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AUGUST 16TH - AUGUST 23RD
A Part of the 2008 FringeNYC Festival
Music & Lyrics by Brian Mazzaferri
Choreography by Lizzie Leopold
Direction by Jessica Redish**
Book by Mazzaferri, Leopold & Redish
Nick Blaemire*
Melissa Bloch
Celina Carvajal*
Ryan Watkinson*
CAST
He Sings
She Dances
She Sings
He Dances
MUSICIANS
Matt Hinkley***
Seth Woods
Alexander Rea***
Danny Stone
Mike Pettry
Eli Zoller
Michael Cassara
Ji-Youn Chang
Maiko Chii
Michael Eisenberg
Jessica Epperly
Diana Glazer
Matt Hinkley***
Stephanie Layton
Mary Leach*
Justin Talbott
Steve Tate
Veronika Vorel
Lauren Weisman
Guitar
Cello
Drums
Bass
Piano
Orchestrator
Casting
Lighting Designer
Scenic/Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Press Representative
Producer/General Manager
Music Director
Graphic Designer
Stage/Production Manager
Web Designer
Co-Producer
Assistant Sound Designer
Assistant Director
Member Actors Equity Association
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** Member SSDC
*** Member Local 802
Special Thanks to...
WHO’S WHO
Nick Blaemire* (He Sings) has green eyes, with a touch
The actors who have lent their bodies, voices and
hearts to green eyes in past incarnations
Mark Duthu
Laura Grene
Morgan Karr
Caitlin Lee Reid
Megan Reinking
Alex Springer
And to everyone else who has offered invaluable
support throughout this project
Jake and Elinor
Grene-Grun
Charles John Klecha
Tim and Graci
Ken and Mary
Theatre Building Chicago and its amazing staff
William Cornell and D&B Audiotechnik
Dave Ferdinand
One Dream Sound
Cara and everyone at Prospect Theater Company
Becca
New Barr Theater
Amy Rogers
Sheri Sanders
Martin, Caren & Elisa Redish
Jonathan Raviv
the Leopold Family
of brown. Kind of like a muddy knoll. Broadway: Cry-Baby
(Whiffle), Glory Days (music and lyrics). National Tour: Altar
Boyz (Abraham). Nick is ecstatic and grateful to be reunited
with this piece after having created this role in the original
production. Love to Mazzagoo for being the most wonderful
friends and collaborators a guy could ask for, his wonderful
family, the Nicolosi superheroes and as always, BBF.
Melissa Bloch (She Dances) has greenish/gray eyes and is delighted to be
making her New York debut with this innovative and exciting project. Melissa,
who is visiting from Chicago, began dancing professionally after receiving her
B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Michigan. While at school she appeared
in works by Alexandra Beller and Alonzo King. She is
a founding member of The Leopold Group, a Chicagobased modern dance company, and has appeared in
many of Leopold’s works as a featured soloist. Thank
you to Lizzie and Brian for their immeasurable artistic
generosity, my parents for their encouragement, and
to my grandfather for his loving insults.
Celina Carvajal* (She Sings) has blue eyes with a splash of green. She
was born and raised in San Francisco, CA where she grew up in the HaightAshbury and on the stage dancing. She studied ballet for 17 years and
performed and traveled the world at a very young age. At the age of 17 she
left home to join the 4th National Tour of Cats and from there moved to
New York City and has never left. Film Credits: Sex and the City, The Movie
(city girl aka young Miranda), The Graduate (Inga) and
The Stepford Wives. TV Credits include a stint on “All My
Children” as Treena as well as MTV’s new reality TV show
“Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods.”
Broadway Credits: Cats (Demeter), 42nd Street (Anytime
Annie), Dracula (Original Broadway Cast), and Tarzan
(Original Broadway Cast). She also did the Off-Broadway
musical Radiant Baby (pop singer/Madonna). She has
done workshops of Happy Days, The Musical (Pinky
Tuscadero) where she worked with Gary Marshall.
www.celinacarvajal.com and www.cocaineband.com.
Ryan Watkinson* (He Dances) has green eyes…
sometimes. When he is wearing a green shirt and
sitting in the grass. Broadway: Xanadu (Thalia),
Movin’ Out (Ensemble). Penn State MT. Ryan is so
honored and thrilled to be working on this project.
Love and thanks to his family, friends, Ben and David
at The Mine for putting up with him, and of course
always BBF and AEM.
Jessica Redish** (Director) has green eyes, is a New York-based
director/choreographer and a Chicago native. New York credits include:
Movement Director for the Lortel and Outer Critics Circle award-winning
Adding Machine, A Musical; Director/Choreographer for Maccabeat and
Choreographer for The Family Fiorelli; Oedipus for Kids! at NYMF; Moving
Forward, Looking Back by Michael Mahler at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Regional: And the World Goes ’Round (ariZoni nomination for Choreography)
and Falsettos at Northwestern University, her alma mater. She has assisted
Michael Greif, Christopher Gattelli and at Paper Mill Playhouse. Jessica is the
founder and artistic director of La Red Productions, a Chicago area company
committed to commissioning and presenting new woks of music theatre. She
is a proud member of SSDC. For Mom. www.JessicaRedish.com
Lizzie Leopold (Choreographer) has brown eyes and is the Founder
and Artistic Director of The Leopold Group, a Chicago-based modern dance
company. Leopold has danced with the Lyric Opera of Chicago (Salome
choreography by Jane Comfort and starring Deborah Voight, Dialogues of
the Carmelites directed by Robert Carson) and appeared in works by Doug
Varone, Alonzo King, Neta Pulvermacher and Alex Ketley. She holds a B.F.A in
Dance from the University of Michigan and has studied on scholarship at the
Lines Ballet Pre-Professional program, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance,
and the American Dance Festival. Leopold conceived green eyes with Brian
Mazzaferri and has been working on the project since 2005. Lizzie is also a
personal trainer and runs the dance program at the North Suburban School of
Dance. www.leopoldgroup.org
Brian Mazzaferri (Music and Lyrics) has green eyes. He is a singer/
songwriter/philosopher currently based in Chicago. His debut album All
Roads Lead to Roads was released in fall 2007 on Sophic Records to rave
reviews, and he currently plays with his band throughout Chicago and the
Midwest. green eyes was produced in summer 2007 at the Theatre Building
Chicago and was hailed as a “multi-media musical for the John Mayer
generation” by North Shore Magazine. A new piece using his music “Of Mind
and Sky” was premiered in June 2008 by The Leopold Group, a Chicago
modern dance company. He has performed his songs in New York, L.A.,
Chicago, and many places in between. Currently, he’s in the studio with I
Fight With Dragons, a new indie-electro-rock project that will be releasing a
debut EP this fall. More information and copies of All Roads Lead to Roads are
available at: www.brianmazzaferri.com or through the iTunes music store.
Eli Zoller (Orchestrations) has blue/gray eyes. He is proud to have been
with green eyes since the beginning as orchestrator and music director. In
addition to being an experienced orchestrator and music director, Eli is also
an accomplished actor/performer and proud member of Actors’ Equity. He
is a 2006 graduate of UMich, where he received his B.F.A. in Musical Theatre.
While at Michigan, he also had to pleasure to study conducting with Professor
Steven D. Davis. Undying love to his family, friends, and teachers. Thank you
to everyone involved in this fantastic project: Lizzie, Jessica, Di, Eisenberg,
Michael Cassara, the good people at McDonald’s for making the greasiest fries
known to man. Finally, Brian: for bringing me in on this project in the first
place. What in the world were we thinking about?!
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Prologue (Everything That Rises)
Green Eyes, Spotlight
What Tomorrow Will Hold
Flying
Beautiful Motions (Part I)
Away and Through
Dance I
Beautiful Motions (Part II)
Dance II
I Have Seen You
Loving Ambiguities
Better Than This
Words That Rhyme
No In Between
There is a Time
Montage
I Only Know I Am
Hope in the Questions
Danny Stone (Bass) is an emerging bassist on the New York scene. Since
Matt Hinkley*** (Music Director/Guitar) has eyes that are fire burning
moving to the city from Texas, he has performed for shows such as Pure
Heaven (Emelin Theater) and Lighting Man (NYU Tisch School of the Arts).
He also freelances with various jazz, blues, and pop artists around the area.
Danny received his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of
North Texas and is currently working on his Master of Arts in Music Theory
at the City College of New York, where he is also an adjunct faculty member.
lasers. Hailing from West Texas, Matt is a singer/songwriter, musician and
performer in NYC. Most recently, he served as the music director, arranger,
rehearsal pianist, pit guitarist and actor for Joe Iconis’ rock musical The
Black Suits, which premiered at the Public Theatre as produced by SPF. Matt
also recently released a self-titled album of all-original rock ‘n’ roll, which is
available through iTunes, CD Baby and at his live shows. Matt provides guitar
and other musical support to a host of NYC songwriters, performers and
theatre composers, including Joe Iconis (The Joe Iconis Rock ‘n’ Roll Jamboree
et al); Robert Maddock (Plastic!, Triumphant Baby! at the York Theatre); Sean
Mahoney/Creighton Irons (Factory Girls); Kirsten Guenther/Ryan Scott Oliver
(Alive at Ten); and 2008 Nightlife Award winner Lorinda Listiza. Other credits
include Beehive, national tour (Asst. MD, guitar); Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! a concert
celebration of the Beatles (MD, guitar, vocals, keys); Buddy: The Buddy Holly
Story (Buddy u/s, lead guitar); Tick, Tick…BOOM! (Michael); A New Brain
(Roger); Jesus Christ Superstar (guitars). Please visit www.matthinkley.com
Mike Pettry (Piano) is a 2007 Jonathan Larson Award winner. He has
toured with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as the Assistant Conductor and keyboard
player. He has written many musicals including The Time Traveler’s
Convention; Long Distance; Flipside (2007 Frederick Loewe Award winner);
The Wonderful World of Zidney (featured highlight at the Kennedy Center’s
Page to Stage Festival). B.A. in Piano and Composition from Shepherd; M.F.A.
in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU/Tisch. www.mikepettry.com
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Member Actors Equity Association
Member SSDC
Member Local 802
Mary Leach* (Production Stage Manager) has blue, blue eyes, but her
sister has green eyes! Stage management credits include: Off-Broadway:
Old Comedy (Target Margin/CSC); Edward II (Red Bull Theater); Children of
Vonderly (Ma-Yi); Of Mice and Men (Cyclops production); All Too Human: An
Evening with Clarence Darrow (Town Square Productins); War in Paramus,
Texas Homos (Abingdon Theater); Dirty Story (Labyrinth). Regional: Crossing
Brooklyn Ferry, A Great White Hope (Brave New World) as apart of Celebrate
Brooklyn. Mary is also the resident Production Stage Manager with Prospect
Theater Company. Thanks to Mom and Dad.
Maiko Chii (Scenic/Costume Designer) has black eyes. She designed
the scenery for Marathon 30 (Ensemble Studio Theatre); The Music Man
(Vlog, NYC); the thicker than water 2008 (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Going
;Down Swingin’ (TBG theatre, NYMF), Maccabeat! (The Acorn Theatre, NYMF);
Mistakes Madeline Made (Yale Repertory); Hamlet (Yale University Theatre);
The Boss in the Satin Kimono (Yale Cabaret); The Fist (Theatre of the New City
and Frederick Lowe Theatre) and costumes for The Crane Wife (C. Eule Dance
Company); Titus Andronicus and The Lacy Project (1156 New Theatre) and
Top Girls (Instant Theatre). Maiko was awarded the 2007 Donald and Zorca
Oenslager Fellowship Award in Design from Yale School of Drama and the
2003 Charles Elson Award in design from Hunter College.
Ji-Youn Chang (Lighting Designer) M.F.A. in design Yale School of Drama
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The Director is a member of the Society of
Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc.,
an independent national labor union.
’08 and Donald and Zorca Oenslager Fellowship in Design ’08. Design credits
at Yale are: Richard II (Yale Repertory); Hamlet and Zero Hour (Yale University
Theatre); Speaking Our Mind and The Wendy Play (New Theatre). Yale
Cabaret credits include Booty Fire; The Boss in the Satin Kimono; Electronic
City; Shadowless; The Firebugs; The Love Suicide at Sonezaki; Brand and Live
Radio; Seven Deadly Sins; Pornographic Angel; Bacchae; Bicycling for Ladies;
Apocryphyal Project; Chicano Sketches; Dancing in the Dark and Bone Songs.
She has also designed numerous shows in New York for 78th Street Theatre
Lab, Prospect Theatre Company, Abrons Arts Center and Edinburgh Fringe
Festival in 2002 and 2003. Her New York credits include [sic]; My Kitchen
Wars; Train to Nibroc; See Rock City; Mark of Cain; Frog Prince; Water Engine;
Danton’s Death; Dido (& Aeneas); The Alchemists; The House of Bernada
Alba; The Uses of Enchantment; Pursuit of Persephone; Boy Steals Train (“first
fringe” in Edinburgh in 2003.)
Michael Cassara (Casting Director) Michael Cassara, CSA and associate
Lindsay Levine cast for theatre, film and television in NYC. They serve
as the resident casting office for the New York Music Theatre Festival,
the White Plains Performing Arts Center, the Stephen Sondheim Center
for the Performing Arts, the Kitchen Theatre Company and Central City
Opera in addition to casting many readings, workshops and developmental
productions in New York and beyond each year. NYMF credits include over
two dozen productions since the festival’s inception in 2004. Recent projects
include Forum (Sondheim Center, starring Richard Kind); End Days (by
Deborah Zoe Laufer, starring Amy Aquino and Adam Heller); Perez Hilton
Saves the Universe (or at least the greater Los Angeles area) in FringeNYC
and Cassandra’s Angel (workshop, starring Malcom Gets). Member, Casting
Society of America. Please visit: www.michaelcassara.net
Michael Eisenberg (Sound Designer) has hazel eyes. He has designed
every production of green eyes since its inception at the University of
Michigan in 2006. Broadway: 13, a new musical (Assistant Designer); Phantom
of the Opera (Engineer). Off-Broadway: Our Sinatra (Designer). Regional:
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Barrington Stage Company,
Designer); 13, a new musical (Goodspeed Musicals, Asst. Design); The Music
Man; The Wizard of Oz; Grease!; Hello, Dolly!; Singin’ in the Rain; Jesus Christ
Superstar; Footloose (Kansas Cty Starlight, Designer); also Fiddler on the Roof;
Brigadoon; Bye, Bye, Birdie (Burns Park Players, Designer); and Babes in Arms
(Interlochen Center for the Arts, Designer.)
The Leopold Group (Producer), is a Chicago-based modern dance
company founded in 2005 by Lizzie Leopold. The mission of the Leopold
Group is to create, promote and produce modern dance performances that
are available to the masses; to offer dance as an accessible, interesting and
intellectual form of communication. The Leopold Group has performed from
California (as guests of the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance) to New
York (at Symphony Space) and back home to Chicago (Chicago Humanities
Festival and Dance Chicago) and has been the focus of numerous print and
web articles. Lizzie and principal dancer Melissa Bloch were also artists in
residence at Virginia’s Workspace for Choreographers. www.leopoldgroup.org
Diana Glazer (Producer) has dark brown eyes. She is an NY-based
producer, director and casting director. She currently serves as assistant to
the president at Nederlander Worldwide, Casting Director at Prospect Theater
Company, is on the literary reading committee at Primary Stages and is a
founding member of New Bar Theater. She is currently the executive producer
of A Political Party! at the Sage Theatre and served as Associate Producer on A
Mikvah (NYCFringe 2007) and The Rockae (Prospect Theatre Company). Diana
has worked at Manhattan Theatre Club, Harden-Curtis Associates, Weston
Playhouse and Mason Street Warehouse and is an Associate Member of SSDC.
She is a proud graduate of Northwestern University and is also proud of
Becca who is off to Harvard this fall. Thanks to her family.
Steve Tate (co-Producer) has green eyes with a hint of brown. His previous
producing credits include The Blue Flower and The Four (Prospect Theater
Company). Steve has worked in non-profit regional theatre and commercial
Broadway theatre for over seven years. A graduate from the University of
California San Diego (UCSD), he spent four years at the Tony Award-winning
La Jolla Playhouse. Commerically, Steve ventured into the Broadway realm
as marketing manager of RENT during its 10th season of love and national
movie launch while employed at TMG—The Marketing Group. Currently, Steve
works in the online advertising arm of Broadway with Situation Marketing,
serving a variety of productions including Tony Award winners Spring
Awakening and August: Osage County.
Lauren Weisman (Assistant Director) has green eyes. A graduate of
Northwestern University’s Theatre Program, Lauren was recently seen OffBroadway in Shlomo and on FOX’s “Canterbury’s Law.” She is thrilled to work
with such a phenomenal cast and crew. Many thanks to the team and always,
Mom, Dad and Danny.
Stephanie Layton (Graphic Designer) is a New-York Based artist and
has done design work for The Soho Playhouse, South Ark Stage Company,
Ghettolife Publishing, Sophic Records, I Smile in NY Productions and the
Leopold Group. She also contributes artwork regularly for Bands Breakers
Broken, The Mill Stone, Miss Babs & The Kickin’ Boogie Band and musicians
Alex Brumel, Brian Mazzaferri, Robert Rokicki and Allie Moss. She thanks
Brian and Lizzie for all of their support over the years!
Alexander Rea*** (Drums) is happy to be part of this year’s Fringe run
of green eyes and to be working with Matt Hinkley again. He first worked
with Matt last year on the recording of Ryan Scott Oliver’s Alive at Ten. He
has been playing percussion over the years for musicals (many of them for
Prospect Theatre Company) and cabaret acts and is now producing them,
starting with Co-Producing Above the Belt with Britt Nhi Sarah, a monthly
aerial showcase at the Zipper Factory opening in September. When you can’t
find him on stage or in the house, look for him at his day job as head of
the interactive department at the award-winning advertising agency for The
Concept Farm. Learn more about Alexander and try to keep up with him at
his website, www.alexanderrea.com.
Seth Woods (Cello) while being classically trained, Seth has performed in
a variety of musical settings from baroque to contemporary music. Within
the past few years, Mr. Woods has served as principal cellist for the DiCapo
Opera Theater, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, Rome Festival Orchestra
and Ash Lawn Opera. Mr. Woods began playing cello in Houston, Texas, and
his teachers have included Daniel Morganstern, Frederic Zlotkin and Andrew
Emelianoff. He has had the pleasure to play for Maria Schneider, Christian
McBride, Bill Pruecil, Joseph Kalichstein and the Kronos quartet, to name a
few. This past year he made his debut at Carnegie Hall, Wang Theater, Merkin
Hall and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. He will make his contemporary
solo debut this spring in London, Stockholm and Amsterdam in his solo
performance project for cello and visual media, “I Am Writing You From a Far
Off Land…”