Santa Friends on Ice - Rand Enterprises and Productions

Exclusively playing at:
December 2 – 28, 2014
www.beaurivage.com
Scott Rousseau
Santa Claus
Scott F. Rousseau (Santa Claus) has a theatrical career that spans almost 40 years. His
acting career began in high school in various roles as well as writing his first musical
revue as a senior (that propelled him into college theatre at BYU Idaho.) His first
professional work started after school in Atlanta with Theatre of the Stars working in
such shows as “On A Clear Day” with Shirley Jones and Terence Monk, “Funny Girl”
with Carol Lawrence, and “Irene” with Debbie Reynolds. He later moved to Boston
where he performed in America’s longest running community theatre, The Footlight
Players, in “Philadelphia Here I Come.” Next was NYC where he landed a role with the
national tour of “Annie”. Eventually Scott moved back to his hometown, Atlanta,
where he began a directing career (that is still going after 30 years.) He has directed
many Atlanta premieres including “Into the Woods”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Whoop
Dee Doo!”, “When Pigs Fly”, “Weird Romance” and “Chess” to name a few. In addition
to acting and directing, Scott has also designed sets and costumes for over 100
productions as well as written several one act plays an children’s musicals.
In 1998 Scott was playwright in residence for the Neighborhood Playhouse in Decatur,
GA. His published children’s plays include “Cinderelliemae” (a country-western version
of Cinderella), “Miracle on Elf Street” (which was produced by Stone Mountain Park
during the Christmas season in 2007-08), “Campfire Tales”, and “A Duck’s Tale.”
On top of all this, Scott continues his acting career (fresh off a run of “The Sunshine
Boys” as Willie Clark in Atlanta), “Sunday in the Park With George”, “Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas”, “The Fantasticks”, “Murder On The Nile”, “The Rocky Horror
Show”, “Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical” (as Santa!), “On Golden Pond”, “Fiddler
On The Roof” (with Theodore Bikell at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta) and Benjamin Franklin
in the musical “1776.” Finally, Scott has performed as Santa Claus for more than 15
years (collectively) around the southeast.
Galen Crawley
Mrs. Claus
Galen Crawley (Mrs. Claus) is an Atlanta resident - and native - who holds a BFA
in musical theatre from Webster University in St. Louis. Her credits
include: Mary Poppins in ”Mary Poppins” (Aurora Theatre); Fiona in “Shrek” and
Missie Eliason in “Broke” (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta); The Narrator in “Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Chrissie
in Hair (Serenbe Playhouse); Rachel Jackson in “Bloody Bloody Andrew
Jackson” (Actors Express); Peggy Jones in ”Andrews Brothers” and Tracy Lord
in “High Society” (Stage Door Players); Alexandra Giddens in “The Little
Foxes” (Theatre in the Square). In January, she is returning to Actors Express to
play Daphna in Bad Jews. Other regional credits: Sally in “You're a Good Man,
Charlie Brown” (Festival 56); Lily St. Regis in “Annie” (The Little Theatre in the
Square); Shelly in “Hairspray” and the Star-to-Be in Annie (Arrow Rock Lyceum
Theatre).
Galen's first acting job was in the entertainment department at Stone Mountain
Park, in Metro Atlanta, alongside her ‘stage husband’, Scott Rousseau. She has
continued to work for Stone Mountain for the last ten years, and she is proud to
call the ‘Big Rock’ her second home. Since returning to Atlanta in 2011, Galen
has toured metro area schools with both Georgia Shakespeare and Georgia
Ensemble Theatre. If you'd like to stay updated on her adventures, you can like
her Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/galenc.
Thanks to Mom and Dad for visiting Biloxi this Christmas, Devyn for the
inevitably perfect Christmas present, and all her friends for their love and
support.
Keauna McLaughlin
Principal Female
US National Champion
US World & International Team Member
Keauna McLaughlin was born in California where she started skating at the
age of two years old. Her mother, a professional figure skater, taught her
and raised her on the ice as soon as she could walk. Keauna was brought
on a Disney on Ice skating tour at age three, where her mother performed
as a skater and Keauna learned the essentials of being lifted as a pair
skater. Keauna is a two time U.S. National Pair Figure Skating Champion,
Junior World Pair Champion and the first and only Junior International
Grand Prix Champion for the U.S. She won her first national title before
she was old enough to compete at the World Championships and after her
second national title Keauna and her partner were sponsored by Coca
Cola and Nike. They were featured on a billboard for the Coca Cola winter
Olympics campaign in Times Square and she was also featured in ABC's
Skating with the Stars as one of the main professional skaters. Keauna's
most recent performances have been as a featured roller skating pair act
at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas! In her spare time, Keauna enjoys taking
dance class and choreographing for young skaters at the rink. She is very
excited for the opportunity to be performing for Rand Productions.
Brianne Delcourt & Jonathon Hunt
Principal Adagio Team
US National Bronze Medalist
US National & International Team Member
Reality TV Star
Brianne Delcourt was Canadian National Team member, who at the tender age of 3,
put on her first pair of skates on the frozen pond her father use to freeze in her
backyard. Since turning Professional Brianne has been touring the world (for 15 yrs!)
and for the past 5 years Brianne has been a recurring star for he hit UK television
show, “Dancing on Ice”, along side the world renowned Olympic Champions, 'Torvill
and Dean.‘
Jonathon Hunt has over 25 years of experience as a professional and competitive
figure skater, Jonathan Hunt has made a name for himself through his hard work and
dedication to his sport. Over the years he has developed his skills as a world class
skater, performing in several high-profile shows. In 2003 Jonathon was a Junior
World Pairs Bronze Medalist and in 2004 he won another Bronze medal in the Senior
Pairs level. As a professional he has been a principal performer in Radio City’s
Christmas Spectacular, Whiskers Holiday Ice Spectacular, and the Ice Mystique show
in Ocean Park, Hong Kong. Jonathon has been a principal member of New York Ice
Theatre since 2010.
Over the years Brianne and Jonathon have joined forces from time-to-time and
performed together as the lead adagio team for “The Holiday Ice Spectacular”, “Ice
Fantasy” and “Ice Jewelry” (Japan), and “Spellbound on Ice” (Hong Kong), to name a
few. They are thrilled to be back together again to launch Rand Productions and the
Beau Rivage’s newest show, Santa & Friends on Ice!
Cordero Zuckerman
Principal Male
Gold Medalist
US National Team Member
Cordero Zuckerman is 22 years old and is from Fairbanks, Alaska. He
began skating when he was only 5 years old, and he fell in love with the
sport while most of his young piers were learning their ABCs. Cordero
competed for 12 years as an amateur skater, achieving a spot on the US
National Team for 5 of those years. He signed his first professional
contract in 2013 and he recently completed an 8 month tour on board
Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas, performing in “Ice Games” and “How
To Train Your Dragon On Ice”. Cordero graduated last year from the
University of Utah with a BA in Spanish and minor in comparative
literature and Korean. He is thrilled to be back on land and said, “I
couldn’t be happier than being cast as the lead male soloist in “Santa &
Friends on Ice” at the Beau Rivage. It looks like an amazing place to spend
the holidays and how fortunate am I to be able to do what I love to do
(and entertaining thousands of guests at the same time) during the
Christmas holidays!”
Adam Brown
Principal Elf “Henry”, Comedy & Show Narrator
Adam was born near Dallas, TX. He grew up playing sports and started
skating at the age of 8. His acting career started when he was a
freshman in High School as a child stunt double in the TV Series "Walker
Texas Ranger" After graduation from High school, he went off to NYC
where he was offered a principle role with Radio City Christmas
Spectaculer starring the world famous Rockettes! Adam did a total of 12
seasons in NY and 3 on the North America/Canada tour. Even though
Adam was busy during the holiday seasons he was also part of the"
Barney 'n Friends" TV series as one of the little Dino's called "Riff"
In addition to acting and performing, Adam has also been a Mascot for
minor and pro sports teams. One thing he loves about being a mascot is
that he loves to get the get crowds going and entertain them!
Adam is excited to be working for long-time friend, Jeb Rand,
Producer/Director of Rand Productions, and performing in “Santa &
Friends on Ice“! Adam said, “I am really looking to starting a new
journey on ice and meeting new people along the way! The Beau Rivage
looks like an amazing property and I’m truly honored to be part of this
inaugural production!”
Greg Bonin
Principal Elf “Junior” & Specialty Comedy Skater
For the last four decades it seems that Greg has been performing and
entertaining all over the world. He has toured the world extensively,
captivating audiences. He began his performing career in New Orleans
and was picked up by Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet while still a
teenager. He later signed on with his partner Karyl Kawaichi, and
performed as a principal skater for over ten years with Ice Capades. Greg
has skated with Olympic Champions, Dorothy Hamill and Scott
Hamilton. He has been a principal adagio skater for several television
specials and even skated with the Radio City Rockettes. Whether
performing in theme parks, on the road or overseas, Greg continues to
bring audiences to their feet with his skill, passion and presence. Greg
has even stepped into the musical theatre arena with several lead roles
under his belt. He is still performing, skating and has settled down back
in New Orleans where is teaches theatre for the Gifted and Talented
Program of Jefferson Parrish.
“Friends” & Specialty Skaters
Karel Nekola
Karel Nekola was born in the Czech Republic and began skating at
the age of 7. He won both the junior and senior men’s national
titles for his home country, and he went on to compete at both
the European and World Championships. In 2001 he turned
professional and since then Karel has with some of the leading
production companies and shows around the world. Such as
“Holiday on Ice”, “Spotlight Production” (Germany), “Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines” (Worldwide) and “Rand Enterprises &
Productions” (Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Reno and Biloxi,
MS). This will be Karel’s second visit to Biloxi and the Beau Rivage
where he says, “I am is thrilled to be returning to the Beau and
being part of the this newand exciting production!
Company Manager
Mike Berg
Elaina Chu
Michael’ Bergs skating career started in his home state of Utah.
He quickly advanced through the competitive ranks earning top
placements at both regional and sectional competitions, which
earned him a place on the US National Team. He initially began
performing in local shows when he was very young, but Michael
really ‘got the show bug’ when was honored and invited to
perform in the Opening & Closing Ceremonies at the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. The excitement of performing
live led him to turn professional he was instantly cast in Cypress
Garden’s “Adventure on Ice”. In the years to follow Michael had
featured roles in “Magic on Ice” (Mexico), on board the Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines (Explorer of the Seas & Freedom of the
Seas). Michael also toured with Disney on Ice for two seasons,
and performed on three occasions for Rand Productions in “The
Holiday Ice Spectacular” (twice) and “Ice Fantasy”.
Elaina Chu began skating at the age of four in Belmont, California.
She trained with two coaches throughout her career, Katherine
Faynor (who skated with Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies) and
Sergei Ponomarenko (1992 Olympic Champion in Ice Dancing).
After competing for 12 years she finished testing as a US Figure
Skating Double Gold Medalist (Freestyle & Moves in the Field). In
2007 she took a small break from skating and graduated from UC
San Diego with a Bachelors in Human Development. She returned
to skating at the age of 22 as a principle skater with Royal
Caribbean. Santa and Friends on Ice will be Elaina’s second
contract with Rand Productions, and her second time performing
in Biloxi’s Beau Rivage.
“Friends” & Specialty Skaters
Cole Davis
Chelsea Erven
Zdenka Hilkova
Cole Davis began training for figure skating in his home town of
Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of nine. He competed for several years
on the US national team and in 2007 he made the decision to
fulfill his dreams of skating professionally. Cole started his pro
career in Istanbul, Turkey, where he appeared in a skating reality
program. In 2008 he traveled to Europe to perform in the
“Mystery” Tour for Holiday On Ice. From there, he went to
Cincinnati where he skated in the “Endless Summer” at Kings
Island--- It was a great time to visit the family as well! The Royal
Caribbean Cruise Line is where he boarded next for a nine month
tour in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Europe. In 2009 he headed to
Idaho to do an ice show at the Silverwood Amusement Park, and
afterwards he accepted his first contract with Rand Productions as
the lead male in “The Holiday Ice Spectacular” Christmas show.
Disney On Ice was his next adventure where he toured the world
for three years with “Worlds of Fantasy”, “Toy Story 3”, and
“Treasure Trove”. With Disney he played various lead roles such
as “Prince Eric”, “Buzz Lightyear”, “Andy”, and “Peter Pan”. Now
Cole is back in the states and excited to be doing another
Christmas show and working Rand Productions again!
Chelsea Erven was first introduced to the ice in her hometown of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, by her hockey player cousins, but she
soon fell in love with the sparkle and beauty of figure skating.
Over the nearly 15 years she has spent on the ice, she has
competed at the Junior National and then Collegiate levels,
became a USFSA Double Gold Medalist, and performed in various
local ice shows and between the periods of college hockey
games. Performing in professional ice shows has been her dream
for many years, and as a graduate of the University of New
Mexico, she is looking forward to pursuing performing and
coaching. This is her first professional show, and she is so excited
and thankful to Rand Productions for such an amazing
opportunity. She is also extremely grateful for her parents'
continued help and support, without which she would not be
where she is today.
Zdenka Hilkova began skating at the age of 6 in a little town in
north Czech Republic. After a few years of skating she moved to
better training facility in Prague. She competed for more than a
dozen years and was given her first professional job in 2010.
Since then she has never looked back and over the past 4 years
Zdenka has performed around the world in France, German,
Austria and now the USA! Thank you Rand Productions and Hello
Biloxi, MS & the Beau Rivage!!!
“Friends” & Specialty Skaters
Alejandra Pons
Alejandra, from Leon Guanajuato Mexico. Started skating
when she was 8 years old. She has been an active member of
the Mexican skating federation since 1996. She was a gold
medalist at the 2007 Santis Cup in Switzerland and moved to
the USA to train under the tutelage of Olympic and World
Champion, Victor Petrenko, world-class coach Galina
Zmievzkaya, and Olympic Choreographer Nina Petrenko.
Alejandra was a four time Mexican National Team Member.
Professionally she has skated for The Ice Theatre of New York
(since 2011) and most recently performed in Sun Valley for
the summer professional ice.
Heather Lee began skating at the age of 6. She was a
competitive skater for over 13 years and has since
continued her love of skating through coaching and in
shows around the world. She recently returned from
Germany where she performed in over 900 shows in 10
months. She is extremely excited about being cast by Rand
Production and being part of the “Santa & Friends on Ice”
production and continuing her show career.
Heather Lee
Shaun Rogers
Shaun Rogers, 29, grew up in Baltimore, MD. He began
skating at the age of 8, and by the age of 14 won the Novice
national title at the U.S. Championships. He continued to
skate competitively both nationally and internationally on
Team USA until 2010. Since then, Shaun has performed in
numerous ice shows around the world--- most recently 4
contracts for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. When Shaun is
not performing in shows he coaches at several rinks in the
Maryland and Delaware area(s), and also plays music and
studies aerial circus arts. Shaun is very excited to join the
rest of the cast for his first season with Santa & Friends on Ice
at the Beau Rivage!
Jeb K. Rand
Executive Producer, Creator & Director
Jeb K. Rand, President and
Executive Producer of Rand
Productions, Inc. has been
involved in figure skating
for over 30 years. During
this time he achieved
exceptional successes as a
skating producer\director
and professional performer.
Jeb and his long time skating partner and wife, Jennifer, were nationally
ranked pairs figure skaters for the United States (1986-1989). As
professionals their career spanned over 15 years with principal roles in the
Ice Capades, Disney on Ice and Stars on Ice [European Tour]. From 1998 –
2005 Jeb & Jennifer were the lead ice skaters at Radio City Music Hall (in
New York City) in The Christmas Spectacular starring the world famous
Rockettes.
Since 1998 Jeb has created, produced and\or directed dozens of ice shows
around the world including star-studded television specials such as
Christmas on Ice in Torino, Italy starring Andrea Bocelli and Olympic
Champion, Evgeny Plushenko, The Opening of the Rink at Rockefeller Center,
and The Golden Skate Awards which annually honors the top ranked figure
skaters around the world. Additionally Jeb has produced ice skating shows
or scenes for ABC’s Extreme Makeover and Masters of Champions, Fox’s
Louis Guzman Show, MTV’s Music Awards as well as numerous cable and
regional television specials. Live show productions include The Holiday Ice
Spectacular, which is still running (nationally) after 5 years, Ice FantasyWhere Cirque Meets Ice in Reno/Lake Tahoe, Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede
(Branson, Myrtle Beach, Pigeon Forge and Orlando ice scenes in each),
Bright Lights on Ice and Ice Carnivale in Las Vegas, Figure Skating’s Best in
Italy, Ice Mystique, Spellbound on Ice, Ice Odyssey at Ocean Park, Hong
Kong, as well as corporate events for Monte Blanc, Georgia Pacific, Walmart
and Bristol-Myers-Squibb.
For more info www.randproductions.com
Simone Grigorescu Alexander
Choreographer
• World Professional Champion
• Professional Skater’s Association (PSA) Master Rated
Choreographer
Following a successful competitive career, Simone pursued her passion
for performing, with professional shows like Electric Ice, Ice Capades and
World Cup Champions On Ice.
Choreography and production work became a natural transition after
extensive experience with ice shows. Simone has created choreography
for a wide variety of companies: Family style entertainment for Disney
On Ice, Sea World and Bush Gardens; Country Rock shows for Hard Rock
Park; Children’s storybook shows like The Nutcracker and A Christmas
Carol On Ice; and Variety shows for Holiday On Ice (Europe)
Throughout the years, whether performing or choreographing ice show
productions, Simone has devoted her time to developing the skills of
young skaters and choreographing their competitive routines. She hopes
to continue to inspire everyone to keep reaching for and attain their
creative potential.
The Yontz Corp
Portable Real Ice Stages
The Yontz Corporation is a design, engineering and manufacturing company of
refrigerated ice surfaces based in Winter Haven, Florida. Don Yontz, President of
the company, has been involved in figure skating for over 40 years and is known
worldwide as one of the pioneers in portable theatrical ice rink systems.
The Yontz Corp represents the largest market share in the United States for
theatrical touring ice show productions, and has completed over 400+
installations without any failures. Their long list of clients include major theme
parks (Bush Gardens, Sea World, Universal Studios) , world renowned hotels &
casinos (Caesar's Palace, Golden Nuget, New York New York, Riviera, MGM -Las
Vegas, Eldorado-Reno, Foxwood- CT, Beau Rivage- Biloxi), State & local Fairs
(Dade County, FL, Colorado State Fair, etc) large conventions (the National
Builder’s Association), international television productions and numerous unique
installations (Centennial Olympic Park & The World of Coke- Atlanta; Beverly Hills
Square, Beverly Hills- CA).
EZ Glide 350
Synthetic Ice Engineering
EZ Glide 350 Synthetic Ice, in business since 1937, and Ice Rink Engineering and
Manufacturing, LLC is dedicated to the commercial and residential ice skating
industry – designing, manufacturing and installing refrigerated and synthetic ice
skating rinks around the world. A full service company providing support tailored
to the customers needs, Ice Rink Engineering services short‐term events, as well as
permanent installations ranging from hockey and figure skating training, public
skating and large‐scale entertainment. Clients include residential installations,
private parties, municipalities and large enterprise.
Ice Rink Engineering developed the superior EZ Glide Synthetic Ice product line,
which has proven to be distinctive among all synthetic ice skating surfaces
available today. It is the leader in the marketplace and the overwhelming synthetic
ice choice of the top names in the skating industry. EZ Glide 350 has unmatched
glide capabilities and is the only product available that allows a skater to execute
all of the skills, maneuvers, jumps and spins performed on refrigerated ice.
Cube Décor Workshop – Costumes
Cube Décor Workshop is a world renowned costume & mascot design,
fabrication and manufacturing company based in Hong Kong. They have
been creating award winning costumes, props, mascots and scenic
wagons since 1995. Their client list reads like a “who’s who” in the first
class theme park, circus\cirque and special attractions world(s), but due
to privacy agreements with these well known clients their lists cannot be
disclosed in an open forum. However if anyone has been to a leading
theme park in Asia, Europe or the USA and\or seen a well known “circustype” of production in Las Vegas, Macau, etc., you have seen Cube
Décor’s work!
In 2005 Rand Productions introduced the world of figure skating to the
Cube Décor Workshop and since then they have designed & built several
full-scale ice productions (in Asia and the USA). Included are Spellbound
on Ice, Ice Odessy , The Holiday Ice Spectacular and Ice Fantasy.