TYLER EHRLICH (Orchestra Director, Business Manager, Webmaster) is a junior at Cornell University in the College of Arts and Sciences. bare marks his fifth production with the MTC, having previously served as Orchestra Director for Spring Awakening, Rent, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Little Women: The Musical. He is in the clarinet studio of Lenora Schneller and studies conducting with Professors Cynthia Johnston Turner and James Spinazzola. Tyler is also the teaching assistant for the Cornell University Wind Symphony, where he assists in conducting both rehearsals and concerts. He would like to thank his family and friends for their constant support, and his past and present music teachers for all they have taught him.

ADELAIDE McDONNEL (Assistant Orchestra Director) is a senior at Cornell University majoring in Music. This is her third production with MTC. Previous credits include Keyboard II/Guitar II in Rent, and was Assistant Orchestra Director and Guitar II in Spring Awakening. Adelaide plays saxophone, is actively involved in Cornell University’s Wind Ensemble. She is very excited to be working with Melodramatics in her final year at Cornell.

CHRIS CARPENTER (Guitar I) is a Television and Radio Major at Ithaca College and is from suburb near Rochester, NY called Fairport. He has been playing guitar for 6 years now and played guitar for Working at Ithaca College last year.

SAMUEL B. LUPOWITZ (Bass) is a 2012 graduate of Ithaca College who can now be seen around the Ithaca area playing piano and singing in his soul-rock group, Samuel B. Lupowitz & The Ego Band. Their new record, Songs to Make You Wealthier and More Attractive, is available on iTunes, CDBaby, and samuelblupowitz.com. In addition, Sam is busy preparing his rock opera about the Lincoln assassination, The Handsomest Man in America, for another production in 2013, and is also working on a southern rock adaptation of Hamlet. Thanks to the cast & crew for all their hard work. Josh -- together again...

ANDY STAWASZ (Drums) is a Cornell sophomore from Corning, New York majoring in Industrial and Labor Relations with intended minors in Music and Philosophy. Andy is currently a member of the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble, World Drum and Dance Ensemble, and his own Cornell-based band, 3Unit. He has participated in orchestra pits in high school productions of Titanic: The Musical, Peter Pan, and Oklahoma!, and played for Spring Awakening last semester with the MTC. Break a leg, everyone!!

QIAO-AN (JOANNE) WANG (Flutre) is a freshman in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She is super excited for her first show with the MTC! Prior to bare she played in the pit orchestras for The Phantom of the Opera, Oklahoma!, and Scrooge the Musical in high school. Outside of Melodramatics, Joanne is very involved in the Just About Music dorm, as a member of the E-Board as well as a Performance Space Manager. She would like to thank Andy Stawasz for introducing her to this opportunity, as well as her friends and family for all their support.

HARRIS KARSCH (Cello) is a junior in Cornell University’s Engineering College, double majoring in Engineering Physics and Computer Science, and minoring in Music. He has played the cello since 3rd grade, and currently is in the Cornell Chamber Orchestra and studies with John Haines-Eitzen. This is his second semester playing in the pit orchestra for the Melodramatics, and he guarantees that you will greatly enjoy his extensive repertoire of artistically perfected tacets.