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ABOUT “sisTer AcT” Sister Act is based on the hit 1992 film comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The stage version of “Sister Act” was written by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner who are famous for producing and writing for the successful American sitcom, Cheers. They set about developing a stage version of “Sister Act,” tweaking some characters, but managing to retain some of the much-loved caricatures from the film. The team was completed by lyricist Glenn Slater and Oscar and Tony-winning composer Alan Menken, famous for his Disney scores. Menken didn’t feel the original songs from the film would fit in a musical theatre context, so decided to write a brand new score from a different angle. His score was inspired by 1970s music. As a result, the setting was changed from Reno and San Francisco in the ’90s (the original setting of the movie) to Philadelphia in the ’70s. Alan Menken explained, “The concept was ’70s music. It had its own distinctive tone; I remember it very well. After the earnest ’60s it was kind of party time. Disco and psychedelic soul and funk and all these styles became the perfect antithesis to the convent and the cloistered life of the nuns. I had already worked a lot in rhythm & blues and Motown with “Little Shop.” I wanted to move this to a place that was fresh and new for me.”After having a very successful regional pre-

miere in 2006 in Pasadena, California, Sister Act opened in the West End at the London Palladium in June, 2009. Following a year-long search, 24-year-old actress Patina Miller was cast as Deloris, Whoopi Goldberg joined the cast as the Mother Superior for a limited run. It ran for more than a year & closed on October 30, 2010. After the West End production closed, the show went through many revisions by new book writer Douglas Carter Beane. Sister Act opened in New York at the Broadway Theatre on April 20, 2011. Patina Miller reprised her role, making her Broadway debut and co-star-ring with Victoria Clark. It closed on August of 2012 after 561 performances. The Broadway production was nominated for five 2011 Tony Awards and five Drama Desk Awards including for Best Musical, Best Actress in a Musical (Miller) and Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Victoria Clark). This musical is a story of love and self-dis-covery. Its underlying theme encouraging the pursuit of dreams, as well as finding a source of strength in faith. The final song, “Spread the Love,” encourages us to join hands, find common ground and love each other. Goodness wins and in this day and age, we really need an injection of joy. I bet we leave the theatre happier, with more faith in life and an extra kick in our steps. – PIA HAAS

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BOB FUNKING and BILL STUTLER, Executive Producers

LISa TISO, Producer

PRESENT

MUSIC By LyRICS By BOOK By

aLaN MENKEN GLENN SLaTER CHERI STEINKELLNER & BILL STEINKELLNER

aDDITIONaL BOOK MaTERIaL

DOUGLaS CaRTER BEaNEBaSED ON THE TOUCHSTONE MOTION PICTURE “SISTER aCT” WRITTEN By JOSEPH HOWaRD

ORCHESTRaTIONS By DOUG BESTERMaNVOCaL aND INCIDENTaL MUSIC aRRaNGEMENTS By MICHaEL KOSaRIN

DaNCE MUSIC aRRaNGEMENTS By MaRK HUMMELSTaRRING

ZURI WaSHINGTONaLSO STaRRING

PHILIP MICHaEL BaSKERVILLE LaNI CORSON JaySON ELLIOTT KEN JENNINGS KaTELyN LaURIa JaSON LONG SaNDy ROSENBERG

CORBEN WILLIaMS DaNNy WILFREDWITH

MELaNIE BURG JOaNNa NOELLE CaRUSO KEVIN CURTIS SINCÉE J DaNIELS HaNNaH EaKIN HÉCTOR FLORES JR KEyONNa KNIGHT JOSÉ PLaZa

STEFaNIE SaBLE JESSI ST GEORGE T. SHyVONNE STEWaRT KaREN WEBBaND MaRy JO McCONNELL aS MOTHER SUPERIOR

MUSICaL DIRECTION By

BOB BRay SET DESIGN By COSTUMES By LIGHTING By SOUND DESIGN By STEVE LOFTUS HEaTHER CaREy aNDREW GMOSER MaRK ZUCKERMaN WIG/HaIR DESIGN By PROPERTIES By PRODUCTION STaGE MaNaGER aSSISTaNT STaGE MaNaGER GERaRD KELLy GRUMPy’S PROPS VICTOR LUKaS DUaNE MCDEVITT

aSSOCIaTE DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRaPHER

RHONDa MILLER DIRECTED aND CHOREOGRaPHED By

DONNa DRaKE Produced on Broadway by Whoopi Goldberg & Stage Entertainment

in association with The Shubert Organization and Disney Theatrical Productions

Originally Production Developed in association with Peter Schneider & Michael Reno and Produced by Stage Entertainment

SISTER aCT is presented through special arrangement with MUSIC THEaTRE INTERNaTIONaL (MTI). all authorized performance materials also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

aPRIL 5 – JULy 1, 2018

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(Cast In Order of Appearance)Deloris Van Cartier ............................................................................................. ZURI WASHINGTON*

Michelle ....................................................................................................................... STEFANIE SABLE*

Tina................................................................................................................ T. SHYVONNE STEWARTCurtis Jackson .......................................................................... PHILIP MICHAEL BASKERVILLE*

Joey .............................................................................................................................. JAYSON ELLIOTT*

Pablo ....................................................................................................................................... JASON LONGTJ ...............................................................................................................................CORBEN WILLIAMSEddie Souther ........................................................................................................... DANNY WILFRED*

Mother Superior ...........................................................................................MARY JO MCCONNELL*

Monsignor O’Hara ....................................................................................................... KEN JENNINGS*

Mary Robert .....................................................................................................................LANI CORSON*

Mary Patrick.............................................................................................................. KATELYN LAURIAMary Lazarus .......................................................................................................SANDY ROSENBERG*

Ensemble ..........................................................MELANIE BURG, JOANNA NOELLE CARUSO*, KEVIN CURTIS*, SINCÉE J DANIELS*, HANNAH EAKIN*, HÉCTOR FLORES JR*, JOSÉ PLAZA, STEFANIE SABLE*,

JESSI ST GEORGE, T. SHYVONNE STEWART, KAREN WEBBNon Performing Swing .......................................................................KEYONNA KNIGHTDance Captain .............................................................................................. LANI CORSON*

Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager ................................................. AMANDA STUART*

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement

for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.For Deloris – T. SHYVONNE STEWART; for Mother Superior – KAREN WEBB; for Curtis – SINCÉE J DANIELS*; for Mary Roberts – STEFANIE SABLE*; for Mary Patrick – HANNAH EAKIN*; for Eddie & TJ – KEVIN CURTIS*;

for Pablo – HÉCTOR FLORES JR*; for Joey & Monsignor – JOSÉ PLAZA; for Mary Lazarus - JOANNA NOELLE CARUSO*.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the only professional union for Actors and Stage Managers.

Please be advised that strobe and flashing lights,as well as gunshot effects, are used in this production.

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scenes & mUsicAl nUmBers

– ACT ONE –Take Me to Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deloris, Michelle, TinaFabulous, Baby! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deloris, Michelle, TinaHere Within These Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mother Superior, DelorisIt’s Good to Be a Nun . . . . . . . . . . . Deloris, Mary Patrick, Mary Robert,

Mary Lazarus, NunsWhen I Find My Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Curtis, Joey, Pablo, TJI Could Be That Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eddie, BumsRaise Your Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deloris, Mary Patrick, Mary Robert,

Mary Lazarus, NunsTake Me to Heaven (reprise) . . . . . . . Deloris, Mary Patrick, Mary Robert,

Mary Lazarus, Nuns– intermission –

– ACT TWO – Sunday Morning Fever . . . . Deloris, Mother Superior, Monsignor O’Hara,

Eddie, Mary Patrick, Mary Robert, Mary Lazarus, Nuns, WorkersLady in the Long Black Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joey, Pablo, TJHaven’t Got a Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mother SuperiorBless Our Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deloris, Mary Patrick, Mary Robert,

Mary Lazarus, NunsThe Life I Never Led . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary RobertFabulous, Baby! (reprise) . . . . . . . . .Deloris, Eddie, Nuns, Fantasy DancersSister Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DelorisWhen I Find My Baby (reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CurtisThe Life I Never Led (reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Robert Sister Act (reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deloris, Mary Patrick, Mary Robert,

Mary Lazarus, Nuns Spread the Love Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company

– musicians –BOB BRAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Musical Director/KeyboardsJOHN BOWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Musical Director/KeyboardsJAMES MACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PercussionJORDAN JANEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BassBRIAN UHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TrumpetSTEVEN BLEIFUSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TromboneWAYNE TICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ReedVON ANN STUTLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Musical Contractor


Miserables, Evita, The Who’s Tommy, Sweeney Todd, Jekyll & Hyde, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, The Color Purple (World Premiere).

LANI CORSON (Mary Robert; Dance Captain) is so excited to be making her WBT debut in this heavenly show! Recent credits include: Mayzie, Seussical

(CFRT), Glinda/Aunt Em, The Wizard of Oz (Syracuse Stage), Ariel, The Little Mermaid (CFRT) and Godspell (Arkansas Rep). BFA Syracuse University. When Lani isn’t on stage you can find her in the air, performing as an aerialist and/or teaching at Aerial Arts NYC. Thank you to Donna and Rhonda for this opportunity and as always, all my love to Ken. www.lanicorson.com

JAYSON ELLIOTT (Joey) is grateful to return to WBT where he has been seen in The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion), Guys and Dolls (Nicely Nicely Johnson), The Full

Monty (Dave Bukatinsky), numerous holiday shows, and as The Big Bopper in The Night the Music Lived - A Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. Other favorites include Sister Act (Joey), The Music Man (Marcellus Washburn), Avenue Q (Brian), 25th...Spelling Bee (William Barfee), and The Buddy Holly Story (The Big Bopper). Jay spent the better part of the past 2 years as The Genie in Aladdin with Disney Cruise Line. Thank you Lisa, Donna, WBT fam! Love to Karen!

ZURI WASHINGTON (Deloris Van Cartier) is a Bronx native who is beyond excited to make her WBT debut in one of her favorite roles! She

starred in the National Tours of Bring It On: The Musical as Danielle and Memphis as Felicia Farrell. Other credits include: Dreamgirls (Deena) and Bat Out of Hell which is now enjoying a run in the UK before hopefully making it’s way back across the pond to the US. Proud AEA girl. IG: @zuriwithafringeontop

MARY JO McCONNELL (Mother Superior) National Tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), All Shook Up, Sister Act. Off-Broadway:

Soap Star, Menopause, the Musical (original cast). Regional highlights: Freaky Friday, Convenience, Forbidden Broadway & Sunday in the Park with George. TV: Pan Am, Masters of Sex, One Life to Live. Co-wrote & produced the short film TRUMPED. MFA, American Conservatory Theater. Her longest running engagement to date is three years in the US Army Nurse Corps in the role of Captain. www.maryjomcconnell.com

PHILIP MICHAEL BASKERVILLE (Curtis Jackson) WBT Debut. Returns to the role of Curtis Jackson, having performed the role at Walnut Street,

Riverside, and TBTS. He has also been seen in Memphis (Delray Farrell); Miss Saigon (John Thomas). Broadway: Cats (‘Tugger/Macavity); The Producers (O’Houllihan); Dreamgirls (Concert). Broadway Tours: Sunset Boulevard (1’st Nat’l), Miss Saigon (1’st Nat’l), Ragtime (1’st Nat’l); A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar (European Co.). Regional: Man Of La Mancha, Oklahoma!, Les

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KEN JENNINGS (Monsignor O’Hara) Broadway: Sweeney Todd (winner Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor and Theatre World Award), Urinetown, Sideshow, Grand

Hotel, London Assurance, Present Laughter, All God’s Chillun’ Got Wings. Film, TV: Ed, Hack, Third Watch, White Irish Drinkers. Off-Broadway: Finian’s Rainbow, The Field, Christmas Carol. Regional Theatre: Othello, Merchant of Venice, A Funny Thing Happened, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady. Many other Off-Broadway, regional theatre, film, TV credits. Played the Wizard in Wizard of Oz at Westchester Broadway and happy to be back.

KATELYN LAURIA (Mary Patrick) is excited to rock it out in the West-chester Broadway Theatre’s Nunnery. She is a grad-uate from the American Musical and Dramatic

Academy. Previous credit include Hunchback of Notre Dame Madame/ Gargoyle, Jekyll and Hyde Nellie, The Bikinis’ Karla, The Days of 98 Show Belle Davenport, Sweeney Todd Mrs, Lovett, Oklahoma Gertie and A Christmas Carol Mrs, Fezziwig. She would like to thank her Cast, Friends and Family for their support. www.Katelynlauria.com

JASON LONG (Pablo) is absolutely thrilled to be making his WBT debut! Other regional credits include: Anything Goes (Billy), Kiss Me Kate (Hortensio/

Ralph), and West Side Story (Chino). He recently traveled the Mediterranean and Baltics as a prin-cipal vocalist for Viking Cruise Lines. He’d like to send love to his family and his beloved fiancé for always being there for him! Hartt’14

SANDY ROSENBERG (Mary Lazarus) is thrilled to return to WBT for a fourth time after appear-ing as Flo Manero in Saturday Night Fever

last year. Broadway/NYC credits: The Scarlet Pimpernel (original cast), Mamma Mia!, Candide, The Golden Land, Not That Jewish. Tours: Les Miserables, Jekyll and Hyde.Regional: Young Frankenstein (Frau Blucher), The Drowsy Chaperone (Mrs. Tottendale), Funny Girl (Mrs. Strakosh), Mary Poppins (Bird Woman/Miss Andrew), The Wedding Singer (Grandma Rosie), Nunsense (Mother Superior). Love my Sid.

CORBEN WILLIAMS (TJ) from North Pole, Alaska is a graduate of New York Film Academy. Some of his favorite shows he’s performed in; Frozen ‘A

Musical Spectacular’, Carousel, Chess, Once Upon a Mattress, and Beauty and the Beast. And on his newest project of Sister Act, looks forward to the work ahead with Donna Drake, the team, and cast.’

DANNY WILFRED (Eddie Souther) is thrilled to be making his debut at Westchester Broadway Theatre. Regional: Assas-sins (Charles Guiteau) Theater 2020; Cabaret

(Emcee), A Funny Thing... Forum (Lycus) Highlands Playhouse; Sister Act (Eddie Souther) Arts Center of Coastal Carolina; Shrek (Donkey) Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; A Chorus Line (Richie Walters) John W. Engeman Theater. Tour: Flashdance (C.C., North America/New Zealand), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Papa Who u/s), A Christmas Story (Ensemble). BFA Musical Theater, University of Michigan. GO BLUE! Twitter/Instagram: @wannydilfred

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MELANIE BURG (Ensemble) is thrilled to join this sisterhood! NYC/ Regional credits include: Big River (WBT), Tarzan, Hunchback of Notre Dame (White Plains Performing

Arts Center), Marvelous Wonderettes (Lake Ontario Playhouse), Chautauqua! (Public Theater), Cruel Shoes (NYMF), #Lovestory (Fringe-NYC). Nat’l Tour: Scooby Doo Live (Velma). Disney Cruise Line: Toy Story: The Musical. Pace MT Alum. Spreading the love around to her friends, family and fiancée!

JOANNA NOELLE CARUSO (Ensemble) is delighted to be mak-ing her WBT debut! Graduate of Pace Univer-sity’s School of Perform-ing Arts in NYC and

a proud Jersey Girl! Regional credits include Seussical (Bird Girl), Rock of Ages (Connie), Cats (Silabub), and Anything Goes (Virtue). In addition to her stage work, Caruso has also appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and on the runways of New York Fashion week. Follow her on Instagram @jboogieonthetrack.

KEVIN CURTIS (Ensemble) Off-Broadway: Invisible Thread, Second Stage; Daniella Uses Dirty Words, Abingdon Theatre Company. National Tour: A Chorus

Line. Regional: Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Denver Center; Witness Uganda, ART; A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, TUTS Houston; A Chorus Line, Hairspray, The Student Prince, Pittsburgh CLO; Hairspray, High School Musical, North Shore Music Theatre; Sister Act, Stages St. Louis. TV/Film: Take Care, Newlyweeds, “Live from Lincoln Center: Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch.” Proud gradu-ate of AMDA NY and The Baltimore School for the Arts. Special thanks to TKO! Insta @KevinTCurtis

SINCÉE J DANIELS (Ensemble) Originally from Houston, TX, Sincée now calls New York City home. After studying at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy

he performed all over the world on cruise lines like Princess, Celebrity and NCL. Favorite the-atre credits include understudying Simba in the Toronto production of The Lion King, André in Ain’t Misbehavin and Adrian in Smokey Joe’s Café. Film and TV includes I Love You, Daddy, Bull, Master of None and The Good Fight. Thanks to Momma Daniels, ATB Talent, Westchester Broadway Theatre and my beautiful Husband, Joshua Keith! “Spread the Love Around” www.sinceejdaniels.com

HANNAH EAKIN (Ensemble) is so excited to be making her WBT debut! Past credits include Mary Poppins, The Bridges of Mad-ison County, Les Miserables, Elf (The Arkansas Reper-

tory Theatre); Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Singin’ in the Rain (Kathy Selden), Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Tarzan (Jane), Hello, Dolly! (Irene Molloy), and Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel) (The Barn Theatre). She is a proud graduate of Oklahoma City University. Many thanks to Donna, Rhonda, Mama, Daddy, and Sam.

HÉCTOR FLORES JR (Ensemble) is excited to be making his WBT debut. Previous credits include Sister Act (Pablo), Altar Boyz (Juan), Ghost (Willie Lopez),

In The Heights (Piragua Guy), West Side Story (Bernardo). Héctor placed top 6 in several categories at the Fred Astaire Ballroom World Championships in Las Vegas and performs with the Boy Band, Larger Than Life. You can follow his shenanigans on Instagram:@HectorFloresJr35.

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JOSÉ PLAZA (Ensemble) Regional: ZM (Mr.Hutt) Goodspeed Opera House. Sweeney Todd (Adolfo Pirelli) Mac-Haydn. Hair (Margaret Mead), Elephant & Piggie:

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STEFANIE SABLE (Ensemble) National Tour: Seussical (Bird Girl/Mrs. Mayor). Regional: Fame (Serena), The Music Man (Alma Hix), Shrek Jr. (Mama Bear/Dragon), Young Fran-

kenstein, Sister Act, (Maine State Music Theatre). Love and thanks to family, friends, M, D, J-Man, Trev, and the entire Sister Act team. Special love and gratitude to the divine Donna Drake and Rhonda Miller. www.stefaniesable.com

JESSI ST GEORGE (Ensemble) is delighted to be making her WBT debut, and be back in the convent, having last performed in Sister Act at the Arts Center of

Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island. Other favorite credits include Little Sally (Urinetown), Cinderella (Into the Woods) and Rosamund (The Robber Bridegroom). Much love and gratitude to friends, family, and husband Kevin for their love and support.

T. SHYVONNE STEWART (Ensemble) is a navy brat, but consid-ers Dallas to be home. Credits: AIDA Cruises, Kennedy Center Honors, Christmas in Washington.

She has degrees from Spelman College, The George Washington University, and Georgetown University. Big thanks to my family, friends, God, and Westchester Broadway Theatre. tshyvonnestewart.com

KAREN WEBB (Ensemble) is loving being back on the WBT stage after spending this past year performing aboard the Disney Fantasy with Disney Cruise Line.

Other WBT shows include: Show Boat, Mary Poppins, Kiss Me Kate, George M!, Singin’ in the Rain, Jekyll & Hyde, and Nine. Much love to my family and friends, Jay, Lisa, the amazing crew, and YOU for supporting live theatre. Enjoy the show!

DONNA DRAKE (Director/Choreographer) Broadway credits: Original production of A Chorus Line, Sophisticated Ladies, Woman of the Year, The Wind in the Willows, 5678-Dance, It’s So Nice to Be Civilized and the original production of The 1940s Radio Hour. She directed 4 Broadway Concerts of Nothing Like A Dame for BC/EFA and a new show currently running off Broadway at Theatre Row, Addy & Uno. Awards: an Emmy nomination, 4 Drama Desk Nominations, A Mac Award Nomination, A Theatre World Award and an Off Broadway Alliance Nomination. She choreographed Catherine Zeta Jones for the American Film Institute Awards, 2009 and The AFI 2011 honoring Morgan Freeman and starring Betty White. She directed the chil-dren’s show; John Tartaglia’s Imaginocean. Off-Broadway, National & International tours. TV credits: Julie’s Greenroom, starring Julie Andrews, Monica’s Mixing Bowl, Disney’s Johnny & the Sprites, and ABC TV’s Dear Alex & Annie. She is currently teaching acting at Pace University. DonnaDrakedirector.com

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Donna Drake (The First Company of A Chorus Line) on productions of Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, Cats and Anything Goes for the resur-gence of Music Theater North, currently known as Community Performance Series in Upstate New York. She choreographed Mary Poppins and Sister Act for Arkansas Rep. Rhonda is an Associate Professor at Pace University School of Performing Arts in New York City’s School of Performing Arts, where she created and directs the unique Commercial Dance program. In addition, she was the first Choreographer to be inducted into the Oklahoma City University Hall of Honor.

STEVE LOFTUS (Set Designer) has been one of our resident designers since Kiss Me, Kate in 2002. Some of his favorites at WBT include Gypsy, Phantom, Aida, Miss Saigon and In the Heights. As a set designer, Steve has provided scenery for many regional theaters, colleges and high schools around the Tri-state area. As well as a few tours and special events at Lincoln Center. Steve is also the owner of Scene Works Inc., a fully serviced scene shop providing all aspects of scenic design and fabrication based out of Ossining, NY. He is most proud to be a father to Elias and Aubrey.

HEATHER CAREY (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for theater, dance, tv & film, designing off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and regionally. Recent projects include off-Broad-way’s The Snowy Day directed by Julia Beardsley O’Brien, The Loading Dock Theatre’s The Dudleys: A Family Game, and Marathon: Series A with Ensemble Studio Theatre. She has assist-ed on a variety of projects ranging from live television to opera, Broadway to feature films. She received her MFA in Costume Design from Brandeis University. www.heatherjcarey.com

ANDREW GMOSER (Lighting Designer) has lit all of our mainstage productions since 1990. Over the years he has created the sets and/or lighting for a multitude of productions throughout Westchester and beyond, and is a proud recipient of the Cab Calloway Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Performing

BOB BRAY (Musical Director) has played key-boards on Broadway for more than 25 shows starting with Aspects of Love and most recently Hello Dolly with Bette Midler. Favorites along the way include Ragtime, Assassins, Seussical, Annie Get Your Gun (Bernadette, Reba) and Jersey Boys. He was the MD/conductor for Mamma Mia at Mandalay Bay in Vegas and also conducted it on Broadway. He also conducted the 1st national tour of Show Boat starring Len Cariou and Cloris Leachman directed by Hal Prince and Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis. Previous productions at WBT include A Chorus Line, Good News, City of Angels, Grand Hotel and Phantom.

RHONDA MILLER (Associate Director/Choreographer) founded and co-owned L.A.’s pre-mier dance facility, The Edge. A leader for many years of the successful convention busi-ness, L.A. DanceForce, Rhonda has been one of the most sought-after choreographer-dance instructors in the U.S. dance industry. Splitting her time between New York City and Los Angeles, Rhonda’s innovative work caught the eye of Broadway Director/ Choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Hairspray) with whom she has worked for several years on the renowned, annual event, Broadway Bares. Among Rhonda’s New York City stage credits are Nothing Like A Dame at New York City’s Marquis Theater, featuring a piece starring Tiler Peck of New York City Ballet, ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway at Town Hall, Les Enfants de Paris (now known as 5th Republic), Austentatious, star-ring Stephanie D’Abruzzo. Gemini the Musical, starring Linda Hart and Have a Nice Life starring Emily Skinner and, Kevin Carolan. She was the recipient of Outstanding Choreography Award of the New York Musical Theater Festival’s production of Common Grounds and has choreo-graphed over 30 musicals at regional theaters around the country. Rhonda’s television credits include the American Film Institute Awards with Catherine Zeta- Jones, two series for HBO, The Boys and It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, multiple episodes of General Hospital ABC, Days of Our Lives for NBC and several episodes of Young and the Restless for CBS. Her energetic work has also been seen in commercials and Industrials for such Fortune 500 companies as Apple, Chrysler, Toys R Us, Warner Brothers and Exxon-Mobil. She conceived, directed and choreo-graphed Cinematastic for Princess Cruise Lines, Broadway Nights for Celebrity Cruise Lines and directed the Nickelodeon Up Fronts. And is proud-ly in development of the theatrical project, 5th District. Recently, she collaborated with director

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Arts in Westchester. Andrew loves his job design-ing lighting for all levels of theatre, from high school programs through professional Broadway-caliber productions. For over thirty years he was set and lighting designer (and from time to time, director) for Asbury Summer Theatre, and is beginning his 25th season with the MacHaydn Theatre in upstate New York. Through his com-pany, Silent G Productions, Andrew provides theatrical lighting design, equipment, and con-sultation for live theatre, dance, and concerts. Andrew’s best and most important production is with his lovely wife, Catherine: their nineteen year old twins, Thomas and Elizabeth!

MARK ZUCKERMAN (Sound Designer) has been the co-sound designer for 5 years at WBT where he previously served as the sound engi-neer for 5 years. He has worked throughout the tri-state area designing and running sound for theatres and concert venues. A few of his favor-ite shows include: Jekyll & Hyde, Phantom, and Hairspray. Mark would like to thank his family and Erin for their support. MarkSZuckerman.com

VICTOR LUKAS (Production Stage Manager/Properties) is happy to be home after spending many years touring the country and having played in every state. Broadway and Equity National Tours include: Bring Back Birdie, Oh Brother, Joe’s...Coat, Cats, Teddy And Alice, One Night Stand, Woman Of The Year w/ Lauren Bacall, the Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical Movin’ Out, Cy Coleman’s Welcome To The Club and Barnum, Star of Indiana’s Blast!, Blood Brothers with Petula Clark, Carole King and Shaun & David Cassidy, and Disney’s Aida. For the WBT he has stage managed many shows including the acclaimed Aida and Little Shop of Horrors, both directed by Patricia Wilcox; Richard Stafford’s Gypsy with Karen Mason; and Jonathan Stahl’s Nine. Off-Broadway shows include Annie Warbucks, Travels With My Aunt, Tuesday’s With Morrie, and Joan Of Arc with Glenn Close. Favorite gig – Touring with Petula Clark on her 2008 concert tour of England and Wales. Victor also runs “Grumpy’s Props,” a prop rental shop in Carmel NY. Grumpy’s Props also specializes in home & com-mercial decorating for holidays & theme parties. Visit us online at www.grumpysprops.com.

VON ANN STUTLER (Musical Contractor) Since the inception of the theatre 44 years ago, Von Ann has been responsible for putting together the excellent musicians which make up our orchestra. Each show has unique instrumen-tation requirements. Von Ann, in consultation

with the musical director, determines the make-up and particular talented personnel to fulfill the show’s requirements. Von Ann is a musician having training in clarinet, piano and harp. She was a voice major at Michigan State University. She has raised 5 children and is the proud grandmother of 7 (four girls and 3 boys).

ALAN MENKEN (Music) His music and lyrics have become an integral part of the fabric of our lives since his first works were produced nearly 40 years ago. His stage musicals include God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy, Real Life Funnies, Little Shop of Horrors, Kicks, The Dream on Royal Street, Beauty and The Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, Newsies, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and A Bronx Tale. Song and score credits for film musi-cals include The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast (Animated), Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, The Shaggy Dog, Home on the Range, Enchanted, Tangled, Mirror Mirror and Beauty and the Beast (Live Action). Individual songs for film include Rocky V - “The Measure of a Man,” Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - “My Christmas Tree,” Life With Mikey - “Cold Enough to Snow,” Noel - “Winter Light,” Captain America: First Avenger - “Star Spangled Man” and Sausage Party - “The Great Beyond.” Television credits include writing songs for Sesame Street, the ABC mini-series Lincoln, a musical episode of The Neighbors, the ABC series Galavant and the Disney Channel’s Tangled: The Series. His chart topping songs have included “Beauty and the Beast”, “A Whole New World”, “Colors of the Wind” and “Go the Distance”. Winner of the 2012 Tony and Drama Desk awards for his score for Newsies, he has won more Academy Awards than any other living individual, including eight Oscars® with 4 for Best Score and 4 for Best Song; 11 Grammy® Awards (including Song of the Year for “A Whole New World”); 7 Golden Globes; London’s Evening Standard Award; the Olivier Award; the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award. Other notable achievements include induction as a Member (2008) in the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame followed by receiving the lifetime achievement acknowl-edgement of the Johnny Mercer Award (2017); Billboard’s number one single (“A Whole New World”) and number one album (Pocahontas). In 2001 he received the distinction of being named a Disney Legend. Awarded two doctorates in Fine Arts from New York University and the North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2010 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Recent live concert appearances include the Hollywood Bowl, Segerstrom Center and the Royal Albert Hall.

GLENN SLATER (Lyrics) co-created Disney’s 2010 worldwide smash Tangled (2011 Grammy Winner, 2010 Oscar and Golden Globe nomi-nee), as well as the Broadway and international hit musicals Sister Act (2011 Tony nominee - Best Score) and The Little Mermaid (2008 Tony nomi-nee - Best Score, Grammy nominee - Best Cast Album), and, most recently School of Rock (2015). With longtime collaborator Alan Menken, he is Executive Producer and Lyricist for the ABC-TV musical comedy series Galavant, and has also written songs for the Disney animated film Home On The Range (2004) and the Broadway musical Leap of Faith (Tony nominee - Best Musical, 2012). In the West End, Glenn provided both book and lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies (2010 Olivier nominee - Best Musical), the sequel to Phantom of the Opera. Other work includes an Emmy-nominated song for the ABC-TV comedy The Neighbors (2013), and the stage revue Newyorkers at The Manhattan Theatre Club (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations). Glenn is the recipient of the prestigious Kleban Award for Lyrics, the ASCAP/Richard Rogers New Horizons Award, and the Jonathan Larson Award. He is an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, and a member of both ASCAP and the Dramatists’ Guild.

CHERI STEINKELLNER (Author) has won four Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, The People s Choice, BAFTA, Writers Guild Award, Parents Choice and TV-Land Legend Awards, for writing and producing Cheers (recently named one of the Top 10 Best Written Comedies in TV history), and The Jeffersons, Facts of Life, Family Ties and Who’s The Boss, and for creating the acclaimed Disney animated Saturday morning TV series and feature film, Teacher s Pet. A 2011 Tony-nominee for Sister Act (with husband Bill Steinkellner, Alan Menken and Glenn Slater); Cheri has also written Princesses (with Bill, David Zippel and Matthew Wilder); and book and lyr-ics for Mosaic (with Georgia Stitt), and Jailbirds on Broadway (with Bill and Jeff Rizzo). Other stage includes Our Place, and Instaplay - L.A. s original - and longest-running - improvised musical-com-edy. An Indy Award winner and Ovation nom-inee for Hello! My Baby, Cheri currently teaches writing at Stanford and UCSB and directs youth theatre in beautiful Santa Barbara, where she and Bill raised their three favorite children/writ-ers/ artists: Kit, Teddy, and Emma.

BILL STEINKELLNER (Author) Award-winning television and screen writer: Cheers and Disney’s Teacher’s Pet (Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAS, Writers Guild and People’s Choice Awards). Book writer (with wife, Cherri): Sister Act the Musical (London Palladium, Hamburg, Broadway 2011), Princesses (Goodspeed, 5th Avenue). Writer/director (with Paul Reubens): the original Pee-wee Herman Show (Groundlings, Roxy Theatre, HBO). Creator/director: Instaplay, L.A.’s first all-improvised musical-comedy. Author: the L.A. Times bestseller Postcards From the Moon.

DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE (Additional Book Material) Broadway play The Little Dog Laughed received the GLAAD media award for best play, and was also nominated for a Tony for best new play. His other works include As Bees In Honey Drown (Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award), Music From A Sparkling Planet and The Country Club. He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his play Advice From A Caterpillar which won Aspen Comedy Festival’s best feature. His film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar was produced by Steven Spielberg, was the number one film in America for a month and is now a television favorite. The Big Time, Beane’s first musical, received rave reviews last year and his next musical, a stage adaptation of the film The Bandwagon is slated to open on Broadway later this season. Fascinated by non-traditional forms of theater, Beane has written the revues, White Lies and Mondo Drama and this season a live theatrical soap opera, The Cartells. As artistic director of the New York theater company Drama Dept. he produced over forty productions, including acclaimed revivals of As Thousands Cheer, June Moon and The Torchbearers and world premiere works by Paul Rudnick, David Sedaris and Wendy Wasserstein. His new play, Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost, Too will open next season in New York and he is currently developing a television series for producer Lorne Michaels. He resides in New York City with his partner, composer Lewis Flinn and their son, Cooper.

LISA TISO (Producer) has been with WBT since 1979 when she began as a buffet girl. Having worked in nearly every department, and since 1991 has worked on our shows as Associate Producer or Producer. An avid Yankee fan, Lisa lives in Ardsley with her daughter Carmen and their dog Stevie.

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this specifically designed, state of the art theatre. Bill and Bob, 2004 inductees into the “Westchester County Business Hall of Fame,” pioneered the Dinner Theatre concept in Westchester when they opened An Evening Dinner Theatre on July 9, 1974. Having designed and built An Evening from the ground up as a theatre that serves dinner and lunch, they estab-lished their operation as a cultural mainstay in the tri-state area. The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the only year round theatre in Westchester where Broadway performers, direc-tors and designers gather to create the best in Musical Theatre. (They have produced more shows than most Broadway producers. Sister Act, we are proud to say, is their 205th Production!) The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the lon-gest running, 52 week a year Equity theatre in the State of New York. Each show is produced exclusively for the theatre and each is approached in the same manner as Broadway Productions: casting Broadway performers at auditions in New York City, and hiring the creative staff (Directors, Choreographers, Musical Directors, Set, Costume and Lighting Designers). On the dark nights of the musicals, Bill and Bob have presented over 900 Monday and Tuesday night specials and, in 1997, inaugurated the Gold Star Series of Concerts presenting Jackie Mason to a sold-out house. Other great performers in the Gold Star series have been Tom Jones, George Carlin, Paul Anka, Wayne Newton, and Harry Belafonte. With the continued support of the people of the tri-state area, we pledge to contin-ue to present the best in theatre and dining.

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