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Cara was born in Oxford, Mississippi, and spent her formative years in Rome, a mid-sized town in northwest Georgia. She graduated as valedictorian of West Rome High School in 1992 and was recognized as a 1992 Presidential Scholar and as a member of the 1992 USA TODAY All-American Academic Team. She continued her education at Princeton University, from which she graduated in 1996 with an A.B. in Anthropology and a Certificate in Theater. A leader in the undergraduate theater community, Cara served as the 1996 General Manager of Princeton Summer Theater. Cara is currently finishing her M.F.A. thesis in the Program for Directing at Brooklyn College. Prior to returning to graduate school, she was employed as Assistant to Executive Producer Barry Grove at Manhattan Theatre Club. Since 1998, Cara has worked to establish Prospect Theater Company, along with several fellow graduates of Princeton. She has directed numerous productions for Prospect Theater Company, including DANTON'S DEATH, TWELFTH NIGHT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, AS YOU LIKE IT, and EVERYMAN. She has collaborated with with company member, composer and lyricist Peter Mills to create three new musicals--THE TAXI CABARET, THE FLOOD, and ILLYRIA. Other directing credits include THREE DAYS OF RAIN, THE PURIFICATION, UNDER MILK WOOD, ASSASSINS, LEND ME A TENOR, and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, among others. Cara has also published a children's book, "A Stone Promise", which she wrote and illustrated (Landmark Editions Inc., 1991). |
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Melissa hails from Santa Barbara, California. She was a 1996 graduate of Princeton University with an A.B. in History, and is currently working towards an M.F.A. in Theater Management at Yale University's School of Drama, with an anticipated graduation in May 2001. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of Marketing for the Yale Repertory Theatre, and during Spring 2000 she served as their Company Manager. During the Fall of 1999 she completed an internship in the education department at the Guthrie Theatre in Minnesota, working on the American premiere of the new Boublil and Schöenberg musical, Martin Guerre, among other productions. Melissa worked as the Stage Management Intern at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre during the 1997-98 season, where she assisted on productions of The Heiress, How I Learned to Drive, and Skylight. Throughout 1997, in addition to working at the Buck Institute for Education, a non-profit educational research firm, she interned at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, specifically on their "Magic Learning Project" for Pieces of the Quilt, a dramatic response to the AIDS crisis, for which she created an educational study guide to be used by teachers in conjunction with performances of the play. She also Assistant Stage Managed the Young California Writer's Project at the Magic during January, May, and December 1997. In June, July, and August of 1996, Melissa served as the Production Manager of Princeton Summer Theater, supervising all production aspects of mounting a twelve week summer season of five shows. During her Princeton undergraduate years, Melissa served two terms as Treasurer of the Princeton University Players, as well as working on individual productions as stage manager, production manager, technical director, and light board operator. Her additional undergraduate experience includes work with the Princeton Triangle Club as sound technician, where she coordinated and implemented sound design with the sound engineer for five original shows performed in McCarter Theatre. |
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Tony, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Italian Literature and Language and a Certificate from the Program in Theater and Dance. He received the William Koren Memorial Prize as the most outstanding student in Italian. For his Princeton senior thesis as an Italian major, Tony wrote, directed, and produced an operatic staging of Claudio Monteverdi's madrigals. The result was called Lirica, and featured singers, dancers, actors, and musicians performing shepherds' tales in a period setting. Tony has previously worked with the Metropolitain Opera and the New York City Opera in full-time, seasonal positions as head of their rehearsal departments. He has performed with S.E.A. (The Society for Educational Arts), helping to bring bi-lingual arts education into New York City public and parochial schools. During 1997, Tony returned to San Juan and spent a year working as a Production Assistant with People Television, Inc.- where he oversaw work on all current projects, performing roles such as Production Coordinator for a Christmas television special, Assistant to the Producer for a theatrical comedy revival, singer with an a cappella quintet, (with whom he has recorded and recently released a CD), and Sales and Marketing Assistant for a collection of educational videos. At the same time, Tony became involved in several opera productions: as Assistant Stage Manager for La Traviata, as Props Manager for the Spanish operetta La cancion del olvido, and as a member of the chorus in Carmen. He also produced and coordinated the Princeton University Glee Club's tour of Puerto Rico in May of 1998. Tony's technical expertise was also put to the test during the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, where he conducted research for his thesis during the summer of 1996. |
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A lyricist and composer, Peter holds an M.F.A. in Musical Theater Writing from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts. He wrote book, music, and lyrics for The Taxi Cabaret, which was produced in the spring of 2000 at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in New York City and subsequently featured in the Berkshire Theatre Festival's new musicals series. With Cara Reichel, he wrote book, music, and lyrics for The Flood, which premiered May 2001 at the Flamboyán Theatre in New York. The Flood was selected for the 2001 ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop and critiqued by panelists Stephen Schwartz and Stephen Sondheim. Marco Polo, his NYU thesis musical with composer Deborah Abramson, was chosen for the 2000 ASCAP Workshop and critiqued by those same two guys. Also, Peter and Ms. Abramson were chosen as 2000-01 Dramatists Guild Fellows. Originally from Berwyn, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English/Dramatic Literature. During his Princeton career, Peter wrote more than 35 songs for the Princeton Triangle Club and now serves on the Club's Board of Trustees. He has music directed all of Prospect Theater Company's musical endeavors, and composed original music for Prospect productions of As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night. Past music directing credits: The News In Revue; the first New York revival of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, produced by the Gallery Players; and the Assistant Musical Director for Surflight Summer Theater 1996. Peter is a member of ASCAP and an associate member of The Dramatists Guild. |
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Jaime is a man of graphics—not words. However, since you're interested... He is a graduate of Cornell University as a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and spent most of his free time acting and singing in student-run shows. Right after graduating, Jaime spent the summers of '99 and 2000 with Prospect in Rome, Georgia, where he played Jaques in As You Like It, Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance, Kodaly in She Loves Me, Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music, and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other prospect roles include Zach in The Taxi Cabaret at the Berkshire Theater Festival, as well as ensemble roles in The Flood, and the reading of Marco Polo at ASCAP. Currently, Jaime is a chorus member in the New York City Opera productions The Flying Dutchman, The Capulets and the Montagues, and Turandot. As far as graphic design goes, he designed the posters and logos of pretty much all the above mentioned productions (except the New York City Opera shows, of course). Jaime is very excited and looking forward to designing publicity for and participating in the upcoming Prospect season in New York. |
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Katherine West Production Stage Manager |
Kat is thrilled to be a part of the vibrant and ever-growing organization that is Prospect Theater Company. Kat hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and earned her BA in Theater Arts from Penn Stage University. She attempts to keep a balance of performing, directing and stage managing in her life. Her favorite past rolls have included, Agnes in Dancing at Lughnasa, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Jack’s Mom in Into the Woods and Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her favorite directing projects have included; Damn Yankees, She Loves Me, A Marriage Proposal, Words, Words, Words, and The Universal Language. Her Stage Managing credits include; A Little Night Music, Kismet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Flood and others and she has toured as the production stage manager for The National Shakespeare Company with productions of Twelfth Night and Hamlet. As always Kat would like to thank her parents and loved ones for all of they’re unending confidence in her and support for her aspirations. |
