2016 Productions

Ordinary Days
Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon
March-April 2016, Tenth Street Theatre

Actors in the musical Ordinary Days. Two actors in the foreground are watching as papers float down around them that were thrown by the two actors on platforms in the back.
Billy Krager (Jason), Jade Taylor (Deb), Dan Tellez (Deb), and Beth Leinss (Claire) in Ordinary Days.
Photo by Mark Frohna

Cast
Warren – Dan Tellez
Deb – Jade Taylor
Jason – Billy Krager
Claire – Beth Leinss

Production Team
Director – J.T. Backes
Music Director/Keyboard – Patrick Thompson
Scenic Designer – Burt Gross
Costume Designer – Christy Siebers
Lighting Designer – Alan Piotrowicz
Sound Designer – Loren M. Watson
Properties Master – Katie Young
Dramaturg – Nancy Backes
Stage Manager – Liz Berndt
Assistant Stage Manager – Tim Backes
Production Manager – Alex Scheurell
Graphic Design/Publicity – Joel Zawada
Video Publicity – Traveling Lemur Productions, LLC

The Wild Party
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Based on the Poem by Joseph Moncure March
September 2015, Next Act Theatre Performance Space

Actors in the cast of the Wild Party pose at the end of a musical number. The actors are all dressed in 1920s period costumes.
Left to right (from front to back) – Allan Zablocki (Jackie), Amara Haaksman (Ensemble), Becky Cofta (Ensemble), Abby Herold (Dolores), Nicole Morley (Nadine), Danny Slattery (Max), Ashley Retzlaff (Mae), Edward Lupella (Eddie), Mitch Weindorf (Burrs), Brad Novak (Phil D’Armano), Peyton Oseth (Queenie), Eric Welch (Oscar D’Armano) in The Wild Party.
Photo by Mark Frohna

Cast
Queenie – Peyton Oseth
Burrs – Mitch Weindorf
Black – Ernest Bellafonte
Kate – Amber Smith
Madelaine True – Liz Norton
Eddie – Eddie Lupella
Mae – Ashley Retzlaff
Phil D’Armano – Brad Novak
Oscar D’Armano – Eric Welch
Max – Danny Slattery
Dolores, Fight Captain – Abby Herold
Nadine – Nicole Morley
Jackie – Allan Zablocki
Sam – Eric Pfeiffer
Kegs – Keith Smith
Ensemble, Dance Captain – Becky Cofta
Ensemble – Amara Haaksman

Production Team
Director – Robby McGhee
Assistant Director – Jared Stepp
Music Director – Alison Bekolay
Choreographer – Stephanie Staszak
Fight Director – Tawnie P. Thompson
Stage Manager – Alex Scheurell
Assistant Stage Manager, Deck Chief – Jessica Betts
Set Designer – Burt Gross
Costume Designer – Christy Siebers
Lighting Designer – Mike Van Dreser
Sound Designer/Engineer – Derek Buckles
Property Master – Katie Young
Dramaturg – Nancy Backes
Graphic Designer – Brian Bzdawka
Video Production – Traveling Lemur Productions, LLC
Production Manager – Niko King

Orchestra
Conductor/Keyboard – Alison Bekolay
Woodwinds – Olivia Dobbs, Heather Gandre
Trumpet – Adam Fisher
Bass – Matty Jay
Drums – Colin O’Day
Keyboard – Sean VanZeeland