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Adam Jacobs
Adam Jacobs is a San Francisco native and a graduate of St. Ignatius
and NYU. Broadway: The Lion King (Simba), Les Miserables (Marius).
Regional: American premiere of Zorro (Zorro) at Alliance Theater,
world premiere of Aladdin (Aladdin) at 5th Avenue Theater, Once
On This Island (Daniel) at Paper Mill Playhouse. National tours:
The Lion King (Simba), Mamma Mia! (Sky), Cinderella (Prince),
and Les Miserables (Marius). Love to his beautiful wife Kelly!
www.AdamLJacobs.com
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Amanda Lehman
AMANDA LEHMAN originally from Mobile, AL has been based out NYC
for over a decade. Some of her favorite credits: THE RADIO CITY
CHRISTMAS SPECTULAR, Moscow/Japan/US Tour of 42ND STREET, FOOTLOOSE,
Walt Disney's FINDING NEMO The Musical. Regional/International:
A CHORUS LINE, MUSIC MAN, SPIRIT OF THE DANCE, ROYAL CARRIBEAN
CRUISE LINES. Amanda serves on dance faculty at AMDA conservatory
in Manhattan. She is a graduate of Broadway Dance Center's Richard
Ellner Scholarship. Proud member of AEA. Love and Thanks to Mom,
Dad, & Jamie
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Amy Miller
Artistic Director & CEO, Founding Member
For the past 6 years, it has been the greatest honor of Amy's
life to join with artists and community members from around the
world to bring the vision of the Transcendence Theatre Company
to life. After producing TTC's Award-Winning Inaugural Season,
Amy is excited to expand & grow Transcendence Theatre's mission
to create transcendent experiences that inspire audiences to go
beyond the usual limits and change the world in extraordinary
ways.
Broadway/National Tour: 42nd Street. Select TV/Film Credits:
The Newsroom, Law & Order Los Angeles, Jake in Progress, &
over twenty National Commercials. Amy & her husband Executive
Director Brad Surosky are well-known across the world for being
in the hit You-Tube Video, "The Best Wedding Toast Ever".
Amy thanks everyone beyond words, especially her family, friends,
Team Transcendence, and all of our incredible donors & sponsors,
for their continuous belief and support of this immense dream.
She dedicates Transcendence Theatre's 2013 season to Ma'Ma'
& Daddy and in loving memory of Shirley Gilden, Celeste Dupox,
her Grandparents, & Harold Clurman.
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Andrea Sweeney
Andrea is extremely excited to be coming back for Season 2 of Broadway Under the Stars this summer. Select stage credits include The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet von Dergraff), The Sould of Music (Leisl), Seussical (Gertrude), Big River (Mary Jane) and Annie (Annie). Some film and television credits include: Santa Clause 3, The Middle, and Without a Trace. For more information visit andreasweeney.weebly.com. Andrea would like to thank Transcendence Theatre Co. for this amazing and transformative opportunity.
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Brad Surosky
co-Executive Director, Founding Member
Brad is so excited and humbled to be here in Sonoma with this incredible community. He is also so incredibly proud of all the hard work by so many people to make our second season a reality.
Brad is a Baltimore, Maryland native and holds a B.F.A. in Drama
from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has
performed Off-Broadway and at many regional theaters across
the country including Century Center, Provincetown Playhouse,
Wayside Theatre, Virginia Musical Theatre, Naples Dinner
Theatre, Hampton Playhouse, and many more.
Brad can be seen in the Film and TV world working in scenes
opposite James Caan, Zach Braff, Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel,
and Camilla Bell. Select TV/Film credits include Cold Case,
Scrubs, Las Vegas, Veronica Mars, When a Stranger Calls, and
numerous national commercials.
Brad is incredibly fortunate to be
married to TTC's Artistic Director, Amy Miller. He dedicates this
season to his incredible Grandma who brought him to see his first
professional play, and taught him in life to always choose love.
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Brian Golub
Brian Golub is beyond thrilled to be back in Sanoma with TTC
in their first official season! On Film Brian had a supporting
role aside Kristen Bell in the Feature Film “When In
Rome”. Broadway Benefits: Hair,Chess,Charles Busch on B’way.
Off-Broadway/NY: Lost In Love ( w/ Constantine Maroulis), Fleet
Week, Caligula, Floyd Collins, NBS, Regional: Walnut Street
Playhouse, Maine State Music Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, Riverside
Theatre, Merry Go Round Playhouse, Actors Playhouse (two Carbonell
Nominations for Fiddler…and The Full Monty) Phoenix
Theatre (Zoni Nomination for Altar Boyz), St. Michael’s
Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Thanks and congrats to
the entire TTC family! Love to my family and my friends
for all their support and love! BrianGolub.com,
UniqueNewYorkProductions.com
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Brooke Tansley
Broadway: Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Penny in Hairspray.
Film: Music and Lyrics (Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore), My Sassy
Girl (Elisha Cuthbert), Who's the Top? (Steve Buscemi), Take Care
(actor/producer). TV: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", Daisy Toadstool
on "Video Game Reunion" (MTV/Comedy Central). Stage: Anne in Little
Fish (Original L.A. Cast Recording), Clara in The Light in the
Piazza (Best Performance by a Leading Actress - Stage Scene LA).
Comedy: Upright Citizens Brigade.
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Carey Anderson
Carey is an artist who has been calling New York City home for
over 10 years. She has starred on Broadway in MAMMA MIA (Sophie),
and AVENUE Q (Kate/Lucy). She has toured Japan playing Belle in
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and
has performed in many regional productions across the country.
Her debut album WOKEN UP is available on iTunes. Carey is in awe
of this incredible company and so honored to be here!
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Carrie Manolakos
Broadway: MAMMA MIA (Sophie), Nat'l Tours: WICKED (Elphaba Standby).
Also a singer/songwriter with debut Album Echo reaching top 100
on the iTunes Pop Charts. Her video of Radiohead's Creep is over
1.3 Million views with write-ups in Gawker, New Yorker, Huffington
Post, and Entertainment weekly. Carrie was voted Elle Magazine's
30 Under 30: Essential Names to Know (Voted #1 by readers). Most
recently Carrie was a guest singer with PHISH at Madison Square
Garden for their NYE show. www.carriemanolakos.com
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Casey Hebbel
Casey Hebbel is ecstatic to return to Transcendence! Favorite
credits: Avenue Q (Kate Monster), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Christine),
Company (April), Hairspray (Penny). Casey has performed regionally
at Studio Tenn, Flat Rock Playhouse, The Arts Center of Coastal
Carolina, and Summer Repertory Theatre. An alumni of Belmont University,
Casey resides in NYC & is a brand new member of AEA. Endless gratitude
to her wonderful family for their undying support! Many thanks
to the TTC team; let's explode hearts!
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Christopher Youngsman
Broadway/National Tour: Urinetown - Tiny Tom; Grease! - Eugene.
Off Broadway/Regional: The Gorey Details - Marsh Mary Rose (The
Century Center); Just So! - Leopard (North Shore Musical Theatre);
Hair - Woof (Actors Theatre of Louisville); The World Goes Round
- Man 2 (SCV); Pageant - Miss Great Plains (Walnut Street Theatre);
Plaid Tidings - Smudge (Cleveland Playhouse); Forever Plaid -
Smudge (Connecticut Repertory); You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
- Schroeder (Self Family Arts Center); Gypsy - Yonkers (San Jose
Civic Light Opera). Workshops: Shrek, Nerds, Soap Dish, Yeast
Nation; Film: Across the Universe - Merry Prankster (Julie Taymor
Project). Television: The Christopher Show - Host; The Tonight
Show - Tap Dancing Mormon; Hannah Montana - Choreographer; Rescue
Me - John; Starved - Tan Man; Between the Lions - Sloppy Pop (PBS);
Tony Awards. I dedicate these performances to my MOM and DAD
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Dylan Smith
Dylan is a NYC based dancer, choreographer and instructor. He
graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Dance.
Professional credits include: The Japan and North American tours
of 42nd St., JUBILEE! at Ballys Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas,
Holland America Cruise lines, Hershey Park, in addition to various
regional theater work, industrials, television and film. Other
highlights include JUMP JIVE & WAIL! with the USO starring
Paris Hilton as well as performing alongside the band PHISH to
a sold out crowd of 35,000 on New Year's Eve at Madison Square
Garden.
Dylan is on staff at Broadway Dance Center in New York City and
has taught and choreographed for countless studios across the
US, his works continuing to win numerous titles and high scores
year after year.
A true artist, Dylan enjoys writing, photography, painting, designing
his own costumes, and conceptualizing and creating works in all
aspects of the arts world.
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Elizabeth Stanley
Broadway: originated the roles of Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet;
Allison in Cry-Baby, and April in the Tony-award-winning revival
of Company. First National Tour: Kira in Xanadu. Off-Broadway:
Gussie in Merrily We Roll Along (NYCC Encores!); The Nurse in
Hello, Again (Transport Theatre Group-Drama League Nomination).
Numerous TV and regional roles. Thanks to Amy and Brad and everyone
at TTC; singing under California starshine is a magical dream
come true! Elizabethstanley.net
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Eric Jackson
Eric is currently touring with The Book of Mormon but so happy
for the chance to return to the Transcendence Theatre Company!
Broadway: Young Frankenstein and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other
National Tours: Dreamgirls, Ragtime, Chicago, and the Radio Christmas
Spectacular. Regionally he's played across the country as well,
but was last seen in the west coast debut of the Kander and Ebb
musical, The Scottsboro Boys. BFA, University of Michigan. Visit
him at www.Eric-Jackson.net.
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Freddie Kimmel
Freddie Kimmel is thrilled to be joining forces with transcendence!
Credits include Billy Elliot (Tony u/s) 2nd National Tour, A Tree
grows in Brooklyn (Willie) Off BWay, On The Town (Chip) Lucille
Lortelle, White Christmas (Phil) Virginia Repertory Theater, Les
Miserables (fueilly) P.C.L.O. Upcoming: Freddie is also very excited
to be involved in SUPERFLY over the past year and a half directed
by Bill T Jones…keep an eye out 2013. Proud cancer survivor!
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Gabrielle Ruiz
Broadway: Evita & In the Heights. Few Faves: SkippyJon Jones
(Off-Bway), A Chorus Line (1st Nat'l/Papermill), The Broadway
Dolls, Speakeasy Moderne, My One and Only (Goodspeed). Some TV
& Film. From South Texas, OCU BFA, AEA. WCHIA. God is so Good.
www.garielleruiz.net,
@ImGabrielleRuiz. Other gig: Healthy Happiness with Gabrielle
@HHwGabrielle. So blessed to be here!
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Jaclyn Miller
Jaclyn Miller is delighted to be making her TTC debut! National
Tour: Happy Days: the Musical. Regional Credits: Chicago (Ogunquit
Playhouse), 9 to 5 (Ogunquit Playhouse),Soul Doctor (Parker Playhouse),
The Who's TOMMY (Berkshire Theatre Festival). In addition to performing
Jaclyn works as an Associate Choreographer, assisting on shows
such as: Pirates of Penzance, She Loves Me (Oregon Shakespeare
Festival),Joseph...Dreamcoat (Lyric Theatre). Most recently, she
had the incredible honor of choreographing her first projects:
My Fair Lady and Taming of the Shrew (Oregon Shakespeare Festival).
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Jennifer Farmer
Jennifer Farmer is delighted to be joining TTC! Jennifer earned
her BM in Vocal Performance from NKU before heading to L.A. in
2000. Since then she has appeared in numerous national commercials,
and has had a successful career in stage, modeling, film and voiceover.
Jennifer had the thrilling opportunity to perform as a soprano
soloist in some of the finest cathedrals in Germany and Austria,
and to play Sandy in the European tour of GREASE. She is a member
of SAG/Aftra and AEA, and resides in Sonoma County as a private
voice teacher. Love to my family, Aaron, Caden and Layne!
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Julie Craig
NY: The Apple Tree with Kristin Chenoweth, Bye Bye Birdie directed
by Tony Award winning Jerry Zaks (City Center Encores!), Pirates
of Penzance, Iolanthe, etc. (City Center), Luisa in The Fantasticks
(Off-Bway), The Black Monk (Samuel Beckett) - Cast Album. Regional:
Dog in the Manger (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Cosette in Les
Miserables (Walnut Street) - Barrymore Award Nomination, Kim MacAfee
in Bye Bye Birdie (Westchester Broadway), Maria in West Side Story
(International Tour). TV: Law & Order: SVU, Cupid, Guiding Light.
"Miss Teen Pennsylvania". BFA NYU/Tisch.
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Kamela Portuges - Images In Motion
Kamela Portuges is co-owner and production designer at Images In Motion. She has over twenty years experience in designing award winning puppets and puppet sets for TV and film. She has puppeteered on many TV shows, films and commercials. Kamela has written many award winning scripts.
Kamela has designed puppets, sets and puppeteered for numerous clients including the National Forest Service, the National Marrow Donor Program, “Little Leaps” for Leapfrog Toys and more. Her screen credits include puppeteering and/or sculpting for “James and the Giant Peach”, “MonkeyBone”, “Being John Malkovich”, “The Fly2”, “BiCentennial Man”, “Life Aquatic” and the “Bob Clampett Opening” for the Cartoon Network. Her Commercial resume includes ESPN, Panasonic, Best Buy, Mercedes Benz and Round Table Pizza.
Kamela is the recipient of three regional Emmys, as a writer, puppeteer and production designer. She is one of America’s foremost celebrity doll sculptor’s and her work is seen in stores around the world. Kamela has degrees in Theater, Science and Marketing.
Images in Motion is Sonoma’s Emmy award winning puppet theater. IIM’s work centers around puppetry for TV and film, but the two co-owners, Lee Armstrong and Kamela Portuges enjoy live performance as well. Their performance/and or fabrication credits include “Being John Malkovich” “James and the Giant Peach” “Monkeybone” “Life Aquatic” Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” and numerous commercials.
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Kelly Jacobs
Kelly Jacobs is excited to be sharing this wonderful experience
with her husband Adam! A native of WI, Kelly spent the last 4
years as swing/dance capt. of Mary Poppins on tour and Broadway.
Favorite credits include Radio City Christmas Spectacular (NYC),
Mame (Kennedy Center), Tommy (Pittsburgh CLO), Camelot with Robert
Goulet (Atlanta TOTS), Producers (Pioneer), Cats (Marriott Theater
in Lincolnshire), Tokyo Disney. Thank you TTC!
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Kurt Domoney
KURT DOMONEY is thrilled to spend the summer with Transcendence!
Kurt believes that theatre changes lives and community by creating
an experience that is based in service to everyone's own creative
journey. Performing: A Chorus Line (Broadway), 42nd Street (1st
National), Urinetown (Geva Theatre), The Music Man (Arena Stage),
Forum (Goodspeed), Cats (Sacramento Music Circus). Directing /
Choreography: Pistachio, the Brooklyn Girl Made from Trash (Brooklyn
Arts Council), A Chorus Line (associate choreographer, North Shore).
Teaching: www.mtcollegeauditions.com.
Gratitude!
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Laurie Wells
Laurie is thrilled to be back at Transcendence Theatre Company
this year!Laurie is a native Californian who now resides in NYC
where she can often be seen in the Broadway hit Mamma Mia! She
also starred as Donna Sheridan in the National Tour. Favorite
Credits: City of Angels and 42nd Street at the Goodspeed Opera
House, Ragtime in Ithaca NY, Dames at Sea at Bay Street, 1st National
Tour of Swing!
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Leah Horowitz
Leah Horowitz is stoked to be back in Sonoma! She recently played
Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls at GLT in Cleveland. Broadway: Follies
(Young Heidi); Les Miserables (Cosette); White Christmas; Woman
in White; Fiddler…; La Cage…;Th.Mod.Millie. Regional includes:
Follies (Young Heidi) at Kennedy Ctr and the Ahmanson; Carousel
with the NY Phil; Fiddler… (Hodel) at Sacramento Music Circus;
Merrily We Roll Along and Where's Charley? at City Ctr Encores!;
Showboat (Magnolia) at St Louis Muny. More at leahhorowitz.com.
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Leah Sprecher
Creative Coordinator, Founding Member
Leah Sprecher has performed at some of the nations most prestigious
theatres including Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House,
and REPRISE! She Most recently completed a year-long stint at
the famed Groundlings theatre in Los Angeles where she wrote and
performed sketch/improv comedy in shows such as Et Tu Sunday,
Camp Sunday, the Cookin' With Gas Show, and her one-woman show
Old At Heart. Nat'l Tours:42nd Street, Happy Days, and the Radiocity
Christmas Spectacular. Film/TV: Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Marc
Maron Project.
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Lee Armstrong - Images In Motion
Lee Armstrong is co-owner and producer at Images In Motion Inc. She has produced award winning TV programs. Clients include Leapfrog Enterprises, the USDA Forest Service, NISE Barbados, National Marrow Donor Program, the University of California and more.
Lee started out as a TV puppeteer for Jim Henson. Her credits include both TV and film with such titles as “Being John Malkovich", “MonkeyBone”, “Fraggle Rock”, “Follow That Bird,” “Mustard Pancakes” for PBS, “Little Leaps” for Leapfrog Toys and the “Bob Clampett Show” for the Cartoon Network.
Her commercial credits include AXE, Best Buy, Mercedes Benz, Round Table Pizza, Bell Canada and Gold Seal Seafood. She is the recipient of two Regional Emmys as producer/writer and puppeteer. Lee is the Video Production Consultant for Puppeteers of America. Lee has a degree in Theater and received two Canada Council grants for her work in puppetry.
Images in Motion is Sonoma’s Emmy award winning puppet theater. IIM’s work centers around puppetry for TV and film, but the two co-owners, Lee Armstrong and Kamela Portuges enjoy live performance as well. Their performance/and or fabrication credits include “Being John Malkovich” “James and the Giant Peach” “Monkeybone” “Life Aquatic” Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” and numerous commercials.
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Lexy Fridell
Broadway: The Pee-wee Herman Show. 1st Nat'l Tour: Avenue Q.
Off-Broadway: Avenue Q, Gone Missing. London: (I am) Nobody's
Lunch. Original Dory in Disney's Finding Nemo, The Musical. Other
theatre: PCPA, PCLO, Kansas City Starlight, SRT, Weston/Ogunquit
Playhouses. Lexy's voice can be heard as "Chairry" on HBO's Pee-wee
Herman Show DVD, and on a SNL digital short. BFA: CMU. Lexy is
thrilled to be playing with Transcendence in her very own hometown!
www.lexyfridell.com.
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Libby Servais
Libby is overjoyed to join the Transcendence Theatre Co. this
summer! Broadway: Wicked (Glinda u/s), Lysistrata Jones (Lysistrata,
Myhrinne standby). Tours: Wicked (Glinda Standby in San Francisco
and 2nd National Tour). Regional: Legally Blonde (Elle Woods),
1776 (Martha Jefferson), Hairspray (Amber), Pride and Prejudice
(Georgiana Darcy), Hair (Jeanie), Pregnancy Pact (Sansanee), Side
Show (Violet Hilton). Graduate of Baldwin-Wallace University Conservatory
of Music. Love and endless gratitude to her incredible family
and canine daughter, Pearl!
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Mark Gindick
Mark Gindick is a professional actor, clown, physical comedian,
director, teacher and writer/creator of his own theatrical shows.
Wing-Man, his original theatrical piece, won BEST ONE-MAN SHOW
in United Solo Theatre Festival. Feature films, including Julie
& Julia ; Televison, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late
Night with Conan O'Brien and was featured in The PBS mini series
CIRCUS; Mark's unique blend of vaudeville, dance, and physical
comedy earned him three Golden Nose Awards
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Matt Gibson
BROADWAY: Gypsy (starring Patti Lupone); OFF-BROADWAY: New Girl
in Town (Irish Rep), OFF-OFF BROADWAY: Both your Houses (Metropolitan
Playhouse), Pursuit of Persephone (Prospect Theater Company);
FAVORITE AEA ROLES: Curly and Will (Oklahoma!), Phil (White Christmas),
Claude (Hair), Lt. Cable (South Pacific), Cornelius (Hello, Dolly!),
Diesel (West Side Story); OTHER THEATER: Woody (Toy Story: the
Musical) Disney Cruise Line, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
TRAINING: BFA: NYU Tisch CAP21/ Stonestreet. RI Native. AEA, AGVA,
and SAG-AFTRA. www.mrmattgibson.com
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Melissa Giattino
Melissa Giattino is proud to be half of the song-and-dance duo
TWO ON TAP. Since debuting in 2010, TWO ON TAP has entertained
tens of thousands at concerts across the USA and onboard luxury
cruise liners, including Queen Mary 2. As a solo artist, Melissa
made her Broadway debut as an original revival cast member of
the tap-dancing spectacular 42nd Street, and her talents have
been featured as a member of the Radio City Rockettes.
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Molly Alvarez
Molly is thrilled to be returning to Sonoma, after having choreographed
for Transcendence's Inaugural Season! Her choreography for the
Troubadour Theater Company earned her 2011 and 2012 LA Ovation
Award nominations, a 2012 Back Stage Garland Award, and a 2012
Broadway World LA Award nomination. Other choreography has been
seen at venues throughout LA and NYC. Acting credits include:
Happy Days the Musical--National Tour, and Lost in Hollywoodland--NYC
Fringe. She is part of the SDCF Observership Program for Emerging
Artists.
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Morgan Karr
MORGAN KARR is a Los Angeles based singer-songwriter who blends
catchy melodies with honest lyrics and a powerful voice. Morgan
has received top honors as a writer & performer from the John
Lennon Songwriting Competition (2012), and "Amateur Night"
at the Apollo Theater (2010). As an actor, he appeared in the
GRAMMY & TONY winning production of Spring Awakening on Broadway.
Perhaps more inspiring is Morgan's effort to support community
through art -- creating the non-profit initiative CommunicateME
which partners working artists with inner-city high schools to
write original pieces of music and theater. Morgan's sophomore
EP 'yellow skies' was produced by Alex Wong (Delta Rae, Vienna
Teng, Ari Hest). www.MorganKarr.com
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Nick Dalton
NICK is most recognizable as the face of DirecTV bills nationwide,
pop up TROJAN Condom ads online, and the host of ZOO SOUNDS on
ABC/PBS. Some professional highlights working alongside the likes
of Eli Wallach, Bill Irwin, Susan Lucci, Harvey Fierstein, Adrian
Zmed, and Sally Struthers include HAIR (European Tour), LEGALLY
BLONDE: The Musical (US Tour), HAIRSPRAY (Original Las Vegas Company),
the pre Broadway production of the musical THE THREE MUSKETEERS,
ALL MY CHILDREN, and most recently the World Premiere Beach Boys
Musical "SURF" at the PLANET HOLLYWOOD CASINO in Las
Vegas.
Nick is currently a Teaching Artist / Spokesperson for ASTEP:
Artists Striving To End Poverty (www.asteponline.org),
where he recently co-constructed an Arts Camp for TEACH FOR INDIA
in Pune, India, has led Hurricane Sandy relief teams in Rockaway
Beach and Staten Island, taught workshops for the Kennedy Center,
taught Circus/Mask/Puppetry skills at a school for social change
in India, and taught music to refugee teens in Brooklyn. This
fall he begins the M.F.A. Theatre program at Sarah Lawrence College.
www.nickdalton.org
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Nicolas Dromard
Nicolas is so excited to be coming back for another season at
Transcendence! For the last 14 years, he's been traveling all
over the USA and Canada performing on Broadway and in National
Tours. His latest venture had him playing the lead role of Bert
in the Broadway and touring productions of Mary Poppins. The Bay
Area can still hear the echo of him Dancing Through Life at the
Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from his year and a half as Fiyero
in Wicked. You can currently catch him playing the role of Tommy
Devito in the touring production of Jersey Boys. www.nicolasdromard.com.
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Nicole Mangi
Nicole is thrilled to be back for her second season with TTC!
She was seen on Broadway in the Tony award winning revival of
Gypsy starring Patti LuPone and directed by Arthur Laurents. She
performed the role of Agnes as well as the Dainty June cover,
which she went on for many exciting times! She can also be heard
singing on the Grammy Award winning cast recording. Other favorite
theatre credits include; New York City Center, Goodspeed Opera
House, Primary Stages, North Shore Music Theatre, Westchester
Broadway, and Walnut Street. TV roles include Vicky Hennigen on
Law and Order: SVU.
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Nili Bassman
Nili returns to Sonoma for a second transcending season, straight
off the plane from her honeymoon!! Broadway: Curtains (original
company), Never Gonna Dance (original company), Chicago (Hunyak),
and The Addams Family (workshop). Regional credits include: Camelot
(Guenevere); The 39 Steps (Pamela, etc); A Chorus Line (Cassie);
Anything Goes (Hope); Follies (Young Phyllis); The Crucible (Abigail).
Select Film/TV: "The Christmas Tree" (Sally Field, dir); "The
Contender" (UPN), "Graham Crackers" (pilot). Hometown: Burke,
VA. More at www.nilibassman.com
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Q. Smith
Q. Smith- Originally from Omaha, Nebraska. She's thrilled to
be apart of the Transcendence 2nd Year season. Graduate of Ithaca
College- B.F.A Musical Theatre. Broadway: Les Miserables (Swing)
and Mary Poppins (Miss Andrew). Off- Broadway/Concerts; Fame:
The Musical (Mabel Washington-Cast Album), Showboat in Concert
at Carnegie Hall, 2008 Inaugural Soloist, Soloist for Hillary
Clinton's Vital Voices Awards at Kennedy Center. Tour through
Central America and Europe and performed with Gladys Knight and
Rita Coolidge in Smokey Joe's Cafe. Q.'s future plans are to build
a school of the arts integrated with the juvenile system and to
finish her book Queens of the Theatre. Psalms 23. Stay in touch
at www.Qperstar.com.
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Rachel Thomas
Rachel Louise Thomas is thrilled to be returning as a Resident
Artist for a second season with TTC! NYC: Lincoln Center's Songbook
Series, Opening Doors Theatre Company. National Tour/Radio City
Music Hall: Nickelodeon's Dora The Explorer. Regional: Kansas
City Starlight Theatre, Light Opera of Oklahoma, West Virginia
Public Theatre, The Little Opry Theatre (Branson). Rachel holds
a Bachelor of Music from Oklahoma City University. Love and gratitude
to my family, friends, and TTC for this magical opportunity!
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Randi Kaye
Founding Member
Randi has toured both nationally and internationally as Anytime
Annie in 42nd Street and Ethel Levy in George M! Some other credits
include White Christmas (Judy), Crazy for You (Patsy), and A Chorus
Line (Bebe). As a proud founder of TTC, she is overwhelmingly
happy to be a part of this incredible company and now this incredible
community!! Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Ly, Jared, and my little
monster Noah!
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Robert Petrarca
General Director, Founding Member
Robert Petrarca is a proud founding member of Transcendence Theatre
Company and is immensely grateful for the adventure that has unfolded
throughout the years. As a Los Angeles based director/choreographer
and performer, his credits include "It's Top Secret"
at the Noho Arts Center (director/choreographer), "A Christmas
Carol" at the Madrid Theatre (director/choreographer), "Technique",
a short film (director), Kurt Weill's "Street Scene"
at Eastman School of Music (choreographer), "Sunny Side Up"
and "Zip! Goes a Million", both with the Operetta Foundation
(choreographer) . Robert recently returned from Ashland where
he served as the Assistant Choreographer for "My Fair Lady"
and "Taming of the Shrew" at the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival. Year-round, Robert serves as the program director for
Golden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, where he directs
and choreographs regularly, as well as coordinates educational
workshops and class series.
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Ron DeStefano
Ron DeStefano is proud to be half of the song-and-dance duo TWO
ON TAP. The 2012-2013 season saw TWO ON TAP completing a 60-city
tour of the Midwest and Mountain states and flying to China (twice!).
As a soloist, Ron has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Paper Mill
Playhouse and Goodspeed Opera House, and he has received the Back
Stage Bistro Award for his New York City cabaret work. For more
information: www.two-on-tap.com!
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Ruby Lewis
RUBY LEWIS is experiencing her first summer with Transcendence!
Theatre credits: National Tours of Jersey Boys, Grease and Gypsy;
Regional: 9 to 5 (Doralee) and Legally Blonde (Elle). Ruby also
performs in the For the Record Series in LA. On screen, Ruby has
recurred on "Desperate Housewives" and co-starred on "Medium",
"Brothers & Sisters" and "Rules of Engagement" and "Hart of Dixie."
Be on the lookout for Ruby in Showtime's new series "Masters of
Sex," premiering in September.
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Sheri Sanders
Insisting on her own diversity, Sheri has done everything from
channel the late Kitty Genovese in the opera The Screams of Kitty
Genovese (NYMF) to playing Little Becky in the National Tour of
Urinetown, to creating the Pilot Episode of MY TIME on the Oprah
Winfrey Network, to being the first person in the history of Musical
Theatre to teach performers and their teachers how to successfully
audition for Rock Musicals, with Hal Leonard as the publisher
of her very successful book, Rock The Audition. www.rock-the-audition.com
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Stephan Stubbins
co-Executive Director, Founding Member
Stephan would like to thank all of the amazing people in this community and beyond who have
supported and believed in the Transcendence Theatre Company on
its adventurous and inspired journey. Stephan left the
Broadway cast of "Mary Poppins" to
help found the company and is overjoyed to be working diligently
along-side four of the people who inspire him the most - Amy
Miller, Brad Surosky, Robert Petrarca and his Mom (Chris Stubbins), each to whom
he will forever be grateful.
In addition to being on Broadway in "Mary Poppins,"
Stephan was in the pre-Broadway World Premiere of the musical
"Memphis" (originating the roles of Buck Wiley, Dick
Clark, & Perry Como), and has played lead roles in many theaters
in New York and across the US in addition to doing so for Disney
Cruise Lines and Disney's MGM Studios. He made multiple appearances
on TV on “Late Night with Conan O’Brian” and was also on the 1st
National Tour of "Mary Poppins" (which included a special
performance with Dick Van Dyke).
As a soloist Stephan has done everything from touring Austria
singing Movie Musicals, to singing Frankie Valli songs at industrials
for big corporations, to singing the tribute song solo to Rosemary
Clooney at a party in her name, and to (while growing up in Cincinnati,
OH) singing an opening act solo for Frank Sinatra at Cincinnati
Music Hall. Visit him at www.StephanStubbins.com
Stephan would like to dedicate this season to the memory of his grandparents.
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Stephanie Cadman
STEPHANIE CADMAN originally from Ottawa Canada began her professional
career in the Mirvish Productions 'Needfire', and the Broadway
National Tour of '42nd Street'. She is one of Canada's top violinists
featured in the production of BOWFIRE, and is also a member of
the country super group BELLE STARR. At 16 she won top female
tap dancer at the worlds in Riesa Germany. Stephanie's dynamic
playing and singing can be heard on her new CD 'Foggy New Year'.
www.stephaniecadman.com
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Steve Mazurek
STEVE MAZUREK is so happy to be back in Sonoma and with Transcendence!
Currently, Hulu can see him singing in Hollywood with the hit
movie soundtrack concert series "For The Record" at Rockwell.
Steve was recently seen guest starring on TNT's hit show, "Hawthorne"
and in the Hollywood Bowl production of "Les Miserables". He sang
as a featured solo artist under the prolific Maestro Erich Kunzel
with POPS Orchestras around North America. A graduate of Interlochen
Arts Academy, Steve received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Steven Booth
Has been living and working in NYC for the past six years and
is thrilled to be working with Transcendence. Broadway: Avenue
Q (Princeton/Rod u/s), Glory Days (Will). Off Broadway/Regional:
Dogfight (Gibbs); Spidermusical, Mint Theatre (Colin); Happy Days,
National Tour (Richie Cunningham); Glory Days, Signature Theatre
in DC; Three Musketeers, North Shore Music Theatre; Avenue Q,
Wynn Las Vegas Theatre; Pippin, Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre (Pippin);
Rudolph the Red Nosed ReinDOORS @ Falcon Theatre (Rudolph); Edges:
A song cycle, Capitol Repertory Theatre. Love and thanks to family
and friends!
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T. Oliver Reid
T. Oliver Reid is the recipient of a 2013 Bistro Award for "Outstanding
Theme Show", 2013 MAC Award for Male Vocalist, 2012 MAC Award
for Male-NY Debut and 2011 Julie Wilson Award from the Mabel Mercer
Foundation, with Debuts at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency, The
Metropolitan Room and 54 Below.
He's performed at the 21st, 22nd and 23rd New York Cabaret Conventions,
recently finished work on his first screenplay and started writing
his first play for the stage. In June, he will be directing at
Lincoln Center Theater as part of their Director's Lab.
Broadway credits include "Kiss Me Kate", "Follies",
"Thoroughly Modern Millie", "Mary Poppins",
"Chicago" and many more.
His CD, "Do I Love You" is available on amazon.com
and iTunes.
www.toliverreid.com
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Tinuke Oyefule
Tinuke Oyefule is excited to be returning to TTC this season
after joining the augural cast for the "Dream The Impossible Dream"
concert! TV/Film credits include XFactor (Fox), UNDISCOVERED GYRL,
LIMITLESS and THE EXPRESS. LA concert series include For the Record:
Baz Luhrmann, John Hughes and Tarantino with Rockwell Performance
Group. She is a Philadelphia native and holds a BFA from Syracuse
University. Love and thanks to family, friends and the entire
Transcendence group!
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Victor Mazzone
Victor Mazzone is a native Kentuckian who landed in LA via a
degree in Voice Studies at Northwestern University. West Coast
highlights: Jawbreaker with Megan Hilty, a world-wide commercial
campaign for Bacardi, U.S. premiere of Camelia la Tejana (Long
Beach Opera), singing with Youngblood Hawke on Jimmy Kimmel Live!,
and recording with Jared Leto's band 30 Seconds to Mars. Victor
is a member of The Silver Lake Chorus. Look for their debut album
this summer!
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VictoriaMatlock
Victoria was last seen on Broadway in Million Dollar Quartet
as Dyanne. She's also starred in Wicked (Elphaba), Evita, The
Full Monty, The First Wives Club, The Marvelous Wonderettes (original
cast & cast album) & more. She graduated from the University of
Northern Colorado with a major in Musical Theatre and a minor
in Computer Science. She also owns a photography business, designs
jewelry, makes clothing and purses, and designs web sites.
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Wendy Rosoff
Wendy is honored to be returning to TTC! Broadway/NY: 42nd St
(Original revival cast), A Christmas Carol, My Favorite Broadway:
The Leading Ladies. Most recent LA Theatre: West Coast premiere
of Disenchanted at the El Portal Theatre, The Full Monty (Vicky)
and Falsettos (Cordelia). Other favorites: Radio City X'mas Spectacular
(Mrs. Claus), White Christmas-San Fran co. (Rita), Dames At Sea
(Ruby), Godspell (Peggy). Film: Cabin Fever 2 (Lionsgate), Cross
(Sony), The Prestige (Warner Bros.) Favorite TV credits: Criminal
Minds, (CBS), Good Behavior (ABC), Great Performances (PBS). Wendy
is currently on faculty at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
and at The Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles. www.wendyrosoff.com
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Will Reynolds
Will was most recently seen in the acclaimed NYC revival of
Sondheim's PASSION dir. by John Doyle; Tour: MAMMA MIA! Selected
regional: US premiere of LOVE STORY (Oliver) at Walnut Street,
EMMA and the world premiere of A ROOM WITH A VIEW at The Old Globe.
Film: THE GOOD SHEPHERD (dir. Robert De Niro.). As a composer
his work is featured on Audra McDonald's latest album, GO BACK
HOME. Carnegie Mellon graduate. www.willreynoldsonline.com
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Amanda Stuart - Assistant Stage Manager and Pre-show Event
Manager
Amanda M. Stuart is ecstatic to be joining the Transcendence
Team. Amanda has a BFA in Musical Theatre performance from the
Hartt School of Music. She most recently worked with Norwegian
Cruise Lines, in Hawaii, as a stage technician. She has traveled
the United States at land and at sea working on and off stage
with numerous theatre companies, and is thrilled to be adding
Transcendence to the list. Thank you to Brad and Amy for this
experience.
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Anne Abrams - Press Relations Associate
Anne Abrams (Publicity) worked on Broadway, in San Francisco,
L.A, as well as press representative for Broadway national tours.
Anne was VP of Public Relations for SHN Theatres in San Francisco,
Director of Communications for Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre, an
independent publicist representing The. Kennedy Center, the L.A.
Arts and Culture Department, Cameron Mackintosh and many other
entertainment clients and events. Currently: Jack London Park,
San Francisco Playhouse, The Wells Fargo Center for the Arts.
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Bill Ferguson - Assistant Technical Director
Bill Ferguson, has over thirty years experience in stage, TV
and film lighting. Credits include everything from major Canadian
TV music shows, to remotes such as the G8 Summit, United Nations
Summit, Atlanta Olympics and Henson productions such as Fraggle
Rock, The Jim Henson Hour, and numerous Muppet specials. Awards
include a Regional Emmy, numerous Tellys and a National Ad Council
award.
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Brett Fisher - Business Manager
Brett is the president of Brett Fisher Group, a boutique management
consulting and executive search firm based in Santa Monica, CA.
Brett previously worked as General Manager for Rubicon Theatre
Company, as Managing Director for the Santa Monica Civic Light
Opera, where he produced productions for the Historic Avalon Casino
Theatre on Catalina Island, and as a Music Consultant on Disney
Theatricals' Aida. Brett earned his BA in Music Education and
Conducting from UCLA, studied Arts Management at USC, and received
his MBA from Pepperdine University. Brett is a new dad to year-old
twins Ella and Ethan.
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Brett Schrier - Music Director
Brett's musical directing/conducting credits include: 42nd Street
(National Tour), Hairspray (National Tour), Les Miserables, Forever
Plaid, Cats, Miss Saigon, A Chorus Line, and Broadway In South
Africa. He has written and developed three original musicals:
Take Two! The Musical!, Mr. Popper's Penguins, and most recently,
Time Between Us, which was awarded "Critic's Pick" at the 2011
New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). Brett wrote the music,
book, and lyrics for Time Between Us, which is currently being
licensed to regional theatres nationwide. A graduate of The Boston
Conservatory, Brett has created cabarets and musical arrangements
for a variety of music venues: Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, and The Knitting
Factory. Brett spends a great deal of time vocal coaching, teaching
theatre workshops, songwriting, and educating artists around the
globe. Read more at: www.brettschrier.com
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Brian Boyce - Drummer
A Los Angeles-based drummer/percussionist, Brian performs various
styles of music on, below, and adjacent to the stage. Recent theatrical
highlights: Lythgoe Family Productions' A Snow White Christmas
(Pasadena Playhouse; w/Ariana Grande), A Night at Sardi's: Showstoppers
(w/David Hyde Pierce, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs),
Rated RSO (Joe's Pub), Lesli Margherita's All Hail the Queen,
Falling for Make Believe (Colony Theatre), The Coco & Ruby Variety
Hour, and MTG's productions of Shenandoah, One Touch of Venus,
and Hello Again. Television sidelining: 2010 BET Awards and a
national Honda commercial. Education: UCLA (B.A., Music Performance
and Ethnomusicology), UVA (M.A., Musicology).
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Chris Stubbins - Press Relations Associate
Chris Stubbins is an Event Planner and PR specialist for events like the International Immunization Campaign with the CDC and World Figure Skating. Committed to Volunteerism she was 1st Vice President of the Association of Junior Leagues International and president of 7 other Cincinnati non profits. Chris has organized two, million dollar plus capital campaigns and is an International Trainer and Speaker. She was honored as one of 24 nationally for the Leadership America Program in 1994. Chris is thrilled to work with the incredible TTC, particularly her Son, Stephan, who continues to amaze and inspire her.
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Denice Hall - Concessions/Merchandise Manager
Denice Hall is entering her second year with Transcendence Theater
Company working in the Merchandising and Concessions area of the
company. She has found the enthusiasm and quality of the work
that is put out by this company is infectious and she is eager
to be a part of it. This year she will again be working with Merchandising
and Concessions; managing these operations and volunteers, ensuring
a smooth operating system. As a teacher during the school year,
she comes with experience in managing, and organizing people of
all ages and abilities.
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Erin Schuster - Marketing Associate
Erin is thrilled to be joining the TTC team for its 2013 season! A recent graduate of The Hartt School in Connecticut, she holds a B.A. in Performing Arts Management with a concentration in Theater. While an intern at the historic Goodspeed Opera House, Erin assisted producers with the early production stages of Julie Andrews' new musical, The Great American Mousical, based on the popular children's book. Excited to explore California, she wishes love to all family and friends on the east coast!
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Jared Seltzer - Multi-Media Team Manager
Jared Seltzer is a film director, editor, and cameraman. He has worked on a range of commercial spots, Hollywood studio films, music videos, and international documentaries. A graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Jared received a Fulbright Fellowship to study filmmaking in New Zealand.
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Jeff Basham - Operations Assistant
Jeff is overjoyed and humbled to be a member of the TTC family this summer. Jeff's professional credits include being a Stage Technician aboard Norwegian Cruise Line America's ships cruising the crystal blue waters of Hawaii. He has been involved in community theatre in Sonoma County for nearly 20 years; most recently he stage managed The Full Monty, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical for 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa.
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Jeffrey Porter - Technical Director
Jeffrey Porter is a lighting, sound and projection designer based
in Los Angeles. He has designed musicals on Theatre Row, trade
show booths and a variety of industrials. He designs lighting
regularly for schools around California. He is the Technical Director
for Nathalie Gaulthier's Le Studio , an aerial arts school in
Culver City and for the Greenway Court Theatre in the Fairfax
District. Jeffrey has received an NAACP Los Angeles Theatre Award
nomination for lighting design and an Ovation nomination for sound
design. This is his second year working with Transcendence and
he is excited for another season.
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Jonathan Bradford - Technical Assistant
Jonathan Silvester Bradford grew up in a sleepy New Haven town. As a child, Jonathan taught squirrels to communicate using a simplified binary code. In his teenage years he was first string goalie for his high school field hockey. And in 2000 he played the congas for Tito Puentes' funeral. As a true Jack-of-all-trades he considers winning a Pulitzer for his "avant gard" children's literature and a Nobel Peace Prize in economics for introducing currency to Britian in 1972 two of his greatest accomplishments to date. After leaving his lucrative optometry practice in Beverly Hills to find the meaning of life, Mr Bradford found his true passion in unicorn husbandry. S, as his friends call him, spends his free time as an amateur fromagere perfecting his recipes for creme fraiche and Spanish sheep's milk cheese and rubbing gravel in his beard while roaming the hilly pastures of North Hollywood in search of the next one horned beauty.
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Leesa Munger - Box Office Manager
Leesa returns for her second season with Transcendence Theatre
Company as Box Office Manager. She is a California native and
now calls Sonoma County her forever home. She enjoys singing,
photography, cooking and raising her 11 year old son Isaac. She
met her husband Dallas while he was acting and she was working
in the box office at The Great American Melodrama in Oceano, Ca.
They traveled to the East Coast and lived in Maryland and Vermont
and were involved in many different theatres there before coming
back to California. Leesa loves talking to each of the patrons
and is looking forward to meeting them face to face at the shows
this summer. She thanks her friends and family for their love
and support.
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Marcy Reed - Stage Manager
Marcy Reed (Resident Production Stage Manager) is delighted to
join Transcendence Theatre Company this season. Credits include:
Into the Woods, The Convert, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Are You There,
McPhee?, Crimes of the Heart, A Christmas Carol, The How and the
Why, An Iliad (McCarter Theatre), An Iliad, Sleeping Beauty Wakes
(La Jolla Playhouse), Belleville, An Iliad (NYTW), 24 Hour Musicals
on Broadway 2010-2013 (American Airlines), These Girls (Glamour
Magazine). Marcy is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
and holds a BFA in Stage Management. Love to Mom, Dad, and David.
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Matt Moisey - Assistant Music Director
Matt Moisey is about to enter his senior year as a Voice Performance
and Music Education major at the Eastman School of Music. In addition
to composing, orchestrating and arranging, he is also an avid
singer, actor, and pianist. His compositions have been featured
onstage at Eastman and beyond. His highly acclaimed musical arrangements
were a highlight in the inaugural Rochester Fringe Festival's
production of Hide the Moon: Based on Salome, in which he also
performed. With the Eastman Opera Theater, Matt has participated
in Il Matremonio Segreto, Sondheim's Assasins, and Kurt Weill's
Street Scene. Matt is honored and thrilled to spend the summer
making great music in sunny Sonoma!
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Michael Kramer - Set Designer
Coming soon
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Michael Wilcox - Bassist
Since moving to the Bay Area in 1986 Michael has toured, performed, recorded
and taught extensively, appearing on over 30 CDs, in addition to television and
radio work and commercials.
He has toured with the Pickle Family Circus and The San Francisco Mime Troupe;
written articles for Bass Player and Strings magazine.
He was an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Jazz Department at San Jose State
University and taught at the Jazzschool in Berkeley.
Michael played the inaugural season with TTC and currently performs with the
Michael Wilcox Trio, the Sheldon Brown Group (their new CD will be released Fall
2013) and Distant Intervals, a group combining poetry and quarter tone
composition and is working on an instructional method.
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Neil Skacel - Sound Technician
Neal Skacel provides sound engineering, stage management and lighting support to dance companies, musical acts, corporate events and music festivals. Past clients include: The Tony Award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe, Multi Grammy award winning jazz artists George Benson and Al Jarreau, Festival Opera's Most Happy Fella and a world tour with the impeccable turntablists DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Current collaborations include: Lis fain Dance Co, Chitresh Das Dance Company and The San Francisco World Music Festival.
Neal holds a Bachelors of Music from Duquesne University. Looking forward, Neal, aspires to create site specific installations that synergise audio technology with sounds collected from nature in order to immerse the listener in the healing potential of natural sound and inspire dialogue concerning our often conflicted relationship with natural world. His first question upon accepting the job with TTC: "How can we use audio to enhance the experience of transcendence for this audience?"
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Tony Rochman - Operations Coordinator
Tony Rochman is the weekend park ranger and maintenance manager at Jack London State Historic Park. For the past five year, he has worked in construction throughout the North Bay and in 2012 he worked with Transcendence Theatre Company on their inaugural season in Sonoma. In addition to all this, Tony also works regularly in silk screen printing.
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Vanessa Vann - House Manager
Vanessa is a local to the Sonoma County. She earned a B.A. in
Film Studies, with a minor in History, from UC Santa Barbara and
a M.A. in American Studies from Cal State Fullerton. Upon returning
to Northern California, Vanessa worked at the Community Media
Center of the North Bay as Assistant Director for the annual Summer
Video Camp. Vanessa has coordinated audience departments for national
and international syndicated television shows including "The Jerry
Springer Show", "The Jeremy Kyle Show" and "Say Yes to the Dress".
She is excitingly looking forward to working once again in the
live theater.
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