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Friday, February 26 at 8pm (Pre-show reception at 7pm)
LGBT NIGHT!
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Saturday, February 27 at 8pm
OPENING NIGHT PARTY!
Join the cast and creative team for a wine and cheese
reception after the show!

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Fairfield County Professional Premiere of
the Tony® Award-Winning Best Play!

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE

February 26 - March 13, 2016  

Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm & 8pm, Sundays at 2pm
at MUSIC THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT 
509 Westport Avenue (Route 1) in Norwalk
(Click here for directions)

Note:  Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 
contains adult language and references and is recommended for ages 13 and up.

MTC MainStage presents
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
by Christopher Durang
with Christopher DeRosa, Cynthia Hannah, Carissa Massaro, Jim Schilling, Katie Sparer and Jodi Stevens
Costume Design by Diane Vanderkroef
Set Design by Carl Tallent  
Lighting Design by Joshua Scherr  
Sound by  Sarah Pero
Assistant Stage Manager Kevin Connors
Stage Manager Cameron Nadler
Directed by Pamela Hill

Christopher DeRosa (Spike) couldn't be happier to be back at MTC MainStage after playing Magaldi in Evita! Favorite credits include Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza, Captain Walker in The Who's Tommy and Joseph in Joseph... Dreamcoat (Nominated for a Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical). Many thanks to Kevin and Jimmy, John Jamiel, Craig D'Amico and crazy family and my beautiful fiancé Carissa ;)

Cynthia Hannah (Sonia) A familiar face to MTC audiences. Cynthia has performed in God of Carnage, Almost Maine and the world premiere of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play.  In addition to over 120 TV commercials she has appeared in The Guiding Light, All My Children and Billy Joel’s video "Keeping the Faith."  Theatre credits include the Westport Country Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre and the Stamford Theatre Works.  Her play, The Pope was performed in The Theatre Artist's Worshop's playwright’s festival with MTC co-founder Jim Schilling. She is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has studied with Uta Hagen.

Carissa Massaro (Nina) is thrilled to be a part of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at MTC MainStage! She was recently seen this past fall in the MTC production of Evita as The Mistress. Favorite credits include Jane Eyre (Broadway), Luisa in The Fantasticks (MTC), Chava in Fiddler on the Roof (STAGES St. Louis) and Belle in Beauty and the Beast.  Special thanks to Kevin and Jimmy for an incredible experience. Carissa sends love to her amazing parents, brother Brandon, the rest of her family and her one and only Chris.

Jim Schilling (Vanya) co-founded MTC in 1987 and has served as teaching artist, Artist in Residence, director, general manager, actor, producer and currently as Director of the School of Performing Arts and MTC’s Managing Director. Acting credits include John Guare’s A Day For Surprises, Upper Broadway (Westport Country Playhouse), Hamlet (with Tony Roberts), South Pacific (with Jamie Farr) The Fantasticks (Rich Forum) and on MTC’s MainStage in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well..., Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down, Yours, Anne, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Doubt, Almost Maine, God of Carnage, The Fantasticks and A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play last season. Film credits include Bullets Over Broadway, Cadillac Man, Soapdish and as Sean Penn’s double in Dead Man Walking. Jim holds a BFA degree in Musical Theatre from Otterbein College and was also trained at the Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Playwright’s Horizons in New York City and Improv Asylum in Boston. Jim, a graduate of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts’ AMICI Arts Management Program, continues as a Blue Ribbon Panelist for the Daytime Emmy Awards, and is on the voting committee for the SAG awards, and a member of “Who’s Who in the American Theatre” from 1991-present. Jim is a proud member of Actors Equity Association since 1980. Member AEA, SAG, AFTRA.

Katie Sparer (Cassandra)  is thrilled to be appearing at MTC's beautiful new space. Previous shows with the company include Doubt and Almost Maine. Some of her many NY theatre credits: Broadway: Awake & Sing (understudy). Off-Broadway: The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket (Playwright's Horizons), Shayna Maidle (Westside Arts), Renovations (Theatre for the New City), Ruthless (Stage 72). Regional Theatres include: The Alley, Missouri Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Studio Arena, American Conservatory Theatre, CT Free Shakespeare. Television and film: American Playhouse, Candid Camera, Law & Order and The Sopranos. Katie is a member of TAW and teaches at RCA. 

Jodi Stevens (Masha) Broadway (Original Companies): Pam in Urban Cowboy,  Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde. Off-Broadway:  Noel Coward and Friends, Dietrich and Chevalier The Musical, Regional Theatre: Barry Manilow’s Harmony (La Jolla Playhouse), Lily St. Regis in Annie (Goodspeed Opera House), Velma VonTussle in Hairspray and Paulette in Legally Blonde (both at STONC), The Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (Gateway Playhouse), Dracula the Musical (La Jolla Playhouse), Help Us! A Rat Pack Musical (Denver Center), Noel Coward and Friends at Lincoln Center.My Way: Frank Sinatra Tribute, and Love Letters, opposite husband, Scott Bryce, (White Heron Theatre and MTC).  Films: Oksana Nash in Pervertigo, Jill in The Narrow Gate. TV: 27 East, Conviction, Sex in the City and Central Park West. Recordings: Girl Talk, Rodger’s and Leonhardt, Kurt Weill’s Centennial Celebration and Johnny Mercer’s Dream.