Disney's Newsies Creative

Director

Henry Cyr

Henry is honored to be making his Third Wall directing debut with this amazing production! Words cannot express how much of a wonderful experience this has been. Henry was last seen at Third Wall as the title role(s) in last year’s Jekyll & Hyde, and he also appeared as George Bailey in A Wonderful Life. He has appeared locally in several productions with the Glyndon Area Players (GAP), including as Marius in 2014’s Les Misérables, for which he won Best Featured Actor from DCMetroTheatreArts. Other GAP credits include Beauty and the Beast (Lumière), Shrek (The Big Bad Wolf/Asst. Dir.), Hello Dolly (Stanley/Asst. Dir) and The Little Mermaid (Director). Henry is also the Vice President for GAP. BFA – UConn, where he also directed The Shape of Things and an original adaptation of The Oedipus Cycle. Favorite roles include Hamlet, Peter Pan, and Seymour Krelborn.

Assistant Director

Michael Zellhofer

Dr. Zellhofer is the Executive Director for Third Wall Productions (TWP). Prior to joining TWP he spent eight years as the Assistant Director of Maryland Performing Arts Institute at Towson University. He has performed nationally with the San Marcos Theatre Company, as well as locally with Baltimore Actors’ Theatre, Baltimore Playwright’s Festival, Central Maryland Performing Arts Center, Charm City Players, Curtains Up Productions, Drama Learning Center, and Red Branch Theatre. Mike has also directed shows for Artistic Synergy of Baltimore and Reisterstown Theatre Project, as well as TWP. He has been recognized for his work on stage to include receiving Maryland Theatre Guide’s award for “Best Featured Actor in a Musical.” His favorite roles include Mayor Shinn (Music Man), Don Quixote/Cervantes (Man of La Mancha), Sir Danvers Carew (Jekyll & Hyde) and Firmin Richard (Phantom of the Opera). Thank you to the entire St. Thomas Community for your welcoming support.

Musical Director

W. William Zellhofer

William is a junior at Goucher College where he studies musical performance. He recently music directed Third Wall’s production of Music Man, and has played in the orchestra for almost every Third Wall show. Some of his favorite shows to play have been The Little Mermaid (three times), Jekyll & Hyde, Fiddler on the Roof, and this one! Will would like to thank the cast and crew of Newsies for all of their hard work, and his family and girlfriend for their support. He would also like to thank the orchestra! It is an honor to be able to play with musicians as talented as you. Lastly, Will would like to dedicate this show to his piano teachers throughout the years: Ed Berlett, Reynaldo Reyes, and Jeffrey Chappell. Additional thanks to Ed for all his help with this show. Thank you for coming, and enjoy the show!

Choreographer

Maia DeBaugh

Classically trained in the Royal Academy of Dance and Imperial Society Teachers of Dance syllabuses, Maia studied Modern dance, Choreography and Kinesiology at Ohio University. Performance highlights include performing as a soloist with the Moscow Ballet in the Nutcracker and studying with the Bolshoi Ballet. As the founding dance instructor at Merritt Dance Academy, this opportunity presents a unique experience to work with the talented musical theater community and it has been very rewarding. Kudos to my talented daughters/choreography team and to Chris who’s got our back every step of the way! It’s a privilege to see my nephew, Bailey Gomes, shine on the stage. Thank you to Henry and Mike for an incredible Third Wall opportunity and experience. Break a leg to the cast and crew!

Choreographer

Cecelia DeBaugh

Cecelia has been dancing for over 15 years and has studied a wide variety of techniques. She’s even had the opportunity to dance with the Moscow Ballet in the Nutcracker and with Ryan Johnson of STOMP and Cirque Du Soliel fame. Cece has been selected to Baltimore County’s All Honors for Dance in Middle and High School and will be dancing with the Gus Giordano Dance Company this summer. She has been involved with the Glyndon Area Players for 7 years and will be choreographing her third show, Mary Poppins, with them beginning in May. Being able to create with her twin sister and mom has made this experience even better! Cecelia is enthusiastic to take the stage with this Newsies cast, especially her cousin, Bailey Gomes.

Choreographer

Lucy DeBaugh

Lucy has been dancing with Merritt Dance Academy since she was two years old. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, hip hop and pointe techniques and will be spending a week with the Gus Giordano Dance School in June of 2019. In December of 2015, Lucy danced with the Moscow Ballet in the Nutcracker at the Hippodrome in Baltimore. Lucy has been selected to the Baltimore County All Honors for Dance in Middle School and High School and is in the Dance Prime at Carver Center. The past two summers she has choregraphed for Beauty and the Beast and Hello, Dolly! for the Glyndon Area Players. She is excited to have worked on this production with her twin sister and mom and she loves that her cousin, Bailey Gomes, is a part of the cast!

Stage Manager

Emily Daubenmier

Orchestra Conductor

Andrew Zile

Andrew is the Resident Conductor and Orchestra Director of Third Wall Productions. He received a Bachelors of Music Performance from Towson University where he studied with Lee Mills. He has received rave reviews for his interpretations of Heathers The Musical, The Music Man, Jekyll & Hyde, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Disney's The Little Mermaid, 13 The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Honk!, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oliver, Jesus Christ Superstar, and many more. In addition to his career with Third Wall, he conducts for several other Baltimore theatre companies, and runs his own studio. Several of his students have been recognized at the All County and All State levels. He would like to thank Daniel Plante for his support and expertise as Music Director, and Merrill Weiss for helping put together the lovely orchestra you are hearing this evening. He'd also like to thank his amazing fiancé , Emily, our for being by his side every day of rehearsal and his life.

Set Designer

Jordan Hollett

Set Designer

Patrick Rudai

Costumier

Amy Rudai

Properties Mistress

Emma Hawthorn

Lighting Designer

Jim Shomo

Sound Designer

Charles Hirsch

House Manager

Theresa Volpe

Original Creative Team

JACK FELDMAN (Lyrics) Broadway and Off-Broadway: The Madwoman of Central Park West; Isn’t It Romantic and Miami by Wendy Wasserstein; Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang; and Coming Attractions by Ted Tally. Regional: Music for Idiots Karamazov by Christopher Durang and Albert Innaurato at the Yale Repertory Theatre. Film: Oliver & Company, Tribute, Thumbelina, Newsies, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Used People, Life with Mikey, A Goofy Movie, The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, and 102 Dalmatians. TV: Music and lyrics for the PBS Theatre in America production of Eve Merriam’s Out of Our Father’s House, The Magic Hat, The Little Mermaid (TV special), Polly, Sesame Street, Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, and Out of the Box. Many pop songs, including the GRAMMY® Award-winning “Copacabana,” the Top-10 hit “I Made It Through the Rain,” and songs and special material for Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Liza Minnelli, Lily Tomlin, Dionne Warwick, and the Muppets.

HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Book) Broadway and Off-Broadway: Kinky Boots (Tony Award® for Best Musical), Casa Valentina (Tony Award® nomination), Newsies (Tony Award® nomination), Torch Song Trilogy (Tony®, Drama Desk, and Obie Awards), La Cage aux Folles (Tony® and Drama Desk Awards), A Catered Affair (12 Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex (Ace Award), Legs Diamond, Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, and more. His political editorials have been published in The New York Times, TV Guide, and the Huffington Post and broadcast on PBS’s In the Life. His children’s book, The Sissy Duckling, was turned into an animated HBO special, which received the HUMANITAS Prize. As an actor, Fierstein is known worldwide for his performances in films including Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and Bullets Over Broadway; onstage in Hairspray (Tony Award®), Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, and Torch Song Trilogy (Tony Award®); and on TV shows such as Smash, How I Met Your Mother, The Good Wife, Cheers (Emmy® Award nomination), The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Nurse Jackie.

ALAN MENKEN (Music) Theater: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Little Shop of Horrors; Real Life Funnies; Atina, Evil Queen of The Galaxy; Kicks; The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz; Beauty and the Beast; A Christmas Carol; Weird Romance; King David; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; The Little Mermaid; Sister Act; Leap of Faith; Aladdin; A Bronx Tale; and Newsies. Film: Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life With Mikey, Lincoln, Home on the Range, Noel, Enchanted, Shaggy Dog, Tangled, Sausage Party, and Mirror Mirror. Songs: Rocky V, Home Alone 2, and Captain America. Awards: eight Academy Awards® (19 nominations), 11 GRAMMY® Awards (including Song of the Year), seven Golden Globes, and Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier, and London’s Evening Standard Awards. Honors: Songwriters Hall of Fame and doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.