Meet our Talented Cast:

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Diane Arabella has spent over 50 years on the Players Guild stage. She created many exciting roles including Roxy Hart in Chicago, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, and Marian Paroo in Music Man. She has been dedicated to the Costume committee designing for many shows for the years she has been involved. Diane has also enhanced the Hospitality committee, many backstage tasks, and served on the Board of Directors at the PGL. Enjoy the show and stay well!

Grace Callahan - A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Grace received her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at the Manhattan School of Music and her Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Duquesne University. She was most recently in Night & Day, a Cole Porter revue at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack.  She was nominated for "Best Performer in a Musical" by Broadway World for her role in the production.  While pursuing her Master’s, Grace performed in and co-wrote Beauty and the Baritone, a 45-minute show performed in NYC schools to teach children about opera. She has also sung in the All-Star College Chorus with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the late, great Marvin Hamlisch. Grace is an accomplished pianist, violinist, and Scottish fiddler.  She teaches voice and piano privately, and you can often find her singing in churches across the tri-state area!  Other credits include: Lady Windermere Lady Windermere's Fan, Actor 6 Where the Time Goes, Nursery Magic Fairy Velveteen Rabbit, Godspell, Glinda The Wizard of Oz, Ida Honk!, Defying Gravity: The Magical World of Stephen Schwartz (Ensemble), Beth (Little Women), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and Blanche (Dialogues des Carmelites). 

Peter Downing is appearing with the Players Guild of Leonia for the first time. His previous stage credits include Sunday in the Park with George, She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls, Big Fish, Ragtime, and Sondheim on Sondheim. Peter holds an MA in Acting and Directing from Penn State University and was a Senior Show Director for Walt Disney Entertainment in Orlando, Florida. He currently runs his own company as a Producer and Creative Director of special events and projects, and is pleased to be singing such great and powerful music with this talented cast. Welcome to the 60's!​

Marc Leland has choreographed and performed in numerous Guild productions. Recently, he choreographed the Guild's spring musical, The Toxic Avenger. He's played Nick in Bedroom Farce, Nathan in Guys & Dolls, Franklin Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along and Buddy in Follies. He studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and trained as a dancer with many iconic teachers including Ann Reinking. Marc has made two feature films and is in pre-production for his next feature film. Theater makes the world a better place.

Steve Moldt has been an active member of the PGL since 1985 and has appeared in numerous productions over the years, including West Side Story where he met his wife, Joanne. Steve has also designed several sets like PGL's recent production of Damn Yankees. Steve is happy to be back on stage after more than two years, especially with his wife Joanne in Follies.

Suzanne Renaud was last seen as Annie in Calendar Girls. Suzanne has been a member of the Players’ Guild since 1982 and performed her first benefit cabaret here at the Drill Hall in 2007. In addition to working behind the scenes, Suzanne has been featured in many PGL productions including some of these favorites: 110 in the Shade, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Quilters, Nunsense, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story and Bye Bye Birdie.​

Owen Sheridan, at the behest of the good Benedictine Sisters, had the traumatizing and mortifying experience, at a mere 9 years of age, of being cast together with a grade school buddy as go-go dancers in a school pop musical review back in the very 60's themselves - complete with a wig, white hip boots and mini skirt.  And it has been all downhill from there! Through the years since moving to NJ he has starred in numerous productions in the area, with The Crucible (John Proctor) and Sweeney Todd (Sweeney) among his favorites.  He's happy to be playing around still with such fun folks ... who are all grateful he left the mini skirt behind!

Loretta Vaccaro: Loretta is a flower child and hippie at heart. Some of her favorite previous musical theater roles include Catherine in Pippin, Miss Hannigan in Annie, and a tribe member in two separate productions of Hair. She is thrilled to be participating in this wonderful show representing the music of the 1960s and to become a small part of the rich history of the Players Guild of Leonia. She sends lots of love to her supportive husband Matthew, her first ever audience Mom and Dad, and the rest of her loving family and friends. 

Elana Weinberger is excited to be performing on the Player’s Guild of Leonia Stage for the first time. Prior roles include Maria in The Sound of Music, Ado Annie in Oklahoma, Silly Girl in Beauty and the Beast, and Maud Dunlop in The Music Man. These roles were all performed at the Riverdale Performing Arts Center in the Bronx, NY, where she lives with her husband and two children. She has also been featured in a number of Musical Revues and Cabarets, including most recently at The Drama Company NYC’s Comeback Cabaret at Don’t Tell Mama. She wants to thank the cast and creative team for welcoming her and for giving her this opportunity. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Production Team

Joanne Moldt - Director

A guild member for many years, Joanne was last seen on our stage as Stella in Follies and Chris in Calendar Girls. Joanne is a current Board member and our Health and Safety Officer. She has directed workshops and second stages for both The Players Guild of Leonia and Bergen County Players, which included Baby , Chicago, Pippen, and The Sweetest Sounds. Joanne would like to thank Steve, Cheryl, Diane, Linda, Marc, Kim, and Ralph for all their help. And of course the talented cast. Welcome to the Sixties!!!

Linda Wielkotz - Assistant Director

Linda is happy to be working with a delightful cast and director on such a fun show.

Cheryl Woertz - Music Director

Cheryl Woertz is no stranger to the PGL. Previous roles and functions: Cheryl last sang on our stage as Sally in Follies. Also seen as Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, and in Circle Game, Trip to Bountiful, Working, The Actor’s Nightmare, Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town, and Kate in All My Sons. Musical Director for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Elsewhere: Adlean in Barbecue, mothers in Blood Brothers (Antrim), Summer Brave (BCP), I Do, I Do (Elmwood Playhouse), Better Late (BCP—is there a pattern here?) and singing fabulously as Sally in Follies (BCP workshop and Montclair Light Opera). When not scampering across the boards, Cheryl is a popular piano and voice teacher, and frequently entertains wild sons and associates at her charming farmhouse in Alpine. Broadway debut at age 5, but that’s a whole other story. . .

Ralph Martinez - Producer

Ralph Martinez joined the PGL in 2016. His acting debut started with Theater on the Edge in Desire, Desire, Desire. Favorite roles include: Twelve Angry Jurors (Juror #5), Summerstages' Anything Goes, and Damn Yankees. Ralph produced Lost in Yonkers in 2017, which was nominated for five Perry Awards! He fell in love with the process ever since and has produced numerous PGL productions. Ralph has served on the PGL Board as Treasurer, President, and actively participates and assists with various PGL committees: Social Media/Marketing, Budget/Finance, The Prompter (monthly newsletter), PGL Website, and Membership. He is happy to work alongside Kim Queren with Flowers in Your Hair. Break a leg everyone!

Kim Queren - Producer

Kim Queren has appeared in numerous PGL productions over the years and has recently learned the backstage skill of running lights and managing ticket sales. This is her first role as Co-Producer working under the expert guidance of Ralph Martinez!

Band:

Cheryl Woertz - Keyboard

Barry Schwartz - Bass

Artie Pazan - Drums

 
Production Crew:

Chris Milone - Stage Manager

Marc Leland - Choreography

Diane Arabella - Costumes

Steve Moldt - Set Design 

Dan Giordano - Lighting Design

​Chris "T-Bird" Thorn - Sound Design

A special thank you to Jin Park and Terry Caust for all your help!​

 
A very big thank you to all our
2022-2023 booster sponsors and advertisers!

 Boosters

Terri and Peter Caust
​The Mulvihill Family
Patricia Phillips
Art Penque
Bob Leap & Jeff McCartney
Joanne Godlewski
Joanne Guarnaccia
Beth Parrillo
Suzanne Renaud
Emily Pensari
Jeanmarie Garver-Gaydos
Annette and Tony Lenge
Ralph Martinez

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