mary poppins in concert - saddleback college · mary poppins, jane, michael, robertson ay, winifred...
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Directed by Craig Tyrl—Musically Directed by Diane King Vann Set Designer—Kent McFann—Ligh ng Design by Tim Swiss—Sound Design by Kevin Mowry
Bert……………………………………………………… Nick Waaland Mary Poppins………………………………………. Chelsea Alexandra George Banks………………………………………. Wyn Moreno Winifred Banks……………………………………. Katherine Gillmore Jane Banks…………………………………………… Maison Monroe Michael Banks……………………………………… Charlotte Rubino Bird Woman, Miss Andrew………………….. Lanette Gutman Mrs. Brill/Female Ensemble………………….. Eloise Coopersmith Robertson Ay/Male Ensemble……………. Joseph Cowdrey Von Hussler/Male Ensemble………………… Mark Clark Northbrook/Male Ensemble…………………. Rick Dale Chairman/Male Ensemble…………………….. Jimmy Vann Park Keeper/Male Ensemble…………………. Mitchell Turner Neleus/Dog/Male Ensemble…………………. Aaron Ford Katie Nanna/Female Ensemble……………….Julie Wickstrom Female Ensemble………………………………….. Katherine Boerger Ariel Murillo Gal Kohav Rebecca Butkivich Megan McCarthy Tara Waldschmidt Male Ensemble………………………………….. Gojko Lojpur Brian Gonzalez Reed Flores
Mary Poppins in Concert THE CAST
MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE
Prologue……………………………………. Bert Cherry Tree Lane (Part 1)…………... Winifred, Mrs. Brill Jane, Michael,Robertson Ay, George The Perfect Nanny…………………….. Jane, Michael Cherry Tree Lane (Part 2)……………. Winifred, Mrs. Brill, Jane Prac cally Perfect………………………. Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael All Me Own Work……………………….. Bert, Jane, Michael, Neuleus, Mary Poppins, Ensemble Jolly Holiday………………………………... Bert Let’s Hope She Will Stay……………… George, Winifred, Jane, Michael Winds Do Change…………………………. Bert Spoonful of Sugar…………………………. Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael, Robertson Ay, Winifred Precision and Order……………………. Clerks, Chairman, Von Hussler, Northbrook A Man Has Dreams…………………….. George Feed the Birds…………………………….. Bird Woman, Mary Poppins, Ensemble Supercalifragilis cexpialidocious… Mary Poppins, Bert, Jane, Michael, Mrs. Corry, Customers Twists and Turns…………………………. Bert Chim Chim Cher‐ee……………………… Bert, Mary Poppins
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ACT TWO Cherry Tree Lane…………………………. Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay, Jane, Michael, Winifred, George Brimstone and Treacle…………………. Miss Andrew Let’s Go Fly a Kite…………………………. Bert, Park Keeper, Michael, Jane, Kite Flyers, Mary Poppins Good For Nothing/Being……………….. Mrs. Banks. George, Winifred Brimstone and Treacle (Part 2)…….. Mary Poppins, Miss Andres A Man Has Dreams (Reprise)/ Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise)……….. George, Bert Anything Can Happen (Part 1)……… Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael, Winifred Anything Can Happen (Part 2)……… Mary Poppins, Bert, Michael, Jane, Ensemble A Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise)………. Mary Poppins
Chelsea Vann (Mary Poppins) was born and raised in Orange County, and a ended Mission Viejo High School before mov‐ing to NYC to a end Wagner College, gradua ng in 2012 with a B.A. in Theatre Perfor‐mance. Past credits include: How The Grinch Stole Christ‐
mas (Broadway Na onal Tour, Mama Who u/s), Gyp‐sy as Louise, My Fair Lady as Eliza, Legally Blonde as Vivienne, Les Misérables as Eponine and Fan ne, Burn This as Anna. Chelsea has previously performed at Saddleback CLO in their produc ons of Damn Yan‐kees as Gloria and South Pacific.
Nick Waaland (Bert) was a theatre major at Cal State Fullerton. He a ended Ir‐vine High School and per‐formed in the following roles: Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun, John Brooke in Li le Women, George in Don't Dress for Dinner, and
Conquistador (Spain) Kopi on stage.
Wyn Moreno (George Banks) is an ac ng graduate from Cal State Fullerton. He a ended Copper Hills High School in West Jordan, Utah. Past roles include: Mr. Jansenius in Smash!, Butch in Next Fall at Cal State
Fullerton. He performed roles from Salt Lake Ac ng company, and The Old Lyric Rep in Logan, Utah.
Maison Monroe (Jane Banks) is 13 years old and a student at St. Catherine Parish School. She will be a ending 8th grade in the fall. She would like to be a part of OSCA or SOCSA program at high school.
Charlo e Rubino (Michael Banks) is 12 years old and will begin In 7th grade in the Musi‐cal Theatre Conservatory at Or‐ange County School of the Arts (OCSA). She would love to study musical theatre at the Universi‐ty of Michigan or NYU.
Kathi Gillmore (Winifred Banks) graduated with a B.A. in the Arts from SUNY Empire State College in New York City and is currently the Music Co‐ordinator at the Disneyland Resort. Past roles/shows in‐clude: Show Boat on Broad‐way; National tours of Rag‐time, A Chorus Line, and Meet Me In St. Louis. She played Sal‐ly in Me and My Girl at Saddle‐
back College (won a DramaLogue Award for Best Ac‐tress). Other roles in regional theatre include: Cassie in A Chorus Line, Sarah and Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Lucille Early in No, No, Nanette, Nancy in Oliver!, Mona Kent in Dames at Sea, and Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel. She originated the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast at Disneyland and played many other beloved characters at Disneyland, including a can‐can dancer at the Golden Horseshoe and a Dicken's Caroler dur‐ing the holidays.
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
Lanette Gutman (Bird Woman, Miss Andrew). Some of Lane e’s numer‐ous past roles include: Mother Superior in Nun‐sense at the On the Edge Theatre (OTE) in Laguna Hills, Dolly Levin in Hello Dolly! at the Musical Thea‐tre Village (MTV) in Irvine,
Marmee in Li le Women, at MTV, Miss Hannigan in Annie at MTV, and Aunt Eller in Oklahoma at MTV. Pants Parts include: Buffalo Bill Cody in Annie Get Your Gun, Smee in Peter Pan, King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Eloise Coopersmith (Mrs. Brill) graduated from North‐western in Theatre with a Master of Arts at Cal State Los Angeles. She is a Com‐munication and Critical Thinking adjunct faculty at Concorde Career College. Past roles include: Ensemble in World Goes Round, Jean‐
ette in The Full Monty, Joanne in Company, Dreamer in The Secret Garden, The Musical, Momma in Bye, Bye Birdie and Emma in Assassins.
Mark Clark (Von Hussler/ Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Saddleback. He was last seen here as Smokey in Damn Yankees, 2010. He has appeared in more than 100+ shows over the last 35 years. Some fa‐vorites are The King in Cin‐derella, Roger in Grease, No‐ah in 110 in the Shade, Price
in Stalag 17, Circus Master in The Door (Original Cast), and Tony (2x's) Riff, Ac on, A‐rab & Big Deal in 6 different produc ons of Westside Story. He also appeared at several Theme Parks in the U.S. and on board Holland American & Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines!
Joseph Cowdrey (Robertson Ay/Ensemble) a ended Mission Viejo High School. Past plays in‐clude: Spamalot at Wagner College, Pinkalicious at Laguna Playhouse, My Fair Lady
and Carousel at the Rose Center Theatre in California.
Jimmy Vann (Chairman/Ensemble) divides his me between musical direc ng, performing, and entertain‐ing at Vi orio’s in Hun ng‐ton Beach and as a guest church musician. Credits include: the crooner‐pianist Donny Dulce in Tony and Tina’s Wedding and the Fabulous Pianist in several
Saddleback CLO shows. His film credit includes Sweet Dreams with Jessica Lange. Jimmy was music direc‐tor for Downey CLO for many shows. He is the leader of The Jimmy Vann Band.
Rick Dale (Northbrook/Ensemble) a ended Cal State Fullerton. Past plays and roles include: The World Goes Round, No Square Theatre, Laguna Beach; Bent Broadway, No Square Theatre, Laguna Beach; Padre in Man of La Mancha, Hun ngton Beach Playhouse; Sco in Route 66, Cabrillo Play‐
house, San Clemente; and Judas in Jesus Christ Super‐star, Center for Spirtual Living, Capistrano Valley.
Mitchell Turner (Park Keeper/Ensemble) is a The‐atre Arts major at Cal State Fullerton. He a ended Roll‐ing Hills Preparatory School. Past roles include: Sylvia St. Croix in Ruthless, O o in Spring Awakening, Gang‐ster in The Drowsy Chaper‐one, Horton in Seussical, Prince Dauntless in Once
Upon A Ma ress, ensemble in Evita, and ensemble in Legally Blonde (Saddleback debut).
Aaron Ford (Neleus/Dog/Ensemble) is a Musical The‐atre major at Cal State Fullerton. He a ended Yorba Linda High School. Past roles include: Phil in Loose Ends (Cal State Fuller‐ton), Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Professor
in Tracers, Nathan Detroit in Guys & Dolls, and James Keller in The Miracle Worker (Yorba Linda High School).
Julie Wickstrom (Ka e Nan-na/Ensemble) is currently a part‐ me student at Saddle‐back majoring in Theatre. She’ll most likely be transfer‐ring to Cal State Fullerton. She graduated from Dana Hills High School in 2010 nd has been working at a Starbucks in Dana Point for the last three years. Her past musical
roles at Saddleback include: Bat boy: The Musical, Cabaret, Oklahoma, RENT, Aida, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Legally Blonde. She recently performed in The World Goes Round at No Square Theatre in Laguna Beach.
Reed Flores (Ensemble) is a theatre major at Cal State Fullerton, currently studying direc ng. He is an alumni of Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward, California. He has been a featured solo‐ist in numerous John Be‐seglie produc ons in San
Francisco, and had small ensemble roles throughout Orange County.
Megan McCarthy (Ensemble) is currently working towards her B.A. in Theatre Arts on the Musical Theatre track at Cal State Fullerton. She a ended Uni‐versity High School and she works at Disneyland as a character host. Post roles
include: Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Prudence Mason in Stardust, Women 1 in Songs for a New World and Patrice Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Katherine Boerger (Ensemble) is a full‐time Saddleback student majoring in Vocal Performance. She plans to transfer to Cal State Fullerton. She added Saddle‐back Christian Academy High School. Past roles include:
Ensemble in the Orange County Performing Arts Center performance of La Boheme by Puccini, 2010, and Lola in the Saddleback College performance of Douglas Moore’s opera Gallantry, 2015.
Tara Waldschmidt (Ensemble) is a singer, mu‐sic teacher, and nanny in Orange County. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at UC Irvine. Past roles include: Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Miss Todd in The Old Maid and
the Thief with UCI Opera, Yum Yum in The Mikado with the A c Theatre, Appassionata Von Climax in Lil Abner with Newport Theatre Arts Center, and she has been a chorister the past three seasons with the San Diego Opera. She will be playing Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls with the A c Theatre in August/September.
Gal Kohav (Ensemble) is a full‐time Saddleback Col‐lege student majoring in Vocal Performance and Education. Past roles in‐clude: Ensemble in the opera productions in the Israeli opera The Rat Laughed and Wozzeck. She directed and was a
soloist (The Dog) in the opera Brundibar, performed in Israel, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Russia. Soloist (The Cat) in the original opera Soro‐Bindi, performed in Israel with the Israeli Philharmonic Or‐chestra.
Rebecca Butkivich (Ensemble) earned a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance at Bob Cole Conservatory of Music. She is current‐ly working for the Irvine Company as an Office
Properties Associate. Past roles include: Trish in Bon‐nie & Clyde at the Costa Mesa Playhouse, Pitti‐Sing in The Mikado at the Attic Theatre. She will be play‐ing Philia in The Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Attic Theatre coming soon.
Ariel Murillo (Ensemble) is a student at Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College majoring in Musical Theatre. She plans to trans‐fer to the American Music and Drama c Academy (AMDA). She a ended
Trabuco Hills High School. Past Roles and Plays: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Irvine Valley College, Footloose at Irvine Valley College, Godspell at Saddleback College, Hair at Mysterium Theatre, and be sure to catch Ariel in Saddleback College's upcoming produc on of Grease as Frenchy.
Gojko Lojpur (Ensemble) is a full‐me Saddleback stu‐
dent majoring in Com‐puter Science. He a ended St. Simeon High School in Serbia. His past performances include dancing and performing in ensem‐
bles and singing in a choir in Europe.
Brian Gonzalez (Ensemble) is a Musical Theatre major at Cal State Fullerton. He a ended St. Helena High School. Past roles include: The Tinman in The Wizard of Oz (St. Helena High School), Chip Tolen no in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Orin in Li le Shop of Horrors (Cal State
Fullerton), and Rent: A Financial Literacy Spectacu‐lar.
Craig Tyrl (Director) received
his bachelor’s degree in philos‐
ophy from Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey. He
earned a master’s degree in
theology from Villanova Uni‐
versity soon a er. It was not
un l his thir es that he discov‐
ered the world of theatre arts.
His first ac ng, dancing, and
singing classes were at Saddle‐
back Community College which he calls home. By his
for es, Mr. Tyrl began a professional ac ng, di‐
rec ng, and teaching career with the comple on of
his MFA in ac ng at California State University at
Fullerton where he currently teaches. As an actor,
his most memorable role was as Evan in Theresa Re‐
beck’s adapta on of A Dollhouse for which he was
nominated by ACTF for regional fes val. His love of
Shakespeare includes performances as Leonato in
Much Ado About Nothing, Orsino in Twel h Night,
and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twel h Night. As a
director, his favorite shows are Godspell, for which
he received The Kennedy Center American College
Theater Fes val’s na onal award for outstanding di‐
rec on of a musical, The Merry Widow, Ruthless, and
The Dream of the Burning Boy. As a teacher, Mr. Tyrl
thrives with beginning actors teaching all freshman
at CSUF. He also teaches improv, script analysis, the‐
ater apprecia on, Shakespeare, and he was honored
to receive the 2014 university crea ve ac vity and
research award from California State University,
Fullerton.
Diane King Vann (Musical Di-rector) was part of the Musi‐cal Theatre Voice Faculty for Cal State Fullerton for nine years. She is currently Music/Choral Director for The Center for Spiritual Living in San Clemente. Her children’s book Mr. Prickle Bear is about to be published, and she is delighted to be sharing the stage with
her prac cally perfect daughter, Chelsea, and bank chairman (if only!) hubbie, Jimmy. She truly believes that Anything Can Happen If You Let It! Enjoy the show! Chloe Haack (Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of
California State University; Fullerton and received
her B.A. in Theatre Arts where she stage managed
several produc ons including Loose Ends, Kiss Me,
Kate, Illyria, and Spring Dance Concert . Professional
credits include Assistant Stage Manager for Trying
(Interna onal City Theater) and A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Orange County). She
had a “jolly holiday” working on Mary Poppins with
this wonderful team!
MUSICIANS Diane King Vann – Musical Director Rick Heckman - Keyboard 1 Rob Woyshner – Keyboard 2 Jennifer Hall – Piccolo, Flute Shannon Yoshinaga – Bb, Eb, Bass Clarinet Jacob Wilder – French Horn Kevin Richardson – Cornet, Flugel Horn
CREATIVE TEAM BIOS
SUMMER OF THEATRE PRODUCTION CREW
Production Stage Manager: Chloe Haack Assistant Stage Manager: Thomas Pike Photographer: Lucy Darby Scenic Paint Supervisor: Chris Holmes Crew: Lauren Cacace, Sarah Grulikowski, Spencer Price, Reid Barraza, Devon Rieckhof, Nicholas Benavides, Patrick Grovich, Piper Hein, Carlton Lafrance, Kelly Laude, Thomas Pike, Christopher Powers, Chlore Taylor, Patrick Villa House Managers: Stacy DeMore, Gary Boyer
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS FACULTY and STAFF
Kent McFann*, Chair William Francis McGuire*, Head of Ac ng and Performance
Entertainment and Theatre Technology
Karen McNulty, Scenic Paint Supervisor Diane Lewis*, Costume/Makeup Designer Michelle Macdougall Jackson,* Theatre Produc on Manager/Opera ons Michael McCormick*, Scenic Designer Tim Swiss*, Ligh ng/Sound Designer Marc Jackson,*Senior Lab Tech/Carpenter Ac ng and Performance: Apprecia on and History: Jonelle Allen David Anthony Jody Berger Beverly Arrowsmith Trevor Biship Hal Landon Lex Leigh Maria Mayenzet* Robert Prior Olivia Trevino Karen Kalensky Mark McQuown Sco Farthing* Maiya Murphy Joanne DeNaut Deidre Cavazzi* *Full Time Faculty or Staff
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