Dragonfly Cabaret Program

A note from the director.

Devised By: Randy Wyatt & the cast

CAST

Dragonfly Singers

Adam Ginsberg: Adam is a Senior at Union College from Westborough, Massachusetts. He is double majoring in Mathematics and Music. He is a member of the Union College Choir, and this is the first theatrical production that he has ever been involved with. He would like to thank his friends and family, the cast and crew, and the Music and Theater departments for their continuous dedication, hard work, and support!

Arundhati Gore: Arundhati Gore is a Sophomore at Union College from Pune, India. She is currently a Biochemistry and History double major with a minor in Music. She has been involved with the Union College Choir during her time at Union. This will be her first time working in a production with the Theater department, and she is extremely excited to perform. She would like to thank her fellow Dragonfly singers, the wonderful cast and crew, as well as the Theater and Music department for their hard work and support.

Yalena Terrero: Yalena Terrero is a Senior at Union College from Boston, Massachusetts. She is double majoring in Neuroscience and French. She is a member of the Posse Scholarship program and is going on after college to nursing school to become a Nurse Practitioner. Though she was involved in choir at younger ages, this is her first production at Union College. She would like to thank her family and friends for their support. She would also like to thank her fellow performers and crew members for making this night possible. Welcome to Club Dragonfly, and we hope to see you again soon!

Kristen Campbell: Kristen is a first year at Union from Norwood, Massachusetts and is an Environmental Policy and Music double major. She is involved in the choir here on campus. This is her second dramatic performance at Union following the Sex Habits of American Women this past fall. Before her time at Union, Kristen was involved in theater and music through middle school and high school with over 20 productions overall. She would like to thank her parents for always being so supportive and our amazing production team for helping this play to go on in difficult times.

Margaret (Maggie) Kelley: Maggie Kelley is a Sophomore at Union College from Wenham, Massachusetts. She is double majoring in Computer Science and Theatre and recently acquired a minor in music. In addition to being involved in the theatre department, she is a member of the Union College Choir. This is her second show at Union, the first being The Sex Habits of American Women, and she is so excited to get to be on a stage again. She would like to thank her fellow performers, and the hardworking crew for all the work they’ve done to make this show happen. Have a lovely evening at Club Dragonfly!

Matthew Parr: Matthew Parr is a First-Year at Union College from South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He is majoring in music but planning on double majoring or minoring in theatre. He is a current member of the Union College Choir, and was in the show, The Sex Habits of an American Woman. He would like to thank his friends, family, fellow cast mates, and crew for all their dedication. Enjoy the show!

Headline Singer

Helen Smith: Helen is a Senior at Union College from Clarendon Hills, Illinois. She is a double Mathematics and Theatre major with a Japanese minor. While at Union, she has performed in productions such as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, When the Promise Was Broken, The Importance of Being Earnest, Macbeth, Trojan Women, and The Sex Habits of an American Woman. She would like to thank the crew and fellow actors/singers for making her time in Club Dragonfly incredibly fun and memorable, and especially her family for their inspiration in her story!

Waiters

Mary (MK) Darden: MK is a Junior at Union College. She is an Interdisciplinary Psychology-English Major. She has performed in Vagina Monologues (Six Year Old Girl), and was a member of the Union College Choir. She is honored to have gotten a chance to do such a unique show and wants to thank everyone involved for making this happen!

Erick Miron: Erick Miron is a Senior at Union College. He is an English-Theater double major and has acted in Fade (Abel), The Importance of Being Earnest (Merriman), and Macbeth (Third Witch), I Put the Fear of Mexico in ‘em (Efren), and Trojan Women (Menelaus). He would like to thank the cast and crew of Club Dragonfly for all their hard work and making this performance possible!

Haley Gatley: Haley is a first-year at Union College from Rome, New York. She is currently majoring in both neuroscience and theatre. This is her first show here at Union and she is so excited and thankful to have this opportunity! Haley would also like to thank everyone for making this show happen!

Emcee

John Jiang: Haoyu (John) Jiang is a senior at Union College from Xinjiang, China. Before Union, he went to Cheshire Academy. He is a theater major, visual arts and psychology double minor student. He was in seven Union College theater department productions before, and he was also in Proctor Theater’s PB&J Cafe’s production of Stuart Little. He would like to thank his family, friends and Union College Department of Theater and Dance for their help and support.

MUSIC

DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS and TECHNICAL ARTISTS

In-house designer bios

Director

Randy Wyatt: Randy Wyatt has directed over 70 productions. Recent highlights include The Trojan Women and Disruption for Union College and Lungs, The Nether, Rhinoceros, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney, melancholy play, See What I Wanna See, Circle Mirror Transformation, Twelfth Night, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, Corneille’s The Illusion, The Moors, Equivocation, Love and Information, Treasure Island, and Bethany elsewhere. Randy is also a playwright with many publishing credits to his name through Smith and Krause, Playscripts Inc, YouthPLAYS Inc, and others. His plays continue to be produced throughout the US and around the world. A member of the Dramatists’ Guild and an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).

Musical Director

Shou-Ping Liu: A native of Taiwan, Ms. Shou Ping Liu won several national piano competitions before moving to the United States. She first came to Boston under the support of the Talent and Merit Scholarship from New England Conservatory to pursue her undergraduate studies in piano performance. After graduating from the conservatory, she embarked on her conducting path when she began to take lessons with the late Robert Page. Since then, she has had a conducting career that has taken her to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and major concert halls in Germany. She is currently completing her graduate studies in orchestral conducting at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. Before coming to Union College, Ms. Liu was the director of the Santa Monica Youth Orchestra for two years. During her residency, she pursued a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California. She has participated in numerous competitions, having become a semi-finalist in the 2017 International Conducting Competition Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest as part of the George Enescu Festival. Orchestras she has conducted include the South Denmark Philharmonic, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Romania Philharmonic, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, and Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt. In February of 2020 she collaborated on a lecture on Bach Cantatas with the Berlin Philharmonic keyboardist Raphael Alpermann. Her other teachers and coaches have included Jorma Panula, Victor Yampolsky, Helmuth Rilling, David Robert Coleman, Christian Ehwald, and Hans Dieter-Baum.

Sound

Vu Minh Le: Vu is a junior at Union College from Hanoi, Vietnam. He is double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Music. While at Union, he has been involved with the Union College Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Zakuro Daiko, as well as the Department of Theater and Dance’s Macbeth production and the Winter 2020 Dance Concert. Vu loves live performances and is grateful and excited to be a part of this production.

Light Board Operator

Victoria Avon: Victoria is a sophomore at Union College double majoring in biology and psychology. She loves theater and has been volunteering backstage for productions since high school. She was a dresser for Trojan Women and has done work-study for the theater department since her first term at Union. Victoria would like to thank everyone involved in Club Dragonfly for their hard work!

Stage Manager

Amber Birt: Amber Birt is a senior chemistry and theater double major at Union College. She was a stage grip for The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Nighttime, The Importance of Being Earnest and Macbeth. She has acted in When the Promise Was Broken and Trojan Women at Union. She was a dresser for The Sex Habits of American Women. She would like to thank all the people involved with the performance for all their time and hard work they put in.

Assistant Stage Managers

Amanda (Mandy) Blakeman: Mandy is a Senior at Union majoring in English and double minoring in Theater and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. She would like to thank everyone involved in Club Dragonfly for all their hard work on this production!

Isobel MacKinnon: Isobel is a Junior at Union majoring in Theater and double minoring in Biology and Classics. She would like to thank all the cast and crew for the hard work they’ve put into the show!

PRODUCTION COLLABORATORS

Scenery Construction Work Study
Victoria Avon, Augustus D’Amore, Sarah DeRosa, Elaine Du, Maya Gempler, Andrew Nordell, Raya Petrova, Chloe Savitch, Lauryn West, Will Zimmer

Costume Shop Work Study
Caitlin Boice, Mary Darden, Sarah DeRosa, Elaine Du, Crystal Flax, Isobel Mackinnon, Chloe Savitch, Lauryn West

Special Thanks
Cole Belmont, Sarah at GAMEIOTICS

Arts Department Coordinator
Victoria Rotondi

Office Assistant
Carol Fortsch

Photography and videography are not permitted during this production.

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