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Who’s Who in the Company Scott Spence (Artistic Director) This marks Scott’s 23rd season at Beck Center! Since 1990, he has produced well over 200 productions, directing over 70 himself. The list of favorites grows every season, and includes Parade, A Man of No Importance, Sweeney Todd, Hair, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Farnsworth Invention, Reefer Madness, The Fix, Zombie Prom, Tommy, Urinetown The Musical, Evil Dead The Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and the box office smash hits The Producers and Hairspray. Last season Scott added to those favorites with productions of Legally Blonde The Musical and the much lauded Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. He is very proud of the awards and acclamations Beck Center has received over the past decade, and is especially grateful for having won the Northern Ohio Live Award for Achievement in Theatre in 2006. Outside of these walls, Scott’s directorial assignments have included a remounting of Beck Center’s hit production of Altar Boyz at PlayhouseSquare’s beautiful Hanna Theatre, Das Barbecü at Opera Cleveland, The Last Night of Ballyhoo at Case Western Reserve University’s Eldred Theatre, Oh Dad Poor Dad....at Cleveland State University Summer Stages and Noises Off at both Weathervane Playhouse in Akron and Berea Summer Theatre. An adjunct faculty member at Cleveland State University, Scott has also has the privilege to direct Satre’s No Exit and will tackle Strindberg’s Miss Julie this spring. Occasionally on the other side of the footlights, Scott has appeared in Dick Deadeye (Berea Summer Theatre), Man of La Mancha (Jewish Community Center), The Secret Rapture (Dobama) and closer to home at Beck Center in Big River, The Boys Next Door and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. He also had the privilege of joining the cast of Passion, directed by Victoria Bussert, in his only onstage stint in the Studio Theater. Scott holds an MFA in Directing from Western Illinois University and is a trained stage fight choreographer, having studied extensively with the SAFD. He would like to dedicate this season to longtime local actor and friend Frank Mularo who sadly left us in August of last year. Love you Frankie. Russ Borski (Director/ Scenic Designer) is no stranger to the Beck Center stage as a designer, but is happy to be making his directorial debut with his favorite play, The House of Blue Leaves. Crafting his theater chops in Chicago, he is the recipient of seven Joseph Jefferson Awards for excellence in theater. Nationally he has worked from Anchorage Opera to North Carolina Shakes to Florida State Opera to the Odyssey and McCadden Theatres in LA to Dance Theatre Workshop and Merce Cunningham Studios in New York, and many points in between. Locally, Mr. Borski has directed/designed at PlayhouseSquare, Dobama Theatre, Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland Play House, Dancing Wheels, Willoughby Fine Arts, Karamu House, Cain Park, Porthouse Theatre, Kalliope Stage, CSU Summer Stages, and Ensemble Theatre. In 2012, he was named Cleveland Scene Magazine’s Best Director of a Musical for last summer’s production of Avenue Q at Cain Park, after receiving the Best Directorial Debut award in 2002 for his direction of The Late Henry Moss. He currently resides on the faculty at Cleveland State University. Becky Adams (Stage Manager) is pleased to be back at Beck Center after having most recently assistant stage managed the holiday hit Annie on the Mackey Main Stage and previously stage managed The Little Dog Laughed in the Studio Theater. Becky earned a BA in Theatre from Baldwin Wallace University. Since graduation, she has worked on God of Carnage and The Mighty Scarabs at Dobama Theatre. Becky stage managed Children of Eden at TrueNorth Cultural Arts. Other projects include: A Little Night Music, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Company at Fairmount Performing Arts Center. She also assists on productions for North Coast Men’s Chorus and Verb Ballets in Cleveland. Special thanks to all her friends for their unending love and support. *Robert Ellis (Artie Shaughnessy) is thrilled to make his Beck Center debut and delighted to work with Russ Borski once again. Credits include: A Carol for Cleveland (Steve), Galileo (Federzoni) and A Soldier’s Tale (General) at Cleveland Play House; Circle, Mirror, Transformation (James) and The Late Henry Moss (Earl) at Dobama Theatre; Stone Cold Dead Serious (Cliff) at Cleveland Public Theatre; Of Mice and Men (Lennie) at Ensemble Theatre; and Annie Get Your Gun (Sitting Bull) and The Foreigner (Owen) at Porthouse Theatre. Bob is a professor of Theater at Cuyahoga Community College and sits on the selection committee for Region 3 of the American College Theater Festival. He is also a founding member of Something Dada. When he is not rehearsing in some cold theater, Bob spends time with the presidents, Carter, Madison and Kennedy and his obese beagle, Snickers. Ni c ho l a s C h o ka n (Ronnie Shaughnessy) is elated to grace the Mackey Main Stage at Beck Center. As a lifelong Lakewood resident, it has always been one of his dreams to perform here. He is a current Theatre major at Cleveland State University. Past credits include: Bus Stop (Virgil Blessing) directed by Corey Atkins at Cleveland State University. Nicholas also performed in the world premiere of Stars Fell All Night (Edmund) written by Mike Geither and directed by Jacqi Loewy at Cleveland Public Theatre. Special thanks to Russ Borski, Holly Holsinger, Terry Pieritz, Aaron Benson, Dr. Michael Mauldin, and the rest of Cleveland State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance. Nicholas is immensely grateful for his friends and family. If you are loved by someone you are never rejected. Decide what to be and go be it. Carla Petroski (Bunny Flingus) makes a swift return to the Beck Center stage after most recently appearing in the box office smash, Annie. “Yes, and...” now she is happy to be reunited with her esteemed former company member, Bob Ellis, from the improvisational troupe Something Dada! Carla is a graduate of Cleveland State University and over the past 25 years has performed at numerous Northeast Ohio theaters. Favorite roles include: Hellcab at Blank Canvas Theatre, and The Diary of Anne Frank (Mrs. Van Daan) and Steel Magnolias (Truvy) at TrueNorth Cultural Arts. She has also been seen in Who’s Aftraid of Virginia Woolfe (Martha) at Ensemble Theatre, The ThreePenny Opera (Jennie Diver) at Fine Arts Association, and The Odd Couple (Gwendolyn Pigeon) at Fairmount Performing Arts Center. Carla will always have a special affection for her first Beck Center production, Cabaret (Sally Bowles). Although she performed in the full two-plus-year run of Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding at the Hanna Theatre, she hopes her actual wedding won’t take that long to come to fruition...she’s talking to you, fiancée! *J uliette Regnier (Bananas Shaughnessy) is thrilled to be playing Bananas and grateful to Russ Borski and Beck Center for giving her this beautiful role to play. Juliette’s stage and film credits are many both locally and regionally. She is an award-winning actress but is most proud of her one-woman play, Shorn, directing Necessary Targets, studying with the Moscow Art Theatre at Harvard, and her most recent cabaret, Elsewhere. Juliette will perform Elsewhere again this summer at Cain Park on July 25. In addition, she is the facilitator for an open community contemplative and meditation service at University Circle United Methodist Church, a certified American Sign Language interpreter, yoga practitioner, hiker, bullmastiff owner, mother, and blissfully married to actor, Michael Regnier. Chr i sti n e Fa l l o n (Corrinna Stroller) is delighted to be sharing the stage with this incredible cast at Beck Center. Since receiving her BFA in Acting from Wright State University, she has been seen in The Tempest (Ariel Double) at Great Lakes Theater, Books (Mrs. Rabble) at Halcyon Theatre in Chicago, and Barefoot in the Park (Corie) at Great Plains Theatre in Kansas, among others. She is proud to be represented by the Docherty Agency which has cast her in film, commercial and print. When not acting and modeling, Christine enjoys chasing chickens in her community garden and spending time with her “seesters.” Thanks to Russ for this amazing opportunity, and of course Ann and Dan for years of love, support and chauffeuring. Patricia Walocko (Head Nun) This is Patricia’s Beck Center debut and she is delighted to portray the Head Nun. Patricia has had the opportunity to appear on stages in Des Moines, Iowa where she was seen in I Remember Mama (Ms. Moorehead), Every Little Crook and Nanny, Trouble at the Talent Show (Cheryl Parker-Banks), and Lend Me A Tenor. Since returning to the Cleveland area, she has performed in Haunting of Hill House (Mrs. Dudley) at Broadview Heights Spotlights Community Theater, Pray for the Missing Girls (Rayell’s Mother/Tia/Ensemble) at Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus, Hit and Misdemeanor (Julie) at Canal Fulton Players, and The Wizard Of Oz (Aunt Em/Ozian/Guard/ Optimistic Voice) at Garfield Heights Players; as well as worked on the independent film Blue Eye Sing Me Softly (Liv’s Mother) which was filmed here in Cleveland. Special thanks to her husband of 33 years and her friends for all of their love and support. Hannah Storch (Second Nun) is jazzed to make her Beck Center professional debut on the stage where she grew up taking Youth Theater classes. She is a recent graduate of Kent State University with a Theatre major, English minor. Past credits include: Henry V (Montjoy) at Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire; Robin Hood (Alice) at Actors’ Theatre of Columbus; Dancing At Lughnasa (Rose) and Three Tall Women (C) both at Weathervane Playhouse; Jet of Blood (Nurse) and Six Characters In Search of an Author (Mother) both at Kent State University; and Antony and Cleopatra (Iras) with Cleveland Shakespeare Festival. Hannah has worked with the Ravenna Police Department acting in scenarios for their crisis intervention training, Kringle’s Inventionasium (Goody Chimes) at Cleveland’s Tower City, and Karamu House in their Theatre Performance Outreach series. Hannah would like to thank Russ for this opportunity, as well as her family and Ebby for their continued love and support. Tali Cornblath (Little Nun) is excited to make her Cleveland debut at Beck Center! She recently graduated from Tufts University with a BA in Drama and Child Development. Favorite credits include: The Importance of Being Earnest (Cecily) and The Arabian Nights (Girl), both with Tufts University Department of Drama. Special thanks to her family and Sheriden Thomas. Joey Dienes (M.P.) is ecstatic to make his Beck Center debut with such an amazing cast and crew. He is a Lakewood native and recently graduated from Hiram College with a degree in Theatre and Sociology. Joey was most recently seen in Psycho Beach Party (Nicky) at Blank Canvas Theatre and can also be found working backstage at Beck Center and Cleveland Play House. Other credits include: Tartuffe (Cleante), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Judas), Cloud Nine (Joshua/Gerry), and Dog Sees God (CB). Barry Friedman (The White Man/The Pope) makes his Beck Center debut in this production. He has performed at various theaters including Weathervane Playhouse, Coach House Theatre, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, and Aurora Theatre. His resume includes roles in Richard III, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Great White Hope, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Light Up The Sky, Mousetrap, and Kiss Me Kate, to name a few. Barry has also appeared in two feature-length films; Welcome to Collinwood and My Summer Story. He is retired from the diamond importing business after a 45-year career and resides in Hudson with his beautiful and talented significant other, Dede and their two Westies, Percy and Cece. Todd Hancock (Billy Einhorn) may be a new face to Cleveland’s theater scene, but he has been making quite a name for himself just east of here in Youngstown. As director and co-founder of Easy Street Productions, Youngstown’s only professional stock theater company, Todd has spent the past 25 years producing, directing and starring in musicals at the DeYor Perfoming Arts Center. Easy Street musicals have raised over 1.5 million dollars for local charities and non-profit organizations to date and last May Todd was named Distinguished Alumni 2012 by his alma mater for his company’s charitable work in the community. Todd has enjoyed performing as an “extra” for NBC and ABC, most recently 666 Park Avenue, but Clevelanders will remember him from last summer’s production of Avenue Q (Trekkie Monster) at Cain Park. Other favorites include: The Will Rogers Follies (Will), The Music Man (Harold Hill), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), and Annie (Rooster). Actors’ Equity Association Candidate. Terry Piertiz (Costume Designer) is relieved that after too many years to count...she can finally take “collaborating with Russ on The House of Blue Leaves” off of her bucket list! Terry earned her MFA in Theatre Design from Case Western Reserve University and has taught Costume Design and Construction there as well as the University of Akron, Beaumont School and currently at Cleveland State University where she also manages the costume shop for the Department of Theatre and Dance. She has designed costumes for theater, dance, opera, industrials, and film where her work has taken her to such places as Skylight Opera Theater (Milwaukee), Florida State Opera (Tallahassee), Human Race Theater (Dayton), and American Movie Channel (New York City). Cleveland credits include: PlayhouseSquare, Cain Park, Lyric Opera Cleveland, and Dobama Theatre. Joseph Carmola (Lighting Designer/Technical Director) is in his seventh year as Technical Director at the Beck Center. In the past Joe has served as Technical Director for the Canton Players Guild, Magical Theatre Company and Paul Green’s Trumpet in the Land. His freelance credits include lighting design and scenic artist, as well as a set design for Les Miserables Jr. which has been seen in many student programs throughout Northeast Ohio. He is the proud father of Clayton. Carlton Guc (Sound Designer) is excited to be back at Beck Center. Beginning as a pit musician over a decade ago in many shows here, Carlton took some time off when he transitioned into being a dad. Recently his sound designs have been heard at Fairmount Performing Arts Center (Legally Addicted), TrueNorth Cultural Arts (Ain’t Misbehavin’), Actors’ Summit Theatre, and in some touring exhibits (Titanic; Dialog in the Dark). When not designing sound, he spends time writing software for theater sound and lighting; develops corporate networks; and enjoys spending downtime with his family. *Actor appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of American actors and stage managers.