October 12 - 28, 2012
Zombie Prom
Music by Dana P. Rowe
Book and Lyrics by John Dempsey
Based on a story by Mr. Dempsey & Hugh Murphy
This "girl loves ghoul, rock-and-roll, Off Broadway musical" is set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, where the law is laid down by a zany, tyrannical principal. Pretty senior Toffee has fallen for the class bad boy. Family pressure forces her to end the romance, and he charges off on his motorcycle to the nuclear power plant. He returns undead, glowing and determined to reclaim Toffee's heart. He still wants to graduate, but most of all he wants to take Toffee to the prom. The principal orders him to drop dead while a scandal reporter seizes on him as the freak du jour. History comes to his rescue while a tuneful selection of original songs in the style of 50s hits keeps the action rocking across the stage.

MEET THE CAST

Alana Peters (Coco) is ecstatic to be returning to SecondStory after previously being seen in Joseph last season! She is a graduate of WWU and trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet and the School of Ballet Chicago. She has performed lead roles in works by Martha Graham and Tricia Brown as well as interned with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Local credits: Maggie in A Chorus Line (SMT), The Producers (Village Theatre), West Side Story (5th Avenue). Up next: The Music Man at the 5th Avenue!

Brynne Geiszler (Delilah Strict) is very excited to be making her debut with SecondStory Repertory! Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Brynne received her BFA in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts and has performed in many venues around the area. She was named “Person to Watch” by BroadwayWorld Seattle for 2011. Favorite roles include Jo (Little Women), Linda (The Wedding Singer), Janet (The Rocky Horror Show), and Rhoda (White Christmas). She wants to thank the entire creative team for giving her this opportunity, and sends much love to her family, friends and especially her amazing fiancé Dan! www.brynnegeiszler.com

Jessica Spencer (Toffee) is so excited to be back at SecondStory Repertory to play Toffee in Zombie Prom! You may have seen Jessica this past year at Village Theatre's New Works Festival in Johnny Baseball... if you didn't you missed her because other than that she was busy getting married and training her happy puppy! She would like to send her love to her new family, Randy & Wynter. I'm so proud of both of you for running towards your dreams and FINALLY being potty trained. Next up, Fiddler on the Roof ensemble swing Fruma Sarah/Shandel, understudy at Village Theatre. Go Zombies!

Joshua Downs (Joey) is a Seattle native who recently graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in Theater and Music. While there, he spent two years on the Pepperdine Improv Troupe and recently appeared in Final Fantasy: The Improvised Adventures with Unexpected Productions. Favorite roles include Horace Vandergelder (Hello, Dolly!), Lord Capulet (Romeo & Juliet), Frosh (Die Fledermaus), Beadle Bamford (Sweeney Todd), and Sorin (The Seagull). Josh is thrilled to be making his Seattle debut at SecondStory, working on such a fun project with a hysterically imaginative and fun cast and crew.

Alicia Mendez (Candy) is reanimated to be gracing the SecondStory Rep stage for the second time this year. She was last scene as Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show. Alicia spent her summer shooting a feature horror film The Anniversary which will be premiering in Seattle on Halloween. Alicia's favorite roles include Little Sally, Urinetown, Timoune, Once on This Island and the Witch, Into the Woods. Alicia would like to dedicate this show to Casey, "7 years in the making...well worth the wait."

Anthony Pallozzi (Jake) is excited to be performing on the SSR stage once again and with such a talented group of people. Past credits at SSR include; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chicago, and the SSR 2012-2013 Season Sneak Peek. Favorite roles include; Frank-N-Furter (The Rocky Horror Show), Lucky (Dames at Sea), Harry Houdini (Ragtime), Linus (You're... Charlie Brown), and Mark (A Chorus Line). He would like to thank his friends and family for all of their love and support.

Casey Raiha (Eddie Flagrante) is thrilled to be making his SSR debut with this production! Recent Credits include "RENT" (5th Avenue), Charlie Davenport in "Annie Get Your Gun" (Village Theatre), and Lt. Cable in "South Pacific" (Lyric Light Opera). Dedicates this show to his parents, and to Alicia.

Christina Masson (Ginger) is thrilled to be onstage at SSR after being seen in "Joseph..." last fall. Most recent credits include performing in all 3 shows with Leavenworth Summer Theatre. She also stage manages in the Seattle area, so wave to her in the booth when you see "A Christmas Carol" at SSR this December!

Jeremy Adams (Josh) This is Jeremy’s first show at SecondStory. He has been singing and dancing his way around the Seattle-Tacoma region for four years, performing in various venues such as Seattle Musical Theatre, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, and Centerstage. This last summer he was seen as Barnaby at Coeur D’Alene summer theatre’s Hello, Dolly! and participated in 5th Avenue Theatre’s Adventure Musical Theatre children’s tour. Much love to family and friends.

Eric Hagreen (Jonny Warner) is exited to return to SecondStory Rep! Credits include Moritz Steifel-Spring Awakening, Tom Collins-RENT, Voltaire/Pangloss-Candide (Cornell University), Robert-Proof, Mysterious Man-Into the Woods (Ithaca College). "This one is for Nicole and Caitlin!"

PRODUCTION TEAM

Rob MacGregor (Director) is ecstatic to be returning to SSR after directing the staged reading of Lady of Chaos this summer for the first annual Play Rave. He has recently returned to his native Northwest after a five-year sojourn abroad. While away, Rob developed and led the theater program at Utopya School in Istanbul, moonlighted as a sawed-off correspondent for TimeOut Magazine, traversed Asia while reporting on the tech industry and really, really missed root beer. Locally, Rob has worked with: ArtsWest, ReAct, Open Circle, Straight-Edge Theatrics, EXITheatre, Centerstage, Gaydar Productions and RipTide Theater. Brains.

Philip Evart Lacey (AD/Choreographer) Philip is a Seattle-based actor, director and choreographer and is excited to be working at SSR. Favorite past projects include directing and/or choreographing Thoroughly Modern Millie, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Hairspray, Kiss Me Kate, and performing as Don Lockwood in Singing in the Rain and the title character in Bat Boy, here at SSR. Go Team Zombie!

Jocelyne Fowler (Costume Designer) has designed for Book-It Repertory Theatre (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant), Seattle Musical Theatre (Legally Blonde), Vashon Opera (Eugene Onegin), Youth Theatre Northwest (The Sound of Music, Cinderella: Rockin’ the ‘80s, The Crucible, The Who’s Tommy and 2010 and 2011’s Haunted Forest), Harlequin Productions (The Americans Across the Street), Theatre 912 (Everything in the Garden, Jason and Medea and The Cherry Orchard), SecondStory Repertory (The Dancing Princess, The Princess and the Pea and Children of Eden), ReAct Theatre (Driving Miss Daisy, A Language of Their Own and Yellow Face), Live Girls (Quickies 13 and Emerald City), Ghostlight Theatricals (Freak Storm and Hedda), and Seattle Pacific University (Much Ado About Nothing).  

Alyssa Milione (Stage Manager/Lighting Designer) is thrilled to once again be working at SecondStory. She is a recent transplant to Seattle from Vermont and holds a Bachelors of the Arts Degree from Florida State University with a dual focus in lighting design and stage management. Some of her favorite credits include Machinal (Asolo Conservatory), Some Enchanted Evening (Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center), and Hair (FSU). Special thanks to Homie G and Sams.

ALSO:

Terry Alaric (Music Director)