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CCBC Dundalk, John E. Ravekes Theatre |
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Song List
Musical Numbers
Act One
Forbidden Broadway | Full Company
CHICAGO
Both Reached for the Gun | Makenzie, Tom
Glossy Fosse | Casey, Amanda, Kemuel, Ryan
ANNIE
Tomorrow | Kendra
SONDHEIM: INTO THE WOODS
Into the Words | Casey, Amanda, Ryan, Tom
THE PHANTOM AND ETHEL
Mucous of the Night | Ryan, Kendra
MANDY PATINKIN
Somewhat Overindulgent | Tom
WICKED
Defying Subtlety | Casey
MORE MISERABLES
Les Miserables | Amanda
End of the Play | Full Company
It's Too High | Tom
I Dreamed a Show | Kendra
Castle on a Cloud | Makenzie
Recitative | Ryan
Did You Hear the People Sing | Full Company
Finale | Full Company
Act Two
CAROL CHANNING IN HELLO DOLLY!
Call on Carol | Kemuel, Ryan, Tom
Dolly is a Girl's Best Friend | Kendra
Oh No, Carol | Kendra, Kemuel, Ryan, Tom
MAMMA MIA!
Mamma Mia | Amanda, Casey, Makenzie
Dancing Queen | Amanda, Casey, Makenzie
RENT
Rant | Kemuel, Ryan
Seasons of Hype | Full Company
LIZA
Liza One Note | Makenzie
SPAMALOT
Spamalot | Kemuel
The Song They Stole From Us | Casey, Tom
CATS
Old Cats/I Enjoy Being a Cat | Ryan
ANOTHER WORD FROM LES MIZ
On My Phone | Makenzie
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Ambition | Full Company
CAMERON MACINTOSH
Cameron MacIntosh | Tom
BACK TO BARBRA
Back to Broadway | Kendra
HAIRSPRAY
You Can't Stop the Camp | Casey, Makenzie, Ryan, Tom
A CHORUS LINE
What I Did For Laughs | Kenda, Full Company
BOWS
Tata | Full Company
Cast
Creative Team
Meet the Company
Makenzie is thrilled to make her Maryland debut at DCT! A graduate of Belmont University’s department of Theatre and Dance, Makenzie has performed widely across Tennessee, Texas, California, and Virginia. Past credits include: The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Grease (Rizzo), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy), Footloose (Wendy Jo), and Godspell. Off stage, Makenzie is a dance educator and mom to three fur pals. Special thanks to Shivam for encouraging her to perform again!
Ryan is excited to be making his debut with Dundalk Community Theater! Ryan is a graduate of Wagner College Theater Performance Program. Some of his other favorite credits include Zombie Prom, White Christmas, Beauty and the Beast, Grand Duke, Home, La Cage Aux Folles. Ryan wants to thank his family and all the cast and crew for an incredible experience!
Amanda is excited to have her debut with Dundalk Community Theater in Forbidden Broadway. Recent shows include The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds (Spotlighter's Theatre), Ragtime: The Musical In Concert (Maryland Theatre Collective), and She Kills Monsters (Spotlighter's Theatre). In her free time, she enjoys minding her business and giving minimal effort into being a part-time comedian. She would like to thank her family and friends for their support and love.
Kendra returns to DCT after having last performed here in Annie and Shrek, the Musical. Favorite roles include Emma Goldman in Ragtime, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, Miss Hannigan in Annie, and The Witch in Into the Woods, Anita in West Side Story and most recently Golde in Fiddler on the Roof. Kendra (Anita Boh) was crowned Baltimore's Best Hon, 2023 at the 30th anniversary of Hon Fest last June. By day, Kendra performs administrative support for New Perspectives. Special thanks to Joey & Charlotte for this incredible opportunity, Eva, Marcy and Kelly for your support backstage and beyond, and our incredible cast for sharing your outstanding talents in this fun show. Thanks for the “Memories.”
Casey returns to DCT after having performed in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, A Year With Frog and Toad, and Side Show. Other local credits include Nice Work If You Can Get It at Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, performance art, choir, and being a muppet. Away from the stage Casey is a middle-school language arts teacher. Laughs and love for you!
Kemuel is excited to be performing in his first DCT show! Favorite roles include: Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace and Don in The Universal Language. Kem is thankful to the production team for giving him the opportunity to work alongside such incredible voices, talent, and people. And is grateful for every moment whether fun or mundane. Lastly, Kem also wants you to know that you can say what you want about Hercules - it is top tier. ‘Nuff said gang.
Tom has been performing at DCT since he was in college - which was "a while ago..." and has been seen onstage in A Few Good Men, Go Back For Murder, Crazy For You, Annie, and City of Angels. He has directed and choreographed DCT's Titanic - the Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Twelve Angry Men, Leader of the Pack, Annie, Crazy For You, Little Shop of Horrors and Dames at Sea. Favorite local roles include Lloyd Dallas in Noises Off (MAF), King Henry VIII in Royal Gambit (Vagabonds), Brian in The Shadow Box (Spotlighters), Ira Taub in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Cockpit in Court SummerTheatre) and Buddy in Follies. Last summer, Tom played Nostradamus in Something's Rotten at Cockpit and this summer he will be playing Trent Oliver in The Prom at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre. During the day, he works at Johns Hopkins Medical School, helping students enhance their interpersonal skills and patient communication.
Gerard Alessandrini is the recipient of the 2001 Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue for FORBIDDEN BROADWAY. He is best known for writing and directing all the editions of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY and FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD, in New York, Los Angeles, London and around the world. Gerard was also a member of the original cast of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY. Gerard is from Needham, Massachusetts and the Boston area, where he graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music. In 1982, he created and wrote FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, which has spawned 15 editions, seven cast albums and a 25-year-and-counting run in New York. Television credits include writing comedy specials for Bob Hope and Angela Lansbury on NBC, Carol Burnett on CBS, and MASTERPIECE TONIGHT on PBS, a satirical revue saluting Masterpiece Theater’s 20th Anniversary. As a performer, he can be heard on four of the seven FORBIDDEN BROADWAY cast albums, on the soundtracks of Disney’s animated classics ALADDIN and POCAHANTAS. Directing credits include many industrials for Canada Dry, Mobil, and Miramax, etc. In 1998 he directed a production of Maury Yeston’s musical IN THE BEGINNING. In the summer of 2001 he co-directed a revival of Irving Berlin’s last musical MR. PRESIDENT, which Gerard also updated and “politically corrected.” Gerard is the recipient of an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, two Lucille Lortel Awards and four Drama Desk Awards for FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, and a lifetime achievement award from the Drama League.
Lead/Featured roles in The Secret Garden, Lucky Stiff, High Society, The Foreigner, Curtains, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Leader of the Pack, The 1940’s Radio Hour and Cabaret. Ensemble roles in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Anything Goes, No, No, Nanette, Hello Dolly!, A Grand Night for Singing and Mame. Directing credits include The Little Foxes, Steel Magnolias (twice), Driving Miss Daisy (twice), Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will?, Plaza Suite and Butterflies are Free in addition to Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder and Towards Zero. Vagabonds credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Company, Cabaret and And Then There Were None. He has also worked as backstage dresser and running crew on several other shows around town. He is a Sr. Administrative Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins’ School of Medicine.
Charlotte was last seen tickling the ivories on the DCT stage for the 50th Anniversary Gala. She was also the musical director for Always, Patsy Cline in 2016. Charlotte is currently the resident musical director at Children’s Playhouse of MD and also musical directs at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre, Stevenson University, and Stillpointe. Regional credits include Millbrook Playhouse (PA), Stagedoor Manor (NY), Festival 56 (IL), Surflight Theater (NJ), and Crown Uptown (KS). During the day, Charlotte creates cake masterpieces for her business, Confections by Charlotte.
Eva is a freelance stage manager and wardrobe technician in the Baltimore area. Their credits include The Chinese Lady and Dial M for Murder at Everyman Theater, Hamlet at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and running the costume house for the Maryland Renaissance Festival. This is their first time working with Dundalk Community Theater.
Marcy is tickled pink to be back to DCT. Past tech work includes Always, Patsy Cline at DCT, and Towards Zero and The Gazebo at Cockpit in Court SummerTheatre. When not lurking in the wings, Marcy is an IT professional who enjoys baking, Dateline, and crafting. She does not consider a hot dog a sandwich and hates yardwork.
Kelly has earned her Master's in Directing from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Other degrees include Musical Theatre from American University and Dance from Baltimore School for the Arts. She was the head of the theatre department at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts for 15 years. Some of her favorite director/choreographer credits include Macbeth, Cabaret, Eastland: A New Musical, Urinetown, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Once on This Island. She has worked with several companies in the MD/DC/VA area including Imagination Stage, StillPointe Theatre, Just Off-Broadway, Third Wall Productions, Street Lamp Theatre, Victorian Lyric Opera Company, and Toby’s Dinner Theatre.
Amy is always happiest when working at her home theatre, DCT. Amy has performed, stage managed, floor supervised, propped, set dressed, actor dressed, as well as sold concessions and raffles for more than 20 years here at DCT. During the day, Amy is the Administrative Assistant for the Psychology Department at Towson University. All day, every day, she is the devoted mother of Timothy and wife to Glen.
Marc has been involved in theatre for over 40 years and has been responsible for designing or technically directing over 350 productions. With B.A. and M.F.A. degrees in Technical Theatre and Design from Towson University, he has been the full time Technical Director for CCBC Dundalk since 1980. In addition, he is the theatre technical consultant for the CCBC Catonsville and Essex theatre facilities. Marc has received numerous technical theatre achievement awards from The United States Institute of Theatre Technology. Several of his production designs have been displayed in juried expositions including A Little Night Music and The Cemetery Club for technical achievement and Bus Stop for Scenic and Lighting Design. Marc’s scenic and lighting designs for the CCBC Essex production of Zombie Prom were part of the finalists in the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and his lighting design for the DCT production of I Do, I Do, won “Best Lighting Design” at the Maytime International Theatre Festival in Ireland.
THEATRE PATRONS ASSOCIATION
The Theatre Patrons Association of DCT is comprised of audience members who want to share a “special” appreciation to the theatre experience.
A TPA gift is a demonstration of gratitude and encouragement
to our actors, directors, designers and volunteers.
BENEFACTOR
Keith Ewancio
David C. Guy
ASSOCIATE
Barbara & Charles Meyer
PATRON
Anne Bonner
Janet & John Coleman
Janice Evans
Carole H. Fogle
Nancy Ginn
SPONSOR
Karen Bayne | Frances Bochenek | Joann & Larry Drehoff
Darlene Durst | Dorothy Ey | Virginia Foster | William Feuer
Elizabeth Geci | Nancy Hughes | Charlotte Jankowiak
Colleen Kuhn | Regina Lapetina | Sandra Lucas
Wendy McGarry | Marry Morris | Richard Pazourek
Patricia Pretl | Dolores Stump | Francis & Adele Scheidt
Daniel & Laura Slonim
DUNDALK COMMUNITY THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kelly Williams Carlson | Artistic Managing Director
Dr. R. Michael Walsh, Dean of Arts & Communication/Producer
Marc W. Smith | Technical Director
Sarah Chrzanowski | President
Emily Machovec| Vice-President
Cheryl Vourvoulas | Recording Secretary
Angelique Causey | Corresponding Secretary
Lisa L. Boeren | William Feuer | Amy Sacks
SPECIAL THANKS
Dr. Sandra L. Kurtinitis, President, CCBC
Dr. Joaquin Martinez, Provost & Vice President of Instruction
Melissa Hopp, Vice President, Administrative Services
Dr. R. Michael Walsh, Dean of Arts & Communication
Professor Nick Van Horn, Chair, Performing Arts and Humanities
Dr. Anne Lefter, Director, Performing Arts
Cathy Kratovil, Communications Assistant
Moe Conn, Technical Director, CCBC Catonsville
Jason Randolph, Technical Director, CCBC Essex
William Lunner
Saxon's Diamond Centers
Cara Ensor
Dr. Laura Brown-Spencer & Landsdowne High School
Robert Lopez