MISSOURI WESTERN OPERA THEATRE PRESENTS

Music by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Lyrics by EMANUEL SCHIKANEDER

English version by RUTH and THOMAS MARTIN

Dialogue by SUSAN CARTER and SARAH WATERS

November 1, 2 & 3, 2013 | Potter Hall Theatre Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO

Director - SUSAN CARTER +

Conductor - MARK PENNINGTON

Production Manager - SARAH WATERS

Stage Manager - SONRISA JOHNSTON

Technical Director - JEFF STOVER +

Animation Director - PETE HRISO +

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CAST (In Order of Appearance) 

Tamino………………………………………………Donovan Jones

First Lady……………………………………………..Sarah Waters

Marissa Sunderland *

Second Lady………………………………………Kaitlyn Christian

Third Lady………………………………....... Sharmyn Thompson^

Papageno.............................................................Thomas Delgado

Queen of the Night......................................................Lory Lacy +

Sarah Waters *

First Spirit................................................................Spencer Cupp

Second Spirit...............................................................Andrew Ivy

Third Spirit................................................................Henry Lange

Monostatos................................................................Jeremy Howe

Pamina.................................................................Adrienne Collins

Jennifer White *+

Slaves ................ Andrew Donaldson, Sydney Mills, Derek Strader

High Priest...............................................................Daniel Brooks

Second Priest............................................................... Ted Markt^

Sarastro.............................................................................Ian Fast

Jonathan Rhoad*+

Dancers.....................................................Tori Blevins (principle), Katelynn Piper & Amber Anaya

Papagena.............................................................Lauren Bergman

The Dragon..............................................................David Norvell

The Central High School Men’s Choir

* = Saturday Performance | + = Faculty Member | ^ = Community Member 2

ORCHESTRA 

Concertmaster/ 1st Violin ......................................... Connie Elting

2nd Violin .............................................................. Kelsei Peppars

Viola ............................................................................. Noel Good

Cello ........................................................................ Jan Kolbialka

Bass ...................................................................... Garrett Skrbina

Flute .................................................................. Mary Holzhausen

Clarinet ................................................................. Michael Tolbert

Bassoon ...................................................................... Aaron Ahles

Celeste ............................................................................... Ara Ju

ANIMALS 

Katie Kissock | Mary Kissock

Ian Rhoad | Knox Rhoad

Riley McKune

BABY CHICKS 

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Hailey Boss | Katie Kissock | Mary Kissock | Stefan Mathies

Estelle May | Ian Rhoad | Knox Rhoad | Natalie Stover

Aleta Theissen | Cody Theissen | Riley McKune

PRODUCTION TEAM AND STAFF 

Director Susan Carter Conductor Mark Pennington Production Manager Sarah Waters Stage Manager Sonrisa Johnston Technical Director Jeff Stover Animation Director Pete Hriso Animation Team Pete Hriso Danny Janovec Truman Vasco Matt White Justin Rhodes Theater Coordinator Michael Scroggs Costume Designer Sarah Waters Makeup Artist Rachel Burris Dramaturge Sarah Waters Supertitles Technician Dee Dee Squires

Assistant Stage Managers Megan Bolander Linnea Edlin Rehearsal Accompanists Ara Ju Judith Mathers Program Designer Sarah Waters Dance Choreographer Suzanne Ryanstrati Spirits Music Director Jennifer Stammers Baby Chick Designers Sarah Waters Sharon Waters Props Mistress Marissa Sunderland Supertitles Designer Sarah Waters Priest Hat Designer Adrienne Chleborad Head Shot Photographer D.C. Photography Costume Production Susan Carter Kaitlyn Christian Donovan Jones Sarah Waters Sharon Waters

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Orchestra Liaison Richard Yeager Sound Director David McIntire IMC Assistants Jesse Rice Thomas Flaska Research Director Sarah Waters Makeup Assistants Alia Sheya Meghan Vandever Videographer Kelly Whittenberg Dragon Designer Jo Anne Grey

SPECIAL THANKS TO: 

Joseph Gray | Jo Anne Grey |Dee Dee Squires

Cira Crabtree | Dr. Laurel Vartabedian | Dr. Robert Willenbrink

Carol Criss | Dr. Matt Gilmour | Martha Greer

The MWSU Foundation | Missouri Western’s Arts Society

The MWSU Department of Music

The MWSU Department of Art

The MWSU Department of Theatre and Cinema

The parents and families of the children

Central High School’s Music Program

FUNDING PROVIDED BY: The MWSU Foundation

Missouri Western’s Arts Society

Joseph Gray

Dee Dee Squires

THINGS TO KNOW: ELECTRONIC SILENCE IS KEY

Please silence all cell phones, pagers, tablets or anything else that might beep/ring unexpectedly and distract our performers. This includes flash photography

especially, and any other types of photography or video.

FLASHING, BRIGHT AND STROBE LIGHTS WILL BE USED

THERE WILL BE A 15 MINUTE INTERMISSION

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PROGRAM 

ACT I A Magical World — A Place Out of Time

Overture ………………………………………………............... Orchestra

“Oh Help Me! Protect Me!” ………………………........ Tamino, 3 Ladies “Papageno Is My Name” ………………………….......…......... Papageno “Oh Image Angel-Like and Fair!” ………………………............. Tamino

“Oh Tremble Not” ........................................................................ Queen “Hm Hm Hm!” .......................................... Papageno, Tamino, 3 Ladies “My Dainty Lambkin” .......................... Monostatos, Pamina, Papageno

“Love’s Sweet Emotion” ........................................... Pamina, Papageno “Your Journey’s End” .................................. 3 Spirits, Tamino, A Voice, High Priest, Animals, Papageno, Pamina, Monostatos, Chorus, Sarastro

INTERMISSION

ACT II

“O Isis and Osiris” ........................................................ Sarastro, Chorus “Beware of Women’s Crafty Scheming” .............. High Priest, 2nd Priest “This Place of Night and Gloom” ............................ 3 Ladies, Papageno, Tamino, Chorus “All the World” .................................................................... Monostatos

“The Wrath of Hell” ..................................................................... Queen “Within These Holy Portals” .................................................... Sarastro “Sarastro’s Border” ................................................................... 3 Spirits

“To Grief and Sadness” .............................................................. Pamina “Sacred Wonder” .......................................................... Sarastro, Chorus “Must We Forever Part?” .............................. Pamina, Tamino, Sarastro

“I’d Give My Finest Feather”.................................... Papageno, Dancers “Finale” ................................................................................... Full Cast

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES 

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Since its 1791 premiere, Mozart's The Magic Flute has been one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire and why not, with a dragon opening the 1st act chasing a hand-some prince who is searching for the kid-napped princess with his kooky sidekick, overcoming the evil Queen and seeking truth and justice. The storyline sounds like a cur-rent hit movie. Technically not an opera but a singspiel (sing/play) The Magic Flute in-cludes dialogue and familiar melodies that are easy to sing and arias that are almost impossible to sing. Composing for his sister-in-law, Mozart wrote the role of the Queen of the Night for her extraordinary voice incorporating 4 high “F’s” above high “C” in her famous vengeance aria. Her arch ene-my, Sarastro moves to the other end of the range singing low “F’s”.

The symbolism in The Magic Flute is a Dan Brown fan’s dream with 3 as the magic number in the story...3 Spirits, 3 Ladies, 3 Couples, 3 Tests. Symbolism also runs deep as Mozart and his original Papageno, Shikaneder, (who was also the librettist) were Masonic brothers. But more importantly the music illustrates what sets Mozart apart and keep-ing his works alive today—his understanding of humanity.

Tonight’s performance includes nationally award winning singers/actors from Missouri Western's Department of Music and joins in its third year of collaboration with artists/animators from the Department of Art and talented students from Western's Theater/Cinema area in this spectacu-lar show combining animation and live performance.

-Dr. Susan Carter

Director

A “SPIRITED” PRESS RELEASE 

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PRESS RELEASE October 23, 2013

*For immediate release PLATTE CITY, Mo. – It’s not very often that young students have the op-portunity to perform in a well-known, fully-staged opera, but that’s exactly what happened for three Platte County R-3 boys. Henry Lange and Andrew Ivy, both 6th graders at Platte City Middle School, and Spencer Cupp, a 5th grader at Paxton Elementary, will portray “The Three Spirits” in Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” at Missouri West-ern State University under the direction of Dr. Susan Carter. The opportuni-ty came when Paxton music teacher Jennifer Stammers was contacted by a Missouri Western voice major who had heard the Paxton Singers perform at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Missouri Verses and Voices Poet Laureate Festival back in April. “I received a message from an MWSU student this summer saying he’d heard the Paxton Singers perform on stage at Helzberg Hall and was very impressed by their sound and maturity,” said Stammers. “He wanted to know if I had any boys who would be able to sing the important roles of ‘The Three Spirits’ in the ‘Magic Flute.’ Even though girls could sing the roles if necessary, Mozart wrote the music for boys’ voices. Henry, Andrew and Spencer immediately came to mind!” These students are not new to performing. All three were in Platte County High School’s 2012 production of “A Christmas Carol: The Musical.” Cupp portrayed the role of ‘Tiny Tim,’ Lange portrayed ‘Jonathan’ and Ivy was in the chorus. Both Lange and Ivy performed in stage musicals this past sum-mer and are in the 6th grade Prelude Honor Choir under the direction of Mr. Brice Willson at PCMS. All three boys are two-year members of the Paxton Singers under the direction of Mrs. Stammers.

“These boys are stage veterans at the ripe-old-ages of 11 and 12,” chuckled Stammers, who has been working with them the past few weeks to learn the challenging three-part harmony. “They are also hams – which will play per-fectly into this fantasy opera!” she said. “I can’t wait for people to hear them. The difficulty of the music they are singing is so far beyond what most people think kids can do.”

-Jennifer Stammers

ANIMATION NOTES 

Students and instructors spent over 15 weeks this summer developing the background scenes for the Magic Flute. The process to de-velop the backgrounds includes: concept and storyboard development, 3-D modeling or sculpting of the scenes with-in the virtual en-vironment, texture mapping which is a process of painting the sculpted environments, virtual lighting of the environment, character setup a process of creating skeletons to move the char-acters, layout, animation or the art of moving characters in their environment, FX develop-ment, rendering the sequence and final compo-siting everything together. A great deal of time and talent went into creating the back-grounds.

-Pete Hriso,

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PHOTO GALLERY 

Lauren Bergman

Daniel Brooks

Dr. Susan Carter

Kaitlyn Christian

Spencer Cupp

Thomas Delgado

Ian Fast

Jeremy Howe

Andrew Ivy

Sonrisa Johnston

Donovan Jones

Adrienne Collins

PHOTO GALLERY 

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Lory Lacy

Henry Lange

Ted Markt

Mark Pennington

Jonathan Rhoad

Suzanne Ryanstrati

Jennifer Stammers

Marissa Sunderland

Sharmyn Thompson

Sarah Waters

Jennifer White

This Could Be YOU!

 

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BIOS 

LAUREN BERGMAN Papagena Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High School: Homeschooled ‘12 Studies: B.A. Music - Vocal Performance Emphasis Prior: Bonnie, Annie; Violet, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Colleen, Come Sail Away; Miss Monks, Oliver Twist; Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz; Brigetta, The Sound of Music Upcoming: Ensemble, The Drowsy Chaperone Dream Role: Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady DANIEL BROOKS High Priest Hometown: Kearney, MO High school: Kearney High School ‘10 Studies: B.M.E. -Vocal Performance Emphasis Prior: Father, Monkey See, Monkey Do; Father, Hansel & Gretel; Anthony, Sweeney Todd; American Story Dream Role: The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera DR.SUSAN CARTER Director Costume Production Team Dr. Susan Carter serves as the Director of the Vocal Studies in the Department of Music at MWSU and is a recipient of a 2012 Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching. With degrees from U.T., TCU, and TTU Dr. Carter has performed internationally in Austria, Germany, Swit-zerland and France and nationally with companies includ-ing the Dallas Opera, Dallas Ballet, Rochester Opera, Liederkranz Society of New York, Syracuse Opera and symphonies including the Dallas Symphony, Ft. Worth Symphony and Denver Symphony. Leading roles include "Lucia", "Queen of the Night", "Constanza", "Donna Anna", and "Leonora" in Verdi's il Trovatore. As the soprano soloist Dr. Carter has performed in Ver-di's Requiem, Mozart's Coronation Mass at Carnegie Hall, the Southwest premier of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requi-em, Orff's Carmina Burana with the Dallas Ballet and numerous performances of Messiah. Stage directing is a passion and Dr. Carter continues to receive acknowledge-ment by placing 2nd nationally in the "stage director category" of the 2012 National Opera Association opera competition. She is the energetic force and director behind the opera program that is in its 4th year. Missouri Western Opera Theater tours area public and private schools presenting operas for all ages. Studio students of Dr. Carter excel as 1st place winners and finalists in competitions such as the National Association of Teach-ers of Singing (NATS), National Opera Association

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(NOA) and finalists in the 2012 and 2013 Classical Singer's competition held in Chicago and Boston. Summer Opera Apprentice Programs are now a destination for excep-tional singers. The internationally held competition, the 2013 George London Vocal Competition in NYC, was also a destination for one of Dr. Carter’s studio singers.

KAITLYN CHRISTIAN 2nd Lady Costume Production Team Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High school: Lafayette High School Studies: B.A. Music Prior: Mother, Little Red Riding Hood; Dew Fairy, Hansel & Gretel Upcoming: Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus Dream Role: Carmen, Carmen Awards: NATS 3rd Place, Classical Singer 1st Round finalist

ADRIENNE COLLINS Pamina Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High school: Homeschooled ‘09 Studies: B.A. Music - Vocal Performance Emphasis Prior: Cosette, Les Misérables; Tuptim, The King and I; Johanna, Sweeney Todd; Gretel, Hansel & Gretel; Chris-tine, Phantom; Lucy, The Telephone; Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz; Marian Paroo, The Music Man Upcoming: Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor; Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier Dream Role: Maria, Wes Side Story Awards: NATS 1st Place, Classical Singer 1st Round final-ist, George London 1st Round Finalist

SPENCER CUPP 1st Spirit Spencer is a 5th grader at Paxton Elementary, in his second year of performing with Paxton Singers under the direction of Jennifer Stammers. The Paxton Singers performed for the Verses and Voices Governor’s Festival in Jefferson City and at the Kauffman Center. Spencer portrayed Tiny Tim in the 2012 Platte County High School production of “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” and was recently selected for the Missouri Choral Directors Asso-ciation’s Northwest Missouri Elementary Honor Choir. Spencer has tried his hand at football, soccer, wrestling and basketball and is now enjoying his first season of lacrosse. He is a second year Webelos scout with Pack 248 of Platte City and enjoys camping, hunting and fishing.

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from animator, project manager, multimedia programmer and web developer. His main role has always been to bridge the gap between design and technology. He has worked with industrial, corporate and education clients including: Compaq, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, VW, Delphia, Siemens, and QWEST.

ANDREW IVY 2nd Spirit Andrew Ivy is a 6th grader at Platte City Middle School, where he is in the Prelude Choir under the direction of Mr. Brice Willson, and is studying percussion under the instruction of Mr. Jon Bailey. Andrew was a two-year member of the Paxton Singers, directed by Jennifer Stammers, and performed with them for the MMEA in 2012, and for the Missouri Verses and Voices Poet Laure-ate Festival in Jefferson City at the Kauffman Center in 2013. Musicals include “A Christmas Carol” produced by Platte County High School, Nov. 2012, and “Wizard of Oz” produced by Weston Community Theater, July 2013. Andrew enjoys acting, singing, reading, playing drums, and hiking the mountains of Colorado.

DANNY JANOVEC Animation Team Danny Janovec is currently getting his MAA in the Digital Media program at Missouri Western. He graduated Fall of 2012 with a BFA in Digital Animation. Danny’s ultimate goal is to become either a motion graphics artist, or a CG lighting and texturing artist.

SONRISA JOHNSTON Stage Manager Hair Stylist Hometown: Osborn High school: Blue Springs South Studies: Theater/Cinema, Minoring in Music Prior: Miss Hannigan, Annie; Aunt Martha, Arsenic & Old Lace; Marian, Music Man (BSCT); Tzietel, Fiddler on the Roof (BSCT) Upcoming: Taking a break for a new addition to the family! Dream Role: Liza Dolittle, My Fair Lady DONOVAN JONES Tamino Costume Production Team Hometown: Tarkio, MO High school: Tarkio High School ‘11 Studies: B.A. Music - Vocal Performance Emphasis

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THOMAS DELGADO Papageno Hometown: Kearney, MO High School: Kearney High School ‘12 Studies: Theatre Performance Prior: Charlie, American Story; Francis, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Upcoming: Adalpho, The Drowsy Chaperone; Picasso, Pablo Picasso Dream Role: Tony, West Side Story

IAN FAST Sarastro Ian is a senior at Missouri Western pursuing a BA in Music with a Vocal Performance emphasis. He was not involved in stage productions until he participated in Phantom at Missouri Western in 2011 as a chorus member. Since then, he as played the Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood; the Sandman in Hansel and Gretel; and Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd; all at Missouri Western. While participating in The Magic Flute, he as also been involved in RRT’s production of Les Miserables as Enjolras.

JEREMY HOWE Monostatos Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High School: East Buchanan Studies: B.A. Music Vocal Performance Emphasis Prior: Stewpot, South Pacific; Jean Claude, Phantom; The Witch, Hansel & Gretel; Billy Ivy, American Story Upcoming: Die Fledermaus Dream Role: The guy who gets the girl!

PETE HRISO Animation Director Peter Hriso is an associate professor at Missouri West-ern State University (MWSU) in the Department of Art. He teaches animation and interactive design with responsi-bilities focused between the graduate and undergraduate curriculum. He also is the Chair for the Department of Art and the Digital Media graduate coordinator, responsible for working with faculty for recruitment, marketing, curriculum, scheduling and budgeting. Peter received his BS degree from The University of Southern Indiana with an emphasis in fine art. Peter received his MFA from The Ohio State University with an emphasis in Computer Graphics and Animation. Prior to teaching, Peter worked in animation and interac-tive production being involved in all areas of digital media including motion graphics, animation, visualization, multi-media and web development. His job titles have varied

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Prior: Samuel, The Pirates of Penzance (Opera of the Ozarks); Prince Charming, Cinderella (Opera of the Ozarks) Upcoming: Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus; Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly Dream Role: Roldolfo, La Boheme Awards: NATS 1st & 3rd Place, Classical Singer 1st Round Finalist LORY LACY Queen of the Night Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High school: Jenks High School, Tulsa, OK Studies: Master of Music from San Francisco Conserva-tory; Bachelor of Music from Peabody Institute; attended Oberlin Conservatory Prior: Flautist with the St. Joseph Symphony (2009-present); Hansel & Gretel; Lead Singer for Firebox (2004-present) Upcoming: Madame Goldentrill, The Impresario Dream Role: Constanza, Abduction from the Seraglio HENRY LANGE 3rd Spirit Henry Lange is 12 yrs old and in the 6th grade at Platte City Middle School. "Magic Flute" is his third musical production in twelve months. He was last seen in the junior production of "Alice in Wonderland" with the Crea-tive Arts Productions at the Missouri Theater. Last No-vember he played the part of Jonathan in Platte County High School's "A Christmas Carol". Henry credits his musical talents to his two years in the Paxton Singers directed by Jennifer Stammers. Those years gave him his love of music and performing for an audience. Henry thanks his mom Julie, and sisters Aly and Lindsey for all of their support. MARK PENNINGTON Conductor Mark Pennington returned to St. Joseph after 20 years of entertaining (13 in New York City) to teach voice and theatre at Central High School and direct worship at Wyatt Park Christian. He studied theatre, music and dance at Kansas State. Mark has entertained locally, nationally and abroad as well as working with legendary artists such as Carol Channing, Eddy Arnold and Susan Stroman. In 1999, he was awarded a Mayor’s Award for the Arts-Individual Artist. Mark also serves as the Musical Director for Western Playhouse, a position he has held for the past two years.

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JONATHAN RHOAD Sarastro/Priest Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High School: East Buchanan High School ‘94 Studies: Faculty in the Chemistry Department Dream Role: Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro JUSTIN RHODES Animation Team Justin Rhodes is a senior student at Missouri Western State University in the Digital Animation program. Prior to enrolling in college he was an intelligence specialist for the United States Air Force. When his term ended he decided to finally tackle his dream of becoming a 3d artist. Justin has since worked on multiple film projects and special projects for MWSU. He currently resides in Elwood, KS with his wife and three sons. He can be con-tacted at scissorss@gmail.com SUZANNE RYANSTRATI Dance Choreographer Suzanne Ryanstrati is the instructor of dance at MWSU. Originally from Kansas City, she started dancing profes-sionally at the age of 19 in Texas under Neil Hess, director of the Lone Star Ballet. She later toured with the Bill Evans Dance Company, aha! dance theater and Reach...a movement collective. She holds a Master's of Fine arts in Dance Choreography from the University of Iowa. Her choreographic work has been performed in eight states and internationally. In addition to teaching at MWSU, she is an instructor at the Kansas City Ballet School and teaches a dance class for people diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. JENNIFER STAMMERS Spirits Music Director Jennifer Stammers holds degrees in Journalism and Music Education (with concentrations in conducting, voice and piano) from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. She teaches music for the Platte County R-III School District in Platte City, Missouri. In 2003 she founded the Paxton Singers, a 60-voice audition choir of 4th and 5th grade students. They performed for the MMEA annual conference in 2007 and 2012. In April 2013, the Paxton Singers performed for the Missouri Verses and Voices Poet Laureate Festivals in Jefferson City and at the Kauff-man Center. Stammers also directs the choir of Trinity Episcopal Church, Atchison, is actively involved with Theatre Atchison, and has been a member (and is cur-rently serving as the Assistant Director) of the St. Joseph Community Chorus and Chamber Choir since 2008.

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MARISSA SUNDERLAND 1st Lady Props Mistress Hometown: Kearney, MO High school: Kearney High School ‘13 Studies: B.A. Music - Vocal Performance Emphasis Dream Role: Fantine, Les Miserables

SHARMYN THOMPSON 3rd Lady Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High School: Central High School ‘69 Studies: Graduated from Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, NE with a BA in Music Education Prior: Dolly Tate, Annie Get Your Gun; Mrs. Mountchess-ington, Our American Cousin; Nancy, Oliver; Minnie Fay, Hello Dolly!; Marian Paroo, The Music Man; Guennivere, Camelot; Lady Thiang, The King and I; Mother Abbess, The Sound of Music Dream Role: Irene Malloy, Hello Dolly!

TRUMAN VASCO Animation Team Truman Vasko is a senior, studying towards earning a BFA in Digital Animation. He currently works as a Student Technical Director in the Instructional Media Center, and would like to obtain a career in motion graphics and animation upon his graduation from Missouri Western. This is his third time working on a production for Missouri Western, his other credits being Sweeney Todd, and Hansel and Gretel.

SARAH WATERS Queen of the Night/1st Lady Dramaturge Production Manager | Costume, Program, & Supertitles Designer | Research Director Hometown: St. Joseph, MO High School: Homeschooled ‘06 Studies: B.A. English-Technical Communications in ‘12, B.A. English-Literature in ‘13, B.A. Music-Vocal Perfor-mance Emphasis in ‘14 Prior: Dinah, Trouble In Tahiti; Serpina, La Serva Padrona; Carlotta, Phantom; Geraldine, A Hand of Bridge; Mrs. Nolan, The Medium; the Mother, Hansel & Gretel; Mother Jones, American Story Upcoming: Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus Dream Role: The Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute Awards: Art in the Heart Winner-twice, NATS Honorable Mention, Classical Singer 1st Round Finalist

JENNIFER WHITE Pamina Soprano Jennifer White enjoys an active performing and teaching career. In the Kansas City area, she has per-formed as a soloist for the William Baker Festival Singers, the St. Joseph Community Chorus, the Sacred Arts Cho-rale, and the Kansas City Philharmonia. Previously, she spent a summer Italy, where she performed in concerts at Piobicco and Urbania with the Si parla, si canta pro-gram and later returned to Modena, Italy to spend time studying with world-famous soprano Mirella Freni. As a doctoral student in voice at the University of Kansas, she was heard as La Ciesca in KU Opera’s Gianni Schicchi, and the Mother in Menotti's beloved opera Amahl and the Night Visitors. Other roles include Nella in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, which she performed with the Kansas City Puccini Fest, Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Flora in Verdi’s La Traviata and Gertrude in Humperdinck’s opera Hansel and Gretel. She has sung with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City in their productions of Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Aïda, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Carmen. She completed her undergraduate studies at Roberts Wesleyan College and then received her Masters degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. Currently she teaches at Missouri Western State Univer-sity, Metropolitan Community College, and Meyer Music Studio. MATT WHITE Animation Team Matt White was born in St. Louis and moved to St. Joseph to learn digital animation. He hopes to become an envi-ronment artist or character animator for a game devel-oper or a big-name movie studio.

AUTOGRAPHS 

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