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	JOHN BOLTON (Frederick Frankenstein) starred on Broadway this season as the father in A Christmas Story, for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. He was in original Broadway companies of Spamalot, Contact and Titanic, all three of which won the Tony for Best Musical, and had roles in Broadway’s Curtains with David Hyde Pierce, How to Succeed... with Matthew Broderick and Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis. NY Philharmonic soloist. TV: 4 seasons recurring on “Gossip Girl” plus guest-starring roles on “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order,” and several others. Upcoming: “Submissions Only,” “The Hinterlands.” @ItsJohnBolton
	MICHAEL PETER DEEB (Telegraph Boy/Transylvania Quartet/ Bob/Ensemble) is thrilled to return to Transylvania as part of this crazy cast! Favorite credits include the recent national tours of A Chorus Line (Mike) and Young Frankenstein (Ensemble/Swing). Regional: A Chorus Line (Mike), The Wizard of Oz, Joseph…, Beauty and the Beast, and Celebrity Cruises. A Buffalo native and proud graduate of the University at Buffalo, he holds a BFA in Dance. Love and thanks to James, Jeff, family, friends, MSA, and Eric! For Gramma.
	JEROME DOERGER (Victor/Transylvania Quartet/Ensemble, u/s Monster/Inspector Kemp/Ensemble) graduated with a B.F.A. in Acting/Musical Theatre from Wright State University and is excited to return to Young Frankenstein after performing in the National Tour last year. He has preformed regionally with The Human Race Theatre, The Broward Stage Door Theatre, and with The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Favorite roles include Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Trevor Graydon in Millie, Carl Magnus in Night Music, and Officer Lockstock in Urinetown. Much love and thanks to his parents, family, friends, and ‘Shley.
	LAWRENCE FERNANDEZ (Medical Student/Transylvania Quartet/Ensemble) is a recent BFA graduate in Music-Dance- Theatre from Brigham Young University. Lawrence is excited to undergo his first New York theatrical production. Born and raised in American Samoa he carries the intensity, camaraderie, and joy of the Polynesian islands. Other than acting, he enjoys tennis, composing, rockclimbing, cooking, and eating/breathing fire. Favorite roles include: Othello (Othello), Radames (AIDA), Lord Capulet (Romeo and Juliet), and the King (King & I).
	BRETT FIGEL (Ziggy/Shoeshine Man/ Ensemble, u/s Igor) is happy to be back in Transylvania with this fantastic creative team! Nat’l Tours: Young Frankenstein (Ziggy, Igor cover). Gateway: Legally Blonde (Carlos), Spamalot (Sir Bors), and A Christmas Carol (Young Marley). Recent regional credits include The Fox on the Fairway (Justin Hicks) and The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay). Brett is a proud graduate of Wagner College. Special thanks to Jeff, James, and Lauren for welcoming him back to the zany world of Mel Brooks! Dad, Ry and her family and friends.
	KINSLAND HOWELL (Tasha/Ensemble, u/s Inga/Elizabeth) is so thrilled to be back with the Young Frankenstein family. National/ International Tours: Young Frankenstein (U/s Inga and Elizabeth), A Chorus Line (Judy Turner). Regional: Legally Blonde, The Producers and The Wild Party (Queenie). Proud Pirate with a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from East Carolina University! Incredible thanks to Jeff Whiting, James Gray, family, friends and my stars; my Grandparents- Believe!
	BEAU HUTCHINGS (Medical Student/ Sasha/Ensemble) is thrilled to be spending his summer in the zany world of Mel Brooks. Being a huge fan of his movies, this is a dream come true. A native of southwest Michigan and graduate of Western Michigan University, Beau now calls NYC home. After touring the country for three years in NETworks Presentation’s The Wizard of Oz as ensemble/Tin Man replacement, Long Island and Maine is a wonderful way to spend the summer. Thanks to Mom and Dad for supporting me in this crazy, wonderful business, and to my NYC roomie Patrick, for cracking me up daily. Thank YOU for coming and supporting live arts. ENJOY this amazing show!
	LAUREN KADEL (Dance Captain/ Assistant Director/Ensemble) is thrilled to return to the wacky world of Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman! National Tours: Young Frankenstein (Swing, DC); The Wizard of Oz (Assistant Choreographer/ Director, Swing); The Producers (Swing, DC). Favorite Regional: Cape Playhouse: Legally Blonde (Elle’s Mom), and Crazy for You (Tess). NSMT’s: Guys and Dolls (Mimi, Havana Dancer), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Riverside Theatre: 42nd Street (Anytime Annie). Thanks to Gateway, Ogunquit, Jeff and James! Love to her amazing family and Ben for their constant support.
	TED KEENER (Ritz Specialty/The Count/ Ensemble) As a professional ballet dancer, Ted danced with Smuin Ballet of San Francisco, Sacramento Ballet, Richmond Ballet, and the National Choreographers Initiative. Most recently, he performed all over the United States and Canada with the Fiddler on the Roof the North American Tour, and is now thrilled to be joining the cast of Young Frankenstein! Thanks always to his family, friends, and mentors.
	NATHAN KLAU (Igor) is excited to be returning to Gateway Playhouse after portraying Andre in 2009’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He was an original member of the 1st National Tour of Jersey Boys, in addition to working in the Vegas and Australian companies. Other National Tours: The Lion King, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Forever Plaid, and Anything Goes. Regional credits include Jacquot in Carnival (Goodspeed), Lord John in The Elephant Man (Arkansas Rep), Nathan in Guys and Dolls (Theater by the Sea), and the Baker in Into the Woods (Mt. Washington). BA: Yale University. Lots of love to family, friends, and my sweetie Meghan!
	LESLEY McKINNELL (Elizabeth) originally hales from Orange County, CA. Credits include the 1st and 2nd National Tours of Wicked (Stand-by and U/S Glinda, U/S Nessarose). Some regional credits include Jenny Lind in My Fairytale (new Stephen Schwartz musical, PCPA), Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Flat Rock Playhouse), and Les Miserables at the Hollywood Bowl. BFA Cal State Fullerton, University. www.lesleymckinnell.com
	ASHLEY MUNZEK (Ensemble) graduated from Point Park University with a BFA in dance. Off-Broadway: Project Runway’s Chris March’s World Premiere of The Butt-Cracker Suite. National Tour: The New Mel Brooks’ Musical: Young Frankenstein (Ensemble). Film: Featured dancer in Sorority Row and Love and Other Drugs. Regional Theatre: Cats (Cassandra/Electra) and Chicago (Ensemble/Mona). Love and many thanks to my mom, dad, brother, grandmothers, and Jerome.
	BRAD NACHT (The Monster) is thankful and excited to be making his Gateway debut! He recently completed the first National Tour of The Addams Family (Gomez, Fester, Mal Cover/Swing). Broadway: Billy Elliot (Big Davey). Other National Tours: The Producers (Max, Roger), The Full Monty (Dave). Brad sends a great big thanks to Jeff, The Mine, and his wife, the great Happy McPartlin! HTTR
	ADRIENNE PAQUIN (Basha/Ensemble, u/s Frau Blucher) is thrilled to be making her Gateway debut! She has appeared around New England in Oliver! and The Wizard of Oz (Wheelock Family Theatre) Mack & Mabel (Cape Rep Theatre), Zorro! (PaintBox Theater), Carnival (Gloucester Stage Company), Trojan Women (Whistler in the Dark), and Rent (New Repertory Theatre). She also toured Milosevic at the Hague to Joakim InterFest in Serbia. Adrienne has a BA in Theater from UMass Amherst and has studied at American Conservatory Theater.
	SARA MICHELLE REARDON (Ensemble) is delighted to return to The Gateway Playhouse with the production of Young Frankenstein! Favorite performance credits include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Gateway, Papermill Playhouse) Annie (NSMT) and the North American Tour of CATS (Victoria u/s Sillabub). Endless love and gratitude go out to her family, friends and of course the Gateway Family for their faith and support.
	SHAUN REPETTO (Ensemble) born and raised in the Bay Area, Shaun is beyond thrilled to be making his debut at Gateway Playhouse in Young Frankenstein! A recent graduate of The University of Arizona, he holds a BFA in Dance. Shaun was last seen in the First National Tour of Elf – The Musical! Thank you to all the teachers, friends and family that have supported him throughout the years.
	SANDY ROSENBERG (Frau Blucher— cue horses) began 2013 as a Jewish immigrant in the Folksbiene-Yiddish Theatre production of The Golden Land followed by Mother Superior in Nunsense. Broadway credits include The Scarlet Pimpernel and Mamma Mia! as well as NYC Opera’s Candide. Sandy has travelled the US with Les Miserables, Jekyll and Hyde and Menopause the Musical. Regional favorites are Mame (Agnes Gooch), Phantom (Carlotta), Lend Me a Tenor (Maria), and The Odd Couple (Mickey) with JoAnne Worley and Cindy Williams. Love my Sid.
	LARA SEIBERT (Inga) is thrilled to be making her Gateway Playhouse debut! Broadway: Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway; A Christmas Story; Young Frankenstein (Inga u/s) Big Fish (Chicago). National Tours: Young Frankenstein (Tasha, Inga u/s), The Producers (Ulla u/s). Favorite Regional: The Producers (Ulla), The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), Annie (Grace), Crazy For You (Irene), Marvelous Wonderettes (Cindy Lou). Many thanks to God and family, especially to Frontier Booking. For Mama, I love you!
	KRISTEN SCHOEN-RENÉ (Ensemble) Kristen could not be happier returning to Transylvania after having completed the NETworks National Tour of Young Frankenstein! last June. Highlights include: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Rockette), 42nd Street (Diane/ Ensemble), touring dancer for L’Oreal Professionnel, and the Off-Broadway premiere of “Project Runway” designer Chris March’s Butt-Cracker Suite. Kristen has held many baton twirling titles and earned her B.F.A. in Dance from The Ailey School/Fordham University.
	TOM SOUHRADA (Inspector Kemp/ Hermit) Broadway/National Tours: Mary Poppins, Evita, My Fair Lady, The King & I and The Boy Friend (Directed by Julie Andrews) Off-B’way: Mardi Gras/The Last Word (York Theatre) Broken Hands (NY Fringe Award of Excellence), Women on the Verge of Hrt , The Mystery of Irma Vep, Tony and Tina’s Wedding. Regional: Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Goodspeed, Ogunquit Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre, Geva, Cleveland Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Great Lakes Theatre Fest, Sundance, Florida Rep, Seven Angels, etc.
	JEFFREY SCOTT STEVENS (Herald/Mr. Hendershot/Transylvania Quartet/Ensemble) Gateway debut! NY: The Christmas Rose w/ Jane Seymour (Carnegie Hall), Paul Revere (TWUSA), and Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic. Regional: Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, starring Charles Shaughnessy and Rachel York (Patsy-Ogunquit Playhouse), Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, (Pioneer Theatre), Funny Girl (Riverside Theatre), Forever Plaid (TBTS), A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady (STAGES) and Hello Dolly (Hilton Head). TV: The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Jeffrey holds a BFA from BYU. Thanks to God, Jeff Whiting, both creative teams, BLOC NYC, and my family! www.jeffreyscottstevens.com
	ERIN WEGNER BROOKS (Masha/ Ensemble) is thrilled to be back in Transylvania! National Tours: Young Frankenstein - 1st Nat’l, Cirque Dreams. Off-Broadway: Wuthering Heights, A Stoop On Orchard Street, Pinkalicious. Regional: Legally Blonde (Vivienne), Seussical (Mayzie), High School Musical. Las Vegas: Jubilee! She terrorized the high seas as Cruella De Ville in The Golden Mickeys and Lady Tremaine in Twice Charmed with the Walt Disney Company. Erin is also a commercial and VO actress. www.erinwegner.com.
MEL BROOKS (Writer, Composer & Lyricist, Producer.) Director, producer, writer and actor, Mel Brooks is the recipient of three 2001 Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical) and two Grammy Awards (Best Musical Show Album and Best Long Form Music Video) for The Producers. Mr. Brooks began his distinguished career during television’s “Golden Age” as a writer for Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows in 1951. In 1955 and in 1957, Brooks received Emmy Award nominations (with others) for the best comedy writing for Caesar’s Hour, and in 1956 he was nominated (with others) for best writing for a variety or situation comedy. In 1952, Brooks wrote sketches for Leonard Sillman’s Broadway smash-hit revue, New Faces of 1952, and in 1957, together with Joe Darion, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Shinbone Alley, which starred Eartha Kitt. In 1962, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical All-American, starring Ray Bolger. In the’60s, Brooks teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform The 2000 Year Old Man albums, which became immediate bestsellers. In 1960 and 1961, Brooks and Reiner received Grammy Award nominations for the best spoken word comedy for 2000 Years and for best comedy performance for 2000 And One Years, respectively. In 1997, Brooks and Reiner teamed up again for The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000. Both a book and a CD were released, the CD winning a Grammy Award in 1998 for the best spoken word album: comedy. Brooks wrote and narrated The Critic, a short satire on avant-garde art films, which received the Academy Award for best animated short subject in 1964. In 1965, he teamed up with Buck Henry and created Get Smart, the long-running televisions show starring Don Adams as Agent 86. Brooks, along with others, received an Emmy Award for outstanding writing achievement in a comedy-variety in 1967 for the Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special. In 1968, he wrote and directed his first feature film, The Producers, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, which earned him an Academy Award for the best original screenplay written directly for the screen. He then went on to create a remarkable string of hit comedies: 1970, he wrote, directed and acted in The Twelve Chairs; 1974, co-wrote, directed and acted in Blazing Saddles, and was nominated along with John Morris, for the best title song, “Blazing Saddles”; 1974, co-wrote and directed Young Frankenstein; 1976, co-wrote, directed and starred in Silent Movie; 1977, co-wrote, directed and starred in Silent Movie; 1977, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in History Of The World, Part 1; 1983, produced and starred in To Be or Not To Be; co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the hit sci-fi spoof, Spaceballs; 1991, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Life Stinks; 1993, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Robin Hood: Men In Tights; 1995, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Dracula; Dead And Loving It. For three successive seasons, Brooks won the Emmy Award for his role as Uncle Phil on the hit comedy show, Mad About You. His visionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited, founded in 1980, has produced some of America’s most distinguished films, among them: David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Frances, Richard Benjamin’s My Favorite Year and 84 Charing Cross Road, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mr. Brooks’ wife Anne Bancroft.
THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) received the Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers in 2001 and in 2003 for co-writing the book for HAIRSPRAY. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and has since written the books for the musicals I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand and Annie Warbucks. In addition, he is a long-time contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an Emmy- Award winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs and To Be Or Not To Be. He and his wife, Carolyn, divide their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owns and presides over the long-running and near-legendary children’s store Peanut Butter & Jane. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.
JEFF WHITING (Director/Choreographer) BROADWAY: The Scottsboro Boys (Associate Director), Hair (Associate Director), Wicked (Fifth Anniversary), Young Frankenstein (Assistant Choreographer). UPCOMING B’WAY: Big Fish (Associate Director), Bullets Over Broadway (Associate Director). NATIONAL TOURS: Young Frankenstein (Director), Hairspray (Associate Director), The Producers (Associate Director), The Scottsboro Boys. CONCERTS: James Taylor Live (Director - Carnegie Hall). INTERNATIONAL: Hairspray (Brazilian Production), Jersey Boys (West End), Mickey Mouse Club (India), Disney’s Magical Moments (Brazil). REGIONAL: The Scottsboro Boys (The Old Globe/ The Ahmanson/ ACT/ Philadelphia Theatre), Thrill Me: Leopold and Loeb. Jeff is the Artistic Director of The Open Jar Institute, dedicated to theatre training. He is also the creator of Stage Write, the revolutionary app for directors and choreographers which has been dubbed by SDC as the ‘new standard method for documentation of staging and choreography’.
JONATHAN PARKS (Musical Director) Jonathan Parks is excited to be returning to Transylvania this summer! A native of Georgia, Jonathan was recently on the national tour of Young Frankenstein. He has also served as the resident music director for the Lake Dillon Theatre Company in Dillon, Colorado, music directing such shows as HAIR (Denver Post Ovation Award for Best Musical), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Tommy, Godspell, and Cabaret. www.jonathanparks.com
NIKKI LINT (Production Stage Manager) is happy to be back! Gateway credits include Cats, My Fair Lady, 9 to 5. Other Stage Management credits include Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Adrienne Arsht Center, Second City, Forbidden Broadway, and American Girl Theatre, among others. Nikki was a Production Assistant on the 1st National Tour of Mary Poppins, and is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University. Proud member of AEA.
JOSE SANTIAGO (Lighting Designer) Jose Santiago is super excited to be designing Grease at Gateway. This season is Jose’s eleventh season with Gateway working in many different capacities. Past designs include: White Christmas, S’ Wonderful (Gateway), Meet Me in St. Louis (Gateway), The Drowsy Chaperone (FSU), Waiting for Godot (FSU), The Miser (FSU), Later the Same Evening (FSU) and many dance pieces at Florida State. Many thanks to Paul for allowing me to go from an electrics intern ten years ago to designing White Christmas today. (jsantiagodesign.com)
WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Designer) Select Broadway: Cinderella; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Don’t Dress For Dinner; Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway; Catch Me If You Can; Pal Joey; Curtains; Grey Gardens; The Frogs; The Boy From Oz; Little Shop of Horrors; Hairspray; The Producers; The Music Man; Contact; Swing; Cabaret; 1776; Steel Pier; Chicago; Smokey Joe’s Café; Guys And Dolls; Crazy For You; Assassins; Lend Me a Tenor; Nine. Mr. Long has been nominated for 13 Tony Awards, winning 6 times. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame 2005, and elected Chairman of the American Theatre Wing in June 2012.

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