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Bradford Blake
Director & Choreographer
Brad is always happy to return to the Sherman Playhouse where he has previously directed CABARET (2019), CARRIE: THE MUSICAL (2020), and two productions of WRECK THE HALLS (2021 and 2023) . Brad is the Founding Artistic Director of MUSICALS AT RICHTER, INC. in Danbury and his work has also been seen at The Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport, The Bushnell Auditorium in Hartford, The Shubert Theatre in New Haven, both Western and Southern Connecticut State Universities and countless theatres and cabarets throughout Pennsylvania, New England and Manhattan. He is also the author and composer of SMORGASBORD! A MUSICAL MENU, and his very naughty musical deconstruction of the holiday season: WRECK THE HALLS!
Many thanks to Al, Steve, Charles and the rest of the cast, crew, band and staff for their part in bringing WINTER WONDERETTES to the Sherman stage.
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Charles Smith
Music Director
Charles studied piano, orchestral playing, and opera at Cleveland Institute of Music. Prior shows at Sherman include CARRIE: THE MUSICAL, CABARET, WRECK THE HALLS, and others long ago. Other regional favorites, whether music directed or played, have been BAT BOY, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, LITTLE ME, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, I DO! I DO!, SMORGASBORD!, TITANIC, RAGTIME, and ASSASSINS.
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Patricia Abby Berg
Stage Manager
Patricia is delighted to be doing her first production with the Sherman Players. She has been involved with all aspects of technical theatre since her teens and has been involved with everything from music concerts to the world premiere of an opera working with Sarah Caldwell. Her work on the Boston Tea Party Museum is still standing and well attended.
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Al Chiappetta
Technical Director & Lighting Design
Al returned to theater for tech Sunday of Anne of Green Gables at the Sherman Playhouse after a 30+ year theatrical absence. He had no intention of resuming his technical theater endeavors that day. He has been here ever since and is now The Sherman Players’ Vice President and Technical Director. In addition to his duties at the Playhouse he is the theater technician at the Fredrick Gunn School in Washinton, CT and has been known to design lighting at other local theaters occasionally. When not in a theater he can be found relocating mountains one dump truck load at a time.
