"Fall-down funny!"
-The Providence Journal (full review)
“Everything you want from a late-summer musical: it’s funny, it’s bawdy, it’s lighthearted, it’s straightforward, it’s over the top and…there are showgirls!”
-WPRO
“Wickedly clever!”
- Motif Magazine
“Outrageous, sidesplitting, non-stop hilarity!”
- The Warwick Beacon
“A dazzling good time!”
- Edge Providence
“As good as it gets!”
- South County Independent 
“Some of the most weird, wacky, irreverent and witty comedy you will ever likely see in a Broadway musical!”
- Broadway World
“Wildly silly!”
- The Providence Phoenix
“The laughs start early and don’t end until the final curtain falls!”
- The Newport Mercury
“Wild and Wacky!”
-Theatre Mirror
The funniest show on earth is coming to spread laughter and merriment throughout the kingdom of Matunuck! Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, the outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, tells the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audiences are eating up SPAMALOT.

SONGS INCLUDE: I AM NOT DEAD YET• FIND YOUR GRAIL • ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE • THE SONG THAT GOES LIKE THIS • THE DIVA’S LAMENT • YOU WON’T SUCCEED ON BROADWAY
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Al Bundonis* (King Arthur) is thrilled to return to TBTS after having appeared in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Lawrence) and Hello, Dolly! (Vandergelder). He starred in the national tours of Whistle Down the Wind (Preacher) and Ragtime (Conklin). He was featured in Lincoln Center's The Last Empress. Regionally, Mr. Bundonis has performed in The Sound of Music (Capt. von Trapp), Camelot (Arthur), Evita (Peron), Urinetown (Lockstock), Hairspray (Edna), Jekyll & Hyde (Stride), Anything Goes (Billy) Guys & Dolls (Sky), She Loves Me (Kodaly) and the title roles in The Music Man, Superman and The Will Rogers Follies. Television credits include "Guiding Light" (Jim Otto), "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment," "Celebrity Ghost Stories" and numerous commercials. Mr. Bundonis has a degree in International Affairs from Columbia University. Visit albundonis.com   bundonisal
     
Haley Swindal* (The Lady of the Lake) is thrilled to be continuing her summer at Theatre By The Sea having just been seen as Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins! Broadway: Jekyll and Hyde National tour: White Christmas, Jesus Christ Superstar, I Love a Piano, Jekyll and Hyde; Regional credits: Miss Saigon (Ellen) at North Shore Music Theatre, Annie (Grace) with Sally Struthers at Theatre of the Stars, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, North Carolina Theatre, and Surflight Theatre. She has performed several times as a soloist at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, and just debuted her one-woman show, Play To Win, to a sold-out crowd at Broadway's 54 Below. Haley won a New York Emmy as the host of Kids on Deck, which ran for two seasons on YES Network Television. Love and thanks to Bill, Kevin, and all the Theatre By The Sea family for this opportunity!   SwindalHaley
     
Harry Bouvy* (Sir Robin, Guard 1, Brother Maynard) happily returns to Spamalot after playing Sir Robin for a year and a half in Las Vegas. In NYC, he played Dr. Chilton and Hannibal Lecter in the off-Broadway hit Silence! The Musical (original cast recording). In his hometown of Pittsburgh, he was Vanya in Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike at City Theatre. Harry played Carmen Ghia in the national tour of The Producers (Helen Hayes nomination), and wooed Cleveland audiences as Nathan Detroit in Guys & Dolls at Great Lakes Theater. Favorite regional credits include Angels in America (Syracuse Stage) and four one-man shows: I Am My Own Wife, Chesapeake, Fully Committed and This Wonderful Life. Film: The Producers. TV: "The Good Wife," "Law & Order," "Sex & The City." www.harrybouvy.com.   BouvyHarry
     
Brad Bradley* (Mayor, Patsy, Guard 2) most recently played Bert in Theatre By The Sea's Mary Poppins! Broadway credits: original cast of Spamalot* (where he understudied Theatre By The Sea royalty Michael McGrath as Patsy), People in the Picture*, Annie Get Your Gun* (w/ Bernadette Peters & Reba McEntire) Thou Shalt Not*, Steel Pier* & closing Broadway cast of Billy Elliot.(* denotes original cast album) Brad starred as Patsy on the 1st National Tour of Spamalot." NY/Off Broadway: Chita: A Legendary Celebration, Ernest in Love, A Christmas Carol (MSG), Cocoanuts, Tin Pan Alley. Encores- Strike up the Band & Bye Bye Birdie. 2013 BroadwayWorld Nomination for Spats in Sugar at Sacramento Music Circus. At age 12, Brad was a back up dancer for Michael Jackson in the Pepsi commercial. Brads new solo show B Squared is slowly making the rounds of quaint theatres in the U.S.   BradleyBrad
     
Michael Andrako* (Sir Dennis Galahad, Black Knight, Herbert's Father)  is ecstatic to be reprising the role of Sir Galahd with his Theatre By The Sea debut. He was recently seen in New York City as John in Easter Mysteries by Tony Award winner John O'Boyle. Regional Highlights: Camelot (TUTS), The Spitfire Grill (Barnstormers), Spamalot (Phoenix Theatre), Little Women, Grease (Gretna Playhouse), Tarzan (Arizona Broadway), Camelot (John Engeman), Les Miserables (Weston Playhouse), Jerry Springer the Opera (Speakeasy Stage), I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Cidermill Playhouse), My Fair Lady (Arizona Broadway), Hello, Dolly! (Cidermill Playhouse). TV/Film: "Crime to Remember" (Investigation Discovery) airing this November, "Gossip Girl"(WB), "Something Borrowed"(Warner Bros.), "The Good Wife" (CBS). Recordings: "Carols for a Cure Volume 13". Boston Conservatory Alumni, NYC Resident & proud AEA member. Love to Bailey & my supportive family. Visit www.MichaelAndrako.com or follow @MichaelAndrako   AndrakoMichael
     
Sean Bell* (Historian, Not Dead Fred, French Guard, Minstrel, Prince Herbert) is making his Theatre By The Sea debut! Previous credits include: Fiddler On the Roof (Pennsylvania Shakespeare); For Goodness Sake, All American (Musicals Tonight!); A Chorus Line, All Shook Up, Les Miserables (Maine State); Deathtrap (The Fulton); N/F (Downtown Urban Theatre Festival); The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Arena Tour); Madame X (NYMF); The Nutcracker and I (York Developmental Reading Series); Hairspray, The Producers (Walnut Street). TV: "Boardwalk Empire." Visit www.SeanWBell.com for more information!   BellSean
     
Tom Gleadow* (Dennis' Mother, Sir Bevedere, Concorde) has been performing for over twenty-five years. Some of his favorite productions have been Anything Goes at North shore Music Theatre, A Christmas Carol and Oliver! at Trinity Rep, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Awake and Sing, A Doll's House at The Gamm Theatre, As You Like It at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, The Producers at the New Bedford Festival Theatre and Hairspray and La Cage aux Folles at Theatre By The Sea. He is an adjunct faculty at Salve Regina University where he has directed productions of Grey Gardens, Cabaret, A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors; and Tartuffe at the University of Rhode Island. Love to Charlotte and Max!   GleadowTom
     
Jonathan Gregg* (Sir Lancelot, The French Taunter, Knight of Ni, Time the Enchanter) is thrilled to be joining the Theatre By The Sea family this summer! NYC credits incl.:  Feather (NYMF), Stranded on Motor Parkway (FringeNY), Blood Brothers, The Human Comedy, Ragtime, Children of Eden (APAC); Man of La Mancha, Six Degrees of Separation (Gallery Players); Once Upon a Time in New Jersey (Prospect Theatre); Four Unfold (MITF).  Regional incl.:  The Full Monty, Grease, Alice in Wonderland, Chuckleball.  National Tours: plenty, but they were all for kids and somewhat educational.  TV incl.:  "Scorned: A Love Story" (DiscoveryID), "I Killed My BFF" (BioChannel), "Deadly Sins" (DiscoveryID), "Wade Barrett Comeback Promo" (WWE Productions).  Endless thanks to his family at Uzan International Artists!  Jonathan is proud to be a graduate of Belmont University and a member of the Actors' Equity Association.  He loves Jen and his family very much.   greggjonathan
     
Josh Christensen (Killer Rabbit, Ensemble, u/s Galahad/Robin) is very excited to be back at Theatre By The Sea after appearing Marry Poppins, and in last years production of Annie. A Rhode Island native and graduate of the University of RI (B.F.A Theater 2012), Some of Joshua's favorite credits include; Les Misérables, Rent, The King and I, Miracle on 34th Street (OSTC), Master Class (Second Story Theater), and Antigone (La Voce Theater). Thanks to everyone at Theatre By The Sea and, of course, my parents for all their support!   ChristensenJosh
     
Cher Cockshaw (Ensemble, u/s Lady of the Lake) is happy to return to Theatre By The Sea having been seen in Mary Poppins and Grease! Some of her favorite roles include Paulette in Legally Blonde, Lili Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate, Soul Girl in Jesus Christ Superstar. She is currently attending The Boston Conservatory, BFA MT15, where she also appeared in Post Secret Cabaret: BoCo Cares, Broken: A New Rock Musical, and designed and costumed the original musical "Rights of the Living Dead." Hi Mom!   cockshawcher
     
Sara Crane (Ensemble) is a recent graduate of The Boston Conservatory and is from Miami, Florida. Boston credits include In the Heights at Speakeasy Stage and The Donkey Show at the A.R.T. She is also an aspiring choreographer who's work was debuted at Boston Conservatory's mainstage Merrily We Roll Along. Many thanks to Kevin Hill and lots of love to Mom, Dad and Aaron. Enjoy the show!   CraneSara
     
Jordan Dunlap (Minstrel, Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Theatre By The Sea where she was just seen in Mary Poppins and in last season's Cats (Victoria/Sillabub). She also traveled the country for two years as Victoria in the National Tour of Cats. Favorite Credits: Mary Poppins (The Fireside), Cats (NSMT), S'Wonderful, Legally Blonde, How To Succeed.. , The Producers, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and Ballet Memphis Company. Thanks to Bill and Kevin for this opportunity. Much love to my family and Dusty! www.JordanDunlap.com   DunlapJordan
     
Alexander Eisenberg (French Guard, Minstrel, Sir Bors, Ensemble, u/s Historian, Fred, Herbert) is thrilled to be joining Theater By The Sea this summer! He is currently studying musical theater at the Boston Conservatory. His recent credits include A Separate Peace (Gene), Oklahoma! (Ensemble), La Cage aux Folles (Chantal), Kiss Me, Kate (Paul), and Violet (Monty). He would like to thank Theatre By The Sea, Kevin Hill, Boston Conservatory, and his loving and supportive parents, sisters and twin brother!   EisenbergAlexander
     
Zachary Eisenberg (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining Theatre By The Sea this summer. He is currently studying musical theater at The Boston Conservatory. His recent credits include A Separate Peace (Brinker), Oklahoma! (Ensemble), La Cage aux Folles (Georges) Hair (Claude), Legally Blonde (Warner), and Spelling Bee (Chip Tolentino). He would like to thank Theatre By The Sea, Kevin Hill, The Boston Conservatory and his incredibly supportive parents, sisters, and twin brother!   EisenbergZachary
     
Briana Fallon (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of Spamalot in her first season at Theatre By The Sea! Regional credits: Singin' in the Rain (New Bedford Festival Theatre), Bye Bye Birdie (Reagle Music Theatre). She is a rising senior at The Boston Conservatory (credits include: Oklahoma!, Legally Blonde, Zombie Prom, and Thoroughly Modern Millie). She would like to thank Kevin, Bill, and her family and friends for the love and support!   fallonbriana
     
JP Ferragamo (Sir Not Appearing, Ensemble, u/s Arthur/Bedevere) is thrilled to be back for his 6th summer season at Theatre By The Sea! Favorite Regional credits: Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Milt), Full Monty (Dave), Hairspray (Edna), Forum (Pseudolus), Forbidden Broadway (Man 2), The Producers (Franz/ Marks), Brigadoon (Charlie), The Sound of Music (Max). NYC credits: Dark of the Moon (Marvin), Dinner at Eight (Dan Packard). Actor & SM at NYC Fringe Festivals. Education: Mannes College of Music & American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Proud member of NATS/SDC/EMC. Thanks to everyone at Theatre By The Sea & love to Steph.   ferragamojeanpierre
     
Amanda Paige (Ensemble) is so excited to be making her Theatre By The Sea debut this summer! A NJ native, she has been seen in numerous productions across the tri-state area! She is a rising junior at The Boston Conservatory. Favorite Credits: 42nd Street (Ethel) Weston Playhouse, Damn Yankees (Lola) PIP, Anything Goes (Reno) FPAC, and A Chorus Line (Sheila) Hudson Guild. Special thanks to Jeff Gill at JGD, Kevin Hill, and Bill. Lots of love to Mom, Dad, Joe and Chelsea! www.amandapaige.net   PaigeAmanda
     
Adam Shaff (French Guard, Minstrel, Monk,  Ensemble, u/s Lancelot) is thrilled to be making his Theatre By The Sea debut with this hilarious ensemble! Adam originally hails from Indiana and is an Indiana University grad. Now living in NYC, Adam's other credits include shows at Beef and Boards, Arizona Broadway Theatre, and Derby Dinner Playhouse. Favorite credits include: Son to Mom and Dad, Brother to Mandy and Aaron, and Friend to countless others. Thanks to the Theatre By The Sea family for all you do and to YOU for supporting live theatre! www.adamshaff.com   ShaffAdam
     
Jenna Nicole Schoen (Ensemble) is grateful and excited to be back at Theatre By The Sea, where she was seen last summer as Anne in La Cage Aux Folles and Tantomile in Cats. Recent credits include: Demeter in Cats and Monty Python's Spamalot (Pittsburgh CLO), The Theory of Relativity (Goodspeed Opera House), A Chorus Line (Gateway Playhouse), Le Cabaret Grimm (NYMF). BFA Boston Conservatory '14. Proud AEA. A huge thank you to Kevin, Bill, Thom & Adam. Love to my family for their endless support.  BTS for this incredible opportunity. Love to my family and friends for their endless support.   schoenjennanicole
     
Brad Trump (Nun, Ensemble, u/s Patsy) is thrilled to be returning to the stage at Theatre By The Sea after performing in Mary Poppins and last year's production of Cats. National Tour: Cats (Tumblebrutus). Regional Theatre: Cats, Oklahoma!, Joseph...(Benjamin), A Music Box Christmas at Hershey Park (Billy) and Jesus Christ Superstar: In Concert. Film: Perks of Being a Wallflower, Lovestruck! The Musical.   TrumpBrad
     
Eric Idle (Book, Lyrics, and Music) has multi-hyphenated his way through life, from being a writer and actor in the legendary "Monty Python" TV series and movies, to the creator and director of "The Rutles." He has appeared on stage singing rude songs with John Du Prez at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl as well as performing in two highly successful tours, Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python (2000) and The Greedy Bastard Tour (2003), for which they journeyed 15,000 miles across North America in a bus. His "Greedy Bastard Diary" of that tour is available from Harper Collins. Their latest work, a comic oratorio called Not the Messiah, will be performed shortly in Toronto. His play Pass The Butler ran for five months in London's West End; he has written two novels, "Hello Sailor" and "The Road to Mars," a children's book, "The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and The Pussycat," and a bedside companion, "The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book." Spamalot has already won him a Tony, a Grammy and the respect of his wife and children.   
     
John Du Prez (Music), a Trevelyan Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, and Associate of the Royal College of Music, entered the film industry in 1978 composing additional music for Monty Python's Life of Brian. This began a long association with Eric Idle, leading eventually to their current writing partnership. He has scored more than 20 feature films including The Meaning of Life, A Private Function, A fish Called Wanda, Once Bitten, UHF and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I, II and III. Other Python projects include the "Contractual Obligation Album," Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl and "The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Book." He was musical director for Eric Idle's two North American stage tours, Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python (2000) and The Greedy Bastard Tour (2003). This is his Broadway debut.   
     
Monty Python. Is he God or Godot, an agent of the devil or an agent of the William Morris Agency, or is he, as some have argued, a fictitious character invented in 1969 by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin in a desperate attempt to find a title for their rather silly TV show? Whatever the truth, he is the eponymous impresario who fronts The Flying Circus, The Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different and who appeared Live at Drury Lane, City Center and the Hollywood Bowl. He has fronted numerous books including "The Big Red Book" and the "Papperbok" as well as many CDs, DVDs and matching ties and handkerchiefs. He is currently in retirement in an old jokes home near Dover, anxiously awaiting Nighthood and a Knightnurse. Spamalot is his first Broadway show. Further details: www.PythOnline.com   
     
Billy Sprague, Jr. (Director & Choreographer) is thrilled to be working at Theatre By The Sea. He has directed and choreographed Spamalot at The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre and Music Theatre of Wichita and has choreographed several productions of Spamalot, including the first regional production at Sacramento Music Circus in California. He has served as Associate Choreographer on Beauty and The Beast, Guys and Dolls, The Little Mermaid and A Christmas Carol at North Shore Music Theatre. He has performed on Broadway in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere u/s), Cats (Munkustrap/Rum Tum Tugger u/s), Spamalot and The Merry Widow at NYC Opera. Other accomplishments include touring and regional productions of Footloose, Singin' In The Rain, West Side Story, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Mame, My Fair Lady, Good News. Billy is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma where he received his Bachelors of Music. He is currently producing several aviation themed projects for television. When not busy working as a theatrical artist, Billy is an avid exotic plant collector and certified pilot.   
     
Esther Zabinsaki (Music Direction) is a New England native and local music director. Most recently she has worked with the UnCommon Theater Company (American Idiot), Elemental Theater (A Brief History of the Earth), Steps Off Broadway (Oliver) and Ocean State Theater (Miracle on 34th Street). Esther has been teaching piano and voice lessons for over 10 years in the Rhode Island and Massachusetts area. She holds a BA in Theater from Rhode Island College and is a certified Somatic Voicework instructor. Ms. Zabinski serves as the Music Minister at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Foxboro MA, and co-owns Zabinski Music studio in Pawtucket RI with her sister, Rebekah Zabinski. Lots of love and thanks to Rebekah for keeping things together!   
     
Cassie Lentz (Scenic Design) studied at Berry College in Rome GA, where she graduated with a BA in Theatre. College design credits include Almost, Maine and Oleanna. Before coming to Theatre By The Sea, Cassie served as Charge Artist at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre in Virginia and The Gateway Playhouse on Long Island.  She is incredibly excited to be presenting her first professional design at such a wonderful theatre with such an amazing and dedicated crew. She is currently based out of Providence, RI.
     
Tim Hatley (Costume & Wig Design)   
     
Bailey Costa (Lighting Design) returns for a second summer at Theatre By The Sea having designed lighting for Mary Poppins, and last summer's productions of Cats and La Cage aux Folles. Bailey is a NYC based lighting designer and assistant working throughout the Northeast. She works as the Assistant Lighting Designer at Boston Lyric Opera. Most recently she designed lighting for productions with Suffolk University, Lustig Dance Theatre, Stoneham Theatre Company, the Cape Playhouse, and the Mercury Glass Theatre Company. www.baileycostadesign.com   
     
Michael Hyde (Sound Design) has worked for the last 25 years as a technical director, lighting designer, and sound designer in broadcast television, regional, community, college, and high school theatre productions. Michael's Sound Design credits include productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors, and Cinderella along with Grease, Nunsense and La Cage aux Folles here at Theatre By The Sea last Season. Sound projects for television include The Boston Marathon, Meeting Street School Telethon, and The Bristol 4th of July Parade. Michael is thrilled to be returning to Theatre By The Sea for another season, and working along side his wife, Maria Day Hyde.   
     
Eileen F. Haggerty* (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark (Assistant Creative Consultant/ Assistant Director), The Boy from Oz, Fosse. International : Ben Hur Live. Off-Broadway: Flamingo Court; Tours: Blast!, Contact, The Wizard of Oz, Goosebumps: Live On Stage, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Barnum's Kaleidoscape. Regional: Sister Act The Musical (Pasadena Playhouse/ Alliance Theatre world premiere), Theatre By The Sea (Hello, Dolly!), Paper Mill Playhouse, TheatreVirginia, York Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Model Secondary School for the Deaf - Performing Arts. Television: Great Performances' "Crazy for You". With gratitude to my family and Kevin, Maureen and Eddie. Proud member of Actors' Equity Association.   
     
Kate L. Ferdinandi* (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be at Theatre By The Sea, having previously worked as an ASM here with Ocean State Theatre Company on their productions of Man of La Mancha, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Sound of Music, and How To Succeed... Most recently, Kate served as Production Stage Manager for Fiddler on the Roof at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, before returning to The Sea to Stage Manage Grease. Other previous credits include Ocean State Theatre's Legally Blonde (ASM), Trinity Rep's A Christmas Carol and Steel Magnolias (ASM), and Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre's A Doll's House, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Glass Menagerie (PSM). Kate has worked as an Event/Stage Manager and Associate Tour Manager with the Performing Arts competition, StarQuest International. Thanks to Mom for the roots and wings!   
     
Jamie K. Hansen* (Assistant Stage Manager) is ecstatic to be back at Theatre By The Sea for another summer! A Matunuck native, she holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Rhode Island. Previous Stage Management credits include Annie (ASM) & Grease (ASM) at Theatre By The Sea, Macbeth (PSM), Anne Boleyn, Red, & After the Revolution (ASM) at The Gamm Theatre, Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical (ASM) at Ocean State Theatre Company, House & Garden (PA) at Trinity Repertory Company, and Bus Stop (PSM) with the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Program. When she's not in rehearsals or performances, Jamie enjoys cooking, being a crazy dog lady, reading, Netflixing, and bicycling. Proud member of Actors' Equity. Love and thanks to the TBTS crew, and her family and friends!   
     
Bill Hanney (Owner/Producer) began his career in show business at age 19, leasing and developing movie theaters, 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 tours such as Annie, Amadeus, Dancin', Peter Pan, Rocky Horror Show and Mark Twain starring Hal Holbrook, throughout New England including Worcester, Springfield, Portland, Maine and Boston. Aside from his work reopening Theatre By The Sea in 2007, one of Bill's crowning achievements was the 2010 purchase and re-opening of North Shore Music Theatre, a landmark 1,500 seat professional theatre, which is now in its fifth successful year of operation in Beverly, MA (nsmt.org). 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. In 2009, Bill was elected President of the Theatre Owners of New England. Bill's ongoing work to re-open NSMT inspires him to consider acquiring additional performance venues at which he plans to someday share his productions between his theatres. Bill is a member of the League of Broadway Producers and is currently a Lead Producer on the Broadway-bound revival of Sugar Babies. Bill has been named to the North Shore Top 100 by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce. In 2012 he was recognized by both the Beverly Chamber of Commerce and Salem Chamber of Commerce as Business Person of the Year. In addition to his work with NSMT and Theatre By The Sea, Bill is involved in the Broadway revival of Pippin at the Music Box Theatre. Bill is looking forward to his continued work on the 2014 Season at Theatre By The Sea. 
     
Kevin P. Hill (Artistic Director) is thrilled to be working with Bill Hanney and the entire staff at Theatre By The Sea. He began his career as a performer and had the privilege of working in many theatres across the US and Europe. Shows include Hello, Dolly! (Carol Channing, Michele Lee, Leslie Uggams), A Chorus Line and Anything Goes. From there he transitioned to an SDC Director and Choreographer and has directed and choreographed over 150 productions. Kevin's work on and off Broadway includes: Guys and Dolls (Asst. Choreographer), On the 20th Century (Asst. Director), Party, and The Cocoanuts. Currently Kevin owns his own Dance and Fitness Center, Hill Studios. Kevin is also working on an original danced-play called Standing Still with Tony Nominated Broadway Composer / Lyricist Jack Murphy.   
     
Actors' Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org   
     
Theatre By The Sea (www.theatrebythesea.com), which is on the National Register of Historic Places, has had many incarnations over the years. The Tyler family purchased the property in the early '20s. After Alice Tyler was left a widow with three young children, she ran the property as a summer camp for girls. When the depression hit, she decided to create jobs and provide a future for her children by turning the barn into a theatre. The 300-seat theatre opened on August 7, 1933 with a production called Strictly Dynamite. That initial season lasted four weeks and featured four different plays, one of which was taken to New York. In 1938, a Yale Cooperative took over. Then, on September 2, a hurricane hit. The back wall of the theatre caved in and the stage roof was blown off. During the repairs, the theater was expanded to include a balcony. The newly enlarged theatre operated through 1941 and then went dark during the war. In 1946, the theatre's most glamorous and star-filled period began. The theatre became what is referred to as a "star-system" house opening with a show called Dream Girl which starred Judy Holliday. Other headliners who were brought in were Tallulah Bankhead, Mae West, Groucho Marx and Marlon Brando. Following the 1958 season, the property was sold to the Bontecou family, who leased it sporadically for several years, and by 1966 there were plans to tear down the theatre. Upon hearing that the theatre was to be destroyed, Tommy Brent, who had previously worked as a publicist for the theatre, returned and saved the theater from demolition. His first show opened on June 23, 1967 and he ran the theatre successfully for 22 years. In 1988, FourQuest Entertainment, which consisted of Laura Harris, (who had previously worked at the theatre for 11 summers), Renny Serre and Richard Ericson, came on board. Following extensive renovations, FourQuest reopened the theater in the spring of 1989 and continued producing high quality summer theater in Matunuck until the fall of 2003. The theatre went dark once again until 2007, when entrepreneur Bill Hanney purchased the property and, with producing partners, successfully mounted a production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, just six weeks later, reopening the historic theatre on August 8, 2007. Theatre By The Sea continues to produce a successful four-musical subscription season annually.   
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.