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 Eric
Englund* (Superman/Clark Kent)
Eric is thrilled to be a part of Showtunes! production of It's a
Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!, a show he first had the
pleasure of doing 21 years ago. On the topic of time flying when
you're having fun, Eric has had the great fortune to work with
good friends involved in this production for many of the past 20
odd years. (Old home week verging on old folks home week...)
Some of Englund's favorite roles locally include: John Wilkes
Booth (Assassins, Music Theatre Works), FDR (Eleanor, Village
Theatre), Captain Hook (Peter Pan, Civic Light Opera), Roy
Olmstead (Bruce Monroe's Bootlegger, Village Theatre), and
Harold Hill (Music Man, Village Theatre). Eric spent 5 years in
NYC where he acted some, catered a lot, had a blast, and-- best
of all-- met his wife, Kendra. Married now for 4 years, Eric and
Kendra make their home here in the Pacific Northwest with their
two beautiful boys Sawyer and Keaton. |
 Tracy Coe* (Lois
Lane)
Tracy is thrilled to return to one of her favorite companies,
Showtunes! Hailing from Seattle, where she worked with several
theatres including Village Theatre and the 5th Avenue Theatre,
she recently moved to Phoenix where she has been working with
the SW Shakespeare Company and Theatre 4301. Tracy has performed
around the country and world in regional theatres, national
tours and cruise ships. In 1999, Tracy founded TMCWorks, a
production company that produces live theatre and CDs of
musicals to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
For CD information, please visit
www.tmcworks.com. Love to
new husband Tyler and "the Fam." |
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 Marcus
Wolland (Max Mencken)
Previous Showtunes! credits include Do I Hear A Waltz?,
Fiorello!, Flora The Red Menace & On The 20th Century.
Marcus has spent the past six years in the Seattle area,
having moved here from Reno, Nevada. He is Producing
Artistic Director for Straight-Edge Theatrics, a company
started with friend and Co-Artistic Director Tim Glynn.
Together, they produce a variety of shows ranging from
cabaret to classical drama. He is currently writing a
play with music based on the career of Broadway producer
David Merrick and hopes to stage the production in 2007.
This follows on the heels of his one-man presentation,
The Magnificent Welles, which chronicles the disastrous
re-editing of Orson Welles’ second feature film, The
Magnificent Ambersons. The show is available on DVD
through the Public Broadcasting System (www.shoppbs.org),
Amazon.com, Netflix and the Seattle Public Library, and
has been shown at international film festivals in Munich
and Switzerland. The script for the show was translated
into Portuguese and included this year as a dramatic
reading in the International Documentary Film Festival
in Brazil. His next local credit will be to direct
Showtunes! January production of Jerry Herman’s Dear
World. |
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 Angie Louise* (Dr. Sedgwick)
Angie is an actress, writer, and singer-musician active for over
a decade in Seattle theatre, cabaret, and independent film. Last
year’s principal roles included two for Showtunes: Comrade
Charlotte in Flora and cop-loving Dora in Fiorello! Angie has
appeared at the 5th Avenue Theatre as high-wattage stripper Miss
Electra in the Judy Kaye production of Gypsy; at Village Theatre
in numerous leading roles, including Molly in Molly Brown, Sally
in Cabaret, Billie in Babes In Arms, and Rosalie in Carnival
(Backstage West’s Critic’s Choice, Best Actress in a Musical);
and at Seattle Rep as beatnik femme fatale Maoli in the workshop
production of Bucket of Blood: The Beatnik Musical. Other
favorite original-cast roles: real-life vaudeville star Elsie
Campbell in Bruce Monroe’s Bootlegger (Village) and bitter,
drunken pianist-chanteuse Ruby LeFevre in Marcus and
David-Edward’s Lounge Lizards series (Crepe de Paris). Angie
wrote and starred in award-winning 2005 cult comedy feature Gory
Gory Hallelujah (available on Netflix); her debut album Kitten
In Manville: Behind The Tool-Shed is available online at CDBaby
and Tower Records. She will be gearing up for a second Von
Piglet Sisters feature film in 2007. For more, please visit
www.angielouise.com. Long live Superman! |
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 Sarah
Rudinoff* (Sydney)
Sarah was last seen as Ruth in the 5th Avenue’s
production of Wonderful Town. Ms. Rudinoff just closed her solo
cabaret Last Year’s Kisses and most recently she played in The
King Stag at the Seattle Rep, Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Seattle Children’s Theatre
and at The Empty Space in (L)imitations of Life, Ming the Rude,
and as Pa Ubu in Ubu. Other Seattle credits include: Smokey
Joe’s Café (5th Ave) Hamlet, The Second Greatest Story Ever
Told, Cat Like Tread, Stage Door (Annex), Hedwig (Re-bar), Shock
Brigades (Baba Yaga). Sarah has performed in Los Angeles at the
Mark Taper Forum, HBO Workspace and Improv Olympic, and at Joe’s
Pub and Richard Foreman’s Ontological Hysteric in New York City.
Her solo shows include, Broad, Go There, and The Last State,
which premiered last season at On the Boards. |
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 Art
Anderson*
(Jim
Morgan)
Art is happy to return to performing for the Showtunes! Theatre
Company, having been part of their debut showing of ‘Anyone Can
Whistle’ back in January of 2000. Art has performed in many
venues in the Seattle area including, Seattle Shakespeare
Company, Seattle Children’s Theater, Village Theater and more.
Before moving to Seattle 15 years ago, Art had toured nationally
and internationally via planes, trains, buses, trucks, and
cruise ships. Art likes cheese.
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 Mark Abel (Perry
White)
Mark has been seen in numerous theaters around Puget
Sound including Village Theatre, Seattle CLO, Eastside
Musical Theatre, Renton Civic Theatre, Driftwood
Players, Historic Everett Theatre, and Northwest
Savoyards among others. His favorite roles have included
Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady), Pseodolous (Forum), the
King (The King and I), Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof),
Nathan Detroit (Guys and Dolls), Bill Sykes (Oliver) and
Herbie (Gypsy). This is Mark's 11th show with his wife
Laura!! Wow!! Many thanks to David! |
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 Laura Abel (Mama
Ling)
Laura is very excited for the opportunity to play with
Showtunes for the very first time! She last appeared in
Northwest Savoyards production of "Gypsy" as Mama Rose,
sharing the stage (once again) with hubby Mark, a
project that she is very proud of. She has also appeared
locally with Village Theatre, Renton & Bellevue Civic,
Eastside Musical Theatre, Driftwood, and the Historic Everett
Theatre. Credits include: Reverend Mother in "Nunsense I
& II"; Golde in "Fiddler On The Roof"; Mrs. Paroo in
"Music Man"; Widow Corney in "Oliver"; Lady Thiang in
"King & I"; Hattie in "Kiss Me Kate" and Crystal in
"Little Shop of Horrors". Laura's greatest pride and
accomplishment is joint venture with Mark; two awesome
and talented sons; Travis and Corey. Thank you David,
this is gonna be "Super"!
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Brian Lange
(Ensemble)
Brian is thrilled to be back working with Showtunes!
again, having been seen last year's Fiorello! Since
then, Brian has performed with SecondStory Rep, and has
also done two staged reading with Village Theatre (
Stunt Girl and The Last Starfighter). Starting next
month, Brian can be seen in Bye Bye Birdie at Village
Theatre. No image available. |
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 Megan Chenovick
(Ensemble)
Megan joins Showtunes! for the first time in Superman,
and couldn't be more excited to bring this lesser known
work to life. Some favorite area credits include
Oklahoma! & South Pacific at the Village Theatre, Mrs.
Cole Porter; Red, Hot & Cole at Civic Light Opera, Pam;
Baby at Secondstory Repertory, and Frasquita in Bizet's
Carmen with Lyric Opera Northwest. An opera lover,
Megan currently studies with Erich Parce. Look for
her in the Village Theatre's upcoming production of Bye
Bye Birdie. |
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 Loni Kappus
(Ensemble)
This is Loni’s Showtunes! debut. Seattle sightings in
her two short years here include: Taproot Theatre, Civic
Light Opera, Harlequin Productions, Eastside Musical
Theatre and others. Younger audience members may have
seen her at their school with Taproot’s Road Company and
Open Door Theatre. Here are a few favorites: June (Smoke
on the Mountain), Irene Hunter (A Stardust Christmas
Carol), and Woman I (Songs for a New World). |
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 Doug Knoop (Ensemble)
Doug is delighted to be a part of his first Showtunes
production. He was last seen in 100s of Beautiful Songs
& 3 Ugly Ones at Thumpers. Earlier this year he played
Senator Fipp in Urinetown and Mushnik in Little Shop of
Horrors at the Capital Playhouse in Olympia, and
Percival Knight in Rescues, Inc. at E.B. Foote Winery.
Last fall he was in 4 Christmases at Centerstage and
Blood Brothers at ArtsWest. Other local credits include
4 Christmases at Centerstage, Blood Brothers at ArtsWest,
Red, Hot & Cole at Civic Light Opera, Jesus Christ
Superstar at Theatre Babylon, Ondine at Open Circle
Theatre, Pirates of Penzance and My Fair Lady for
Village Theatre, Assassins for Music Theatre Works, and
Plan 9 from Outer Space - The Musical for Seattle
Theatre Project. Doug can be currently seen as the
Killer Clown in a Hollywood Video television commercial.
Thanks to David-Edward, Detta and Marcus. |
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 Drew
Bruns (Ensemble)
Drew is excited to make his debut with Showtunes! His
Northwest credits include The Musicman and Hello, Dolly!
with The Village Theatre, as well as Sweeney Todd
(Eastside Musical Theatre) and his two favorite
Northwest roles, Mickey in Blood Brothers (ArtsWest) and
Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie (Driftwood CP). Regional
performances include Amos Hart in Chicago and Seymour in
Little Shop of Horrors. He sends his love to Bridget and
Grayson, who make the world go round. |
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 Jenna
Marie Lipe
(Ensemble)
Jenna, a senior at Woodinville High School, is
overjoyed to be part of this awesome experience! She has
had a great time meeting new people and working on such
a fun, unfamiliar show. Jenna hopes to attend college
next year as a Musical Theatre major and is in the
process of preparing for her auditions this winter. Past
credits include A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanch DuBois)
and Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Larken). |
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 Ellen
Heile (Ensemble)
Ellen is delighted that for her first time onstage with
Showtunes! she is working with David-Edward Hughes, whom
she’s admired, having been a repeat audience member and
Showtunes! enthusiast. Previous work has included
performing as a Baby Angel with Seattle Public Theater’s
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, as Heidi in Falling in
Love ... Again as part of The 24 Hour Plays, and in two
Shakespeare filled summers with Green Theatre
Productions. Ellen also has enjoyed working in original
youth musicals produced by Missoula Children’s Theater
and by Kelly Foster-Griffin and Tom Freeman’s Summer Fun
arts program. Recently, Ellen worked with Cassandra
Sanders in the staged reading (and re-writing) of
Cassy’s new play, Conversations with Fish. Ellen attends
fifth grade in the Seattle schools. |
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 Natasha
Borgen (Ensemble)
Natasha
attends the International Community School in Kirkland
as a 9th grader. Natasha started singing and acting when
she was 5 yrs old in a main stage production at Studio
East in Kirkland Washington. She has then appeared in
many productions. She has also done a number of
educational videos and T.V. commercials. She is ecstatic
to be part of this wonderful show. Natasha would like to
thank Lani Brockman for believing in her and her family
who has always supported her passion for the theater. |
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 Moriel
Behar (Ensemble)
Moriel is delighted to be making her Showtunes! debut in
a Charles Strouse production having recently performed
in Broadway Bound’s production of Bye Bye Birdie and is
now rehearsing for their winter production of Annie. She
is a veteran of three summer season productions at the
Seattle Children’s Theatre including: Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Honk and Footloose.
Moriel is a 7th grader at Seattle Country Day School.
Thank you Maggie for asking and Mark for saying, yes! |
Adam Avery
(Ensemble)
Adam is a senior at Eastlake High. You may recognize
Adam from previous performances at the KPC such as The
Music Man (Tommy) and Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble) or
at Studio East in Seussical (The Cat in the Hat) and The
Wizard of Oz (Tin Man). Adam would like to thank the
directors for their hard work, Lani, Jenna, Natasha, his
parents and everyone else who has supported him in
theater. |
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* Denotes member of
Actor's Equity Association, the Union of Professional
Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. |
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 David-Edward
Hughes (Director/Co-Producing Artistic Director)
David is very happy to have a second encounter with the musical “Man
of Steel” after playing his enemy Max Mencken many moons ago in his
home state of Hawaii. His other directing credits include the 2003
Showtunes! staging of Rodgers & Sondheim’s Do I Hear A Waltz?, How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Unexpected Songs
in Hawaii, and assistant directing Oklahoma! locally at Village
Theatre. He is very proud of creating, writing and producing the
Broadway Maladies! series of revues at several Seattle cabaret
venues, as well as writing and directing such cabaret shows as
Heart, Don’t Fail Me Now!, Here’s to Your Illusions-Barbara Cook’s
Broadway, and Songs of Judy & Liza. He has provided dramaturgy for
the evolving musical version of The Wedding Banquet, and has several
new cabaret shows and a book musical in development. You can read
David-Edward’s arts interviews and reviews of Seattle theatre on the
TalkingBroadway.com. Perhaps his biggest thrill about doing It’s
Superman! was getting the show’s composer Charles Strouse to attend,
having grown up as a devotee of such other Strouse shows as Bye Bye
Birdie. All American, Applause and Annie. Enjoy discovering or
rediscovering this fine forgotten musical! |
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Mark Rabe
(Music Director)
Seattle area credits: Flora, the Red Menace, Do I Hear A Waltz?, Out
Of This World, Anyone Can Whistle (Showtunes!); Oh, Coward! (Seattle
Repertory Theatre); Goblin Market (ACT Theatre); Junie B. Jones & A
Little Monkey Business, Harriet’s Halloween Candy (Seattle
Children's Theatre); Forbidden Xmas (Tacoma Actor's Guild); Ragtime,
Red, Hot & Cole, Swing!, On The Town (Civic Light Opera); The Last 5
Years (REACT Theatre); john & jen (Emerging Artists/White Raven
Productions). Upcoming: Goodnight Moon (Seattle Children's Theatre). |
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Alison Lani
Broda (Choreographer)
Was seen last in Seattle working with Showtunes! on Anyone Can
Whistle, and choreographing David-Edward Hughes’ Broadway Maladies.
Based in New York City, her last project was to translate Gogol’s
The Nose, and then direct Overcoat Theater’s adaptation of this
surreal Russian classic. Acting, dancing, voiceover credits: Foreman
Festival, 29th Street Rep, Connolly Theatre, Film Society of Lincoln
Center, Museum of TV and Radio, NY Greek Drama Company. Alison is an
ardent practitioner of kyudo. |
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Tara K. Farrell*
Tara is excited to be stage managing IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S
SUPERMAN, her first production for Showtunes! Theatre Company. She
has been part of stage management teams in many regional theatre and
opera companies including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore
Opera Company, OperaDelaware, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Next Act
Theatre, Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, The Colorado Shakespeare
Festival, The Theater at Lime Kiln, Actors’ Theatre of Sonoma County
and Summer Repertory Theatre. |
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Jessi
Wasson (Assistant Stage Manager)
Jessi is excited to be working on her first Showtunes!
production. Jessi is a recent graduate of Willamette University with
a degree in Stage Management. Favorites include: Les Misérables
(Village Theatre KIDSTAGE), Joseph… (Village Theatre KIDSTAGE), A
Christmas Carol (Salem Repertory Theatre), and Tongue of a Bird
(Willamette University). Upcoming projects: Bye Bye Birdie (Village
Theatre) and White Christmas (The 5th Avenue). Congrats to Tara on
her Seattle debut! Thanks to Jan. |
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 Synopsis:
IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S SUPERMAN is an action-packed glimpse
into the life of DC Comics’ most enduring and constantly reinvented
hero. As the show opens, Superman – in his guise as mild-mannered
reporter Clark Kent – is working for the Daily Planet and in love
with Lois Lane, although she is beginning to chafe at the problems
inherent in dating a super hero. An arch-villain, Nobel Prize losing
scientist Dr. Sedgewick is soon plotting Superman’s downfall, in a
wild plot which involves a troupe of acrobats (who can no longer get
paid to perform since everyone started watching Superman fly for
free) and a Daily Planet columnist Max Mencken who also hates the
hero (both for dating Lois Lane and for constantly stealing his
headlines). Will Superman fall prey to Professor Sedgewick’s
machinations and lose confidence in his own super abilities? Will he
lose Lois to the egotistical Max? Will Max’s secretary Sydney
inadvertently expose Superman’s secret identity when she falls for
Clark? You don’t know your comic book history if you can’t guess
that Superman triumphs, as ever the protector of truth, justice and
the American way.
Major Musical Numbers
Doing Good
We Need Him
Superman
We Don’t Matter at All
The Woman For the Man
Revenge
You’ve Got Possibilities
It’s Super Nice
So Long Big Guy
The Strongest Man in the World
You’ve Got What I Need, Baby
Meanwhile
I’m Not Finished Yet
Pow, Bam, Zonk
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The Man of Steel is also a song and dance
man in this high flying 1966 comic book come to life.
Superman and Lois Lane thwart a crazed mad scientist and
a lecherous newspaper columnist, to the tantalizing
tunes of Charles Strouse & Lee Adams (BYE, BYE BIRDIE,
APPLAUSE) and a script by the men who later wrote the
smash hit 1978 film version of SUPERMAN.
