Music by:
TOM SNOW

Lyrics by:
DEAN PITCHFORD

Stage Adaptation by:
DEAN PITCHFORD
WALTER BOBBIE

Based on the original screenplay by:
DEAN PITCHFORD

Additional Music by:
ERIC CARMEN
SAMMY HAGARS
KENNY LOGGINS
JIM STEINMAN

Keith Coughlin (Director) is proud to be a part of another wonderful season, celebrating his 15th summer here at the Barn Playhouse. He has worked as a performer, director, choreographer, and master class teacher across the country. Directing/Choreography: West Side Story (2017 NH Theatre Award, Best Professional Musical), Crazy for You (2016 Moss Hart Award for Excellence in Professional Theater), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (NH Theatre Award nomination, Best Musical, 2015), Kiss Me, Kate (NH Theatre Award nomination, Best Musical, 2014), Into The Woods (Dartmouth College), The Drowsy Chaperone (Cape Repertory Theatre), Click Clack Moo! (Theatreworks, U.S. National Tour). Choreography: 5-time NH Theatre Award winner for Best Choreography, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Singin’ In The Rain, Ragtime, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pirates of Penzance, Clifford the Big Red Dog Live (U.S. National Tour), Mary Poppins, White Christmas (Northern Stage), Rent, Cabaret, Urinetown, Chicago, Spring Awakening, Hairspray (Dartmouth College). Associate Choreography/Dance Captain: The Toxic Avenger (Outer Critics Circle Best Off-Broadway Musical, 2009), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Detroit Company). He also serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Theater at Dartmouth College. Special thanks to my family and friends for their unending support. Sarah, Samuel, Oliver, and Luna, our black Lab, I couldn’t do it without you.

Bradley Allan Zarr (Choreographer) Bradley is thrilled to make his professional debut as Choreographer at The New London Barn Playhouse with Footloose! National Tours: The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert Martin), Spamalot, Catch Me If You Can, Anything Goes (Assist. Dance Captain), and Susan Stroman's Bullets Over Broadway (Warner Purcell & Dance Captain). Direction and Choreography: Anything Goes (Wichita State), Catch Me If You Can (Associate, New London Barn Playhouse), Bullets Over Broadway (Associate, Ogunquit Playhouse), The Importance of Being Earnest (Assistant, The Cape Playhouse). His work for BDC has been featured at Lincoln Center's Symphony Space. Bradley is currently on the Dance and Musical Theatre faculty at AMDA in NYC. Many thanks to Keith, Elliott, Robbie and the entire NLBP family for all the support and magnificent work! Theatre is back baby!!! www.bradleyallanzarr.com

Robbie Cowan (Music Director) returns to the Barn for his 7th season. His many Barn Playhouse productions have earned New Hampshire Theater Awards for Best Production, Best Music Direction, and the prestigious Moss Hart award for Excellence in New England Theater in two consecutive years. He has performed in 49 states (Hawaii remains elusive) on national tours including Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek, Elf, Damn Yankees, and others, as well as at some of the country's best loved regional theaters including Northern Stage and Ogunquit Playhouse. The original comedy revue which he created and produced, 4 Guys Who Sing, premiered at the Barn and has since been seen worldwide aboard luxury cruise ships. Many thanks to the talented Barn Playhouse musicians who never fail to amaze us every night of the summer. More info at www.robbiecowan.com or @robbiecowancom on all socials.

Brad M. Carlson (Scenic Designer) has a BA in Theatre Design/Technology from the University of Northern Iowa and an MFA in Scenic Design from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Truman State University. Brad serves as the Chair for Region 5 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. An award winning scenographer, his professional work has taken him to numerous professional theatres including the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown New York. Brad is excited to be returning for a fifth year at the Barn Playhouse.

Keith A. Truax (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be returning to The New London Barn Playhouse for his 5th season “Footloose & Almost Maine”. Past credits include: “Summer Under The Stars”, “The Marvelous Wonderettes”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Peter and the Starcatcher”, “Newsies”, “Murder for Two”, “Godspell” & “Souvenir”. Additional Regional Credits: “The Lost Colony”, Utah Valley University’s “Fly More Than You Fall”, Lincoln Park’s “SpongeBob Square Pants”, “Newsies”, “Matilda”, “In The Heights”, “Singin’ In The Rain”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Ragtime”, “Big Fish”, & “Mary Poppins”. Pittsburgh CLO’s “Double Threat Trio”, “Pump Boys & Dinettes”, “First Date”, “Toxic Avenger”, and “Altar Boyz”. PICT Classic Theatre selective credits: “As You Like It”, “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, “The Woman in Black”, “Romeo & Juliet”, “Sive”, “The Lion in Winter”, “The Merchant of Venice”, & “Women and Scarecrow”. Blumenthal Performing Arts: “Reflections” (Outdoor Aerial Ballet), “Shout Out!” (Hip Hop Dance Concert), “Tablao Flamenco”, John Engeman Theatre’s “Jekyll & Hyde” and The Westside Theatre Downstairs “Othello: The Remix”. Keith holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Carnegie Mellon University. For additional information please visit www.keithtruax.com.

Dustin Cross^ (Costume Designer) Dustin is so pleased to be back at the Barn Playhouse for his 4th season. Previous productions at NLB include Murder for Two, Peter and the Starcatcher, Shining On, Grand Night for Singing, World Goes Round, Anything Goes and Always, Patsy Cline. Other design credits include: Off Broadway (Select): Love Actually (NY/ Chicago) , The Office (NY, National Tour) Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, Spamilton (New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, LA, London, National Tour / Lucille Lortel Nom, Henry Hewes Nom), The Glass Menagerie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cougar The Musical, The Other Josh Cohen, Forbidden Broadway: Comes Out Swinging (NY, National Tour, London) Regional (Select): Peter and The Starcatcher ( NH Theater nom) *Kinky Boots, *The Prince of Egypt, *The Witches of Eastwick, *Billy Elliot, *Cinderella, *Sister Act, *Grumpy Old Men, *From Here to Eternity, *Heartbreak Hotel (*regional premiere), The Christmas Rose (Carnegie Hall) The NY Knicks Dancers and The NY JETS Drumline Tour: Pete the Cat's Hollywood Adventure, Dragons Love Tacos. Film: Celtic Heart (PBS), Buttons: A Christmas Tale (Paramount Pictures starring Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury) Much love to his second family here in Sunapee, Alison and Neil Senior and their daughter Izzy! Enjoy! www.dustincrossdesigns.com Instagram: @dustincrossdesigns

Travis A. Sykes (Assistant Costume Designer) is a Costume Manager for the Department of Theatre and Cinema at Radford University in Virginia, where he also pursued his education in Costume Design and Directing. This will be his second time designing for The Barn Playhouse. Travis is very excited to bring the knowledge and experience he has gained from Radford University and Wolf Trap Opera Company back to the New London Barn Playhouse again. Travis would like to thank friends and family who have helped him get where he is today.

John “JP” Pollard* (Production Stage Manager) joins New London Barn directly from the Musical Theatre West production of SPAMILTON. Other previous credits: An Act of God, starring Sean Hayes (LA/SF), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in The Universe starring Lily Tomlin (SF), Carrie: The Musical Experience (LA), Jersey Boys - 2nd National Tour, Nice Work If You Can Get It, starring Sally Struthers, and Anything Goes starring Sally Struthers and Andrea McArdle, both at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Previous resident positions: Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, The Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA, and Grease - Das Musical touring Germany and Switzerland, Gateway Theatre, Bellport, NY. In a previous lifetime, JP served as personal assistant to Sarah Jessica Parker. Proud Equity member since 1983.

Molly Raven Hopkins* (Assistant Stage Manager) Select credits include - New York: Into the Woods, The Ally. Regional - Our Town (Shakespeare Theatre Company), The Nutcracker (The Washington Ballet), Shakespeare in Love (Baltimore Center Stage), Jazz (Baltimore Center Stage), Knuffle Bunny: The Cautionary Musical (Adventure MTC). For my Mom, who has always believed in me.

Michael Lecuyer (Guitar) is a full time professional guitarist and sound engineer. Michael graduated Magna Cum Laude from the UMass-Lowell with bachelor's degree in Music Performance (guitar) and a concentration in Sound Recording Technology, and went on to graduate school at Gordon College (Music Education). He has held teaching positions at Dean College and Northern Essex Community College and is currently the house guitarist at The Seacoast Rep Theater in Portsmouth NH and The Firehouse Theater in Newburyport, MA as well as being a first call performer for many of the region’s top music directors and theaters. He currently owns and operates Playground Closed Studios in Haverhill, MA and performs throughout New England in the “Mike & John Acoustic Duo”.

Abby Singer-Miller (Bass) is currently at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music pursuing a BM in Bass performance and is extremely excited to be the bassist for The New London Barn Playhouse. She has studied the double bass for nine years, and although she studies classically at the collegiate level, she has found her passion playing in musical pits. She has performed in twenty-one shows on double bass and on the bass guitar, and some of her favorite pit performances have included Newsies, Forty-Second Street, and Trouble in Tahiti! Abby most recently played for Pippin at CCM, and in the summer of 2021, she played for nine musicals with the College Light Opera Company in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, including the world premiere of The Danger Year by Georgia Stitt.

Gavin Connolly (Drums) Born in Boston and raised in Medfield, Massachusetts, drummer/composer Gavin Connolly began his musical journey at age eight with introductory piano lessons, and quickly began teaching himself the drums at age ten. Throughout his teen years he studied with and was mentored by musicians including Yvonne Wollak, Doug Olsen, Kenny Hadley, and Rakalam Bob Moses. After graduating from Medfield High School in 2017, Gavin attended The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied with Billy Hart, Cecil McBee, Jerry Leake,and Nasheet Waits. He has also studied with musicians including Royal Hartigan and Jonathan Pinson. Gavin graduated from New England Conservatory in 2021 with academic honors. He has performed with musicians including Doug Olsen, Angel Subero, Javier Rosario, and Chris Mondak in the United States, Canada, and Cuba, and remains an active performer and composer in the Boston area.

Emily Lombardo (Reeds) is a general music and chorus teacher at Har-Bur Middle School in Region 10 Schools, Burlington, CT. She graduated from Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education and a minor in Spanish. On weekends, she serves as the music director and organist at the Congregational Church of Burlington, CT. She enjoys cooking, being outdoors, and playing gigs on saxophone, flute, clarinet, guitar and piano.

Jesse Swimm* (Reverend Shaw Moore) is thrilled to be continuing with New London Barn Playhouse and Footloose after the smash hit run of Mamma Mia! where audiences saw him as Sam Carmichael. Recently Jesse was seen in the World Premiere of Mystic Pizza the Musical at The Ogunquit Playhouse (Priest/Mickey). Broadway: School of Rock the Musical (Original Cast), Mary Poppins (Ensemble, u/s Bert). Tours: My Fair Lady (Swing/Dance Captain), West Side Story (Action). Regional: Mary Poppins (Bert, Tuacahn), Billy Elliot (George, u/s Dad, Goodspeed Opera House), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere, Sharon Playhouse), Elf (Chadwick, u/s Buddy, Pioneer Theatre), Shrek (Peter Pan, Captain of the Guard, NSMT), Fiddler on the Roof (Nachum, Lead Bottle Dancer, Goodspeed Opera House). TV: Law & Order: SVU, Dancing with the Stars, The Tonight Show, The Chew. Thanks to my agents, Ellery Sandhu & Eric Leiggi at The Mine, as well as Artistic Director Keith Coughlin and everyone here at the Playhouse for keeping me around for one more show. Love to Mom & Dad for all their continued support throughout the years. Jesse is the proud owner of a rescue dog, Sara, and encourages everyone to open their home to a four-legged friend. IG: @jswimm1

Emma Rose Brooks* (Vi Moore) is beyond ecstatic to be back home at the Barn Playhouse for Footloose!! Performing credits: Kate McGowan in Titanic The Musical, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls and Antonia in Man of La Mancha at Milwaukee Rep, Petra in A Little Night Music and Annelle in Steel Magnolias at New London Barn Playhouse. Directing credits: Big Fish at NCCT (NHTA Nominated for Best Production), Shrek, Fiddler On The Roof at BarnArts Center for the Arts. Rider University BFA Musical Theatre. Proud AEA member. Up next: playing Kate McGowan once again in a remounted production of Titanic The Musical at Milwaukee Rep! Instagram: @emma_rose_brooks, TikTok: @emmarosebrooks, YouTube: Musical Theatre Mondays! For my mama, the strongest woman and mother I know. emmarosebrooks.com

Kate Fahey (Ariel) a recent graduate of Penn State Musical Theatre, is so excited to put on her red cowboy boots and make her Barn Playhouse debut! Recent credits include Mae in Lippa’s The Wild Party, Kyle in the premiere of Nostalgia Night, and Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music. Big thanks to Keith for welcoming her to the Barn Playhouse with open arms. So much love to Mom, Dad, S+K, and Daniel.

Debra Buckley (Betty Blast/Eleanor) is grateful to be back at the Barn Playhouse for her twelfth season, and fourteenth production. Favorite roles at the Barn Playhouse include Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables, Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man (2004 and 2013), Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music, Sister Mary Agnes in Over the Pub, Mrs. Webb in Our Town, Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden, Harriet Stanley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and Ruth in Pirates of Penzance (NHTA Best Supporting Actress). In 2010 Debra originated the role of Mrs. Dilber in Joel Mercier’s original musical Christmas Carol: A Musical Ghost Story. Other favorite roles include Jeannette in The Full Monty, The Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, Reverend Mother in Nuncrackers, and Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She has also appeared with both Northern Stage and Artistree Productions. Debra also worked for several years as Administrative Assistant to the Producer for Norman Leger. Much love to Aaron, the Mickey to my Minnie.

Margaret Hunton (Ethel McCormack): Margaret is thrilled to be making her Barn Playhouse debut! Some of her favorite stage credits include Our Town and Mamma Mia! with Northern Stage, Fiddler on the Roof with Artistree, Love, Loss, and What I Wore with Parish Players, and RENT, The Secret Garden, Curtains, Big Fish, Mamma Mia!, and Annie with NCCT. She would like to thank Keith for this opportunity, the cast and crew for an incredible experience, and Aaron for always standing by her and providing unwavering support.

Scott Sweatt (Coach Dunbar/Cowboy Bob) is grateful to be back at the Barn Playhouse for another summer and elated to be a part of this first summer at the New New London Barn Playhouse thanks to Keith and Elliott! Previous NLBP credits include: Anything Goes, The Odd Couple, Peter and the Starcatcher, Newsies, 42nd Street, On Golden Pond, Fiddler on the Roof, and the Barn's Radio productions of Sunset Boulevard and Miracle on 34th Street. Thanks to all the usual suspects for the care and support off stage and behind the scenes that makes coming to work such a joy!

Adam Zeph (Wes Warnicker/Principal Harry Clark) is grateful to be back in New London! At the Barn: Catch Me If You Can, The Odd Couple, Crazy for You, H2$, Shrek, Brigadoon, West Side Story, Camelot, 42nd Street. The Cat in the Hat (TCT of Cincinnati), Hairspray (American Stage), Packer Fans From Outer Space (Northern Sky Theatre). Radio: Script Supervisor for Live From Here with Chris Thile. CCM. Thanks to all the Barnies and the Z’s!

Lydia Frew (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her New London Barn Playhouse debut! Lydia is a 2021 graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School where she studied for five years in the Professional Ballet Program as well as on exchange with the Ailey School Professional Division. Lydia grew up in Norwich, VT, performing with Northern Stage, Opera North, and Trumbull Hall Troupe. A rising sophomore at Bates College, Lydia is double majoring in dance and psychology. She is beyond grateful for the opportunity to perform at the Barn Playhouse this summer!

Shane Boucher (Jeter/Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at the Barn Playhouse after growing up involved with the Barn’s Education Department. His first appearance on the Barn stage was as a school boy in the 2011 production of Guys & Dolls, under co-choreographers Keith Coughlin and Sarah Case! Shane is a rising junior Musical Theatre major at Florida Southern College. Regional credits include: On Golden Pond, Billy Ray Jr (NLBP); Billy Elliot, Michael/Billy u/s (Wheelock Family Theatre); Oliver!, Dodger (Palace Theatre); Matilda, Adult Ensemble (Northern Stage). Huge thank you to family, friends, and educators for all their constant love and support!

Carly Mazer (Ensemble) is an Actor, Singer, Dancer, and VO Artist based in New York City. She is obsessed with storytelling in all forms! Carly recently graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in Theatre and Psychology, as well as certificates in Musical Theatre and Theatre For Young audiences. She is beyond thrilled to be performing at the New London Barn this summer, fulfilling a dream of hers since she was a little girl!