.png)
THE COMPANY THEATRE PRESENTS
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
DIRECTED BY CARL DEL BUONO
APRIL 12-21, 2024
THE TEMPLE THEATER
MAJOR SPONSORS
.jpg)
THE NELSON B. DELAVAN FOUNDATION
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts.
MEDIA SPONSOR
SEASON PARTNER
CAST
Maggie - Courtney Schutt
Brick - Rich Steele
Big Daddy - Matt Ames
Big Mama - Kathryn Borden
Gooper - Fred Pienkoski
Mae - Miranda Rose Blood
Reverend Tooker - Christopher C. Conway
Doctor Baugh - Adam Urbanic
Pollitt Children - Robyn Comer, Quinn Kenyon, Mason Morrison
CREW
Director - Carl Del Buono
Assistant Director - Sam Nelson
Stage Manager - Kate Duprey
Co-Stage Manager - Jennifer Acosta
Dramaturg - Amy Canfield
Set/Lighting Design - Brodie McPherson
Sound Design- Erik Wheater/Carl Del Buono
Costume Design - Kendall Del Buono
Deck Crew - Shannon Toot
​
ASL INTERPRETERS
​
ABOUT THE CAST
COURTNEY SCHUTT (Maggie) is a Rochester native with her BFA in Theater Performance from Niagara University, Courtney is elated to be making her debut with The Company Theatre in this iconic piece. She has been fortunate enough to perform locally at JCC Centerstage, Blackfriars Theatre, OFC Creations, Out of Pocket Productions, Pittsford Musicals, the Century Club of Rochester, Lyric Theatre and Kodak Center. By day, Courtney is the Operations Manager and a teaching artist for ages 7-18 at OFC Creations Theatre Center. Additionally, she serves as the Vice President of the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and as a performance educator for local organization Impact Interactive – a theatre-based training company that helps organizations create healthy, diverse and inclusive learning and working environments. Infinite love to Eric & Parker and countless thank yous to this dream of a cast and production team.
RICHARD STEELE (Brick) is thrilled to be back with The Company Theatre, and to be participating in such a remarkable production. Some of his favorite previous roles in the Rochester area include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing with RCP, Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors at JCC, and King Richard in Richard II with the Company Theatre. Offstage, Rich teaches theatre at Eastridge High School. Rich would like to thank the cast and crew for their passion and effort. He would like to thank his parents and his wife Amanda for their love and support.
MATT AMES (Big Daddy) is Associate Professor of Theater/Dance at Nazareth College, where he teaches a wide range of subjects including Theater History and Acting in Shakespeare, which makes this project particularly enjoyable. Locally, Matt has appeared at Blackfriars as Hank in The Unbearable Sound of Right Now, and Tom in The Glass Menagerie, at JCC as the appalling Steve in August Osage County, with Rochester Community Players in Highland Park as Claudius in Hamlet, and as crappy lawyer Luther Rosser in Parade at Finger Lakes Musical Theater Festival.
KATHRYN BORDEN (Big Mama) had no idea that playing Big Mama in CAT was a dream role for her until she joined this unbelievable cast and crew at The Company Theatre. After a 35-year break from community theatre while raising her children and watching them on stage, she was most recently seen as Harriet (The Man Who Came to Dinner/The Company Theatre); Grace, Diva Soprano (a Kathryn-created character who is not actually in The Christians/Out of Pocket, Inc.) and Barbara Bunce (The Moorish Kings/Out of Pocket, Inc.) Kathryn is a member of the local Jazz Trio ‘LumenEssence’, and also sings with Lee Wright’s choral group, First Inversion. She is grateful for both her therapist and her acting coach for talking her down from the occasional ledge, and her mom for dealing patiently with her 180’s. She thanks every single member of this cast and crew, for showing up on fire, and demonstrating that comedy and humility are integral to performing drama. This experience has eclipsed all expectations. She can’t wait to see what’s next for this Company. I love you all.
FRED PIENKOSKI (Gooper) is a Rochester native with a B.A. in Theater Arts from Le Moyne College. This is Fred’s first time working with The Company Theater and he’s so excited to be here. You might recognize Fred from roles such as Dave in Penfield Players production of Almost, Maine, Stanley Milgrim in Out of Pocket Theater’s production of Please Continue, or Wadsworth in Blackfriars Theater’s production of Clue. Fred would like to thank the cast and crew for being so welcoming and delightful to work with. He hopes you enjoy the show!
MIRANDA ROSE BLOOD (Mae)is thrilled to be performing again with The Company Theatre! She received her BFA in Musical Theater from CAP21 Conservatory/ Molloy University in NYC, and is a local BroadwayWorld.com nominated stage and voice over actor. Most recent credits include June in The Man Who Came to Dinner (Company Theatre), Woman 2 in Survivors (JCC touring production), Amy in Little Women (Bristol Valley Theatre), and Elise in Adele in Berlin (Rochester Fringe Festival). She would like to thank her wonderful family and friends for their endless support, as well as the cast and crew of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. You can get in touch with her at https://www.mirandaroseblood.com/
CHRISTOPHER C. CONWAY (Reverend Tooker) originally hails from rural, deep East Texas and, in addition to Rochester, has appeared on stages in Houston, TX and Seattle, WA. Locally, he has had the great good fortune to have worked with Blackfriars Theatre, Out of Pocket, Inc., JCC’s CenterStage Theatre, Rochester Community Players, and The Company Theatre. Most recently, he appeared in Martha Schermerhorn’s Fringe Festival film offering Blowing Off the Lake, and as Sheridan Whiteside in The Company Theatre’s production of The Man Who Came to Dinner. A few favorite pre-Rochester roles: Larry in Lanford Wilson’s Burn This, Roy Cohn in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, Fagin in Oliver!, and Moricet in the Feydeau farce 13 Rue de L'Amour. Christopher is a proud member of The Company Theatre.
ADAM URBANIC (Doctor Baugh) is a Rochester-based actor and stage manager, and is always glad to be back with the Company Theatre, having previously appeared in Richard II and served as Production Stage Manager for Only the Dead and Spring Awakening. Other area credits include A Christmas Carol (Gravedigger and understudy for Fezziwig and Ghost of Christmas Present) with Geva Theatre, The Winter's Tale (Archidamus/the Mariner) and Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) with Rochester Community Players, and The 39 Steps (Production Stage Manager) and The Taming of the Shrew with WallByrd Theatre Co. He would like to thank Carl and Kate for the chance to contribute to such a powerful production of an American classic, and his family and friends for their support and seemingly endless tolerance for the phrase "I can't, I have rehearsal that night."
ROBYN COMER (Dixie/Trixie) is delighted to be making her debut with The Company Theater! Some of her favorite previous roles include Miss Hannigan in Annie Jr., Genie in Aladdin Jr., and Scar in Lion King Jr. with Bravo Creative Arts. Robyn is a 5th grade student in Fairport, New York, and in her spare time she loves to sing and dance to her favorite Taylor Swift songs! Robyn would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support, as well as the cast and crew of this production for their guidance and encouragement.
QUINN KENYON (Dixie/Trixie) is delighted to be in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Quinn has been singing with the Genesee Valley Children’s choir for 7 years and is in the seventh grade at Avon Middle School. Credits include A Christmas Carol ‘24, (Fan/Fezziwig daughter) at Geva, Freaky Friday (Ellie) at Avon Middle School, Ragtime, The Musical (Little Girl) at JCC Centerstage, A Christmas Carol ‘23 (Turkey Girl/Want/Cratchit Daughter) at Geva, Rise, a New Musical (Chaya) at JCC Centerstage, You Ain’t Nothin But A Werewolf (Dr. Dangerfield), Big Fish (Will’s son) at Avon Central School, La Bohème (child) at Finger Lakes Opera. Quinn is grateful for this opportunity to perform and would like to thank all her previous theater/music directors and parents for their support and encouragement.
MASON MORRISON (Sonny) is thrilled to be a part of this production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof with such an amazingly talented cast. Mason is fortunate to have performed in many area theatre’s. Some favorite past credits include A Christmas Carol (Brave Boy/Ignorance) at Geva in 2022 and 2023, Ragtime (Little Boy/Edgar) at JCC, Seussical (JoJo) at Blackfriars, Wonka (Charlie Bucket) at Spotlight and Oliver (Nipper), Pippin (Theo) at OFC. He is looking forward to his first venture in film later this month where he will play an alien slaying middle schooler. Mason would like to thank everyone who supports his love of theatre.
-1.png)
-1.png)
THANKS TO OUR DONORS:
PREMIERE ($1000+):
THE NELSON B. DELAVAN FOUNDATION
GENESEE VALLEY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
ROCHESTER COMMUNITY ARTS FOUNDATION LGBT+ GIVING CIRCLE
FRANK AND CHRISTINE MILLIGAN
LEADING ($500+):
DAVID MUNNELL
RON DUFORT
SUSAN MURAD
NEW YORK KITCHEN
BILLSBORO WINERY
STEVE AND CINDY DUPREY
MAJOR ($250+):
JONATHAN ROSENFELD
DAVID RUNZO
COLE AND BARBARA RUBY
SALLY MILLICK
WEGMANS
CANANDAIGUA QUICK PRINT
YOUNG AND COMPANY
DENISE BARTALO
SUPPORTING ($100+):
JIM JORDAN
SARA PENNER
PETER ELLIOTT
RICK STAROPOLI
DORIS AND GREG LUDEK
CHRISTOPHER C. CONWAY
EMILY PUTNAM
SCOTT AND JULIE SHRINER
DIANE SPACHER
LOU CINELLI
MEMBER ($50+):
JUDY MOLNER
JAEL LOPEZ
JESS RUBY
CHUCK STAROPOLI
JILL RITTINGER
SEAN BRITTON-MILLIGAN
THOMAS MUNDELL
PARKLEIGH
PATRON ($5+):
CONNIE NEER
MARY KITZEL
MARY HOFFMAN
LILIANA BRAUN
JANET PECK
JES SUTTON
JONATHAN JORDAN
CHRIS MCCORMACK
NIK BARON
BARBARA STAROPOLI
JON FROEHLICH
CONNIE NEER
ANNABETH MCGOVERN
DARA LUBIN
DONALD FRIDAY
KATE KREMER
SEEMA THERUVI
ELIZABETH STEELE
KATHLEEN ROTH
GLEN EGLI
SAMMI COHEN
JOAN MOUNTAIN
JESSIC BERLET
KIT PRELEWITZ
LUIS SANCHEZ
CHARLES STAROPOLI
JAMES GORDON
IAN PATTERSON
DIANA CARTER
BARBARA MARKOWETZ-KUIPERS
ANDIE GRAHAM
JONATHAN BINSTOCK
GABRIELA LOPEZ
GEORGE STEELE
MARION OWEN
DAVID KENSEK
SANDRA BUDIMIR
ERIC JOHNSON
ROGER PALMA
SARA PETERS
KELLY YOHO
DAVID GARRETSON
PAMELA DAVIS
SUSAN ASER
CRAIG ZICARI
SALLY COHEN
SANDRA WEBER
DANA OSTERLING
DIANE CHEVRON
KATHLEEN LACY-KRUPP
DARYL DEAR CUBITT
ALEXA SCOTT-FLAHERTY
SUSAN SHARKEY
DANIEL MEJAK
KRISTASHA MATEO
SARAH PETERS
IVELISSE NIEVES
ALANA CARTER
MARAGRET AND DAVE BURNS
EDIE STEELE
Any errors or omissions are purely accidental. Please email info@thecompanytheatreroc.org with corrections.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
BILLSBORO WINERY
THE TEMPLE THEATER
GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
THEATREROCS
​
AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DONORS AND PATRONS WHO HAVE JOINED US THUS FAR AND FOR THE MANY SEASONS TO COME.
THANK YOU!
