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Who's Who in the Cast
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“Everybody knows Eleanor Roosevelt, but they may not know that she was the driving force behind her husband and some of the major changes that occurred in this country. [Through the show,] I think we get to see the person that only her family members saw.”-Jess Uhler, junior from Harrisburg, PA – Visual and Performing Arts major |
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“Pitt-Greensburg's theatre program is a hidden gem. New members of our audience always tell us how excellent our shows are. People coming to The Palace will see an excellent performance. It's pretty special to be at The Palace but it's also bittersweet since this is my last show and we won’t be performing at Ferguson Theatre. We'll get to perform to a bigger audience, though. This feels more professional . . . it’s pretty amazing.”-Jesse Palatucci, senior from Brentwood, PA – Visual and Performing Arts (theatre concentration) major |
Cast
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Jordan Fessler Eleanor Roosevelt |
Tony Puzzini Franklin Roosevelt |
Meg Hughes Sara Delano Roosevelt |
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Jesse Palatucci Louis Howe/Father at the Ball |
Jess Uhler Alice Roosevelt |
John Ritchey Theodore Roosevelt, |
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Nicole Wong Lucy Mercer, and a Debutante |
Bethany Thomas Debutante #2, Cook, Congressman's Wife |
Alicia DiPaolo Pregnant German Woman, Trio Singer #1 |
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Kierstin Brown Chaperone, Debutante #3, Supervisor, June Pike, Secretary |
Emily Ann Stark Nurse Nellie, |
Train Conductor, |
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Cletus McConville Hot Head, Ball Beau #3, Connell, Senator, |
Carissa Hardy Company/Poor Woman on Train |
Ashley Russo Company/Hot Head's Wife Teenage Anna |
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Tessa Sarver Company/Passenger/Townsperson |
Brian Donehue Company/Passenger/Townsperson, |
Fred Mejia Stage Manager |
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Liza Sherretta Choreographer |
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Not Pictured Dmitri Lazzari-Elliot Roosevelt, Poor Italian Man, Ball Beau #1, Elder Perkins, Sailor, Party Goer 2, Schyler Sofia Herr is Young Eleanor and an Immigrant Child Colton Pikovsky is Young/Teenage James, and Pepini (Immigrant Child) Azzia Bersthecki is Hester (Immigrant Child) Sarah Lucke is Maria (Immigrant Child) Alex Ritchey is Spike (Immigrant Child) |
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Ash Krajcsik
Directors
Stephen Schrum, PhD
Stephen Schrum, PhD, teaches theatre courses, directs campus productions and advises Interdisciplinary Arts majors. He is also the advisor of Delta Psi Omega (national theatre honors organization) and the Performing Arts Society. His interests include playwrighting, digital filmmaking, and virtual theatre, and in his research he continues to explore “The Perception of Presence in Virtual Performance.” Publications include “Theatre in Second Life® Holds the VR Mirror Up To Nature,” in Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics, and “Teaching in the Virtual Theatre Classroom,” in Teaching Through Multi-User Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom. Schrum serves on the Electronic Technology Committee of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Chris Bartley
Chris Bartley is Director of Music, conducting the Pitt-Greensburg Chorale and Chamber Singers. He teaches both Western classical and contemporary popular music, and he has developed new cross-disciplinary curricula for the University, including Music in Society. In 2009-2010, he will help lead the first department-sponsored musical production at Pitt-Greensburg. He is also director of Music at the West Newton United Presbyterian Church, where he leads the chancel and bell choirs. A baritone/bass, he has sung professionally with the Tucson Chamber Artists and Tucson Symphony Orchestra Chorus. His doctoral studies in choral conducting and historical musicology at the University of Arizona have focused on the music of Handel's Messiah and its relationship to the cultural context of its composition.