The Artistic Staff


	Bill Hanney, Producer, began his career in show business at age 19, leasing and developing movie theatres, including his first multiplex in Quincy, Massachusetts. Before long, he was booking rock shows (Jefferson Starship, Rush) and other types of live entertainment, which eventually led to the presenting and producing of Broadway productions. One such show was an appearance by the legendary mime artist, Marcel Marceau. As president of Broadway Productions, Bill presented national tourssuch as Annie, Amadeus, Dancin’, Peter Pan, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Mark Twain starring Hal Holbrook, throughout New England including Worcester, Springfield, Portland, ME and Boston. One of his crowning achievements was the opening of the 800 seat South Shore Performing Arts Center, where he produced a touring production of A Chorus Line, one of his favorite Broadway musicals, which played in several cities in the northeast. Throughout his career, Bill has stayed focused on his movie theatre chain having bought, built, owned, operated and sold more than 30 cinemas. His company, Entertainment Cinemas, currently operates ten movie complexes in four states; including an eight screen cinema in South Kingstown, RI. Bill’s recent purchase of the Theatre By The Sea is both a new beginning and a return to familiar territory. He looks forward to many years of producing quality theatre at this historic Rhode Island landmark Photo of Mr. Hanney courtesy of The Westerly Sun/ photo by Larry St. Pierre

	Amiee Turner, Producing Artistic Director & Forum Director, began her career at a very young age and has not stopped blazing a unique trail. While still a teenager Amiee had already toured as Kristine in A Chorus* Line and Cassandra in CATS and made her Broadway debut in 42nd Street. She quickly established herself in NYC and added another 5 Broadway shows to her list of credits. As an actress, Amiee is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, and has toured the United States and Europe and played many regional theatres. Her work as a director began in Connecticut and has taken her up and down the East Coast. As a producer she started the AISOP Theatre Co in NY and produced and starred in the independent film Sunday on the Rocks with Tony Award winners Cady Huffman and Julie White. Other job titles Amiee has held include: teacher, coach, Restaurant Manager, Director of Entertainment, Development Director, choreographer and mother of two amazing kids. Words cannot begin to describe how excited she is to be a part of the reopening of the historic Theatre By The Sea! Amiee would also like to thank her fabulous family and friends for the constant support and encouragement they provide.

	Joel Kipper, Managing Producer, is a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and has performed all over the country and around the world. His career began at the age of eight as a member of the award winning Kansas City Klogghoppers, a United States Championship clogging team. Joel is a graduate of Southwest Missouri State and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance, and since graduating has continued to not only hone his acting skills but learn the “business” side of theatre as well. Regional Credits include:* Cosmo Brown in Singing in the Rain, Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Mungojerrie and Skimbleshanks in CATS. In 2004, Joel performed in the New York Fringe Festival’s New York Times Must See Production of Believe in Me: a Big Foot Musical. In addition to performing, Joel has a strong background in technical theatre with experience in carpentry, props and Stage Management. Joel is a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association, and is thrilled to be a part of the team bringing this historic Rhode Island landmark back to life.

	Andrea Eskin, Choreographer, is proficient in many styles of dance and holds a degree in Dance and Theatre from VCC in Orlando. Andi works at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson, Florida as a resident performer, dance captain, and choreographer. Her Show Palace choreography credits include: Ain't Misbehavin, Cabaret, Victor/Victoria, Mame, Christmas 2006, and just finished choreographing Cabaret at PSST in Valdosta, GA. Other credits include Joseph....Dreamcoat, 1776, Bye Bye Birdie and Charlie....Chocolate Factory.

	Tim Robertson, Music Director; Maine State Music Theatre: West Side Story. Trinity Repertory Company: The Fantasticks, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Annie, A Christmas Carol, West Side Story, My Fair Lady. Actors Theatre of Louisville & Cleveland Playhouse: My Fair Lady. Theatre By The Sea: Chicago. Virginia Shakespeare Festival: Illyria. Rhode Island College Theatre: Music Director 2001-2006. Brown Trinity Repertory Consortium: Music Director/Instructor 2005. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

	Jared T. Carey, Stage Manager, Broadway:* Proof.AEA/1st National Tours: Thoroughly Modern Millie, BLAST!, Parade, Annie. Off-Broadway: House (Manhattan Theatre Club), The World Over (Playwrights Horizons), Menopause The Musical. Regional: Westchester Broadway Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Northern Stage Company. Paper Mill Playhouse: Pirates!, She Loves Me, Carousel, The Student Prince, Rags, Crazy For You. Summer Stock: New London Barn, College Light Opera Company. After Forum Jared will return to NYC to work on the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1999.

	Amanda Downing Carney, Costume Supervisor, a newlywed and South County native, is thrilled to join Theatre By The Sea after running wardrobe in ’01 and ’02. Amanda has a BFA in Technical Theatre (URI) and spent the 2006-2007 season at Trinity Rep, and this fall she will serve as Wardrobe Supervisor for Grease! in Macau, China. Summer Stock: Theatre By The Sea, Barrington Stage. National Tours: FAME The Musical (US and Korean tours), Smokey Joe's Café, and Will Rogers' Follies starring Larry Gatlin. “Thank you DTH and Joe.”

	Michael Beyer, Lighting Designer, is an award winning lighting designer and has lit a wide variety of shows during his ten years in lighting entertainment. In the rock and roll industry he is the full time Lighting Designer for One Under in Columbus, Ohio. Theatre Credits include: The Performance Network, Michigan Shakespeare Festival, Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Hilberry Repertory Theatre, Cain Park, Ensemble Theatre and the Attic Theatre. He is the Production Manager for Hillsdale College where he also teaches, and he holds an MFA from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.

	Walter Trarbach, Sound Designer, was the resident Sound Designer Theatre By The Sea from 2001 to 2004. New York Credits include: Measure for Pleasure at The Public Theatre; Sandra Berhnard’s Everything Bad and Beautiful, Almost Maine, Indoor/Outdoor at Daryl Roth Theater; I Love You Because, Village Theatre; Mr. Marmalade, Roundabout; Jersey Boys, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Doubt, and The Year of Magical Thinking. Walter holds a degree in sound design from Boston University, and met his wife Kimberly Witham while working here in Matunuck.

	Andrew Michaelson, Asst. Stage Manager, is very excited to be a part of the reopening of Theatre By The Sea. Previous credits include: The Boyfriend (Bay Street Theater), Swimming in the Shallows and The Dear Boy (Second Stage Theatre), Diving Normal (Fringe Festival NYC) and most recently, Singin' In The Rain (Goodspeed Musicals). After Forum Andrew will be returning to Emerson College to finish his BFA in Production/Stage Management.

The Cast

	(In Alphabetical Order)

	Harold Ashton, Erronius, added “acting” to his creative repertoire (industrial designer/inventor) in 1990. Since then he has acted in, and/or designed for, more than fifty productions with many New England theaters. He's also had six national TV appearances – most recently in three episodes of Showtime’s Brotherhood. On the big screen, he’s been seen in The Crucible, Amistad, Code of Ethics, Jesus, Mary, and Joey, and Underdog.

	Brian Bailey, Protean, is happy to make his Theatre By The Sea debut! Originally from a farm in Peebles, Ohio, Brian is a graduate of Northern Kentucky University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Credits include: Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast at Papermill Theatre, NH; Billy in 42nd Street,Billy in Anything Goes and Eugene in Grease! at Bigfork Summer Playhouse, MT; Mike in A Chorus Line and Bat Boy in Bat Boy: the Musical at NKU.

	Rachel Brown, Panacea, is a native Rhode Islander, and having sat in the Matunuck audience on many occasions throughout her childhood, is elated to be on the other side of the curtain for her professional debut in Forum. With credits including school and All Children’s Theatre productions, Rachel just completed her sophomore year as a musical theatre major at NYU-Tisch, where she studies at the CAP-21 Studio. Rachel is also an accomplished musician and was R.I.’s Junior Miss 2005.

	William Nash Broyles, Hero, is a graduate of both Clemson University in South Carolina and AMDA in New York City. He was featured in the national tour of MTI’s Broadway Jr. on Tour, and his regional theatre credits include Tulsa in Gypsy (Texas Star Theatre), Jack in Into the Woods (Good Theatre, Maine), and Mark in A Chorus Line (Northern Stage, Vermont). If you didn’t blink, you may have caught William at the beginning of last season’s American Idol.

	Bob Del Pazzo, Senex, made his professional debut as Sancho in Man of La Mancha* at Theatre By The Sea in 1970 and performed character roles in 16 productions here over the next six years under the auspices of Producer Tommy Brent. Off-Broadway: Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot). Recent credits: Hello Dolly! (Vandergelder), Stages St. Louis, The Fantasticks (Hucklebee), Stamford Center for the Arts, CT, Murder on the Nile (Dr. Bessner), Emelin Theatre, Mamaroneck, NY. Rutgers University graduate in Theatre and Speech.

	Jean-Pierre Ferragamo, Prologus/Pseudolus, is excited to be making his Theatre By The Sea debut. Regional credits include: Putting it Together, Brigadoon, Crazy for You, Songs for a New World, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler, South Pacific and more! Off-Off Broadway; The Red Badge of Courage. Attended the Mannes College of Music and a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Special thanks to everyone involved at Theatre By The Sea for this opportunity.

	Tyler Fish, Protean, is thrilled to be a part of the reopening of Theatre By The Sea. Favorite credits include: Crazy for You, Singing in the Rain, State Fair, La Cage aux Folles, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, Rumors, Dames at Sea, Hello, Dolly!, Damn Yankees, White Christmas, The Pajama Game, Man of La Mancha, 42nd Street, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Tyler would like to thank Joel, Amiee, and Andi and send a special “Life is Good.” to Erin.

	Kendal Hartse, Gemini, is excited to be performing with Theatre By The Sea! A recent graduate of the Boston Conservatory, Kendal's favorite onservatory credits include: Floyd Collins (Nellie), Arcadia (Chloe), and Nine (Lina Darling). Regional credits include: Crazy for You (Polly), Chicago (Annie), Beauty and the Beast (Babette), and Cats (Jennyanydots/Jellylorum). Love to Austin, amazing friends and family, and thanks to God.

	Zachary James, Miles Gloriosus, is delighted to spend the summer with Theatre By The Sea in beautiful Rhode Island, his state of birth. Broadway:* Coram Boy. Regional Theatre: Most Happy Fella, Annie Get Your Gun, Pirates of Penzance, Lil’ Abner, Fiddler on the Roof, Victor/Victoria, Oklahoma!, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Into The Woods, Measure for Measure. Opera: Madama Butterfly, La Bohéme, Don Giovanni, Little Women, Ballad of Baby Doe, Coronation of Poppea, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Candide. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

	Jeremy Jonet, Protean, is thrilled to be working with Theatre By The Sea on this production of Forum. Most recently Jeremy was seen with The Fabulous Pink Flamingos in Live from the Lu’au Lounge at both The Metropolitan Room and the legendary Birdland in NYC. Other Regional credits include: Danny Zuko in Grease! and the All Good Gifts soloist in Godspell. “Love to Mom, Dad and Renee, you’re always there for me, no matter where I am.”

	Rachel Lomax, Gymnasia, is a recent graduate AMDA and is very excited to do her first summer stock show! Credits include: You Can’t Take it With You, Bye, Bye Birdie, Oklahoma, A Medieval Romance, and A Christmas Carol.com. She has dancedwith Pacific Artists Ballet Theatre and the National Thespian Society. Thanks to mom, dad, Erica, Isaac, Mosey and STELLA!

	Rebecca MacDougall, Gemini, hails from upstate New York, and received her BA in Dance at SUNY Potsdam and continues to study at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Credits include: Cinderella in the R&H Cinderella and Luisa in The Fantasticks. She would like to thank her family for their endless support and faith in her.

	Evy Ortiz, Philia, holds a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from NYU and a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre. Credits include: Maria in West Side Story and Masha in The Seagull. Much love and thanks to the production team, her family and friends, Mom and her sweetheart, Vincent.

	Michelle Petrucci, Vibrata, is thrilled to be a part of the reopening of Theatre By The Sea, having spent the last year as the dance captain of the national tour of Camelot. Originally from New Jersey, Michelle has worked extensively with the Stoneham Theatre where her choreography for Pal Joey was nominated for an IRNE Award. Regional Credits include: Pal Joey, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Pippin and Company. BFA, Boston Conservatory. Much love and big thanks to my awesome family and friends for all the support and laughs!

	*Lauren Sprance, Tintinabula,* is a native of Methuen, MA and recently received her BFA in Dance with and Communication from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Upon graduation Lauren made her professional debut with the Peter Grey Terhune Singers and Dancers on board the Regent Seven Seas Mariner. She is thrilled to be a part of the re-opening of Theatre By The Sea in Forum! She dedicates her performance to all her family and friends.

	Christopher Swan, Hysterium, is a New England native, U.S. Army vet and graduate of the Boston Conservatory. Regional Credits include: Arkansas Rep, Dorset Theatre Fest, Playhouse on the Square, New Rep and The Publick, Florida Rep, The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre and American Stage, where he recently appeared as Orin the Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors* and as Iago in Othello. Christopher’s performance is dedicated to his niece Molly June.

	Bruce Warren, Marcus Lycus, joins Theatre By The Sea after a year spent with the 25th Anniversary North American tour of CATS, where he quintupled as Gus/GrowlTiger/Bustopher Jones/Asst. Company & Stage Manager. Credits include: Ragtime (Tateh), Chicago (Mary Sunshine), The Sound of Music (Max Detweiler), Bat Boy (Dr. Parker), and the First National Tour of Oklahoma! He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. web.mac.com/brucewarren.

	Gail Yudain, Domina, is thrilled to be a part of the long, theatrical tradition at Theatre By The Sea. Off-Broadway: Ha Ha Club (Mabel), NYC Fringe. Regional credits include: Moon Over Buffalo (Charlotte Hay), Gypsy (Mama Rose), Mame (Mame), Evita (Evita), Lend Me A Tenor (Maria), 1776 (Abigail Adams), Steel Magnolias (Truvy), The Shadow Box (Maggie). Gail thanks her tremendously supportive family and friends.

	* Member of the Actors' Equity Association www.actorsequity.org