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MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical

May 29, 2025 - Jun 07, 2025

Byham Theater

Sponsored by Carol Hefren Tillotson

MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical, a bold new work celebrating the extraordinary life of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the woman who revolutionized the champagne industry. This groundbreaking production will debut exclusively in Pittsburgh from May 29 – June 7, 2025, at the Byham Theater.

This stand-alone engagement at the Byham Theater is made possible through enhancement funding by commercial producer 42nd Parallel Productions. This collaboration enables Pittsburgh CLO’s ongoing commitment to fostering new works and giving Pittsburgh audiences access to the next great musical before it reaches the world stage.

Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical tells the remarkable true story of a young woman who defied societal expectations to become one of the most powerful forces in the history of champagne. In 1789, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin flees her boarding school as revolution engulfs France. A decade later, an arranged marriage to François Clicquot, the son of her father’s business rival, unexpectedly leads to an innovative partnership in winemaking. But when tragedy strikes, she faces an impossible choice – surrender to fate or risk everything to change the industry forever. With innovation, resilience, and a bold gamble that could make or break her legacy, she takes on the male-dominated world of Champagne, transforming the industry and securing her place in history.

Cast

VICTORIA FRINGS (Barbe-Nicole Clicquot) has an extensive background in both regional and New York theater. Some favorite productions include: An Enemy of the People (Broadway), Constellations (Old Globe), School for Lies (Shakespeare Theater), Vladimir (Manhattan Theater Club), Bald Soprano (Annenberg Center), and The Threepenny Opera (Arden). As a writer and director, Victoria has created two short films, The Club and Stitches. Victoria holds a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Check out her work here: victoriafrings.com.

PAOLO MONTALBAN (Louis Bohne) most recently played the dual roles of Beaufort/ Mr. Van Der Luyden in the stage adaptation of The Age of Innocence at DC’s Arena Stage. He’s best known as Prince Christopher in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Kung Lao on Mortal Kombat: Conquest. You can watch him waltz opposite Brandy once again, as King Charming in Descendants: The Rise of Red on Disney+. He has appeared on Broadway in Pacific Overtures, The King & I, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and as Florenz Ziegfeld in Funny Girl with Lea Michele. He co-stars in the upcoming indie rom-com Asian Persuasion. IG: @paolomontalban

CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (François Clicquot) is thrilled to be making his PCLO debut. A multi-hyphenated artist from Ft. Lauderdale. Broadway: Wicked, Thoughts of a Colored Man, Ain’t Too Proud (OBC). Regional: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (Asolo Rep), Comedy of Errors (STC), Devil Wears Prada (World Premiere), Catch Me If You Can (Arena Stage). Tour: Wicked (Fiyero), RENT  20th Anniversary (Benny, u/s Roger). Commission Playwright at Penn State, 22’. BFA from Penn State, 15’. MA candidate from Roosevelt University 25’. Allons-y! @itschristianthompson

STEVE BLANCHARD (Nicolas Ponsardin) Broadway: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Three Musketeers, Camelot, and A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway: Johnny Guitar, Frankenstein, and Treasure Island. National Tours: Disney’s Newsies, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and Little House on the Prairie. Television: The Blacklist, The Other Two, Prodigal Son, New Amsterdam, House of Cards, Madam Secretary, The Good Fight, and Law & Order. Film: The Final Run, Disney’s Newsies, Cover Me, and When The Moon Was Twice as Big. Original cast recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein, and his own CD, Northbound Train available at watchfiremusic.com

JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER (Jean-Rémy Moët) is ecstatic to return to Pittsburgh and make his PCLO debut in Madame Clicquot! Special highlights - Broadway: Sweeney Todd. National Tour: Hamilton (George Washington here in Pittsburgh!). Lincoln Center: A Little Night Music in Concert, The Black Clown. Regional/International: Coalhouse in Ragtime (City Springs Theatre Company), Collins in RENT (Atlanta Opera, Edinburgh, Aruba National Theatre). Jonathan’s EP Shine is streaming everywhere! Gratitude: Family, WTG, Jeff, UMichigan, McGill University, Laurie, Lisette, and Richie. Choose love everyday! Cheers! @geezjawn

JOSEPH DOMENCIC (Philippe Clicquot) is a local actor, music director, and composer/lyricist who’s worked with The Acting Company, Sundance Theatre Lab, and on dozens of area productions at Pittsburgh CLO (Favorites: Forever Plaid, Titanic, Les Misérables, 1776), Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Unseam’d Shakespeare, and Mountain Playhouse (most recently in A Year with Frog and Toad). A full-time professor at Seton Hill University, his musicals Beyond the Moon (co-authored with his wife, Christina McCann) and The Next Galileo were produced by Pittsburgh CLO’s Gallery of Heroes program. Love to Catherine.

KYLIE EDWARDS (Clémentine Ponsardin) is absolutely thrilled to be returning to PCLO for her third summer! She is a rising senior Musical Theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University. Previous regional credits include: (PCLO) A Musical Christmas Carol, Seussical, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Guys & Dolls, and Anything Goes; (The Muny) Dreamgirls. Kylie would like to thank her incredible family, friends, and professors for their unwavering support! @kylie.edwards1

NICK LAUGHLIN (Napoleon Bonaparte) The Book of Mormon and Drag the Musical Film: DASH. Nick is a director, choreographer, and song writer based in Brooklyn. Recently directing video projects for Joey McIntyre, Idina Menzel, Alaska, Dylan Mulvaney, Twink & A Red Head, Google, OraQuick, Jan Sport & Luxx Noir London. Training: CCM, Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade. Insta @nicklaughs. Love you mom! For Brandon.

DALTON BERTOLONE (Swing, Dance Captain) is thrilled to be making his PCLO debut! Currently on The Addams Family national tour. Favorite credits include: A Chorus Line (The Broadway Palm, San Francisco Playhouse, and Sierra Repertory Theatre); West Side Story (New London Barn Playhouse and Connecticut Repertory Theatre); Disney’s Newsies and West Side Story (Utah Festival of Opera); Elf (Arizona Broadway Theatre), and Footloose, Elements! (Norwegian Cruise Line). Dalton dedicates his performance to his brother, Tyler. The Hartt School BFA. www.daltonbertolone.com  

KAI AN CHEE (Ensemble/Genevieve) is a Malaysian-Chinese actor and musician. Select theater: Miss Saigon (Kim Alternate/Gigi u/s, b’way nat'l tour), Mr. Holland's Opus (Rowena Moraga, Ogunquit Playhouse), Lizard Boy (Siren u/s, off-b’way), and workshops of Jason Robert Brown’s Farewell My Concubine and Michael John LaChiusa’s American Eclipse. TV: FBI: Most Wanted, That Damn Michael Che, and Olga Dies Dreaming. www.kaianchee.com

JORDAN T. DELEON (Ensemble) is a Kansas City native based in NYC. National Tour: Peter Pan. Regional: Meet Me in St. Louis (Theatre Aspen); Cats, Ragtime, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (Music Theatre Wichita); Grease (Starlight Theatre); Chicago, Disney’s The Little Mermaid (The Lexington Theatre Co.); Holiday Inn (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); Bye Bye Birdie (Music Theatre Kansas City). BFA ’23, University of Oklahoma. Special thanks to Mom & Dad! @jordantdeleon

MICHAEL GREER (Ensemble/Moet’s Father/Napoleon’s Soldier 2, US Louis) is thrilled to be back with PCLO this summer! Favorite credits: Puffs (Cedric/Voldy), Hand to God (Timmy, City Theatre), You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up! (Jeff Kahn, Denver Center & National Tour), Shrek The Musical (Big Bad Wolf, North Shore Music Theatre), Altar Boyz (Luke), The Music Man (Charlie Cowell), and over 30 productions with Pittsburgh CLO. Endless love to Mara and Maple Rose, the best Dad ever, and Mom, smiling down from the top Mezzanine

MATTHEW HYDZIK (Ensemble, Doctor, Moet US) Broadway: Gregg Allman in The Cher Show, Buddy in Side Show, Greg in It Shoulda Been You, Tony in West Side Story, and Kenickie in Grease. Off-Broadway: John in Tomorrow Morning. National tours: If/Then, Rent, Fame, Grease, Flashdance. Special appearances with LA Philharmonic, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, MUNY, Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Anneberg Theater Palm Springs, ACT and Edinburgh Fringe. Proud Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State. All my love to my Megan and Grace Willow.

MEREDITH INGLESBY (Ensemble/Barb-Nicole US) Broadway: French Maid/Feather Duster, Babette, in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, then original Broadway cast of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. National Tours: Disney’s On the Record, (original soundtrack), Disney’s Newsies, Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ursula) and Little House on the Prairie the Musical. Film/TV: Disney’s Newsies, Law and Order, & Red Dead Redemption. Regional: Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot (Lyric of OK, ACCCarolina), Donna in Mamma Mia! (Lyric of OK, ACCCarolina) and Reno Who in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (The Old Globe), Off-Broadway: Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. @meredithinglesby

ISABEL KRUSE (Ensemble/Abbess/ US F1/Genivieve) Origins: Australia/Canadian transplant by way of NYC. Recent: Cinderella (Into the Woods), Doralee (9 to 5: The Musical), Diana Goodman (Next to Normal), Rosalind (As You Like It), Dianne (NY workshop / Aus World Premiere - Against the Wall).  Dearly grateful to: this extraordinary Clicquot team, all kickass women who live, make and tell great stories, my mom and dad, and the incomparable Chelsea Davis. Likes/dislikes: Dogs, affogattos, revolution / Straight-tone and red hats. For performance and political takes: @iksings www.iksings.com

JILLIENNE LEIGH (Ensemble) is an award-winning playwright, director, actor, dancer, and a leading member of the Diversity/Inclusion Team at 42nd Parallel Productions. Recent productions include: All We Did Was Blink (Writer/Director/Award recipient, St. Louis Fringe Festival), Where is Elsewhere? (Writer/Director), The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, Radium Girls, 33 Variations, and Madame Clicquot in concert.

PARIS MARTINO (Swing) is thrilled to be making her PCLO debut! Past credits include: Carousel at Riverside Theatre, NY premiere of Mystic Pizza at The Engeman and A Christmas Story at Goodspeed. Paris wants to thank The Godley-Fisher’s for their hospitality, her mom Dawn, her Husband Kyle, Kenneth and the creative team and her agents at ATB. Enjoy! @paris.martino

ERIN MCMILLEN (Ensemble/ Clementine US) PCLO debut! Erin is an actress and singer/songwriter from Boston. Recent credits include the Hadestown National Tour, Rock of Ages, and Evil Dead: The Musical at Wolfbane Productions. She sings the national anthem at Madison Square Garden—Go Knicks! She’s so grateful for her friends, Mom and Terry, Sam, and The Mine. Learn more about her at erinmcmillen.com or follow along @erinmcmillen!

J. ALEX NOBLE (Ensemble, Royal Guard, US Nicolas, Phillipe, Napoleon) is excited to be back on stage with PCLO. Some previous credits with CLO include Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls, Franz in The Sound of Music, Officer Krupke in West Side Story, Bunsen in Disney’s Newsies, Topper in A Musical Christmas Carol, and as Jameson in the world premiere of The Double-Threat Trio. He is a graduate of Point Park University and is a Pittsburgh Local. Proud member of Actor's Equity since 2012.

MAILE ORAVITZ (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at PCLO this summer! A Pittsburgh native, she is based in NYC and recently graduated from The Institute for American Musical Theatre. Regional: West Side Story, A Chorus Line, A Broadway Musical Celebration, The Wizard of Oz (PCLO). Industry: The Cher Show National Tour pre-production (IAMT). It takes a village to make dreams come true—she gives all her love to hers! @maileoravitz

GRANT PACE (Ensemble, Marshall Ney, Francois US) is a rising senior musical theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University. Credits: Les Misérables (The Muny), A Christmas Carol (ZACH Theatre), Titanic (Carnegie Mellon). Grant is is deeply grateful to his parents for their unwavering love, support, and sacrifices, which have been the foundation of his journey in musical theatre. @grant.space

TONYIA M RUE (Ensemble) Native to Pittsburgh, film credits: The Jackson Five and August Wilson’s The Piano Lessons as well as commercials/print ad work. Stage credits: Beetlejuice (Delia), Beautiful (Janelle/Shirelle’s) Pittsburgh CLO’s Gallery of Heroes tour of Pioneers of Flight (Bessie Coleman), Dreamgirls national tour (Lorrell Robinson), Crazy, Sexy, Disco off-Broadway lab (Jam LaRue). Other credits include Pittsburgh Opera Just Above My Head (church lady), Aida (Aida), Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Into the Woods (Cinderella), MacBeth (witch), and Moses at Sight and Sound Theater. Tonyia is also a playwright and director for such pieces as The Company You Keep and Own My Way. Tonyia is very thankful and feels blessed to pursue her passion for the arts.

RONAN RYAN (Ensemble, Vintner) is excited to return to Pittsburgh CLO, having previously appeared as Snowboy in last season’s West Side Story. Other theater credits include: A Chorus Line (Mark) and Disney’s Newsies (Ike/Morris Delancey) at STAGES St. Louis, and 12 productions at The Muny, including swing roles in West Side Story and Sister Act. BFA in Dance from Point Park University, including works by George Balanchine and Al Blackstone. Thanks to Mom and Dad, Dr. Carter, COCA, and Pittsburgh CLO cast and crew! Proud AEA member. | @ronan_j_ryan

KAI SACHON (Ensemble, Richard Leroux) is pumped to join Pittsburgh CLO for the 2025 Summer Season! Kai was seen last year as The Grinch in Seussical. In 2024, he won the Gene Kelly Award for Best Actor and went to NYC as a nominee at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (Jimmy Awards). Now, he's studying Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan. Go Blue!! Kai would like to thank his family, friends, and the entire cast and crew! @kai.sachon

ERIC SORRELS (Ensemble, Priest, Soldier 1) Originally from Tennessee, Eric Sorrels is an award-winning songwriter, librettist, singer, and performer. Regional: tick…tick…BOOM!, Beautiful, The Prom, Jersey Boys, and The Great Comet (Theatre Raleigh); Indecent (Nashville Rep). He is a member of AGMA and sings regularly in professional choirs in New York City. Winner of the 2024 Fred Ebb Award for songwriting, 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant, ASCAP Lucille & Jack Yellen Award and the Eric H Weinberger Librettist Award. BA: University of TN, Knoxville; MFA: NYU. @eric_sorrels

SANTINA UMBACH (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back on stage! She was most recently seen touring Japan as Jasmine with Disney on Classic which can now be seen on Disney+. Other credits include; Broadway: Mamma Mia!; Vegas: Mamma Mia!; Off-Broadway: Dear Jane, Mads Libs Live!; Select Regional: The Prince of Egypt, Evita, In the Heights; Select Workshops: My Pet Dragon, Mambo Italiano, Becoming Cuba. @santinaummm

MAXINE WARREN (Ensemble) A Charlotte, NC native and PPU graduate, Maxine is delighted to be back in Pittsburgh. Her most recent credits include Hunyak in Chicago (artshhi), Miracle on 34th Street (Surflight), and Cha-Cha in Grease (RCCL). When not performing, you can find Maxine in the hustle and bustle of NYC. She wants to thank her family, friends, and mentors for all their support! @maxine_warren

LUNA B. BAKER is a twelve-year-old student at Pittsburgh CAPA Middle School, where her focus is in musical theatre. She trains in jazz, tap, and ballet at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy and receives private voice lessons from Lorriana Markovic. Luna has been involved in multiple CLO spring musicals and summer camp productions. She is so proud to be a part of the CLO team and the world premiere of Madame Clicquot. Luna wants to thank all her teachers, family, and friends for their support. She feels very lucky to be apart of this experience, and looks forward to continue growing as an artist.

NORAH KULICK is a ten year old 5th grade high honor student at Pittsburgh Carmalt Elementary school. She has been participating in a three year Pittsburgh CLO musical program at her school in which she had lead roles in The Wiz, Matilda, and Shrek. She attends Pittsburgh CLO Academy in  which she performed in the production of Cinderella: Youth Edition. In her spare time she enjoys gymnastics and horseback riding.

MARIANA MANGUAL (Young Barbe-Nicole) is thrilled be making her professional debut! A junior at Seton LaSalle High School, Mariana has been involved in a number of productions, both at school and at local theaters.  For the past two years she’s been a finalist for Outstanding Actress in the Gene Kelly Awards at PCLO. She would like to thank her family for their unwavering support, her teachers and friends for cheering her on, and God for an amazing journey. @marimangualll

ARIA MEINERT, an 11-year-old fifth grader at Pittsburgh Montessori School, is thrilled to continue her acting journey as the understudy for Mentine in Pittsburgh CLO’s Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical. Aria’s recent performances include roles in Pittsburgh CLO productions such as A Musical Christmas Carol (Melinda), Mary Poppins Jr. (ensemble), The Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch), Legally Blonde Jr. (Salesperson), and Annie (Annie). Beyond the stage, she enjoys cheering for the Pittsburgh Penguins, building Legos, and traveling. Aria extends her heartfelt thanks to her family, CLO instructors, and fellow cast members for their unwavering support and encouragement.

HARRISYN SCHILPP is thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut in Madame Clicquot! A senior at Knoch High School, Harrisyn has been an active member of the theater program under the direction of Jennifer Bronder. Most recently, he was honored with a Henry Mancini Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can. He trains at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy, where he takes dance, voice, and acting classes, and is part of the Pre-Professional Development Program. Harrisyn also works as the Junior Music Director at Center Stage Dance Academy for their Onstage with Center Stage Musical Theater program. This fall, he will attend Coastal Carolina University to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. He is incredibly grateful to his mentors, friends, family, and especially his mom and dad for always encouraging him to grow as an artist.

HENRY THOMAS is a 12-year-old student at KO Middle School and has proudly studied at the CLO Academy since 2018. He is excited to be a part of this amazing new musical! Recent roles: PCLO Seussical (Jojo/the Boy) and PCLO Music Man (ensemble). He wishes to thank his family, friends and instructors at the CLO Academy, South Park Children’s Theatre and KO Middle School for their continued guidance and support.

Creative Team

LISETTE GLODOWSKI (Book, Music, Lyrics) is an award-winning composer-lyricist, actor, choreographer and educator. She has performed on stages coast to coast, written numerous musicals and plays, choreographed for regional houses, coached many Broadway singers. NYU Tisch MFA graduate. Current writing credits with collaborator Richard C. Walter: Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical, The sold-out concert at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (2021), Industry Readings and more— Tambora: The Lost Kingdom (Industry Reading at NYU) and Escrow! A New Musical. Lisette's other shows include Velvet Over Steel, The Adventures of Atalanta, Much A Cruise About Nothing, Starving Artist: A Song Cycle, Call Me Coppelia and more. Proud member of The Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, AEA, SDC, and the recipient of the Dramatists Guild Foundation Grant in 2020. For more info on her other artistic hats, visit www.lisetteglodowski.com

RICHARD C. WALTER (Book, Music, Lyrics) is a composer-lyricist who has studied and worked in genres including musical theatre, choral, a cappella, pop, jazz, and film scoring. His show Madame Clicquot (co-written with Lisette Glodowski) has had two developmental readings in New York and was part of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series in 2020. Richard has been a guest composer at Columbia University and was commissioned by NYU to team up with his Clicquot collaborator Lisette Glodowski, to write the song "Go Ahead" for the Tisch School of The Arts 2020 graduation ceremony at Radio City Music Hall. Richard has been honored to volunteer as a composer with the 52nd Street Project in NYC, writing new songs and plays with kids. Richard received his B.A. in music from University of Chapel Hill and his MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. www.richardcwalter.com

LAURIE GLODOWSKI (Director/Choreographer) Co-Founder/CEO of 42nd Parallel Productions, Executive Producer of the St. Louis Fringe Festival and Guest Faculty at NYU Tisch. Laurie has produced Tuck Everlasting and Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway and the Bengson’s Hundred Days (Lucille Lortel nom. for Best Musical/Best Actress) Off-Broadway. Select Regional Director/Choreography credits include: The Producers, Singin’ in the Rain, (Winner, Best Choreography, Nom. Best Director), Velvet Over Steel, The Full Monty (Winner, Best Choreography), Wizard of Oz (Nom. Best Choreography), Urinetown, and Little Shop of Horrors.

KENNETH GARTMAN (Music Director/Conductor) Inner Voices III: Arlington (Off-Broadway); The White City, Broadcast and The ToyMaker (Eugene O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference); Danny and the Rocket (NYU/Tisch School of the Arts); Reading of Once Removed (music by Graham Russel of Air Supply); Zapata! The Musical, Show Choir! The Musical, and The ToyMaker (NYMF); Trouble in Shameland (FringeNYC); Pippin, Kiss Me Kate, Singin’ in the Rain (Summer Theatre of New Canaan); Numerous cast recordings, demos, concerts & cabarets. Kenneth Gartman.com @kenneth_gartman

FRANK GALGANO & MATT CASTLE (Arrangements/Orchestration) are multi-faceted theater artists who work primarily as musical arrangers, orchestrators, and music supervisors. Favorite projects include: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Seas the Adventure (Disney Cruise Line), Scotland, PA (Roundabout), Found (Atlantic Theater Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, IAMA), Into the Woods (Roundabout/Fiasco), String (Village Theatre), Chick Flick the Musical (of -Broadway), Once Upon a Mattress starring Jackie Hoffmann and Lypsinka (Transport Group), A Dog Story (of -Broadway), The Elf on the Shelf and American Girl Live! (Mills Entertainment), Up and Away (Pittsburgh CLO), Kris Kringle (Town Hall, Proctors), The Donner Party and A Little Princess (Sacramento); and many new works for TheaterWorksUSA, Kennedy Center, and George Street Playhouse. The duo has also written arrangements for all kinds of wonderful performers including Kristin Chenoweth, Cynthia Erivo, Santino Fontana, Carole King, Aloe Blacc, Heidi Blickenstaff, Beth Leavel, Deborah Vogt, Debra Monk, Randy Newman, and Randy Rainbow – to drop a few names! Frank & Matt are currently writing music for a new show for Disney Cruise Line and are also working with librettist/lyricist Barry Harman to complete an unfinished show begun with the late Keith Herrmann. Next up, they’re composing the score for their first documentary film! www.brainstormtheatrics.com

HOLLY M. BREUER (Scenic Designer) is a Pittsburgh-based multi-disciplinary theatre artist who has designed, taught, stage managed, built, painted, and crafted her way across the U.S. She has taught at Pittsburgh CAPA, the College of Wooster, and Missouri Western State University. Additional design credits: Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Barter Theatre, Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and the Adirondack Theatre Festival. Holly holds an MFA in Scenic Design from Kent State University and a BFA in Design/Technical Theatre from Syracuse University.

JANET CAMPBELL (Costume Design) Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s longtime costumer, Janet Groom Campbell, was with PBT for almost 50 years. She designed over 45 ballets including The Mighty Casey, George Balanchina's Theme and Variations, Symphony in C, Who Cares?, Tarantella, Allegro Brillante, and Sylvia Pas de Deux. She has overseen the costume construction for almost every production performed in those 50 years including 4 different versions of Nutcracker, 2 of Swan Lake, The Great Gatsby, Giselle, and many others. She received her degree from Fashion Academy of Pittsburgh in 1973, has also designed and built work for Dance Alloy, the American Wind Symphony, and Chamber Opera of Pittsburgh. Janet was featured in the Magee Women’s Annual Report entitled, “The Art of Performance”. In 1996, she designed an ornament for the White House Christmas Tree and was invited to the White House to take part in the tree unveiling festivities. Owner of The Dancer's Perfect Fit, a Pittsburgh based dancewear shop, she constructs some of the store's inventory and designs costumes for competitors from the tristate area She is also highly skilled in the art of Scottish kilt making.

PAUL MILLER (Lighting Designer) Internationally, Paul’s work has been seen on stage at the Stratford Festival, London’s West End, Vienna, Teatro alla Scala (Milan), South Africa, China, Manila, Iceland and São Paulo. On Broadway, he has designed 5 musicals and been the Associate/Assistant on 22 others. Notable Off-Broadway favorites include: Desperate Measures, Clinton!, Pageant, Vanities - the Musical, Waiting for Godot, Nunsense, Encores! (9 shows). National Tours: Hairspray, Elf, Wizard of Oz, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Rent, Shrek. Regional: Arizona Theatre Company, The Old Globe, Dallas Theatre Center, Chicago Shakespeare, Idaho Shakespeare, Asolo Rep, ACT, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Goodspeed, and others. Television: Evil (CBS & Paramount+), Live from Lincoln Center, more than 20 Netflix specials, and the internationally televised New Year’s Eve Celebration from Times Square (for 25 years).

MARK CIGLAR (Video Designer) is Founder and CEO of Cinevative, the nation's leading producer of on-screen media for performing arts and live entertainment. His innovative approach to theatrical video has helped increase ticket sales for some of the most prestigious performing arts organizations in the country. His clients include Broadway and national tour producers as well as regional producers and presenters including Center Theatre Group, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Old Globe, Pittsburgh CLO, Denver Center, 5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, Tuacahn Amphitheatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Cirque du Soleil and many others. His video design for stage projections can be seen around the world on Royal Caribbean stage shows (Ovation, Anthem and Harmony ships), Princess Cruises, Explora Journeys, Jalesh Cruislines, Gloria Trevi/Alejandra Guzman World Tours, Alton Brown Live on Broadway, Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye Tour, RAIN the Beatles Tribute Tour, and numerous theatrical tours and venues such as the Superdome, Staples Center, Nissan Stadium, The Dolby Theatre, The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, The MGM Grand and many others. He directed the full-length streaming special, You I Like, a Tribute to Jerry Herman airing on Broadway On Demand, the broadcast capture of Gold Over America starring Simone Biles and the US gymnastics Team, Iceboy! with Megan Mullaly and Nick Offerman, video packages for Disney's Frozen and The Last Ship starring Sting, among many others.

SAM SILVA (Sound Designer) – A Uniontown, PA native, Sam has worked extensively in theatrical audio as A1, A2, Associate Sound Designer, and Sound Designer. Recent credits include Evita (The Rev Theatre), Million Dollar Quartet, Jersey Boys (Apex Touring), Kinky Boots (Theatre By The Sea), and Fiddler on the Roof (The Barn Theatre). Associate Sound Design: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (National Tour). Sam holds a B.A. in Theatre from California University of Pennsylvania. Special thanks to his wife Liz and his family.

SHERRY DEBERSON (Hair Design) is happy to be back working with PCLO on Madame Clicquot. Sherry has worked on many PCLO productions starting 1980. She has also worked for The Pittsburgh Ballet, Elsen Associates, City Theater, The Pittsburgh Public, Operas, Films and Commercials. She is a proud retired I.A.T.S.E. member of local 3 and 798.

RANDY KOVITZ (Fight Director) has been staging fights for over four decades, working on and off Broadway and in regional theater, film and TV. Recent credits For the CLO include AIDA, NEWSIES, OKLAHOMA, THE GREAT COMET and WEST SIDE STORY, four seasons at the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival and the films “The Ballad of the Sad Café” with Vanessa Redgrave, “The Addams Family” — as fencing double for Raul Julia — and the Pittsburgh made films “Unsinkable” and “Basic Psyche.”

FRANK GALGANO (Associate Director) – Co-Founder of Brainstorm Live Entertainment and Brainstorm Records, Frank is an accomplished director, performer, and arranger with credits spanning Off-Broadway, national tours, and over 50 musical orchestrations created with his husband and creative partner, Matt Castle

PAMELA BRUSOSKI (Production Stage Manager) This is Pamela's sixth show with Pittsburgh CLO. Previously she was an assistant stage manager on A Musical Christmas Carol, A Color Purple, Into the Woods, Guys & Dolls, and The Sound of Music. She was a stage manager at Pittsburgh Public Theater for 5 seasons as well as at PICT Classic Theatre. In New York she worked on and off-Broadway including more than 20 years and 45 shows at Irish Repertory Theatre. This spring, she was a stage manager for the world premiere play Last Call at New World Stages. Pamela earned her MFA in Directing from CUNY Brooklyn College. 

KELLY HAYWOOD (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be a part of this new musical. Past PCLO productions: Peter Pan, In the Heights, Aida, Mamma Mia, The Color Purple, A Musical Christmas Carol, Million Dollar Quartet, Titanic, A Chorus Line. Kelly has also done several productions with Pittsburgh Public Theater, Ballet and Opera. In her down time she also works with IATSE Local 3 and 787.

HOPE F. MICHAELSON (Assistant Stage Manager) Pittsburgh CLO Debut! Broadway: Days of Wine and Roses, POTUS, Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age. Off-Broadway: The Public, Lincoln Center Theatre, Atlantic Theater, BAM, Irish Repertory Theatre, PAC. Regional: Spent the last three summers at the MUNY and this spring at Sacramento Music Circus. Graduate of LaGuardia High School and BA from UC Irvine.  All my love to my Dad, Mom, and the Chocolatiers. @hopefmichelson

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MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical

May 29, 2025 - Jun 07, 2025

Byham Theater

Sponsored by Carol Hefren Tillotson

MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical, a bold new work celebrating the extraordinary life of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the woman who revolutionized the champagne industry. This groundbreaking production will debut exclusively in Pittsburgh from May 29 – June 7, 2025, at the Byham Theater.

This stand-alone engagement at the Byham Theater is made possible through enhancement funding by commercial producer 42nd Parallel Productions. This collaboration enables Pittsburgh CLO’s ongoing commitment to fostering new works and giving Pittsburgh audiences access to the next great musical before it reaches the world stage.

Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical tells the remarkable true story of a young woman who defied societal expectations to become one of the most powerful forces in the history of champagne. In 1789, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin flees her boarding school as revolution engulfs France. A decade later, an arranged marriage to François Clicquot, the son of her father’s business rival, unexpectedly leads to an innovative partnership in winemaking. But when tragedy strikes, she faces an impossible choice – surrender to fate or risk everything to change the industry forever. With innovation, resilience, and a bold gamble that could make or break her legacy, she takes on the male-dominated world of Champagne, transforming the industry and securing her place in history.

Cast

VICTORIA FRINGS (Barbe-Nicole Clicquot) has an extensive background in both regional and New York theater. Some favorite productions include: An Enemy of the People (Broadway), Constellations (Old Globe), School for Lies (Shakespeare Theater), Vladimir (Manhattan Theater Club), Bald Soprano (Annenberg Center), and The Threepenny Opera (Arden). As a writer and director, Victoria has created two short films, The Club and Stitches. Victoria holds a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Check out her work here: victoriafrings.com.

PAOLO MONTALBAN (Louis Bohne) most recently played the dual roles of Beaufort/ Mr. Van Der Luyden in the stage adaptation of The Age of Innocence at DC’s Arena Stage. He’s best known as Prince Christopher in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Kung Lao on Mortal Kombat: Conquest. You can watch him waltz opposite Brandy once again, as King Charming in Descendants: The Rise of Red on Disney+. He has appeared on Broadway in Pacific Overtures, The King & I, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and as Florenz Ziegfeld in Funny Girl with Lea Michele. He co-stars in the upcoming indie rom-com Asian Persuasion. IG: @paolomontalban

CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (François Clicquot) is thrilled to be making his PCLO debut. A multi-hyphenated artist from Ft. Lauderdale. Broadway: Wicked, Thoughts of a Colored Man, Ain’t Too Proud (OBC). Regional: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (Asolo Rep), Comedy of Errors (STC), Devil Wears Prada (World Premiere), Catch Me If You Can (Arena Stage). Tour: Wicked (Fiyero), RENT  20th Anniversary (Benny, u/s Roger). Commission Playwright at Penn State, 22’. BFA from Penn State, 15’. MA candidate from Roosevelt University 25’. Allons-y! @itschristianthompson

STEVE BLANCHARD (Nicolas Ponsardin) Broadway: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Three Musketeers, Camelot, and A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway: Johnny Guitar, Frankenstein, and Treasure Island. National Tours: Disney’s Newsies, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and Little House on the Prairie. Television: The Blacklist, The Other Two, Prodigal Son, New Amsterdam, House of Cards, Madam Secretary, The Good Fight, and Law & Order. Film: The Final Run, Disney’s Newsies, Cover Me, and When The Moon Was Twice as Big. Original cast recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein, and his own CD, Northbound Train available at watchfiremusic.com

JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER (Jean-Rémy Moët) is ecstatic to return to Pittsburgh and make his PCLO debut in Madame Clicquot! Special highlights - Broadway: Sweeney Todd. National Tour: Hamilton (George Washington here in Pittsburgh!). Lincoln Center: A Little Night Music in Concert, The Black Clown. Regional/International: Coalhouse in Ragtime (City Springs Theatre Company), Collins in RENT (Atlanta Opera, Edinburgh, Aruba National Theatre). Jonathan’s EP Shine is streaming everywhere! Gratitude: Family, WTG, Jeff, UMichigan, McGill University, Laurie, Lisette, and Richie. Choose love everyday! Cheers! @geezjawn

JOSEPH DOMENCIC (Philippe Clicquot) is a local actor, music director, and composer/lyricist who’s worked with The Acting Company, Sundance Theatre Lab, and on dozens of area productions at Pittsburgh CLO (Favorites: Forever Plaid, Titanic, Les Misérables, 1776), Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Unseam’d Shakespeare, and Mountain Playhouse (most recently in A Year with Frog and Toad). A full-time professor at Seton Hill University, his musicals Beyond the Moon (co-authored with his wife, Christina McCann) and The Next Galileo were produced by Pittsburgh CLO’s Gallery of Heroes program. Love to Catherine.

KYLIE EDWARDS (Clémentine Ponsardin) is absolutely thrilled to be returning to PCLO for her third summer! She is a rising senior Musical Theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University. Previous regional credits include: (PCLO) A Musical Christmas Carol, Seussical, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Guys & Dolls, and Anything Goes; (The Muny) Dreamgirls. Kylie would like to thank her incredible family, friends, and professors for their unwavering support! @kylie.edwards1

NICK LAUGHLIN (Napoleon Bonaparte) The Book of Mormon and Drag the Musical Film: DASH. Nick is a director, choreographer, and song writer based in Brooklyn. Recently directing video projects for Joey McIntyre, Idina Menzel, Alaska, Dylan Mulvaney, Twink & A Red Head, Google, OraQuick, Jan Sport & Luxx Noir London. Training: CCM, Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade. Insta @nicklaughs. Love you mom! For Brandon.

DALTON BERTOLONE (Swing, Dance Captain) is thrilled to be making his PCLO debut! Currently on The Addams Family national tour. Favorite credits include: A Chorus Line (The Broadway Palm, San Francisco Playhouse, and Sierra Repertory Theatre); West Side Story (New London Barn Playhouse and Connecticut Repertory Theatre); Disney’s Newsies and West Side Story (Utah Festival of Opera); Elf (Arizona Broadway Theatre), and Footloose, Elements! (Norwegian Cruise Line). Dalton dedicates his performance to his brother, Tyler. The Hartt School BFA. www.daltonbertolone.com  

KAI AN CHEE (Ensemble/Genevieve) is a Malaysian-Chinese actor and musician. Select theater: Miss Saigon (Kim Alternate/Gigi u/s, b’way nat'l tour), Mr. Holland's Opus (Rowena Moraga, Ogunquit Playhouse), Lizard Boy (Siren u/s, off-b’way), and workshops of Jason Robert Brown’s Farewell My Concubine and Michael John LaChiusa’s American Eclipse. TV: FBI: Most Wanted, That Damn Michael Che, and Olga Dies Dreaming. www.kaianchee.com

JORDAN T. DELEON (Ensemble) is a Kansas City native based in NYC. National Tour: Peter Pan. Regional: Meet Me in St. Louis (Theatre Aspen); Cats, Ragtime, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (Music Theatre Wichita); Grease (Starlight Theatre); Chicago, Disney’s The Little Mermaid (The Lexington Theatre Co.); Holiday Inn (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); Bye Bye Birdie (Music Theatre Kansas City). BFA ’23, University of Oklahoma. Special thanks to Mom & Dad! @jordantdeleon

MICHAEL GREER (Ensemble/Moet’s Father/Napoleon’s Soldier 2, US Louis) is thrilled to be back with PCLO this summer! Favorite credits: Puffs (Cedric/Voldy), Hand to God (Timmy, City Theatre), You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up! (Jeff Kahn, Denver Center & National Tour), Shrek The Musical (Big Bad Wolf, North Shore Music Theatre), Altar Boyz (Luke), The Music Man (Charlie Cowell), and over 30 productions with Pittsburgh CLO. Endless love to Mara and Maple Rose, the best Dad ever, and Mom, smiling down from the top Mezzanine

MATTHEW HYDZIK (Ensemble, Doctor, Moet US) Broadway: Gregg Allman in The Cher Show, Buddy in Side Show, Greg in It Shoulda Been You, Tony in West Side Story, and Kenickie in Grease. Off-Broadway: John in Tomorrow Morning. National tours: If/Then, Rent, Fame, Grease, Flashdance. Special appearances with LA Philharmonic, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, MUNY, Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Anneberg Theater Palm Springs, ACT and Edinburgh Fringe. Proud Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State. All my love to my Megan and Grace Willow.

MEREDITH INGLESBY (Ensemble/Barb-Nicole US) Broadway: French Maid/Feather Duster, Babette, in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, then original Broadway cast of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. National Tours: Disney’s On the Record, (original soundtrack), Disney’s Newsies, Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ursula) and Little House on the Prairie the Musical. Film/TV: Disney’s Newsies, Law and Order, & Red Dead Redemption. Regional: Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot (Lyric of OK, ACCCarolina), Donna in Mamma Mia! (Lyric of OK, ACCCarolina) and Reno Who in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (The Old Globe), Off-Broadway: Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. @meredithinglesby

ISABEL KRUSE (Ensemble/Abbess/ US F1/Genivieve) Origins: Australia/Canadian transplant by way of NYC. Recent: Cinderella (Into the Woods), Doralee (9 to 5: The Musical), Diana Goodman (Next to Normal), Rosalind (As You Like It), Dianne (NY workshop / Aus World Premiere - Against the Wall).  Dearly grateful to: this extraordinary Clicquot team, all kickass women who live, make and tell great stories, my mom and dad, and the incomparable Chelsea Davis. Likes/dislikes: Dogs, affogattos, revolution / Straight-tone and red hats. For performance and political takes: @iksings www.iksings.com

JILLIENNE LEIGH (Ensemble) is an award-winning playwright, director, actor, dancer, and a leading member of the Diversity/Inclusion Team at 42nd Parallel Productions. Recent productions include: All We Did Was Blink (Writer/Director/Award recipient, St. Louis Fringe Festival), Where is Elsewhere? (Writer/Director), The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, Radium Girls, 33 Variations, and Madame Clicquot in concert.

PARIS MARTINO (Swing) is thrilled to be making her PCLO debut! Past credits include: Carousel at Riverside Theatre, NY premiere of Mystic Pizza at The Engeman and A Christmas Story at Goodspeed. Paris wants to thank The Godley-Fisher’s for their hospitality, her mom Dawn, her Husband Kyle, Kenneth and the creative team and her agents at ATB. Enjoy! @paris.martino

ERIN MCMILLEN (Ensemble/ Clementine US) PCLO debut! Erin is an actress and singer/songwriter from Boston. Recent credits include the Hadestown National Tour, Rock of Ages, and Evil Dead: The Musical at Wolfbane Productions. She sings the national anthem at Madison Square Garden—Go Knicks! She’s so grateful for her friends, Mom and Terry, Sam, and The Mine. Learn more about her at erinmcmillen.com or follow along @erinmcmillen!

J. ALEX NOBLE (Ensemble, Royal Guard, US Nicolas, Phillipe, Napoleon) is excited to be back on stage with PCLO. Some previous credits with CLO include Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls, Franz in The Sound of Music, Officer Krupke in West Side Story, Bunsen in Disney’s Newsies, Topper in A Musical Christmas Carol, and as Jameson in the world premiere of The Double-Threat Trio. He is a graduate of Point Park University and is a Pittsburgh Local. Proud member of Actor's Equity since 2012.

MAILE ORAVITZ (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at PCLO this summer! A Pittsburgh native, she is based in NYC and recently graduated from The Institute for American Musical Theatre. Regional: West Side Story, A Chorus Line, A Broadway Musical Celebration, The Wizard of Oz (PCLO). Industry: The Cher Show National Tour pre-production (IAMT). It takes a village to make dreams come true—she gives all her love to hers! @maileoravitz

GRANT PACE (Ensemble, Marshall Ney, Francois US) is a rising senior musical theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University. Credits: Les Misérables (The Muny), A Christmas Carol (ZACH Theatre), Titanic (Carnegie Mellon). Grant is is deeply grateful to his parents for their unwavering love, support, and sacrifices, which have been the foundation of his journey in musical theatre. @grant.space

TONYIA M RUE (Ensemble) Native to Pittsburgh, film credits: The Jackson Five and August Wilson’s The Piano Lessons as well as commercials/print ad work. Stage credits: Beetlejuice (Delia), Beautiful (Janelle/Shirelle’s) Pittsburgh CLO’s Gallery of Heroes tour of Pioneers of Flight (Bessie Coleman), Dreamgirls national tour (Lorrell Robinson), Crazy, Sexy, Disco off-Broadway lab (Jam LaRue). Other credits include Pittsburgh Opera Just Above My Head (church lady), Aida (Aida), Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Into the Woods (Cinderella), MacBeth (witch), and Moses at Sight and Sound Theater. Tonyia is also a playwright and director for such pieces as The Company You Keep and Own My Way. Tonyia is very thankful and feels blessed to pursue her passion for the arts.

RONAN RYAN (Ensemble, Vintner) is excited to return to Pittsburgh CLO, having previously appeared as Snowboy in last season’s West Side Story. Other theater credits include: A Chorus Line (Mark) and Disney’s Newsies (Ike/Morris Delancey) at STAGES St. Louis, and 12 productions at The Muny, including swing roles in West Side Story and Sister Act. BFA in Dance from Point Park University, including works by George Balanchine and Al Blackstone. Thanks to Mom and Dad, Dr. Carter, COCA, and Pittsburgh CLO cast and crew! Proud AEA member. | @ronan_j_ryan

KAI SACHON (Ensemble, Richard Leroux) is pumped to join Pittsburgh CLO for the 2025 Summer Season! Kai was seen last year as The Grinch in Seussical. In 2024, he won the Gene Kelly Award for Best Actor and went to NYC as a nominee at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (Jimmy Awards). Now, he's studying Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan. Go Blue!! Kai would like to thank his family, friends, and the entire cast and crew! @kai.sachon

ERIC SORRELS (Ensemble, Priest, Soldier 1) Originally from Tennessee, Eric Sorrels is an award-winning songwriter, librettist, singer, and performer. Regional: tick…tick…BOOM!, Beautiful, The Prom, Jersey Boys, and The Great Comet (Theatre Raleigh); Indecent (Nashville Rep). He is a member of AGMA and sings regularly in professional choirs in New York City. Winner of the 2024 Fred Ebb Award for songwriting, 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant, ASCAP Lucille & Jack Yellen Award and the Eric H Weinberger Librettist Award. BA: University of TN, Knoxville; MFA: NYU. @eric_sorrels

SANTINA UMBACH (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back on stage! She was most recently seen touring Japan as Jasmine with Disney on Classic which can now be seen on Disney+. Other credits include; Broadway: Mamma Mia!; Vegas: Mamma Mia!; Off-Broadway: Dear Jane, Mads Libs Live!; Select Regional: The Prince of Egypt, Evita, In the Heights; Select Workshops: My Pet Dragon, Mambo Italiano, Becoming Cuba. @santinaummm

MAXINE WARREN (Ensemble) A Charlotte, NC native and PPU graduate, Maxine is delighted to be back in Pittsburgh. Her most recent credits include Hunyak in Chicago (artshhi), Miracle on 34th Street (Surflight), and Cha-Cha in Grease (RCCL). When not performing, you can find Maxine in the hustle and bustle of NYC. She wants to thank her family, friends, and mentors for all their support! @maxine_warren

LUNA B. BAKER is a twelve-year-old student at Pittsburgh CAPA Middle School, where her focus is in musical theatre. She trains in jazz, tap, and ballet at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy and receives private voice lessons from Lorriana Markovic. Luna has been involved in multiple CLO spring musicals and summer camp productions. She is so proud to be a part of the CLO team and the world premiere of Madame Clicquot. Luna wants to thank all her teachers, family, and friends for their support. She feels very lucky to be apart of this experience, and looks forward to continue growing as an artist.

NORAH KULICK is a ten year old 5th grade high honor student at Pittsburgh Carmalt Elementary school. She has been participating in a three year Pittsburgh CLO musical program at her school in which she had lead roles in The Wiz, Matilda, and Shrek. She attends Pittsburgh CLO Academy in  which she performed in the production of Cinderella: Youth Edition. In her spare time she enjoys gymnastics and horseback riding.

MARIANA MANGUAL (Young Barbe-Nicole) is thrilled be making her professional debut! A junior at Seton LaSalle High School, Mariana has been involved in a number of productions, both at school and at local theaters.  For the past two years she’s been a finalist for Outstanding Actress in the Gene Kelly Awards at PCLO. She would like to thank her family for their unwavering support, her teachers and friends for cheering her on, and God for an amazing journey. @marimangualll

ARIA MEINERT, an 11-year-old fifth grader at Pittsburgh Montessori School, is thrilled to continue her acting journey as the understudy for Mentine in Pittsburgh CLO’s Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical. Aria’s recent performances include roles in Pittsburgh CLO productions such as A Musical Christmas Carol (Melinda), Mary Poppins Jr. (ensemble), The Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch), Legally Blonde Jr. (Salesperson), and Annie (Annie). Beyond the stage, she enjoys cheering for the Pittsburgh Penguins, building Legos, and traveling. Aria extends her heartfelt thanks to her family, CLO instructors, and fellow cast members for their unwavering support and encouragement.

HARRISYN SCHILPP is thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut in Madame Clicquot! A senior at Knoch High School, Harrisyn has been an active member of the theater program under the direction of Jennifer Bronder. Most recently, he was honored with a Henry Mancini Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can. He trains at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy, where he takes dance, voice, and acting classes, and is part of the Pre-Professional Development Program. Harrisyn also works as the Junior Music Director at Center Stage Dance Academy for their Onstage with Center Stage Musical Theater program. This fall, he will attend Coastal Carolina University to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. He is incredibly grateful to his mentors, friends, family, and especially his mom and dad for always encouraging him to grow as an artist.

HENRY THOMAS is a 12-year-old student at KO Middle School and has proudly studied at the CLO Academy since 2018. He is excited to be a part of this amazing new musical! Recent roles: PCLO Seussical (Jojo/the Boy) and PCLO Music Man (ensemble). He wishes to thank his family, friends and instructors at the CLO Academy, South Park Children’s Theatre and KO Middle School for their continued guidance and support.

Creative Team

LISETTE GLODOWSKI (Book, Music, Lyrics) is an award-winning composer-lyricist, actor, choreographer and educator. She has performed on stages coast to coast, written numerous musicals and plays, choreographed for regional houses, coached many Broadway singers. NYU Tisch MFA graduate. Current writing credits with collaborator Richard C. Walter: Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical, The sold-out concert at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (2021), Industry Readings and more— Tambora: The Lost Kingdom (Industry Reading at NYU) and Escrow! A New Musical. Lisette's other shows include Velvet Over Steel, The Adventures of Atalanta, Much A Cruise About Nothing, Starving Artist: A Song Cycle, Call Me Coppelia and more. Proud member of The Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, AEA, SDC, and the recipient of the Dramatists Guild Foundation Grant in 2020. For more info on her other artistic hats, visit www.lisetteglodowski.com

RICHARD C. WALTER (Book, Music, Lyrics) is a composer-lyricist who has studied and worked in genres including musical theatre, choral, a cappella, pop, jazz, and film scoring. His show Madame Clicquot (co-written with Lisette Glodowski) has had two developmental readings in New York and was part of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series in 2020. Richard has been a guest composer at Columbia University and was commissioned by NYU to team up with his Clicquot collaborator Lisette Glodowski, to write the song "Go Ahead" for the Tisch School of The Arts 2020 graduation ceremony at Radio City Music Hall. Richard has been honored to volunteer as a composer with the 52nd Street Project in NYC, writing new songs and plays with kids. Richard received his B.A. in music from University of Chapel Hill and his MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. www.richardcwalter.com

LAURIE GLODOWSKI (Director/Choreographer) Co-Founder/CEO of 42nd Parallel Productions, Executive Producer of the St. Louis Fringe Festival and Guest Faculty at NYU Tisch. Laurie has produced Tuck Everlasting and Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway and the Bengson’s Hundred Days (Lucille Lortel nom. for Best Musical/Best Actress) Off-Broadway. Select Regional Director/Choreography credits include: The Producers, Singin’ in the Rain, (Winner, Best Choreography, Nom. Best Director), Velvet Over Steel, The Full Monty (Winner, Best Choreography), Wizard of Oz (Nom. Best Choreography), Urinetown, and Little Shop of Horrors.

KENNETH GARTMAN (Music Director/Conductor) Inner Voices III: Arlington (Off-Broadway); The White City, Broadcast and The ToyMaker (Eugene O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference); Danny and the Rocket (NYU/Tisch School of the Arts); Reading of Once Removed (music by Graham Russel of Air Supply); Zapata! The Musical, Show Choir! The Musical, and The ToyMaker (NYMF); Trouble in Shameland (FringeNYC); Pippin, Kiss Me Kate, Singin’ in the Rain (Summer Theatre of New Canaan); Numerous cast recordings, demos, concerts & cabarets. Kenneth Gartman.com @kenneth_gartman

FRANK GALGANO & MATT CASTLE (Arrangements/Orchestration) are multi-faceted theater artists who work primarily as musical arrangers, orchestrators, and music supervisors. Favorite projects include: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Seas the Adventure (Disney Cruise Line), Scotland, PA (Roundabout), Found (Atlantic Theater Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, IAMA), Into the Woods (Roundabout/Fiasco), String (Village Theatre), Chick Flick the Musical (of -Broadway), Once Upon a Mattress starring Jackie Hoffmann and Lypsinka (Transport Group), A Dog Story (of -Broadway), The Elf on the Shelf and American Girl Live! (Mills Entertainment), Up and Away (Pittsburgh CLO), Kris Kringle (Town Hall, Proctors), The Donner Party and A Little Princess (Sacramento); and many new works for TheaterWorksUSA, Kennedy Center, and George Street Playhouse. The duo has also written arrangements for all kinds of wonderful performers including Kristin Chenoweth, Cynthia Erivo, Santino Fontana, Carole King, Aloe Blacc, Heidi Blickenstaff, Beth Leavel, Deborah Vogt, Debra Monk, Randy Newman, and Randy Rainbow – to drop a few names! Frank & Matt are currently writing music for a new show for Disney Cruise Line and are also working with librettist/lyricist Barry Harman to complete an unfinished show begun with the late Keith Herrmann. Next up, they’re composing the score for their first documentary film! www.brainstormtheatrics.com

HOLLY M. BREUER (Scenic Designer) is a Pittsburgh-based multi-disciplinary theatre artist who has designed, taught, stage managed, built, painted, and crafted her way across the U.S. She has taught at Pittsburgh CAPA, the College of Wooster, and Missouri Western State University. Additional design credits: Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Barter Theatre, Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and the Adirondack Theatre Festival. Holly holds an MFA in Scenic Design from Kent State University and a BFA in Design/Technical Theatre from Syracuse University.

JANET CAMPBELL (Costume Design) Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s longtime costumer, Janet Groom Campbell, was with PBT for almost 50 years. She designed over 45 ballets including The Mighty Casey, George Balanchina's Theme and Variations, Symphony in C, Who Cares?, Tarantella, Allegro Brillante, and Sylvia Pas de Deux. She has overseen the costume construction for almost every production performed in those 50 years including 4 different versions of Nutcracker, 2 of Swan Lake, The Great Gatsby, Giselle, and many others. She received her degree from Fashion Academy of Pittsburgh in 1973, has also designed and built work for Dance Alloy, the American Wind Symphony, and Chamber Opera of Pittsburgh. Janet was featured in the Magee Women’s Annual Report entitled, “The Art of Performance”. In 1996, she designed an ornament for the White House Christmas Tree and was invited to the White House to take part in the tree unveiling festivities. Owner of The Dancer's Perfect Fit, a Pittsburgh based dancewear shop, she constructs some of the store's inventory and designs costumes for competitors from the tristate area She is also highly skilled in the art of Scottish kilt making.

PAUL MILLER (Lighting Designer) Internationally, Paul’s work has been seen on stage at the Stratford Festival, London’s West End, Vienna, Teatro alla Scala (Milan), South Africa, China, Manila, Iceland and São Paulo. On Broadway, he has designed 5 musicals and been the Associate/Assistant on 22 others. Notable Off-Broadway favorites include: Desperate Measures, Clinton!, Pageant, Vanities - the Musical, Waiting for Godot, Nunsense, Encores! (9 shows). National Tours: Hairspray, Elf, Wizard of Oz, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Rent, Shrek. Regional: Arizona Theatre Company, The Old Globe, Dallas Theatre Center, Chicago Shakespeare, Idaho Shakespeare, Asolo Rep, ACT, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Goodspeed, and others. Television: Evil (CBS & Paramount+), Live from Lincoln Center, more than 20 Netflix specials, and the internationally televised New Year’s Eve Celebration from Times Square (for 25 years).

MARK CIGLAR (Video Designer) is Founder and CEO of Cinevative, the nation's leading producer of on-screen media for performing arts and live entertainment. His innovative approach to theatrical video has helped increase ticket sales for some of the most prestigious performing arts organizations in the country. His clients include Broadway and national tour producers as well as regional producers and presenters including Center Theatre Group, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Old Globe, Pittsburgh CLO, Denver Center, 5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, Tuacahn Amphitheatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Cirque du Soleil and many others. His video design for stage projections can be seen around the world on Royal Caribbean stage shows (Ovation, Anthem and Harmony ships), Princess Cruises, Explora Journeys, Jalesh Cruislines, Gloria Trevi/Alejandra Guzman World Tours, Alton Brown Live on Broadway, Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye Tour, RAIN the Beatles Tribute Tour, and numerous theatrical tours and venues such as the Superdome, Staples Center, Nissan Stadium, The Dolby Theatre, The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, The MGM Grand and many others. He directed the full-length streaming special, You I Like, a Tribute to Jerry Herman airing on Broadway On Demand, the broadcast capture of Gold Over America starring Simone Biles and the US gymnastics Team, Iceboy! with Megan Mullaly and Nick Offerman, video packages for Disney's Frozen and The Last Ship starring Sting, among many others.

SAM SILVA (Sound Designer) – A Uniontown, PA native, Sam has worked extensively in theatrical audio as A1, A2, Associate Sound Designer, and Sound Designer. Recent credits include Evita (The Rev Theatre), Million Dollar Quartet, Jersey Boys (Apex Touring), Kinky Boots (Theatre By The Sea), and Fiddler on the Roof (The Barn Theatre). Associate Sound Design: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (National Tour). Sam holds a B.A. in Theatre from California University of Pennsylvania. Special thanks to his wife Liz and his family.

SHERRY DEBERSON (Hair Design) is happy to be back working with PCLO on Madame Clicquot. Sherry has worked on many PCLO productions starting 1980. She has also worked for The Pittsburgh Ballet, Elsen Associates, City Theater, The Pittsburgh Public, Operas, Films and Commercials. She is a proud retired I.A.T.S.E. member of local 3 and 798.

RANDY KOVITZ (Fight Director) has been staging fights for over four decades, working on and off Broadway and in regional theater, film and TV. Recent credits For the CLO include AIDA, NEWSIES, OKLAHOMA, THE GREAT COMET and WEST SIDE STORY, four seasons at the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival and the films “The Ballad of the Sad Café” with Vanessa Redgrave, “The Addams Family” — as fencing double for Raul Julia — and the Pittsburgh made films “Unsinkable” and “Basic Psyche.”

FRANK GALGANO (Associate Director) – Co-Founder of Brainstorm Live Entertainment and Brainstorm Records, Frank is an accomplished director, performer, and arranger with credits spanning Off-Broadway, national tours, and over 50 musical orchestrations created with his husband and creative partner, Matt Castle

PAMELA BRUSOSKI (Production Stage Manager) This is Pamela's sixth show with Pittsburgh CLO. Previously she was an assistant stage manager on A Musical Christmas Carol, A Color Purple, Into the Woods, Guys & Dolls, and The Sound of Music. She was a stage manager at Pittsburgh Public Theater for 5 seasons as well as at PICT Classic Theatre. In New York she worked on and off-Broadway including more than 20 years and 45 shows at Irish Repertory Theatre. This spring, she was a stage manager for the world premiere play Last Call at New World Stages. Pamela earned her MFA in Directing from CUNY Brooklyn College. 

KELLY HAYWOOD (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be a part of this new musical. Past PCLO productions: Peter Pan, In the Heights, Aida, Mamma Mia, The Color Purple, A Musical Christmas Carol, Million Dollar Quartet, Titanic, A Chorus Line. Kelly has also done several productions with Pittsburgh Public Theater, Ballet and Opera. In her down time she also works with IATSE Local 3 and 787.

HOPE F. MICHAELSON (Assistant Stage Manager) Pittsburgh CLO Debut! Broadway: Days of Wine and Roses, POTUS, Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age. Off-Broadway: The Public, Lincoln Center Theatre, Atlantic Theater, BAM, Irish Repertory Theatre, PAC. Regional: Spent the last three summers at the MUNY and this spring at Sacramento Music Circus. Graduate of LaGuardia High School and BA from UC Irvine.  All my love to my Dad, Mom, and the Chocolatiers. @hopefmichelson