2015 Productions

The Shape of Things
by Neil LaBute
April 2015, Villa Terrace Decorative Art Museum

A scene from the Shape of Things with four actors portraying the main characters seated at a table. One actor is kissing another on the cheek.
Evan Koepnick (Phillip), Andi Jaspersen (Jenny), J.T. Backes (Adam), and Tess Cinpinski (Evelyn) in the Shape of Things.
Photo by Jaclyn Poeschl

Cast
Adam – J.T. Backes
Evelyn – Tess Cinpinski
Jenny – Andi Jaspersen
Phillip – Evan Koepnick

Production Team
Director – Layna Martinez
Stage Manager/Lighting Designer – Liz Berndt
Set Design/Properties/Makeup – Emily Pomplun
Costume Designer – Levi Miles
Stage Crew/Photography – Jaclyn Poeschl
Stage Crew – Chris Conrad
Publicity/Graphic Designer – Joel Zawada
Production Manager – Alex Scheurell

Little Shop of Horrors
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
June 2015, Next Act Theatre Performance Space

Actors playing the three urchins and Seymour in The Little Shop of Horrors singing with a large puppet of the man-eating plant Audrey II.
Ashley Levells (Ronnette), Katie Behrend Berg (Chiffon), Raven Dockery (Crystal), puppeteer Burt Gross (in Audrey II) and James Carrington (Seymour) in Little Shop of Horrors.
Photo by Mark Frohna.

Cast
Seymour – James Carrington
Audrey – Erica Brown
Orin, Bernstein, Luce, Snip, Martin – David Wortz
Mushnik – Robert A. Zimmerman
Voice of Audrey II – Doug Clemons
Audrey II (Puppeteer) – Burt Gross
Chiffon – Katie Behrend Berg
Crystal – Raven Dockery
Ronnette – Ashley Levells
Ensemble – Becky Cofta, Ben Ludwig, Brendan Daly, Liz Faraglia, Hayley San Fillippo.

Production Team
Director – Mara McGhee
Choreographer – Karl Miller
Music Director – Colleen Schmitt
Assistant Director – Jared Stepp
Scenic/Puppet Designer – Burt Gross
Costume Designer – Christy Siebers
Lighting Designer – Mike Van Dreser
Sound Designer – Loren M. Watson
Properties Master – Stephanie Graham
Stage Manager – Alex Scheurell
Deck Chief – Jessica Betts
Assistant Costume Designer – Abigail Herold
Hair/Makeup Assistant – Emily Pomplun
Graphic Design/Publicity

Orchestra
Conductor/Keyboard I – Colleen Schmitt
Woodwinds – Olivia Dobbs, Christina Schauer, Danielle VanBrabant
Trumpet – Kelly VanBrabant
Bass – Joe San Fillippo, Fred Pike (6/20)
Guitar – Fred Pike, Chris Holoyda (6/20)
Keyboard II – Patrick Thompson
Drums – Jim Van Deusen
Percussion – Peter Dobbs

Dogfight
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Book by Peter Duchan
Based on the Warner Bros Film & Screenplay by Bob Comfort

Actors portraying Rose and Birdlace in the musical Dogfight seated on a bed on stage. The actress playing rose is playing a guitar while the actor playing Eddie listens.
Rachael Zientek (Rose) and Lucas Pastrana (Birdlace) in Dogfight.
Photo by Mark Frohna.

Cast
Rose Fenny – Rachael Zientek
Eddie Birdlace – Lucas Pastrana
Boland – Eric Pfeiffer
Bernstein – J.T. Backes
Marcy – Amber Smith
Stevens – Alex Quade
Fector, Birdlace U.S. – Indalecio De Jesus Valentin
Gibbs, Dance Captain – Cleary Breunig
Mama – Ceri Hartnett
Ruth Two Bears – Liz Faraglia
Lounge Singer/Waiter – Matt Zeman
Ensemble – Marcus Beyer, Kathryn Hausman, Connor O’Hara, Rae Pare
Ensemble, Rose U.S. – Hailey Hentz
Ensemble, Gibbs U.S. – Sam Ramstack

Production Team
Director – Robby McGhee
Choreographer – Karl Miller
Music Director – Patrick Thompson
Scenic Designer – Burt Gross
Costume Designer – Christy Siebers
Lighting Designer – Alan Piotrowicz
Sound Designer – Loren M. Watson
Properties Master – Stephanie Graham
Fight Director/Designer – Orion Couling
Hair/Makeup Artist – Emily Pomplun
Stage Manager – Alex Scheurell
Assistant Stage Manager – Melissa Harvancik
Deck Chief – Jessica Betts
Assistant Costume Designer – Abigail Herold
Graphic Design/Publicity – Joel Zawada
Video Publicity – Travelling Lemur Productions, LLC