MSM MUSICAL THEATRE

Freshman Hello Direction and Choreography by the Musical Theatre Freshman Class of 2024

Liza Gennaro, Supervising Director Shane Schag, Musical Director and Pianist Shay Holihan, Production Stage Manager Neil Devlin, Assistant Director Abby Hammond, Assistant Stage Manager Galvin Yuan and Braedon Young, Technical and Editing Team Ben Hahn, Assistant Music Director

MEET THE FRESHMEN Meaghan Sheridan Almon Student of Andrea Green Albany, New York Victoria Baroni Student of Bob Stillman San Jose, California Anna Barrett Student of Andrea Green Corner Brook, Newfoundland Ryan Basch Student of Sam McKelton New Rochelle, New York Logan Broadnax Student of Andrea Green Brooklyn, New York Jacob Dueker Student of Bob Stillman Fresno, California Kolter Erickson Student of Claudia Catania Pennington, New Jersey Alaina Fritzinger Student of Judith Clurman Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Matthew Greer Student of Claudia Catania Tampa, Florida Ben Hahn Student of Claudia Catania Millstone Township, New Jersey Lyda Jade Harlan Student of Sam McKelton Woodland Hills, California Meredith Heller Student of Claudia Catania Pelham, New York

Elizabeth Holton Student of Andrea Green Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Antoinette Huegel Student of Claudia Catania Springfield, Pennsylvania Kianna Kelly-Futch Student of Sam McKelton Washington, DC Katherine Lindsley Student of Claudia Catania Lancaster, Pennsylvania Abigail Lyman Student of Claudia Catania Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Jo McGehee Student of Andrea Green Portland, Oregon Piatt Pund Student of Bob Stillman San Diego, California Ryan Nicholas Quish Student of Andrea Green Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey Lily Restivo Student of Andrea Green Westchester, New York Trent Soto Student of Judith Clurman Richmond, Texas Marine Tamada-Wu Student of Andrea Greeen Princeton, New Jersey Maci Terry Student of Andrea Green St. George, Utah

Ayanna Thomas Student of Sam McKelton Los Angeles, California Ian Tweedy Student of Sam McKelton Bowling Green, Kentucky

Jackson Wells Student of Sandy, Orgeon

PROGRAM

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Directed by Alaina Friztinger

Full Company

“Live in Living Color” from Catch Me If You Can

Music by Marc Shaiman

Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

Directed by Meaghan Sheridan Almon and Victoria Baroni

Full Company

“I Love the Way” from Something Rotten!

Music and Lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick

Directed by Abigail Lyman

Anna Barrrett, flute

Michael Shapira, percussion

Anna Barrett and Jackson Wells

Pass the Plate #1

Directed by Katherine Lindsley and Piatt Pund

Abigail Lyman, Ian Tweedy, Piatt Pund

“That I Would Be Good” from Jagged Little Pill

Music and Lyrics by Alanis Morisette

Directed by Lyda Jade Harlan

Gavon Mitchell, electric guitar

Jakob Messinetti, bass

Michael Shapira, drums

Alaina Fritzinger, Antoinette Huegel, Piatt Pund

“The Schuyler Sisters” from Hamilton

Music and Lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda

Directed by Kianna Kelly-Futch

Elizabeth Holton, Lyda Jade Harlan, Jo McGehee,

Ayanna Thomas

Pass the Plate #2

Directed by Katherine Lindsley and Piatt Pund

Jacob Dueker, Ryan Quish, Logan Broadnax, Lyda Jade

Harlan

“Falling Slowly” from Once

Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansgard and Markéta Irglová

Directed by Katherine Lindsley

Kolter Erickson, guitar

Kolter Erickson and Meaghan Almon

Poems

Written and Directed by Victoria Baroni

Marine Tamada-Wu, Antoinette Huegel, Victoria

Baroni, Lyda Jade Harlan, Meredith Heller

“Perfect Body”

Music and Lyrics by Lyda Jade Harlan

Arranged by Ben Hahn

Directed by Meredith Heller and Anna Barrett

Lyda Jade Harlan, Ben Hahn, Trent Soto, Victoria

Baroni, Antoinette Huegel, Maci Terry

Pass the Plate #3

Directed by Katherine Lindsley and Piatt Pund

Ben Hahn, Victoria Baroni, Meaghan Sheridan Almon, Jo

McGehee

“Miss Celie’s Pants” from The Color Purple

Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and

Stephen Bray

Directed by Kianna Kelly-Futch and Jo McGehee

Jakob Messinetti, bass

Michael Shapira, drums

Kianna Kelly Futch, Logan Broadnax, Ayanna Thomas, Jo

McGehee

“Give Me the Dirt”

Music and Lyrics by Piatt Pund

Directed by Kolter Erickson

Piatt Pund, Jacob Dueker, Abigail Lyman

Pass the Plate #4

Directed by Katherine Lindsley and Piatt Pund

Meredith Heller, Trent Soto, Matthew Greer, Marine

Tamada-Wu

“Caravan”

Music by Duke Ellington

Choreographed by Maci Terry and Logan Broadnax

Jackson Wells, Katherine Lindsley, Abigail Lyman,

Anna Barrett, Meaghan Sheridan Almon, Ayanna

Thomas, Ben Hahn, Meredith Heller, Piatt Pund,

Matthew Greer, Lily Restivo, Kianna Kelly-Futch, Ian

Tweedy, Lyda Jade Harlan, Jacob Dueker, Kolter

Erickson

Pass the Plate #5

Directed by Katherine Lindsley and Piatt Pund

Jackson Wells, Katherine Lindsley, Ayanna Thomas,

Kianna Kelly-Futch

“Take a Hint” from Victorious

Music and Lyrics by Meghan Kabir, Kevin Kadish, and James

Michael

Directed by Elizabeth Holton

Marine Tamada-Wu and Victoria Baroni

“At The Ballet” from A Chorus Line

Music by Marvin Hamlisch

Lyrics by Edward Kleban

Directed by Lily Restivo

Ben Hahn, Maci Terry, Meredith Heller

Pass the Plate #6

Directed by Katherine Lindsley and Piatt Pund

Elizabeth Holton, Alaina Fritzinger, Maci Terry, Lily

Restivo

“Love Triangle” from Paramour

Music and Lyrics by Guy Dubuc and Marc Lessard

Directed by Jackson Wells

Piatt Pund, violin

Jakob Messinetti, bass

Michael Shapira, drums

Katherine Lindsley, Jacob Dueker, Ian Tweedy

Sitcom Moment

Written and Directed by Matthew Greer and Trent Soto

Matthew Greer, Ian Tweedy, Logan Broadnax, Trent

Soto

“I’ll Cover You” from Rent

Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson

Directed by Logan Broadnax and Ian Tweedy

Matthew Greer and Trent Soto

Pass The Plate #7

Directed by Katherine Lindsley and Piatt Pund

Antoinette Huegel, Kolter Erickson, Anna Barrett

“No One is Alone” from Into the Woods

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Jackson Wells

Anna Barrett, flute

Jakob Messinetti, bass

Kolter Erickson, Ryan Nicholas Quish, Abigail Lyman,

Lily Restivo

Moment of Hope

Written and Directed by Ben Hahn and Meaghan Sheridan

Almon

Ben Hahn, Victoria Baroni, Alaina Fritzinger, Jo

McGehee, Jackson Wells, Lily Restivo, Meaghan

Sheridan Almon

“Democracy” from Soft Power

Music by Jeanine Tesori

Lyrics by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori

Directed by Jacob Dueker and Ian Tweedy

Jakob Messinetti, bass

Michael Shapira, drums

Full Company

MUSICAL THEATRE

Liza Gennaro, Associate Dean and Director

David Loud, Program Music Director

Enrique Brown, Academic and Artistic Assistant

MUSICAL THEATRE FACULTY

Mana Allen, Musical Theatre Performance Technique

Nate Bertone, Intro to Theatrical Design

Enrique Brown, Musical Theatre Dance

Claudia Catania, Voice

Judith Clurman, Voice/Ensemble Singing

Carl Cofield, Acting V

Marshall David Jr., Tap

Erin Dilly, Scene to Song

Boyd Gaines, Advanced Acting

Andy Gale, Acting: Scene Study

Andrew Gerle, Music Theory

Randy Graff, Acting the Song/Audition Techniques

Andrea Green, Voice

Yehuda Hyman, Devised Theatrical Practice

Shawn Kaufmann, Intro to Theatrical Design

David Loud, Musical Theatre Performance Technique, History of

Musical Theatre

Sue Makkoo, Intro the Theatrical Design

Or Matias, Musical Theatre Lab

Samuel McKelton, Voice

Robin Morse, Meisner Technique

Shane Schag, Music Theory

Scott Stauffer, Intro to Theatrical Design

Don Stephenson, Acting for Camera

Bob Stillman, Voice

Rachel Tucker, Ballet

MSM PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION OPERATIONS

Henry Valoris, Dean of Performance and Production Operations

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES

Katharine Dryden, Managing Director

Alejandro Lopez-Samame, Manager of Orchestral Operations and the

Orchestral Performance Program

Calvin Johnson, Manager of Jazz Operations

Jon Clancy, Instrumental Ensembles Associate

Matthew Jaimes, Instrumental Ensembles Associate

Hannah Marks, Instrumental Ensembles Associate

Matthew Ward, Percussion Operations Manager

OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE

Christina Teichroew, Managing Director

Kathryn Miller, Assistant Managing Director

Erin Reppenhagen, Associate

PERFORMANCE LIBRARY

Manly Romero, Performance Librarian

PIANO TECHNICAL SERVICES

Israel Schossev, Director

Agim Kola, Shop Manager

Victor Madorsky, Performance Tuner/Technican

Hide Onishi, Chief Concert Technican

Richard Short, Maintenance Manager

PRODUCTION

Brianna Poh, Associate Director

Elizabeth Ramsay, Interim Associate Production Manager

Brittany Crowell, Production Manager, Opera and Musical Theatre

Emily Cauthorne, Associate Production Manager, Opera and Musical Theatre

Andres Diaz Jr., Production Supervisor

Keri Bush, Production Supervisor

Alexis Caldwell, Production Coordinator

Tyler Donahue, Production Coordinator

Dash Lea, Production Coordinator

Pamela Pangaro, Lead Technican

SCHEDULING AND PATRON SERVICES

Devon Kelly, Manager

Luke Breton, Associate

Ramon Tenefracia, Associate

THE ORTO CENTER FOR DISTANCE LEARNING AND

RECORDING ARTS

Chris Shade, Director

David Marsh, Program Manager

Dan Rorke, Chief Recording Engineer

Kevin Bourassa, Recording Engineer

Corey Mahaney, Recording Engineer

Mohit Diskalkar, Network Systems Engineer

Yue Mu, Instrumental Designer

Roan Ma, Recording Services Coordinator

Graceon Challenger, Chief Maintenance Technican

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