Westfield Community Players (Boeing-Boeing bios)

Cast and Production Members

The Cast	The Production/Crew
Ryan Correll as Bernard	Fred Cuozzo Director
Elaine D'Addezio as Gloria	Kay Macrae / Steve Lemenille Producers
Linda Correll as Berthe	Barbara Ruban Stage Manager
Peter Twill as Robert	Jean Lioy Properties Mistress
Debbie Miller Nelson as Gabriella	Bill McMeekan Set Design
Jeanette Ricci as Gretchen	Jean Lioy Set Decor
	Barbara Ruban Set Decor
	JoAnne Lemenille Set Decor
	Ed Whitman Lighting Design
	Ed Whitman Lighting Operator
	Glen Crane Sound Design
	Michael Bieber Sound Operator
	Steve Lemenille Publicity
	Katie Engel Playbill / Marketing
	Steve Lemenille Webmaster
	Renate Bieber Box Office
	Doris Dias Costumes
	Steve Lemenille / Russ Oriz / Marilyn Gettinger / Kay Macrae / Don Mokrauer House Managers
	TBD Ushers
	Jean Lioy Stage Crew
	Steve Lemenille Photographer
	George Hiltz Set Construction Chairman
	Bob Smith Set Construction
	Sal Villani Set Construction
	Paul Kirsh Set Construction
	Russ Ortiz Set Construction
	Ed Whitman Set Construction
	Dave Frey Lighting Crew

BIOGRAPHIES
The Cast
RYAN CORRELL	(Bernard) Ryan is happy to return to the WCP stage. Previous WCP credits: Fox on the Fairway (Justin), The Lion in Winter (John), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander). Other theatre credits include: Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Elvis Presley), The Prodigal Son (Jacob), A Few Good Men (Pfc. Downey), Julius Caesar (Octavius), Pvt. Wars (Silvio), Cowboy Mouth (Slim), For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls (Lawrence). Film: Sleepwalkers, Fistful of Candy. Ryan studied theatre at Montclair State and Raritan Valley College, and is currently studying film at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. Ryan is also a writer and performer in the sketch comedy group "The Dog Show".

ELAINE D'ADDEZIO	*(Gloria)* is excited to be working on the WCP stage for the first time. She most recently played a man �Mr. Stitch� in Bergen County Player�s musical THE EMPEROR�S NEW CLOTHES. Some of her favorite roles include Trisha in FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS (Summit Playhouse), Gabriella in BOEING-BOEING (Dover Little Theater), Diana in LEND ME A TENOR (Montclair Studio Players), Adriana in COMEDY OF ERRORS (Turning Leaf), Sister James in DOUBT (ACT IV), Lee Anne in PIECES OF MY HEART (Circle Players). Special thanks to director, Fred, and the generous cast and crew. Love to family and friends for the patience and support.

LINDA CORRELL	*(Berthe)* Linda has been involved in theater for many years and is delighted to be performing with this talented cast and crew. She has appeared on Westfield�s stage in Rumors, Run For Your Wife, Hot �L Baltimore, Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 and Caught in the Net. Some other favorite roles include: Liliane LeFleur in NINE!, Joanne in Company!, Joan Crawford in Legends and Bridge, Carlotta in Phantom, Irene in Crazy for You, Billy Dawn in Born Yesterday, Abby in The Musical of Musicals, the Musical and Marta in Thumbs! (world premier). Linda has also directed numerous times including such shows as The Lion in Winter, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, It Runs In the Family and Starting Here, Starting Now for Westfield. As well as acting, and directing Linda designs, builds sets and dabbles in stage pyrotechnics. Her favorite role is John�s �other half�--AML, AML!

PETER TWILL	*(Robert)* This is Peter�s second appearance with WCP. His other fun character on the WCP stage was Mr. Katz in HOL L Baltimore. Recent roles were in productions Play On, The Rat, Afternoon at the Seaside, Cards on the Table, A Man for All Seasons, Murder at the Vicarage and You Can�t Take It With You at Stony Hill Players. He also studied improv with Jaqueline Kabat at the Intermediate Comedy Studio in New York. Peter thanks his director, fellow actors, fans and all the members of WCP.

DEBBIE MILLER NELSON	*(Gabriella)* This is Debbie�s debut performance at WCP and is thrilled to be working with such a talented cast and crew. After a 22 year hiatus, Debbie returned to the theater only last year performing in six shows in 2016. Favorite roles include Honey in Bingo the Winning Musical at SVP, Lois in Bill W. & Dr. Bob at Circle Player�s, and Jo in It�s a Wonderful Life with Mystic Vision Players. Debbie has a B.A. Theatre Arts from Rutgers University, is a Certified Specialist of Wine and works for one of the largest wine companies in the world.

JEANETTE RICCI	*(Gretchen)* is thrilled to be back with the Westfield Community Players. She wants to thank Fred for the opportunity to work and play with such a talented group of new and familiar friends. Other credits include April Green in Hot L Baltimore, Heidi in Fuddy Meers, The Witch in Once Upon a Pandora�s Box and Sharon in Play It Again, Sam. Jeanette is a former English teacher of twenty years, who currently works as an Academic Specialist at Kean University. She thanks her parents for their unconditional love and support, her daughter, for the �greatest gift� she has ever known, and the Lord, God Almighty, for His light in her life.

Production Staff
FRED CUOZZO	*(Director)* Fred is pleased to be directing again for WCP. His WCP directorial credits include The Glass Menagerie, Second Time Around and Crimes of the Heart. Other directorial credits include Frozen (Circle Players), A Piece of My Heart (Circle Players) and Sylvia (Act IV). He has appeared on WCP stage as Peter Hoskins in Prelude to a Kiss, Morrow McCarthy in American Daughter, and as Mr. Kilroy in Don�t Drink the Water. Favorite roles include Homer Bolton in Mornings at 7, Franklin MacMillan in Nuts, Marco in A View from the Bridge, Captain Crouch in Slyfox, and Harry Bagley/Martin in Cloud 9.

STEVE LEMENILLE	*(Producer)* Steve has directed WCP's production of Dial 'M' for Murder, A View from the Bridge, the comedy Squabbles, {p r o o f}, Barefoot in the Park, A Thousand Clowns, Tribute and back in October, 2016, And Then There Were None In 2013 Steve was nominated for a NJACT Perry Award for OUSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY for {proof}. He also has appeared in six consecutive productions here at WCP. Steve has been involved in theatre since his college days at Jersey City State. He is a retired Social Studies teacher and Drama Director of 29 years with the Hackensack Public Schools. Steve was also a MFA candidate at Montclair State. He has acted with Tower Players and the Opera Workshop of Jersey City, StageCrafters (Fairlawn), and Bergen County Players. He has also acted in dinner theatre for Regal Productions. Some of the roles he portrayed were: Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (Tower Players), the Grandfather in The Long Christmas Dinner (Tower Players), Ulysses in Tiger At The Gates (Tower Players), Paul Verrall in Born Yesterday (Bergen County Players), Paul in Barefoot in the Park (Fairlawn), and Michael in Second Time Around and the Inspector Paul Sevigne in A Shot In The Dark (Regal Productions) and the Grandfather in Kurt Wiell's Down in the Valley (Opera Workshop). Steve portrayed Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stanley in Death of a Salesman, The Magistrate in Fools, and Gen. Oscar Fairfax in Little Mary Sunshine and Kilroy in Don't Drink the Water, and most recently as Daniel in Almost, Maine�all for WCP. Steve was nominated for a 2009 NJACT Perry Award for OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER for his role as the Magistrate in Fools. His directorial credits include: You Can't Take It with You, Harvey, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Gramercy Ghost, George Washington Slept Here, L'il Abner, The King & I, Oklahoma, Sound of Music, The Diary of Anne Frank, Our Town, South Pacific, The Music Man, Rehearsal for Death (all for HMS), Dial 'M' for Murder (Stagecrafters/WCP). Steve was nominated for two (2) 2012 NJACT Perry Awards for OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (As Producer for Rehearsal for Murder) and as OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY (Rehearsal for Murder). Steve was also nominated for two (2) NJACT 2011 Perry Awards: OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR in a Play for his role as Justice Lawrence Wargrave in Main Street Theatre's production of And Then There Were None, and OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR in a Play for his role as Isaac Cohen in Westfield Community Players production of Abie's Irish Rose. Steve is currently the President of WCP, as well as, the webmaster here at WCP. Steve wishes to thank his wife, JoAnne, for getting him back involved with theatre. "Without her support and love, I can accomplish little. Thank you dear!!" Steve also thanks Sherrie Ahlin and Drude Roessler for making his WCP experiences very special. A special note of thanks to Katie, Mike, JoAnne, James, Glenn, Bill and Barbara for their contributions in making this another excellent production. And of course special thanks to this Cast/Crew for their hard work and love of theatre. Steve has also performed at the Grove Street Theater in Montclair performing in Apricot Productions' 1-act series. Also, he has appeared in a series of monologues entitled Sex, Relationships and Sometimes� Love at The Old Library Theater, Main Street Theater Company; and at the Producer's Club and the Jerry Orbach Theater, both off-Broadway, NYC. Steve also directed Harper Lee's classic To Kill A Mockingbird at the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) on the Hamilton Stage, in Rahway, NJ for Fearless Productions. .

KAY MACRAE	*(Producer)* Kay received her 2nd Perry Award Nomination for Outstanding Production of a Play for the Westfield Community Players production of Angel Street. She has been a member of WCP for many, many years---singing, acting and enjoying it all!! Kay has produced such notable productions here at WCP of Little Mary Sunshine, Born Yesterday, Second Time Around and Squabbles, And Then There Were None�to mention just a few. Kay also serves on the Play Reading Committee and served as Director of Public Relations. Kay sings with Celebration Singers in Cranford. Kay currently serves as President of the Westfield Musical Club which is an organization devoted to fostering and encouraging good music, providing opportunities for performance, and supporting college music scholarships. There are also seven handsome grandsons in her life! .

BARBARA RUBAN	*(Stage Manager)* Barbara started with WCP as property master for many shows before branching out into stage managing and received a Perry Award nomination for props for the production of Angel Street. She also assists with set decoration and costumes. Having been on stage in a couple of productions, she would rather leave the acting to the pros and enjoy being in the backstage "hustle and bustle". Barbara also wrote two original plays which were performed at WCP. In addition, one play was performed in Chatham in the Jersey Voices Festival. She had been on the Board of WCP for two years serving as Director of Performance. Barbara is now Vice President of Productions. A legal assistant by day, she thanks WCP for allowing her to express her creative side and her children and grandchildren for their love and support, which makes it all more gratifying.

JOANNE LEMENILLE	*(Director of Performance)* JoAnne appeared as Mrs. Isaac Cohen in WCP's production of Abie's Irish Rose and as Mrs. Lipari in A View from the Bridge. She began her WCP experience with her role as Mildred WCP's production of The Cemetery Club. Since that time, JoAnne has been the Properties Mistress for our productions and served on WCP's Board of Directors as Director of Productions. JoAnne also served as President of WCP for three terms; she is now serving as Director of Performance. JoAnne has been nominated for a NJACT Perry Award for Outstanding Properties in a Play for Rehearsal for Murder She has always been involved in theatre since she was a child back in Union with the Teen Stagers. She has also appeared as Polly in The Boyfriend, Anna in New Girl in Town; Eleanor in Second Time Around (for Regal Productions), and Peggy in Front Page. Besides doing props, she has worked on Scenery and Set Design. Her favorite role was Eleanor in Second Time Around because it gave her the chance to play her husband, Steve's, snobbish and self-centered wife. JoAnne is a retired teacher of music from the Clark School system where she was the vocal, instrumental and music theory teacher for over twenty years and for which she directed and musical directed the plays for Kumpf School. "I make bead flowers - an old French art of using glass beads." Special thanks to my husband Steve and JoAnn Scanlon for giving me the chance to rekindle my love for the stage, and thanks to a wonderful cast and fabulous crew." It's good to have you back on front stage!!!

JEAN LIOY	*(Properties Mistress)* Jean is a retired professor of microbiology at Union County College and also Rutgers/UMDNJ. She also has been a consultant with the NJ Office Of Homeland Security in the area of bioterrorism and emergency preparedness. Being new to WCP, she is very thankful for the opportunity to learn about the backstage world of the theater.

BILL MCMEEKAN	*(Set)* Bill not only serves as our set designer, but is currently WCP's Treasurer and serves on the Board of Directors. Bill has recently been nominated for a NJACT Perry Award for Outstanding Set Design for a Play for Rehearsal for Murder

KATIE ENGEL	*(Playbill/Marketing)Katie is WCP's newest Board member. She was elected this past June to serve as our Marketing & Playbill Director. Katie made her WCP acting debut with the role of Sally Haines in WCP's production of Tribute* last March. She then went on to make her WCP Stage Managing debut this past October, 2016 with And Then There Were None. Katie was was no stranger to stage managing, having stage managed The Other Place for director Lemenille back in 2015 for Fearless Productions. Katie has also appeared in Sex, Relationships, and Sometimes...Love for Fearless Productions in 2015.

ED WHITMAN	*(Lighting Designer/Operator)* This is Ed's lighting debut at Westfield Community Players. He has done shows for the Cranford Dramatic Club, The Theater Project and The Bergdorf Community Center among others.

GLEN CRANE	**(Sound Design) Glen has been nominated for a NJACT Perry Award for Outstanding Sound Design for a Play for Rehearsal for Murder**

MIKE BIEBER	*(Sound Operator)Michael has played smaller and larger roles at WCP and Westfield�s Troupe of Friends free Shakespeare in the Park* series. From 1999-2007 he was one of the lead male vocalists in the Daddy-Os and the Grateful Dads in the McKinley Kapers annual variety show. But he most enjoys working tech behind the scenes. Professionally Michael is Associate Chair of the Information Systems Department at NJIT (which also has a Theater Department and regular productions).

BARBARA GOLDSTEIN	*(Publicity)* To be developed

STEVE LEMENILLE	(Webmaster) Besides directing for WCP, Steve also is the President of WCP and is the webmaster for our web site.

RENATE BIEBER	*(Box Office)* Renate has been Director of Tickets since the 08-09 season and enjoys making sure the front of the house runs smoothly. Participating in the chorus of Mikado and Pirates of Penzance with the Gilbert & Sullivan Players of Philadelphia many years ago makes her appreciate the hard work that goes into a production and confirmed her belief that she doesn't want to be on stage. Renate is a substitute teacher in the Westfield School District, a board member of Westfield Hadassah, a member of the Harvest Quilters of Central New Jersey and enjoys spending time with her family and reading.

DORIS DIAS	*(Costumes)* I�m thrilled with the opportunity to work on this production. My personal goal is to make sure that the actors are comfortable and confident in their appearance on stage. I started working on costumes at the Westfield Community Theater in 2009 with their production of Little Mary Sunshine. At this point I fell in love with costuming. I was asked back to the theater and subsequently invited as the Chairperson of Costumes. I have great respect for the Director and his visions; they inspire me. I thank the production team for their faith in my ideas and their respect for my opinion. And especially my daughter for all the late hours, help and support. Past credits: Little Mary Sunshine, Don�t Drink the Water, The Second Time Around, Dial M for Murder, Caught In The Net, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Abie�s Irish Rose, I Love You, You�re Perfect, Now Change, Top Girls, Stuart Little, Bizet�s Carmen, Squabbles, {proof} and Olympus on My Mind. "I am a Costumer, I make clothes for imaginary people." ---Celestine Ranney, 1982

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GEORGE HILTZ	*(Set Construction Chairman)* To be developed

Russ Ortiz	*(Set Construction/Board Sect'y)* Russ Ortiz currently serves as WCP Board Secretary. Russ has also performed here at WCP in many productions, namely Tribute. A Thousand Clowns. Almost, Maine, Barefoot in the Park, Rehearsal For Murder and Squabbles. During the past five years Russ appeared in 36 productions in New Jersey and N.Y. In 2014 Russ appeared in Twelve Angry Men, A Man Of No Importance, Sex Relationships and Sometimes�Love, Time Stands Still, The Laramie Project, To Kill A Mockingbird, And Then There Were None, A Christmas Carol and most recently, Inherit the Wind.