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NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 20|21 MICHAEL WEBER JEANNIE LUKOW Artistic Director Executive Director presents Hosted by LARRY ADAMS Starring ANNA MARIE ABBATE, ISABELLA ANDREWS, CIERA DAWN, TAYLOR DITOLA, TIM FOSZCZ, CAMERON GOODE, GARRETT GRIFFIN, PARKER GUIDRY, DEVON HAYAKAWA & KELAN M. SMITH Director CHRISTOPHER PAZDERNIK Music Director & Arrangements DAVID FIORELLO Director Of Production ALEX RHYAN Production Filming & Editing CASTLELIGHT PRODUCTIONS Director of Photography/Castlelight RYAN CASSELL Camera Operators/Castlelight SHAMI CHOUDREY & JULIE HERNANDEZ Sound Engineer/Castlelight BRANDON VOGEL Production Assistants JAMIE DAVIS & SEAN MICHAEL MOHLER Filmed at the Studebaker Theatre, The Fine Arts Building Special thanks to Amanda Banton and Tony Smith Porchlight Music Theatre acknowledges the generosity of Allstate, the Bayless Family Foundation, DCASE Chicago, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, The MacArthur Fund for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at Prince, the Dr. Scholl Foundation, and all our donors who make our work possible. 2020/2021 Season Sponsors ELAINE COHEN & ARLEN D. RUBIN PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE 1 MUSICAL SYNOPSIS NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1987 - Act One - “Typical High School Senior” Isabella Andrews, Devon Hayakawa & (Smile) Ciera Dawn “Disneyland” (Smile) Taylor DiTola “Stomp the Blues Away” (Honky Tonk Blues) Ciera Dawn “Mad About the Boy (Oh, Coward!) Parker Guidry “I’m Still In Love With You” Cameron Goode (Don’t Get God Started) Sing-Along “Moonlight Serenade” (Stardust) New Faces “Drink With Me” Cameron Goode, Garrett Griffin & (Les Miserables) Kelan M. Smith (guitar) “I Dreamed a Dream/On My Own” Anna Marie Abbate & (Les Miserables) Taylor DiTola “Stars” (Les Miserables) Larry Adams *Trivia Challenge & The History of The Studebaker Theatre - Act Two - “Leaning on a Lamppost” (Me and My Girl) Kelan M. Smith “Make Up My Heart” (Starlight Express) Devon Hayakawa “Starlight Express” (Starlight Express) Garrett Griffin “Nothing to Lose But Me” (Teddy & Alice) Tim Foszcz & Parker Guidry “Wanting” (Rags) Anna Marie Abbate Sing-Along “Into the Woods” (Into the Woods) New Faces “Giants in the Sky (Into the Woods) Tim Foszcz “Moments in the Woods” (Into the Woods) Isabella Andrews “Music of the Night” Larry Adams & New Faces (The Phantom of the Opera) feat. Isabella Andrews (flute) – BLACK LIVES MATTER – Porchlight believes Black Lives Matter and stands with others in denouncing racism, bigotry, hate and intolerance, and in reaffirming our total commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as we advance our mission both on and off the stage. We have dedicated ourselves to the education and work necessary to make positive change within our organization and in our industry. We have begun EDI education for staff and board, and we are auditing materials, practices, policies, and procedures for ways we can be a more equitable and inclusive company. We will have a multi-year EDI action plan in place by the end of 2020. Additionally, we are forming an EDI Committee that will give feedback and recommendations on all our work in this area. We encourage you to follow our goals, progress and ways to get involved at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org. PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE 2 BIOS LARRY ADAMS Porchlight: “Max von Spamalot (Metropolis).Other Credits include: Lead Mayerling” in Sunset Boulevard (Jeff Vocalist at Universal Studios Japan and Production large-scale events to tourism, non-profit and Award nomination). Chicago: Vocalist for Norwegian Cruise Line. Brigadoon (Goodman), The Sound of Music and Ragtime (Drury Lane), 42nd TIM FOSZCZ Porchlight debut. Chicago: Street and Sweeney Todd (Parmount), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast The Merry Widow (Lyric Opera), A Little (Paramount Theatre), The Wizard of Oz Night Music and South Pacific (Music Theatre Works), (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), and Evita and La Cage aux Folles (Marriott), Parade Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Drury (Writers), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Lane Theatre). Regional: “Lewis” in Breakdown and Do I Hear a Waltz? (Theatre at the Pippin (Short North Stage), “Riff” in Center), Passion and Road Show (Chicago West Side Story, and “Specs/Spot Conlon” in Newsies Shakespeare). Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera. (Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre). Tim is a 2018 Off-Broadway: The Hunchback Variations; Photo Op. graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University’s BFA in Music National Tours: Phantom; Scrooge the Musical. Proud Theatre program and a proud Chicagoland native. September 2014 as the company’s first Executive member Actors’ Equity. Love to family and friends. timothypfoszcz.com | @timothyfoz ANNA MARIE ABBATE Porchlight GARRETT GRIFFIN Porchlight/Chicago debut. Chicago: “Esmeralda” in The debut. Regional: “Fred” in A Christmas Hunchback of Notre Dame, "Tiger Lily" Carol (National Tour), “Crutchie” in in Peter Pan, Ensemble and Dance Disney’s Newsies, various roles in Damn Captain in Anything Goes, How to Yankees, The Little Mermaid and Succeed in Business Without Really Oklahoma (The Little Theatre on the Trying, and Joseph and the Amazing Square), “Splasher” in Disney’s Newsies Technicolor Dreamcoat (Music Theater Works); “Roxie (Timber Lake Playhouse), "Henry” in Disney’s Newsies Hart” in Chicago (Big Noise Theater), "Hodel" in Fiddler and Elf the Musical (The Rose Theatre). on the Roof and "Hot Box Girl" in Guys and Dolls garrett-griffin.com | @jggrif (Wilmette Center for the Arts). She was also a dancer and Dance Captain for Chicago artist Vic Mensa at PARKER GUIDRY (they/them/theirs) Lollapalooza in 2017. Porchlight: “Etienne” in Porchlight management, non-profit fundraising and HIV/AIDS Revisits Can-Can. Chicago: “Lucas” in ISABELLA ANDREWS Porchlight debut. If/Then (Brown Paper Box Co.), “Pythio” Chicago: A Christmas Carol (Metropolis in Head Over Heels and “Erik” in Grand Performing Arts Centre), Shrew’d (First Hotel (Kokandy Productions). Television: Folio Theatre), “Andy” in Route 66 Work in Progress (Showtime) and (Open Door Repertory Company) and Empire (Fox). ParkerGuidry.com | @parkourpierre “Heather Chandler” in Heathers (The Drama Group). Upcoming: “Jerusha DEVON HAYAKAWA Porchlight debut. Abbott” in Daddy Long Legs (Towle Theatre) and Chicago: Baked! The Musical “Marian Paroo” in The Music Man (Rocky Mountain (Underscore Theatre, CMTF Best Repertory Theatre). Isabella was the recipient of the Supporting Actor); Girls, Girls, Girls: A Dayton Daily News Award for Supporting Actress in a Cabaret (Davenport's). Regional: Musical as “Charlotte” in A Little Night Music at her Newsies, You're a Good Man, Charlie awareness to charities and non-profits throughout university. BFA, Musical Theatre, Wright State University Brown, Annie, & Madagascar (Crane Petrified Forest (2019). Represented by Grossman & Jack Talent. River Theater), A Christmas Carol & A Little Princess fiorellostudios.co isabellaandrews.net | @bellaja2 (Sacramento Theatre Company), Hoagy, Jule, and Frank Walk Into a Bar...(Joe's Pub & The Cabaret). CIERA DAWN Porchlight debut. Educational: "Deb" in Ordinary Days, "Maggie" in A Chicago (select credits): "Paulina Chorus Line, "Mrs. Young-Soon Han and Others" in fifteen Joseph Jefferson Awards ceremonies. Weber’s Sarpong" in School Girls; Or The African Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Ball State Musical Theatre, Mean Girls Play (Goodman Theatre), 2019. devonhayakawa.com | @littlemissdev “Adele Rice” in A Man Of No Importance (Pride Films & Plays), CAMERON GOODE Porchlight: “Eugene “Violet” in The Mutilated (A Red Orchid Williams” in The Scottsboro Boys (2017 Theatre) “Natalie Goodman” in Next To Normal (BoHo Jeff Award, Best Production). Chicago: Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar & The Little Mermaid “Orphan” in Oliver! (Drury Lane Theatre), (Paramount) and We Are Proud To Present… “Jabari” in Jabari Dreams of Freedom (Steppenwolf Theatre). Ciera is a proud graduate of (Chicago Children’s Theatre), “Boy Emerson College and The School at Steppenwolf. Scrooge” in A Christmas Carol @thisiscieradawn (Goodman Theatre), and “John Darling” in Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). TAYLOR DITOLA Porchlight debut. Past TV: “2019 Top 40” on American Idol ABC. National Chicago Credits include; Anthem: Chicago Bulls, Windy City Bulls, and Chicago “Florika/Ensemble” in The Hunchback White Sox. Fun Fact: TikTok has been Cameron’s of Norte Dame and “Wife/Ensemble” in favorite platform during this Pandemic. Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor CameronGoode.com | @Cameron.Goode Dreamcoat (Music Theatre Works); feature of his work. He specializes in filming, editing, “Velma” in Chicago (Big Noise Theatre); audio engineering and post-production finessing. He PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE 3 BIOS (CONT.) KELAN M. SMITH Porchlight debut. works with clients ranging from music festivals and Chicago: Verböten (The House Theatre) large-scale events to tourism, non-profit and Bright Star (Boho Theatre), Haymarket educational organizations, as well as major brands like (Underscore Theatre), We're Gonna Die Sony, Weber Grill and United Airlines. His care for (Haven Theatre), Buddy: The Buddy details is one of the reasons his clients trust his vision Holly Story (Metropolis Theatre), The and selection. Cassell lends his skills to events such as Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party Coachella, the Latin GRAMMYs and Bonnaroo. His (Chicago Children's Theatre), That's Weird, Grandma footage is also featured in the documentary “Pooh” that (Playmakers Laboratory). Columbia College
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