Cabrillo Stage presents Scrooge, the Musical

The ideal Christmas treat, based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, SCROOGE, the musical, is the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a lonely miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by three spirits who teach him lessons of love and giving. Don’t miss Ebenezer, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future and a whole host of Dickensian characters in the award-winning, international smash hit musical SCROOGE! Includes such acclaimed songs as “Thank You Very Much,” “A Better Life,” and “A Christmas Carol.” Make it your Christmas tradition!

	Andrew Ceglio (Director) is a native of San Jose and has found much joy and success working as a local artist in the bay area for the past nine years. Andrew made his directorial debut right here at Cabrillo Stage with the 2008 production of Forever Plaid. Shortly after, Andrew teamed up with the Tabard Theatre Company of San Jose, where he adapted and directed the classic tale by Antoine De Saint- Exupery, The Little Prince. More recently, Andrew was thrilled to be apart of Cabrillo Stage’s successful summer season where he directed and choreographed the musical comedy I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Cabrillo audiences may remember Andrew as The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Seymour in Little Shop..., and Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar. Andrew is thrilled to be back and honored to be collaborating once again with the amazing team here at Cabrillo Stage. Andrew would like to thank his family and friends for the constant love and support, and he looks forward in continuing to bring the arts to theatre lovers everywhere, be it on stage or behind the scenes. Andrew would also like to dedicate this wonderful production to his late Grandfather Carmen Gingerelli.
	Trevor Little (Choreographer) Scrooge marks Trevor’s 9th production with Cabrillo Stage, having directed The Wizard of Oz last summer. He made his professional debut with Cabrillo Stage at the age of 15 in Fiddler On The Roof, followed by roles in Sweeney Todd, Man Of LaMancha, and Annie. Inspired by his experience with Cabrillo Stage, and with the encouragement of long time Artistic Director Lile Cruse, Trevor attended the prestigious Boston Conservatory of Music to continue his studies in Musical Theatre. He returned two years later to take a leading role as the Cat in Honk!. After graduating, Trevor moved to the other side of the table to choreograph Cabrillo’s hit production West Side Story followed by Little Shop of Horrors in 2007. Other acting highlights include the regional theater premiere of The Wild Party with Speakeasy Stage of Boston, Adam/Aron Trask in East Of Eden (Western Stage), The Emcee (Cabaret) Nathan Leopold (Never The Sinner), The Screams of Kitty Genovese (world premiere), Oliver! (Westchester Broadway) and Charles Guiteau in Assassins (UCSC). As Director and/or Choreographer: Alice in Wonderland, Goblin Market, The Wild Party, Grease, Bye Bye Birdie, UCSC’s Queer Fashion Show, and the New Opera and Musical Theatre Initiative. Trevor is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.
	Jon Nordgren (Producing Artistic Director, Music Director) is in his tenth year with Cabrillo Stage and fourth season as the Artistic Director. Since 2002, he has also served as the Director of Bands at Cabrillo College. He was formerly Director of Jazz Studies and Director of Bands at San Joaquin Delta College and Show Orchestra Director at Las Positas College. Jon has adjudicated and presented clinics at music festivals, lectured for the United States Academic Decathlon, and conducted honor bands throughout California. Jon has enjoyed a rewarding career as a freelance woodwind musician, conductor, and arranger including stints with the Santa Cruz Symphony, Princess Cruise Lines and for 13 years at Steve Silver’s musical revue, Beach Blanket Babylon...! He has performed in concert with Manhattan Transfer, The Ink Spots, Smokey Robinson, the Temptations, Little Anthony, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Bobby Rydel, Joanne Castle, Julius LaRossa, Donald O¹Connor, Jack Jones, and the Ringling Bros. & Barnum Bailey Circus. As musical director, his credits include countless productions spanning over the past 35 years. Jon would like to thank his family for their support, his brother Scott, for his inspired collaboration, and his daughters Cassie and Linnea, for their unending enthusiasm for art, music and theater. Jon would not be here if it weren't for a couple of the greatest fans Cabrillo Stage ever had, his parents, Ardean and Lucille.
	Alice Hughes (Assistant Musical Director) has been teaching voice, conducting musicals, and choirs in the Santa Cruz area since 1981. She was musical director for the Shakespeare Santa Cruz productions of Princess And The Pea and Wind In The Willows. She has worked for Cabrillo Stage as vocal director and performer. She is the Visual and Performing Arts Department Chair at Pacific Collegiate School (PCS), where she is also the head of choral activities. Ms. Hughes teaches weekend seminars and workshops for church choir directors in the Western states. Ms. Hughes is the co-producer and director on six compact disc recordings. Other recent musical directing credits include: Honk! (Scotts Valley Performing Arts) Starmites (PCS), No No Nannette, (PCS), and Les Miserables (PCS). Onstage she performed as Foster Wilson in the Cabrillo Stage production of Annie Get Your Gun and as the Baker’s Wife in Into The Woods. She has also performed locally in A My Name Is Alice (Actor’s Theatre), Bread! The Musical (Ortiz Productions), My Fair Lady (Cabrillo Stage), and The King and I (Cabrillo Stage.
	Dustin Leonard (Managing Director / Production Manager) has had the honor of working with Cabrillo Stage since 1998, including Annie, Honk, Peter Pan, Music Man, The Fantasticks, Forever Plaid, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Wizard of Oz, just to name a few. Dustin is the Managing Artistic Director and founder of The Monterey Bay Repertory Theatre and has directed, produced and starred in a number of shows in the Monterey Bay area. Dustin most recently directed Little Shop of Horrors and West Side Story for Cabrillo Stage. Dustin’s diverse directing credits include The Laramie Project, Lord of the Flies, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Outsiders and Romeo & Juliet. His credits include both on and off stage at MBR Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theater, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and Cabrillo Stage. Dustin has managed and produced diverse shows such as A Street Car Named Desire, Christmas Carol, Art, Carousel and many more.
	William “Skip” Epperson (Scenic Design / Props Supervisor) has been teaching theatrical design and backstage theatre for the past 17 years at Cabrillo College and currently serves as the Theatre Arts Program Chair. Holding a MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University, he has had the opportunity to collaborate with many talented directors, designers, and technicians across the country, and has had many artists appear on his designs as actors, singers, and dancers. His work has who’s who - PRODUCTION STAFF Cabrillo Stage • Winter 2009 27 appeared on the stages of many theaters and venues including Cabrillo Theatre Arts, Henry Street Playhouse, Washington and Lee University Theater, Santa Cruz Actors Theater, Santa Cruz Bible Church, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and Cabrillo Stage. Skip is the proud recipient of a 2008 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship. Together with his beautiful bride of 24 years, Mary Jo, his most precious productions have been his four children–Sara, Zack, Anna-Katherine, and Genevieve–ages 21 to 4.
	Kevin Johnston (Lighting Design) Coming Soon
	Maria Crush (Costume Design) has been working with Cabrillo Stage since 1988 and designed such shows as The Wizard of Oz, Annie Get Your Gun, Man of La Mancha, Funny Girl, The Sound of Music, Oliver, The King & I, Peter Pan, Honk, Some Like It Hot, West Side Story and The Music Man. She has designed costumes for West Bay Opera, New Music Works and Cabrillo College Productions including Much Ado About Nothing, Three Penny Opera, A Man For All Seasons, Rashomon, School for Scandal, The Visit, Twelfth Night, The Magic Flute, Oedipus Rex, The Importance of Being Earnest and Seussical. Other Credits include Bernstein’s Mass and The Tender Land with the Cabrillo Music Festival. Additionally she has designed for the Actors’ Theater. She is the costume shop manager at Cabrillo College, won the Gail Rich Award in 2007 and was nominated in 2009 for a Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship.
	Skyler Kirby (Sound Design) has been with Cabrillo Stage for four years now. At age 20 he started his own music label Supply & Demand Entertainment. From live sound to studio recording, from rap to jazz, Skyler has been around it all behind the mixing board. Having just graduated from Cabrillo College, Skyler is looking forward to continuing his career in the music recording business.
	Marcel Tjioe (Technical Director) comes to Cabrillo Stage after working in professional theatre for the last eleven years. Some of the local companies Marcel has worked for include American Musical Theatre of San Jose, San Jose Repertory Theatre, and TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. He has also work internationally in Germany (Capitol Theater in Düsseldorf) and Austria (Seefestspiele Mörbisch). Marcel was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a German citizen and has lived in Santa Cruz for the last 5 Years with his wife Myriam and daughter Sofia. He is the Performing Arts Technician for Cabrillo College.

Actor Information Coming Soon....

Reviews:	Date:
Scrooge is Nostalgic Holiday Treat - Traci Hukill, SC Weekly	12/23/2009

Spirited Performance

Musical 'Scrooge' is a nostalgic holiday treat
-Traci Hukill Santa Cruz Weekly

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