![]() ![]() Favorite past roles include Éponine in Les Mis, "Somewhere" Girl in West Side Story, The Mistress in Evita, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, and Natalie in Next to Normal. Kara Chu Nelson is honored to be singing at MIT’s Artists Beyond the Desk with some of her favorite humans! She has also performed at Umbrella Stage Company in Concord, North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Moonbox Productions in Boston, and Seacoast Rep in Portsmouth, among others. Thank you to MIT ABD, and to Kara, Jeff, and Brendan for joining her today! Now that her infant has stolen her heart and the spotlight, she has focused more on taking the stage as a vocalist in various concerts and showcases. Her last theatrical endeavours included Kate in See Rock City & Other Destinations at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland and Elle Woods in The Footlight Club's November 2019 production of Legally Blonde: the Musical. She has worked for MIT Lincoln Laboratory for the last 13 years. Though the pandemic and becoming a mom put some things on pause, Amanda was an active musical theatre actress throughout New England between 20. Brendan Kenney will be accompanying us on the piano.Īmanda Casale graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics, and in 2014 earned her Masters in Statistics from Harvard University. Pictured above: Amanda top left, Brendan top right, Jeff bottom left, and Kara bottom right.ĪBD Presents: Singers: Amanda Casale, Kara Chu Nelson and Jeff Mitchell and Brendan Kenney on pianoĪmanda Casale, Kara Chu Nelson, and Jeff Mitchell will be singing musical theatre duet and trio selections. The ABD is grateful and honored to have Stephanie Gayle come talk about her body of work at Killian Hall! If you are a fan of her work and have any questions for Stephanie, please email them here. ![]() She works in the finance department of Facilities at MIT. A graduate of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator program, she cofounded the Craft on Draft reading series. ![]() She is the Immediate Past President of Sisters in Crime. Her debut novel, My Summer of Southern Discomfort, made Redbook’s Top Ten Summer Reads list. For further details log on to Gayle is the twice Pushcart Prize nominated author of the Thomas Lynch mystery series that begins with Idyll Threats. The production continues Friday and Saturday this weekend and next at the Footlight home, Eliot Hall near the monument. His FLC acting credits include “Psycho Beach Party†and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.†Directing credits include “Vampire Lesbians of Sodom/Sleeping Beauty or Coma.†He’s on both the Board of Directors and the Play-Reading Committee. Though Jamie Alley has a smallish part in this show (“The Manâ€), he’s a big wheel at FLC. Regulars at the Roxbury Film Festival will remember the Dot resident from his appearance in the movie “Business is War.†Other credits include work with Theater Offensive, Playwrights’ Platform, and Yaghoobian Theater Company.Ĭomedian Fred Bernabe, who appears regularly at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, has the role of Donald, played by Eddie Rochester in the Capra film. Though this show marks her FLC acting debut, she was on stage at Eliot Hall in 1996, when her wedding ceremony was held there! Rutkowski played the Quaker Mary Gardner in the September 2006 world premiere of “Patience of Nantucket,†written by UMass professor Robert Johnson and presented by the Dot-based Up You Mighty Race company. Mary Elizabeth Rutkowski ,who teaches theater arts at the Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, plays the snobbish Mrs. When daughter Alice, the only “normal†member of this freewheeling clan, falls for the son of the snooty Kirby family, misunderstandings, and, eventually, chaos ensues. The shenanigans unfold in the living room of the eccentric Sycamore family where as diverse activities as ballet dancing, xylophone playing, and anarchistic literature printing – not to mention fireworks displays— all take place. €œYou Can’t Take It with You†is the original meet -the-parents farce. No wonder the delightful family comedy has become one of the most often produced plays by community theater groups during the past 70 years. Kaufman comedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1936, and Frank Capra’s screen version in 1938 won Oscars both for Best Picture and Best Director. Though of late the Footlight Club has presented some edgy works, the current show ,“You Can’t Take It with Youâ€, couldn’t be a more conventional choice. Three seasoned Dorchester actors – Mary Rutkowski, Fred Bernabe, and Jamie Alley – are in the cast of a classic comedy that is opening the unprecedented 133rd season of Jamaica Plain’s Footlight Club (FLC), America’s Oldest Community Theater Group. ![]()
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