Ordway

Executive Producers: David and Mary Choate

CONTEMPORARY: 1. Existing or occurring at or dating from the same period of time as something or somebody else. 2. In existence now.

The Words and Music of Contemporary Broadway Songbook focuses on what’s running on Broadway now and the crop of young composers that are changing the face of Broadway. You’ll hear a great mix of your favorite songs from long running shows and discover new favorites including selections from Follies, The Addams Family, Anything Goes, Chicago, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Godspell, Phantom, The Book of Mormon, Sister Act, Memphis and more by the likes of Stephen Schwartz, Billy Joel, Elton John and the brightest names writing for Broadway today.

Performers:

KYM CHAMBERS OTTO (Performer) ORDWAY: Cinderella (u/s Stepmother, Queen), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Wailing Woman). Tours: Cats (Jellylorum), Wizard of Oz (u/s Wicked Witch), Cinderella (Queen). Theater: Kansas City Starlight Theatre: Anything Goes, Kansas City Repertory Theatre: Cabaret, Bushnell CPA: 50th Anniversary Concert of The Music Man starring Shirley Jones, NSMT: Camelot; Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Oklahoma, 42nd Street, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Old Log Theater: Elves and the Shoemaker, Forestburgh Playhouse: Evita, The Music Man, La Cage Aux Folles, Titanic. Training: M.A. Vocal Performance NYU, B.A. Theater St. Olaf College. Special Thanks to Mike, James, Raymond, Renee, and to all of you who continue to support the Arts! AEA since 2005.

JESSICA FREDRICKSON (Performer) ORDWAY: Cinderella, Guys and Dolls Ordway Extra, 9 to 5: the Musical Ordway Extra; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (30Saints/Broadway Asia Tokyo tour). Theater Latté Da: Evita; Bloomington Civic Theatre: Oklahoma!, The Light in the Piazza, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Music Man, Fiorello, Crazy for You;  StartingGate Productions: The Hot L Baltimore; Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: State Fair;  Bethel University: Kiss Me Kate, Steel Pier, The Importance of Being Earnest. Film: NBC’s Three Wishes, Doritos Fresh Films: TTYL. Training: Bethel University; Voice Training: RubyAnn Poulson.

*JOEL LIESTMAN (Performer) ORDWAY:  Cinderella, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Rocky Horror Show, The Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (30Saints/Broadway Asia Tokyo tour). Theater: Guthrie Theater: The Master Butchers Singing Club, A View from the Bridge; Children’s Theatre Company: Mr. McGee and the Biting Flea; Nautilus Music-Theatre: Apple Tree, Carousel, I am Anne Frank (Ivey Award), Man of La Mancha; History Theatre: A Servants’ Christmas; Theater Latté Da: King of Hearts; The E.S.C.: The Grand National, Gangster No. 1; TheatreWorks USA: Babes in Toyland; Still Standing Productions: Skiing on Broken Glass; North Star Opera: The Chocolate Soldier; Burning House Group: What the Butler Saw. Film: Still Life, How to Live Better, Look Busy. Radio: PowderKeg Live!

*ROBB MCKINDLES (Performer) Broadway: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Grease. Off-Broadway: A Wedding Album, Ophelia. Regional: A Little Night Music, Our Town, A Prayer for the Dying, Chess, West Side Story, Breathe. National Tours: Grease, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Scarlet Pimpernel. Local: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: The Producers, Oklahoma!, Married Alive; Guthrie Theater: H.M.S. Pinafore, 1776. Film/Television: Slings and Arrows, If Spielberg Made a Snuff Film, "Scrubs." Training: B.F.A. University of Michigan.

ALLISON TILSEN-KASSABIAN (Performer) National Tours: Chicago, Grease. Soho Playhouse:  Guilt Without Sex;  Theatre for a New City:  The **** Machine; BMI Musical Theatre Workshop:  Like You Like It, The Teddy Bear Habit, The Jurgens File; Weathervane Playhouse: Sweeney Todd, Lend Me a Tenor; Theatre L'Homme Dieu:  Funny Thing...Forum, Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama Game. Various Twin Cities/ Minnesota Stages:  Anything Goes, Once Upon a Mattress, Jake's Women, You Can't Take it With You, Guys and Dolls.  Film/ TV: Chappelle's Show, Street Smarts, The Restaurant.  Other: The Glamazons at Club Fez and CBGB, Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad at Caroline's New York.  Training: St. Cloud State University, NYU/Musical Theatre Works Conservatory.      

*have performed in the Ordway’s Broadway Songbook Series