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This Season |
The hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique, extraordinary musical. That the everyday lives of “common” men and women should be so compelling and moving will surprise and inspire anyone who has ever punched a time clock. Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, “Working” paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the parking lot attendant, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, the trucker, the fireman, the housewife, just to name a few. It’s a highly original look at the American landscape that’s simply impossible to forget. |
Book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso Music by Stephen Schwartz and Micki Grant and Craig Carnelia and Mary Rodgers and James Taylor |
Performances: April 23, 24, 30, May 1, 7 & 8, 2010 at 8pm April 29 & May 6, 2010 at 7pm April 25, May 2 & 9, 2010 at 3pm A co-production with Attic Ensemble Barrow Mansion, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City, NJ Click here for directions. Tickets: $25 general admission $20 students & seniors Click here to purchase tickets. To make a reservation, please follow the procedures listed here. |
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and Micki Grant and Craig Carnelia and James Taylor and Susan Birkenhead Based on Working by Studs Terkel |
TTC is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. |
Who Is Who In The Cast: EMILY BEATTY was most recently seen as a teaching nun in Nunsense, a cruel teacher in The Secret Garden and in today’s performance she will be playing the role of (drumroll)...teacher! Shockingly, in real life, Emily is a teacher at Sunset Park Prepatory in Brooklyn. Other favorite shows: All in the Timing (Attic Ensemble), Bartholomew Fair, Secret Garden, The Who’s Tommy, Urinetown! the musical, and Suessical (all with the Theatre Company). She received her Master's from Long Island University and her BFA from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, Roosevelt University. Dave and Billy- thank you for the opportunity! Love to Michael. |
MARK DUNN is excited to be a part of this production. Most recently Mark appeared with the Attic Jr. in Jack, and the Beans, Talk.Or, Was the Cow Worth the Weight?, and as Bobby in The Athlete, Princess, Pirate, Fairy, Welder, Deep Sea Diver Club(both written by Billy Mitchell). Other recent roles include Brad in Come Blow Your Horn, Player #5 Bartholomew Fair, New Jersey (Midtown International Theatre Festival), Officer Lockstock in Urinetown, Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol (Original adaptation by Clara Barton Green). Mark would like to thank Billy, Dave, and the entire Attic Ensemble, and The Theater Company crew for all their hard work and support. This show is dedicated to my sisters, Nicole, Megan, and Rebecca. Just because you're awesome and some of the hardest workers I know.ILYB. |
JENNY FERSCH has enjoyed working in theatre around DC, NYC, and NJ in many capacities since she graduated from Catholic University's Musical Theatre Program in 2006. Past credits with The Theater Company include Seussical and Tommy. She is excited to be working with Billy and to be performing at The Attic again! Other credits include: Little Shop of Horrors (Ronette), Biloxi Blues (Rowena), Grimm Tales (Hansel/Ashputtle), The Boys Next Door (Sheila), Pippin, A Chorus Line (Val), Titanic (Marion Thayer), Footloose (Ariel), and Godspell. See you at the theater! |
ERIN FLANAGAN LIND Working marks Erin’s third appearance with the Attic and fourth appearance with The Theater Company. She last appeared as Becca in this season's production of Rabbit Hole. Other favorite credits include: Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Frank McCourt’s The Irish... and How They Got That Way, Pippin (Fastrada), Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Seussical (Bird Girl), A Grand Night for Singing (Lynne), Reefer Madness (Sally), Scrooge! (Christmas Past), Plaza Suite (Muriel Tate), and The Melody Lingers On. Erin is the lead singer and guitar player in the Celtic Folk band Sonas. www.myspace.com/sonasfiddlers. |
MARGARET LEONE has studied with award winning coaches, instructors and professors in the areas of acting, musical theatre, voice, cabaret, business for actors and directing at institutions such as TVI Actors Studio, HB Studios, Turtle Bay Music School in New York and 12 Miles West in New Jersey. Margaret attended Fisk University in Nashville, TN as a Drama Major and studied Music Performance at Essex County College. Amongst her theatre credits Margaret has toured Europe performing in the musical Hair directed by the show’s creator James Rado. Played Eliphaz in the Los Angeles premiere of Job and the Snake and the role of Hegia in Purim Day, which opened at the Lambs Theatre in NYC. Margaret has performed leading roles in Hallelujah Chorus and Midnight Train to Georgia presented at the Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ, produced by African Globe Studios, Children of Eden and Once On This Island performed with The Theater Company in Hoboken, NJ. Her most recent role is Miss Mae and Honey Pot in A... My Name is Alice presented at the Women’s Theater Company in New Jersey. |
JUDITH MOSS Over the past five years Judy has performed in cabarets around Jersey City, accompanied by David Zimmerman under his guise of Cabaret Dave. She has performed at the Attic Ensemble, where she is a board member, in such roles aS Sister Mary Hubert in Nunsense, (directed by David Zimmerman), Joanne in Company, the Witch in Into the Woods and Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. Judy also fulfilled a lifetime dream by being a contestant on her favorite game show: Jeopardy in the summer of 2007... and yes... Alex Trebek is a sweetheart! |
JOSEPH MULHOLLAND is excited to be in an Attic Ensemble and The Theater Company production and even more excited that the production is WORKING. A native of New Jersey, Joseph currently lives in NYC making his way as an actor. Enjoy the show! www.josephmulholland.com |
MARVIN RIGGINS JR. is a Charlotte NC native who graduated with a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Theater credits include Bloody Blackbeard, Triad Stage; Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, NCTYP; Road, UNCG Theater; Plaid Tidings, Open Space Cafe and Our Lady of 121st Street, UNCG Theater to name a few. He is pleased to be back on the stage again. |
ELIZABETH SLACK most recently appeared as the Old Woman in Candide with The Heights Players in Brooklyn Heights. Other NYC credits include Kate in The Pirates of Penzance also with The Heights Players, and Kiss Me, Kate and The Music Man with the Village Light Opera Group. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, she is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and AMDA, and currently works at Blue School. Love and thanks to the parents. |
JAMES E. SPLOND native of Las Vegas, NV, received his undergraduate degree at U.N.L.V. After a career as a professional dancer, James attended Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, TX and received a Masters of (Vocal) Music. Monterey Opera, The Forest Guild Theater, Nevada Opera, Southern Nevada Opera Theater, Regal Opera (of Dallas), and the Civic Theater in Allentown, PA are some of the companies for which Mr. Splond has performed leading roles. As a decorated and accomplished educator, James has been asked to many colleges and universities as a guest lecture and clinician and he has now taken on the role of rebuilding a choral music program from the ground up. |
BILLY MITCHELL (Director/Choreographer) has had a great time working with this talented cast on "Working." In addition to serving as President of The Attic Ensemble, Billy's previous Attic directing credits include The Pillowman, The Bad Seed, Jeffrey, Design for Murder, and others. A member of the Dramatists Guild, Billy is writing & directing the new "Attic Junior" series of plays for young audiences, with post-show activities developed by Marcie Colleen. His comedy-in-verse, Bartholomew Fair, NJ was an award-winning part of last summer's Midtown International Theater Festival, as well as being presented by The Theater Company in Sinatra Park, Hoboken. Billy hopes to have it produced in Asbury Park this summer. For more info on upcoming projects, visit bybilly.com. As always, thank you for supporting The Attic! |
GEORGE SEYLAZ (Stage Manager) is happy to return to the Attic Ensemble after working on their last production of The Pillowman. He holds a BA in Theatre from Kean University and has stage managed/directed numerous shows in the NYC metro area. Some of his favorites are Psycho Beach Party (Pride Theatre), Sex in Advertising (off Broadway) and How, Now Voyager (off Broadway). George is also a proud, original founding member (1993) of Pride Theatre in residence at Kean University. George would like to thank all the brownchickenbrowncows at the Attic Ensemble for welcoming him back to the THEA-TUH! |
DAVID ZIMMERMAN (Musical Director), has worked in regional, professional, educational and community theater since 1986 and is one of the founders of TTC. He has logged hours in every aspect of a theatrical production, from makeup, costumes, props, and set, artistic and lighting design, to stage management, directing (both artistically and musically) and producing. Recent and favorite directorial credits include: Nunsense with The Attic Ensemble, and with TTC: RENT, The Secret Garden: A Concert Production, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Forever Plaid, and Smokey Joe’s Café. In his free time, David works at Stevens Institute of Technology running their student performing arts program. |