COCKPIT IN COURT SUMMER THEATRE
presents

By Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick
Concept created by
Seth Rudetsky and Drew Geraci
Additional Material by Drew Geraci
Musical Arrangements and Scoring by Joseph Joubert
Song Arrangements by Seth Rudetsky
Vocal Arrangements by Michael McElroy
Dance Arrangements by David Dabbon
Piano/Vocal Score Arrangements by Steve Marzullo
Originally Produced on Broadway by
Robert Ahrens | Mickey Liddell/LD Entertainment | Hunter Arnold
James Wesley | Carl Daikeler | Burba Hayes

Director/Choreographer | Todd Pearthree

Music Director | Michael DeVito

Technical Director | Jason Randolph

Set Desginer | Michael Rasinski

Lighting Designer | Thomas Gardner

Costume Designer | Wil Crowther

Sound Designer | Corey Sekulow

Properties Master | Shane Lowry

Stage Manager | John Chrzanowski

Assistant Stage Manager | Sammy Jungwirth

Disaster! is produced through special arrangement with
Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.MTIShows.com 

CAST

Chad | Shane Lowry
Scott | John Andrew
Professor Ted Scheider | Brian Jacobs
Tony | Darren McDonnell
Marianne | Carly J. Amato
Sister Mary Downy | Lisa Pastella
Shirley | Liz Boyer Hunnicutt
Maury | Jeff Burch
Levora Verona | Rikki Howie Lacewell
Jackie | Lauren Spencer Harris
Ben/Lisa | Liam Hamilton
Jake/Ensemble | Tom Wyatt
Wealthy Woman/Ensemble | Fiona Crowley
Wealthy Man/Taxi Driver/Ensemble | Albert J. Boeren
Blind Woman/Ensemble | Rachel Verhaaren
Tracy/Ensemble | Olivia Aubele
Chef/Ensemble | Ryan Holmes
Victim/Ensemble | Connor Kiss

SETTING: Various locations on The Barracuda, New York City’s
first floating casino and discotheque

TIME: 1979

MUSICAL NUMBERS

 ACT ONE

Hot Stuff | Chad, Scott, Ted, Tony, Ensemble
The Lord’s Prayer | Sister Mary Downy
Theme From Mahogany | Levora Verona
Saturday Night | Jackie, Ensemble
Do You Want To Make Love? | Tony
Without You | Chad
Torn Between Two Lovers | Sister Mary Downy
I Am Woman – Part 1 | Marianne, Lisa
That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be | Marianne
I Am Woman – Part 2 | Marianne, Lisa
Mockingbird | Jackie, Ted
Still The One | Maury, Shirley
Never Can Say Goodbye | Sister Mary Downy
Feelings | Chad, Marianne, Ted
Feels So Good | Orchestra
Knock On Wood | Levora Verona, Ensemble
Hawaii Five-O | Orchestra

ACT TWO

Hawaii Five-O / All Right Now | Wealthy Woman, Levora Verona, Ensemble
Three Times A Lady | Chad, Wealthy Man
Ben | Lisa, Maury, Sister Mary Downy
Baby Hold On To Me | Chad, Marianne
25 Or 6 To 4 | Ted, Sister Mary Downy, Shirley, Maury, Ben
Sky High | Chad, Ted, Sister Mary Downy, Shirley, Maury, Ensemble
When Will I Be Loved | Jackie, Ben, Lisa
Nadia’s Theme | Orchestra
We Don’t Cry Out Loud | Tony
Come To Me | Levora Verona, Sister Mary Downy
I’d Really Love To See You Tonight | Chad, Marianne
I Will Survive | Jackie
Knock Three Times | Marianne
A Fifth of Beethoven | Shirley, Ted, Jackie
You’re Still The One (Reprise) | Maury, Shirley
Reunited | Chad, Marianne
Muskrat Love | Jackie
Feels So Good | Orchestra
Daybreak | Sister Mary Downy, Levora, Jackie, Lisa, Tony, Ted, Maury, Ensemble
Hooked On A Feeling | Ted, Jackie, Ensemble

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

ORCHESTRA

Michael DeVito | Conductor/Keyboard 1
R. Christopher Rose | Keyboard 2
Tom Lindsey | Guitar
Jon Guo | Bass
Steve Haaser | Reeds
Brandon Rivera | Trombone
Mark Kelly | Trumpet
Lisa Wood | Drums

WHO’S WHO

SHANE LOWRY (Chad/Properties Master) is thrilled to be back on the Cockpit stage! He was last seen on the Essex stage in Gypsy as Tulsa and in Hairspray as Link Larkin. You may have recently seen him as Sky in DCT’s Mamma Mia. Other stage credits include: Mortiz (Spring Awakening), Danny (Grease), Prince/Wolf (Into the Woods), Sonny (Xanadu), and Matt (The Fantansticks). Shane would like to thank Mom and Dad for their love and a shout out to Emily, Megan, Lizzie, and Connor for your support and friendship! Enjoy the show!!!

JOHN ANDREW (Scott) is excited to be making his debut with Cockpit and Court. He was more recently seen in Heritage Player’s concert version of Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Catonsville, MD. Prior to that, he was the commissioner and a ball player in Damn Yankees with Pasadena Theatre Company. Credits include Annie (Rooster), Scrooge the Musical (Robert Cratchet), Beauty and the Beast (Monsieur D Argue), Little Mermaid (Flotsam), Seussical (Genghis khan Schmitz), Secret Garden (Fakir), RENT (Roger Davis), and Meet Me In St. Louis (John Truitt). Other credits include Company and Barefoot in the Park. A big thanks to Todd and the rest of the cast and crew for allowing me to be part of such a great production.  Enjoy the show!

BRIAN JACOBS (Professor Ted Scheider) returns to the Cockpit stage, where he was last seen as Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid. He has also been seen as Sylvia St. Croix in Ruthless!, Mal Beinecke in The Addams Family, Hannah in La Cage Aux Folles, Jerry in The Full Monty, and Jim in All Shook Up. When he’s not here, he can be found sailing the murky waters of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor as Jellyfish Jenkins with Urban Pirates.

DARREN MCDONNELL (Tony) last appeared on the Cockpit stage as Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace. Darren received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for his portrayal of Sir Robin in Spamalot at Tobys in Columbia. Recent credits include: And The World Goes Round with Salem Players, Harry Bright in Mamma Mia, Captain Hook in Peter Pan, all at Toby’s. Other credits: Dan in Next to Normal, Carmen Ghia in The Producers, Bob Wallace in White Christmas, Zoser in Aida and Victor Prynne in Private Lives.

CARLY J. AMATO (Marianne) is thrilled to be returning to the Cockpit stage for the first time since The Goodbye Girl in 1996! She recently appeared in 1776 (Martha), Chess, and The Winter Wonderettes (Suzy) at Tidewater Players in Havre de Grace, where she currently lives with her love John and their zoo of pets. Other favorite past roles include Little Red in Into the Woods (DCT), Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Mornington Players), and Trix in Drowsy Chaperone (DCT). Off the stage Carly works in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, and is beginning the pursuit of her PhD in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis in August. She is incredibly grateful to Todd, Mike, John C, Sammy, and this amazingly talented cast for their direction, encouragement and friendship, and to John for his ceaseless love and support!

LISA PASTELLA (Sister Mary Downy) is excited to return to the Cockpit stage for the second time. Last seen as Mazeppa in Gypsy, Lisa has appeared on stages across the region. Recent favorite roles include Pennywise (Urinetown), Narrator (Joseph…), Melpomene (Xanadu), Sister Hubert (Nunsense) and Georgie (The Full Monty). When not performing, Lisa is a teacher at John Ruhrah ES/MS in Greektown.

LIZ BOYER HUNNICUTT (Shirley) returns to Cockpit after having appeared as Juanita in last season’s Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Cockpit audiences over the years may remember her in Vanya, Sonia, Masha & Spike (Sonia), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Mrs. Meers), Blood Brothers (Mrs. Johnstone), Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Marjorie), Crimes of the Heart (Lenny), Mame (Vera), The Goodbye Girl (Paula), They’re Playing Our Song (Sonia), The Gazebo (Nell Nash), Curtains (Carmen), The Inspector Calls (Mrs. Birling), The Will Roger’s Follies (Betty Blake), Evita (Eva), Urinetown (Miss Pennywise), and The Full Monty (Georgie) to name a few. Some of her favorite shows elsewhere include Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett), Into the Woods (The Baker’s Wife), Gypsy (Mama Rose), Merrily We Roll Along (Mary), Anyone Can Whistle (Fay Apple) and The Rainmaker (Lizzie). She is directing this season’s Court Jester’s production of Disney’s Aladdin, Jr. Liz is the Resident Director for the The Children’s Playhouse of MD in residence here at CCBC. Offstage, she likes to spend time with her favorite person on the planet – her husband, James.

JEFF BURCH (Maury) last appeared on the Cockpit stage in Sister Act and is delighted to be back and working with this talented and terrific group of people. Other area productions include Cabaret, Bridges of Madison County, La Cage aux Folles, Me and My Girl, The Drowsy Chaperone, Titanic, Twelve Angry Men, Curtains, Follies, Ragtime, Game Show, Forever Plaid, Crazy for You, Oklahoma, 42nd Street, and The Full Monty, just to name a few.

RIKKI HOWIE LACEWELL (Levora Verona) is excited to be back on the Cockpit stage. Last seen in Sister Act at Cockpit as Deloris Van Cartier. An avid performer/director in the DMV area favorite roles have been Matron Mama Morton in Keegan Theater’s Helen Hayes nominated Chicago. Currently choreographing Hairspray for Rockville Musical Theater opening July 5. Next endeavors are choreographing Wild Party and directing Motherhood Out Loud and Fences.

LAUREN SPENCER HARRIS (Jackie) has been a theatre educator, performer, and arts advocate for the past 20 years. She holds her BFA in Theatre from the Boston Conservatory with an emphasis in Directing. She also carries her M.Ed from Concordia University in Education. As a performer, Lauren has been seen regionally in many productions. Recent credits include Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and Dot in Sunday in the Park with George.  She has been the director of numerous high school theatre programs and is a member of the theatre faculty at Harford Community College. She is a musical theatre enthusiast and has a strong background in vocal performance and dance. She is thrilled to back on the Cockpit stage,

LIAM HAMILTON (Ben/Lisa) is excited to be making his Cockpit in Court debut. A student at the Waldorf School of Baltimore, he recently had his first professional acting experience playing Christian Bechdel in Baltimore Center Stage’s production of Fun Home. Previously, he played Schwartz in A Christmas Story with Charm City Players. Liam would like to thank director Todd Pearthree for this wonderful opportunity, and his weird but highly entertaining and loving family for their support.

TOM WYATT (Jake/Ensemble) In recent years, Tom has been the director and choreographer for several Cockpit productions including Sister Act, Me and My Girl, The Secret Garden and Curtains.  He has been seen (as an actor) upstairs in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife and The Gazebo. Many years ago, he was a dancer in Todd’s productions of Pippin and Mack & Mabel, and it’s been fun to “return to the past!”

FIONA CROWLEY (Wealthy Woman/Ensemble) is thrilled to join Cockpit after a long musical theater hiatus. Favorite credits are Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Weston Playhouse, CT) Maria in The Sound of Music (Ridgefield Theater Barn, CT), and Dolores in Olympus On My Mind (Danbury Actors’ Repertory Prep ,CT). She is co-host of Baltimore’s late night variety show Everybody all the Time with Linda & Polly, and can soon be heard performing with husband Mark Colegrove in Baltimore’s acoustic duo, Dāme Barlowe.

ALBERT J. BOEREN (Wealthy Man/Taxi Driver/Ensemble) Albert returns to the Cockpit stage having last been seen here as the police investigator in The Gazebo.  Having first appeared on the Cockpit stage in 1979 in Bye, Bye Birdie, Albert has been in numerous productions including Sunset Blvd. (Sheldrake),  Singin’ in the Rain (Dexter), Hairspray (Mr. Pinky), Curtains (Sidney), How to Succeed…. , Camelot and Love, Sex and the I.R.S. (Mr. Jansen).  Albert will appear in The Unexpected Guest in the Cabaret in July. He has also directed Cockpit’s productions of Social Security, The Odd Couple and Don’t Drink the Water.  Directing credits also include Brighton Beach Memoirs (DCT), several productions of Godspell, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Bye, Bye Birdie, Arsenic and Old Lace (4 times),  Meet Me in St. Louis, and Barnum.  Favorite stage roles include Harold Hill (The Music Man), Rooster (Annie), Epstein (Biloxi Blues), Albert (Bye, Bye, Birdie), and Clifton (1940’s Radio Hour). He works for ProCare Ambulance. Albert has been married for 34 years to the love of his life, Lisa, and is the proud father of two fantastic children, Andrew and Angela.

RACHEL VERHAAREN (Blind Woman/Ensemble) is excited to return to Cockpit in Court after last appearing here in Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2015. Most recently, Rachel played Frenchie in Cabaret at Vagabond Players and was part of the female ensemble in Catch Me If You Can at Dundalk Community Theatre. Rachel would like to thank her husband, Alex, for his patience and endless support.

OLIVIA AUBELE (Tracy/Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of this production of Disaster! She was last seen on the DCT stage in Mamma Mia! She was recently nominated for a Cappie for her Ensemble performance of The Goddess of Love, Erzulie, in Once On This Island at Notre Dame Prep where she is a junior. No stranger to local audiences, she has played Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain; Patsy in Crazy for You! ; Teen Fiona in Shrek; Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act!; Emma in Emma!; and Gabrielle the stepsister in Cinderella. Other roles include Oliver in Oliver!; Mazie in Seussical!; Ermangarde in Hello Dolly!; Amaryllis in The Music Man; and Marta in The Sound of Music. She recently made her NYC debut at Joe’s Pub performing as a soloist in the Cabaret “All you need is love!” She has performed locally for CPM, Patapsco High School, DCT, and The Vagabonds! She studies voice with Jenn Viets, Piano with Amy Kwon and Dance with Julie Foley at Upper Falls Dance Academy. Look for her in Cockpit’s next mainstage production of Nice Work If You Can Get It!

RYAN HOLMES (Chef/Ensemble) is a father to the best 4 & 6yr old in the world. He was in his first theatre production this past March; A Year with Frog & Toad with Dundalk Community Theatre.

CONNOR KISS  (Victim/Ensemble) is super excited to be in his first production at Cockpit! Other theater productions include Tarzan at The John Carroll School, Hairspray at CPM, Chess at Tidewater Players, The Addams Family at PFT, and most recently Mamma Mia! at DCT. Connor is also going to be in Nice Work If You Can Get It at Cockpit later this summer. Connor would like to thank the cast and production team for such a fun experience!

TODD PEARTHREE (Director/Choreographer) 200 plus productions for Modell-Lyric, Theatre Hopkins at JHU, MD Arts Festival at TU, Peabody Opera Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, Center Stage, Lycoming College, Chateau DeVille, 11 Dinner Theatres (2 as Producer/Director), Pumpkin Theatre (Producer/Director for 8 years), and most local theatres.. Adjunct Professor for Peabody Conservatory, Lectured at Towson University (film) and Loyola College (Musical Theatre). 20 plus productions for Cockpit including Mame, Mack & Mabel, Pippin, Annie Get Your Gun, Amadeus, West Side Story, Angel Street, A Chorus Line and How To Succeed.

MICHAEL DEVITO (Music Director) National tours include: Wicked, The Color Purple, Mamma Mia!, Annie, Little Shop of Horrors, Menopause: The Musical, The Wiz. Mike served as the music supervisor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Spectacular and has appeared regularly with the BSO SuperPops. Some of his favorite credits include performing with Shirley Jones, Robert Goulet, John Waters, Jackie Evancho, George Takei, Martin Short, Keely Smith, Donald O’Connor, Warren Haynes and The Mills Brothers. Mike was the musical director for the Baltimore-based vocal quintet, Opus V.

JASON RANDOLPH (Technical Director)

MICHAEL RASINSKI (Set Designer)

THOMAS GARDNER (Lighting Designer)

WIL CROWTHER (Costume Designer) Credits include, Iago’s Plot for The National Theatre of Weimar, Germany, Hammers with The Independent Eye, Born Yesterday for The Maryland Arts Festival, Sunset Boulevard for Cockpit in Court, The Well of Horniness with Iron Crow Theatre , The Wild Party for Theatro 101 and A Dickens of a Tale, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Stevenson University credits include Eurydice, The Amish Project, The Nether, Oedipus the King, Sweeney Todd, Two Room, The Yellow Wallpaper, Present Laughter and The Trojan Women to list a few. Costume Design for Film: Invisible Cities, It Goes Without Saying and Flight (Director: John Bright Mann) and The Connection (Director: Steve Yeager). Costume craftwork for Broadway: Little Women, Dracula, the Musical, Crybaby, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Born Yesterday (Designer: Catherine Zuber) Regional: Baltimore Centerstage 1996- present. Wil has served as the Faculty Costume Designer at Stevenson University since 1990.

COREY SEKULOW (Sound Designer) is trilled to be working on the crew for Disaster! His previous work experiences include the 2019 dance concert(CCBC) and Hair the musical (Mcdaniel College). Combined with his backstage work at Center Stage, previous employment at Towson University, and current employment at Revolution Events and Design’s Audio and lighting devision, he was asked to design and run the show. Good luck to all the cast!

JOHN CHRZANOWSKI (Stage Manager) is happy to be working behind the scenes at Cockpit in Court once again. Past Stage Managing Credits include Avenue Q (Cockpit in Court), The Graduate (Dundalk Community Theater), Assassins (Phoenix Festival Theater), The 39 Steps (Dundalk Community Theater), The Wedding Singer (Cockpit in Court), All Shook Up (Dundalk Community Theater), The Shadowbox (Teatro101), and Daddy’s Dying, Who’s Got the Will (Cockpit in Court). Past Directing Credits include Nunsense 2 (Artistic Synergy). Past Acting Credits include Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Mornington Players), Jeff in Go Back for Murder (Dundalk Community Theater), John in Godspell (Mornington Players), and the body of Uncle Anthony in Lucky Stiff (Cockpit in Court).

SAMMY JUNGWIRTH (Assistant Stage Manager) is so excited to be working on this show with this amazing group of people. Sammy is a 14 year old actor and technician at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland where he has been performing and helping out backstage for about 6 years. He is also a Stage Manager/Assistant Stage Manager and Set Designer for theaters in the community like Cockpit in Court, John Carroll, Beth Tfiloh, and more. This year he will attend George Washington Carver Center for the Arts and Technology where he will study production design. Later this summer, he will be designing the scenery for Disney’s Aladdin, Jr. In addition to his work, he has also been a part of multiple production teams that have won “cappie” awards for Backstage Crew and special effects design. One of his other favorite hobbies is playing the drums. Enjoy the show!

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director/Choreographer | Todd Pearthree
Music Director | Michael DeVito
Stage Manager | John Chrzanowski
Assistant Stage Manager | Sammy Jungwirth
Technical Director | Jason Randolph
Costume Designer | Wil Crowther
Set Designer | Michael Rasinski
Lighting Designer | Thomas Gardner
Sound Designer/Operator | Corey Sekulow
Shop Foreman | Michael Rasinski
Paint Charge | Jess Rassp
Master Carpenters | Allison Bloechl, David Martin Sunderland
Carpenters | Jim Egan, Tate Erickson, Becky St. Lawrence
Everett Simkins, Delvonta Wilson
Master Electrician | Thomas Gardner
Stage Run Crew | Jamie Morgereth, Vanessa Vincent, Delvonta Wilson
Light Board Operator | Megan Millane
Follow Spot Operators | Angela Boeren, Rebecca Grove
Properties Master | Shane Lowry
Production Photographer | Trent Haines-Hopper, thsquaredphotos.com
Production Liaisons | Toby Hessenauer, Bill Pheil

COCKPIT IN COURT 2019 STAFF

Artistic Managing Director | James Hunnicutt
Administrative Manager | Lisa L. Boeren
Producer | Dr. William Watson
Executive Producer | Dr. Anne M. Lefter
Mainstage Technical Director | Jason Randolph
Cabaret Technical Director | David Martin Sunderland
Box Office Manager | Lisa L. Boeren
Box Office Staff | Eva Grove, Thom Purdy
Business Manager | Johanna Lawrence
Production Manager | Bradley Norris
Communications Assistant | Cathy Kratovil

COCKPIT IN COURT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James Hunnicutt | Artistic Managing Director
Lisa L. Boeren | Administrative Manager

James Shirk | President
John Chrzanowski | Vice-President
William Pheil | Recording Secretary
Louise Higgins | Corresponding Secretary

Kacey Conn | Patricia DeLisle | Dave Guy | Estelle Harris
Thomas Hessenauer | H. Ray Lawson | Darren McDonnell
Sophia Montgomery | Jennifer Otero | Sam Ranocchia
Kristin Rigsby | R. Christopher Rose  | Ralph Welsh

Special Thanks

Dr. Sandra L. Kurtinitis, President, CCBC
Mr. 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
Michael Elspas, Assistant Director, Creative Services
Kim Bleakley, Graphic Designer
Marc Smith, Technical Director, CCBC Dundalk
The CCBC Essex Foundation for the donation of Wine
Sonja & Larry DeBaugh for donation of Slot Machine

THEATRE PATRONS ASSOCIATION

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CATEGORIES

Kings and Queens | $200 and above
Lula May & John Gray
David C. Guy

Royal Family | $100 – $199
 David & Chris Coarts
David & Susan Ladenheim
Tom & Sophia Montgomery
Herbert Stiff

Regents | 40 – $99
Ruth Anthony | Sylvia Brokos | Norman & Rosemary Bronzert
Paul & Carolyn Budny | Milton Dutcher |  Arlene Falke | Rodolfo Garcia

Friends of the Court | $10 – $49
 Brenda Bates | Karen Bayne | Frances Bochenek | Betty Borcherding
Charlotte & Ted Byrd | George Demers | Melissa Diehl
J. Suzanne Elmore | Sandra Forman | Peter Garger | Shirley Garrett
Margaret Haroth | Mary Huggins | Ronald Israel
Colleen Kuhn | Nancy Leibowitz | Ronald Lockwood | Anne Majerik
Barbara Melfa | Debra Schehlein | Kevin Simmons
Bruce Stevens | James Walcher | Virginia Wirtz

Cockpit in Court would like to acknowledge the support of Towson University.
On the web at Towson.edu

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

DISASTER!- Music Publishing Credits