LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
Welcome to the New Tampa Performing Arts Center!
Please silence your cell phones.
This performance will have a 15 minute intermission.
Produced with the generous support of
Musical Numbers
ACT I
Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors) - Chiffon, Crystal, Ronette
Skid Row (Downtown) - Ensemble
Da-Doo - Chiffon, Crystal, Ronette
Grow For Me - Seymour
Don’t It Go To Show Ya Never Know - Mushnik, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronette, Seymour
Somewhere That’s Green - Audrey
Closed For Renovations - Seymour, Audrey, Mushnik
Dentist! - Orin, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronette
Mushnik and Son - Mushnik and Seymour
Feed Me (Git It) - Seymour and Audrey II
Now (It’s Just The Gas) - Seymour and Orin
ACT II
Call Back In The Morning - Seymour and Audrey
Suddenly, Seymour - Seymour and Audrey
Suppertime - Audrey II
The Meek Shall Inherit - Company
Finale (Don’t Feed The Plants) - Company
Joseph Conrad: Audrey 2
Joseph is an EMT in the state of Florida pursuing emergency medicine in college. He has a passion for theatre and acting which has brought him here to NTPAC. He loves performing and is super excited to show you what he’s got.
Lane Neville: Ensemble/Mrs. Luce
Lane Neville is thrilled to be making their debut with New Tampa Players in the role of Mrs. Luce/Ensemble in Little Shop of Horrors. Lane has been involved in theater since middle school, where they discovered their love for the stage. Lane was last seen as Joan in Fun Home. They are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be in this production and work with such an amazing cast and crew!!
Luis Graham: Mushnik
Luis Graham (Mr. Mushnik) is happy to be working with the New Tampa Players on this production. Previous stage credits include Spamalot (King Arthur), Next To Normal (Dan), La Cage Aux Folles (Albin), Ragtime (Tateh), The Normal Heart (Ned Weeks), The Producers (Max Bialystock), Forever Plaid (Jinx), Into The Woods (Baker), Nunsense A-Men (Sister Amnesia), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Lend Me A Tenor (Max), and Anything Goes (Moonface.) Thanks to Thomas, Makayla, Rick, Nora and the cast and crew for a great experience.
Madison Pulica: Audrey
Madison is making her New Tampa debut as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors. Back in Iowa, Madison’s past credits include Janet in Rocky Horror and Wednesday in The Addams Family. Madison is currently a Senior at The University of Tampa, studying theatre. Madison is very grateful for this experience and to be involved in a production full of so many talented people. Madison wants the thank her family, friends, and all of the cast and crew of Little Shop!
Melissa Mastromarchi: Ensemble/Skip Snip
You may have previously seen Melissa under the sea in New Tampa Players’ production of Little Mermaid as a mersister, as the Narrator in Puffs! (Or SEVEN INCREASINGLY EVENTFUL YEARS AT A CERTAIN SCHOOL OF MAGIC AND MAGIC), or more recently bouncing around as Cyndi Lauper in Carrollwood Players’ 80’s-tastic performance of The Wedding Singer. In addition to community theater, she also has a history of performing for a number of years alongside some amazing furry and feathered co-stars at Sea World and Busch Gardens. Melissa is excited to be a part of this amazingly talented cast and sends special thanks to her boyfriend, family, friends and co-workers for all of the support they’ve given her throughout this process. She hopes you all enjoy the show but whatever you do, don’t feed the plants!
Paige Alter: Crystal
Paige is thrilled to be a part of her first show at New Tampa Players! She has had the time of her life learning killer choreography and music with such a stellar cast. She was last seen In The Rocky Horror Show as Columbia at the Manatee Performing Arts Center as well as in the chorus of La Traviata with Opera Tampa. She would love to thank her fiancée, Monica, her parents, and her friends and coworkers for their endless love and support.
Patty Smithey: Ronnette
Patty is very happy to be back on stage with New Tampa Players. She feels at home! :-) Patty has had a BLAST throughout the creative process of performing Little Shop of Horrors. She is very proud of her cast-mates and what each of them have brought to the show.
Patty would like to thank her family, friends, and community for their support. The support means the world, despite the obstacles many of us have faced and may continue to face as we work to gain normality again.
Patty would like to thank the NTP production team, as well as the director of the show, Mr. Thomas Pahl. None of this would have been possible without their dedication, teamwork, and guidance. Patty hopes you laugh and have a blast watching Little Shop of Horrors!
Sara Gutierrez: Chiffon
Sara is so excited for this show and it has always been a dream of hers to play one of the urchins. She is currently working with Alexandra Torres in vocal studies and is continuing her studies in musical theatre. She is very happy to be back doing another show with the New Tampa Players!
Tom Bronson: Orin Scrivello, DDS
This is Tom’s 8th bio and 8th performance space with New Tampa Players. He wrote his first bio for NTP when he was Milos in “Forum” about 16 years ago. That was a rather uneventful bio. Then NTP moved to a different space and he wrote another bio as Warbucks in “Annie”. He enjoyed that one because it focused on the different hairstyles he’s had in different shows (for obvious reasons). His bio as Candy Man in “Willy Wonka” was surprisingly uneventful considering that he met his future wife in that show. After NTP moved to the church, he did two more shows (“Sound of Music” and “She Loves Me”) and directed one (“Miracle Worker”). One of those was his favorite bio because it was written as a Mad Lib. Then he did “Quilt” with his wife and wrote a very serious bio due to the content of the show. That show toured, hence the 4 additional performance spaces. Which leads us to this bio…and this show…and this new space. Hopefully, you enjoy at least two of those three items.
Yoanivette Davila: Audrey II Puppeteer
This is Yoanivette’s first show outside of school and it has been so much fun! The cast is amazing, the songs are catchy, and it is an overall hilarious show. She hopes you enjoy the show as much as she has enjoyed being in it!
A Note from the Director
Director's Note:
Little Shop of Horrors holds a special place in my heart in my theater journey. I had the joy of playing many of the extraneous characters in the show in a New Tampa Players production, and then got to be eaten by the plant as Mushnik – in both those experiences, I realized what a fantastic piece of theater this is. It revitalizes and reinvents it’s source material in new and fun ways, has dynamic music and lyrics, and underneath its fantastic premise, is one of the funniest Broadway musicals ever.
I was so blessed to take the lessons of those experiences with the show and build not only a fantastic, immensely talented cast and crew, but also find ways to honor the show and its characters, and present the beloved show audiences expect, but find some new and interesting twists within it.
My one hope is that the joy and talent and hard work that went into the past two months carries out to the audience and that you have as much fun watching this as we did putting it all together.
-Thomas Pahl
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