Irving Berlin's White Christmas Creative

Director

Anton Bucher

Anton Bucher is in his 20th year of teaching - 15th in the Frisco ISD. He was forced to do his first musical, Suessical, by the Orchestra Director at Pioneer Heritage MS, Priscilla Holt, in 2005, and has produced a musical once a year since then. His theme for RIOT Theatre is. "Theatre is Life!", and strives to teach that in all his classes and productions. He enjoys teaching Greek plays and LOVES anything Shakespeare - the master of putting life into words. He is a published playwright (The Bible in 30 Minutes ... Or Less!) and has written numerous one-act plays and two jukebox musicals. He is honored to teach at LSHS and privileged to work with his partner, John Charron. This is also is ninth production with the choreographer, Jaclyn Sartore, who was his student at PHMS. His wife, Christie, and children, Quint and Keira, are his bedrock, and thanks God for them every day.

Technical Director

John Charron

This is Mr. Charron's second year at Lone Star High School and his ninth in Frisco ISD. He has previously worked on shows at the Middle School and the High School levels and professionally as well. Past directing and technical directing credits include Alice in Wonderland, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Little Shop of Horrors. He would like to thank his loving wife Kristen, his parents, Mr. Bucher, the administration of Lone Star, and of course the entire company of White Christmas.

Vocal Director

Glen Miller

Glen T. Miller is in his 38th year of teaching, and has taught all grade levels from kindergarten through high school, in both public and private schools. He is married to Sharon Miller, who is also a high school choir director. The Millers’ 2 sons are also local choral music educators. In addition to teaching choir, Mr. Miller has also taught private guitar, voice and piano over the years. With a strong love of Broadway musicals, he has taught the wonderful music from the theatre through out his career. Through New York actor family and friend connections, the Millers have enjoyed getting back stage a bit on Broadway and meeting famous cast members. Mr. Miller has been ecstatic about working with the awesomely talented cast members of this delightful show, and he has grown to love them deeply. The Millers have 4 married children and 11 grandchildren, many of whom will be in the audience!

Melissa Lewis

Pit Conductor

Melissa Lewis is in her fifth year of teaching, and fourth year at Lone Star High School. In addition to conducting the pit orchestra, she oversees the Lone Star Symphonic Band and Jazz Band II. Mrs. Lewis grew up watching musicals (in fact, White Christmas is one of her all-time favorites!) and is so excited to be a part of the first RIOT Theatre musical. Mrs. Lewis lives in Plano with her husband, Cody and their two cats. Cody works as a board game designer, and Oliver and Chloe… well, they work hard at napping and sun-bathing.

Choreographer

Jaclyn Sartore

Jaclyn Sartore began her classical ballet training in 2001 under the direction of Kirt and Linda Hathaway at Hathaway Academy of Ballet in Plano, Texas. She began choreographing in 2010 for the Collin County Ballet Theatre, and the following year moved to Chicago where she taught for two years at the Center for Ballroom and Dance and the Barrington Center for Performing Artz as a ballet mistress and rehearsal director. In 2013 she received the Emerging Choreographer Award from Regional Dance America Southwest Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas for her work The Nest. Jaclyn continued her education at Texas A&M where she graduated in 2015 with a BA in Dance Concentration and minored in Psychology and Sport Management. For the last three years she has choreographed for Legacy Dance Center in Frisco where her works have won multiple awards. A former student of Mr. Bucher’s, Jaclyn is very excited to return to work with him on their ninth production together this season with White Christmas!

LSHS Principal

Karen Kraft

Mrs. Kraft was named principal of LSHS in 2009, and opened the school in 2010. We at RIOT Theatre are honored to have her as the leader of our campus. Her dedication to the staff and culture of LSHS is what gives us freedom to take artistic and creative chances that allow students to shine brightly in whatever activity they choose to be a part of.

Original Creative Team

IRVING BERLIN'S

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Based Upon the Paramount Pictures Film

Written For the Screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY IRVING BERLIN

BOOK BY DAVID IVES and PAUL BLAKE

Original stage production directed by WALTER BOBBIE

Orchestrations

Larry Blank

Vocal and Dance Arrangements

Bruce Pomahac

R&H Theatricals (Licensor) represents the stage performance rights to over 100 musicals by more than 200 writers. These include works by Rodgers & Hammerstein (including OKLAHOMA!, SOUTH PACIFIC and THE SOUND OF MUSIC), Rodgers & Hart (PAL JOEY, BABES IN ARMS), and Kern & Hammerstein (SHOW BOAT), as well as musicals by Irving Berlin (ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, WHITE CHRISTMAS), Andrew Lloyd Webber (CATS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA), Adam Guettel (THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, FLOYD COLLINS), Kurt Weill (THE THREEPENNY OPERA, LADY IN THE DARK), such perennials as BIG RIVER, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, and FOOTLOOSE, and the longest-running revues in the history of Broadway -- SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ -- and Off-Broadway -- I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Recently added titles include IN THE HEIGHTS, A CATERED AFFAIR, IT’S ONLY LIFE, [title of show], LOVE MUSIK, FACE THE MUSIC, REEFER MADNESS, ALTAR BOYZ, BERNARDA ALBA, MID-LIFE! THE CRISIS MUSICAL, and BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY. R&H Theatricals is an Imagem company: www.rnh.com.