Audience members are asked to wear a face covering inside the building at all times. Please silence electronic devices that may distract your fellow audience members during the

performance. No food, drink or smoking is allowed in the Pillsbury Chapel. The restrooms are located in the Mabee Great Hall just outside the auditorium.

Please see one of our ushers if you have any questions or special needs. Enjoy the performance—we are glad you’re here!

Dr. Keith Ross, Dr. Andy Chambers, Dr. Benjamin Lion, Dr. Jordan Cox, Steve O’Neal, Alonzo Medcalf, Coral Christopher, Sister Gail

A very special thanks to St. Louis County Department of Public Health for

helping us develop a plan to provide safe and healthy entertainment!

Director……………………………………..Claire Ward Producer……………………………………..Kasey Cox Stage/Costume Manager……………..Bekah Williams Assistant Stage Manager…………….Cassie Sampley Costume Crew…………..Morgan Cane, Haley Clegg Lighting Designer……………………….Sarah Dickey Lighting Apprentice……………………..Michael Cox Sound Designer……………………….Bekah Williams Sound Apprentice…………………...Sabrina Furman Tech Director/Shop Manager……...Isabelle Scheibe Fine Arts Events Manager………………..Olivia Leek Box Office Assistant……………………Karoline Ortiz

"Sand" Nathan Lanier (feat. Karen Whipple) "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" Alexander Desplat

"Flight from the City" Johann Johannsson, Yuki Numata Resnik, Tarn Travers, Ben Russell, Clarice Jensin

"A Deal With Chaos" Johann Johannsson, Hildur Guonadottir "Resolve" Nathan Lanier

"Written in the Sky" Max Richter "Pizza" Martin Garrix

Bradley Bliven Daniel Dilworth

Kristianna Dilworth Alle Head

Lindsey Peters Nathanael Pezzo

Kaleigh Ryan, Understudy

“Concerto in F Minor Linverno, Op.8 Not. 4 RV 297: 1. Allegro non molto" - Antonio Vivaldi, Daniel Hope, Zurcher Kammerorchester

Claire Baur Daniel Dilworth Jenny Duncan Cailey George Lindsey Peters Kaleigh Ryan

Kaylin Penninger, Understudy

“Saturn” - Sleeping At Last

Claire Baur Jenny Duncan Cailey George Laura Glenn Ashley Harris

Holly McAndrew Maddie Cook, Understudy

Bradley Bliven Daniel Dilworth

Kristianna Dilworth Lilly Hetz

William Launsby Lindsey Peters

Nathanael Pezzo Cameron Tyler

La Voute

“Say Her Name” - Resistance Revival Chorus & Abby Dobson “Mrs. Victoria Rogers” - Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk Original Motion Picture Score)

“P.B.A.” - Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk Original Motion Picture Score)

Out Running The Curse was inspired by St. Louis nonprofit, Before Ferguson, Beyond Ferguson's The 63106 Project. Through the exploration of various narratives,

choreographer Robert Poe developed a language of movement that tells of the experiences shared among generations of residents that call this community home. Poe worked alongside two casts of dancers from La Voûte Performance Ensemble to produce his vision amidst the

many challenges faced in producing performance art during a pandemic. Out Running The Curse draws attention to many inequalities that impact the

past, present, and future of our community.

“On the Nature of Daylight” - Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Philip Sheppard, Chris Worsey

Kristianna Dilworth Jenny Duncan Laura Glenn

Lilly Hetz Lindsey Peters

Saturday Cast: Emily Brown Julia Donato

*Alaiyah Jones Ashley Kues Jason Mathis

Zoë Miller

*denotes soloist

Sunday Cast: Halima Hussain Hannah Novack

Gage Peek Nami Rutherford *Jasmyne Tyler Emily Wilkinson

*denotes soloist

“See the Love” - The Brilliance

Madison Cook Kristianna Dilworth

Jenny Duncan Cailey George Sophie Karase

Kaylin Penninger Claire Baur, Understudy

Susanna Ennenbach, Understudy

“The Middle” - Audrey Assad

Sammy Broeker Lexi Clabaugh

Gabriella Cookson Sam Haynes

Autumn Heaton Lilly Hetz

Margie Illig Mady Kroeger

Holly McAndrew Kaleigh Ryan Kayla Sims Emma Vogt

“Forbidden Voices” - Martin Garrix

Laura Glenn Ashley Harris

Alle Head Sophie Karase Will Launsby

Kaylin Penninger Lindsey Peters

Nathanael Pezzo Cameron Tyler

Claire Baur Bradley Bliven Madison Cook

Daniel Dilworth Kristianna Dilworth

Jenny Duncan Susanna Ennenbach

Cailey George

CHOREOGRAPHER BIOS

Vance Baldwin, native of St. Joseph, Missouri, holds a Bachelor of Science in Education-Vocal Emphasis from Missouri Western State University (2001). During his time studying voice, he began dancing with Mis-souri Western State College Dance Company and trained under Paul Chambers: Holm’s technique and so-cial dance. He also studied under Aggie Miller: jazz. Upon graduating from MWSC, he was missing dance and quickly realized after taking his third ballet class, at Kansas City Ballet, he was in the wrong profession. Later that year, he joined The Conservatory of Music & Dance at University of Missouri-Kansas City and graduated in 2008 with a BFA in dance.

Currently, Vance is dancing with Karlovsky & Company Dance. He has had choreography performed with Leverage Dance Theater, Karlovsky & Company Dance-Dine on Dance, Spring To Dance Festival: Common Thread Contemporary Dance Company, Modern American Dance Company, City In Motion: Modern Night at The Folly, 940 Dance Company: Regional Choreography Festival-Lawrence, Kansas, McKendree Universi-ty, Robidoux Resident Theater, Creative Arts Productions, among others.

Throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to Sing: Carnegie Hall, Innsbruck International Choral Festival 2002; Musical Theater roles: Mr. Mistoffelees in Cats, Wickersham Brother #1 in Seussical: The Mu-sical (choreographer), among others; Dance: International tours with Karlovsky & Company Dance in France and Cape Town, South Africa, Performatica Dance Festival 2007- Puebla, Mexico, CTCDC, MADCO, 90x90 project St. Louis, Mo., City in Motion, 940 Dance Company, Reach....a movement collective inc., Robidoux Resident Theater, The Theater in the Park, Eubank Productions (currently Egads Theater), Creative Arts Pro-duction, Thin Air Theatrics, Dance Arts Center, among others.

In 2017, Vance embarked on directing for Creative Arts Productions: Madagascar the Musical, Jr (16) and Shrek the Musical, Jr. (17), Elf the Musical, Jr. (18) and is looking forward to directing Moana: The Musical, Jr. summer 2021.

He has also had the opportunity to work with artists such as Gina Patterson, Jennifer Archibald, Michael Fo-ley, Michael Uthoff, Mikey Thomas, Alcine Wiltz, Dan DeMott, Paul Chambers, among others.

In 2008, Vance received the STAR Award of Excellence from Robidoux Resident Theater, St. Joseph, Mis-souri and was a Best Dancer Nomination for his role as Mr. Mistoffelees in Cats at The Theater in The Park in 2007. In 2020, was nominated and awarded the St. Joseph Mayors Awards: Arts Educator. Mary Clermont grew up dancing in Saint Louis at Dayspring Arts & Education and has a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance from UMSL. In 2010, Mary became a member of Common Thread Contemporary Dance Company where she has enjoyed many seasons under the artistic direction of Jennifer Medina. Mary has also performed with Consuming Kinetics Dance Company, Kinetic Tapestry, SmashedWorks Dance Collec-tive and aTrek, currently Leverage Dance Theater. Mary is a passionate dance educator, with over 10 years of teaching experience; she has had the joy of teaching and choreographing for a variety of levels and ages. Mary is currently an Adjunct Professor, teaching dance, at Missouri Baptist University. Lindsey Peters is so blessed and honored to be a part of Big Fish. She is a current senior Theatre major with a minor in dance. Some of her favorite roles have been Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (MBU), Wendy Jo in Footloose the Musical (Paul Bunyan Playhouse), and Marian Paroo in The Music Man (MBU.) She would love to first thank God for the vast growth and calling she has experienced in the arts. She would like to thank her family and friends for their constant love and support. Lastly, she would like to thank the director, Kasey Cox, for the last four years of encouragement and teaching and helping her in preparation to go into the mission field as an Christian, artist, and person. Robert Poe is a native of Aiken, South Carolina and has enjoyed a professional dancing career since 2004. For almost 17 years, he has performed with Columbia City Ballet, Cedar Lake II, Nashville Ballet, and the Nashville Opera before coming to St. Louis to dance with Missouri Ballet Theatre. In 2011, he became a founding member of The Big Muddy Dance Company and spent 9 seasons rehearsing, performing and choreographing with the company before leaving to flourish his own non-profit dance organization.

Since coming to St. Louis, Robert has also appeared with local organizations like the St. Louis Ballet and performed for two summers with the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, where he was part of the original cast of the world premiere opera, "Fire Shut Up In My Bones". He has taught for numerous dance studios and Universities across St. Louis and Illinois as well as throughout the South East and his cho-reography has been seen on several dance companies throughout the years; Nashville Ballet, Nashville

CHOREOGRAPHER BIOS (continued)

Ballet II, Missouri Ballet Theatre, The Big Muddy Dance Company, La Voute, Leverage, Missouri Baptist University and most recently he has created a collaborative, dance centric work on La Voute inspired by "The 63106 Project" in partnership with Before Ferguson, Beyond Ferguson.

In February of 2019, Robert co founded Ballet 314, St. Louis' newest ballet company, and serves as Co-Artistic Director with Rachel Bodi. Through this company, he has co-published a children's book, "The Nut-cracker and the 1904 World's Fair", based off of the ballet he co-created and premiered in December of 2019, spearheaded a community initiative entitled Project Change and is set to launch his first, world prem-iere, full length ballet entitled "Ragtime, the American Experience" in May, 2021. Ballet 314's mission is to celebrate local talent in the community and to start showcasing diversity in the classical dance arts.

Cameron Tyler is very excited to be part of MBU’s first dance concert! He is in his senior year at Missouri Baptist University, majoring in Musical Theatre with a minor in dance. He spent the summer of 2019 per-forming in Bemidji, Minnesota with Paul Bunyan Playhouse, in Smokey Joes Cafe and Little Shop of Hor-rors. Some other past productions include Billy Elliott (Muny in St. Louis), Shrek (Larry D Clark Summer Rep-ertory Theatre), and Anything Goes (Missouri Baptist University.

Claire Ward holds a BFA in Ballet Performance from the University of Oklahoma School of Dance, and an MS in Fitness Management from MBU. In 2008, she toured nationally in the Radio City Christmas Spectacu-lar Arena Tour, then danced professionally with companies including Oklahoma Festival Ballet, the Louis-ville Ballet, Missouri Ballet Theatre, and Common Thread Contemporary Ballet. She is a dance professor and coach at MBU, and a dance/performing arts teacher at Dayspring School for the Arts. Claire's choreographic works include Mary Poppins, Anything Goes, The Music Man, Napoli, The Nutcrack-er and Sounds of Christmas. She thanks every member of the cast and crew for their hard work and dedica-tion throughout this process, and feels blessed every day to work with such talented artists!

DANCER AND TECHNICIAN BIOS Claire Baur is excited to be performing in her second season as a student at MBU. She is thankful every day for all the joys theatre brings her and others and cannot wait to see what God has planned for her in the future. Claire appeared at MBU last semester as Molly Aster in Peter and the Starcatcher. Other favor-ite past credits include Chava (Fiddler on the Roof), Crystal (Little Shop of Horrors), and Peter Pan (Peter Pan).

Bradley Bliven is a junior majoring in Theatre. Last semester, he appeared in the title role in Peter and the Starcatcher. Some of his favorite roles include Aladdin (Aladdin), Doody (Grease), Tranio (The Taming of the Shrew), Creon (Antigone), Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid), and The Baker (Into the Woods). Bradley would like to thank all his friends who have helped him along in his acting journey. Isaiah 28-31.

Morgan Cane (Costume Assistant) is a freshman Theater major. Some of her favorite roles include Agnes Tate (Murder Inn) and Ensemble (Chicago). She would also like to thank Andrea Robb for leading her in the direction of this amazing department.

Haley Clegg (Costume Assistant) is happy for her first costuming experience to be with Dancing in the Light! She hopes you'll enjoy the beautiful pieces and marvel at the raw talent that MBU brings to the stage. Thank you for coming!

Maddie Cook is a freshman, majoring in Musical Theatre. She appeared earlier this season in Songs For a New World and Big Fish, as well as a lighting apprentice for Peter and the Starcatcher. She is thankful to her classmates, friends and family for their love and support.

Michael Cox (Lighting Apprentice) is a sophomore Theatre major. He was last seen onstage as Dr. Rank in A Doll’s House and various roles in Big Fish. He has previously performed in The Music Man as Charlie Cowell, Mame, Chicago, A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Nick Bottom, Check Please as Manny and Into the Woods as The Wolf. He wants to thank the cast and production for a great experience. He hopes that you will all love this show as much as he does!

Daniel Dilworth is so excited to be performing in his very first dance concert ever and his very last show as a student at MBU. Some of his roles at MBU include Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Torvald Helmer in A Doll's House, Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps, and The Steward in Into the Woods. In just two weeks, Daniel will be graduating from MBU with bachelor's degrees in Theatre and Communications Studies with minors in Public Relations and Journalism. He would like to thank Kasey Cox, Claire Ward and the rest of the faculty at MBU Theatre for teaching him so much about this theatre and dance and giving him opportunities to learn and grow in so many ways. His time at MBU has shaped him in more ways than he could ever imagine. He wants to thank his wife, Kristianna, for dancing with him and inspiring him every day and his family and friends for supporting him over the past five years. And most importantly, Daniel wants to thank the Lord for giving Him the opportunity and ability to tell stories through dance and to be a part of this amazing pro-gram. Kristianna Dilworth could not be more thrilled to be returning to the MoBap stage for this concert. Kristianna graduated from MBU in 2018 with a degree in Music Education. She is currently the Education Coordinator and a Teaching Artist at Gateway Center for Performing Arts, and also maintains a private voice studio of 25+ precious students. Kristianna is the founding director of GCPA’s performing ensemble, the Show Starters. Kristianna is also excited to announce that she will be pursuing her master’s degree in Contemporary Com-mercial Voice Pedagogy at Shenandoah Conservatory in the Fall of 2021. Kristianna has performed musical theatre and opera locally for the last 18 years, and dance has always held a soft place in her heart. But it took a kind whisper from the Lord through Claire Ward for Kristianna to honor her God given desire to move. Kris-tianna would like to dedicate this performance first to the Lord, and then to Claire so that Claire may be re-minded of the profound kingdom work she is doing through her teaching at MBU. Kristianna prays that the Lord would continue to bless Claire and strengthen her to continue this high commission from the Lord. She would like to thank her husband, Daniel, for being her dance partner for life, and the Lord for the blessing and privilege to make art surrounded by His church. Jenny Duncan is a freshman Theatre major and Dance minor. She has previously been in Songs for a New World and Jenny Hill in Big Fish. She would like to give a huge thank you to Claire Ward for her compassion and dedication to her dancers. Susanna Ennenbach is a freshman Theatre major. Previous shows include Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, Seussical and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dayspring and Red Herring with SHARE Productions. She thanks the cast and crew for a great experience with this production. Sabrina Furman (Sound Apprentice) is a freshman majoring in Speech and Theatre Education. Among her favorite roles have been Rebecca Gibbs (Our Town), Annie (Mary Poppins), Bird Girl (Seussical), Lina Lamont (Singin’ in the Rain), Stage Manager/Newsie (Newsies), Urleen (Footloose), and Ursula (The Little Mer-maid). This is her second show at MBU. She would like to thank her family for their love and support. Philip-pians 4:13 Cailey George is a sophomore, double majoring in Theatre and English and minoring in Dance. She last ap-peared as the Cat & Bird in Peter and the Starcatcher, Iris/Nightingale in The Birds, and Lucinda in Into the Woods. She has participated for many years with Take 3 Christmas Theater, appearing in Narnia the Musical (Susan), Esther (Zeresh), Joseph… Dreamcoat (Ensemble) and The Jungle Book (Ensemble). Cailey is current-ly also a member of MBU Chorale and drama troupe In Charactre. She thanks her family for their support of her goals and this wonderful cast and production team for their hard work. Laura Glenn is a Music Business graduate of Missouri Baptist University and is passionate about teaching oth-ers about God through the arts. She participated in many ensembles while in college including, choir, band, handbells, opera, and a traveling, acoustic worship team. Now that Laura is finished with school, she is a part time music and art teacher. She also plans to assist her mother, Gina McAndrew, with the building of the nonprofit organization, The Mark Project. “Dancing in the Light” is Laura’s first mainstage performance in the theatre department, and she is grateful for the opportunity to dance at least one more time. Ashley Harris is a freshman at MBU majoring in secondary Ed Speech/ theatre with a double minor in Stage management and Dance. She been dancing since she was four and has competed competitively for many years. This is by far the most positive dance experience she’s had throughout her dance career. She’d like to thank Claire Ward for always encouraging her and being the person who made her love dance again. She also wants to thank Lindsey Peters for casting her in the piece she choreographed and continued to help build her confidence.

Alle Head is a senior at MBU majoring in Theatre with a double minor in Marketing and Dance. She is excited to be apart of MBU’s first ever dance concert. She has previously appeared on the MBU stage as Sally in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Erma in Anything Goes and The Witch in Into the Woods. She is grateful to be a part of this wonderful cast and most importantly she is grateful to her Lord Jesus for His faithfulness.

Lilly Hetz has been joyfully dancing since the age of two. After moving from suburban Chicago to the St. Louis area, Lilly’s mother enrolled her in her first aerial class at the age of thirteen -- and she fell in love. She loved the challenge and was determined to take her dancing skills from the floor to the air. Lilly has been dancing com-petitively for eight years in both regional and national competitions. After competing and performing with her dance studio and with her high school varsity dance team, Lilly is continuing her education at Missouri Baptist University. Lilly is majoring in Marketing, with a double minor in Business Administration and in Dance. Addi-tionally, she is the captain of MBU’s competition dance team, Spartan Line. Lilly works at On The Fly as an aerial dance instructor and loves to watch her students improve and grow both as dancers and as individuals. Her fu-ture goals include a career as a professional dancer and aerialist. Lilly knows that wherever God leads her, she will be fulfilled.

Sophie Karase is a Musical Theatre major with a Dance minor. She has most recently been seen as Ensemble for Big Fish. She is excited to be a part of MBU’s first ever dance concert, and to be able to make art with the amazingly talented dancers in this cast! She wants to thank God for the gifts He has given her and the ability to be able to perform live-theatre this past year. Lastly, she hopes that you enjoy gathering in the theatre again, and that you enjoy the show!

William Launsby is a double major in Theatre and Business Administration with a minor in Dance. He started dancing in 2019 and will be forever thankful to Claire Ward for encouraging him in this art. Lastly, William would like to thank Vance for this incredible blessing of an opportunity and the amazing technical crew for their persis-tent patience. Kaylin Penninger is a transfer student at MBU and is majoring in Musical Theatre with a minor in dance. Some of her favorite roles so far are: Jo March in Little Women, Heather Chandler in Heathers, Ariel in The Little Mer-maid, and the Witch in Big Fish. Kaylin is very excited to be apart of her very first dance concert! Nathanael Pezzo is a senior Musical Theatre major at MBU. His favorite roles include Moonface Martin in Any-thing Goes, Gangster #1 in The Drowsy Chaperone, Riff in West Side Story, the title character in Sweeney Todd, and Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors. He's incredibly thankful to God for blessing him with the ability to do what he loves in a way that praises and glorifies Jesus, and to MBU for giving him this opportunity.

Kaleigh Ryan is excited to be a part of making history as a cast member of MBU’s first Dance Concert. Kaleigh is a junior in the Exercise Science and Dance programs at MBU. She has been dancing since age 2, and has en-joyed competing with various studio and high school dance teams while growing up in Los Angeles, CA and St. Louis, MO. She has also performed in the Muny’s productions of Newsies (2017) and Matilda (2019). Kaleigh is thrilled to be continuing her dance education and career as an athlete on MBU’s Spartan Line dance team and as a student in the dance minor program.

Cassie Sampley (ASM) is a sophomore Theatre major at MBU. Her previous roles include: Mrs. Paroo (The Mu-sic Man), Rizzo (Grease), Daniela (In The Heights), Jean Maitland (Stage Door), and Clara Eynsford-Hill (Pygmalion). She would like to thank the cast and crew for their time and dedication put into this great show! She would also like to thank her family for their constant love and support. Enjoy the show! Prov. 3:5-6

Bekah Williams (Assistant Costumer) is a senior at MBU. Most recently she was the Costume Apprentice for Pe-ter and the Starcatcher, Costume Designer for MBU's The 39 Steps and Granny/Snow White in Into the Woods. She has previously worked with Shatterglass Productions where she participated in over 20 shows in multiple roles including assistant director, choreographer and actress. She is excited to be on this new leg of her journey with such incredible people. She wants to thank her husband, Alex, for his unending support, her family and friends for their encouragement, and her God for His unfailing love. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

MBU Theatre is a Christ-centered program that challenges our students to view their work through a Biblical vantage point. We believe that all truth is God’s truth, and therefore all great and truthful works of theatre carry within them glimmers of God’s redemptive plan. Because of this foundation, we believe that storytelling through theatre is a calling worthy of intensive training. Graduates from our theatre program will have knowledge of theatre history; acting methods of Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Meisner, Strasburg, and many others; directing technique; and a variety of design areas. We purposefully want education to be broad, but deep - giving students the opportunity to thrive in a transient job market that requires theatre students to work in a variety of positions. Additionally, we give students ample opportunity to practice these skills. We produce six shows every year, allowing our students to choose design, tech, or performance in each production, allowing them to tailor their education to their needs.

Auditions are for freshman and transfer students who want to pursue any of the following majors:

Theatre Musical Theatre

Speech/Theatre Secondary Education Music

Music Education Commercial Voice Vocal Performance Piano Performance

Music with elective studies in Business Worship Leadership

We also offer scholarships for select performance ensembles— these scholarships are available to majors and non-majors.

Please contact the Fine Arts office at 314-744-5364 to receive more information or to schedule an audition.

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