Schoolhouse Rock Live! Creative
Director
Melissa Broy FortsonMelissa is so happy to be back in the Director's seat this summer! She loves working with theater youth and is very excited because this show brings back great childhood memories. Working with this cast and crew has been awesome and she hopes you enjoy every moment! At other times during the year Melissa enjoys doing shows with Ovation Dinner Theater and any other place she can. She wishes the cast and crew an AMAZING run and thanks you for all you’ve done to make this a great, fun show! Love, hugs, and thanks to my family!
Band Director & Clarinet/Tenor Sax
Darwin RayDarwin Ray is happy to be back with ASoB in 2021 as Co-Music Director for Schoolhouse Rock Live! and as Music Director for Ain’t Misbehavin’. Darwin has also served as Music Director for ASoB’s 2019 performance of Emma and the pandemic-shortened 2020 production of The Wedding Singer. When not arranging, composing, or playing clarinet and baritone sax for the Howard Burns Jazz Ensemble in Frederick, MD, Darwin works as an Emergency Planner for the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Music Director & Keyboards
LeVar BettsLeVar is thrilled to return to ASoB as the music director of this fun show. It has brought back a lot of memories! Frequently seen in the music pits of a variety of theaters in the Baltimore and DC metro areas, LeVar is also a dedicated elementary school music department director and teacher.
Stage Manager
Stacey CosdenStacey Cosden is proud to be a part of another ASoB production as Stage Manager. She has been seen in Clue: The Musical, Once Upon a Mattress, and Guys and Dolls. She also directed The Wedding Singer, ASoB’s last show before the shutdown. Stacey wants to give a shout-out to her daughter Sabrina and the entire cast for their hard work and dedication.
Drums
Billy GeorgBass
Ethan HartFlute/Tenor Sax
David E. Booth, Jr.Lighting
Ben PeirceProducer, Sound, & Choreographer
Melissa Broy FortsonBackdrop Art & Sound Technician
Sarah O'HaraStage Crew
Brigid TonnessenStage Crew
Madison CosdenStage Crew
Gavin BrendlingerOriginal Creative Team
Originally Adapted and Produced for the Stage by Theater BAM
From the Series Created by George Newall and Tom Yohe
Based on an Idea by David McCall
Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating and Kyle Hall
Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
Shoolhouse Rock Live! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 423 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019 Tel.: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684 www.MTIshows.com