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Artistic Director Gary Winterholler
Gary Winterholler has been active in theatre and film for many, many years. Although, a relative newcomer to Sacramento,
he has had the pleasure of working in town with the folks at Big Idea Theatre and is represented locally by Cast Images Talent.
Gary is a graduate of The National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York, NY, co-founded Prairie Dog Productions and Idaho
Actors Collective in Boise, Idaho, he co-founded the Community Theater Association of Idaho, served on the Performing Arts
Committee for the City of Boise, and was an Executive Producer on the feature film "The Sanguinarian." He has worked
extensively as an actor and has taught at The New Heritage Theatre Company and Idaho Shakespeare's Drama Camps.
gwinterholler@sacramelo.com
Musical Director John Cocuzzi
Swingster John Cocuzzi has New Orleans flavor and East Coast class, playing
with passion and intensity on piano, vibes and drums. For more than 25 years, John has been entertaining crowds in the Washington,
DC area and performing alongside jazz and blues greats at festivals across the United States and in Europe. With dynamic style
and diverse rhythms, John's innovation breathes new life into familiar tunes, from swingin' and burnin' jazz and
blues to lush and sultry ballads. An intuitive performer, John possesses that musical "fire in the belly," igniting
the crowd with skillful improvisation, "telling his story" through spirited, high-energy solos. In addition to being
a fine pianist, John has earned a nationwide reputation as a premier swing vibraphonist. He now lives in Northern California,
spreading the jazz/blues/swing gospel in the Sacramento area as a soloist and bandleader, and working with the finest musicians
in town.
Director Cyndi Lopez
Cyndi Lopez is a 20 year theatre veteran with a B.A. in
Theatre from CSU Sacramento. She has worked in theatre all over Northern California and had the privilege
of studying and working in London as well. Cyndi has worked on multiple productions including A Christmas Carol ,
The Graduate, The Shadow Box, Pensacola, Bye Bye Birdie, Rumors,
The Women, Ten Little Indians and many many more. She has also
taken an active role in Children’s Theatre and spent two years running a children’s theatre camp in her home town
of Redding, California.
While primarily focused on stage managing,
Cyndi has also worked on several shows in other technical roles.
Our Mission
To bring affordable and family friendly Musical Parodies to the people of the Greater Sacramento Area.
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Producing Director Cammie Pavesic
Cammie Pavesic is a graduate of Boise State University and the National Shakespeare Conservatory in NYC. Cammie has appeared
in numerous films, television and stage productions including; A Few Good Men, Manhattan Class Company, Idaho Shakespeare
Festival, The New Heritage Theatre Company, and many others. She has taught professionally for the past 15 years at TNHTC,
The Lee Strasberg Institute, John Robert Powers, and private lessons. She has worked with children at Idaho Theatre for Youth,
MSTI Christmas, the YMCA and numerous camps.
She was a founding member and Producing Director of Prairie Dog Productions
and Idaho Actors Collective.
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Choreographer Shannon Mahoney
Shannon comes from both a strong movement and theatrical background. She enjoys all types of dance and teaches and/or choreographs
to all ages. She received her BFA from the University of Wyoming and then went on to graduate from CSU
Fullerton in 1999 with her MFA in Acting. Upon graduating, she performed at the Kennedy Center, helped
to co-found Six Chairs and a Couple Artists Theatre Company in Long Beach, is the current managing director at Big Idea Theatre
and the artistic director at Lines School of Performing Arts.
In the past year she has choreographed the dramatic dance scene in Dancing at Lughnasa, Much
Ado About Nothing, directed and choreographed The Nutty Nutcracker and has 6 pieces being presented at the National
Starbound Dance Competition in South Lake Tahoe.
Some favorite dance roles: Les Sylphide, Scheherazade, Grease, South Pacific, Westside Story
and Secret Garden. Shannon has also played Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Stage Manager Liz Sivell
Elizabeth Sivell has been seen preforming in Sacramento for many years with: American
River Theatre, Story Time Theatre, City Theatre, The Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, and TFO Productions. When she isn’t
preforming Elizabeth can be found behind the scenes on a number of projects. She has worked as a stitcher in the costume shop
at City Theatre, built sets for TFO’s summer film festival at the Crest Theatre, built sets for TFO’s
feature length films Monster from Bikini Beach and Planet of the Vampire Women, and has worked as script supervisor for Desperate
Visions feature films Love Blade, Chump Change, and Lady M. She is currently working as the assistant director for Desperate
Visions next film Mondo Sacramento. Elizabeth is very glad to be a part of SACRA-MELO’s production of It’s a Wonderful
Life.
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