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with Milwaukee Ballet, Madison Ballet, Lyric
Opera of Chicago, Washington National
Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. This
is his first Equity show.
LORRAINE STIPPEC
(
Ensemble
) is thrilled
to be back at The Muny! Other favorite
Muny shows include:
…Superstar
,
Annie
and
Peter Pan
. Rain has also performed at
the Fabulous Fox Theatre and other theatres
in St. Louis. BFA Webster University. Love
and thanks to family, friends, Lara Teeter and
Mike Isaacson.
RIZA TAKAHASHI
(
Ensemble
) is thrilled
to be making her Muny debut! Education:
BFA in Musical Theatre at The Hartt School.
Favorite credits include: Connie Wong in
A Chorus Line
, Crissy in
Hair
, Charity in
Anything Goes
(Woodstock Playhouse),
Marcy Park in
The 25
th
…Spelling Bee
(The
Hartt School).
JOSEPH SCHULTE
(
Resident Stage
Manager
) For the past 35 years, Joe has been
a member of the stage management staff at
The Muny. During that time, he has worked
on more than 130 productions. Joe taught
theatre at St. Louis University High School
for 50+ years. This past year, Joe was the first
person to receive the Kevin Kline Lifetime
Achievement Award.
LORRAINE L
I
CAVOLI
(Assistant Stage
Manager) is excited to be back for her seventh
Muny season as assistant stage manger for
Dreamgirls
and
The King and I
. This past
year she has stage managed the Opening
Gala for the Peabody Opera House, and
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
and
The Way to
Heaven
for The New Jewish Theatre. When
not stage managing, she is the representative
for the Conservatory of Theatre Arts and the
Department of Dance at Webster University.
MICHAEL SCHWEIKARDT
(
Scenic
Designer
) is pleased to be The Mr. & Mrs.
Richard G. Millman Scenic Designer for
The
King and I
. He designed the sets for the world
premiere of
Nobody Loves You
and of the new
Duncan Sheik/Kyle Jarrow musical
Whisper
House
at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre. Sets
for several musicals by Joe Iconis:
Bloodsong
of Love
at Ars Nova,
ReWrite
at Urban Stages,
The Black Suits
at the PublicTheater,
The Plant
That Ate Dirty Socks
for Theatreworks U.S.A.,
Things To Ruin
at both the Zipper Factory
and Second Stage. Recent credits include
Ella
a musical about jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald,
which is appearing in cities all across the
country, the critically-acclaimed productions
of
Show Boat
,
Annie Get Your Gun
,
1776, Big
River
and
Camelot
for Goodspeed Musicals,
Barnum
for the Asolo Rep’s 50
th
anniversary
season,
Oklahoma!
starring Kelli O’Hara and
Will Chase celebrating the Oklahoma state
centennial, the American premieres of Frank
McGuinness’
Gates of Gold
and
The Bird
Sanctuary
and national and international
tours of James Taylor’s
One Man Band
.
Online portfolio: www.msportfolio.com
JOHN LASITER
(
Lighting Designer
)
Broadway:
High
starring Kathleen Turner.
Off-Broadway:
Make Me a Song: The Music
of William Finn
; Alarm Dog Repertory
Company, Blue Light Theatre Company
and Music-Theatre Group. Regional: Actors
Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Arizona
Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre,
CENTERSTAGE Baltimore, Cincinnati
Playhouse, The Cleveland Play House,
Dallas Theater Center, Florida Stage, George
Street Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center,
Goodspeed Musicals, Milwaukee Repertory
Theater, New Mexico Repertory Theatre,
Northlight Theatre, Pittsburgh Public
Theater, South Coast Repertory, Syracuse
Stage, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis,
Virginia Stage Company. Opera: Eos
Orchestra, The Curtis Institute of Music,
Glimmerglass Opera, Manhattan School
of Music, Opera Delaware, Opera Carolina
and Skylight Opera Theatre. For more
information, visit www.johnlasiter.com
ROBIN L. McGEE
(
Costume Coordinator/
Additional Designs
) is a Highland, Illinois,
native and is very happy to be working
at The Muny after seeing so many shows
here through the years. Her wide variety of
designs include:
As Long As We Both Shall
Laugh
on Broadway,
My One and Only
at
Goodspeed Opera House,
Susannah
and
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