Cabaret 
DANNY BRISTOLL (M.C.) is an Ithaca College freshman Musical Theatre major, originally from Greeley, Colorado. He is very happy to be in his second production with the MTC! Past credits include Man 2 in Songs For A New World with the MTC, Jaime in The Last Five Years, and Nicely Nicely Johnson in Guys & Dolls. Danny would like to thank both of his parents again for all the nagging, constant phone calls, and all the love and support they have shown while he has been here in New York. He would also like to thank Jenn McDonald and the rest of the MTC company for once again giving him this wonderful opportunity."
JOSH SEDELMEYER (Cliff Bradshaw), originally from Binghamton NY, is currently a student at Ithaca College. He is excited to be doing his first MTC production with such an awesome cast and the creative team. Currently a freshman Acting major at IC, Josh studies voice off-campus with Marty Heresniak. Past performance credits include Matt in Tha Fantasticks, Andrew in The Breakfast Club, John/Judas in Godspell, Tony in West Side Story, Felix in The Odd Couple, and, most recently, Ensemble in Metamorpheses. Josh thanks Jenn MacDonald for being a fabulous director and infusing this production with energy and passion.
TIM FASANO (Ernst Ludwig), originally from North Haven, CT, is currently a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, majoring in English and Psychology, with a concentration in biopsychology. MTC credits include Eddie in The Wild Party and Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors. Tim has also appeared as Federzoni and the Infuriated Monk in Galileo, Caliban in The Tempest and Don Carlos in Hernani at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Other credits include the Ghost in Hamlet and Ernie Cusack in Rumors. Last semester, Tim served as Stage Manager for MTC's Songs for a New World. He would like to thank his friends and family for their unflagging support and all of the new MTC members for stepping up to the plate so unreservedly.
LAUREN BAMFORD (Fraulein Schneider), originally from Attleboro, MA, is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. She is so excited to be in her second production with the MTC! Past theater credits include The Sound of Music (Maria), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Chicago (Roxie), and Grease (Rizzo). She is also a member of "Anything Goes". She would like to thank everyone in MTC for giving her such a warm welcome as well as her family and friends back home for their unending supply of love and encouragement.
ALEX MOGIL (Herr Schultz) is thrilled to return to the MTC after playing Max in last year's production of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. Alex is currently a sophomore studying Television-Radio at Ithaca College. Favorite roles include: Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables, Danny Zuko in Grease, Mereb in Aida, Juror #3 in 12 Angry Men, and Papa Ge in Once On this Island. He would like to thank his family and friends for their continued support and the amazing cast and crew. He'd also like to dedicate his performance to his Grandma Brigie. Enjoy the show!
JULIANNE MENASSIAN (Fraulein Kost) is a junior Drama/Anthropology double major from The D.C area. Julianne is thrilled to be in her 2nd MTC production, having played Mae in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. Favorite roles include: Narrator in Blood Brothers, John the Baptist in Godspell, and The Yellow Brick Road in The Wiz. Julianne also just finished stage managing Ithaca College's production of Hello Again and assistant stage managing The Exonerated and A Midsummer Night's Dream. This past summer she was an intern at The Barrington Stage Company, working on The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Violet Hour and Private Lives.
DANIELLE SESSLER (Sally Bowles), a sophomore at Ithaca College from Connecticut, is thrilled to be in the MTC's production of Cabaret! Favorite and most recent roles include the Narrator in Joseph..., Berthe in Pippin, the Witch in Into the Woods, Peter Pan in Peter Pan, and Marty in Grease. Thank you to Jen, and everyone on the production team for this wonderful opportunity. Also, thanks to her provocative and talented cast: you have made rehearsals all the more entertaining!
KEVIN KEHOE (Ensemble, Max) is a junior B.A. Drama major - Writing minor at Ithaca College. Hailing from Jeffersonville, Vermont, Kevin has been in shows such as Beauty and the Beast, How to Succeed in Business... and was featured as the Tinman in The Wiz. He also directed a youth theatre summer camp in 2007. IC stage credits include Rocky Horror in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Polonius in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Wino #1 in MTC's production of Little Shop of Horrors. Aside from his love for acting, Kevin has a passion for music, playing drums for the Vermont rock band, Sour Boy. "Thank you to everyone who has supported me in my journey through theatre. Thank you to Jenn and this great cast and crew. I love you Mom and Dad, even you Sean."
BRYAN BOTTI (Ensemble, Bobby) is really excited for his fourth MTC production, having performed in MTC's Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, Little Shop Of Horrors and having directed MTC's The Last Five Years. He is a sophomore Biology major, premed, at Cornell University. He has been in various shows back home in Livingston, NJ as well as here in Ithaca. He'd like to thank the MTC for this opportunity.
TANNER HUSSAR (Ensemble, Victor) is a freshman Drama and Political Science major at Ithaca College. She is originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico and ended up in Ithaca because of all of the wonderful theatre performance and training opportunities available to her. She has been dancing and doing musical theatre for over nine years and is so excited to be a part of Cabaret. This is her first time working with the MTC and she could not be more pleased to be working with such a fabulous and talented group of people.
ALEXA BONAROS (Ensemble, Klub Girl) is a freshman at Ithaca College. Cabaret marks her first production with the MTC, and she's excited to be working in theatre again. Most recent roles include: Marta in Company, Passionella in The Apple Tree and Ti Moune in Once on this Island. She's enjoyed working with such a talented cast and company and would like to thank her family for always supporting her! Love you all!
KATIE PETERS (Ensemble, Klub Girl) is thrilled to be a part of her first show with the MTC! A freshman BFA Musical Theatre major at Ithaca College, she has been involved in many shows back home in Tacoma, Washington and is looking forward to many more to come. Recent credits include Marty in Grease and Eponine in Les Miserables. "Much love to Jon and my parents for their eternal support, and many thanks to Jenn, David, and all involved in Cabaret! You are wonderful!"
JESSICA WESTON (Ensemble, Klub Girl) is a Junior English major and Photography minor at Ithaca College, originally from Western New York.  She is also in her third semester at The Actor’s Workshop of Ithaca, where she studies the technique of Sanford Meisner under the inspiring direction of Katie Spallone.  Cabaret marks Jessica’s first production with the MTC.  She has previously performed in George M!, Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie, and How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Jessica would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her in everything she does and is so excited to have the opportunity of sharing this experience with such a wonderful cast and crew!
KATIE VAN CLEAVE (General Manager & President) is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, majoring in both Atmospheric Sciences and Spanish. She attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL where she first became interested in theatre production while serving as a Co-Producer of a large student-written musical her senior year. During the Spring 2008 semester, she studied Spanish theatre history abroad in Madrid. She has served as Stage Manager for MTC's productions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as well as Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party and served as General Manager for The Last Five Years and Songs For A New World. Cabaret marks her fifth season with the MTC, and she looks forward to many more. She would like to thank Justin Leader and Josh Burlingham for encouraging her, as well as her ever-supportive family and friends.
JENN McDONALD (Director) is a junior at Ithaca College pursuing a double major in English and Drama. This is her second production with the MTC and she couldn't be more thrilled! In the past, she has performed with IC Players in The Vagina Monologues and Equus (Jill Mason). She has also acted stage managed for IC Players with The Goat or Who is Sylvia?. Last year, she directed and produced a show to raise awareness about eating disorders called Dying to be Thin, and now serves as Vice President for an on campus group, Create for Social Change, dedicated to using the arts for social benefit.
DAVID MUSSELWHITE (Assistant Director, Lighting Designer) is a junior in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Hailing from the land of Jimmy Carter, Little Richard, peaches, and peanuts, David has spent the past two years educating Ithacans about the true charm of a Southern gentleman. His theatre experience includes three semesters with Anything Goes, Andrei in Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters, Robert in David Auburn's Proof, as well as directing a regional debut of Marsha Norman's 'Night, Mother. He would like to thank the MTC staff and crew for being such thoroughly lovely people, and his AG family for their love and support.
ADRIANNE FEDORCHUCK (Musical Director) is a junior at Ithaca College with a double major in Music Education and Vocal Performance. She is delighted to be a part of her first production with the MTC and to be among such a talented and experienced staff. Active in local theater companies throughout central New York for over a decade, Adrianne is no stranger to the stage. However, she hasn't filled the role of Musical Director since her senior year of high school when she was on the staff of Stephen Shwartz's Pippin, so she can't wait to begin her work on Cabaret. Many, many thanks to our Pit Director, Chris, for recruiting me for this production!
KENDRA SLACK (Choreographer) is thrilled to have been a part of this wonderful cast and to have gotten the chance to recreate work by one of the most brilliant choreographers in musical theatre history: Bob Fosse. She feels very passionately about preserving and passing on the work of other choreographers, and she has had the greatest time sharing what she knows of Fosse's style with such a beautiful and talented group of people. Thanks to the cast and to Bob for the inspiration!
CHRIS TOLBERT (Pit Director) is currently a junior at Ithaca College majoring in Music Education. Though he is primarily a trumpet player, conducting has become one of his prevailing interests since his involvement with the MTC. Chris has served as pit conductor for MTC productions of Sweeney Todd, Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party and Little Shop Of Horrors. Chris also serves as an Ithaca Dining Services Student Supervisor and as a member of the brass quintet Five Cents Sharp. Special thanks to his teachers and friends!
JEFF PALEY (Technical Director), hailing from Cincinnati, OH, is a junior at Cornell University studying biological engineering.  He built sets in his high school theater, and has worked in the Schwartz center scene shop since his freshman year.  This is his third semester with the MTC.
GARIN BULGER (Director of Marketing) is a junior Integrated Marketing Communications major at Ithaca College from Concord, New Hampshire. This is Garin's second production with the MTC, previously working as Graphic Designer for company productions of The Last Five Years and Songs for a New World. Prior to his work with the MTC, Garin worked as the advertising director for an Ithaca College production of Dying to be Thing, and as the advertising chair for the IC Players. He would like to thank his friends and his family for all the support they have given him.
BETH SPERGEL (Director of Photography) is a Junior at Cornell University in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences studying a Natural Resources and Photography. Beth is a senior photographer for the Cornell Daily Sun, and this semester she has an internship with University Photography, Cornell's commercial photography studio.
MICHAEL GARRETT (Scenic Designer, Technical Coordinator) is currently a senior studying Animal Science, Adult Education, and Production Theater in the College of Agriculture and Life Science at Cornell University and is in his eighth semester with the MTC. Company credits include Bat Boy: The Musical (Technical Director), A New Brain (Technical Director, Scenic Designer), Sweeny Todd (Executive Technical Director, Scenic Designer), Little Shop Of Horrors (Executive Scenic Designer) and The Last Five Years and Songs For A New World (Technical Coordinator). Other theater credits include Mass (Technical Director), Room (Lighting Designer), Hernani (Lighting Designer) and Beat Box Bard (Assistant Lighting Designer). Film credits include Desert of Blood (Distribution Assistant) and Henry IV (Casting Assistant).
ANDERS BENSON (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a sophomore in the Hotel School at Cornell and plans to one day be a chef. He is a self-declared Renaissance man and enjoys creating in all forms; this semester has been a fun one and thanks his friends for their continuous support.
ELIZABETH WHEELER (Costume Designer)
ARIEL ARBISSER (Makeup Designer) is a junior in ILR at Cornell University and has served as Makeup Designer for five past MTC productions. Her passions are makeup and singing. This coming summer, Ariel has an internship at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics in New York City. Ariel is also President of the nationally-acclaimed co-ed a cappella group, The Chordials, that recently released its fifth studio album Smash. Ariel wishes to congratulate the MTC cast and staff for putting on another fantastic show!
KRISTIN SUNDVOR (Business Manager)
RACHEL MAYER (Stage Manager) is very excited to be working for the MTC for her third semester, having previously served as Makeup Artist on company productions of Little Shop Of Horrors, The Last Five Years and Songs For A New World. She is a sophomore at Cornell, majoring in Biology and Society, with a concentration in women's health. Rachel is also the philanthropy chair of Kappa Delta Sorority and does genetics research. She would like to thank the directors, Katie and the rest of the company for putting together such an amazing show!
CASEY KROSSER (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore English major at Ithaca College. She first became involved in theatre during high school in her hometown of Livingston, NJ. She was also on the properties crew for Ithaca College's main stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She thanks MTC for giving her the opportunity to be involved in this production! This is her second season with the MTC, and she looks forward to many more.
ROBERT BERG (Senior Copywriter) has been involved in the MTC since its first production of Assassins and has since performed such varied company roles as Lead Creative Consultant, Associate Producer and Dramaturg. Robert holds a Masters in Theatre History and Criticism from CUNY Brooklyn and a Bachelors in Liberal Studies from SUNY Purchase. He is also the proud co-founder and co-president of Striking Prose, Inc., a professional freelance copywriting company. Additionally, he is a reviewer and has been published in David Hofstede's "5000 Episodes and No Commercials: The Ultimate Guide to TV Shows on DVD 2007." Robert currently lives in New York, NY, with his partner and somewhere around 400 DVDs and 500 books.