Winter Wonderettes
Created by Roger Bean
This traditional, feel-good Christmas musical comedy celebration finds the The Wonderettes entertaining at the annual Harper’s Hardware Holiday Party. When Santa turns up missing, four girls use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party! Featuring great ’60s versions of holiday classics such as “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Run, Rudolph, Run,” and “Winter Wonderland,” the result is, of course, marvelous! This energetic and glittering holiday party is guaranteed to hit the spot with audiences of all ages.
December 6th – 15th, 2024
Rated: PG
Duration: 2 hours & 15 minutes
Director/Choreographer
Marquez Stewart
Marquez is an accomplished performer, director, and choreographer with an extensive international portfolio. Recently, she served as the performance coach for *Jimmy Fallon's Tonightmares*. Over the past three years, Marquez staged original works in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. Theme park credits include directing and choreographing shows at Holiday World, Dutch Wonderland, and Legoland, along with numerous regional and Equity theaters across New York State. Marquez is ecstatic to be joining the Timberlake Playhouse family this holiday season.
Missy
Kylie Lavrenchik*
Kylie is so excited to be in Illinois making her TLP debut! She comes from Long Island, NY. Off-Broadway : The Magnificent Seven (Swing). New York Theatre : Legally Blonde (Vivienne), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Sally), Riverbend (Diana, lead). Proud graduate of NYU Tisch Drama. Rep : @kreativartists. Personal Instagram : @kylielavrenchik
Cindy Lou
Sasha Spitz
Sasha (she/her) is so grateful to be spreading holiday cheer at Timber Lake Playhouse! Favorite credits include: “Sophie” in Mamma Mia, “Sarah” in Guys and Dolls (Weathervane Theatre), “Portia” in Something Rotten (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), “Johanna” in Sweeney Todd (Black Rock Theater), R&H Cinderella (Westport Country Playhouse), and Mary Poppins (Argyle Theatre). BFA CCM MT. Go Bearcats! When she is not performing, Sasha enjoys trivia, thrifting, and discovering new restaurants! Endless gratitude to her family, friends, and teachers. @sashaspitz SashaSpitz.com
Suzy
Carly Censi
Carly is thrilled to spread the holiday cheer with her first show at TLP. She is a NYC-based performer who has been seen across the U.S. in various theatrical productions. Some favorite credits include: Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly), Windywoo and her Naughty Naughty Pets (Windywoo), & The Wildness (Non-Equity National Premiere). Thanks to Tommy & the TLP team for the opportunity! IG: @carlycensi
Betty Jean
Joann Gilliam
Joann is ecstatic to be making her Timber Lake Playhouse Debut! Her recent credits include: TOOTSIE (Julie Nichols), Into the Woods (Witch), HAIR (Dionne), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal) and GUN & POWDER (Female Swing), LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Emma). Joann would love to thank her amazing agents at DGRW along with her loved ones for always supporting her crazy dreams! If you want to keep up with Joann, follow @joanngilliamm on Instagram & TikTok or visit her website www.joanngilliam.com!
Scenic Designer
Lily Tomasic
Lily is thrilled to be making her Timberlake Playhouse debut! She recently graduated from Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory of Theater Arts with a BFA in Scenic Design and is now based in New York City. Recent design credits include Trayf (St. Louis New Jewish Theatre), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and Romeo and Juliet (Sargent Conservatory). Her assistant scenic designer credits are Les Misérables (The Muny), and As You Like It (STL Shakespeare Festival). Her work can be found at lilytomasic.com.
Stage Manager
Patrick Lee Johnson*
Patrick (he/him) is thrilled to join Timber Lake Playhouse for Winter Wonderettes as the Production Stage Manager.
Most recently, he has served as the Production Stage Manager for the Forestburgh Playhouse where he worked on Forbidden Broadway, Escape to Margaritaville, The Prom, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rock of Ages, and Hand to God.
Additional PSM credits include Boeing-Boeing, Rock of Ages, James Gallagher (world premiere), Elin Hilderbrand’s Winter Street (world premiere) and Scrooge! with Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, and Calendar Girls and The Wedding Singer with The Clinton Area Showboat Theatre.
Patrick is currently perusing a Master of Fine Arts in Stage Management from the University of Cincinnati – CCM and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Stage Management from Kent State University. He is also a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. For more information, visit www.patrickleejohnson.com
Props Design/Swing
Emmarose Campbell
Emmarose is thrilled to be making her Timber Lake debut this Christmas. Favorite credits include Wizard of Oz at Palace Theatre (Toto Puppeteer), On Your Feet! (Nat’l Tour- Prop Design), Merry Wives (American Shakespeare Center- Prop Design), Cat Kid Comic Club (TheaterWorks USA- Prop Design). She hails from New York and holds a BFA in Theatre from Emerson College. She would like to thank espresso and glue guns for getting her here. Insta: @emmarosegcampbell - www.emmarosegcampbell.com
Sound Designer
Sean McGinley
Sean - is excited to be returning to Timberlake Playhouse for his second holiday season. He had previously designed Million Dollar Quartet Christmas last winter and had so much fun he had to return this winter. Sean has a degree in Music Industry and Recording Technology from York College of Pennsylvania. He has been running sound systems for nearly 20 years now and loves every second of it. He has worked all over the country. You may have heard his work at GableStage, Maples Repertory Theatre, Playhouse on Park, The Mac-Haydn Theatre, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, Gulfshore Playhouse, The Naples Players, and The State Theatre. As always Sean would like to thank Alivia and the rest of his family for their continued support of his dream. For more information on Sean please visit seanmcginleysounddesign.com or follow him @seansounds101
Lighting Designer
Jack Goodman
Jack he/him is a Chicago-based Lighting Designer, excited for his return to TLP. Select design credits include: Church Basement Ladies 2 (TimberlakePlayhouse), The House Without a Christmas Tree (Griffin Theatre), DOGS (Red Theater), Throbbin Wood (PrideArts), Spamalot (ThinAir Theatre), 1776, Spongebob, & Once Upon a One More Time (StageDoor Manor), Pippin, Dance Nation, & Language of Angels (Columbia College Chicago). Dance Credits: To, Too, Two, Unconditional Love, To Understand, Unconditional, and The MT Dance Concert (Dance Center CCC). BA Theatre Design and Technology, Columbia College Chicago. www.jackgdesigns.com
Costume Designer
Thomas J.C. Gluodenis
Thomas (he/him) is a New York City-based Costume Designer, and he’s thrilled to be back at the Lake for Christmas having designed Anything Goes this summer. Off-Broadway: The Goodbye Girl (dir. David Zippel), Lucky Stiff (J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre). Regional: Million Dollar Quartet, Forever Plaid (Cornwell’s Dinner Theatre); Kinky Boots (Interlakes Summer Theatre); Assassins, She Loves Me, Very Good Eddie (College Light Opera Company). B.M. Musical Theatre, Catholic University of America. For Nanny. www.thomasjcg.com Instagram: @thomasjcg
Music Director
Ashley Grace Ryan
Ashley is a MD/ pianist based in NYC. She’s so excited for her debut show at TLP! Ashley is the resident MD at the Carousel Music Theater in Boothbay Harbor, ME, and co-owner of Let’s Broadway NYC. She MD’d for Encanto’s Jessica Darrow, William Finn's In Trousers, and Hair in Concert at 54 Below, and was the band leader/pianist for Tick Tick… Boom! Off- Broadway and AMD for Flora the Red Menace (Forager Theater Company). Ashley most recently was the Pianist Conductor of Broadway Brazil's Into the Woods and just returned to the U.S. from a Southern Brazilian tour of Let’s Broadway featuring Camerata Florianópolis Orchestra. She is an audition pianist for NYC's major casting agencies. @ashleygraceryan