The Dayton Playhouse celebrated our 60th Season in 2018-2019! For this very special season we selected five wonderful productions, none of which had ever been staged at the Dayton Playhouse before.
My Fair Lady
IN COOPERATION WITH MTI
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Produced by Dan Hall
Directed by Brian Sharp
September 14 – 30, 2018
Cast:
Sarah Viola – Eliza Doolittle
Brian Laughlin – Colonel Pickering
Jackie Pfeifer – Mrs Eynsford-Hill
Dodie Lockwood – Mrs. Higgins
David Shough – Henry Higgins
Drew Roby – Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Brad Bishop – Alfred P. Doolittle
CJ Suchyta – Bartender/Ensemble
Mark Sharp – Harry/Ensemble
Jim Spencer – Jamie/Ensemble
Donna Bostwick – Mrs. Pearce
Angele Price – Mrs. Hopkins
Jamie McQuinn – Prof. Zoltan Karpathy
Benjamin Jones – Bystander/Ensemble
Steve Strawser – Lord Boxington/Ensemble
Karla Enix – Lady Boxington/Ensemble
Elainah Skaroupka – Flower Girl/Ensemble
Shana Fishbein – Maid/Ensemble
Stacey Brewer – Maid/Ensemble
Amber Pfeifer – Maid/Ensemble
Jamie Pavlofsky – Ascot Maid/Ensemble
Annie Sayers – Ascot Maid/Ensemble
Neve Barker – Maid/Ensemble 8
Cathy Long – Ensemble
Marabeth Klejna – Ensemble
Production:
Tim Rezash -Vocal Music
Ron Kindell – Conductor
Dawn Roth Smith – Assistant Director/Stage Manager
Becky Howard – Assistant Stage Manager
Sandra Hyde – Choreographer
Bob Kovac – Sound Designer
Theresa Kahle – Costume Designer
Tina McPhearson – Property Designer
Richard Waldeck – Lighting Designer
Red Newman – Scenic Designer
Logan Dabney – Crew Chief
Rebekah Skaroupka – Stage Crew/Dresser
Dani Skaroupka – Stage Crew/Dresser
Murder on the Nile
By Agatha Christie
Produced by Tina McPhearson
Directed by Tim Rezash
November 2 – 11, 2018
Cast:
Annie Sayers – Steward
Janet Wasson – Ms. ffoliot-ffoulkes
Carrin Ragland – Christina Grant
Paul Dunn – Smith
Kelli Myers – Louise
Brian Laughlin – Dr. Bessner
Carly Risenhoover-Peterson – Kay Mostyn
Sean Mayo – Simon Mostyn
Brian Sharp – Canon Pennefather
Kari Carter – Jacqueline De Severac
Todd Rohrer – McNaught
Nelani Huntington – Beadseller
Shana Fishbein – Beadseller
Production:
Dawn Roth-Smith – Stage Manager
Richard Lee Waldeck – Technical Director
Chris “Red” Newman – Set Designer
Theresa Kahle – Costumer
Cathy Long – Properties
Ain’t Misbehavin’
IN COOPERATION WITH MTI
Book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Music Orchestrations and Arrangements by Luther Henderson
Produced by Fran Pesch
Directed by Dawn Roth Smith
January 18 – February 3, 2019
Cast:
Kip Moore – Ken
Stephanie Radford – Nell
Andrea Wilborn – Amelia
Bry’ana Bentley – Charlaine
Everett Walker – Andre
Kiersten Farmer – Featured dancer
Nasir Peterson – Featured dancer
Production:
Assistant Director – Kip Moore
Logan Dabney – Stage Manager
Ron Kindell – Music Director
Jeffrey Payne – Choreographer
Brian Dobbs – Pianist
Richard Lee Waldeck – Lighting Designer
Bob Kovach – Sound Designer
Theresa Kahle – Costume Designer
Kiersten Farmer – Costume Assistant
Red Newman – Set Designer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Adapted by Christopher Sergel
From the novel by Harper Lee
Produced by Brian Sharp
Directed by Matthew Smith
PERFORMANCES CANCELLED
Cast:
Olivia Mongelli – Jean Louise Finch
Jason Caldwell – Jeremy Finch
Matthew Lindsay – Atticus Finch
Melani Harris – Calpurnia
Becky Howard – Maudie Atkinson
Tamar Fishbein – Stephanie Crawford
Cheryl Macgowan – Mrs. Dubose
Harold “Pete” McKinniss – Arthur Radley
Avi Gilbert – Charles Baker Harris
James Karr – Heck Tate
Chuck Larkowski – Judge Taylor
Kip Moore – Reverend Sykes
Hayley Penchoff – Mayella Ewell
Sean Mayo – Bob Ewell
Brandon Shockney – Walter Cunningham
Brian Sharp – Mr. Gilmer
Shaun Diggs – Tom Robinson
Chris Petree – Clerk
Todd Rohrer – Nathan
Erin Mcgee – Helen
Angela Gray – Townspeople
Tammy Newsom – Townspeople
Jai-Ln Stafford – Townspeople
Production:
Dawn Roth Smith – production Stage Manager
Jamie Pavlofsky – Dramaturge
Richard Lee Waldeck – Lighting Designer
Michael Boyd – Sound Designer
Chris “Red” Newman – Set Designer
Theresa Kahle – Costume Designer
Tina McPhearson – Properties Designer
Sarah Saunders – Light Board Operator
Mamma Mia!
Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Book by Catherine Johnson
Produced by Tim Rezash
Directed by Richard Lee Waldeck
May 3 – 19, 2019
Denise A. Schnieders – Donna
Lilly Robillard – Sophie
Lindsey Cardoza – Rosie
Amy Askins – Tanya
Naman Clark – Sky
Brad Bishop – Bill
Ron Mauer – Harry
Ted Eltzroth – Sam
Treonte King – Pepper
Ryan Petrie – Eddie
Kailey Yeakley – Lisa
Shana Fishbein – Ali
Mart Wirtz – Father Alexandrios/Ensemble Male
Juangabriel Encarnacion – Ensemble Male 1
Casey Dillon – Ensemble Male 2
Nate Strawser – Ensemble Male 3
Treonte King – Ensemble Male 4
Bryan Schuck – Ensemble Male 5
Shanna Camacho – Ensemble Female 1
Anna Ryan Kolb – Ensemble Female 2
Kaylee Maple – Ensemble Female 3
Rachael Kindred – Ensemble Female 4
Amber Pfeifer – Dance Captain/Ensemble Female 5