July 12, 2021
Mother's Brewing Company
Created & Music Directed by ALEX HUFF
Sound Mixed by PAYTON JACKSON
Hosted by ANTHONY NORMAN
Mother's Brewing Company
Created & Music Directed by ALEX HUFF
Sound Mixed by PAYTON JACKSON
Hosted by ANTHONY NORMAN
CAST
ARYN BOHANNON
ASHLYN CREEK
JEREMY CHESMAN
ROBERT T GIBSON
MARY KIM
JOHNNIE ANGELIA KING
MAGGIE MARLIN-HESS
JOEY MYERS
ANTHONY NORMAN
ANDY PHINNEY
DILLON SAVAGE
DARBY VINCENT
BAND
Keys/Conductor ALEX HUFF
Violin/Percussion KIRSTEN WEISS
Alto Sax/Guitar 2 ANTHONY NORMAN
Alto Sax/Clarinet/Bari Sax BRIDGET RUARK
Trumpet/Flugelhorn MAX GEMMILL
Trombone ERIC LADISH
Guitars JASON LOFTIN
Bass RILEY ROBISON
Drums IAN ERICKSON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Glendale HS Choir, Parkview HS Band, Springfield Music, Springfield Regional Arts Council; Randy Stewart, KSMU Public Radio; Springfield News-Leader; 417 Magazine; It's All Downtown; Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau; Rusty Worley, Urban Districts Alliance
ARYN BOHANNON
ASHLYN CREEK
JEREMY CHESMAN
ROBERT T GIBSON
MARY KIM
JOHNNIE ANGELIA KING
MAGGIE MARLIN-HESS
JOEY MYERS
ANTHONY NORMAN
ANDY PHINNEY
DILLON SAVAGE
DARBY VINCENT
BAND
Keys/Conductor ALEX HUFF
Violin/Percussion KIRSTEN WEISS
Alto Sax/Guitar 2 ANTHONY NORMAN
Alto Sax/Clarinet/Bari Sax BRIDGET RUARK
Trumpet/Flugelhorn MAX GEMMILL
Trombone ERIC LADISH
Guitars JASON LOFTIN
Bass RILEY ROBISON
Drums IAN ERICKSON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Glendale HS Choir, Parkview HS Band, Springfield Music, Springfield Regional Arts Council; Randy Stewart, KSMU Public Radio; Springfield News-Leader; 417 Magazine; It's All Downtown; Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau; Rusty Worley, Urban Districts Alliance
SEASON PRODUCTION SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
WHO'S WHO
ARYN BOHANNON
SCT: SCT Sings B’Way Rock!, Beehive Local: Shout! The Mod Musical, The Last Five Years, Peter Pan (Springfield Little Theatre), Regional: Shrek (Tulsa Project Theatre). Education: BFA Musical Theatre 2021 Boston Conservatory. Upcoming: Desperate Measures (Bella Rose/Choreographer) at SCT! www.arynbohannon.com
Favorite Rock Musical: Heathers
ASHLYN CHEEK
SCT: Debut! Local: Oklahoma! in Concert! (MSU/Springfield Symphony). Regional: Newsies (Grapevine Theatre), Into The Woods (The Acting Studio). Education: BFA Musical Theatre Junior Missouri State University. Upcoming: Deb in Ordinary Days (MSU)
Favorite Rock Musical: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
JEREMY CHESMAN
SCT: Side By Side By Sondheim (Pianist 2), Fun Home (Sub). Local: Rigoletto (Chorusmaster, Springfield Regional Opera), Pippin, Legally Blonde (Keyboard/Harp, MSU), Tent Theatre Producer. Education: BM, MM, University of Michigan; DMA, UMKC; Final Diploma, Royal Carillon School of Belgium.
Favorite Rock Musical: Godspell
ROBERT T. GIBSON
SCT: Debut! Local: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph, Springfield Little Theatre), The Real Ambassadors (Springfield Regional Opera). Education: Bachelors in Music Education, University of North Texas, Master in Music in Choral Conducting, Missouri State University. He has served as a guest clinician in Texas, Missouri, and Pennsylvania, Kansas, Tennessee, and New York. Robert is the director of choirs at Reed Academy as well as adjunct professor at Missouri State University. Robert’s choral arrangements can be found with Walton Music and Alfred Publications. He is a proud husband to Amber Renae and father to Truly Grace.
Favorite Rock Musical: Godspell
ALEX HUFF
Alex is the Resident Music Director at SCT. SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock, 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 theShade, 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: Desperate Measures and more SCT Sings!
Favorite Rock Musical: Little Shop of Horrors
MARY KIM
SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock. Local: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Springfield Little Theatre), The Secret Garden, Bare (Missouri State University), Oklahoma! In Concert (Springfield Symphony). Education: Missouri State BFA MT Class of 2020.
Favorite Rock Musical: Next To Normal
JOHNNIE ANGELIA KING
SCT: Skeleton Crew (Faye), Ragtime (Sarah’s Friend & Others), A Raisin in the Sun (Lena ‘Mama’Younger), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Billie Holiday), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), Dawg Pound Blues, 2 Sunday Songbook Series, SCT Sings Anthony Newley, and all five seasons of Broadway Rocks. Local: The Who’s Tommy and Seussical (Springfield Little Theatre), The Real Ambassadors (Springfield Regional Opera), Swing, Swing, Swing (Branson, 2004-06). Awards: Addy Award winner in 1999 as a commercial singer. Education: Studied voice at Arkansas State University. Upcoming: Ozarks Competitor for the International Blues Competition!
Favorite Rock Musical: The Who’s Tommy!
MAGGIE MARLIN-HESS
SCT: Avenue Q (Kate Monster/Lucy), God of Carnage (Annette), Painting Churches (Maggie), Rabbit Hole (Izzy), Heart and Music. Local: Directing and Choreographing as MSU Acting Faculty from 2010-2015: Musical of Musicals: The Musical, Cabaret, Pajama Game, and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, The Odd Couple Female Version (Tent Theatre). Regional: Select regional performance credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Chicago (Velma Kelly). Select regional directing/choreography credits include Mother Courage, Butcher of Baraboo, Rent, Rocky Horror Show, Great American Trailer Park, Amelie, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Waiting for Lefty, and Once Upon a Mattress. TV/Film: Eyeborgs - Crimson Wolf Productions. Education: BFA University of North Carolina School of the Arts, MFA Virginia Commonwealth University. Maggie is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and currently serving on the acting faculty at Illinois State University, launching their new BA in Musical Theatre.
Favorite Rock Musical: Rent
JOEY MYERS
SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock. Local: Picnic, The Secret Garden, Cats, Rimers of Eldritch (Missouri State University), Oklahoma! In Concert (Springfield Symphony). Education: BFA Musical Theatre Major at Missouri State. Upcoming: Desperate Measures (SCT), Brigadoon (MSU & Springfield Symphony).
Favorite Rock Musical: Next To Normal
ANTHONY NORMAN
SCT Debut! Broadway: The Prom (Original Broadway Cast). National Tour: Newsies (Oscar/Jack Kelly u/s). Film: NEWSIES LIVE! NYC: LAST DAYS OF SUMMER, CITY OF LIGHT, GENERATION ME. Regional: Sweeney Todd (Tobias Ragg, Paramount Theatre), Murder for Two (Marcus, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), Grease (Doody, Kansas City Starlight), Crazy for You (Jimmy, Drury Lane Theatre), Bye Bye Birdie (Freddie/Hugo u/s, Drury Lane Theatre). Television: HBO’s "Mare of Easttown" starring Kate Winslet (Nathan Forde), "Chicago Med" (Tom Lyons). Training: BFA Musical Theatre Millikin University. Multi-instrumentalist. www.anthonyjnorman.com
Favorite Rock Musical: Jesus Christ Superstar
ANDY PHINNEY
SCT: Fugitive Songs, Ragtime: The Musical (Willie Conklin & Others). Local: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Secret Garden (Springfield Little Theatre), Broadway's Greatest Hits (King’s Castle Theatre), 2Naughty2Handel, Trouble in Tahiti (Springfield Regional Opera). Education: BA in Church Music from Baptist Bible College; MA in Middle School Curriculum and Instruction from Drury University. Upcoming: Eldritch, USA/Passive Aggressive Films.
Favorite Rock Musical: School of Rock
DILLON SAVAGE
SCT: Side By Side By Sondheim, SCT Sings B’Way Rock, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz Local: Everybody, The Comedy of Errors, These Shining Lives, bare: a pop opera (MSU), The Last Five Years (SLT), Spring Awakening (Spectra Theatre Co.), Hand to God (Tabula Rasa), The 39 Steps, Grease (Tent Theatre). Education: BFA MT Missouri State Class of 2022.
Favorite Rock Musical: Dear Evan Hansen
DARBY VINCENT
SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock!, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rosa Bud/Diedre Peregine), A Grand Night for Singing, SCT Sings Alan Menken Local: Everybody, The Secret Garden (MSU), Oklahoma in Concert! (MSU & Springfield Symphony), Newsies (Springfield Little Theatre). Education: Junior BFA Musical Theatre, Missouri State. Upcoming: Jo March in Little Women (Small Umbrella Theatre Company)
Favorite Rock Musical: Once
SCT: SCT Sings B’Way Rock!, Beehive Local: Shout! The Mod Musical, The Last Five Years, Peter Pan (Springfield Little Theatre), Regional: Shrek (Tulsa Project Theatre). Education: BFA Musical Theatre 2021 Boston Conservatory. Upcoming: Desperate Measures (Bella Rose/Choreographer) at SCT! www.arynbohannon.com
Favorite Rock Musical: Heathers
ASHLYN CHEEK
SCT: Debut! Local: Oklahoma! in Concert! (MSU/Springfield Symphony). Regional: Newsies (Grapevine Theatre), Into The Woods (The Acting Studio). Education: BFA Musical Theatre Junior Missouri State University. Upcoming: Deb in Ordinary Days (MSU)
Favorite Rock Musical: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
JEREMY CHESMAN
SCT: Side By Side By Sondheim (Pianist 2), Fun Home (Sub). Local: Rigoletto (Chorusmaster, Springfield Regional Opera), Pippin, Legally Blonde (Keyboard/Harp, MSU), Tent Theatre Producer. Education: BM, MM, University of Michigan; DMA, UMKC; Final Diploma, Royal Carillon School of Belgium.
Favorite Rock Musical: Godspell
ROBERT T. GIBSON
SCT: Debut! Local: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph, Springfield Little Theatre), The Real Ambassadors (Springfield Regional Opera). Education: Bachelors in Music Education, University of North Texas, Master in Music in Choral Conducting, Missouri State University. He has served as a guest clinician in Texas, Missouri, and Pennsylvania, Kansas, Tennessee, and New York. Robert is the director of choirs at Reed Academy as well as adjunct professor at Missouri State University. Robert’s choral arrangements can be found with Walton Music and Alfred Publications. He is a proud husband to Amber Renae and father to Truly Grace.
Favorite Rock Musical: Godspell
ALEX HUFF
Alex is the Resident Music Director at SCT. SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock, 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 theShade, 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: Desperate Measures and more SCT Sings!
Favorite Rock Musical: Little Shop of Horrors
MARY KIM
SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock. Local: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Springfield Little Theatre), The Secret Garden, Bare (Missouri State University), Oklahoma! In Concert (Springfield Symphony). Education: Missouri State BFA MT Class of 2020.
Favorite Rock Musical: Next To Normal
JOHNNIE ANGELIA KING
SCT: Skeleton Crew (Faye), Ragtime (Sarah’s Friend & Others), A Raisin in the Sun (Lena ‘Mama’Younger), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Billie Holiday), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), Dawg Pound Blues, 2 Sunday Songbook Series, SCT Sings Anthony Newley, and all five seasons of Broadway Rocks. Local: The Who’s Tommy and Seussical (Springfield Little Theatre), The Real Ambassadors (Springfield Regional Opera), Swing, Swing, Swing (Branson, 2004-06). Awards: Addy Award winner in 1999 as a commercial singer. Education: Studied voice at Arkansas State University. Upcoming: Ozarks Competitor for the International Blues Competition!
Favorite Rock Musical: The Who’s Tommy!
MAGGIE MARLIN-HESS
SCT: Avenue Q (Kate Monster/Lucy), God of Carnage (Annette), Painting Churches (Maggie), Rabbit Hole (Izzy), Heart and Music. Local: Directing and Choreographing as MSU Acting Faculty from 2010-2015: Musical of Musicals: The Musical, Cabaret, Pajama Game, and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, The Odd Couple Female Version (Tent Theatre). Regional: Select regional performance credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Chicago (Velma Kelly). Select regional directing/choreography credits include Mother Courage, Butcher of Baraboo, Rent, Rocky Horror Show, Great American Trailer Park, Amelie, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Waiting for Lefty, and Once Upon a Mattress. TV/Film: Eyeborgs - Crimson Wolf Productions. Education: BFA University of North Carolina School of the Arts, MFA Virginia Commonwealth University. Maggie is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and currently serving on the acting faculty at Illinois State University, launching their new BA in Musical Theatre.
Favorite Rock Musical: Rent
JOEY MYERS
SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock. Local: Picnic, The Secret Garden, Cats, Rimers of Eldritch (Missouri State University), Oklahoma! In Concert (Springfield Symphony). Education: BFA Musical Theatre Major at Missouri State. Upcoming: Desperate Measures (SCT), Brigadoon (MSU & Springfield Symphony).
Favorite Rock Musical: Next To Normal
ANTHONY NORMAN
SCT Debut! Broadway: The Prom (Original Broadway Cast). National Tour: Newsies (Oscar/Jack Kelly u/s). Film: NEWSIES LIVE! NYC: LAST DAYS OF SUMMER, CITY OF LIGHT, GENERATION ME. Regional: Sweeney Todd (Tobias Ragg, Paramount Theatre), Murder for Two (Marcus, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), Grease (Doody, Kansas City Starlight), Crazy for You (Jimmy, Drury Lane Theatre), Bye Bye Birdie (Freddie/Hugo u/s, Drury Lane Theatre). Television: HBO’s "Mare of Easttown" starring Kate Winslet (Nathan Forde), "Chicago Med" (Tom Lyons). Training: BFA Musical Theatre Millikin University. Multi-instrumentalist. www.anthonyjnorman.com
Favorite Rock Musical: Jesus Christ Superstar
ANDY PHINNEY
SCT: Fugitive Songs, Ragtime: The Musical (Willie Conklin & Others). Local: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Secret Garden (Springfield Little Theatre), Broadway's Greatest Hits (King’s Castle Theatre), 2Naughty2Handel, Trouble in Tahiti (Springfield Regional Opera). Education: BA in Church Music from Baptist Bible College; MA in Middle School Curriculum and Instruction from Drury University. Upcoming: Eldritch, USA/Passive Aggressive Films.
Favorite Rock Musical: School of Rock
DILLON SAVAGE
SCT: Side By Side By Sondheim, SCT Sings B’Way Rock, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz Local: Everybody, The Comedy of Errors, These Shining Lives, bare: a pop opera (MSU), The Last Five Years (SLT), Spring Awakening (Spectra Theatre Co.), Hand to God (Tabula Rasa), The 39 Steps, Grease (Tent Theatre). Education: BFA MT Missouri State Class of 2022.
Favorite Rock Musical: Dear Evan Hansen
DARBY VINCENT
SCT: Fugitive Songs, SCT Sings B’Way Rock!, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rosa Bud/Diedre Peregine), A Grand Night for Singing, SCT Sings Alan Menken Local: Everybody, The Secret Garden (MSU), Oklahoma in Concert! (MSU & Springfield Symphony), Newsies (Springfield Little Theatre). Education: Junior BFA Musical Theatre, Missouri State. Upcoming: Jo March in Little Women (Small Umbrella Theatre Company)
Favorite Rock Musical: Once
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 Master RICK DINES |
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 Legal ROUNDTABLE LEGAL Accounting BELL CPA, LLC ASSURANCE CPA |
WE SALUTE OUR 2021 DONORS
STARS
Nancy Aton Robert H. Bradley Marilyn Lowe Paul & Carol Reinert Maggie Wilcox HEADLINERS Anonymous Chuck & Marcia Bonwell Patty Brooks Cynthia Hollander Duane & Gwen Hunt Louis H. Schaeffer 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 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 Tess 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 Erica Spyres & Drew Jackson Ron Tindle David & Vickie Trippe Angela Vincent Michael Walker Eunice Wallar Robert & Kim Westenberg |
CELEBRATIONS
In Honor of Robert Bradley
Nancy Aton |
In Memory of George Galanes
Dennis & Jim Grundy |
In Memory of Haley Stephens
Shawn & Gretchen Teague |
In Memory of George Vanderbilt & In Honor of Judy Vanderbilt
Helen Hamel
Helen Hamel