A CHORUS LINE

Alfonso Annotto (Hair & Makeup Designer) Broadway: Wicked with Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Joel Grey and Megan Hilty; Into The Woods Revival with Vanessa Williams, Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews, Liza Minelli and Racquel Welch; Copenhagen; Spelling Bee; Putting It Together with Carol Burnett and Kathy Lee Gifford; My Favorite Year, The Phantom Of The Opera; Jerome Robbins Broadway; Les Miserables; Miss Saigon; The Scarlet Pimpernel; London: Wicked Design Assoc. Apollo Victoria Theatre. Off-Broadway: Shout The Mod Musical; I Will Come Back; Putting It Together with Julie Andrews. REV: South Pacific; Parade; Grand Hotel; Grease; Beehive; Anne of Green Gables; Holiday Inn; Mamma Mia; Guys and Dolls; Best Little Whorehouse; Ghost; Treasure Island; Loch Ness, assoc.; From Here To Eternity (North American Premiere); Catch Me If You Can; State Fair; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; 42nd Street; Footloose; Almost Heaven; Parade; Buddy, the Buddy Holly Story; Evita; Into The Woods; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Kevin Gregory Dwyer* (Production Stage Manager) Previously at The REV: EVITA. National Tours: The Book of Mormon. Chicago: An American in Paris, Disney and Cameron Macintosh’s Mary Poppins, The Color Purple, And Then There Were None, Matilda, Mamma Mia!, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Little Shop of Horrors at Drury Lane Theatre; Macbeth, Q Brothers Christmas Carol, Madagascar, King Charles III, and Othello at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; This Is Our Youth and Lord of the Flies at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Dutchman/TRANSit at American Blues Theater. Boston: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; Betrayal, Private Lives, Captors at Huntington Theatre Company. Mr. Dwyer received his BA in Stage/Production Management from Emerson College and is a proud AEA Member. Thank you for supporting the arts.

Alex Gutierrez (Assistant Music Director) is a pianist, conductor, and music director based in Ithaca, NY. He is thrilled to be returning to The REV for the third year! In May of 2023 he graduated with a Masters of Music in Conducting from Ithaca College. He also holds a B.M. in Music Education from Ithaca College. Previous REV credits include: Footloose, Catch Me If You Can, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Assistant Musical Director). Other credits include: RENT, Fun Home, & Into the Woods (Associate Music Director) at Ithaca College; The Bridges of Madison County and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Music Director/Conductor) at Ithaca College; Kinky Boots – Regional Premiere (Keyboard 2/Keyboard Programmer) at Hangar Theatre.

Mollie Heil* (Assistant Stage Manager) is elated to return to The REV for her favorite musical, A Chorus Line! REV: last year’s production of State Fair (ASM). National Tour: To Kill A Mockingbird (Sub/Temp ASM). Selected regional credits: The Legend of Georgia McBride (PSM), Pru Payne (ASM), how to make an American Son (ASM), Nina Simone: Four Women (ASM), and both Miss Bennet and The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (ASM) at Arizona Theatre Company; American Idiot and The Mountaintop (PSM) at Weathervane Theatre; The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; and Maine State Music Theatre. Mollie received her BFA in Stage Management from The Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University in St. Louis, MO, and hails from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. She is currently based in Tucson, AZ and is a proud union member. All the thanks to her family, her best friends, and her late grandmother “Mimi” who taught her the true meaning of “What I Did For Love.” mollieheil.com @mollieheil.

Tiffany Howard, MFA (Costume Designer) is living the dream as the Resident Designer and Costume Shop Manager at The REV. After teaching college for a number of years, Tiffany transitioned into professional costume design. She has been with The REV since 2008 where some of her favorite costume designs include: Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Holiday Inn, Mamma Mia!, Saturday Night Fever, South Pacific, Catch Me If You Can, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Beehive, among many others. During the school year, Tiffany works with The REV Education Department bringing theatre into the lives of students across the state. In addition, Tiffany has taught workshops and seminars, and designed for various colleges and theatres in the area. All love to my ballast, Geoff. TiffanyHowarddesigns.wordpress.com

Marc Kimelman** (Director/Choreographer) Marc is thrilled to be back at The REV after choreographing last year’s production of State Fair. Most recently, he choreographed RENT at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and a new production of Come From Away in Gander, Newfoundland. He is the associate choreographer for the Tony-award winning Jagged Little Pill (Broadway, National Tour, Australia), Broadway’s A Bronx Tale and National Tour, the Kennedy Center’s Next to Normal, and assistant choreographer for Broadway’s revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. He choreographed Saturday Night Fever (National Tour), Billy Elliot (GoodSpeed), Newsies (Drayton), Play It Cool and The Apple Boys (Off-Broadway), Once On This Island (Dora Award for Outstanding Choreography). He was director/choreographer for In The Heights at Sheridan College. TV/Film credits includes: Disney Plus movie-musical World’s Best (Tommy Kail producer), “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” Don’t Talk to Irene feature film (starring Geena Davis), “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” and NBC’s “One Night Only.” Marc was movement consultant for Vogue magazine (Annie Leibovitz, Charlize Theron, A$AP Rocky). Assistant: Queen’s We Will Rock You (National Tour), Freaky Friday (Disney workshop), Hands on a Hardbody (Broadway workshop), Seven Deadly Sins (NYC Ballet with Patti Lupone).

Marc is on faculty at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway, and has worked with Katy Perry, Deborah Cox, Neil Young and Chaka Kahn. A-five, six, seven, eight!

Czerton Lim† (Scenic Designer) is excited to be returning to The REV after a brief hiatus and last designing Murder for Two in 2018. Previous regional productions include Clue, The Play That Goes Wrong, Matilda the Musical, along with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Elf the Musical (SALT Award for Best Set Design of a Musical 2019) and designing the streaming production of Talley’s Folly for Syracuse Stage.  Last summer, he collaborated with The Hangar Theatre Company for their outdoor productions of School Girls and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.  He has frequently worked at The REV, having designed Ghost the Musical, Parade, Crazy for You, Sweeney Todd and West Side Story, to name a few. NYC credits include Storm Theatre, Ma-Yi Theatre Company, National Asian-American Theatre Company, Theatre Mitu/NYU-Abu Dhabi, and New York Musical Theatre Festival. He has been featured in an Art Profile for the May/June 2021 Issue of Central New York Magazine.  He teaches Scene Design and other related topics at the State University of New York at Fredonia. A proud member of USA local 829, he is originally from the Philippines. www.czlimdesign.com

Daniel Lundberg† (Sound Designer) has designed Into the Woods and State Fair for The REV. Other design credits include Roundabout Theatre Company, The Public Theater, New York Stage and Film, ZACH Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, His Story, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live. Sound engineer and assistant design credits include 15 Broadway productions, 11 tours, six circuses, two theme parks, and many concerts. It’s great to be back!

Dan Ozminkowski† (Lighting Designer) REV: Eighteen lighting designs since 2009. Additional lighting design credits include productions at the Kenya National Theatre, Uganda National Theatre, Milwaukee Ballet, Arena Stage, Arkansas Rep, Wexner Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company, San Diego Rep, Berkeley Rep, and four North American tours.  Associate/Assistant: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, A Night With Janis Joplin, Impressionism and The Ritz (Broadway); Le Reve (Wynn, Las Vegas), Jennifer Muller/The Works (Brazil). Nominated, Barrymore Peco Award. USA 829. BFA, Purchase College; MFA, Parsons.  Former Head of Lighting at Illinois State University; staff, Illuminating Engineering Society. 

Elle May Patterson (Associate Choreographer) Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Elle has been dancing since the age of 4. Having performed professionally throughout Australia, Asia, Europe and the US, Elle is excited and grateful to be stepping into this new creative endeavor as Associate Choreographer of A Chorus Line. Most recently, Elle was the Dance Captain of the First Broadway National Tour of The Spongebob Musical. You may have spotted her in past shows at The REV like, Mamma Mia!, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Grand Hotel, Catch Me If You Can and most recently as the Choreographer of Evita. Elle is so grateful to be back in her second home, creating and doing what she loves most. Endless gratitude to Brett and Marc. 

Callista Payne (Assistant Stage Manager) is a stage manager currently located in Tallahassee, Florida, and originally hails from West Palm Beach, Florida. An alumna ofFlorida State University, she graduated with a degree in Theatre and History. Previous professional credits include Sky on Swings (ASM) at Opera Saratoga; Mitridate (PSM) at (Opera Neo; and As One (PSM) at Florida State University. Other Stage Management training has come from A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, and Robert Carter’s Actors’ Repertory and Workshop Company. After closing, she will spend the season with the Florida Grand Opera working as an ASM. She would like to thank her partner, Jacob, for his support as he holds down the fort back home. 

Alan J. Plado (Music Director) Conductor for the Broadway national tours of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Dirty Dancing, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Elf The Musical, Memphis. Broadway: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Kinky Boots. Off-Broadway: We’re Still Hot, Just a Matter of Time, The Last Word, Shooting Star (NYMF). Alan just completed a successful run of Beautiful at Theater Aspen. Other regional theaters include Ogunquit Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare, Laguna Playhouse, Phoenix Theatre, Geva Theater. Alan also serves as the Music Supervisor for Menopause The Musical and, internationally, was the music director/arranger for the show on the West End (Shaw Theater) and in Dublin, Ireland.  He is a long-time member of AFM (Local 802) musicians’ union. For my Dad. 

Donnie Woodard (Associate Scenic Designer) is a Buffalo-based scenic designer and properties artisan. A recent graduate of SUNY Fredonia with a B.F.A. In Theatre Production and Design, with a focus in scenic design, credits include  Secret Soldiers (Theatre of Youth), What the Constitution Means to Me (The Kavinoky Theatre), and The Wild Party (SUNY Fredonia). Outside of Buffalo, Donnie has worked as an associate scenic designer at several repertory theatres, including Hangar Theatre Company (School Girls, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812), Indiana Repertory Theatre/Syracuse Stage (Clue: Onstage), and Cleveland Playhouse (The Play That Goes Wrong) and most recently served as the props supervisor at Chautauqua Theatre Company for their 2023 Season (Pride and Prejudice, Tiny Father). Instagram: @donnie_woodard_scenic

Nancy Boone-Bahr (Reeds) is thrilled to be back for her third season with The REV Theatre Company! A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Ms. Boone-Bahr performs frequently with the Rochester and Buffalo Philharmonics and Symphoria in Syracuse, as well as for touring broadway productions, big bands and for touring artists. Nancy has toured Europe, Asia and the Middle East with productions of Crazy For You, Porgy and Bess, and West Side Story and has been featured as a soloist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Greater Rochester Music Educator’s Wind Band and with the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra in Lithuania. Nancy has been a member of Gap Mangione’s Big Band for over 30 years and also teaches at the Hochstein School in Rochester, NY.

Terry Caviness (Trumpet) is retired Director of Bands at G. Ray Bodley High School, where he directed the schools Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Two Jazz Ensembles, Jazz/Rock Combo, Pep Band and Brass Ensemble. Mr.Caviness is an adjunct professor of Music at SUNY Oswego, serving as the school’s brass instructor and teaching music theory and appreciation. Mr. Caviness was most recently seen playing lead trumpet at The REV Theatre Company, where he is a house musician.  Mr Caviness has performed with Symphoria, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Utica Symphony, Schenectady Symphony, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, Central Winds, Syracuse University Theatre, Syracuse Chorale, Marcellus Chorale and played backed up for numerous musicians throughout his performing career including Aretha Franklin, Jerry Vale, and Patti Paige. Mr. Caviness played on a recording of the brass music of Karel Husa, which was nominated for a Grammy and he performed with the Central Winds at the 2009 and 2016 Midwest Symposium. He is co-founder and conductor of the Allegro Youth Music Programs. Mr. Caviness serves as an active guest conductor, clinician and performer around the state.

Ian Cummings (Drums) is a drummer/percussionist and education professional based in Ithaca, NY. Previous theater credits include the Hangar Theater, Cortland Repertory Theater, Kitchen Theater, Ithaca College, Cornell University, and Pace University. Ian’s passions for creativity, musicality, and community have allowed him to engage in the creative process in classrooms, concert halls, barns, stages, and theaters. Currently, Ian can be heard playing with the Fall Creek Brass Band, voted “Best Local Band” in the Ithaca Times’ 2020 Reader poll and is a founding member of the Ithaca-based Stone Cold Miracle. He can also be heard with groups such as Neo Project and Endres & the Manuervers. Growing up in a family of musicians, holding a BM from Ithaca College, and devoting himself to community music making, have been foundational experiences that allow Ian to cultivate joy in all he does. Ian has tremendous gratitude for all that have made this production possible.

Michael Fittipaldi (Bass) is excited to be a part of The REV’s 2023 season! Some of his favorite productions here include: Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, The Full Monty, Altar Boyz, A Light in the Piazza, Million Dollar Quartet, and 42nd Street. Michael is a member of the Albany Symphony and performs regularly with the RPO and Symphoria. Many thanks to the amazing staff and crew for always making The REV a great place to be!

Jim Spadafore (Reeds) As a freelance musician, James has performed with the likes of Marvin Hamlisch, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra Jr., Ben Vereen, Bob Hope, Petula Clark, The Fifth Dimension, The Spinners, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Four Tops, and The Temptations. As a pit musician, Mr. Spadafore has performed with the national touring companies of City of Angels, The King and I, A Chorus Line, Peter Pan, Big, Chicago, The Producers, Hairspray, Spamalot, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, Phantom of the Opera, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Motown the Musical and, most recently, the Lincoln Center tour of My Fair Lady. Mr. Spadafore is currently a member of the “Stan Colella Orchestra,” the “Hard Promise” Horn Section and for the pit orchestra at Syracuse Stage and Syracuse Drama. Jim resides in Liverpool, N.Y.

Joe Vanable (Trombone) Joe Vanable is a jazz musician with a passion for combining his roots in twentieth-century jazz with the new sounds of today. A native of Syracuse, NY, Vanable began to sing and play the piano at a young age. Vanable received his B.A. in Jazz Studies from Michigan State College of Music’s top ranked jazz program. He has performed and shared the stage with the likes of Ron Carter, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Wayne Newton, Rodney Whitaker, Melissa Aldana, Carl Allen, Harvey Mason, and Etienne Charles among others.

All photos by Ron Heerkens Jr. Photography / Goat Factory Media.