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Becky Lillie Woods
Director
Becky is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of RCT. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching Music from Lehman College and a BFA in Musical Theatre from Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Among her Directing credits: Beauty and the Beast,You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Dear Edwina, Seussical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Les Miserables.
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Eric K. Johnston
Musical Director
With RCT: Oliver!, Joseph, Snoopy, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Peter Pan, Annie, 13. Off-Broadway: Evil Dead the Musical; How to Save the World & Find True Love in 90 Minutes. Regional: Les Miserables & Hello, Dolly at Arkansas Rep, The Gifts of the Magi & The Fantasticks with The Human Race, assisting on The Producers & Light in the Piazza at Pioneer Theatre, & Les Miserables at North Shore. www.twinklefingers.com
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Krystal Hall Glass
Choreographer
Krystal is a LaGuardia High School alumna and appeared in both the film and Broadway version of “The Wiz” while attending the Julliard School of Music. Mrs. Hall-Glass worked as a soloist with the Jubilation! Dance Company where she garnered a Bessie nomination for her performance in “Mama Rose”. Krystal is also the 1991 recipient of a choreographic grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.
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Derek Woods
Technical Director
Derek and wife Becky Lillie Woods founded The Riverdale Children's Theatre in 2010. Since then RCT has produced over 40 full stage productions, touching the lives of hundreds of families in the Bronx and beyond. Among his other credits, he received an Emmy nomination in 2010 as the writer and director of the acclaimed documentary “Memory Brings Us Back: Irish Stories of Farewells and Fortunes.”
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Anna Dropiewska
Costume Designer
Anna has designed, sewed and painted original costumes for Once on This Island, Oliver, Into The Woods, The Little Mermaid Jr., You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, and The Wizard of Oz. She loves working with kids and creating "one of a kind" masterpieces for Riverdale Children's Theatre. She is originally from Poland and has a background in Architecture.
