Zombie Prom
With special arrangement from Concord Theatricals
Welcome to Uptown Stage!
Context and Trigger Warnings:
*adult language
*adult situations
*mentions suicide
Please silence your cell phones.
This performance will have a 15 minute intermission.
Produced with the Generous Support of
Musical Numbers:
Act I
“Enrico Fermi High” – Toffee, Jonny, Jake, Kids & Miss Strict
“Ain’t No Goin’ Back” – Toffee, Jonny & Kids*
“Jonny Don’t Go” – Toffee & Girls*
“Good As it Gets” – Toffee & Kids
“The C Word” – Toffee, Jonny, Ginger, Coco, Candy, Jake, Joey & Josh
“Rules, Regulations & Respect” – Miss Strict & Kids
“Blast From The Past” – Jonny & Kids *
“That’s The Beat For Me” – Eddie, Josh, Secretaries & Copy Boys
“The Voice In The Ocean” – Jonny & Toffee
“It’s Alive” – Jonny, Miss Strict & Kids *
“Where Do We Go From Here?” – Jonny, Toffee & Kids
“Trio (Case Closed)” – Eddie, Miss Strict & Jonny
Act II
“Then Came Jonny” – Miss Strict, Jonny, Toffee & Kids
“Come Join Us” – Ramona Merengue, Eddie & Jonny
“How Can I Say Good–Bye?” – Jonny & Motorwise Guys
“Easy To Say” – Toffee & Girls
“Exposé” – Eddie & Miss Strict
“Isn’t It?” – Kids *
“Forbidden Love” – Toffee, Jonny & Kids
“The Lid’s Been Blown” – Eddie, Miss Strict & Kids *
“Delilah’s Confession” – Miss Strict
“Zombie Prom” – Full Company *
indicates strobe-like lighting effects are used during this musical number
Alex Alfonso: Josh
Alex is thrilled to be in Zombie Prom! He has been in various productions—onstage and off—with New Tampa Players and other Tampa area theatre companies for nearly a decade... you may not recognize him; he was much hairier then. Favorite credits include Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), Sound of Music (Uncle Max), Seussical the Musical (Wickersham Brother), Chess in Concert (Soloist), Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (Greg Pierotti), the title role in Clavico! A Most Peculiar Musical Comedy (Tampa Bay Theatre Festival), and mostly recently, Snoopy (Charlie Brown). When he isn’t on stage, Alex works as a middle school teacher for Pasco County Schools. Enjoy the show!
Ralph Colon: Eddie
Ralph is thrilled to be apart of this talent cast. Past credits include IN THE HIEGHTS-Usnavi, Reefer Madness-Jack/Jesus, Parade Hugh Dorsey, Evita- Che. Ralph would like to thank his amazing family for there support and continual love and support!
Kyle Fisher: Johnny
Kyle Fisher (Jonny Warner): Kyle is very excited to be a part of Zombie Prom at Mew Tampa Players. He recently worked with Carrollwood Players on Wedding Singer as Robbie Hart. Kyle enjoys playing videogames with his brother and spending time with theatre friends.
Abby Mann- Ginger
Abby is excited to be a part of her first New Tampa Players production! Favorite credits include Little Women (Meg March), The Music Man (Mrs. Shinn), and The Telephone (Lucy).
Michael Neary- Jake
This is Michael’s first musical since The Addams Family in 2017, and he is happy to be back on stage. Michael is originally from the Baltimore area and has moved down to Tampa for a nice change of scenery. Enjoy the show!
Kristin Nelson- Candy
Kristin is thrilled to be making her debut on the NTP stage with the cast of Zombie Prom! Favorite past credits include The Wedding Singer (Ensemble), Something Rotten (Miranda/Ensemble), Mamma Mia (Ensemble), Joseph….Dreamcoat (Wife/Featured Dancer), Company (Kathy) and Into the Woods (Rapunzel). She sends all the love to her friends (both on stage with her and off) and family for all their love and support! Enjoy the show!
Sebastian Paine- Joey
Sebastian Paine is a sophomore in high school with many interests including voice, piano, music composition and theatre. Since 2019, Sebastian has been a peer mentor in Penguin Project. He has worked on backstage crew for many shows and has run sound for Puffs Jr and Pirates of Penzance.
This past summer, he worked as a counselor-in-training at Camp Idlewild.
He would like to thank his family and this cast and crew for being so supportive!
Heather Rich: Toffee
Heather Rich is a senior at the University of Tampa earning a B.A. in Psychology and a B.F.A in Musical Theatre. She was most recently seen in From Godspell to Wicked: The Music of Stephen Schwartz at the University of Tampa. Other theatre credits include Mamma Mia (Rosie), Big Fish (Witch), Gypsy (Baby June/Pastey), and Runaways (Mex Mongo). She is super excited to bring Toffee to life and would like to thank the cast and crew for allowing her to do so.
Emily Wade- Miss Strict
Emily is so excited to be in her first show with NTP after having such an amazing experience participating in Penguin Project for the past few years! Thank you to Nora and Frank for giving me the opportunity to play such a fun role. Huge thanks also go out to Corey and my parents for providing so much support to make it possible for me to do this!
Emma Wilson- Coco
Emma Wilson is an actress and singer who lives in Tampa. She has appeared in several shorts for ZoneTV and starred in the title role as Faith in the Christian sitcom Faith in Reel Life on Three60TV. She is currently set to play Tracey in the upcoming feature film Grit and the lead in the short series The Last Evil now in pre-production with EchoTV. She has played Nala in Lion King Jr, Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical, and The Bird Woman in Mary Poppins, Jr. Emma is a lead singer and worship leader in the Zone band for Grace Family Church and hopes to major in Musical Theater at Samford University after High School. This is her first production with New Tampa Players.
Nora Paine- Direction
As the Producing Artistic Director of New Tampa Players, Nora is dedicated to creating quality theater by and for people of all abilities and backgrounds. Nora has been involved as a stage manager, production manager, and director with over 40 productions at New Tampa Players since 2008.
While Nora always feels most at home back stage as a stage manager, Nora’s heart is the Penguin Project, a theater program for children and young adults with special needs. New Tampa Players became a replication site for Penguin Project in 2019. Nora has directed Penguin Project productions: Aladdin Jr (2019), Peter Pan Jr (2020), and Mary Poppins Jr (2022).
She would like to thank her husband, Joshua, and her kids: Blaise, Sebastian, Tobias, and Zoe for all of their support.
G. Frank Meekins- Direction and Musical Direction
Originally from Boston, Frank moved to Tampa in 1998 and since that time has worked with many local high school and community theatre groups throughout the greater Tampa Bay area. He musically directed NTP’s first production, They’re Playing Our Song, in addition to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Music Man, Camelot, Annie, Pippin, She Loves Me, Beauty and the Beast, Addams Family, Legally Blonde, Annie, and Little Mermaid. He directed and musically directed NTP’s productions of A Grand Night for Singing – Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical Revue, The Sound of Music, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Mary Poppins, Into The Woods, Quilt, Snapshots, and Snoopy. Recently, he directed NTP’s 2021 production of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later. Involved in all aspects of musical theatre from set design and construction to lighting design and execution, from stage management to directing and musically directing, Frank has participated in over 375 productions throughout New England and Tampa Bay including A Chorus Line, Les Miserables, Chicago, Urinetown, Honk, Mame, Hello Dolly, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, The Boyfriend, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, All Shook Up, Perfectly Frank, Anything Goes, Caba-ret, Gypsy, Tommy, La Cage aux Folles, Rag-time, Little Shop of Horrors, Baby, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell, Into the Woods, I Do – I Do, Jane Eyre, A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Evita, Where’s Charley, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Once Upon a Mat-tress, Carousel, Big River, Footloose, Pirates of Penzance, South Pacific, Whoopee, Bells are Ring-ing, Brigadoon, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, Nun-sense, My Fair Lady, Oliver, No No Nanette, Sweet Charity, Brigadoon, The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Legally Blonde as well as the operas Carmen, Turandot, and Die Fledermaus. Frank often participates in various events with the Florida State Thespians. He would like to thank his partner of 22 years, Tim Huff, for all his support.
Amogha Kuppaa- Assistant Direction
Amogha is thrilled to be assistant directing this season's production of Zombie Prom- The Musical. Amogha is 19 years old and is a second year student at the University of South Florida, where she is seeking a degree in Global Business and Theatre.
Jennifer Rosoff- Choreography
Jennifer Rosoff teaches dance and theatre throughout the Tampa Bay community to all ages and abilities! She values the opportunity to use dance to help her local community and to make performing arts accessible for everyBODY. She currently teaches theatre full time in the educational setting and dance through her business, The Creative Movement Company. Thank you to New Tampa Players for this choreography opportunity! Thank you to the cast of Zombie Prom for all of their hard work and bringing the movement to life! A special thanks goes out to Makayla for her help with choreography! Lastly, Jennifer wanted to thank her fiance for his help behind the scenes, for always being willing to practice the choreography at home before every rehearsal.
Mikayla Raines- Assistant Choreography
Production Team
Direction: Nora Paine
Direction and Musical Director: G. Frank Meekins
Assistant Direction: Amogha Kuppaa
Choreography: Jennifer Rosoff
Assistant Choreography- Mikayla Raines
Stage Manager: Mikayla Raines
Stage Crew: Roe Peterson
Sound Design: Blaise Paine
Sound Technician: Nora Paine
Lighting Design: Nora Paine and Sebastian Paine
Lighting Technician: Joshua Eberhart and Nora Paine
Props: Tami Carr and Mikayla Raines
Costuming: Shelley Giles and Heather Cleveland
Set Design- Joshua and Nora Paine
Set Construction: Joshua Paine, Cory Wade, David Giles, Ralph Colon, Kyle Fisher, Mikayla Raines, Kristin Nelson, Heather Rich
Set Painting: Joshua Paine and Cast and Crew
Piano: G. Frank Meekins
Percussion: Kevin Adair
A Note from the Producing Artistic Director:
The director’s note is traditionally for what I as a director would want you as the audience to know about the show.
So, what would I want you to know— well… what you are about to see is incredibly silly and fun— as long as you don’t think about it too hard! It is about a school in the 1950’s living under the threat of the cold war. It is about a principal plowing her way through the world. It is about a group of kids caught between childhood and adulthood— and mostly it is about acceptance and determination in the face of adversity.
But in reality, it is about none of those things— it is just silly and fun.
The other thing I want you as the audience to know is that this show has a community of ideas, determination, and hard work behind it. Everyone behind the scenes and onstage has had a hand in creating this world and these characters. Never before have I worked in this cooperative of an environment.
The thank you list for this one is long, and we are so blessed to have so many people involved!
Thank you to-
-Frank, Amogha, Jennifer, and Mikayla— Thank you for all you have done to make this production a reality! You have all adapted and modified as we went— creating in a non-traditional way.
-Kyle, Heather, Kristen, Abby, Emma, Michael, Alex, Sebastian, Ralph, and Emily— Thank you for all of your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your dedication! Thank you for the numerous hours you spent helping with set building and set painting!
-Shelley and Heather- Thank you for these amazing costumes that look like they are off of a movie set! Thank you for always being willing to go to the extra mile to make our productions shine!
-Joshua- Thank you for making this set design a reality! You took what was in my head, got it on paper, and then made it a reality!
-Blaise and Sebastian- Thank you for working so hard on sound design and lighting design! You always come running when I have an idea!
-Keith and Carlyn- Thank you for always being willing to help with sound setup and equipment!
-Tami- Thank you for always being willing to jump in and help, even your life is crazy.
-Roe- Thank you for always jumping in and helping with everything from backstage crew to cleaning!
Thank you to you, the audience, for being here and supporting this amazing cast, crew, and New Tampa Players!
-Nora Paine, Producing Artistic Director
Thank you to all of our volunteers who have worked so hard to make this production of Snoopy!!! possible.
Special Thanks:
Keith Postle
James Cass and Picture This of Palma Ceia
Chris Hart
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