Dive into the rich history of Musicals Now and Summer Stage productions!
2023 Musicals Now
Bomba and the Coquí by Ana Garcia, Book and Lyrics by Ana Garcia and Lou Rodgers.
The creative team included Omar Perez (Director), Anthony Carillo and Ami Milan (Music Directors), Wheeler Moon (Light Design), Jimmy Kavetas (Sound Design), Josh Rothenberg (Set Design), Deanna Joy Marino (Costume Design), and Milteri Tucker Concepcion from Bombazo Dance Company as the Puerto Rican Cultural Advisor. Actors include Lauren Brown, Ian Cortina, Aaliyana Garcia Rivera, Sabria Lopez, Miranda Lopez Lechuga, Annabell Mizrahi, Yulio Rondon, and Jordi Viscarri. Jules O’Keefe (Stage Manager), Aiden Clarke (Audio 2), Chris Kind (Poster Design)
2022 Musicals Now
Charlotte Lucas is 27 and Not Dead Book, Music & Lyrics by Jessie Fields & James Martinez Salem
Directed by Madeline Wall with Music Direction by Mark Galinovsky; Choreography by Jake Corcoran; Assistant Choreographer Madeline McBroom; Sound Designer – Jimmy O’Connor; Lighting Designer/Engineer – Josh Martinez-Davis; Production Manager – Ali Walensky; Assistant Production Manager - Andrea Nagua; Stage Manager – Jules O’Keeffe; Assistant Stage Manager / Prop Master Michelle Ainna Cuizon; Tech Director / Carpenter – Teddy Mueller; Set Designer - Sarah Edkins; Costume Designer - Jordan Elizabeth Meyer; Wardrobe Mistress – Emily Zas; A1 - Daniela Tomaino; Music Assistant - Zane Bridwell; Artwork by Nancy Carpenter; Featuring: Lily Ali-Oshatz, John Arlan Banes, RJ Christian, Alia Cuadros-Contreras, Emily Anne Goes-Đỗ, Danielle Koenig, Sofie Koloc, Wolfe Lanier, Jon Rodriguez and Heather Sawyer
Orchestra: Chris McWilliams (Drums), Katherine Cartusciello (Bass), Talia Rubenstein (Guitar)
2021 Musicals Now
Prospect Hill by Mark Galinovsky and Lily Ali-Oschatz
Directed by Jessi D. Hill; Assistant Directed by Rachel Kerry; Production Stage Manager & Development Producer - Madeline Wall; Music Direction by Jacklyn Riha; Orchestration by Larry Cook; Musical Assistance by Chloe Geller; Sound Designer -Cosette Pin; Costume Designer - Saawan Tiwari; Lighting Designer - Elizabeth M. Stewart; Projection Designer - Rachel Kerry; Choreography by Gabriel Spector; Stage Management by Autumn McDonald; Assistant Stage Manager - Jules O’Keefe; Master Electrician - Akvinder Kaur; A2 - Sophia Meda; Wardrobe Manager - Katherine Schrader; Stage Crew Eddie Malcolm & Jude Struble; Casting Direction by Charlie Hano https://www.hanocasting.org/
Featuring: Alec Lee, Liz Neitge, Micaela Oliverio, Imani Russell, Sophia Sagan-Gutherz, Gabriel Spector, Claudia Unger, Blaise Vacca
Orchestra: David White (Bassist), Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh (Keyboard), Matt SanGiovanni (Guitar)
The musical tells the story of a young queer woman struggling to find belonging and community in a world where explicitly queer spaces are slowly disappearing.(Photo of Lily Ali-Oschatz & Mark Galinovsky)
2019 Summer Mainstage
The Lincoln Dress Written and Directed by John P. McEneny
Featuring Vasile Flutur, Bettina Goolsby, Annie Montgomery, Aaron Novak
Lighting Design by Nick Calafiore.
Photo portraits by Jeremy Amar. Fine Arts winner in Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3). Second Place Fine Arts Award at International Photography Awards (IPA) 2019
Toured to Siena College Loudonville, NY. https://www.timesunion.com/7dayarchive/article/Ghosts-madness-explored
2018 Summer Mainstage
Wendy Darling & Peter Pan
Adapted from the writings of J.M. Barrie
Directed by John P. McEneny, Music Director: Mark A. Galinovsky Set Design: Dallas Estes Lighting Design / Puppet Design: Cody Grey Sound Design: Justin Propper Costume Design: Madeline Wall Fight Choreography: Giovanni Villari Stage Management: Lindsey Michelle Gradwohl, Casting by Carolina Do. Poster by Nancy Carpenter.
Featuring: Lily Ali-Oshatz, Justin Ivan Brown, Caleb Donahoe, Connor Delves, Meredith Hackett, Mickey Zale Heller, Eiko Kawashima, Aaron Novak, Eliza Shea, Eva Sheehy-Moss, Kristian Sorenson
2017 Summer Mainstage
Priscilla Queen of the Dead
Book by Stephan Elliot and Allan Scott
Directed by John P McEneny / Music Direction by Mark A. Galinavsky, Choreography Valerie Wright, Lighting Design Cody Grey, Sound Design Kumi Ishizawa, Stage Management Lindsey Gradwohl, Production Stage Manager Dallas Estes, Schoolbus provided by Took Enlow. Poster designed by Nancy Carpenter.
Featuring: Nic Casaula, Jonathan Cruz, Ellie Frances, Mikey Giordano, Marcie Henderson, Mickey Heller, Emily Janes, Joe Joyce, Lily Kleess, Janelle Lawrence, Brandon Looney, Gina S. Pemberton, Jossica Ramin, Eva Sheehy-Moss, Katherine E. Sulenski, Xalvador Tin-Bradbury.
2016 Summer Mainstage
Psycho Beach Party
by Charles Busch; Directed by Michael Buffer
Lighting Design Cody Grey, Set Design Sarah Edkins, Sound Design Kumi Ishizawa, Costume Design Avery Reed, Stage Management Jessie Medofer, Production Stage Management Rachel Syzmanski. Poster designed by Nancy Carpenter.
Featuring: Elizabeth Doyle, Lana Gallo, Sam Given, Meredith Hackett, Sheila Joon, Artem Kreimer, Michael Odofin, Sebastian Quinn, Case Watson, Matthew Wise. Poster designed by Nancy Carpenter
2015 Summer Mainstage
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler, from an Adaptation by Christopher Bond. Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince, Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos
Directed by Michael Buffer, Choreography Karen Curlee, Musical Director Mark A. Galinovsky, Lighting Designer Rachel Fae Szymanski, Set Design Sarah Edkins, Sound Design Kumi Ishizawa, Stage Manager Jessie Medofer
Featuring: Joe Bellino, Nic Casaula, Molly Dunn, Erin Edelle, Tim Fitzsimons, Lily Kleess, Adam LeBow, Alison Maldonado, Donovan Mendlovitz, Christopher Nolan, Megan Ort, Marcy Richardson, Hannah D. Scott, Zachary Wobensmith, Sarah Ziegler.
2014 Summer Mainstage
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Written by Alex Timbers; Music and lyrics by Michael Friedman; Directed by Nigel Williams, Assistant Director Tom Williams, Stage Management Nick Gossett, Musical Direction Mark A. Galinovsky, Sound Design Kumi Ishizawa, Costume Design Orli Nativ, Production Stage Manager Rachel Fae Syzmanski, Lighting Designer Rachel Fae Syzmanski, Set Construction Tom Mollaghan, Master Electrician Henry Blazer
Featuring Sean Coughlin (as Andrew Jackson), Will Schnurr, Mary Baynard, Caitlyn Calfas, Ellie Frances, Hannah Kiem, Ricky Dain Jones, John Wascavage, Tim Fitzsimons, Hal Hobson, Jay Paranada, Lynn Craig and Su Hendrickson
2013 Summer Mainstage
Frankenstein
Written and Directed by John P. McEneny; Original score, Lucas Syed, Lighting Design William J. Growney, Costumes Celeste Hines, Stage Management Ashley Prather, Original Films by Jeremy Mather, Projection Design by Lesley Topping. Poster Design by Jill Platt.
Featuring: Matt Bourne, Chris Cariker, Jacob Cohen, Ashton Crosby, Ilan Eskenazi, Vasile Flutur, Meredith Hackett, Chloe Ivey, Eiko Kawashima, Maya Littlejohn, Alec Mansky, Aaron Novak, Teddy Ostrow, Caroline Ryburn, Emmeline Vickers Batzdorf, Ryan Michele Woods.
2013 Summer Mainstage
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Music and lyrics, Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts.
Directed by Mollie Lief, Choreography Arielle Vullo, Musical Direction Laura Mullholland, Stage Management Anna Aronson
Featuring: Rob Dunn, Alissa Laderer, Mikey Harris, Alec Knox, Norman Payne, Arielle Vullo
2012 Summer Mainstage
Xanadu
Book by Douglas Carter Beane; Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Directed by John P. McEneny, Assistant directed by Mollie Lief, Choreography by Karen Curlee, Musical Director Laura Mullholland, Costumes by Lauren Fajardo and Sandye Renz, Stage management by Ashley Prather. Poster by Sophie Blackall, Production Manager / skating coach, Anna Freedman Peel
Featuring: Alissa Laderer, Jamie Roach, M.X. Soto, Kelly Blaze, MaryAnne Piccolo, Jake Mendes, Ricky Dain Jones, Matthew McGloin, Jennifer Somers Kipley, Linnea Larsdotter, Emily Bodkin, Arielle Vullo
2011 Summer Mainstage
The Miser by Moliere
Directed by Welker White, Set Design by Sarah Edkins. Costume Design by Amanda Whitfield. Sound Design by Mark Bruckner. Lighting Design by Andy Christian, Stage Management by Hai Jin.
Featuring: Damian Young, Jan Leslie Harding, Todd C. Bartels, David Bachman, Walker Jones, Alice V. Winslow, Hannah Jane McMurray, and Zac Hoogendyk
2010 Summer Mainstage
Nocturnes (World Premier)
Adapted and Directed by Nigel Williams, based on the short ghost stories of John Connelly, original music by Rob Parker, Lighting and Sound by Christian Brothers. Projection Designer Justin Couchara, Production Manager Dan McMahon, Costumes by Celeste Hines, Stage management Sam Caravaglia. Original Poster by Sophie Blackall. Featuring Michael Buffer, Owen Campbell, Vasile Flutur, William J. Growney, Meghan E. Jones, Melanie Jones, Aaron Novak, Erica Lauren Ortiz, Sean Philips, Ashley Spivak, Mia Van de Water
2010 Summer Mainstage
The Book of Liz
By David and Amy Sedaris. Directed by David E. Miller. Lighting and Sound by Christian Brothers, Costumes by Dede Kavanaugh, Nick Chacon was Stage Manager.
Featuring Angela Cristantello, Katie Koster, Andrew Skoomaker, JP Koster, Jordan Boughrum, Brandon Murphy
2009 Summer Mainstage
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Lighting and Sound by Christian Brothers, Costumes by Celeste Hines
Directed by John P. McEneny
Featuring: Kelley Curran, Chris Cariker, Zoe Frazier, Aaron Novak, Matt Steiner, Sean Orbin, Kesh Baggan, Darrell Glasgow, Debra Carlson, Francesco Tisch
2009 Summer Mainstage
Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Lighting and Sound by Christian Brothers, Costumes by Celeste Hines
Directed by Thomas Hoagland
Featuring: Kelley Curran, Chris Cariker, Zoe Frazier, Aaron Novak, Matt Steiner, Thomas Hoagland, Matthew Rinni, Darrell Glasgow, Debra Carlson, Francesco Tisch.
Posters by Sophie Blackall.