Next Stop, Broadway!
Director: Jay Berkow
Music Director: Matthew Shabala
Stage Manager: Mary Toth
Lighting Designer: Benjamin Arnett
Sound Designer: Liv Farley
Director's Note
Welcome to Next Stop, Broadway. every year the graduating seniors of the WMU Music Theatre Performance Program travel to New York City to perform a Showcase for Theatrical Agents, Casting Directors, and other industry professionals in order to get a jump-start on their careers in the business. After working passionately for four years, this is an exceptional opportunity to audition in the big time. many of our past graduates have in fact booked agents and gigs directly from their performance in Showcase. Eighteen years ago we began the Next Stop, Broadway performances to feature our graduating seniors performing their Showcase as the opening act for an exciting broadway performer who in turn would be in residence on campus for a week, working with the seniors on their songs and giving them invaluable advice about entering the professional field.
Show Information
Part I: Music Theatre Performance Class of 2023
1. This is Me - Full Cast
2. Be a Little Wild - Madeline Hatfield
3. Turn it Off - Luke James Cloherty
4. Decided to Marry You - Grace Carroll, Chris Graham, Megan Grace Ludwig
5. Sonia Alone - True Chin-Parker
6. Part of a Painting - Adam Nyhoff
7. How Glory Goes - Mason Gratton
8. Once Upon a Time - Sophia Maria Gabriel
9. Love is an Open Door - Henry Lee, Ana Isabel Passero
10. Fragmented - Sophia Bellefeuille
11. One Track Mind - Chris Graham
12. Charleston with Me - Luke James Cloherty, Madeline Hatfield
13. Looking for Love on Broadway - Henry Lee
14. You Love Who You Love - Grace Carroll, True Chin-Parker
15. Breathe - Ana Isabel Passero
16. Nothing Without Me - Mason Gratton, Adam Nyhoff
17. Gorgeous - Grace Carroll
18. Show Off - Megan Grace Ludwig
19. Who Will Love Me As I Am - Sophia Bellefeuille, Sophia Maria Gabriel
20. Finale - All
Part II: An Evening with Faith Prince
1. Broadway Baby Medley/The Lament
2. Hard Way
3. Other Side of The Tracks
4. Somewhere That's Green
5. Suddenly Seymour
6. Sweet Kentucky Ham
7. Hurry it's Lovely Here
8. What Did I Have
9. Holding to the Ground
10. Villians Medley (Poor Unfortunate Pies) Worst Pies/Poor Unfortunate Souls/Little Girls
11. Getting to Know You
12. Starting Here/Starting Now Medley
Photography and video are prohibited at this performance.
There will be one 15-minute intermission.
Music Theatre Class of 2023
Sophia Bellefeuille
Grace Carroll
True Chin-Parker
Luke James Cloherty
Sophia Maria Gabriel
Chris Graham
Mason Gratton
Madeline Hatfield
Henry Lee
Megan Grace Ludwig
Adam Nyhoff
Ana Isabel Passero
Production Staff
Followspot Operators: Brooklynn Hebert, Jaden Kellman, Isiah Lee, Zach Trent
Audio Assistant: Lindsey Cook
Faith Prince
Faith Prince has been dazzling Broadway audiences since winning the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as “Ms. Adelaide” in Guys and Dolls. As one of Broadway’s best loved leading ladies, Faith most recently starred on Broadway in Disaster! The musical for which she received rave reviews. In a role she was born to play, she also starred as the scheming, irascible “Miss Hannigan” in the Broadway revival of Annie. In 2008, she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for A Catered Affair. Other Broadway credits include The Little Mermaid, Bells are Ringing (Tony, DD, OCC noms), Nick & Nora (OCC Award), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Tony, DD noms), Little Me, The Dead, and Noises Off. She also starred in the world premiere of Terrence McNally’s Unusual Acts of Devotion and in the national tour of the Broadway hit Billy Elliott. Chicago audiences had the opportunity to see Faith on stage in the iconic role of “Brenda” in the new musical version of the hit movie First Wives Club.
Faith currently recurs on the ABC hit series Modern Family. She also recurred as Joey Lawrence’s mother on ABC Family’s long running series Melissa & Joey and wrapped her 5-season run as Brooke Elliott’s mother on Lifetime’s popular series Drop Dead Diva. She was a series regular on Showtime’s Huff starring as “Kelly Knippers,” the love interest of Oliver Platt, and recurred for five seasons on Spin City. Other television credits include Scream Queens, Galavant, Angel from Hell, A Gifted Man, Happy Endings, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Faith, House, Medium, Sweet Potato Queens, Monk, Now and Again, Welcome To New York and Law and Order. Film credits include Our Very Own, Picture Perfect, Dave, and My Father the Hero. She recently travelled to Australia for a concert tour with her Annie co-star Anthony Warlow, which included performances at the Sydney Opera House and the Adelaide Music Festival. She works often with the Boston Pops, Utah Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, and Philly Pops, and starred in the Orlando Philharmonic’s concert version of Sweeney Todd. Faith toured her original show Moving On in Australia to rave reviews, and also toured in Over the Rainbow, a concert celebrating the centennial of Harold Arlen. Faith’s new album, Total Faith, was recorded at the Royal Room in the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach and was recently released by Broadway Records. Her award-winning album, A Leap of Faith, was recorded at Joe’s Pub.
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BIOS
Benjamin Arnett (Lighting Designer): is a junior from Caro, MI. Previous Credits: Lighting Designer, The Lightning Thief; Lightboard Programmer, Into the Woods; Lightboard Programmer, Pippin; Technical Director, On the Town.
Sophia Bellefeuille: is a senior from Los Angeles, CA. Previous Credits: Yvonne, Sunday in the Park with George; Stepmother, Into the Woods; Sally Jackson, The Lightning Thief.
Grace Carroll: is a senior from Arlington Heights, IL. Previous Credits: Logan, The Thanksgiving Play; Lady Cordelia/Flora, Emilia; The Witch, Into the Woods; Lysandra, A Midsummer Nights Dream; Thelma, Timoramino; Cathy, The Last Five Years.
True Chin-Parker: is a senior from Granville, OH. Previous Credits: Annabeth Chase, The Lightning Thief; Lady Anne/Lord Collins/Dave, Emilia; Kleo, Lys; Marcy Park, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Celeste 1, Sunday in the Park with George.
Luke James Cloherty: is a senior from Kenosha, WI. Previous Credits: Gabey, On The Town (upcoming); Lewis, Pippin; Ensemble, Children of Eden in Concert at the Cadillac Palace.
Liv Farley (Sound Designer): is a senior from Crystal Lake, IL. Previous Credits: Sound Designer, The Lightning Thief; Sound Designer, Head Over Heels; Sound Designer, Sweat; Sound Designer, Night of Scenes; Foley Artist, Timoramino; Sound Board Operator, Tribes. Liv will be going on tour with the Kennedy Center for a theatre for young audiences production in January as the Sound Supervisor and Assistant Technical Director.
Sophia Maria Gabriel: is a senior from Warsaw, IN. Previous Credits: Philoclea, Head Over Heels; Lucinda, Into the Woods; Nurse, Sunday in the Park with George.
Chris Graham: is a senior from Rochester, MI. Previous Credits: Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief; Jordan Berman, Significant Other; Abel/Ham, Children of Eden.
Mason Gratton: is a senior from Traverse City, MI. Previous Credits: Baker, Into the Woods; Captain, The Old Man and The Old Moon; Chiron/Mr. Brunner, The Lightning Thief.
Madeline Hatfield: is a senior from Carmel, IN. Previous Credits: Fastrada, Pippin; Logainne, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Florinda, Into the Woods; Celeste #2, Sunday in the Park with George; featured dancer/Mopsa Understudy, Head Over Heels.
Henry Lee: is a senior from Vancouver, HK. Brandy Bottles Bates, Guys and Dolls; Ensemble/Dametas Understudy, Head Over Heels; Royal Advisor/Ensemble, Pippin; Hal, Lys; Franz/Lee Randolph, Sunday in the Park with George. Proud founder and creator of Lego Broadway Sets, recently on display in the exhibition Brick by Brick, Putting It Together: The Broadway Set Miniatures of Henry Lee at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Megan Grace Ludwig: is a senior from Marquette, MI. Previous Credits: Cinderella, Into the Woods; Claire, On The Town (upcoming); Sister Mary Robert, Sister Act.
Adam Nyhoff: is a senior from Zeeland, MI. Previous Credits: Boatman, Sunday in the Park with George; Jamie, The Last 5 Years; Leaf, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Rapunzel's Prince, Into the Woods; Llewellyn/Music Director, The Old Man and the Old Moon; Pippin, Pippin.
Ana Isabel Passero: is a senior from Monterrey, MX. Previous Credits: Gynecia, Head Over Heels; Cinderella, Into the Woods; Olive, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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