Production Program
Written by Barrett Lindsay-Steiner
With additional music by Sherry McCamley & Chuck Kleesattel
Directed by Gina Kleesattlel
Music Direction by Sherry McCamley
Season Sponsors: Richard L. & Mary A. Johnson
From The Producing Artistic Director
The past 2 years have been incredibly challenging for everyone and few industries have struggled more than the arts. But here we are. Many of us survived and found ways to stay creative. There was a cost, without question, but to every other arts organization who is still here and still bringing passion and humanity to life through creative expression, Falcon lifts a glass in respect, honor and kinship.
Falcon’s unofficial theme for this season is “Fill the Space” and that has many meanings. Falcon, as with many other theaters, is still seeing smaller audiences than we did in early 2020 so, yes, we want to make sure we’re filling seats in our theater. But “Fill the Space” is a much broader goal. We want to fill our space with the conversations, emotions and connections that audiences and artists share when we meet in a dark theater and travel to a different world for a short time. Theatre unites people in a way nothing else can…it gives us a glimpse into the minds, hearts and lives of others. And there has never been a time in history when that has been more important than it is today.
We also want to “Fill the Space” with new ideas. Theatre is about creativity and Falcon has always been dedicated to encouraging creativity and originality. Our season this year is what we always strive for…a unique collection of work that offers a vast universe of experiences for our artists and our audiences.
And, of course, we want to “Fill the Space” with you….our dedicated audience of fans who love what we do. So this year, when you come to Falcon, help us not only share with you, our life-long friends, but help us make new friends. Bring someone with you…maybe even someone who has never experienced the transformative power of a live theatre production. Together we will ensure that the arts thrive in Newport and that this region continues to grow as a home for working, professional artists.
Together we will fill this space with ideas, friends, innovation and joy. Welcome to Falcon Theatre.
Sincerely,
Ted Weil
Producing Artistic Director
CAST (in order of appearance)
Maggie (Witch) — Diana Rogers
Lawanda (Witch) — Tori Pate
Glinda (Good Witch) — Leslie Taylor
Wade Dracula — Wayne Wright
June Dracula — Deb Schubert
Red — Nora Kovasckitz
Granny — Leanne Greenberg
Jack — Dylan VanCamp
Frankie — Zak Kelly
MUSICIANS
Sherry McCamley (Keyboard)
Chuck Kleesattel (Bass)
Chuck Riehle (Drums)
PRODUCTION TEAM
Stage Manager — Josh Neumeyer
Scenic Design — Gina Kleesattel
Lighting Design — Ted J. Weil
Costume Design — Gina Kleesattel & Tara Williams
Props Design — Josh Neumeyer & Gina Kleesattel
Sound Design — Sherry McCamley
Lighting & Sound Execution — Josh Neumeyer
Set Decor — Josh Neumeyer & Gina Kleesatel
Graphic Design — Nikole Friend
Production Coordinator — Tara Williams
Marketing Director — Lisa Dirkes
Box Office — Holly Sauerbrunn
Falcon thanks these organizations for their support:
Cast Biographies
Leanne Linder Greenberg (Granny) is making her debut at Falcon but has been active in theatre for over 60 years. Her first role was in first grade playing Mrs. Santa Claus and she has been playing the old woman roles ever since! You may have seen her locally at the Showboat Majestic (summer of 1980), La Comedia Dinner Theatre as Lily St. Regis in Annie and as Martha Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Kincaid Regional Theatre in The Sound of Music, Commonwealth Theatre Company as Zombina in Zombies from the Beyond, Downtown Theatre Classics as Mazeppa in Gypsy, The Children’s of Cincinnati in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the Incline Theatre. Her community theatre credits include Footlighters, Mariemont Players, Cincinnati Music Theatre, and Loveland Stage Company. Regional theatre credits include summer stock at Wagon Wheel Theatre in Warsaw, Indiana and Meg Brockie in Brigadoon at True Grist Dinner Theater in Homer, Michigan. Her favorite role was in Life with Father when she had to play five “different” maids. Her daytime job is a tax preparer working. She does outreach for the company by doing Tax Talks at local universities and theatres about the taxes for folks in the arts. And special thanks to Steve Irwin, Joe Kovacs, and Troy Lynch. Couldn’t have done it without you!
Zak Kelley (Frankie) is an actor & writer based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned his BFA in Dramatic Arts from The New School for Drama in NY, NY. Past acting credits include: The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later; Weed Play; The Normal Heart; O’ Save Us, St. Sophia; The Winter’s Tale. His solo performance, The Park Cruising Diaries, premiered at the 2021 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. His other solo performance, Wake Up, Little Fag, premiered at The New School in 2017 and was later performed at the Midtown International Theatre Festival. He thanks his parents for their unconditional support and love.
Nora Kovasckitz (Red) is a third year BFA Acting student at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Within CCM you may have seen her in Blue Stockings as Billy and Professor Radleigh, or Dipsas in Lysistrata. She also has been a part of many community theatre productions. Most notably, she received an Orchid Award for Best Actor in a Play for her role as Annie in Over the Tavern with Beechmont Players. Nora would like to thank you for your support and hopes you enjoy Monstermania!
Torie Pate (Lawanda) is an actor, singer, director, and teaching artist. She is excited to be back on the Falcon stage having appeared in Poor Behavior (Maureen) & A Streetcar Named Desire (Eunice). She is also Co-Artistic Director & the Education Director for Cincinnati LAB Theatre. Torie has been with LAB since 2017, when she performed in Led Thespian (in Cincinnati and at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe). Other LAB credits include Married Life (director), The Philosophy of Cavemen (director), Pirouette (Judith), Why Good Things Happen to Bad People (Yolanda), Dog (director), & Four Horses (Pestilence) at the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Torie has a BA in Theatre from The University of Dayton and has been a professional theatre artist for over 20 years, having performed with such companies as The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Landmark Productions, The Carnegie, Falcon Theater, The Drama Workshop, and The Powel Crosley Theatre in Sarasota, FL. Torie is also a teaching artist (drama and visual art) with the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington.
Diana Rogers (Maggie) is having a blast doing Monstermania at Falcon with old friends and new. Recently Diana appeared in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. A Cincinnati native, Diana recently returned after 22 years in Florida. She’s loving this cool, fall weather and is hoping the upcoming winter weather will be kind. Happy Halloween!
Deb Schubert (June Dracula) is thrilled to be making her debut on the Falcon stage! Deb is a regular on the Cincinnati theater scene having played leading roles in Les Miserables (Madame Thénardier), Evita (Eva Perón), Elf The Musical (Emily), Jekyll & Hyde (Lucy), Hairspray (Velma Von Tussel), Legally Blonde The Musical (Paulette), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rona) and many more. By day, Deb has spent the past 38 years in marketing at Procter & Gamble and is beyond proud of her two boys (now full-fledged adults), Alex and Brett! Deb would like to thank her amazing husband, Tom, for making her laugh daily and their fluffy son, Guinness, for being the bestest boy! Enjoy the show!
Lesley Taylor (Glinda) is happy to be performing with Falcon Theater for the first time. As a local actress and singer, she has enjoyed gracing the stages of The Carnegie, The Incline Theatre, The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, and La Comedia Dinner Theatre, to name a few. Favorite roles include Dolly in Hello, Dolly!, Tonya in Mama Mia, Miss Mona in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein the Musical, Diana in Next to Normaland the title role in The Drowsy Chaperone. She has also enjoyed being a featured singer with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra for the past 20 years. Happy Halloween everyone!
Dylan Van Camp (Jack) is so excited to join us for his debut on the Falcon Theater stage! Some of Dylan’s most recent credits include performing in the ETC production of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, and Xavier University’s productions of Heathers (J.D.) and Chicago (Mary Sunshine). Dylan has a degree in theatre performance from Xavier University and is grateful to be utilizing it. He thanks Sherry, Gina, the cast, and Falcon for being so welcoming.
Wayne Wright (Ward Dracula) has been haunting theatrical venues in the area for many years and is delighted to continue his reign of terror here at Falcon. He has tested local audiences patience and perseverance with his many attempts on stage, and thought Halloween was the perfect time to share his dubious talents, experiment in stretching his abilities, and to see just how far to test the mass suffering. Whelmed theatergoers in the tri-state are still scratching their heads in disbelief after witnessing his performances. Some of his recent manifestations have been seen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Peter Pan, Chicago, La Cage au Folles , Matilda and more productions of The Fantastiks than he can remember. In keeping with the season, he would like to wish everyone a very Happy Halloween!!
Production Team Biographies
Gina Kleesattel (Director) is so excited to present Monstermania to Falcon audiences, and to work with some of her favorite people! Gina has been directing – theatre, theme park, corporate theatre, and educational theatre – for the past 41 years. She is a recently retired drama/stage management instructor from The School for Creative and Performing Arts and is now just happily freelance directing. She most recently opened Romeo & Juliet & Zombies at Sinclair College, and soon will direct A Charlie Brown Christmas, which will be shadow interpreted for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. In addition to her theatre work, Gina continues her education in Deaf Studies, and hopes to bring more accessible theatre to the Cincinnati area. Many thanks to Sherry for bringing us this show, and to Josh for keeping us on track! Happy Halloween!
Sherry McCamley (Music Director/Pianist) is so excited to bring Monstermania to Falcon from California, where she performed in the show previously! Sherry is a singer/songwriter/director/ pianist/playwright/teacher who has directed, music directed, and performed onstage and in the orchestra pit in over 100 theatrical productions in 21 states in the US. Favorite roles played include Ms. Pennywise in Urinetown the Musical, Jeanette in The Full Monty, Rhetta in Pump Boys & Dinettes, and Mama Rose in Gypsy. Favorite shows directed and/or music directed include One Man, Two Guvnors, Titanic-the Musical, Songs for a New World, Children of Eden, Les Miserables, and Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens. She co-wrote a cabaret-style show dealing with mental health issues called She’s Crazy: Mental Health & Other Myths which she performs with daughter Erin and friend/writer Cathy Springfield at schools, colleges, theaters, mental health conferences, and corporate venues. She is a founding member of Stop the Stigma productions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit formed with the goal of writing and producing socially relevant and thought-provoking works. Sherry is grateful to Ted Weil and Falcon Theater for taking a chance on this, their first children’s show!
Josh Neumeyer (Stage Manager) is happy to be working with this fun team to bring you Monstermania. Favorite past credits include: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, Take Me Out, A Little Night Music, Bob: A Life in Five Acts, and Man of La Mancha, at venues including the Aronoff Center, New Edgecliff Theatre, Xavier University, The Showboat Majestic, Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania, and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. He was a 2001-02 intern at ETC, and is thrilled to be back full-time as Finance & Grants Manager. Thanks to Gina, Sherry, and the amazing Falcon team!
Falcon Theatre Management Board
Piper N. Davis – Diversity & Inclusion Director
Lisa Dirkes – Marketing Director
Terry Gosdin – Play Reading Chair
Clint Ibele – Falcon Takes Flight Director
Allen R. Middleton – Development Director, Copywriter
Holly Sauerbrunn – Grants Writer
Tracy M. Schoster – Patron Manager, Advisory Team
Ted J. Weil – Producing Artistic Director
Tara Williams – Production Coordinator, Grants Manager, Advisory Team
Patrons
ANGEL:
Doug & Carol Burks (Production Sponsors)
Richard L. & Mary A. Johnson (Season Sponsors)
BENEFACTOR:
Sophia McAllister
Allen Middleton & Gary Daniels
Terry Miller & Dale Hayes
PLAYWRIGHT:
Jay & Beth Benson
Tracy M. Schoster
Ted J. Weil
Michael & Susan Whitehead
DIRECTOR:
Robert Arlinghaus & Christina Kelley
Robert & Patricia Clary
Clint Ibele
Greg Schaper
PRODUCER
Steve Bolia & Rob Dorgan
Joanne Glaser
Terry Gosdin
Sandra Grinkmeyer & Ernie Franz
Bill & Trish Harris
Patricia Hoffmann
Pam Matsko
Anne Moorman
Holly Sauerbrunn
Jennifer Warner
DESIGNER:
Crystal Kendrick
Rita Larkin
Tom Lawry
Judy Stober
Anne Wrider
STAGE MANAGER:
Joseph Collier
Piper N. Davis
Mary Ann Meyer
Your Support Makes It All Possible!
Falcon has been creating quality theater for our audiences since 1989 and we remain committed to our vision to lead our community through artistic expression and inclusive creativity. Like all arts organizations, we can’t do it without you. Your tax-deductible donation helps us continue to produce affordable theatre while offsetting the cost of creating professional productions. The generosity of patrons continues to allow Falcon Theatre the opportunity to expand its horizons, reaching new audiences, new markets and a new generation of theatre minds. Your gift goes a long way in helping us grow, thrive and continue this success.
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Falcon is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and your donations are tax-deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for more information.
Patron Levels:
- Angel $5000+ (Includes 2 five-show Flex Passes)
- Benefactor $1000+ (Includes 1 five-show Flex Passes)
- Playwright $500+
- Director $250+
- Producer $100+
- Designer $50+
- Stage Manager $25+
- Actor Up to $25
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