Insight Theatre Company 2014 Season Playbill

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JULY 10-20

AUG. 21-31

SEPT. 11-21

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WELCoME to the SEVENTH SEASoN of INSIGHT THEATRE!Our opening production of Oliver! is sure to lead us into a stunning summer of live theatre to entertain and inspire. The cast of Oliver! features wonderful professional actor-singers led by Alan Knoll and Broadway’s Spencer Davis Milford who promise us a delightful production filled

with great voices and orchestration. “Consider Yourself At Home!” is the theme of our season and is one of the fine songs from this great musical.

Our July production of Over the River and Through the Woods continues that exuberance with a wonderful comedy about family. Set in New Jersey, this Italian family schemes to keep their grandson close to them. The play is humorous as well as thought provoking. I really giggled when I read the script and also found myself moved to tears, too.

In August, we present The Spitfire Grill, a folk, bluegrass, pop-style musical with a poignant and exciting score. This intimate show is about redemption and the real possibility for renewal of the spirit. The tuneful duet “Colors of Paradise” is sung with lots of warmth in this story about mending broken hearts.

Our final selection is one that many of our audience members voted for last season. Death of a Salesman, a dramatic modern tragedy, is an American classic. This award-winning play offers moments for reflection and reveals the challenges of living in our American dream-driven world. Willie Loman’s struggle evokes empathy, yet also asks the question: Why? What are the causes, both psychological and experiential, that bring his downfall? When Linda, his wife, states at the end “Willie, we’re free and clear!” does the awareness of the fragility of the human spirit inspire determination to find better paths for generations to follow? What is the “American Dream” anyway? I hope to share in discussions of this great play with you. Once again, the cast is outstanding, and I am so proud to have such great talent on our stage.

I look forward to seeing you in our lobby after the shows this season. Please let me know if you have comments about our productions or questions about our choices. We so appreciate your thoughtful comments and invite your active participation.

Maggie Ryan

Artistic Director

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MISSION STATEMENTOur goal is to produce the highest quality of plays and musicals in order to entertain, inspire and reveal the complexity of the human spirit. We believe the art of theatre is vital to the welfare of today’s society, a society that is searching for truth and longing for hope. Our intent is to produce classical and contemporary plays and musicals that offer an honest and valid view of our world. Our theatre is unique in that in addition to producing artistically excellent works, our purpose is to offer students positions as interns in our professional company so that they can learn all aspects of theatre production and benefit from the expertise of professional actors, designers and directors.


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MAGGIE RYAN, Artistic Directorpresents

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Oliver! is presented through special arrangement with Oliver Productions, Ltd. and Oliver Promotions. All authorized performance materials are supplied by Tams-Witmark, 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

T:212.688.9191 www.tamswitmark.com.

June 5-22, 2014

Technical Direction by BRIAN D. MACKE

Assistant Technical Direction byJACOB WINSLOW

Scenic Design byMARGERY and PETER SPACK

Master ElectricianBLAKE MANNS

Lighting Design bySETH JACKSON

Costume Design byLAURA HANSON

Properties byJACOB WINSLOW

Associate Director

JAMES COMPTON

Production Stage Manager

DORA TRENBEATH

Assistant Stage Manager

SAM YAHL

Assistant Director

MAx FRIEDMAN

Musical Direction byCHARLIE MUELLER

Choreography byJAMES COMPTON and LIBBY SALVIA

Directed by EDWARD M. COFFIELD

withMICHAEL AMOROSO

MARC STRATHMAN JENNIFER THEBY-QUINN TROY TURNIPSEEDMICHAEL BRIGHTMAN JENNI RYAN

and introducingRONAN RYAN as “Oliver”


CAST OF CHARACTERSOliver Twist ................................................................................................................... RONAN RYANAT THE WORKHOUSEMr. Bumble, the Beadle ..................................................................................MARC STRATHMANMrs. Corney, the Matron ........................................................................JENNIFER THEBY-QUINNOld Sally, a pauper ....................................................................................................MARA BOLLINIAT THE UNDERTAKER’SMr. Sowerberry, the Undertaker ..............................................................MICHAEL BRIGHTMANMrs. Sowerberry, his wife ............................................................................................JENNI RYANCharlotte, their daughter..................................................................................AMELIA JO PARISHNoah Claypole, their apprentice ..................................................................DANIEL BLACKWELLAT THE THIEVES’ KITCHENFagin ..............................................................................................................................ALAN KNOLL*The Artful Dodger................................................................................SPENCER DAVIS MILFORD*Charlie Bates .............................................................................................. CHARLIE B. SOUTHERNNancy ................................................................................................................CHERLYNN ALVAREZBet .............................................................................................................................. FIONA MARTINBill Sikes ...........................................................................................................MICHAEL AMOROSOAT THE BROWNLOW’SMr. Brownlow .....................................................................................................TROY TURNIPSEEDDr. Grimwig ....................................................................................................................ARI AXELRODMrs. Bedwin................................................................................................................ LAURA ERNSTWorkhouse Orphans and Fagin’s Gang ............................................................ ALEX M. BOLLINI,

ALEX GODINER, OLIVIA HAND, ALLY KALISHMAN,BELLA LEONARD, JULIA MOORE, KAYLEE RYAN,

THOMAS J. SCHARTNER, CHARLIE B. SOUTHERNLondoners.....................................................................................................................ARI AXELROD,

JESSICA BALASSI, BRADLEY J. BEHRMANN, DANIEL BLACKWELL,MARA BOLLINI, MICHAEL BRIGHTMAN, THOMMY CRAIN, LAURA ERNST,

ADAM HUNN, SYMPHONY NGUY, AMELIA JO PARISH, JENNI RYAN, KYLE TWOMEY

*Appearing through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

THE PLACE London

THE TIME 1850

THERE WILL BE ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I

“Food, Glorious Food” .....................................................................................Workhouse Orphans “Oliver!”...........................................Mr. Bumble, Mrs. Corney, Oliver and Workhouse Orphans “I Shall Scream” ............................................................................... Mrs. Corney and Mr. Bumble “Boy For Sale” ..................................................................................................................Mr. Bumble “That’s Your Funeral” .................................Mr. Sowerberry, Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Sowerberry “Where Is Love?”....................................................................................................................... Oliver “Consider Yourself” ................................................................Artful Dodger, Oliver and Company “You’ve Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two” ..................................................................Fagin and Gang “It’s A Fine Life” ..........................................................................................................Nancy and Bet “I’d Do Anything” ..................................................... Artful Dodger, Nancy, Oliver, Bet and Fagin “Be Back Soon” ................................................................. Fagin, Artful Dodger, Oliver and Gang

ACT II

“Oom-Pah-Pah” .............................................................................................. Nancy and Company “My Name” ........................................................................................................................... Bill Sikes “As Long As He Needs Me”....................................................................................................Nancy “Where Is Love?” (Reprise) .........................................................................................Mrs. Bedwin “Who Will Buy?” ...............................................................................................Oliver and Company “It’s a Fine Life” (Reprise) .........................................Bill Sikes, Nancy, Fagin and Artful Dodger “Reviewing the Situation” .........................................................................................................Fagin “Oliver!” (Reprise) ............................................................................ Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Corney “As Long As He Needs Me” (Reprise) ..................................................................................Nancy “Reviewing the Situation” (Reprise) ........................................................................................Fagin

ORCHESTRA Conductor/Piano – Charlie Mueller

Trombone - Matt Assel; Basson - Helen Bednara; Cello - Christopher Bachmann; Bass - Guy Catonwine; Viola - Michael Dunsmoor; Percussion - Julia Hribar;

Violin - Gabe Miller; Clarinet - Brandon Thompson


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July 10 -20, 2014


TOM MURRAY TOMMY NOLAN MATT PENTECOST ARIEL ROUKAERTS MAGGIE RYAN JERRY VOGEL

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Over the River and Through the Woods

by JOE DiPIETRO

Technical Direction byBRIAN D. MACKE

Assistant Technical Direction byJACOB WINSLOW

Scenic Design byCHRIS REGELSEN

Lighting Design by JEFF BEHM

Costume Design byLAURA HANSON



Production Stage ManagerROGER TACKETTE

Assistant Stage ManagerSAM YAHL

Directed by

JOHN CONTINI

OLIVER! DIRECTOR’S NOTESIt’s hard to think of a musical more suited to the current moment than Oliver!

First of all, the show is about the excesses of a free market and the ways that can corrupt people. Mr. Bumble, the corpulent headmaster of an orphanage, sells off Oliver Twist, one of the kids in his care, because the little guy annoys Bumble by saying that he’s hungry. An undertaker and his wife, who can only be described as morbid (sorry!) entrepreneurs, buy the kid. A den of thieves profits from the

spoils of the industrial revolution by picking the pockets of the wealthier classes, and these thieves are presided over by a venal, gold-hoarding criminal named Fagin who takes financial advantage of his boys while pretending to take care of them.

Wow — it does sometimes feel like everything old is new again!

That said, Oliver! is a musical with a tremendous heart, and that is why I find it so very appealing. At its core Oliver! is a David-and-Goliath story. Oliver represents David, and Goliath is represented by Bill Sykes and the social injustices of the time.

I remember first seeing Oliver! when I was a very young child. I was totally taken with it, and I found it both exhilarating and a bit scary at the same time. While working on this production, my reaction is much the same. I still cheer for Oliver and Fagin’s gang of boys. I still wonder why Nancy, who has a heart of gold, allows her life to be directed so by Bill Sykes. And I continue to marvel at the character of Fagin, who seems content, though his circumstances are beyond his control.

In the end, Oliver’s journey is that of a little boy who survives with amazing virtue and goodness — and along the way, reminds others of their own virtue and goodness. Enjoy! — Edward M. Coffield

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WIZARD OF OZTHE

WIZARD OF OZINTERN SHOW July 25-27

Insight Theatre’s student interns present this timeless tale of Dorothy and her unplanned trip to the land of Oz. This family-friendly production brings favorite characters to life.

Based on the book by L. Frank BaumAdapted by Frank Gabrielson

Music and Lyrics from the MGM film by Harold Arlen and E.Y. HarburgDirected by Susie Wall

Musical Director, Charlie Mueller


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CAST OF CHARACTERSNick Cristano .......................................................................................................MATT PENTECOSTFrank Gianelli ..............................................................................................................JERRY VOGEL*Aida Gianelli ............................................................................................................. TOMMY NOLANNunzio Cristano .........................................................................................................TOM MURRAY*Emma Cristano..........................................................................................................MAGGIE RYAN*Caitlin O’Hare ...................................................................................................... ARIEL ROUKAERTS


THE PLACEThe Gianelli Home in Hoboken, New Jersey

THE TIME1990s


OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS DIRECTOR’S NOTES“Tengo Famiglia.” If you just said that in English, it would be “I support a family.” But in Italian, it means more, much more — “I am a man; I am doing well for my woman and my children; I have a reason for being alive.” These words uttered by Frank Gianelli in the opening scene of this play are not only words of advice for his grandson Nick, but to all of us hearing him. In our busy world of work, business, politics and socializing, we tend to forget, or at

least overlook, that which is most important in our lives, our number one priority, our true goal for happiness — family! Having grown up in a very Italian family myself, I was brought up to believe in the three “Fs” of life, as Nick says: family, faith and food ... in that order. However, I don’t believe the Italians have the monopoly on this belief. All families of all races, faiths and nationalities share this way of life. All of mankind has been striving for this way of life ever since we crawled out of the cave. But even though we continue to strive, we sometimes fall off the path and forget the truth. Hopefully, viewing this charming and endearing play by Joe DiPietro we will gently be guided back on the right path. “Tengo Famiglia” — John Contini

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August 21-31, 2014


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The Spitfire GrillMusic and Book by JAMES VALCQ

Lyrics and Book by FRED ALLEYBased on the film by LEE DAVID ZLOTOFF

Technical Direction byBRIAN D. MACKE

Assistant Technical Direction by JACOB WINSLOW

Scenic Design byKYRA BISHOP

Lighting Design byJEFF BEHM

Costume Design byTRACY NEWCOMB



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Musical Direction by CATHERINE KOPFF

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CAST OF CHARACTERSPercy Talbott .....................................................................................................................SAM AUCHHannah Ferguson ..................................................................................................... JANET WELLS*Shelby Thorpe.................................................................................................................JENNI RYANCaleb Thorpe.......................................................................................................TROY TURNIPSEEDJoe Sutter ................................................................................................................... PETE WINFREYEffy Krayneck .................................................................................................................... AMY LOUI*The Visitor ....................................................................................................MICHAEL BRIGHTMAN


THE PLACERural Wisconsin

THE TIME1990s


MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I

“A Ring Around the Moon” ...................................................................................................... Percy “Something’s Cooking” .......................................................................................................Company “Out of the Frying Pan” ............................................................................................................. Percy “When Hope Goes” ................................................................................................................. Shelby “Ice and Snow” .................................................................................................. Caleb, Joe and Effy “The Colors of Paradise” ..................................................................................... Percy and Shelby “Digging Stone” ......................................................................................................................... Caleb “This Wide Woods” ....................................................................................................Joe and Percy “Forgotten Lullaby”.................................................................................................................Hannah “Shoot the Moon” ......................................................................................... Hannah and Company

ACT II

“Come Alive Again” ...................................................................................... Hannah and Company “Forest for the Trees” ....................................................................................................................Joe “Wild Bird” ................................................................................................................................ Shelby “Shine” ........................................................................................................................................ Percy “Way Back Home” ..................................................................................................................Hannah “Finale” ..................................................................................................................................Company

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THE SPITfIRE GRILL

THE SPITFIRE GRILL DIRECTOR’S NOTESDirecting this intimate powerhouse featuring such an outstanding cast is a special reward. I always look for shows that offer moving stories and well developed characters. The characters in Spitfire are psychologically fascinating, the story relevant and surprisingly poignant, and the folk-style music has an irresistible charm. “Colors of Paradise,” “Digging Stone” and a tuneful rendition of “Shoot The Moon” are some of my favorites.

The musical is based on a 1998 film. As an Off Broadway musical, it won the 2001 Richard Rogers Musical Award and since then has been performed across the nation at many regional theatres to rave reviews.

The setting of the story is rural Wisconsin a few years ago, and the themes deal with forgiveness and redemption. The wonderful joy that closes the play makes my heart pound! I am hoping it is as infectious for you — and that you enjoy pondering the surprises along the way.

The New York Times called Spitfire “a soul-satisfying … compelling story … it is freeing … penetrated by honesty and it ‘glows!’” And USA Today said: “It has an abundance of warmth, spirit and goodwill.”

I really love the show; it represents all that Insight Theatre was founded on — thought-provoking entertainment that inspires and moves the audience with an emphasis on the power of the human spirit. I am so eager to share it with you. — Maggie Ryan

Rich and Cheryl Whitingwish Insight Theatreanother great season and congratulate Peter Sargent as the first recipient of the Insight Theatre Award of Excellence.

DEATH of A SALESMAN


JOHN CONTINI SUSIE WALL MATTHEW LINDHARDT

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ARTHUR MILLER’S

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

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September 11-21, 2014

Assistant to the DirectorMIKE DORSEY

Production Stage ManagerROGER TACKETTE


Technical Direction by

BRIAN D. MACKE

Assistant Technical Direction by

JACOB WINSLOW

Scenic Design by

KIM WILSON

Master Electrician

BLAKE MANNS

Lighting Design byMARK WILSON

Costume Design byTRACY NEWCOMB


Directed by WAYNE LOUI

withJONEAL JOPLIN JASON CONTINI

MOLLIE AMBURGEY DAVE COOPERSTEIN JULIA CRUMPMICHAEL PIERCE TAYLOR PIETZ TOM WETHINGTON

andTOM MURRAY


DEATH of A SALESMAN

CAST OF CHARACTERSWilly Loman..............................................................................................................JOHN CONTINI*Linda Loman ..................................................................................................................SUSIE WALL*Biff Loman ...................................................................................................MATTHEW LINDHARDTHappy Loman ........................................................................................................ JASON CONTINI*Bernard ................................................................................................................... MICHAEL PIERCEThe Woman .................................................................................................................. TAYLOR PIETZCharley ........................................................................................................................TOM MURRAY*Ben ..........................................................................................................................JONEAL JOPLIN*Howard Wagner .............................................................................................. DAVE COOPERSTEINJenny.............................................................................................................................JULIA CRUMPStanley ................................................................................................................TOM WETHINGTONMiss Forsythe ..............................................................................................................JULIA CRUMPLetta....................................................................................................................MOLLIE AMBURGEY


THE PLACEWilly Loman’s house and yard, and various places in New York City and Boston

THE TIMEThe late 1940s


DEATH of A SALESMAN

DEATH OF A SALESMAN DIRECTOR’S NOTESThe year of 1949 was a good year for Arthur Miller. Death of a Salesman, one of Miller’s most famous works, received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. In February that year, Salesman was produced and premiered on Broadway — running for 742 performances. Since then, it has been revived on Broadway four times, winning three more Tony Awards for Best Revival.

As for the rest of America, World War II had ended in 1945. While some were lucky to embark on economic prosperity, unskilled laborers (gas attendants, migrant workers, sales clerks) were kept from making a profit — much of this due to government policies that benefitted larger, corporate farmers and businesses. Happy, a sales clerk, and Biff, a farm worker, were two characters Miller chose to represent this segment of the American workforce.

The struggles both Happy and Biff experience are examples of “blue collar workers” keeping afloat their dignity at lowly positions within a largely affluent society. Most importantly, Miller uses the example of the Loman family to reveal that most ordinary people are unable to achieve the “American Dream,” no matter how much they believe in it.

For Arthur Miller, Salesman is not just a play about a man needing to let go of unrealistic dreams; it is a play arguing that materialism has taken the place of the great ideals originally founded on American soil. — Wayne Loui

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musical theatre at San Diego State University this fall. He is happy to be making his Insight debut with Oliver!

DANIEL BLACKWELL (Noah Claypole) is a recent graduate of Saint Louis University’s theatre program. His recent acting credits include Three Sisters, Radium Girls and Much Ado About Nothing at SLU and an appearance as an extra in The Foreigner at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. His credits as a dialect coach include Cabaret at Stray Dog Theatre and Good People at Washington University. Thank you to Edward for the opportunity, Nancy Bell for all her guidance, and to Mom and Dad for all of their support. www.danielthomasblackwell.com.

ALEx M. BOLLINI (Ensemble) is excited to be part of Insight’s cast of Oliver! Alex was most recently seen in the fifth grade production of Annie at Tillman Elementary School, where he played the role of Drake the butler. Alex would like to thank his piano and voice teacher, Taylor Pietz, for her instruction and encouragement. In his spare time he loves to draw, play basketball and hang out with his friends.

MARA BOLLINI (Old Sally) holds a BA in communications/journalism from Truman State University, a BSN from Saint Louis University as well as an MHA from Webster University. She has appeared in St. Louis theatrical productions for more than 20 years. Past production highlights include Les Misérables (Madame Thenardier), The Wild Party (Delores), Nunsense (Sister Robert Anne), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdalene), Chicago (June), Company (Susan), Grease (Rizzo/ChaCha), Godspell (Self), Damn Yankees (Sister) and ensemble roles in Sweeney Todd, Hair and Anything Goes. Mara is grateful to Edward Coffield and Maggie Ryan for this opportunity to work with them and the talents of Insight. In addition, Mara is beyond excited to share the stage for the first time with her son Alex. Much love to him, Dan and all of her family for their support and encouragement.

MICHAEL BRIGHTMAN (Mr. Sowerberry/The Visitor) is very pleased to return for his third production at Insight, having previously appeared in last season’s productions of 1776 and Our Town. other St. Louis credits include The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Mustard Seed, New Line, Stray Dog, St. Louis Shakespeare and many others. favorite roles include Peron in Evita, Lord Are in Restoration for St. Louis Shakespeare (Judy award for his performance),

Higgins in My Fair Lady (four productions!), Quioxte in Man of La Mancha (three productions!) and Billy flynn in New Line’s highly acclaimed production of Chicago. Michael was last seen in Stray Dog’s smash hit production of Cabaret as Ernst, the bad guy. Seems Michael plays a lot of bad guys lately. Typecasting to be sure!

JASON CONTINI (Happy Loman) is thrilled to be making his debut with Insight. Jason has been seen in more than 75 productions across the midwest. He has worked with The Muny, Stages, St. Louis opera, The Imaginary Theatre Company, Avalon Theatre Company, okoboji Summer Theatre and Dramatic License, to name a few. His favorite roles include: Godspell (Jesus), Hamlet (Laertes), Bah! Hambug! (Bob Cratchit), Little Bosnia (faris) and Macbeth (Macbeth). Another favorite role was as Chris in All My Sons, a production Jason did with his father John more than 15 years ago, and this marks the first time since that production that John and Jason have been on stage together. Jason has also starred in over a dozen feature films including the acclaimed indie vampire film Shadowland (Pirate Pictures) as vampire hunter Julian and the war film Khyber, which he also co-produced. Most recently, Jason wrapped production on the new St. Louis-based indie drama Four Color Eulogy, which he co-produced, co-wrote and starred. In addition to theatre and film, he is also a comic book artist and publishes two comics: Legacies End and Super Cat. Sean, we love and miss you.

JOHN CONTINI (Willy Loman) is very proud to be playing this role, in this theatre, with this incredible cast, particularly the chance to appear with his own son Jason Contini and being directed by his mentor Wayne Loui. This is John’s sixth production with Insight, including Proof, Becky’s New Car, Our Town (Broadway World Award, Best Supporting Actor), directing Time Stands Still (Broadway World Award, Best Director) and earlier this year Over The River And Through The Woods. His other award-winning roles include: at Avalon, the one-man show Barrymore (Kevin Kline Award, Best Actor), A Walk In The Woods (KKA nominee, Best Actor) and Country Girl (Judy Award, Best Couple with Erin Kelley); at STLAS, the title role of King Lear (BWA, Best Actor; Judy Award, Best Actor; Go Magazine, Best Actor; Theatre Circle Award nominee, Best Actor) and Antigone (Judy Award, Best Actor). He has appeared in more than 200 plays, films, television programs and commercials from New York to the Midwest. In New York, John recently appeared in the workshop of a new musical Exactly Like You for former Muny producer Paul Blake.

CHERLYNN ALVAREZ (Nancy) is ecstatic to be making her professional debut as Nancy in Oliver! Cherlynn will soon be a junior musical theatre major at Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts. She was recently seen in The House of the Spirits (Alba) and also has been in a variety of productions including: Oklahoma!, All Shook Up and Seussical. She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless support, especially her mother and Edward for giving her this opportunity!

MOLLIE AMBURGEY (Letta) is a Saint Louis University graduate with majors in theatre, communication journalism and marketing. Her love for the theatre has inspired her to pursue it as a profession. Currently, Mollie is acting, directing, and producing with theatre companies in St. Louis such as R-S Theatrics (Lizzie Cherry, The Cherry Sisters Revisited), Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble (Stage Manager, Nine/Sketch, The Woman in Black and Bachelorette), Shakespeare festival St. Louis (Assistant Stage Manager, Old Hearts Fresh) and has independently produced Shakespeare shows A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Shake38 festival in St. Louis. Though she’s been a production assistant for Insight, this her first role with the company, and she is very grateful for the opportunity. Thanks to Tyler Linke, Troy Turnipseed and Maggie Ryan for being a fabulous team to work with. Most importantly, thanks to my family and spectacular friends for being so supportive of my career and aspirations. Without that love, I wouldn’t be able to stand where I am right now. Go St. Louis and see a play!

MICHAEL AMOROSO (Bill Sikes) is in his fourth show with Insight. Previous shows include Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew), Fox on the Fairway (Justin) and 1776 (Richard Henry Lee). other productions include Return to the Forbidden Planet (New Line), Lippa’s The Wild Party (Playhouse on the Square) and All Shook Up (Allenberry Playhouse). Michael would like to thank the Insight family for another great opportunity and his family and friends for their love and constant support.

SAM AUCH (Percy Talbott) is about to begin her senior year at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., where she is studying Theatre and Gender and Women’s Studies. Her favorite stage credits include Desdemona, a play about a handkerchief (Desdemona), Next Fall (Holly), and Iphigenia 2.0 (Iphigenia). A year ago, with five other wonderful women, she had the amazing opportunity to devise for girls who are difficult to love,

a piece about womanhood in the modern age. Many thanks and much love to friends and family for their encouragement and ever-endless love.

ARI AxELROD (Dr. Grimwig) is very excited to be making his Insight debut in Oliver! This fall, Ari will begin his junior year as a musical theatre major at the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts, where he was last seen in Into the Woods as Cinderella’s father and before that as The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Home for Ari is Ann Arbor, Mich., and there he has appeared in productions of West Side Story (Tony), Les Miserables (Jean Valjean), Phantom of the Opera (Raoul), Seussical (Mr. Mayor) and South Pacific (Emile De Becque). He wants to thank Edward Coffield and Charlie Mueller for allowing him to take part in this incredible production. He also wants to thank his fellow Webster students in this production, Kyle Twomey, Amelia Jo Parish and Cherlynn Alvarez for their constant support and friendship. Enjoy the show!

JESSICA BALASSI (Ensemble) is excited to participate in her first Insight production. Jessica graduated this spring from Missouri Baptist University with a Bachelor’s of Music in Musical Theatre. favorite past shows include: Seussical (Mrs. Mayor/Bird Girl), The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster #2), West Side Story (Anita), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta), The Spitfire Grill (Shelby), The Lion…Wardrobe (White Witch), The Crucible (Ann Putnam), Godspell (Turn Back/By My Side), Kirkwood Theatre Guild’s production of Annie Get Your Gun (Running Dear/Dance Captain) and Big River at SIUE’s Summer Showbiz (Mary Jane Wilkes). Jessica would like to thank her family for all of their love and support and the Lord for His constant mercy and grace.

BRADLEY J. BEHRMANN (Ensemble) has diverse theatre credits that include acting, directing and music directing. favorite roles include Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, frank in Restoration and Sebastian in The Tempest (St. Louis Shakespeare), as well as Man Bird in A Year with Frog & Toad, Dr. Craven in The Secret Garden and Baron in Grand Hotel (overdue Theatre Co.) Regionally, he premiered the roles of snowman-building Israel Swan in Cannibal! The Musical (Morning Star Productions) and reputation-smearing Britt Craig in Parade (R-S Theatrics). An activist for fine arts education at all levels, Brad has taught at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Southwest Illinois College and Missouri Baptist University. He is director of music at Notre Dame High School but will be starting an MfA in

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other credits: Avalon – The Price, Bus Stop; StLAS – Nuts, Greetings; and appearances at the Rep, the Black Rep, Stages, Shakespeare festival St. Louis, and many more, including 50 shows at the Muny. He is currently filming Four Color Eulogy with his son for Pirate Pictures and will be seen in the recently completed feature film A Paper Tiger Burns. once again, he encourages everyone to sign up as an organ donor. Sean, we love and miss you.

DAVE COOPERSTEIN (Howard Wagner) is thrilled to finally have the opportunity to work with Insight. By day, Dave is an architect and creative designer at PGAV Destinations, designing and developing world-class theme parks and attractions. for more than 30 years, he has spent his nights on stage, performing locally with Dramatic License Productions, St. Louis Shakespeare, Magic Smoking Monkey Theater, Act Inc. and numerous other St. Louis companies, having most recently appeared in New Jewish Theater’s hit comedy Old Jews Telling Jokes. He is humbled by the chance to work and learn from this incredibly talented cast and crew. He wants to thank Maggie and Wayne for creating such an amazing environment. He wants to thank Alisa and Grace, once again, for putting up with his absence, and always supporting this crazy part of his life. @davecoopstl #DoaSatInsight

THOMMY CRAIN (Ensemble) is excited to be back on stage in his Insight debut. Most recently he was involved in the Wise Write festival at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. other favorite roles include Michael, I Do I Do, Julian Marsh, 42nd Street, Governor, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Emcee, Cabaret, owen Bradley, Sweet Dreams of Patsy and Richard Lionhart, Lion and Winter. Design credits for New Line Theatre include The Wild Party, Evita starring Taylor Pietz, The Nervous Set, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hair and The Last Five Years. Thommy was also on the creative team for the Washington Ave Player Project devised work So to Speak, a Kevin Kline award for original Script Category. Thank you to all who support live theater here in St. Louis. Enjoy!

JULIA CRUMP (Jenny/Miss Forsythe) is so excited to be returning to Insight for Death of a Salesman! A recent graduate of Saint Louis University, she has appeared in many productions around St. Louis. Julia was recently nominated for a St. Louis Theater Circle Award for her work in Insight’s production of Time Stands Still. other favorite productions include: Hamlet (Equally Represented Arts), Comedy of Errors (St. Louis Shakespeare) and Fox on the Fairway (Insight). In addition to traditional theatre,

Julia enjoys working in event entertainment and is an exclusive performer with Belle of the Ball. Lots of love to Maggie, the cast, crew and creative team. Thanks to her family and friends for all of their love and support!

LAURA ERNST (Mrs. Bedwin) delightedly returns to Insight, having played Antonia in Man of La Mancha. Laura earned her BA in acting from Washington University. Earlier this year she played Sybil in Private Lives at The old Creamery Theatre in Iowa, and Jane Bennett in Mainstreet Musicals’ St. Louis reading of Pride and Prejudice. Also this summer she can be seen as flora in Sleeping Beauty with Stages St. Louis, and as Marmee March in Little Women at the Round Barn Theatre in Indiana. She thanks her husband and family for their constant support!

ALEx GODINER (Ensemble) is 12 years old and attends Whitfield School. He is excited to be performing in his first show with Insight. Alex has performed in shows with Shooting Star Productions, Variety Children’s Theatre, Kirkwood Theatre Guild, Kirkwood/Crestwood Youth Theatre, the New Jewish Theatre Youth Program, YMCA’s Actors Studio and Children’s Theatre Workshop. Alex studies voice with Justin Smolik and tap with Lara Teeter. Alex would like to thank Lara Teeter, Justin Smolik, Ashleigh Blevins and his family for their guidance and support.

OLIVIA HAND (Ensemble) is very happy to be making her debut with Insight. Previously, she has appeared in The Emperor’s New Clothes (JCCA), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (CoCA) and Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (Shooting Star). olivia is a fifth grader at Villa Duchesne/oak Hill School, where she studies voice with Steve Neale and theater with Ben Nordstrom. She also likes to play drums and electric guitar with her band Built for Battle, practice martial arts and read books. She would like to thank all the wonderful people who have been a part of this production, both onstage and off, but most especially her director, Mr. Edward. Love to Mom, Dad and her crazy cat, Ginger.

ADAM HUNN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Insight for another season. He has worked with Insight since its founding as an intern, actor, lighting designer and assistant stage manager. Adam is a junior student of health science at Truman State University. following college he plans to pursue a master’s in public health. He would like to thank his family for all their support and Maggie Ryan for the many opportunities she has given him over the years.

JONEAL JOPLIN (Ben) is appearing in his eighth production with Insight, including Painting Churches, Man of La Mancha, Shipwrecked, Will’s Women, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1776 and Our Town. Patrons have seen him at The Rep, The Muny, The Black Rep, Avalon Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of St. Louis, Theatre Project Co. (which he helped to close), The New Theatre (ditto), Theatre factory (ditto), Music Theatre of St. Louis (ditto), The Barn Dinner Theatre (ditto), The Plantation Dinner Theatre (ditto), The New Barn Dinner Theatre (ditto), Holy Roman Repertory Theatre (ditto), Historyonics (ditto) and Westport Playhouse (ditto). He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from Arts and Education and Arts for Life, a Kevin Kline Award and The Lovejoy Society Award. Jop is the proud father of actors Jennifer and Jared Joplin, the proud husband of his great love, Janie, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

ALLY KALISHMAN (Ensemble) is in the fifth grade at MICDS. She’s been taking musical theater classes for five years through Stages and CoCA and has performed in many of their shows and workshops. Ally was selected for the Triple Threat theater class at Stages and was the lead in Seussical Junior this spring. She was in the cast of the opera Theatre of St. Louis’ The Very Last Green Thing and was also chosen as a member of the Arch City Theater Troupe (ACTT), a production run by the kids themselves that develops and produces shows to raise fund for the benefit of the JDRf. She takes voice lessons with Caroline Zarinelli, acting lessons with Carrie Houk, and has taken many tap and ballet lessons at CoCA.

ALAN KNOLL (Fagin) is delighted to return to Insight, where he was most recently seen as Mr. Webb in Our Town, but Insight audiences may also remember him as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. He is also glad to return to one of his favorite roles, fagin, which he performed at ozark Actors Theatre. other favorite roles include Captain Hook in Variety Children’s Theatre’s Peter Pan, George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf for Muddy Waters Theatre Company (Riverfront Times Best Actor Award), Max in Laughter on the 23rd Floor for the New Jewish Theatre, President Chuck Smith in St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s November and all the residents of Bedford falls in This Wonderful Life for Dramatic License (Kevin Kline Best Actor Nomination). Special thanks to his wife Laurie for teaching him how to pick a pocket or two.

BELLA LEONARD (Ensemble) is excited to join the cast of Oliver! Bella is an 11 year old and a fifth grader at St. Peter’s School in Kirkwood. Bella has been on

stage since she was 5. This is her first production with Insight. Bella dances, takes piano and voice lessons. Bella also enjoys singing with the Variety Children’s Choir, playing volleyball and iMessaging her friends. Many thanks to the Insight company for all of their hard work. Enjoy the show!

MATTHEW LINDHARDT (Biff Loman) is delighted to return to Insight and be working again with Wayne Loui and John Contini. Matthew may be recognized from the stage as Hal (Proof), Tom (The Glass Menagerie) or Kerry Max Cook (The Exonerated). Some of his film credits include Here’s the Kicker, Joint Body (opposite Mark Pellegrino) and First Flight (opposite Joe Mantegna). While a member of LA’s Playhouse West, Matthew acted with Jeff Goldblum and James franco. Most of all, Matthew is proud of and grateful for the loving relationships with his wife and children, in which he finds the deepest joy and satisfaction.

AMY LOUI (Effy Krayneck) trained at Saint Louis University and is a longstanding member of Actors’ Equity. She is happy to return to Insight for her seventh role in seven seasons — the latest as Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town. She recently made her St. Louis Actors’ Studio debut in The Ride Down Mt. Morgan and has performed locally with Upstream Theater, Mustard Seed Theatre, The Black Rep, New Jewish Theatre, Imaginary Theatre Company and several memorable companies no longer with us. (She’s been assured she was not to blame for their demise.) Amy is an inaugural recipient of an Artists Support Grant from the Regional Arts Commission, which allowed her to take part in the International Physical Theater Laboratory in May under the direction of Sergei ostrenko. She will next appear in The Diary of Anne Frank, which opens in october at New Jewish Theatre. for all of you looking for your own Spitfire Grill, here’s hoping our story touches your heart — this one’s for you.

FIONA MARTIN (Bet) is extremely proud to be joining the cast of Oliver! fiona is 11 years old and lives in Kirkwood. She just completed fifth grade at Keysor Elementary. fiona takes ballet, tap and jazz at Krupinski Academy of Dance. She has been a member of American Dance Troupe for two years, and a member of Krupinski Academy of Dance’s Junior Ensemble for one year. She takes private voice lessons with Lisa Casciola at Kids Sing Studio. Her favorite roles in the past have been Teen fiona in Shrek the Musical at Shrewsbury, fagin’s Gang in Oliver! with Christ Memorial Productions and a featured dancer

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in The Wizard of Oz with Stray Pups Youth Theatre. fiona is represented by April Schroeder with Now Talent Management. fiona enjoys reading, riding her bike and hanging out with her friends. She would like to thank everybody at Insight for allowing her this valuable experience.

SPENCER DAVIS MILFORD (The Artful Dodger) is a recent graduate of Webster Groves High School and is thrilled to be making his Insight debut! Broadway: The Winslow Boy (Ronnie). National tours: Billy Elliot (Tall Boy/u/s Michael). How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Boo Who) 1st National. Regional: Over the Tavern (Rudy), The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis/Cincinnati Playhouse; Peter Pan (Michael Darling), The Muny; and The Music Man (Winthrop), Stages St. Louis. other regional credits include several productions at The Muny, opera Theatre of St. Louis and Variety Children’s Theatre. Huge thanks to Edward Coffield and everyone at Insight for this opportunity. Special thanks to Katie, Lara and Landon for their help and guidance. Love to God and my amazing family!

JULIA MOORE (Ensemble) is 11 years old and in the sixth grade at Holy Redeemer School. She is thrilled to be performing in her first Insight show. Julia’s most recent performance has been in Jane Eyre at Nerinx Hall. other past performances have included The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever (Maxine), Willy Wonka (oompa Loompa Soloist), The Music Man and big, The Musical, all with Shooting Star Productions. She has also performed with Variety Children’s Theatre in Peter Pan and Annie. Julia enjoys tap, jazz, ballet and modern dance at CoCA. She also takes private tap lessons with Lara Teeter, voice with Kelly Daniel-Decker and piano with Katie Kopff. one of her favorite activities is to sing with the Variety Children’s Choir. Julia would like to thank Edward Coffield and Charlie Mueller for this wonderful opportunity. Her family and friends are very proud of her.

TOM MURRAY (Nunzio Cristano/Charley) is excited to be returning to Insight after his appearance as Ben franklin in 1776 last summer. It’s quite a thrill to work with old friends like Jerry Vogel (went to high school together) and John Contini (went to college together), as well as Wayne Loui, his college mentor. Tom just finished his 35th year on the faculty at CBC, where he has directed more than 115 productions. He has also staged plays at Clayton High School, Saint Louis University, The Archangel Players, Holy Cross Players, Kirkwood Theatre Guild, New Jewish Theatre, Intergenerational theatre at the JCC, for the

Archdiocesan Pro-Life Committee and the Crestwood-Kirkwood Youth Theatre. As an actor, Mr. Murray has appeared at the Muny, Stages, The New Theater, Theater factory, the Variety Club and Historyonics. He won the coveted Joe Pollack award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Norman Bulansky in Theater factory’s The Boys Next Door, and a Judy Award for his efforts in The Beckoning Torch for Historyonics. He toured the country in Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Guys and Dolls. He has an active career as a performer in film, both industrial and entertainment. He serves as the president of the Missouri Valley Local of SAG-AfTRA and was a national councilor for Actors’ Equity Association from 2002 to 2010. He was AEA’s St. Louis Liaison for 20 years and a member of its Central Regional Board. As an acting teacher, Mr. Murray has been at CoCA, Krupinski’s Academy, Leaping Lizards, Stages and now heads the acting program at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild. He was an advisor to both the Regional Arts Commission and the Missouri Arts Council. He thanks Maggie Ryan for the opportunity to share the stage with so many great performers. Love to my Yiddah!

SYMPHONY NGUY (Ensemble) is enjoying her first experience with Insight. She has performed in The Wizard of Oz with Stray Dog Pups Theater. Symphony has also performed in Les Misérables, Hairspray and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Symphony is a singer/dancer with o’fallon Township High School’s Great Expectation Competition Show Choir. Besides singing, acting and dancing, Symphony enjoys playing the piano and arranging a capella music. Symphony would like to thank Noel Prince, Susie Wall and Lara Teeter for all the time and energy they invest in her, as well as her Insight family for opening their arms and hearts to her.

TOMMY NOLAN (Aida Gianelli) is delighted to work with Insight again and is thrilled to be playing Aida in Over the River and Through the Woods. In 2012, Tommy was privileged to play Amanda Wingfield in Insight’s production of The Glass Menagerie and Maudie Atkinson in To Kill a Mockingbird that same season. In 2011, she was Ginger in Becky’s New Car and portrayed fanny Church in the 2009 Insight production of Painting Churches. A graduate of Webster University’s Theatre Program, Tommy has also performed professionally for Theatre Impact, Plantation Dinner Theatre and Impulse Players. After directing high school theatre, Tommy entered her “second life” – earning her master’s in counseling in 1998 and licensure as a therapist in 2001. Tommy is

forever grateful for the ever-present love and support of her fantastic family and friends.

AMELIA JO PARISH (Charlotte) is ecstatic to be making her debut with the Insight! She was last seen on Broadway eating a pretzel from a street vendor, but some of her more legitimate credits include Little Red in Into the Woods (Webster Conservatory), Tracy in Hairspray (The Landers Theatre) and as the Ado Annie u/s in Oklahoma! (Missouri State’s Tent Theatre). Amelia is a junior pursuing her BfA in Musical Theatre from Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts.

MATT PENTECOST (Nick Cristano) is a professional musician and performer originally from Peoria, with a master’s in vocal performance from the University of Idaho. He has performed leading roles in such diverse productions as Company, Die Fledermaus, Godspell, La Boheme, The Fantasticks, Big River, HMS Pinafore and High School Musical. He last performed a non-singing role in the comedy Epic Proportions in 2004. He last appeared with Insight in the 2013 production of 1776 as Rutledge. He teaches music at the Maplewood-Richmond Heights Early Childhood Center. This play is absolutely about his grandparents Ernie Adamo and Monica Tracz.

MICHAEL PIERCE (Bernard) is a graduate of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Previous appearances include Harry in Magic Smoking Monkey’s Stupefy! The 90 Minute Harry Potter, and Silvius in St. Louis Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Michael is making his debut appearance with Insight and is excited to be a part of this show.

TAYLOR PIETZ (The Woman) is thrilled to return to Insight, where she was last seen as Emily Webb in Our Town (2013 BroadwayWorld Best Supporting Actress) and as Martha Jefferson in 1776. She was most recently seen in the American regional premiere of Hands On a Hardbody with New Line and as Tansy in The Nerd with DLP. She has worked with numerous companies in St. Louis including Stages, New Line Theatre, Dramatic License and The New Jewish Theatre. Past credits include: Eva Peron (Evita), Rachel Jackson (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Alison VW (Cry-Baby) and Caril Ann fugate in Love Kills (2010 RfT Best Actress winner). She has finished filming for the new indie drama/comedy Four Color Eulogy with Pirate Pictures. By day, Taylor is a private voice and piano instructor. She is the resident choreographer at Whitfield School and teaches dance at Leaping Lizards Performing Arts Studio.

ARIEL ROUKAERTS (Caitlin O’Hare) is delighted to be making her debut with Insight. She studied theatre performance at Roosevelt University in Chicago and worked with the Moving Dock Theatre Company after graduation. favorite shows include Savage/Love and all things Shakespeare. Ariel is thrilled to be back onstage in her hometown of St. Louis, after eight years in rural England. Ariel would like to thank her friends, family and colleagues for all of their encouragement, and a special thanks to Maggie Ryan for a lifetime of support.

JENNI RYAN (Mrs. Sowerberry/Shelby Thorpe) is proud to be a part of Insight’s seventh season. favorite roles about town include Sarah (Time Stands Still); Tessie Tura (Gypsy); Rosemary (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying); Alex (On the Verge, or The Geography of Yearning); Ilona (She Loves Me); and Gloria (Grace & Glorie), earning her a Kevin Kline Award.

KAYLEE RYAN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be appearing in her first Insight production! A sixth grader at Parkway West Middle this fall, Kaylee lives in Chesterfield with her parents and five siblings. Credits include: Young Cosette in Les Miserables (Alpha Players), Rhoda Penmark in The Bad Seed (Clayton Theatre), Molly in Annie (Variety Children’s Theatre), and Youth Chorus in The Little Mermaid (Muny). This summer, Kaylee will also appear in Seussical (Muny). Kaylee dances competitively and studies ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and hip-hop with MPA/Dance Inc. She sends thanks to the family, Diane Glazer, Dance Inc., Lori Pagano, Ben Nordstrom, Susie Wall and everyone at Insight!

MAGGIE RYAN (Emma Cristano) is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Her acting credits include the following favorites: Mama Rose in Gypsy, Nancy in Oliver!, Rosalie in Carnival, Emilia in Othello, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Volumnia in Corialanus, Elizabeth in The Crucible and Charlotte Corday in Marat Sade. She starred with Bill McCutcheon in Hotel Paradiso and with Jim Paul in An Almost Perfect Person. She also performed her own original one-woman show Kate Chopin for the Missouri Historical Society Series. She has a special interest in Shakespeare and has studied at The Globe Theatre in London, oregon Shakespeare festival in Ashland ore., and Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Webster University and fondly gives her best regards to her professors and life long mentors Wayne Loui and the late, Marita Woodruff, who have greatly

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influenced her life work. Lastly, Maggie sends her love and thanks to her supportive family, especially her creative partner and husband, Jim.

RONAN RYAN (Oliver Twist) is thrilled to be appearing in his first Insight production! A sixth grader at Parkway West Middle this fall, Ronan lives in Chesterfield with his parents and five siblings. Credits include: John Darling in Peter Pan (Variety Children’s Theatre), Gavroche in Les Misérables (Alpha Players), and Party Guest in The Nutcracker with the Moscow Ballet (Peabody opera House). Later this year, Ronan will appear in Seussical (Muny) and Fiddler on the Roof (Stages). Ronan currently dances competitively and studies ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and hip-hop with MPA/Dance Inc. He sends thanks to the family, Diane Glazer, Dance Inc., Lori Pagano, Ben Nordstrom, Susie Wall and everyone at Insight!

THOMAS J. SHARTNER (Ensemble) is excited to make his Insight debut with Oliver! He is 12 years old and will begin seventh grade this August. At CoCA, Thomas has been seen as Charlie in Willie Wonka Jr., The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland Jr., and Charlie McGuckin in The Sparrow. He also played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz at Point Elementary School. Thomas studies voice with Phil Woodmore and acting with Ben Nordstrom. He loves all things theatre and aspires to be on Broadway!

CHARLIE B. SOUTHERN (Charlie Bates) is thrilled to be back at Insight for the third time. Past roles include Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird and Wally Webb in Our Town. other favorite roles include Winthrop in The Music Man with Shooting Star Productions and performing with the Arch City Theater Troupe. Charlie B. will be in the eighth grade at MICDS and studies voice with Darcie Johnson and acting with Landon Shaw. Thanks to my parents, brother Mac and Landon for their support, and to Maggie Ryan and Edward Coffield for this opportunity.

MARC STRATHMAN (Mr. Bumble) is in his sixth year as the director of vocal music at CBC high school and has a bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education from Millikin University and a master’s degree in choral conducting from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Marc has 18 years teaching experience in public and parochial schools and in addition to his duties at CBC, is the music coordinator at St. Rose Philippine Duschene Parish in florissant. He is also active in community and professional

theater in the St. Louis area as a music director, actor and pit musician (woodwind instruments). Some of his favorite roles include Amos Hart (Chicago), The Padre (Man of La Mancha) and the Scarecrow (The Wizard of Oz). Marc has also performed with such groups as the Bach Society Chorus, St. Louis Symphony Chorus, the St. Louis Wind Symphony and Northwinds Concert Band. Marc is member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the Missouri Choral Director Association and the National Association for Music Education. JENNIFER THEBY-QUINN (Mrs. Corney) is pleased to be working with Insight for the first time. favorite roles: Urinetown (Hope Cladwell), Stray Dog Theatre – St. Louis Theatre Circle Award Winner; Parade (Lucille frank), R-S Theatrics; Measure for Measure (Isabella), Mustard Seed Theatre; Tartuffe (Dorine) Stray Dog Theatre – Kevin Kline Award Nominee; and Much Ado About Nothing (Margaret) Shakespeare festival St. Louis. Upcoming roles: Blithe Spirit (Edith) for St. Louis Actors’ Studio. Jen studied theatre performance at Saint Louis University. Jen loves her family, Italian wine, cupcakes, Jane Austen everything and especially her Beloved. Thank you for supporting live theatre.

TROY TURNIPSEED (Mr. Brownlow/Caleb Thorpe) is delighted to return to Insight, where previous roles include Roger Sherman in 1776, Steven Kodaly in She Loves Me and Pedro in Man of La Mancha. Recent credits: Good (Bouller/Eichmann) with St. Louis Actors’ Studio; Avenue Q (Brian) with [insert name here] Theatre Company; and participation in the Wise Write Program with The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis this spring. Troy holds an MBA from Saint Louis University, where he is also the director of Summer Studies. Love and thanks to CfH.

KYLE TWOMEY (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his Insight debut in Oliver! He is a rising junior at the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts, where he studies musical theatre. He is a native of St. Louis and a proud alum of the TeamSTAGES program at Stages St. Louis. Some of his very favorite St. Louis credits include Harold Hill in The Music Man at Shooting Star Productions, Wizzer in 101 Dalmatians at Stages and Michael Park in Smokey Joe’s Cafe at Webster Conservatory. He sends a huge thank you to Edward Coffield and the rest of the artistic team at Insight for this opportunity; a big hug to his fellow WebCo16 classmates Amelia, Ari and Cher; and, of course, undying gratitude for the best mother in the world, Therese Twomey.

JERRY VOGEL (Frank Gianelli) is a St. Louis-based, professional actor. He was last seen at Insight in Time Stands Still. Most recently, Jerry was seen in Henry IV & V (Shakespeare festival St. Louis), The Price (New Jewish Theatre), Forget Me Not (Upstream Theatre), An Iliad (Upstream Theatre, Theatre Circle Award for Best Actor/Drama), and Shrek the Musical (Muny). Regional theatre credits include: The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Black Rep, Mustard Seed Theatre, Avalon Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre festival, Historyonics, The New Theatre and Theatre Project Co. Jerry also made his feature film debut here in St. Louis in the oscar-nominated Up in the Air.

SUSIE WALL (Linda Loman) has played a few roles in the family of Insight both on and off stage. Last summer she directed Chapter Two and Charlotte’s Web. Her past directing projects for Insight were A Year with Frog and Toad and Seussical. She also directed Almost, Maine for St. Louis Community College and Villa. She has worked at The Rep, HotCity, The St. Louis Black Rep, Stages, Arrow Rock, The Shakespeare festival and six seasons at Insight (2007 Kevin Kline Award). Regionally she has appeared at the Cincinnati Playhouse and Totem Pole Playhouse. Her film credits include Ghost Image, Saving Shiloh, Murder Ordained and the soon-to-be released A Paper Tiger Burns. Her voice can be heard on regional and national commercials. Susie is on the faculty at Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts. She is a private acting coach and teaches classes in her studio, Play it forward. She’d like to dedicate this show to her Dad, who treasured this play. He was an ad-man in NYC in the ’60s and believed in a “shoe shine and a smile.”

JANET WELLS (Hannah Ferguson) earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Webster University and has been working ever since. You’ve seen her on Little Britain USA, on the Jeff Foxworthy Show, Bob Newhart, The Dukes of Hazzard, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and commercials on and off camera. She is a well-seasoned improvisation director and performer. Recently she was cast in two new films, Premature and A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle. She has written and produced a one-woman musical show She Who Laughs that premiered in Atlanta last November to raves. In 2009 she guest starred in Something’s Afoot here at Insight. Janet is happy to be back to join the incredible cast of The Spitfire Grill.

TOM WETHINGTON (Stanley) is happy to be back for his third show at Insight. A graduate of the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts, Tom’s credits include Joe Stoddard in Our Town and Andrew McNair in 1776 – both at Insight, Sturdevant in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (The Black Rep) and Sol Rifkin in Palmer Park, a co-production of St. Louis Actors’ Studio and The Black Rep. With the choir of St. Margaret of Scotland Church, Tom toured Scotland this summer, singing at the famed Iona Abbey and other historic sites. He offers many thanks to Wayne Loui and Maggie Ryan for this opportunity. Tom dedicates this performance to his brother Carl Wethington, who encouraged Tom to audition for his first play, many years ago. Last but foremost, much love and gratitude to Patrick Tyburski.

PETE WINFREY (Joe Sutter) is thrilled to be making his debut with Insight. He has worked with a number of St. Louis theatre companies including Shakespeare festival St. Louis (Twelfth Night, Othello, Taming of the Shrew), R-S Theatrics (Parade, Romeo and Juliet) Metro Theater Company (Unsorted, Say Something, Do Something), CoCA Presents (Swallows & Amazons), Encore Theatre Group (Red), HotCity Theatre (Connected) and others. Earlier this year, he was nominated for a St. Louis Theatre Circle Award for outstanding Actor in a Musical for his work in Parade with R-S Theatrics. He sends a huge thank you to Maggie, Katie and the rest of the cast and crew for this opportunity. Love and thanks to family and friends.

FRED ALLEY (Lyrics and Book – The Spitfire Grill) was an American musical theatre lyricist and librettist who died unexpectedly just as his work gained national recognition. His collaboration on the musical The Spitfire Grill with composer James Valcq won the American Academy of Arts and Letter’s prestigious Richard Rodgers Production Award for 2001. Premiered at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey and produced off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons, it received Best Musical nominations from the outer Critics Circle and Drama League, as well as two Drama Desk nominations. Alley was the co-founder and artist-in-Residence at American folklore Theatre in Door County, Wis., a populist theatre with a seasonal audience of 50,000 performing original musicals that further the knowledge and appreciate of the heritage of the United States with local and regional settings and themes. He was honored posthumously with the 2002 Mark R. Sumner award for distinguished achievement in the U.S. outdoor drama movement.

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LIONEL BART (Music, Lyrics and Book – Oliver!) had his first success as a composer for stage musicals with Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be in 1957 and this was followed by his lyrics for Lock Up Your Daughters. When Oliver! opened in London in 1960, he became a household name – a situation that was further enhanced with the opening later in the 1960s of Blitz and Maggie May. Apart from the film version of Oliver!, he has written theme songs or scores for over 20 major films including The Tommy Steele Story and From Russia With Love. As a pop songwriter, he has written many hits for man stars including Adam faith, Anthony Newley and Cliff Richard.

JEFF BEHM (Lighting Designer – Over the River and Through the Woods/The Spitfire Grill) is thrilled to be designing at Insight this summer. He is pursuing a BfA in lighting and scenic design at the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts. As a native of St. Louis, he has worked for several professional theatre companies in the surrounding area, including Stages, The Repertory Theatre, Winter opera St. Louis and Skip Viragh Center for the Arts. Most recently, he designed the projections and lighting for the Missouri Thespian production of Violet (2014), which traveled to omaha, Neb., for the International Thespian festival in June.

KYRA BISHOP (Scenic Designer – The Spitfire Grill) recently received her BfA in scenic design from the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Previous design credits include The Nerd (Dramatic License Productions); Joseph...Dreamcoat (Cor Jesu Academy); Gee’s Bend and All is Calm (Mustard Seed Theatre); Oh, Hell! (R-S Theatrics); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dinner with Friends, Nevermore and 100 Saints You Should Know (Webster University); and The Sound of Music and Little Shop of Horrors (Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tenn.). www.kyrabishopdesign.com

EDWARD M. COFFIELD (Director – Oliver!) directed previously for Insight The World Goes Round, She Loves Me and Man of La Mancha. Also for New Jewish Theatre (associate artistic director), The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The La Jolla Play House, The Alley Theatre, The Stray Dog Theatre Company, onSite Theatre Company, The orange Girls, The BRIEfS festival and The ozark Actors Theatre (artistic director and executive producer). Edward is a three-time nominee for the Kevin Kline Award for outstanding Direction and most recently a nominee for St. Louis Theatre Circle Award for outstanding Director of a Comedy. Edward is a

member of the faculty of the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Recent Projects: Old Jews Telling Jokes for The New Jewish Theatre. Upcoming Projects: My Mother’s Lesbian, Jewish, Wiccan Wedding for NJT.

JAMES COMPTON (Associate Director/Choreographer – Oliver!) is a proud graduate of Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts and currently the director of Studio3 Performing Arts Convention (Studio3Tour.com). James considers himself at home at Insight and is very happy to be part of this Oliver! team!

JOHN CONTINI (Director – Over the River and Through the Woods) is very proud to be directing a second production for Insight, after last year’s critically acclaimed Time Stands Still (Broadway World Award, Best Director). John was associate artistic director at Avalon Theatre for five years where he directed Agnes of God, Subject Was Roses, The Women, Portrait Of My People and Molly Sweeney (Kevin Kline Award nomination, Best Director). At Dramatic License he has directed Tuesdays With Morrie and most recently The Nerd. Regionally he has directed more than 75 productions for professional, educational and community theatres. As an award-winning actor, John has been seen on stage at the Rep, the Black Rep, Stages, Hotcity, New Jewish, Shakespeare festival St. Louis, Pittsburgh CLo, Starlight in KC, the August Wilson Theatre, the fox in Atlanta, the Muny, and many others as well as Insight. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and sons and encourages everyone to sign up as an organ donor. Sean, we love and miss you.

JOE DiPIETRO (Book – Over the River and Through the Woods) Broadway: Memphis. Broadway and national tour: All Shook Up. off-Broadway: The Toxic Avenger, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, The Thing About Men, and Over the River and Through the Woods. His new play, Creating Claire will premiere at George Street Playhouse in the spring. Upcoming works include the bittersweet comedy, The Last Romance (old Globe Theatre) and two new musicals with David Bryan. His work has had thousands of productions across the country and around the world.

MIKE DORSEY (Assistant to the Director - Death of a Salesman) is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s school of Cinema Arts and Science. With a background in film and video production, he has produced and directed short films and commercials

in his native St. Louis. He was most recently the assistant director on Upstream Theater’s Forget Me Not (dir. Philip Boehm). This is his first show with Insight, and he is excited to be part of the team!

MAx FRIEDMAN (Assistant Director – Oliver!) has finished his freshman year as a directing major at the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts and his very excited to be making his professional debut under Edward Coffield for this production! In the past, Max has directed The Loman Family Picnic and assistant directed The Hand that Cradles the Rock. His next project will be assistant directing Gary Bell for Stray Dog Theatre’s production of Funny Girl. He would like to thank Edward for the opportunity and would like to dedicate his work forever to his father.

LAURA HANSON (Costume Designer – Oliver!/Over the River and Through the Woods) is head of design and technical theater at SIUE, where she has designed costumes for The 39 Steps, Carmina Burana, What the Butler Saw, Cinderella, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ubu Roi, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Miss Julie, Dog Sees God, Whammy, As You Like It, Antigone, The Dispute, The Lower Depths, Twelfth Night, A Lesson Before Dying, The Bald Soprano, North Shore Fish, The Altruists, and numerous pieces for Dance in Concert 2004 to 2013. Her designs have also been seen at the Prague International Theatre festival and at the Santiago Ballet in Cuba. While living in New York, she worked for some of the major professional costume shops, crafting costumes for Broadway, off-Broadway, national tours, New York City Ballet and opera, and American Ballet Theatre. At New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts she taught costume stagecraft and supervised the Costume Shop in the Department of Design for Stage and film. Locally, Laura has designed and/or constructed costumes for The Rep, opera Theatre of St. Louis, Avalon Theatre, Hot City Theatre and Insight productions of Man of La Mancha, Proof, Shipwrecked!, She Loves Me, Fox on the Fairway and 1776. She is pleased to be returning for her fifth season with Insight on the campus of her alma mater where she was honored as a 2008 Nerinx Alumnae Woman of Excellence. Laura earned her Ph.D. in Educational Theatre from NYU, and has also taught at Marymount Manhattan College in N.Y. and Saint Louis University. More of Laura’s work can be seen at: lahanso.wix.com/hansoncostumedesign.

SETH JACKSON (Lighting Designer – Oliver!) has designed lighting and scenery for Don Henley, Jason Mraz, Hilary Duff, Melissa Etheridge, American

Idols Live, Barry Manilow, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, Alice Cooper, Kenny G and countless others. He has twice been awarded the Parnelli Award for Set Designer of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and has received the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Award of Distinction in 1996. As part of the design team for Star Wars In Concert, he received the Redden Award for Excellence in Lighting Design in 2010. In 2012, he designed six productions for the Muny opera, including Chicago and Dreamgirls, and in 2013 he designed lighting for Spamalot, and projection and media design for Shrek. He is currently working on the 2014 season designing for Tarzan, The Addams Family and Grease. on Broadway, he was the production designer for Manilow On Broadway. In Las Vegas, Seth served as creative director for Barry Manilow’s Music and Passion, and was the creative director and production designer for Selena Gomez’s current world tour, Stars Dance. Seth is member USA829, and is an honors graduate and currently an assistant professor of design and head of the Concert Design Program at Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts. www.sethjackson.com.

CATHERINE KOPFF (Musical Director – The Spitfire Grill) is a local freelance pianist and musical director. She has worked for such theatre groups as the Muny, Kirkwood Theatre Guild, Shooting Star Productions and Windsor Theatre Group, in addition to several local colleges and high schools. Katie is also a private voice and piano teacher and has run a large music studio in Webster Groves for the past 20 years. She and her husband own and operate the local Gymboree Play & Music franchise, where she occasionally teaches music classes to children between 6 months and 5 years old. Her favorite “job,” though, is homeschooling her 11-year-old daughter, Josie. She is thrilled to be working with Maggie Ryan and joining the Insight family!

WAYNE LOUI (Director – Death of a Salesman) was a member of the design consultation committee for the Repertory Theatre and was a performer in the inaugural season as both Webster University and the Conservatory faculty. He subsequently taught at Saint Louis University for 30 years and retired as chairman of the fine Arts Department. He has been guest actor/director for the Acadia Repertory Theatre in Mount Desert Island, Maine, for more than 25 years. Wayne has directed four productions for Insight – Grace and Glorie, Painting Churches, Proof and Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, and is very much looking forward to Death of a Salesman.



BRIAN D. MACKE (Technical Director) is happy to be returning to St. Louis after 14 years in Lakeland, fla. He has a BA in technical theatre from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Brian taught technical theatre at Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts and Southeastern University. He served the local theatre community in positions such as technical director, lighting designer, scenic carpenter, welder, sound designer and master electrician. Most recently Brian worked on projects for Universal Studios-florida, NBA TV, NBC Sports, The olympic Committee and DIY Network.

BLAKE MANNS (Master Electrician) is delighted to take part in his first production at Insight. He is a junior at Webster University achieving his BfA in lighting design. Born and raised in Dallas, he has worked as both a designer and electrician at Casa Mañana Theatre in fort Worth, Texas. His St. Louis experience has included work at Repertory Theatre and The New Jewish Theatre.

ARTHUR MILLER (Book – Death of a Salesman) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View From the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, The Price, The Creation of the World and Other Business, The Archbishop’s Veiling, The American Clock and Playing for Time. Later plays include The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, The Last Yankee, Broken Glass, Mr. Peters’ Connections, Resurrection Blues and Finishing the Picture. other works include the novel Focus, the screenplay The Misfits and the texts for In Russia, In the Country and Chinese Encounters, three books in collaboration with his wife, photographer Inge Morath. Memoirs include Timebends: A life. Among his many awards was the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949, for Death of a Salesman.

CHARLIE MUELLER (Musical Director – Oliver!) has musical direction credits that include: 1776 (Insight) Nevermore (Webster Conservatory), Quilters (CoCA), A Year with Frog and Toad (Webster Conservatory), Little Shop of Horrors (Saint Louis University) and Tomfoolery (West End Players Guild). Music supervisor: Old Jews Telling Jokes (New Jewish Theatre), Henry V (Shakespeare festival St. Louis), Our Town (Insight) and The House of Blue Leaves (Saint Louis University). He has also had the wonderful opportunity to work at The Muny for many years, on shows such as Hairspray, Aida, Les Miserables, Footloose and Beauty and the Beast. He has served as a tenor soloist in several chancel choirs around St. Louis and holds his Master

of Arts in Choral Conducting at Webster University. He serves as vocal coach and adjunct faculty at Webster University and teaches vocal music at CoCA.

TRACY NEWCOMB (Costume Designer – The Spitfire Grill/Death of a Salesman) has been a costumer for more than 21 years. She has worked with schools, community theatres, Renaissance faires and professional theatres in Seattle, Boise, Idaho, and St. Louis. She now makes St. Louis her home with her husband Paul and their five children. Tracey is enjoying the diverse theatre in St. Louis and loves working with the many wonderful theatre companies here.

CHRIS REGELSEN (Set Designer – Over the River and Through the Woods) is a fourth-year student at Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts and is originally from Houston. He is pursuing a BfA in scenic design and has worked on such shows as Carousel, Legally Blonde and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. In addition to his schooling, he has worked with the Repertory Theatre as a props assistant for the 2011-12 season and the Bay View Music festival in Bay View, Mich., in various capacities from propmaster to lighting design and scenic painter/carpenter for Titanic, Don Giovanni, Big River and Falstaff.

MAGGIE RYAN (Director – The Spitfire Grill) has been recognized with awards for artistic and teaching excellence. She continues to serve as director of theatre at Nerinx Hall —and in that position has had the privilege of working with many talented students. Maggie has directed more than 120 productions in her 30-year tenure. for Insight, she has directed Musical of Musicals, Belle of Amherst, On The Verge, Something’s Afoot, Twelfth Night and The Glass Menagerie. She was last season’s director for 1776. Maggie is the founder and artistic director of Insight, now in its seventh season.

LIBBY SALVIA (Choreographer – Oliver!) is a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer, youth theater director and lover of musical theater is so happy to once again be working alongside Edward Coffield and this extraordinary creative team. favorite regional credits: The Full Monty, Cabaret, Hello, Dolly!, La Cage aux Folles, Sweet Charity, Evita, White Christmas, Anything Goes, South Pacific, Funny Girl, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys & Dolls. Theater Choreography: Falsettos (New Jewish Theater), As You Like It (The Shakespeare festival of St. Louis), Marat/Sade (Echo Theater). Adjunct faculty: Grand Center Arts Academy, Webster University, CoCA and

Stages Performing Arts Academy. Deepest thanks to this generous cast for their warm welcome and to “Thurston” for making it all possible. We make a great team. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

MARGERY and PETER SPACK (Scenic Designers – Oliver!) are making their Insight debut with Oliver!. Recently they designed scenery for Old Jews Telling Jokes, Hannah Senesh and Shlemiel the First at the New Jewish Theatre and Frued’s Last Session at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. They work in broadcast news, trade show environments, private events, luxury lounges and theatrical design. Clients include: Anheuser Busch, ford, The Huffington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, Lincoln Center, The 9/11 memorial benefit, The Guggenheim Museum New York and The Museum of Modern Art New York. They both have BfAs from Webster University and reside in their hometown of St. Louis.

ROGER TACKETTE (Stage Manager – Over the River and Through the Woods/The Spitfire Grill/Death of a Salesman) is happy to return for his second season with Insight. Last season, he served as stage manager for Chapter Two. He has worked as a theatre and communications educator in the St. Louis area for many years. He has an MfA in directing from Lindenwood and a BfA in acting from otterbein College in Westerville, ohio.

DORA TRENBEATH (Stage Manager – Oliver!) is thrilled for her first show at Insight! Dora is a very proud (very recent!) graduate from Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts, where she received her BfA in stage management. Recently, Dora served as the stage manager for Into the Woods, and soon will head home to spend yet another summer at Grandstreet Theatre. Dora would like to thank director and mentor Edward Coffield for this opportunity.

JAMES VALCQ (Music and Book – The Spitfire Grill) is among the “new guard” of theatre composers championed by Playwrights Horizons and Ira Weitzman, who co-produced the 2001 off-Broadway production of The Spitfire Grill for which Valcq composed the score and collaborated on the book with lyricist fred Alley. The musical won the Richard Rodgers Production Award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Also, off-Broadway, Valcq wrote the book, music and lyrics for Zombies from The Beyond, which opened to critical acclaim in 1995. other New York credits include Fallout Follies at the York Theatre, Songs I Never Sang For My Father at

the Village Theatre, and The Last Leaf, a collaboration with Tony-nominee Mary Bracken Phillips. Regionally, Valcq composed an adaptation of the classic children’s book The Pancake King commissioned by Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre, and The Passage (another collaboration with fred Alley) at American folklore Theatre in Wisconsin.

MARK WILSON (Lighting and Scenic Designer – Death of a Salesman) recently designed the scenery for Arthur Miller’s The Price produced by New Jewish Theatre. Last summer, he designed the scenery for the Insight productions of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies and Neil Simon’s Chapter Two. A year ago he was the lighting designer for the play The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez presented by the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, and his design was recognized with a St Louis Theatre Circle nomination for best lighting design of a dramatic play/comedy. Mark traveled to New Zealand during the summer of 2012 to observe and participate in performance design workshops at the prestigious Toi Whakaari Drama School in Wellington and to stalk the whereabouts of Peter Jackson and his Hobbit film crew. He is an associate professor of theatre at Saint Louis University, where he teaches technical design and production. He received his MfA in theatre design and technology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, a Technical Internship Certificate from the Yale School of Drama, and his BA from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill.

JACOB WINSLOW (Assistant Technical Director/Properties) is a recent graduate of Bradley University with a degree in theatre arts production. He is excited to once again be working with Insight. He would like to thank his family, friends and Mrs. Ryan for all their help and support.

SAM YAHL (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining Insight for a second season having worked on 1776 last summer. Sam is studying stage management at Lindenwood University and will be a senior in the fall. She recently finished work on The Mikado and looks forward to stage managing Pericles in the spring. She would like to thank her friends and family for their love and support.



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Our Town ................................................................2013Over the River and Through the Woods ............2014Painting Churches.................................................2009Proof ........................................................................2010Rabbit Hole .............................................................2011She Loves Me ........................................................2011Shipwrecked! An Entertainment ........................2011Something’s Afoot .................................................2009Spitfire Grill, The....................................................2014Suessical* ..............................................................2012Time Stands Still ....................................................2013To Kill a Mockingbird ............................................2012Twelfth Night ..........................................................2009Wizard of Oz*, The ................................................2014You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown* ..................2010

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