Newsies - March 20 - March 22, 2020
Bishop England High School
Crew Who's Who
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Ashlan Stephenson
Director
Ashlan Stephenson has been the theatre teacher and director at BE for five years and has been directing shows for the past ten years in educational, community, and professional theatre. Favorite musical credits include Spamalot, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors, Crazy for You, and Newsies. Ms. Stephenson earned her B.A. in Theatre at Murray State University and toured with Missoula Children's Theatre for two tours all over the United States.
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Thomas Gerber
Musical Director
Tom Gerber is currently in his fifth year as Music Director at Bishop England High School where he has thoroughly enjoyed preparing a wide variety of musicals with the exceptionally talented students of BE! Of all the musicals done during his tenure at BE, Newsies has been one of the highlights – we are so excited to present it to you all! One of his fondest memories at BE is taking the choir to New York to make its Carnegie Hall debut in 2019 singing Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna and Menefield’s Prism. In addition to his role at BE, Gerber also serves as the Associate Conductor of the Charleston Symphony Chorus where he has had the opportunity to prepare Handel’s Messiah as well as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Mr. Gerber received his B.A. in Music Education from Luther College in Decorah, IA and the M.M. in Choral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
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Bernice O'Brien
Technical Director
Newsies is the 5th BE production where she has been generously given the title of Technical Director (always in-training) under the expertise of Ms. Stephenson. Having retired as a math teacher from BE in 2014, she has continued to substitute here as well as tutor BE students. Prior to teaching at BE, Ms. O'Brien taught math for 20 years at Webster Groves HS in Webster Groves, MO. It was at WGHS where she developed an interest in theatre and became the faculty sponsor for props, makeup and costumes.
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