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Cast

MELISSA RAIN ANDERSON (Mrs. Cratchit / Mrs. Fezzwig / Mrs. Dilber) is happy to be back at Geva Theatre Center where she has been seen as Young Liz in Convenience, Mrs. Krebs in Inherit the Wind, Josephine in Urinetown as well as Mrs. Cratchit, Mrs. Fezziwig and various other roles in five previous productions of A Christmas Carol. Off Broadway credits include Emma Parker in Hunter Foster and Rick Crom’s Bonnie and Clyde: a Folktale and Mrs. O’Leary in Shine! at NYMF; Babes in Arms and Tenderloin at Encores! and Time and Again at Manhattan Theatre Club. TV credits include “Law & Order: SVU” (Guest Star) and “Lipstick Jungle” (Guest Star). Ms. Anderson played Head Nurse in the National Tour of South Pacific with Robert Goulet directed by Jerry Zaks. Cast Recordings include Babes in Arms, Tenderloin, Encores! of Encores! A Richard Rodgers Centennial Celebration and Convenience. A proud member of Actor’s Equity for the past 15 years, Ms. Anderson lives in New York City with her husband Jim Poulos. Please visit Melissarainanderson.com ANDREW ANTAO (Ensemble) is currently a senior theatre major at the College at Brockport and returns to Geva Theatre Center where he debuted in Dracula earlier this season. Favorite roles include Waiting for Godot (Estragon), Black Comedy (Harold Gorringe), and Arms and the Man (Captain Bluntschli). Mr. Antao has also appeared in two shows at the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre - Bernice/Butterfly (Tommy) and Flanagan's Wake (Brian). He has received three nominations for an Irene Ryan Scholarship award from the KCACTF. He would like to thank Frank Kuhn, Skip Greer, and his family for making this internship possible.

MICHAEL BENNETT (Young Ebenezer / Boy Cratchit / Ignorance) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. Last spring, Michael was cast as Brother Dan and the Butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat presented by Stages. Michaels’ favorite role was with Stages summer theatre program where he was cast as John the Baptist in Godspell. Michael plays the piano and percussion and has a strong interest in drawing and art. He also enjoys playing baseball and football. Thank you to all the cast and crew at Geva Theatre Center for this great experience.

CHESTER BRASSIE (Ensemble) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he made his debut in Dracula earlier this season. He recently graduated from SUNY Brockport with a degree in theatre and minors in music and history. While at Brockport, Mr. Brassie was involved in many productions, both on and off stage. Off stage, he designed the scenery for several student productions including Lysistrata for which he received an Excellence in Design award for, as well as the Department’s Festival of Ten. On stage he appeared in many shows, including Hair (Tribe member), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Francis Flute/ Thisbe), A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum (Hero) and Arms and the Man (Sergius Saranoff).

VINCENT CARBONE (Ensemble) returns to Geva Theatre Center to work on this beautiful production of A Christmas Carol once again! Acting credits include Cabaret, Of Mice and Men, Guys and Dolls, The Story, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Waiting for Godot, Tartuffe, and Lucky Stiff. Regional theatre credits include Amadeus and A Christmas Carol. Mr. Carbone would like to thank Nils Emerson for opportunity to work on this production, the cast and crew for a wonderful experience, and his friends, family, brother Bryan, sister Eliza, and girlfriend Bianca for their endless love and support!

ISABEL HARTZELL (Fan / Miss Fezziwig) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. Isabel is an eleven year-old, sixth grader at St. Louis School in Pittsford. At seven, she made her musical stage debut in Cobblestone’s Mary Poppins (Winifred Banks); credits since then include Spotlight’s Fiddler on the Roof (Chava); Cobblestone’s The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy); Spotlight’s Beauty and the Beast(Belle); Cara D’Emanuele’s Madeline’s Christmas (Margot); and Stageworks’ Broadway Review. Isabel studies piano with Josh Massicot at Nazareth College. She lives with her parents, Tom and Melinda Hartzell, and younger sisters, Tessa and Ava in Pittsford.

SILAS HOLTZ (Ensemble) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. After graduating with a B.A. in Theatre from Nazareth College, Mr. Holtz went on to work for the Sterling Renaissance Festival where he played both The Earl of Leicester and Petruchio from William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. His experience with stage combat got him noticed by the traveling joust company the New Riders of the Golden Age and he toured the country for four years riding and fighting in their equestrian full-contact joust show as the knight, Sir Victor Thorne. Since 2010 he has returned to the Sterling Renaissance Festival in the role of Sir Francis Drake, and during their Halloween event know as “Screamers’ Hollow,” he has played Jack of Spades; Graveyard Ghoul and Undertaker of the Village of the Damned. He enjoys performing in A Christmas Carol, where he does not have to concern himself warding off the stray sword blow or being trampled by an errant horse.

NATALIA HULSE (Ghost of Christmas Past / Turkey Girl) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. She is extremely grateful for this wonderful opportunity. Previous stage credits include performing at Carnegie Hall with Brian Stokes Mitchell, national tour of The Wizard of Oz at RBTL (Lullaby League /Winkie), Rochester Children’s Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast (The Rug/Villager), GCT’s The Music Man (Gracie Shin) and RWCCT’s Annie (Duffy).Other favorite roles include Jo-Jo in Seussical, Mushu in Mulan, Cat in Honk! – all for Cara D’Emanuele Productions. In addition to acting, Natalia enjoys reading and competitive gymnastics. Natalia sends her love to Mom and Dad, and thanks to Cara D’Emanuele.

KATY KEPLER (Ensemble) is a student from the College at Brockport, and returns to Geva Theatre Center as an acting intern in A Christmas Carol, having just recently completed a directing internship earlier this season for On Golden Pond and appeared in the theatre’s recent production of Dracula. Past acting credits include Festival of Ten VII: Crocodile Fear; Lysistrata: A Woman's Translation; Murdered to Death; The Music Man; and Brigadoon. She is also a member of the Barrel of Monkeys improvisation troupe at the College at Brockport, for which she has appeared in several performances. Other project credits include Reefer Madness (stage manager), Black Comedy (assistant director), and Lysistrata (costume designer).

KARA LINDSAY (Belle / Fred’s Wife / Martha / Young Wife) returns to Geva Theatre Center for A Christmas Carol. Ms. Lindsay is a Rochester native and attended Geva’s Musical Theatre Summer Intensive when she was 16 years old. Coming full circle! She was recently starring as Katherine Plumber in World Premier of Disney's Newsies at Paper Mill Playhouse. She performed as Laura Ingalls in the national tour of Little House on the Prairie with Melissa Gilbert; Cinderella in Cinderella at Kansas City Starlight; Sally Bowles in Cabaret at Kansas City Rep; Daughter in Quilters at Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Laura in Little House on the Prairie at the Guthrie Theater and Paper Mill Playhouse; Miss Ann Page in Lone Star Love opposite Randy Quaid at the 5th Avenue Theater; and Demeter in Cats at West Virginia Public. Ms. Lindsay received her B.F.A. in Acting/Musical Theatre, from Carnegie Mellon University. Thanks to BRS and my lovely family! Incredibly grateful. www.karalindsay.com

COLIN BORDEN McGORY (Peter Cratchit / Older Ebenezer) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. He is in eighth grade at Victor Junior High School, and plays oboe in the school band, one of several which performed “76 Trombones” for Geva’s production of The Music Man last season. Colin participates in French club, NYSSMA solo festivals, and has participated in All County ensembles. His past performances include Willy Wonka (Charlie) at Victor Junior High, The Princess and the Frog (Dr. Facilier) with Best Foot Forward, and Mulan (Shang) with Spotlight Theatre. Thanks to my family and all my directors for their motivation.

DELANEY McMANUS (Girl Cratchit / Want / Turkey Girl) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. She is in second grade at Council Rock Elementary School in Brighton. Some of her stage credits include Bielke in Fiddler on the Roof (Cara D'Emanuele Productions), Pumbaa in The Lion King (Cobblestone Arts), Brigitta in The Sound of Music (Cobblestone Arts) and Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid (Cobblestone Arts). In addition to acting, Delaney loves to play violin. She enjoys swimming, softball, and lacrosse. Delaney would like to thank Mark Cuddy for this amazing opportunity.

SIERRA MORABITO (Miss Fezziwig / Servant Girl) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. Sierra has been performing since the age of two in various styles of dance as well as musical theatre. She has studied dance at the Draper Center for Dance Education and has performed in The Nutcracker with the Rochester City Ballet. Favorite previous stage credits include The Aristocats (Scat Cat), Camp Discover (Mary Gardener) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Inventor/Featured Dancer). Sierra is an eighth grade honor student at Calkins Road Middle School and participates in chorus, select mixed chorus, and plays the viola with her school orchestra. She enjoys running, tennis, field hockey, playing the piano, and singing in her church choir. Sierra would like to thank Geva for giving her this opportunity as well as her family and friends for their love and support.

ERIN MUELLER (Tiny Tim) is five years old and is in kindergarten at State Road School in Webster. Erin is thrilled to be making her theatre debut at Geva Theatre Center as Tiny Tim and joining her older siblings, Johnathan, Kyle and Megan on stage. She enjoys spending time with little sister, Emily, new baby sister, Allie, and oldest sister, Lauren. Erin also likes participating in gymnastic class, spending time at Grandma's house and camping with the family.

JOHNATHAN MUELLER (Peter Cratchit / Older Ebenezer) is 13 years old and is in eighth grade at Spry Middle School in Webster where he participates in orchestra, Science Olympiad and is a member of the Merit Society. Johnathan enjoys unicycling, taking his sisters for rides on his mini-bike and is anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new puppy. Johnathan is extremely grateful for the opportunity to return to Geva Theatre Center after playing Flick in A Christmas Story in 2009. Other theatre credits include Fiddler on the Roof at JCC (Fiddler) last season; Beauty and the Beast (Chip) and Will Rogers Follies (Will Jr.) at Webster Schroeder High School. Johnathan is proud to be sharing the stage for this production with three of his six younger siblings.

KYLE MUELLER (Boy Cratchit / Young Ebenezer / Ignorance) is thrilled to be returning to Geva Theatre Center after playing Winthrop in The Music Man last season and Randy in A Christmas Story in 2009. Other theatre credits include Fiddler on the Roof at JCC last season; Beauty and the Beast (Chip) and The Will Rogers Follies (Freddy) at Webster Schroeder High School where he made his theatre debut when he was five years old. Kyle is ten years old and is in sixth grade at Spry Middle School in Webster. He takes baritone lessons with Jim Orgar and participates in the eighth grade band and jazz band at Spry. He was recently accepted into the Hochstein Youth Wind Symphony, Eastman School of Music High School Trombone Choir and earned first chair at All-County. Kyle also takes vocal lessons from Matthew Warren and gymnastics lessons at Northern Hemisphere.

MEGAN MUELLER (Girl Cratchit / Want / Turkey Girl) returns to Geva Theatre Center this season after playing Tiny Tim last season and, most recently, was part of the ensemble in The Music Man. Megan is nine years old and a fourth grader at State Road School in Webster where she participates in band, chorus, Girl Scouts and Kiwanis Kids Club. Megan participates in dance at Spins Dance Studio in Penfield and takes vocal lessons from Matthew Warren. Megan is extremely grateful for the wonderful experiences and the wonderful friends that Geva has provided.

NED NOYES (Fred / Apprentice Ebenezer / Young Husband) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he appeared in Amadeus, and last year’s production of A Christmas Carol. Off Broadway credits include So Help Me God! (Lucille Lortel), The Fifth Column (Mint Theatre). Chicago credits include The Cherry Orchard at Steppenwolf; The Taming Of The Shrew, Pacific Overtures, A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; The Glass Menagerie, My Fair Lady, Scapin, Fräulein Else, Mary Stuart at Court Theatre. Other regional credits include A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre); The Time of Your Life (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), and Found: Live! at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle. Film credits include Five Days Gone. Mr. Noyes trained at Northwestern University.

EMILY OSINSKI (Fiddler) returns to Geva Theatre Center where she was the solo violinist for Sweeney Todd. A native of Trinidad, Colorado, he holds a B.M. in Violin Performance from Eastman School of Music where she studied with Mikhail Kopelman. Ms Osinski has played with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Syracuse, Binghamton Philharmonic, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Roberts Wesleyan College Community Orchestra (Concertmaster from 2009-2011), Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes (Assistant Concertmaster since 2007), Rochester Oratorio Society, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Quartsemble, and the Marini String Ensemble. She is an avid chamber musician and has participated in the Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival in Iowa since 2007. She is on the faculty at Hochstein School of Music and Dance as a chamber music coach and has also coached for the Eastman Community Music School and the Kanack School. She also teaches private lessons at home. Ms. Osinski gives frequent recitals and has participated in music festivals including Music Academy of the West in CA (with Zvi Zeitlin), Indiana University Summer String Academy (Mimi Zweig), Academy of Music in NJ (Isaak Malkin), and Hot Springs Music Festival in AR (Thomas Moore). She plans to return to Eastman to pursue graduate degrees next fall. She resides in Rochester with her husband and their new baby boy.

CHRISTIAN PALMER (Ensemble) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he was in the Summer Academy six years ago, and is ecstatic to be a part of A Christmas Carol! Mr. Palmer is currently a Sophomore B.F.A. Musical Theatre major at Syracuse University. Favorite credits include Sunday in the Park with George (Louis/Billy), According to Goldman (Jeremiah Collins), and Zorba! The Musical (Mimiko) at Blackfriars Theatre; La Traviata (Mercury Opera); I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Honza); Oliver! (Charley Bates); The Skin of Our Teeth (Henry); and Madama Butterfly (Syracuse Opera, Spring 2012). Mr. Palmer has trained at Circle in the Square Theatre in New York; NYSSSA Theatre. A huge thank you to Mark Cuddy, Skip Greer, his family, and everyone at Geva for this wonderful opportunity!

GUY PAUL (Ebenezer Scrooge) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he originated the role of Scrooge in the premiere of this production last season. Broadway credits include Mary Stuart, Twelve Angry Men, King Lear, The Invention of Love, Tenderloin, 1776, The King and I, Private Lives, Getting Married, Rumors (LA, also), Wild Honey, Arms and the Man. Off Broadway credits include Septimus & Clarissa, Stuff Happens, Meet John Doe, Candida, Cowardy Custard, J.B., The Everafters, The Flight of the Earls, The Orestia, The Underpants, Frankenstein. National Tours include The Sisters Rosensweig. In addition to Geva Theatre Center, Mr. Paul has appeared regionally at Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed, Globe Theatre, Guthrie Theatre (three seasons), Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, others. TV credits include “Life On Mars,” “The Sopranos”, “Law & Order,” “George Washington: The Forging of a Nation,” “As the World Turns,” “All My Children”, “One Life to Live”, “Courage the Cowardly Dog.” Film credits include Hyde Park on Hudson, A Christmas to Remember, See You in the Morning.

JIM POULOS (Bob Cratchit / Dick Wilkins / Sailor / Undertaker’s Man) is excited to return to Geva Theatre Center where he originated the role of Bob Cratchit in this premiere of this production last season. Mr Poulos other Geva credits include Mozart in Amadeus, Vince in Convenience, Bobby Strong in Urinetown, and many years ago, as Peter Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. He received a Kevin Kline Award Nomination as Mozart in Amadeus at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Mr. Poulos was seen in London in the new musical, Paradise Found, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, co-directed by Hal Prince and Susan Stroman. Broadway/National Tours include Mark Cohen in Rent, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, and Huck Finn in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Off-Broadway credits include My Life with Albertine (Playwrights Horizons, cast recording), Illyria (Prospect Theatre Company). Regional work includes The Tempest (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Richard III, As You Like It (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Lend Me A Tenor, The Foreigner, The Odd Couple (John W. Engeman Theatre); Nerds:// A Musical Software Satire (Philadelphia Theatre Company, Barrymore Award Nomination); Assassins (Arden Theatre Company) and A Little Night Music (California Musical Theatre). Film and TV credits include Slo Mo, “Guiding Light,” as well as appearances on “The Today Show,” “The Rosie O'Donnell Show,” “Good Morning America” and the Rockefeller Tree Lighting Ceremony. Mr. Poulos lives in NYC with his wife, actor/director Melissa Rain Anderson.

KILTY REIDY (Businessman / Fezziwig / Ghost of Christmas Present) returns to Geva Theatre Center having appeared in last season’s The Music Man. Most recently, he completed The New York Public Theater’s 2011 Shakespeare Lab and has appeared in the Broadway Original Casts of The Drowsy Chaperone and In My Life. Other stage credits include The Producers (Roger De Bris) at the Kansas City Starlight Theatre; White Christmas (Mike Nulty) in the Original Cast and on Tour; Bye Bye Birdie at The City Center Encores!; Crazy For You at the Paper Mill Playhouse and broadcast on PBS Great Performances; King of Hearts at the Goodspeed Opera House; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hysterium) and Once Upon a Mattress (Prince Dauntless) at Music Theatre of Wichita. Mr. Reidy is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

HAILEY RENÉ (Miss Fezziwig / Belinda Cratchit) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. Hailey is an eighth grader at Cosgrove Middle School in Spencerport where she is a member of chorus and show choir. Previous roles include Brigitta and Marta in The Sound of Music; Mrs. Molloy in Hello, Dolly!; Little Red in Into the Woods; Cinderella in Cinderella, Jr.; Tessie in Annie, Addaperle in The Wiz and Bun Foo in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Hailey studies voice and piano with Alison Cuchiarale and receives dance training under the direction of Judy Brondon at A Touch of Dance Performing Arts Studio. She would like to thank Mark Cuddy and Geva for this opportunity, thank her family and friends for their love and support, and wish everyone a happy holiday season!

BIANCA ROGERS (Ensemble) returns to Geva Theatre Center where she made her Geva Theatre Center debut in Dracula earlier this season. Ms. Rogers is currently studying theatre at the College at Brockport. She has appeared in Lysistrata and has worked on Cul de Sac, Reefer Madness and other student productions. She cannot thank Skip Greer enough for this wonderful opportunity. She is beyond excited to be playing a vixen in Dracula-how cool! Thank you to Mom, Dad, Mitchell, Patrick, Ammara, Khaled, Jun, Tonery, and last but not least, little miss Meggie for your endless support. And to Vincent, thank you for all the support, love and laughter.

JULIE SANDLER (Miss Fezziwig / Belinda Cratchit) returns to Geva Theatre Center where she appeared in A Christmas Carol last season as Girl Cratchit, Want, and Turkey Girl. Other favorite credits include TYKES’ Annie (Orphan), Honk! (Froglet), and YOHP’s The Dining Room (Carolyn, Winkie, Claire). Julie is an eighth grader at Calkins Road Middle School and participates in drama club, women’s chorus, and select mixed chorus. She is honored to receive vocal/theatre coaching from Laura Jean Diekmann, vocal training from Linda Foster, and tap dance instruction from Linda Goebel. Julie would like to thank her parents, sister, and friends for their love and support. She is also grateful to Anthony Carter for his encouragement. Special thanks to Mark Cuddy and Geva Theatre Center for this wonderful opportunity!

REMI SANDRI (The Ghost of Jacob Marley / Schoolmaster / Miner / Topper / Businessman) is thrilled to be back at Geva Theatre Center for A Christmas Carol. His previous shows here include My Fair Lady, Twelve Angry Men, The Importance of Being Earnest, House and Garden, A Chorus Line, Camelot, 1776 and A Christmas Story, among others. This past year included playing William Shagspeare in Equivocation, the world premiere of The North Pool by Rajiv Joseph, the world premiere of Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Suicide Club by Jeffrey Hatcher and the west coast premiere of Tigers Be Still by Kim Rosenstock. Mr. Sandri has worked with theatres throughout the country from coast to coast and considers Geva Theatre Centre to be among the best of them. For WNS.

ADRIANA SCALICE (Fan / Miss Fezziwig) returns to the Geva Theatre Center Mainstage where she was last seen as Amaryllis in The Music Man. A sixth grade student at Bay Trail Middle School in Penfield, Adriana has appeared with RBTL in the national touring production of The Wizard of Oz (Munchkin/Winkie). She has also performed for Rochester Children’s Theater, Pittsford Musicals, and MJT Stages. Theatre credits include Annie (Annie), Alice in Wonderland (Alice), Honk! (Ugly), Les Misérables (Young Cosette), Peter Pan (Lost Boy) Madeline’s Christmas (Margot). Adriana studies voice and acting with Cara D’Emanuele and dance at Spins Dance Studio. Adriana is extremely grateful to Mr. Mark Cuddy and Geva for this wonderful opportunity!

CARINA SCALICE (Miss Fezziwig / Servant Girl) returns to Geva Theatre Center in A Christmas Carol. An eighth grader at Bay Trail Middle School in Penfield, Carina has appeared with RBTL in the national touring production of The Wizard of Oz (Munchkin/Winkie). She has also performed in Bay Trail’s Seussical (Mayzie La Bird), MJT Stages’ Madeline’s Christmas, (Jacqueline and Elise), and YOHP’s Les Misérables (Gavroche Gang). Dance credits include the Moscow Ballet’s Nutcracker (Party Child) and the Rochester City Ballet’s The Nutcracker (Page, Sprite, and Angel). She receives vocal and stage training from Cara D’Emanuele. Carina thanks her family and friends for all their love and support.

MICHAEL SHEEHAN (Ensemble) returns to the Geva stage, having previously appeared in A Christmas Carol, Frost/Nixon and Pride and Prejudice. Although this is only his fourth appearance on the Mainstage, this is his seventh season working with Geva, having also been employed in front of house, company management, production and administration. Other regional credits include Hanna in La Cage Aux Folles, Sundeep Padamadan in Legally Blonde and The Music Man with Weathervane Repetory Theatre. International tours include Jim in The Glass Menagerie with White Horse Theatre (Germany) and Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz with A.C.L.E (Italy). Some of his favorite roles include Carmen Ghia in The Producers, Mike in Fifth Planet, Woof in Hair and the title role in Dracula.

REBEKAH STEIN (Ensemble) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. A native of Rochester and currently living in NYC, Ms. Stein is a graduate of SUNY Brockport's Theatre Department, and the University of Iowa's M.F.A. Acting Program. Some of her favorite roles have been Matilde in A Clean House, Rosiland in As You Like It and Masha in Three Sisters. She is thrilled to be home for the holidays with her family and friends. She would like to thank Mark Cuddy and Jean Ryon for this opportunity. Thank you, wonderful cast and crew for all the hard work and laughs-much love to you all.

MADISON STRELICK (Tiny Tim) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in A Christmas Carol. She is thoroughly enjoying her introduction to the theatre. Madison attends kindergarten and also plays soccer and has started playing ice hockey. She has three sisters and a dog named Yogi.

RACHAEL YODER (Ensemble) returns to the Geva Theatre Center Mainstage having previously appeared in last year’s Amadeus and A Christmas Carol. Regional credits include The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet (MaineStage Shakespeare), Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Valley). Ms. Yoder is a recent graduate of SUNY Brockport, where she appeared in I Hate Hamlet, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Wait Until Dark, The Cover of Life, A Funny Thing…Forum, Festival of Ten and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, among others. Big thanks to Mom and love to m.h.

ALIZABETH YORK (Christmas Past / Turkey Girl) feels blessed to be returning to Geva Theatre Center where credits include The Music Man (Amaryllis), A Christmas Carol (Christmas Past, Want, Tiny Tim), and A Christmas Story (Esther Jane). Other favorite credits include Blackfriar’s Sunday in the Park with George (Louise), National Tour of The Music Man (Gracie Shinn), Merry-Go-Round Playhouse’s Meet Me in St. Louis (Tootie), RCT’s Number the Stars (Kirsti), national tour of The Wizard of Oz (RBTL cast Munchkin), Les Misérables (Young Cosette), Seussical (JoJo), and Madeline’s Christmas. Alizabeth is honored to study with Cara D’Emanuele, Sandy Stramonine Dance, and Linda Goebel. She sends love and a big thank you to family, friends, and Geva!

Crew

MARK CUDDY (Adaptor and Director) is in his seventeenth season as Artistic Director of Geva Theatre Center. This season, in addition to this production of A Christmas Carol (which he also adapted), he will direct Superior Donuts and Company. Last season, he directed the premiere of this production of A Christmas Carol and a landmark production of The Music Man. Mr. Cuddy is well known for his staging of premieres, contemporary comedies and musical theatre. Among his Geva Theatre Center productions have been the Mainstage and Nextstage productions of Five Course Love, Fences; Sweeney Todd; A Christmas Story; Pride and Prejudice (which he also co-adapted); Bad Dates; Our Town; Tuesdays With Morrie; Urinetown; Splitting Infinity; Vigil; A Chorus Line; Hamlet; That Was Then (American premiere); Convenience (world premiere musical); 1776; Proof; the world premiere of Thornton Wilder’s Theophilus North which was also seen at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.; The Miser; the East Coast premieres of both House and Garden; Quilters; Art; Famous Orpheus (world premiere musical) with Garth Fagan Dance; Every Good Boy Deserves Favor with the RPO; Golf With Alan Shepard; Picasso at the Lapin Agile and State of the Union. Prior to his tenure at Geva Theatre Center, Mr. Cuddy directed a number of world and American classics while Artistic Director of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Sacramento Theatre Company.

GREGG COFFIN (Composer) is delighted to be back at Geva Theatre Center where he is an Associate Artist. Mr. Coffin’s musicals (right next to me, Five Course Love, Convenience, The Daly News, Cinderella) and over 75 incidental scores have been produced Off-Broadway and throughout the U.S., Canada and Seoul, South Korea, including the Minetta Lane Theatre, the Duke on 42nd Street, the John Houseman Theatre, the ChungMu Art Hall (Seoul), the Stratford Festival of Canada, the National Arts Centre of Canada, Canadian Stage Company, the Tarragon Theatre (Canada), Denver Center Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Human Race Theatre, Stages Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, B Street Theatre, PCPA TheatreFest, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Great River Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Festival, Georgia Shakespeare Festival and Sacramento Theatre Company. This year saw three productions of his musical Five Course Love (Denver Center Attractions, Winter Park Playhouse, FL and North Coast Repertory Theatre in California), his new incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Denver Center Theatre Company) and his musical right next to me (Human Race Theatre, OH) directed by Geva favorite, Melissa Rain Anderson. His incidental music for Slavs! at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto won Canada’s 2001 Dora Award (Toronto’s Tony). He is the recipient of numerous NEA Creativity Grants. Mr. Coffin is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., the American Federation of Musicians Local 12 and Actor’s Equity. www.greggcoffin.com.

MEGGINS KELLEY (Choreographer) is excited to be returning as choreographer for Geva Theatre Center’s original production of A Christmas Carol. Ms. Kelley is the founder and artistic director of Dancers' Alley Dance Studio. She is a long time faculty member of Nazareth College and has taught at NTID and the Eastman School of Music. Well known as a theatrical choreographer, Ms. Kelley’s work can regularly be seen at Blackfriars and JCC Centerstage.

DON KOT (Music Director) is an Associate Artist and Resident Music Director at Geva Theatre Center where he celebrates his tenth season! Geva productions include The Music Man, Five Course Love, Sweeney Todd, The House in Hydesville, Cabaret, Urinetown, Our Town, Inherit the Wind, A Chorus Line, Camelot, 1776, A Christmas Carol, Convenience and as part of Hibernatus Interruptus, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, One For My Baby, rightnextto me and An Evening with Mrs. Kasha Davis, International Celebrity Housewife. New York credits include the Women’s Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street Theatre) Roads Traveled (The Duplex), elegies for angels, punks and raging queens (Laurie Beechman Theatre). Regional credits include The Best of Forbidden Broadway, Smokey Joe's Café, Leader of the Pack, Honk!, and The Most Happy Fella. Mr. Kot has played for the national touring productions of Fosse, Footloose, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, Mamma Mia and Hairspray. Mr. Kot is a proud graduate of Nazareth College and The Cleveland Institute of Music and is the Director of the music theatre degree program at Nazareth College.

ADAM KOCH (Scenic Design) is honored to be bringing holiday magic to Geva Theatre Center where he previously designed Five Course Love and Sweeney Todd. 100+ production designs for opera and theater across the country include the premiere of Million Dollar Quartet (Goodman Theatre, now running at Chicago’s Apollo Theatre). Off-Broadway credits include Loaded, Yeast Nation and Rooms: A Rock Romance (originally produced at MetroStage and Geva Theatre Center). Regional credits include Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Nomination for Best Scenic Design); See What I Wanna See and Title of Show (Signature Theatre); My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls (Engeman); Master Harold and the Boys (Portland Stage); Little Shop of Horrors (Paper Mill Playhouse); The 39 Steps, A Tuna Christmas and The Little Prince (Human Race Theatre Co.); We The People (TheatreWorks USA); the hit children’s musical Pinkalicious, and Freckleface Strawberry (Manhattan Movement and Arts Center). Opera credits include The Magic Flute. Il Trittico. Die Fledermaus and Marriage of Figaro. Education: Carnegie Mellon. Mr. Koch is a Member of U.S.A. 829. adamkoch.carbonmade.com

DEVON PAINTER (Costume Designer) returns to Geva Theatre Center to remount A Christmas Carol. Ms. Painter lives in New York and designs costumes throughout the United States. She recently had the great pleasure of assisting the 2011 Tony Award-winning designer, Desmond Heeley, on The Importance of Being Earnest in New York. Other New York credits include shows for Juilliard, The Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Culture Project, and many, many productions at The Pearl Theater Company. Regional theatre credits feature designs for the Guthrie Theater (Shadowlands, Private Lives, Death of A Salesman), the Denver Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, the Folger Theatre and the Studio Theatre in Washington DC, Anchorage Opera, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Great Lakes Theater Festival, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, and American Players Theatre. Her design work was exhibited in Curtain Call; Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance. Ms. Painter is a member of United Scenic Artists.

PAUL HACKENMUELLER (Lighting Designer) returns to Geva Theatre Center and this production of A Christmas Carol. Broadway credits include Fela!, Desire Under the Elms, A Bronx Tale, Mauritius, The Frogs and Aida. Off-Broadway credits include Jump/Rope at Square Peg Productions, Cloud Tectonics at the Culture Project, Walk Two Moons at the Lucille Lortel. Off-Off Broadway credits include Peter Pan, The Great American War Machine for Irondale Ensemble, Carrie for PS122. Mr Hackenmueller has worked at theatres around the country, extensively at the Guthrie Theater, designing Confluence, An Evening of One Acts, Short Stories, An Evening of Short Plays, Seven Eleven, I Keep Walking on Sinking Sand, A Long Walk (Resident Assistant 1999-2000); Tosca at Boston Lyric Opera, Parade at Theater Latte Da; Tale of Two Cities, Cinderella, Treasure Island: A Musical Panto, Twelfth Night at People’s Light & Theater Company; No Wake at Berkshire Theater Festival; Fabuloso at Merrimack Repertory Theater Skin of Our Teeth at Perseverance Theater; Troy: After & Before at Princeton University / McCarter Theater Center; John Barton’s The Greeks: Part One at Juilliard. Commercial work includes Target Stores, Best Buy, Carlson Companies, Boston Scientific, Starkey, Wells Fargo Bank, Life Touch, Arctic Cat, Polaris, Microsoft, Children’s Cancer Research Fund and Cargill. Mr. Hackenmueller received his B.A. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and his M.F.A. from NYU Tisch.

LINDSAY JONES (Sound Design) is very pleased to return to Geva Theatre Center for A Christmas Carol, which is his 17th production here. Off-Broadway credits include Through the Night (Union Square/Westside Theatres), The Brother/Sister Plays (Public Theater), The Burnt Part Boys, (Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard), Top Secret (New York Theatre Workshop), In The Continuum (Primary Stages) and many others. Regionally he has designed for the Guthrie Theatre, Center Stage, American Conservatory Theatre, Hartford Stage, South Coast Repertory, Alliance, Goodman, Arena Stage, Yale Repertory, The Old Globe, Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, Lookingglass and many others. International:: Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada), Royal Shakespeare Company (England), as well as productions in Austria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Scotland. Awards: five Joseph Jefferson Awards and 16 nominations, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, two ASCAP Plus Awards, two Drama Desk Award nominations, and nominations for Henry Hewes Design, Barrymore, Austin Critics Circle, AUDELCO and NAACP Theatre Awards. Lindsay was also the first sound designer to win the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. Film scoring: HBO Films’ A Note of Triumph (2006 Academy Award, Best Documentary), and Family Practice for Sony Pictures.

DAN SCULLY (Projection Designer) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he designed the premiere of this production last season and Pride and Prejudice in 2008. As a projection and lighting designer based in New York City, Dan leverages a background in the performing arts and computer engineering to explore the intersection of visual art, technology, and storytelling. Recent projection designs include Galileo (Asolo Repertory Theatre), 1969 (Alarm Will Sound/Carnegie Hall), The Orchestra Rocks! and The Orchestra Sings! (Weill Music Institute/Carnegie Hall), and The Wii Plays (Ars Nova). As a lighting designer, Mr. Scully has designed at Trinity Repertory Theatre, The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Jacobs Pillow, The Kitchen, and The Yard Festival, among other venues. He is also the resident lighting designer for the Abraham in Motion dance company, with whom he won a Bessie Award for The Radio Show. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Bernadette. He has an M.F.A. in Design from Tisch/NYU.

BEKAH CAREY (Wig Designer) is thrilled to return to Geva Theatre Center. Her work was seen in Geva's production of Amadeus and the premiere of this production of A Christmas Carol last season. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia, Bekah also spent time perfecting the craft of wigs during the 2003 season of Utah Shakespearean Festival. In Chicago she designed and constructed wigs for Drury Lane Oakbrook's Production of Pirates of Penance and Barefoot in the Park, Moving Dock Theatre Co's Einstein’s Dreams and The Magician and for The Teapot Scandals at Porchlight Music Theatre. She was also the wardrobe supervisor for Chicago's production of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. After moving to Rochester she began working for Eastman Opera Theatre and is currently their resident costume coordinator. She is proud to call Rochester her new home!

JEAN GORDON RYON (Dramaturg) serves as New Plays Coordinator at Geva Theatre Center where, among other duties, she produces the Regional Writers Showcase and the Young Writers Showcase. She was dramaturg for 1776, John Bull’s Other Island, That Was Then, Shear Madness and The Underpants, and The Clean House, Geva’s new production of A Christmas Carol, and she has contributed dramaturgical research and written program articles for several other productions. Ms. Ryon holds a degree in drama from Tufts University and a master’s degree in Arts Administration from Goucher College. Her most recent directing credits in the community include Grace and Glorie, Master Class, Blithe Spirit, Pride’s Crossing, and The Gin Game for Blackfriars, The Chosen and The Immigrant for JCC’s CenterStage, Juno and the Peacock, Da, Translations, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Waiting for Godot, The Kings of the Kilburn High Road, Dancing at Lughnasa, Faith Healer, The Hostage, Love in the Title, and The Cripple of Inishmaan for RCP’s Irish Players, and Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing for RCP’s Shakespeare Players. Ms. Ryon is also the Artistic Director of The Geriactors, a traveling troupe of mature actors.

FRANK CAVALLO (Stage Manager) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he has stage managed numerous productions, including On Golden Pond, The Music Man, A Raisin in the Sun, Anything Goes, Below the Belt, Five Guys Named Moe (twice), Vigil, several Reflections Festival premieres and the occasional production of A Christmas Carol. He has also worked as a stage manager at various other regional theatres, as the production manager for the Rochester Children’s Theatre at Nazareth College, and toured for Poetry in Motion with Ms. Salome Jens’ one woman show, About Anne…, featuring the poetry of Anne Sexton. Many thanks to the Geva Staff. It’s nice to be back.

VERONICA AGLOW (Production Stage Manager) returns to Geva Theatre Center where she last stage managed Dracula, On Golden Pond, Girls Night The Musical and assistant stage managed The Music Man, Over the Tavern and A Christmas Carol. Ms. Aglow recently stage managed the Philadelphia run of Girls Night at the Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Little Shop of Horrors at the Devon Theatre. Favorite credits include productions of Parade, Can-Can, and the world premiere of Broadway’s American Idiot. Ms. Aglow is a proud graduate of Point Park University. As always, she would like to thank her super-supportive parents, who have helped make her dreams a reality.