS STEWART (Props Master) SCT: Resident Properties Master on over 60 productions, House Manager. Local: Properties master on many productions for Springfield Little Theatre; Usher for Hammons Hall and the Gillioz Theatre.
JUSTIN ZICKEFOOSE (Ensemble) SCT: Debut! SLT: Newsies, Footloose. Education: Current Dance Major at MSU. Upcoming: Kinky Boots at SLT.
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Founder/Executive Producer
LOUIS SCHAEFFER Managing Artistic Director RICK DINES Development Director JEFFREY MINDOCK Technical Director PAYTON JACKSON Resident Directors ROBERT BRADLEY TERRY BLOODWORTH RICK DINES JON HERBERT JACK LAUFER JEFFREY MINDOCK GRETCHEN TEAGUE Resident Music Director ALEX HUFF Web Design ELIZABETH O'GARA |
Advisory Committee
ROB & SALLY BAIRD ROBERT BRADLEY NANCY DORNAN GLORIA GALANES PATTY MOORE PAUL & CAROL REINERT MAGGIE WILCOX Box Office and Front of House ROBERT BRADLEY RICK DINES JEFFREY MINDOCK CATHY SANCHEZ LOU SCHAEFFER RON SENEY DENNIS STEWART Web Master RICK DINES Legal ROUNDTABLE LEGAL Accounting ASSURANCE CPA |
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STARS
Anonymous Nancy Aton Robert H. Bradley Marilyn Lowe Paul & Carol Reinert Maggie Wilcox HEADLINERS Chuck & Marcia Bonwell Cynthia Hollander Duane & Gwen Hunt Louis H. Schaeffer Janet Trotter John & Kristin Weidner PRINCIPALS Nita Jane Ayres Sara Brummel Nancy Cooper Carolyn Crawford Rick Dines & Steve Henry Nancy & Tom Dornan Robert Lanning & Minuen Odom Andy & Cindy Lear Charles O. Letterman FEATURED PLAYERS Rob & Sally Baird Buddy Ball & Virginia Jones Bohannon Auto Service, Darin & Kristi Bohannon Beverly Bossi Walter & Laura Cowart Genny & Carter Cramer Mark & Diana Eul Tess Harper Rebecca Hogan Susan & Harry Hom Alex Huff Gary Kester Betsy Kurtz Thomas Kurtz The Lazzaro Family Wallace & Joyce Munden Sylvia Hillyard Pannell Ted Salveter Jon & Sandy Sidoli Joyce Wise |
SUPPORTING PLAYERS
Donna "Pokey" Alrutz Adrienne Backus Leslie Ballew Ross & Kay Bebout Dennis & Kathy Bird Joe Bowman Terry & Julie Bloodworth William & Saundra Brown Andy Cline & Lola Butcher Michelle Drye Anne Gardner Sam Hamra Ken Harper Amy Holland Shirley Huffman David & Shirley Hutchison Eric Koziatek & Cindy Grellner Jack Laufer & Michael Brill Michael Lee Sharon Marsh Mark McQueary T. Haven Miller & Robin Rader Jeffrey & Paige Mindock Pamela Mitchell Annie Meek Montgomery Stephanie Montgomery Martha Odom Barbara Parker Ruscell Pavlin Susan Pyle Jeanie Raney Linda Regan John & Delia Rice Cathy Sanchez Emmett & Becky Sawyer Edward Schaeffer Eric & Terry Spyres Dennis Stewart Todd Turoci Maxine Whittaker Dan Woodall |
CAMEOS
Clayton Avery Nathan & Jill Bailey Deb Bentlage Jamie & Jessica Bower Charles & Sherry Buchanan Daniel Bush Sue Camp Doug Cannon Jeff & Donna Carney Marshall Cobb Cindy Cooper Adam DeBacker Keta Dines Jim & Terri Evans Kristin Farr Savannah & Josh Fernelius Carolyn Gerdes Derrell & Marge Gonstead Randy & Mary Henry Daron Jennings Carole Kerzner Corey Kilburn Kelly & Louise Knauer Kris Langston Ed & Debi Lee Cheryl Miller & Bill Hale Pete Nielsen Kaleb Norman Angela Peabody Alex & Cathy Primm RoundTable Legal Martha Schatz Ron Seney Matthew Simpson Alberta Smith Robert Sonnemaker Amber Spice Erica Spyres & Drew Jackson Ron Tindle David & Vickie Trippe Angela Vincent Michael Walker Eunice Wallar Robert & Kim Westenberg |
CELEBRATIONS
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In Honor of Robert Bradley
Nancy Aton |
In Memory of George Galanes
Donnis & Jim Grundy |
In Memory of Haley Stephens
Shawn & Gretchen Teague |
In Memory of George Vanderbilt & In Honor of Judy Vanderbilt
Helen Hamel
Helen Hamel
PATTY BROOKS MEMORIAL FUND
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Anonymous
Rob & Sally Baird |
James & Judith Billings
Robert H. Bradley |