now showing! - The National WWII Museum

NOW SHOWING!
at the STAGE DOOR CANTEEN
OCTOBER 3 - NOVEMBER 23, 2014
RICHARD ARNOLD*
TRACEY E. COLLINS
Richard Arnold was last seen at the Stage Door Canteen in The Andrews
Brothers. A veteran of local stages, Rich was honored with a 2013 Big
Easy Award for his portrayal of Fabrizio in JPAS’ Light in the Piazza.
New York credits include the Broadway tour of 42nd Street. His new
vocal quartet featuring the best hits of the 1950’s & 60’s, the Big Easy
Buddies, just wrapped up a critically acclaimed run at Le Petit Theatre
(see www.bigeasybuddies.com for bookings)! By day, Rich serves as
Development Director for Covenant House. BA, University of Virginia.
Tracey E. Collins, a multiple Big Easy, Storer Boone and Marquee Award
winner, has been trodding the boards in and around New Orleans for more
than 30 years having been seen in more than 70 productions on more than
20 stages. Tracey was last seen at Rivertown Theaters in Young Frankenstein
and also the Southern Rep. production of Tennessee Williams Night of the
Iguana at the Art Klub on Elysian Fields. Working with Sean and Ricky
again is the BEST! And, of course, I am honored to be a part of The National
WWII Museum team for this production. Thanks to my loves, Niki and Danny,
for their never ending support.
Miranda Sinclair
Valentino Rodolfo
*Member, Actors Equity Association
TRINA BECK
Loretta Scott
Trina Beck is delighted to join this killer-diller cast for her Stage Door
Canteen debut… what a gas! Her many local credits include: Tulane
Summer Lyric Theatre: A Chorus Line, Into the Woods, Company; Rivertown:
Ladies of the Camellias, Noises Off, Boeing Boeing; Shakespeare Festival
at Tulane: King Lear, As You Like It; NOLA Project: Romeo & Juliet (2012);
Le Petit: The Full Monty, And the World Goes ’Round, Sugar Babies; JPAS:
Cabaret, Chicago. Trina is a graduate of Yale University and also attended
the Cabaret Conference at Yale. Huge thanks to Sean and Ricky and to
Victoria and The National WWII Museum staff, and with gratitude to our
veterans and active duty military. For P, who is very understanding when
Mommy has to go “do da actin” in The Mysterious Wisterias.
TOM HOOK
MATTHEW MICKAL
Tom Hook worked for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company for a large part
of his career as a lounge entertainer, band leader, cruise director, Manager,
and Director of Entertainment. He also spent several years as a staff
musician and on-stage performer at Walt Disney World. He acted as
music director at Main Street Station in Las Vegas and at Harrah’s Casino
in New Orleans. Tom currently works developing ship board programming
for various cruise lines, tours the world regularly as a performing musician,
and appears nightly in New Orleans. He recently starred in the Stage Door
Canteen’s Big Easy award-winning production of Jump, Jive & Wail:
The Music of Louis Prima.
Matthew Mickal is excited to be making his first appearance on the Stage
Door Canteen stage. He can regularly be seen at Mid-City Theatre
performing in Southern Rep’s monthly soap opera comedy, Debauchery,
now in its 5th year! Local credits include: Psycho Beach Party (Chicklet)
at Mid-City Theatre; Renew Revue (Self) and Jewtopia (Chris) at Le Chat
Noir; The Full Monty (Ethan), A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine
(Self/Chico Marx), and Assassins (John Hinckley) at Le Petit Theatre; King
Lear (Kent) and As You Like It (Oliver) at the Shakespeare Festival at Tulane;
Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster 1) and Joey and Mary’s Irish Italian Wedding
(Sal Provolone) at JPAS. He would like to thank his family, friends, and (most
importantly!) his wife Mandy and son Alexander for their constant support.
RICKY GRAHAM
Ruth De Merre
With Sean Patterson, Mandy Zirkenbach, and Jefferson Turner, Ricky Graham
wrote and performed in The Renew Revue at Le Chat Noir. With that trio he
co-wrote The Pecan Cracker. Ricky also directed the local premiere of God of
Carnage at Southern Rep, and the revisal of Boeing, Boeing at Rivertown
Theaters where he starred in Spamalot and Harvey. He also received The Big
Easy Best Actor award for his performance in Shirley Valentine at Southern Rep.
With Sean and Jefferson he wrote The Money Box for Loyola’s Department of
Theatre. Ricky also wrote and starred in Scrooge in Rouge with co-author Varla
Jean Merman. Together they also co-starred The Divine Sister, Re-Designing
Women and The Golden Girls at Mid-City Theatre where they team up this New
Year’s Eve with Sean and Jefferson for Gone with the Breaking Wind. Thanks to
Sean, Victoria, and the cast of The Mysterious Wisterias for all the fun, y’all!
Dickie Deluca
Rusty Chandelier
BRITTNEY M. JAMES
Glenda Carroll
Brittney M. James is a proud regular on the Louisiana theatre circuit. She
is a graduate of Dillard University in the field of Speech Communication/
Theatre Arts. A 2008 Big Easy Award nominee, her recent credits include
Dryades Street Divas at Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Pinkalicious and
Cinderella Battistella, both at Rivertown Theaters. Thanks to her four
chambers E,B,RR for their support.
HANNAH RACHAL
Josie Campanella
Hannah Rachal, a Hattiesburg, Mississippi native, is delighted to now
call New Orleans her home! A Victory Belle here at The National WWII
Museum, Hannah would like to thank all our past and present service
men and women for all they do for our country. Hannah has also performed
as a featured vocalist for local galas and pageants and served as a
choreographer for local theater. Some of her favorite recent performances
include Legally Blonde: The Musical! (Elle Woods), Young Frankenstein
(Elizabeth Benning), The Producers (Ulla), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
(Belle), The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty), and Grease (Rizzo). Hannah is
excited to be a part of this fun, action-packed whodunnit!
Ricky Graham & Sean Patterson - Script Writers
Sean Patterson - Director
Tom Hook - Musical Director/Arranger
Heidi Malnar - Choreographer
Kathleen Van Horn - Costume Designer
Albert Brown - Wig Designer
Pat Bourgeois - Custom Knitting
Christy Combel - Production Stage Manager
Mandi Ridgdell - Prop Mistress
David Raphel - Set Designer
Bret Bohnet - Technical Director
Alex Quinby - Lighting Director and Carpenter
Joe Olivier - Sound Designer
Theodore Fogleman - Sound Engineer and Carpenter
Victoria Reed - Director of Entertainment