Singin' in the Rain - January 15 - January 18, 2015
Cedar Park H S
Creative Team and Crew Who's Who
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Molly Wissinger
Music Director / Voice Coach
With Zilker Theatre: "Oklahoma!", "Little Shop of Horrors" (Austin Critics Best Musical award-winner, B. Iden Payne for best music direction). Some additional direction/musical direction credits include: "Parade", "Guys and Dolls", "Songs For a New World", "The Wizard of Oz", "Schoolhouse Rock! Live", "Dracula", and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" among many others. Molly is also a private repertoire coach and voice teacher. She is a founding member of AuditionWorks Austin. Molly has worked with The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance as a vocal coach and accompanist in the Musical Theatre focus. She has also taught for Zach Theatre, Tex-Arts, and the Texas Musical Theatre Workshop and others. Some favorite musical theatre performing credits include Carrie in "Carousel", Belle in "Beauty and the Beast", Lily in "The Secret Garden", and Cathy in "The Last Five Years". Proud UT graduate (cum laude in Vocal Performance/American Studies). www.mollywissinger.com
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Bill Piner
Co-Choreographer
Bill Piner graduated from Butler University's prestigious dance program in 1982 and had a wide and varied professional performing career with companies such as Ballet Austin, the Hartford Ballet and Dance Kaleidoscope, Indiana's only professional modern company. A member of Actor's Equity Association, Bill also enjoyed a career in musical theatre before retiring to direct Ballet Austin Academy. He has been teaching extensively since 1982, including seven years on faculty at Butler University's Jordan College Academy of Dance in Indianapolis. In 1992, Bill was appointed Director of Ballet Austin Academy. Under his direction the Academy has grown to become one of the largest classical ballet schools in the country. This is Bill’s fourth year choreographing for Cedar Park High School’s musical.
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Madison Piner
Co-Choreographer
Madison Piner is a proud alumna of CPHS, where she performed in numerous musicals, plays, and OAP competitions and worked as an assistant choreographer and director. Her passion for dance and musical theatre led her to OKCU where she is currently finishing her senior year as a dance major. She has been teaching dance around Austin for five years, including Ballet Austin Academy and the Butler Community School, and she has been fortunate to choreograph professionally for two Doctuh Mistuh Productions, "Reefer Madness" and "Silence! The Musical", (B. Iden Payne Nomination) and to assist many distinguished choreographers at Summer Stock Austin. Some of her favorite performance credits: "Chicago" (Velma Kelly, B. Iden Payne Nomination), "Legally Blonde" (Brooke Wyndham) and "Swing!" with Summer Stock Austin. She is so excited to be able to tackle this next choreographic adventure with her rock star dad!!
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