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Smokey Joe’s Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller Biographies Alyssa Grubbs is a junior at The University of Alabama double majoring in Musical Theatre and Restaurant Management. From Atlanta, Georgia, her previous credits include Big River (Alice's Daughter), An Italian Straw Hat (Ensemble), and The Color Purple (Ensemble). She would like to thank God for opening numerous opportunities, and her Dad and Mom for their unconditional love and support. Allie Jones, who hails from Memphis, Tennessee, recently graduated from The University of Alabama with a BA in Musical Theatre. Her favorite previous credits include: The Last Five Years (Cathy), Fefu and Her Friends (Christina), City of Angels (Angel City 4), Big River (Mary Jane Wilkes), An Enemy of the People (Ensemble) and Hair (Tribe/Chrissy u/s). She is extremely excited to be working with SummerTide Theatre and such a talented cast! Drey Mitchell, from Florence, Alabama, is an upcoming junior musical theatre major at The University of Alabama. He is so thrilled to be performing for the first time in SummerTide Theatre. Some of his previous credits include The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert), Chicago (Ensemble), See Rock City (Evan), City of Angels (Pasco), and Big River (Ensemble). Renee Reinicke is thrilled to be performing in SummerTide for the first time. Hailing from Houston, Texas, she is graduating in August with a double degree in Musical Theatre and Interior Design. Professional credits at the Flat Rock Playhouse and Cortland Repertory Theatre include RENT, The Producers, Chicago, Joseph...Dreamcoat, and A Murder Is Announced. Favorite UA credits include Flora, The Red Menace, Chicago, blackout, Almost, Maine, The Bourgeois Gentleman, Uncommon Women, See Rock City, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Moon Over Buffalo. At the end of the summer, Renee will be moving to NYC to pursue her dreams. Corey Rives, from Huntsville, Alabama, is a sophomore double major in Advertising and Musical Theatre and is so excited to be in Gulf Shores to perform in his first SummerTide production! Previous UA credits include Chicago (Aaron), The Bourgeois Gentleman (Dorante), See Rock City (Rick), Almost, Maine (East), Moby-Dick (Ensemble/Dancer), Big River (Tom’s Gang), Animal Crackers (Boy Who Gets Chased, u/s Parker) as well as performing and choreographing for Dance Alabama! Caroline Schmidt is thrilled to be returning to the beach after being seen previously as Logainne in SummerTide Theatre's production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in the summer of 2010. Originally from Mandeville, Louisiana, Caroline recently graduated as a Musical Theatre major from The University of Alabama. Some of her favorite UA theatre credits include: Hair (Crissy), Candide (Sheep/Ensemble), Uncommon Women and Others (Rita Altabel), An Enemy of the People (Billing), Almost, Maine (Gayle), Moby-Dick (Peleg/ Russian Sailor), Big River (Susan), Animal Crackers (The Professor), and Chicago (Roxie Hart). Caroline will be moving to Manhattan this August to pursue her career in theatre. Special thanks to her family for their constant support. Enjoy the show! Will Travis is ecstatic to be making his SummerTide debut. He is a native of Birmingham, Alabama and a sophomore Musical Theatre Major at The University of Alabama. His past credits include: Company, See Rock City and Other Destinations, City of Angels, Hairspray, Big River, Ragtime, and The Wiz. Will is extremely grateful for his supportive family and friends and for this opportunity to work with such wonderful people. Adam Vanek, a native of Mandeville, Louisiana, is a junior Musical Theatre major and is ecstatic to be making his SummerTide debut! Adam was last seen on-stage at UA in Chicago (Fred Casely), Dance Alabama! Spring Concert (Dancer), Animal Crackers (John Parker), and Big River (The Boys). Other credits include Godspell (Jesus), Les Misérables (Marius) and Oklahoma! (Will Parker). __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Edmond Williams (Director) is Professor of Theatre and Founding Chairman of the UA Department of Theatre and Dance. Dr. Williams has been recognized with Druid Arts Awards for “Best Production of a Play” and “Theatre Educator.” In 1996, he was honored by the National Alumni Association of The University of Alabama with their Outstanding Commitment to Teaching award. Dr. Williams is a past president of the Alabama Theatre League and the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Elected to the National Theatre Conference, an honorary organization for American Theatre, Dr. Williams is former Chairman of the Commission on Accreditation and recently served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Schools of Theatre. Raphael Crystal (Musical Director) is the founder and director of the musical theatre program of the Department of Theatre and Dance. Active professionally as a composer and musical director, he received a NY Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical for his score for the show Kuni-Leml. Recent premieres of his music include filmed sequences for Ripley’s Believe-It-Or-Not in Times Square, MegaHeroes at the Birmingham Children’s Theatre, and The Bourgeois Gentleman at the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre in New York. He has served as musical director for shows throughout the country, and is a member of ASCAP, The Dramatists Guild, the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance, and the Birmingham Art Music Alliance, and an alumnus of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Stacy Alley (Choreographer) teaches musical theatre/dance at The University of Alabama after seven years on faculty at Arkansas State University. She is a professional director and choreographer whose recent credits include work at Forestburgh Playhouse in NY, the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, and here at SummerTide (choreographer for Dames at Sea and Anything Goes). Stacy was also part of the inaugural season of SummerTide Theatre when she choreographed, and played Rhetta in Pump Boys and Dinettes. Recent University of Alabama credits include Chicago, Big River, and Flora, The Red Menace. Stacy has been performing professionally for over twenty-five years, including five years in Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular. She is a member of Screen Actors Guild and the Society of Directors and Choreographers. She serves as Chair of both the Musical Theatre Committee for the Southeastern Theatre Conference and the College/University Division for the Alabama Conference of Theatre and is the Southeastern Representative for the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance International. Stacy recently traveled to Sweden, where she taught at the Ballet Academy of Gothenburg and the University of Gothenburg’s Academy of Music and Drama. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from The University of Alabama, a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of Southern California, and is a Certified Movement Analyst through The Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in NYC. Andy Fitch (Scenic Designer), at The University of Alabama, has designed dozens of productions and leads an MFA program in Scenic Design. Some recent designs include: The Drowsy Chaperon, The Sound of Music, and A Lesson Before Dying for Theatre Tuscaloosa; The Producers and Damn Yankees for The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina; The Three Sisters, The Grapes of Wrath, and Forever Plaid for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Damn Yankees, Cats, and Gypsy for Red Mountain Theatre; The Drawer Boy and Betrayal for the Warehouse Theatre of South Carolina. Andy is a Founding Member of the acclaimed Kitchen Dog Theatre in Dallas. Andy’s training includes an MFA degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he studied with noted stage designers William and Jean Eckart. Donna Meester (Costume Designer) is Associate Professor of Theatre and Director of the BA/MFA Costume Design and Production programs at The University of Alabama. Donna has been designing costumes for SummerTide since its inception. Her work has also been seen at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, The Memphis Black Rep, The Red Light Theatre (Washington D.C.), Arkansas State University, University of Louisiana-Monroe, Ouachita Baptist College, Henderson State University, Louisiana State University and The University of Northern Iowa. Meester recently served as Design Chair for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival-Region IV and was the 2011 Recipient of the Kennedy Center Golden Medallion Award. An active member in the United States Institute for Theatre Design/Technology, Donna is currently serving as the Costume Commissioner. She holds a BS in Apparel Technology from Purdue University and an MFA in Stage Design from Southern Methodist University. Bill Teague (Lighting and Sound Designer) is the Chair for the Department of Theatre and Dance, and teaches design and technical theatre. In addition to this theatrical work, he is represented in other media as well. He has designed scenery for Alabama Public Television and was Production Designer for the feature motion picture, Rebel Love. Mr. Teague wrote and supplied graphics for the Computer Assisted Design section of Scene Design and Stage Lighting, the most widely used text in technical theatre. He has also served as a theatre consultant on restorations and new facilities around the southeast. He is an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, serving many years on the executive committee, the 1995 winner of the USITT Southeast Region “Outstanding Educator of the Year” award, former President of the Alabama Conference of Theatre and Speech, and a member of SETC, as well as USITT. In 2004 he received the “Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award” from the UA National Alumni Association. Karen Baker (Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of UA's MFA Directing program and is thrilled to be returning to stage manage SummerTide for her third year. While at UA, she has directed Fefu and Her Friends, City of Angels, Screwtape and The Baby Dance. She has also designed sound for Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Winter’s Tale, stage managed Tales of the Lost Formicans, Candide, The Rose Tattoo, An Italian Straw Hat, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Dames at Sea. Karen would like to thank her husband Chris for all his love and support. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Spencer Collins (Technical Director) recently graduated from The University of Alabama, with a double major in Theatre and Economics. He has appeared in such critically acclaimed films as The Lost Stallions: A Journey Home (starring Mickey Rooney) and Stream, nominated for best cinematography in the short films category at Sundance 06'. A native of Winston Salem, North Carolina, he has also worked as a lighting designer for Kim Wayans and Malcolm Jamal Warner with the National Black Theatre Festival. Technical credits, while at The University of Alabama, include The Rose Tattoo and The Bourgeois Gentleman (Master Electrician), Candide and Hair (Sound Operator), The Realm (Lighting Programmer) and Flora, The Red Menace (Sound Designer). Spencer recently directed the American premiere of The Kidnapper's Guide with his honors fraternity Alpha Psi Omega. Terry Moore (Pianist) holds a BS Ed degree in Piano and Voice from Missouri State University and completed his Graduate Studies in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying at the University of North Texas. As Musical Director and/or Pianist, his list of Regional Theatre and Summer Stock credits include Chicago, Cabaret, Company, Godspell, Destry Rides Again, The Apple Tree, Anything Goes (USO Tour), Fiddler on the Roof, Brigadoon, Mikado, The Robber Bridegroom, Damn Yankees, The Boyfriend, Oliver, Once Upon a Mattress, 1776, Little Shop of Horrors, Myths and Hymns, Guys and Dolls, and They're Playing Our Song. He is very excited to be part of UA's SummerTide production of SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ. Jeff Leng (Purcussionist) is currently attending The University of Alabama, while working toward a Master’s degree in Music Performance with an emphasis in Percussion. Jeff graduated in 2010 from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Performance with an emphasis in percussion studying under Dr. Jason Baker. Jeff has performed with the MSU Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensembles, and the Famous Maroon Band. At Alabama, Jeff has performed with the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Huxford Orchestra, and Percussion Ensemble. Jeff is currently the drummer and backing vocalist for Birmingham, Alabama’s Lady Gaga cover band Disco_stick. Christopher M. Montpetit (Business Manager) is originally from Niagara Falls, NY, where he received a Bachelors of Arts Degree in English/Theater from Niagara University. He continued his studies at Columbia University in New York City, where he earned a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Theater Management. Professionally, Mr. Montpetit has worked at such companies as Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Publishing, The Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, The Alma Schapiro Theatre, Artpark Theatre and ABC Television. He served for many years as Manager of Public Relations Operations for Showtime Networks and, recently, as Audience Services Manager for Genesee Community College. Mr. Montpetit also currently serves as SummerTide Theatre’s Business Manager. A member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) and the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), Professor Montpetit currently serves as the Vice Commissioner for Arts Management for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology Inc. (USITT). Amber Gibson (Assistant Business Manager) is a rising senior double majoring in Theatre and English and is honored to be working with such an excellent cast and crew this summer! Hailing from Huntsville, Alabama, her favorite UA credits include Wonder of the World (Karla), Flora, The Red Menace (Charlotte), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Germaine), and Blackout (Prudence). The Professional Summer Theatre of The University of Alabama ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The University of Alabama, Department of Theatre and Dance, Box 870239, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0239 Main Office 205/348-5283 - Fax 205/348-9048 - UATD Box Office 205/348-3400 - Gulf Shores Box Office 251/968-6721 theatre.ua.edu - SummerTide.org