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RCT/Nazareth Students Raised Curtain at Opening
October 15, 2009
Nazareth College Arts Center‘s Black-Tie Unveiling Opened with Spectacular Curtain Raiser Featuring Rochester Children’s Theatre with Nazareth College Music Theatre Students
The Nazareth College Arts Center’s Black-Tie Unveiling lived up to its billing as The Event of the Season. This outstanding celebration of the reopening of the Arts Center was made even more poignant with stellar performances from Nazareth College Arts Center artistic partners – Rochester Children’s Theatre, Rochester City Ballet and Garth Fagan Dance.
A partner in producing children’s theatre for the past five years, Rochester Children’s Theatre was honored to kick off the evening’s festivities. With a cast of seven RCT regulars (all professional actors) and an ensemble of 20 Nazareth College music theatre students, the opening number was a hilarious look at what went into making the dream of the renovated Arts Center come true.
The Rochester Children’s Theatre program:
Rochester Children’s Theatre
Putting it Together
Founding and Producing Artistic Director: Deborah Haber
Director: Deborah Haber
Musical Director: Don Kot
Choreographer: Dr. Lorraine Person
Fight Choreographer: J. Simmons
Production Manager: Frank Cavallo
Technical Director: Ian Fallon
Assistant Technical Director: Patrick McCann
Lighting Design: Beth LaJoie
Costume Design/Prop Coordination: Lana Momano
Composer: Stephen Sondheim from Sunday in the Park with George, with additional lyrics by Deborah Haber
Cast: Joan Floriano, Danny Hoskins, Amanda Ladwig, Frederick Neurnberg, J. Simmons, Matt Tappon, Mary Tiballi
Ensemble of Nazareth College Music Theatre Students: Kate Keating, Meg Richardson, Christy Balonek, Brent Burkhardt, Scott Duell, Anne Girven, Chelsea Hallowell, Katie Murphy, Lzay Whalen, Erin Hassett, Catherine LeSuer, Brian Ziemann, Marissa Davis, Elizabeth Dorsey, Katherine Ganem, Owen Jones, Joshua Lau, Brenna Melino, Elizabeth Myers, Zak West
For more information about the Rochester Children’s theatre, please call 585-385-0510 or visit www.rochesterchildrenstheatre.org. For more information about the Nazareth College department of theatre arts, go to www.naz.edu/dept/theater_arts/.