Program Information
Fall 2016 Company: 10/1/16-12/8/16
Theatreworks USA
Barbara Pasternack
Ken Arthur
Artistic Director
Producing Director
Presents
THE LIGHTNING THIEF
Book by
Music, Lyrics & Orchestrations by
Joe Tracz
Rob Rokicki
Adapted from the Book by
Rick Riordan
Scenic Design by
Lee Savage
Originally Directed by
Stephen Brackett
Stage Manager
Byron F. Abens
Costume Design by
Music Director
Sydney Maresca
Rob Rokicki
Originally Choreographed by
Original Fight Direction by
Sam Pinkleton
Fight Director
Casey Matteson
Turner Smith
Assistant Director
Jane Skapek
Casting
Jason Blitman
Choreographer
Amanda Phelan
Director
Nick Saldivar
CAST
(alphabetical by role)
Annabeth .............................................................................................................................................................................. Nevada Brandt
Mr. Brunner & Others / Fight Captain ...................................................................................................................................... Luis Quintero
Grover ................................................................................................................................................................................... Jordan Diggory
Luke & Others ........................................................................................................................................................................ Justin Luciano
Percy Jackson ......................................................................................................................................................................Jake Glassman
Sally & Others .................................................................................................................................................................... Sammi Sadicario
The taking of pictures and/or making of visual or sound recording is expressly forbidden.
Please check the houseboard for any program changes.
This program from Theatreworks USA is supported, in part, with public funds from
the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency,
and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
The actors and stage manager employed in this production are
members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional
actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Director/ Choreographer is a member of the
STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
“The Day I Got Expelled” ................................................................................................................................................................... Company
“Strong” ......................................................................................................................................................................................................Sally
“The Weirdest Dream” ............................................................................................................................................................... Percy Jackson
“Their Sign” ..........................................................................................................................................................Chiron, Luke, Percy Jackson
“Put You in Your Place”” .................................................................................................................................. Clarisse, Annabeth, Ensemble
“The Oracle”...................................................................................................................................................................The Oracle, Ensemble
“Killer Quest” ...................................................................................................................................... Percy Jackson, Grover, Luke, Annabeth
“The Tree on the Hill” ........................................................................................................................................................... Grover, Ensemble
“In the Same Boat”......................................................................................................................... Percy Jackson, Annabeth, Grover, Charon
“Put You in Your Place (Reprise)” ..................................................................................................... Ares, Percy Jackson, Annabeth, Grover
“The Last Day of Summer (Part 1)” ................................................................................................................................................... Company
“Good Weird” ............................................................................................................................................................Percy Jackson, Annabeth
“The Last Day of Summer (Part 2)” ................................................................................................................................................... Company
“The Day I Got Expelled (Finale)” ...................................................................................................................................................... Company
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
(alphabetical by role)
NEVADA BRANDT (Annabeth) is very excited to be making
her Theatreworks debut and is thrilled to be a part of this
show! Nevada is from Burbank, California and just recently
graduated from CAP21. Her stage credits include: The Sound
of Music (Liesl) and Sweeney Todd (The Beggar Woman)
Voiceover: Barbie, a Perfect Christmas (Skipper) Barbie, The
Pearl Princess and Barbie, Princess Power. Nevada would
like to thank her Mom and Dad and her loving Josh!
LUIS QUINTERO (Mr. Brunner & Others/ Fight Captain) is a
recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of
the Arts. Recent credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Bottom), Nine (Guido Contini), and Hedda Gabler (Eilert
Lovborg). He would like to thank his friends and family for their
continued love and support.
JORDAN DIGGORY (Grover) is a Rochester, NY native, and
a graduate of the University at Buffalo. Recent credits include
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Martin Van Buren), Legally
Blonde (Warner), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Demetrius). In his spare time, Jordan is an avid unicorn
wrangler and octopus enthusiast. Support local music, support
local artists.
JUSTIN LUCIANO (Luke & Others) is so excited to be making
his touring debut with The Lightning Thief! Regional credits
include: Tony in West Side Story (Cortland Rep), Drew in
Rock of Ages (Midtown Arts Center), and Chris in Miss Saigon
(Interlakes Theatre). Thanks to his family and friends for their
never ending support.
JAKE GLASSMAN (Percy Jackson) is thrilled to be touring
with The Lightning Thief! Previous regional credits:
The Addams Family, Dogfight, Billy Elliot, Rent, American
Idiot. Jake is a graduate of NYU Tisch: New Studio and has
performed at Feinstein's/54 Below, Joe's Pub, The Waldorf
Astoria, NYMF, and Radio City. Love to the fam!
Www.jglassman.com
SAMMI SADICARIO (Sally & Others) is a recent graduate
from the BFA Musical Theatre Program at Penn State, with a
minor in Theology. This past summer, she worked at the
Millbrook Playhouse on Rock of Ages and The Little Mermaid.
She would like to thank her Mom, Dad and Carly.
JOE TRACZ (Book) is a playwright and screenwriter whose
work has been developed with Manhattan Theatre
Club, Roundabout, and Second Stage, and published in Best
American Short Plays. Joe is currently working on the first
season of the Netflix series Lemony Snicket's A Series of
Unfortunate Events and Poster Boy (music and lyrics by Craig
Carnelia). Film/TV credits include Epic (20th Century Fox) and
Lights Out (FX). His musical Be More Chill (with composer Joe
Iconis) premiered at Two River Theatre in 2015. Joe is a
former Playwrights Realm writing fellow and an Ars Nova Play
Group alum. He has a BA from Kalamazoo College and an
MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
ROB ROKICKI (Music/Lyrics/Orchestrations/ Music Director)
is a songwriter, performer and music director in NYC. He is a
member of the Dramatists Guild, Actor’s Equity, and alum of
the Tony Award-winning BMI workshop. Rob is the co-author
(with Michael Ruby) of two award-winning musicals: Love,
NY and Strange Tails and is hard at work on others
including Relativity and the multi-media Monstersongs: Martha
& Me (NY Fringe), Samson’s Fire (The Cell), Gingerbread
House (NYFA). Rob has performed in national tours, at
Carnegie Hall and is a frequent performer with Joe Iconis &
Family. Music Directing: Departure Lounge (Public); ReWrite
(Goodspeed); Hairspray (Engeman). He recently released his
first studio album featuring wonderful Broadway friends
available on itunes. www.robertrokicki.com. Camp Half-Blood!
NICK SALDIVAR (Director) Nick’s work has been recognized
by the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival,
where he was awarded a SDC Student Directing Fellowship.
He has worked for the Long Wharf Theatre, Huntington
Theatre Company, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Hangar
Theatre, National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival, RWS
& Associates, Holland America Lines, Orlando International
Fringe Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, The
Winnipesaukee Playhouse and TheatreworksUSA. He was
a recipient of a SDCF Observership on Randy Newman’s
Faust: The Concert directed by Thomas Kail www.NickSaldivar.com
AMANDA PHELAN (Choreographer) is a performer and
choreographer with a love for crossword puzzles and green
tea. Some favorite previous projects include Clare Barron’s I’ll
Never Love Again, Clubbed Thumb's workshop production of
Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves, and her own piece For
Claude, created for and dedicated to her godmother. She has
worked with choreographer Sam Pinkleton for companies like
the Civilians, Theatre for a New Audience, and CBS. BFANYU
JANE SKAPEK (Assistant Director) is a recent graduate of
Fordham University and a former member of the Hangar
Theatre
2016
Lab
Company. Previous
directing
projects include Marat/Sade, The Little Prince, Henry IV part I,
The Laramie Project (Fordham) and New York Mining
Disaster (Hangar Theatre, Lab). Other production credits
include Ghost Stories (Atlantic Theater Company) and
assistant directing Constellations (Hangar Mainstage).
CASEY MATTESON (Fight Director) is an Oregon native
delighted to be rejoining the production of The Lightning Thief.
A graduate of Ithaca College, he works as a fight
choreographer and performer in New York City.
BYRON F. ABENS (Stage Manager) returns to the road
having previously stage managed multiple tours for
Theatreworks including Seussical, Skippyjon Jones, and The
Civil War. New York credits include Gates of Gold, Tales from
The Tunnel, and Skippyjon Jones Snow What. Byron holds an
M.F.A from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a
proud member of Actors’ Equity since 2004.
THEATREWORKS USA (Producer) founded in 1961, is
America’s foremost professional theatre for young and family
audiences. Its mission is to create imaginative and thoughtprovoking shows that are educational, entertaining and
thought-provoking. Their 2016-2017 touring repertoire
includes Charlotte’s Web; A Christmas Carol; Click, Clack,
Moo; Freedom Train; Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to
School; Pete the Cat; Seussical; Skippyjon Jones Snow
What; The Lightning Thief; The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe and The Teacher From the Black Lagoon & Other
Story Books. Theatreworks’ honors include a Drama Desk
Award, Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Award, the Jonathan
Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the William M.
Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence given by the
Association of Performing Arts Presenters and the Medal of
Honor from the Actors’ Fund of America. www.TWUSA.org
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913,
represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in
the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions,
providing a wide range of benefits, including health and
pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as
an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org.
THE STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
SOCIETY (SDC), founded in 1959, is the theatrical labor union
that unites, empowers, and protects professional stage
Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States.
SDC’s mission is to foster a national community of
professional stage Directors and Choreographers by
protecting the rights, health, and livelihoods of all of its
Members. SDC seeks to facilitate the exchange of ideas,
information and opportunities while educating current and
future generations about the role of Directors and
Choreographers and providing effective administration,
negotiations and contractual support for over 2000 Full
Members and over 800 Associates.