Is a Graduate of the Crane School of Music (Voice/Patricia Misslin)
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CATS JOHN ANTHONY LOPEZ (Old Deuteronomy) is a graduate of the Crane School of Music (voice/Patricia Misslin). Regional Credits include: Beauty and the Beast (Beast), South Pacific (Emile), Jane Eyre (Rochester), La Traviata (Alfredo), The Magic Flute (Tamino). NYC/Metro Credits include: Fiddler on the Roof/VLOG NYC (Tevye), The Seed of Abraham FringeNYC (Joshua), The Man in the Iron Mask/WVMTF (Aramis), 7:32 the musical/reading (Charles Collins), Into the Woods/NJ (Baker). Love and thanks to his son, Corey, who keeps him afloat. Thanks Kiddo. johnanthonylopez.com DAVID RAIMO* (Munkustrap) honored to be playing the role of Munkustrap with the WPPAC family. Originally from Duluth, MN, David headed south to attend college at Oklahoma City University where he earned his B.F.A. in Musical Theater. After graduating in '07, David has performed on four Broadway National Tours including: Chicago (Fred Casely/Billy Flynn), CATS (Munkustrap), Joseph ...Dreamcoat (Simeon), and Mamma Mia! (Sky). Other favorite credits: Guys and Dolls (Ensemble) at the Hollywood Bowl, the world premiere of Life Could Be A Dream (Skip) and Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy). David would like to thanks his family and friends for their endless support. www.davidraimo.com DEVON YATES* (Grizabella) is thrilled to be making her WPPAC debut with CATS, and is proud to be walking in the footsteps her mother did as Grizabella a few years ago! A native to the small town of Edinboro, PA, she is a 2010 Music Theatre graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, and now currently resides in NYC. Some of her past Regional credits include: Lippa's Wild Party(Queenie), Parade(Lucille Frank), Evita(Eva Peron), the non-union premiere of ALW's Phantom of the Opera(Carlotta Guidicelli), the regional premiere of BKLYN: the Musical(Faith), and Chess(Florence). Thank you to Jeremy, Greg, Kurt, Larry, and everyone involved with the WPPAC for making this an amazing process. Also, thank you to all of my friends, my family, my Mom, Dad, and Jesse for their UNENDING support. And last, but never least, thank you to the most amazing friend/roommate any gal could ever ask for, my shroomie Michael. Proud AEA member. This one's for you Mom and Dad! JEREMY QUINN (Director) After spending three seasons as the Artistic Director for the CONSERVATORY THEATRE, Jeremy has recently become the Producing Artistic Director for both Mainstage and Conservatory programming here at White Plains Performing Arts Center. During his tenure with the CONSERVATORY he produced and directed: All Shook Up, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Starmites, Aida, A Chorus Line, Fame, The Rocky Horror Show, Sweet Charity and The Wedding Singer as well as directing last summer’s Edges for the New Musical Theatre Series and Rent for Harrison Summer Theatre. This season (2011-2012) he directed the NY Regional Premiere of Spring Awakening and will be directing Cats, Rocky Horror, Lend Me A Tenor and The Secret Garden; all here at WPPAC. A proud member of Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild since 1997; Mr. Quinn received a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Miami, graduated from the professional program at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts School of Film & Television and is celebrating 30 years in the industry. Originally from South Florida, he has acted in or directed over 200 theatrical productions including Off & Off-Off Broadway, two National Tours and several regional theatres including: The Kennedy Center in D.C., The Jupiter Center for the Performing Arts, The Ring Theatre, Actors' Playhouse and The Kravis Center in Florida, the Helen Hayes Theatre (Riverspace), and Westchester Broadway Theatre in NY, the Stockbridge Dinner Theatre in Massachusetts, as well as The Ridgefield Theatre Barn and Troupers Light Opera in Connecticut. Film and television appearances include River of Stone, Highs and Lows, Delivering Milo, La Florida, Celebrity, Cradle Will Rock, Pollock, Shaft, Dellaventura, Falcone, The Sopranos, Now and Again and a recurring role on ABC’s B.L. Stryker. He can also be heard as the voice of “Phink” in the Sci-Fi Network’s animated series, Mean Planet as well as several commercial and industrial voice-overs. NYC directing credits include: Damaged, Daddy Was The Biggest Stagemother in Texas!, Saturday Night, Sylvia, True West and most recently the Off Broadway production of Lights & Music at the 45th Street Theatre. Mr. Quinn is a member of the prestigious Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, serves as the Associate Director for Broadway and Off Broadway’s annual Theatre World Awards, is an Associate Producer for Broadway for a New America, was the Artistic Director of Educational Theatre at Westchester Broadway Theatre, co-founder and Executive Director of the Island City Theatre Project, co-founder and past President of The Actors Alliance, and a former member of the Board of Directors at the New York Youth Theatre. GREG BACCARINI (Co-Director & Choreographer) has worked extensively throughout the New York area with many professional and youth theatre companies, as well as several high school theatre programs. Greg most recently served as Resident Director of Yorktown Stage in Yorktown Heights, NY, where he directed and choreographed Seussical, The Sound of Music, Godspell, Oklahoma, Grease, Footloose starring Edward Staudenmayer (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and Wonderland), Into the Woods and Annie. Other directing/choreography credits include regional productions of Honk! with Adam Chanler-Berat, Skylar Astin, Erich Bergen and Sara Kramer, The Music Man, Peter Pan, Working, Curtains and The Sound of Music starring Sarah Uriarte Berry and Martin Vidnovic. Most recently, Greg had the opportunity to work with Craig Schulman (Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera) in Fiddler on the Roof at Yorktown Stage. Greg has also worked with Saddle River Day School (Saddle River, NJ), New Youth Performing Theatre (Bedford, NY), Helen Hayes Youth Theatre (Nyack, NY), Nyack Middle School (Nyack, NY), Franklin Youth Theatre (Winnsboro, LA), Strauss Theatre Center (Monroe, LA) and Renaissance Theatre Academy (White Plains, NY). In 2001, Greg was recognized with the Helen Hayes Theatre Award for Outstanding Choreography. In addition to directing and choreographing, Greg is a professional actor and has performed extensively throughout the U.S. in regional theatre and national touring companies of 42nd Street and Me and My Girl. Many thanks to Jeremy Quinn for this wonderful opportunity and to the staff and crew at WPPAC for making me feel so welcome. For more information, please visit gregbaccarini.com. LEND ME A TENOR JORGE ACOSTA* (Tito Merelli) makes his WPPAC debut in Lend Me a Tenor. NY credits include Uncle Luis in Ghost Dancer, Manolo in 167 Tongues, Juan in Daniel, The Red King in Alice, A New Musical, Father Caruso in Transubstantiation, and Brian in The Shadow Box. Mr. Acosta recently made his network TV debut in 30 ROCK where he yelled at Tina Fey in Spanish (She yelled right back - also in Spanish). Regional credits include The Frogs, Evita, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Anna In The Tropics, Man Of La Mancha, Waiting For Godot, Hamlet, Love’s Labours Lost, Lend Me A Tenor and Romeo and Juliet. Directing credits include 9 Parts Of Desire, Boy Gets Girl, The Merry Widow, West Side Story, Fiddler On the Roof, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, and The Laramie Project. Jorge is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association (since 1986) and is immensely grateful for the opportunity of a life in the arts. MARIA SILVERMAN* (Maria) made her professional debut on Broadway in Michael Mayer’s Tony Award-winning revival of A View From the Bridge. Since then, she has appeared in over 30 productions, including 14 world premieres. Highlights include: Off-Broadway: Tales from the Tunnel, Beachwood Drive. New York: Open Rehearsal, Tech Support, Skin.Flesh.Bone., Cool Blues (NFT), Dreamers of the Day, Macbeth, Uncle Vanya, The Contrast, Galileo, S/HE (dir. Jose Zayas), As You Like It, The Seagull, No Place to Be Somebody (dir.Woodie King Jr.), Cclit (Atlantic Theater Second Stage), Expressing Willie, Nights at the Circus NY Fringe), and Embracing Freedom (Ellis Island). Regional: Ismail Khalidi’s Tennis in Nablus, John Biguenet’s Night Train, The Fever Chart (dir. Elena Araoz), Shining City, Trio Sonata, Darkness to Light, Camino Real, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Crucible, Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. B.A. in Theatre and Chinese from Yale University and postgraduate training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. [email protected] JAYE BEETEM (Scenic Design) is an associate professor of Theatre at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA. She has worked in colleges and theatres from coast to coast as a TD/designer. Jaye is the Lighting Designer for Monarch Dance Company who recently appeared at The Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre and The Performance Garage in Philadelphia. For the past 20 years, Jaye has been the Production Designer for the Public Education Foundation’s award winning Summer Musical Program in Evansville, IN. ANDREW GMOSER (Lighting Design) created the lighting and visual effects for our acclaimed production of Cats this past December. Over the years he has created the sets and/or lighting for a multitude of productions throughout Westchester and beyond, and is the proud recipient of the Cab Calloway Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Performing Arts in Westchester. Andrew loves his job designing lighting for all levels of theatre, from high school programs through professional Broadway-caliber productions. For over thirty years he was set and lighting designer (and from time to time, director) for Asbury Summer Theatre, and just completed his 19th season with the MacHaydn Theatre in upstate New York.