A Year with Frog and Toad Program Detail

DUNDALK COMMUNITY THEATRE
presents

Book and Lyrics by WILLIE REALE
Music By ROBERT REALE
Based on the books by ARNOLD LOBEL

Originally presented on Broadway by Bob Boyett, Adrianne Lobel, Michael Gardner,
Lawrence Horowitz and Roy Furman
World Premiere at The Children’s Theater Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Director | Tom Colonna

Technical Director
Set/Lighting/Sound Designer
Marc W. Smith

Music Director | Michael Clark

Orchestra Conductor | Tim Viets

Choreographer | Angelique (Gigi) Causey

Costume Designer | Eva Grove

Stage Manager/Properties Master | TraceyAnn Tokar-Smith

A Year With Frog and Toad is produced through special arrangement with
Music Theatre International | 421 West 54th Street | New York, NY 10019
www.MTIShows.com

CAST

Frog | Chuck Graham
Toad | Jane C. Boyle
Turtle, Lady Bird, Squirrel, Mother Frog, Mole | Casey Lane
Mouse, Lady Bird, Squirrel, Young Frog, Mole | Hunter Lubawski
Snail 1, Man Bird, Lizard, Large and Terrible Frog | Josh Schoff
Snail 2, Man Bird, Lizard, Father Frog | Ryan Holmes

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONE

ACT TWO

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

ORCHESTRA

WHO’S WHO

CHUCK GRAHAM (Frog) is excited to be back on the DCT stage with Jane Boyle after performing with her in I Do! I Do! (Michael). Other DCT productions include Titanic (Harold Bride), Squabbles (Jerry), and Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour). Local credits include Grand Hotel (Kringelein), Sweeney Todd (Tobias), The Boys from Syracuse (Dromio of Ephesus), and Aladdin (Genie) with MTM Productions, Mame (Ito) at Cockpit in Court Theatre, and Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius Hackel) at Toby’s Dinner Theatre and White Marsh Dinner Theater. Off stage, Chuck is an acupuncturist providing treatments that support and promote healing of the body, mind, and spirit.

JANE C. BOYLE (Toad) excitedly returns to DCT’s stage with Chuck Graham after MANY years’ absence! Local appearances: Mother Superior in Cockpit’s Sister Act & Miss Tweed in Vagabonds’ Something’s Afoot! Toby’s Dinner Theatre audiences will remember her as Parthy in Show Boat, The Wardrobe, Jack’s Mother, Ruth in Pirates or Mother Superior in Nunsense. Many thanks to Tom, Michael, Gigi, Tim & TraceyAnn for putting up with this old Toad. And Thank YOU for supporting live theatre! For Douglas.

JOSH SCHOFF (Ensemble: Snail, Bird, Mole, Squirrell, Large & Terrible Frog) is thrilled to be back on the DCT stage! Recent credits: Company (Peter), Heathers (Kurt Kelly), Side Show (Buddy Foster), Spring Awakening (Ernst), The Little Mermaid (Flotsam), Avenue Q (Princeton). BA Theatre, York College of PA. Huge thanks to the cast and production team for another fun show.

CASEY LANE (Ensemble: Turtle, Bird, Mole, Squirrel, Mother Frog) is excited to return to DCT after appearing as Venus DeMilo in Side Show. Casey attended Towson University for her Bachelors of Science in Music and Masters in Teaching: Elementary Education. Away from the stage, Casey is enjoying her fifth year as an elementary school teacher for Baltimore County Public Schools. She will continue making art with DCT and other local theatres.

RYAN HOLMES (Ensemble: Snail, Bird, Lizard, Mole, Squirrel, Father Frog) makes his theatre debut in A Year With Frog and Toad . It won’t be too long until you see him again at DCT in our upcoming production of Mamma Mia! Away from the stage Ryan is a Lancome Cosmetics Counter Manager and Full Time Dad to quite possibly the prettiest 4 year old girl to ever grace the earth!.

HUNTER LUBAWSKI (Ensemble: Mouse, Bird, Mole, Squirrel, Young Frog) is thrilled to be performing in her second DCT production this season, and looks forward to being in Mama Mia! (Lisa). Other credits include: Side Show, Little Women, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Annie. She recently graduated from Patapsco High School and CFA from the performance theatre magnet and is currently attending CCBC. Away from the stage, Hunter is a dance teacher at Jean Kettell Studio of Dance and a professional princess for The Neverland Company. Thank you to all her family, friends, and boyfriend.

TOM COLONNA (Director) is excited to return to DCT to direct A Year With Frog and Toad. As a veteran theatre administrator, professor, director and performer, his regional directing credits include: I Hate Hamlet, The Octette Bridge Club, On Golden Pond, Love Letters, La Cage aux Folles, Romance, Romance, Steel Magnolias, Cabaret, Ballroom, Dames at Sea, Thoroughly Modern Millie and 42nd Street. Performance credits include The Glass Menagerie, The Fantasticks, Nightwatch, The Robber Bridegroom, Starting Here, Starting Now, Love Letters, Company, Six Rms Riv Vu and Edith Piaf, Je Vous Aime. As Professor of Theatre and Communication at CCBC his academic directing credits include, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Intimate Apparel, The Fantasticks, Fat Pig, and Little Shop of Horrors. In addition he serves as an academic program evaluator for NAST (The National Association of Schools of Theatre), and respondent for KCACTF (The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival).

MARC W. SMITH (Scenic/Lighting/Sound Designer/Technical Director) 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.

MICHAEL CLARK (Vocal Director/Keyboard) returns to DCT after his role as rehearsal/show pianist for last season’s production of Catch Me If You Can. Music directing credits include Cockpit in Court’s production of Legally Blonde and Mornington Players’ production of Closer Than Ever. Favorite roles on stage include Judas in Godspell, Schroeder in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie, and Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls. Michael is a graduate of the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and Johns Hopkins University. Love to my G!

TIM VIETS (Orchestra Manager/Conductor) loves being a part of DCT! He has conducted more than 15 productions here including No, No, Nannette, Jekyll & Hyde, The Drowsy Chaperone, 1940’s Radio Hour, Chess, and La Cage aux Folles. Tim earned his Bachelors and Master’s degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and has been a band director in Howard County for 28 years. He also has a single digit golf handicap!

ANGELIQUE (Gigi) CAUSEY (Choreographer) discovered her love of theatre at DCT decades ago. She is thrilled to return as choreographer since her last production, Forever Plaid . Performing and choreographing for the past thirty-five years her credits are too long to list, but among her favorites are West Side Story and Crazy for You . Gigi holds a BFA in dance from Rutgers University and works as a Realtor with Cummings & Co.

TRACEYANN TOKAR-SMITH (Stage Manager/Props Manager) returns to stage manage for DCT again this season, after managing this season’s fundraiser There’s No Business Like Show Business , Side Show , Catch Me If You Can and last season’s production of The Bridges of Madison County. Previously at DCT, she directed Shadowlands, stage managed A Few Good Men, Something’s Afoot, and Rumors, and was Properties Manager for Catch Me If You Can, Something’s Afoot, and My Fair Lady. She also stage managed Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre this past summer. Away from the stage, TraceyAnn works as a middle school Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Sisters Academy of Baltimore in Lansdowne, MD.

EVA GROVE (Costumer Coordinator) is excited to be return to DCT to costume A Year With Frog and Toad. She began her theatrical career dancing and singing at the age of 6. Her love of all things theatrical continued into high school and college and she has worked in regional theaters in the south and mid-west and three national tours. Being an accomplished seamstress with an eye for design, she discovered a love of costuming and has garnered favorable reviews for her work in DCT’s Bridges of Madison County, The Graduate and Catch Me If You Can, Cockpit-in-Court’s Avenue Q and Laughter On The 23^rd Floor. Eva still keeps one foot on the stage as a local actress, and is also the Dance Coach for the TwirlTasTix Baton Team in Bel Air, MD.

DCT PRODUCTION STAFF

DCT Artistic / Managing Director | Tom Colonna
DCT / CCBC Dundalk Technical Director | Marc W. Smith
DCT Producer / Dean, School of Liberal Arts | Dr. William Watson
Chair, Performing Arts and Humanities Department | Patti Crossman
Theatre Administrative Assistants | Johanna Lawrence, Zolita Courter
CCBC Box Office Staff | Lisa L. Boeren, Eva Grove, Thom Purdy
Publicity Director | James Hunnicutt
Photography | Trent Haines-Hopper
Scenic / Lighting /Sound Design | Marc W. Smith
Set Construction | Marc W. Smith, Gordon Lord, Dorian Smith, Samantha Callanta
Scenic Artist | Samantha Callanta
Sound Operation | Marc W. Smith
Backstage Crew | Lisa L. Boeren, Amy Bell
Fly Deck | Vanessa Vincent
Follow Spot Operators| Megan Millane, Dorian Smith
Light Board Operator | Gordon Lord
Audition / Rehearsal Accompanist | Michael Clark
DCT Board of Directors Liason | Angelique “Gigi” Causey
Production Manager | Brad Norris
Communications Assistant | Cathy Kratovil

DUNDALK COMMUNITY THEATRE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tom Colonna | Artistic Managing Director
Dr. William Watson | Producer
Dr. Anne M. Lefter | Executive Producer
Marc W. Smith | Technical Director

Ken Ewing | President
Sarah Chrzanowski | Vice-President
Cheryl Vourvoulus | Recording Secretary
Lauren Stuart | Corresponding Secretary

Special Thanks

Dr. Sandra Kurtinitis, President, CCBC
Professor Jack McLaughlin, Interim Vice President of Instruction
Dr. William Watson, Dean of Liberal Arts
Patti Crossman, Chair, Performing Arts and Humanities
Dr. Anne Lefter, Director, Performing Arts
Hope Davis, Media Relations Coordinator
Michael Elspas, Assistant Director, Creative Services
Kim Bleakley, Graphic Designer
CCBC Student Government
James J. Fasching, CCBC Resident Costumer
CENTERSTAGE Costume Department
Trent Haines-Hopper, Photographer,
The CCBC Essex Foundation for the donation of Wine

This production is supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
On the web at msac.org

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.

CATEGORIES

JOHN E. RAVEKES CIRCLE
Thomas Toporovich

PEGGY SPILLANE MOSER MEMORIAL FUND
Chris Moser
Sonia Socha
Tom Colonna & Herb Knapp

BENEFACTOR
The Calini Family
Keith Ewancio
Sheri Goodman
Lula Mae & John Gray
Dave Guy