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Tom Atkins (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Mr. Atkins returns for his fourth Scrooge. His Pittsburgh Public Theater productions include One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, The Chief, A Moon For The Misbegotten, Macbeth, Vikings, Cobb, The Steward of Christendom, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Weir, Drawer Boy and You Can’t Take It With You. On Broadway he appeared in The Changing Room and The Front Page; Off-Broadway in Whistle in the Dark and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Television credits include “Rockford Files,” “Lou Grant,” “M*A*S*H,” “Law & Order,” “Homicide,” “Oz,” “Xena,” “Pennsylvania Lynch” and “Lemon Sky.” Mr. Atkins spent six seasons at Long Wharf and ten summers at Williamstown Theater Festival. Film credits include “Escape from New York,“ “The Fog,” “Creepshow,” “Lethal Weapon,” “Bob Roberts,” “Bruiser,” “Striking Distance,” “Night of the Creeps,” “My Bloody Valentine 3D,” “Drive Angry” and “The Chief” on DVD. Look for the “Indie” film, “Judy’s Dead” in 2012. |
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Paul Domencic (Town Crier, Young Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
Mr. Domencic is a graduate of The Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, he has appeared regionally with City Theatre, Colonial Theatre, St. Michael’s Playhouse, The Depot Theatre, St. Vincent Summer Theatre and Mountain Playhouse. He has also appeared on several daytime soaps. “…I know there will be boys and girls who dance and play around the branches of the tree…knowing that, my heart dances and plays too.”
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John Dooley (Caroler, Party Guest, Spirit at Window)
Mr. Dooley’s roles include; Bruce Granit (On the Twentieth Century), Riff (West Side Story), Rolf Gruber and Captain Von Trapp (The Sound of Music), Olin Britt (The Music Man), Lieutenant Wright (The Secret Garden) and Marcel (The Boyfriend). Companies include; Theater at Monmouth, Playhouse on the Square, Tulsa Opera, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, Portland Opera, Utah Symphony and Opera Memphis.
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Justin Fortunato (Tom Watkins, Dick Wilkins, Undertaker)
Mr. Fortunato is making his CLO debut with A Musical Christmas Carol. Justin recently graduated from Point Park University with his BFA in Musical Theatre. He has worked with the Playhouse Jr, Primestage, The REP, and St. Vincent REP.
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Jodi Gage (Caroler, Party Guest, Spirit at Window)
This is Ms. Gage's third year performing in Pittsburgh CLO's A Musical Christmas Carol. Past credits include: Crimes of the Heart (Meg) with Theatre Factory; Orpheus and the Underworld (Diana) with Oberlin Conservatory; Working (Housewife) in Hamilton, Scotland; Lion in Winter (Alice) with Hamilton Civic Theater. Ms. Gage is a current M.F.A. candidate at Point Park University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
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Lisa Ann Goldsmith (Mrs. Cratchit)
Ms. Goldsmith has performed with many notable companies regionally and Off-Broadway, and has appeared locally with Pittsburgh Public Theater, The REP, Quantum Theatre, and Unseam’d Shakespeare. She has directed for Tulsa Shakespeare in the Park, Protean Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and The Microscopic Opera Company, and has numerous film and TV credits.
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Brittany Graham (Caroler, Party Guest, Spirit at Window)
Ms. Graham returns to A Musical Christmas Carol after appearances as a caroler in 2008 and 2009. Her credits include: Sessions: A New Musical with Robert Newman; Pittsburgh CLO’s A Musical Christmas Carol; Royal Carribean featured singer; The Club; Zombies from the Beyond; Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein and more.
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Tim Hartman (Charity Worker, Mr. Fezziwig, Ghost of Christmas Present, Businessman)
Mr. Hartman returns to A Musical Christmas Carol for the 16th time. Tim has been professionally acting, singing, writing, cartooning and storytelling all over the country since 1972. Though known primarily for his work on the stage, including recent appearances on Broadway in A Tale of Two Cities and the Tony® nominated Finian’s Rainbow, Tim’s greatest joy is performing his own brand of improvisational, stand-up comedy, storytelling for children and family audiences. If you would like Tim to perform for your school or civic organization, visit his web site at www.timhartman.com.
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Billy Hepfinger (Goose Vendor, School Master, Toy Train Vendor, Topper)
Mr. Hepfinger recently starred in Pittsburgh CLO’s Gallery of Heroes production of Young Washington as George Washington. He is a graduate of Princeton University, where he studied literature and theater, acted in his spare time, and sang with the Princeton Nassoons, one of the country's oldest a cappella groups. He is also a graduate of North Allegheny High School, a Gene Kelly Award winner, a former Pittsburgh CLO intern and is a resident of Allison Park, PA. Other Pittsburgh credits include Corny Collins in Hairspray (PMT), Dora the Explorer Live! (Children’s Museum), and the 2011 Young Playwrights Festival (City Theatre).
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Jeffrey Howell (Bob Cratchit)
Mr. Howell is a veteran of numerous productions of A Musical Christmas Carol. Jeff’s onstage credits include Beauty and the Beast, Candide, Bells are Ringing, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, Chicago and Man of LaMancha. Television credits include “All My Children,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Equal Justice” and “The Oksana Baiul Story.” Films: “The Cemetery Club,” “Sudden Death,” “The Dark Half” and “The Bride in Black.” Work with the Pittsburgh Symphony includes A Tribute to Lerner and Loewe, Of Thee I Sing, Classical Rap and Peter and the Wolf.
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Daniel Krell (Marley’s Ghost, Young Marley, Businessman)
Mr. Krell has appeared in over 30 productions with PCLO and has acted in major roles in the area’s professional theatres such as the Public, City Theatre, Quantum, Bricolage, PICT, and the Playhouse Rep, to name a few and in regional theatres such as Clarence Brown Theatre and Gateway Playhouse among others. Dan is also a veteran of many films, commercials, industrials, and voice-overs. Up next: As You Like It at the Public.
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Mary Lamb (Fan, Alice, Laundress)
Ms. Lamb is making her Pittsburgh CLO debut. Credits include Hairspray (Amber VonTussle), Annie Get Your Gun (Winnie Tate), Cabaret (Kit Kat Girl), Fame (Serena) and Footloose (Ariel). Mary will be playing Nellie Bly in PCLO’s 2012 Gallery of Heroes tour. Look for Mary this spring in the feature film “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”
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Caitlin Elizabeth Reilly (Missy Watkins, Martha Cratchit)
Ms. Reilly returns to Pittsburgh CLO after seven previous appearances in A Musical Christmas Carol. Favorite roles include Olive Ostrovsky (25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Cecilia Flores (Lydia), Ado Annie (Oklahoma!), Marty (Grease!), Millie (Picnic), Lesly (The House of Yes) and most recently Suzy in The Beck Center’s The Marvelous Wonderettes. UArts grad. Proud member AEA.
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Connor Russell (Peter Cratchit, Young Scrooge’s Schoolmate)
Mr. Russell returns for his second season as Peter Cratchit. Credits include: Disney’s Aladdin (5th Avenue Theatre), 42nd Street, The Who’s Tommy, Bye Bye Birdie (Village Theatre), High School Musical (Seattle Children’s Theatre), Zanna Don’t! (Contemporary Classics), Hairspray (PMT), Illyria, Evita, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Carousel (Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory). Connor is a senior musical theatre major, dance minor, at Point Park University.
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Scott P. Sambuco (Caroler, Party Guest, Spirit at Window, Young Scrooge’s Schoolmate)
Mr. Sambuco is a Pittsburgh CLO veteran making his 12th appearance in A Musical Christmas Carol. He has appeared in Pittsburgh CLO productions of The Pirates of Penzance, Annie, My Fair Lady, Funny Girl, She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls, Crazy For You, Grand Hotel and Bye, Bye, Birdie.
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Amanda Serra (Charity Worker, Ghost of Christmas Past, Peg)
Ms. Serra returns to the cast of A Musical Christmas Carol for an 11th time. Other Pittsburgh CLO credits include: Music Man, Hello, Dolly, Me and My Girl and The Sound of Music. New York credits: Disembodied Heads, Dialing For Donna, Amahl and the Night Visitors and Ripper – the Musical. Regional credits: Evita, Oliver!, Light in the Piazza, Two By Two, Pajama Game and Bells Are Ringing. www.amandaserra.net
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Amanda Slaughter (Belle, Bess)
Credits: National Tour of Seven Brides…; Rocky Horror… and I Love You, You’re Perfect… (Leap of Faith Productions); television pilot “Munhall;” Pittsburgh CLO; Candlewood Playhouse; WVPT; PMT; Pittsburgh Playhouse; Theatre Factory; CCAC South Summer Theatre; Conley Inn Dinner Theater. BFA Musical Theatre, Point Park. Instructor: CAPA; The Living Room Theatre Company.
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Mark Tinkey (Fred, Businessman)
Mr. Tinkey returns for his fourth production of A Musical Christmas Carol and his 1st time appearing as Fred. Past credits for CLO include Mikey, Tony and Eddie in Shear Madness, Forbidden Broadway, and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Mark is represented by The Talent Group.
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Terry Wickline (Mrs. Dilber, Mrs. Fezziwig)
Ms. Wickline returns to A Musical Christmas Carol for the 12th year. Credits include: PCLO..The Sound of Music, Me and My Girl, Anything Goes, Hello Dolly, Funny Girl, Nunsense (Reverend Mother), and Always…Patsy Cline. Among regional credits: The Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism), Much Ado About Nothing, Jekyll and Hyde, and The Grapes of Wrath (Ma Joad).
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Jake Curtis (Turkey Boy)
Mr. Curtis studies at Weir Middle and the CLO Academy. He’s making his CLO debut. In addition to numerous vocal accomplishments, he has performed for Weirton Community Players and Brooke Playhouse.
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Mathew Fedorek (Cratchit Child)
Mr. Fedorek studies dance and musical theater at the CLO Academy and Estill Voice at Mon Valley Performing Arts. Credits include: Oliver! (Oliver), A Christmas Carol, the Musical (Tiny Tim), Evita (Children’s Choir) and Anne of Green Gables (Charlie Sloane).
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Allison Joyce (Cratchit Child)
Ms. Joyce is a fifth grader at Avonworth Elementary who loves to sing, dance and act. She is a CLO Academy student who was last seen in the Children’s Choir for Jesus Christ Superstar on the Pittsburgh CLO mainstage.
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Delaney Schmidt (Belinda)
Ms. Schmidt is a 7th grader at Carson Middle School, a Pittsburgh CLO Academy student and Mini Star. She also appeared in CLO’s Oliver!
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Eli Tokash (Tiny Tim)
Mr. Tokash returns for his third year as Tiny Tim. He is an 8 year-old, third grade student at St. Joseph the Worker School in Weirton, WV. He attends the Pittsburgh CLO Academy and last performed for Pittsburgh CLO in Jesus Christ Superstar this past summer. Other credits include the short film "Anywhere But Here" which premiered at the Three Rivers Film Festival and the feature film "Super 8," directed by JJ Abrams. Eli can also be seen as a face/voice for the American Diabetes Association in their public service announcements.
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