FALSETTOS
Sep 20 - Nov 5, 2023
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Directed by Meredith McDonough
Music Direction by Jason Hansen
Choreography by Emily Michaels King
Uniquely hilarious and heartbreaking, FALSETTOS is a contemporary musical set at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic about family, relationships, baseball and bar mitzvahs. When Marvin leaves his wife, Trina, and son, Jason, to be with his lover, Whizzer, confusion is unleashed, but so is the power and possibility of chosen family and choosing to love.
Theater Latté Da is grateful for the generosity of our Production Sponsors, Kent Allin & Dr. Tom Knabel.
Starring Sasha Andreev, Serena Brook, Sheena Janson Kelley, Sam Mandell, Sara Masterson, Eric Morris and Max Wojtanowicz.
Falsettos runs 2 hours and 30 minutes (including a fifteen minute intermission).
PS = Post Show Discussions
ASL/AD Performance is October 5th at 7:30 pm. Reduced price tickets are available for $17.50 for ASL/AD patrons and one guest. Please call 612-339-3003 to purchase.
OC = Open Captioned Performance
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Photos by Dan Norman
VIDEOS
Video by PLQ Productions
REHEARSAL PHOTOS
Photos by Morgan Gray
THE CAST
+ CAST BIOGRAPHIES
SASHA ANDREEV* (Marvin) THEATER LATTÉ DA: All is Calm (Off-Broadway, Tour, Minneapolis), Twelve Angry Men, Ragtime, Steerage Song, NEXT New Works Series. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park With George, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Edgardo Mine; History Theater: The Defeat of Jesse James, Runestone; Asolo Repertory Theater: Ragtime; Pillsbury House Theatre: Jimmy and Lorraine; Frank Theatre: The Cradle Will Rock; Trademark Theatre: Understood; Mixed Blood: Corazon Eterno; Park Square Theater: Sons of the Prophet, Hennepin Theatre Trust: Buyer and Cellar. FILM/TV: Bezos: The Beginning, A Taste of Love, Best Man Down, “Stranger Things” (Netflix), “I Was There” (History Channel), “In an Instant’ (ABC); Host of “Operation Build” (A&E), “Curb Appeal” (HGTV), and on ShopHQ. TRAINING: Vassar College, National Theater Institute, Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Company. UPCOMING: Asolo Rep: Inherit the Wind, Intimate Apparel, Twelve Angry Men.
SERENA BROOK* (Trina) THEATER LATTÉ DA: debut. THEATER: Off-Broadway: Dear Edwina; National Tour: How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Guthrie Theater: A Christmas Carol; History Theatre: A Servants’ Christmas; Artistry: The Pajama Game; Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Fiddler on the Roof, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, Beauty and the Beast, Grease,The Music Man; Other: Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Theatre Elision, Playwrights’ Center, New London Barn Playhouse, 24-Hour Plays, Shadowland Theatre, Cape Rep Theatre; LIVE RADIO: A Prairie Home Companion, Live from Here; TRAINING: B.F.A. in Acting, University of MN Duluth. www.serenabrook.com UPCOMING: Artistry: R&H’s Some Enchanted Evening.
SHEENA JANSON KELLEY (Charlotte) THEATER LATTÉ DA: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: Guys & Dolls (Assistant Director); Ten Thousand Things Theater: Into The Woods, Fiddler on the Roof, Dear World; Theater Mu: A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Woods.
SAM MANDELL** (Jason) THEATER LATTÉ DA: debut. THEATER: Children’s Theatre Company: An American Tail, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical, Annie; The Zephyr Theatre: School of Rock; Stages Theatre: Elf The Musical Jr.; Minnetonka Theatre: Chaplin, Mary Poppins. Sam is currently a sophomore at St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts.
SARA MASTERSON* (Cordelia & Understudy Trina) Sara could not be more thrilled to be making her Theater Latte Da debut with this incredible company. Her credits include A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Little Shop of Horrors (Idaho Shakespeare Festival/Great Lakes Theater), Next to Normal (Syracuse Stage), Fun Home (Portland Center Stage), Mamma Mia! (Bucks County Playhouse), The Secret Garden (Idaho Shakespeare Festival/Great Lakes Theater), How to Succeed in Business … (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), Love Story (Playhouse Square) and A Little Night Music (New London Barn Playhouse). She is a proud graduate of the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. Love to Daniel and her family. Visit saramastersonactor.com or follow her on Instagram @saraemasterson.
ERIC MORRIS* (Mendel) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Assassins. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: Guys & Dolls; Artistry: Pajama Game, The Bridges of Madison County; History Theatre: A Servant’s Christmas, Runestone, Lord Gordon Gordon; Nautilus Music-Theater: Twisted Apples; The Barn Theatre: Million Dollar Quartet, Seven Brides, The Wedding Singer, 9 to 5, The Who’s Tommy, Big River. DIRECTING: Old Log Theatre: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Ghost, Tenderly, The Play That Goes Wrong, Escape to Margaritaville; Theatre L’Homme Dieu: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; The Barn Theatre: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical; Lakeshore Players: The Three Musketeers. TRAINING: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, UPCOMING: Come buzz with me at my new performance space, The Hive Collaborative in St. Paul! www.eric-morris.com, www.thehivecollaborativemn.com, www.buzzmusictheater.com.
MAX WOJTANOWICZ* (Whizzer) THEATER LATTÉ DA: All Is Calm, C. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: Into the Woods, Hamlet, As You Like It, Sunday in the Park with George; Ordway Center: Disney's Beauty and the Beast; Theatre L'Homme Dieu: Clue; History Theatre: Christmas of Swing; Children’s Theatre Company: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Sneetches, Shrek, The Wizard of Oz, Romeo and Juliet; Jungle Theater: Redwood, You Can't Take It With You; Old Log: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder; Ten Thousand Things: The Good Person of Szechwan, The Unsinkable Molly Brown; Park Square Theatre: The Pirates of Penzance; Nautilus Music-Theater: Ordinary Days, Carousel; The Catalysts: Fruit Fly, Ball: A Musical Tribute To My Lost Testicle. TRAINING: B.A. St. Olaf College. UPCOMING: Guthrie Theater: 'Art'.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Meredith McDonough
Music Director: Jason Hansen†
Choreographer: Emily Michaels King
Assistant Director: Zach Christensen
Scenic Designer: Mina Kinukawa
Lighting Designer: Grant Merges
Costume Designer: Rich Hamson
Wig, Makeup, & Hair Designer: Emma Gustafson
Props Supervisor & Designer: Abbee Warmboe
Sound Designer: Katherine Horowitz
Dramaturg: Elissa Adams
Prod. Stage Manager: Shelby Reddig*
Assistant Stage Manager: Austin Schoenfelder
Technical Director: Bethany Reinfeld
Associate Technical Director: Eric Charlton
Costume Supervisor: Amber Brown
Light Board Supervisor & Light Board Operator: Andrew Norfolk
Audio Supervisor & Sound Board Operator: Nicholas Tranby
Scenic Charge: Sara Herman
Dresser: Ash Kaun
Light & Sound Board Operator Swing: Corinne Steffens
Carpenter: Whitley Cobb
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
**Member of SDC, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union
^Member of the United Scenic Artists, a national union that represents designers and scenic painters for the American theater
†Member of Twin Cities Musicians Union, American Federation of Musicians
*FALSETTOS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com