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May 24 & 25, 2008
Merrimack Hall
Huntsville, Alabama

Based on the memoirs of
Homer Hickam Jr.

Directed by Carl Anthony Tramon
Musical Supervision by Joseph Baker
Musical Direction by Anthony Ruggiero

* Member of Actors' Equity Association

Stage Manager: Priscilla Krause

Production

JOE BAKER (Musical Supervisor and Pianist) on and around Broadway for over 20 years, including: Wicked, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, The Life, Grand Hotel, Starlight Express, The Tap Dance Kid, Little Shop of Horrors, Catskills on Broadway, Footloose, Bells Are Ringing, and Laughing Room Only. He has also done duties as Orchestrator, Vocal Arranger or Dance Arranger on shows as Bubbly Black Girl, The Green Heart, and Footloose. He has performed with several well-known artists on the concert stage, and especially enjoys work in the symphonic orchestra field. He has conducted for Artists such as Helen Reddy, Petula Clarke, Art Garfunkel, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Jackie Mason, Carole King, and David and Shaun Cassidy.

Mr. Baker composed and arranged the score for the smash hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, and is Composer Arranger –Producer for DittyDoodle Works, an exciting new children’s TV series on Public Television WLIW, with a possible world wide release in 2007. His other “musical life” includes projects in his own midtown studio, and when not being a musical-arranger, he arranges time with his wife Renae, and children Rosemary and David Baker. He dedicates his work on this concert to his father, who showed by example that anything is possible through love and generosity.

ANTHONY RUGGIERO (Musical Director) brings a varied list of theatrical and musical experience to the stage. A native of northeastern Ohio, Ruggiero earned a MM degree in Voice (Performance) from Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music. Credits as MD include productions of Sweeney Todd, The Last Five Years, Assassins, On The Twentieth Century, and the world premiere of Coming to America, by James Hindman. Currently he is Musical Director for Tomfoolery (Nutley Little Theatre) and Einstein’s Breakfast (Bethany Beach, DE). In the fall, Mr. Ruggiero is scheduled to be pianist for a NY showcase production of Songs For A New World.

PRISCILLA KRAUSE (Stage Manager) lists credits that include The Odd Couple (Northeast Alabama Community College); Education of Hyman Caplyn, Flowers For Algernon (Dade County High School – Student Director); The Crucible (Dade County High School - Dialect Coach); Set construction, Pre-production duties, Lighting & Set Properties (Northeast Alabama Community College); Drama scholarship recipient at Northeast Alabama Community College with numerous actor/singer roles. Dialect specialties: British Aristocrat & Cockney; Southern.

† - Can be heard on our RocketPlayer, as performed by the Huntsville Cast.

‡ - Can be heard on our RocketPlayer.

Huntsville
THANK YOU!

First and foremost to our wonderful and dedicated cast!!

Thank you for Rocket City's kindness, especially:
Merrimack Hall's Debra and Alan Jenkins,
Brenda Black, Karen Rouse, Charlie Sanderson (Technical Director),
Leigh Siefferman (Lighting Design) and the entire staff

Homer and Linda Hickam!!

Mayor Loretta Spencer

Frances and Wes Clayton
Butch and Jerry Damson
Cathleen and Daniel Klibanoff
Ed and Gayle Buckbee
Linda and Gus Morard

Chris Welch & The Huntsville Times
Burke Allen
Ron Harris
Chuck Puckett
Pianists Oleta Hunt and Christopher Joel Carter

Carol English
Amy Bandas
Lauralai Osinski
Carolyn Sanders

Colonial Printing, Lyn's Gracious Goodness,
New Media Productions, AB Stephens, Soundcell
Kinko's, Holiday Inn Downtown

Huntsville’s own Priscilla Krause,
possibly the best Stage Manager and nicest human being in the world!

Special thanks to Anne Tramon, Mother, friend, producer and Super-Being

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