program - 42nd Street Moon

Christian Jusinski (Prop Master) most recently designed props for 42nd Street Moon’s
production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, as well as last season’s
Jubilee and Destry Rides Again. He is also a freelance designer/sculptor/metal fabricator
and massage therapist who recently said goodbye to his position of five years as a theater
technician at Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon. He is also a devoted studio assistant to
Oakland artist Trevor Southey.
GREG MACKELLAN (Artistic Director) is always happy when there is a Rodgers & Hart
musical on the Moon stage. During his 18 years as Artistic Director of 42nd Street Moon, he
has directed more than 50 musicals, including Li’l Abner, Minnie’s Boys, Paint Your Wagon,
The Student Gypsy, Do I Hear a Waltz?, Gay Divorce, Nymph Errant, and Irma La Douce.
His own Rodgers & Hart productions have included A Connecticut Yankee, Peggy-Ann, Too
Many Girls, and I Married an Angel. In LA and New York, Greg was responsible for the
acclaimed six-CD “Shadowland” series of recordings devoted to lesser-known songs by classic
American musical theatre songwriters with performers including Judy Kaye, Jason Graae,
Susan Watson, Patricia Morison and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. Greg also provided the revised
script for 42nd Street Moon’s 2004 NEA-sponsored restoration of the Harburg/Arlen Hooray
for What! Also in 2004, Greg’s award-winning revision of the Cole Porter musical Out of
This World was presented to critical acclaim at the Chichester Festival in England, and has
since been produced in Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He yearly directs the Moon
fundraising gala, including I Remember It Well with Leslie Caron and All the Things You Are
with Rebecca Luker, with whom he reunited for the recent Jerome Kern Salon.
STEPHANIE RHOADS (Artistic Director) says that “founding 42nd St. Moon in 1993 with Greg
has resulted in the realization of a dream. Giving new life to forgotten and under-presented
works of musical theatre has provided a source of joy and pride.” As an actor, she recently
graced our stage as Madame la Comtesse Diane de Vobrillac in Ben Franklin in Paris. Included
among her favorite Moon roles: Helen Vance in our smash production of Out of This World,
Adriana in Boys From Syracuse, Ninotchka in Silk Stockings, Venus in One Touch of..., Elvira
in High Spirits, Thea in Fiorello!, and Adeline in Sweet Adeline. She will appear in April,
2011’s Strike Up the Band and the John Kander Salon. Stephanie has received Dean Goodman
Choice Awards for Hello Dolly!, Out of This World, and One Touch of Venus as well as Bay
Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards. She appears often with many regional companies, has
performed around the world, and is a concert soloist and a voice-over artist.
LAUREN HEWITT (Executive Director) provides 42nd Street Moon’s executive management.
As the past Director of Development of Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre, she led a capital campaign
to build their new home theatre. As the former Director of the Jon Sims Center for the
Arts, she founded AIRspace, the new works residency program. Under sponsorship of the
Jon Sims Center, she produced the opera, Wuornos, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
(2001). Under Lauren’s leadership 42nd Street Moon spearheads the organization’s long-range
planning and direction. She authored a grant proposal to the San Francisco Arts Commission
to acquire and renovate 42nd Street Moon’s rehearsal and administrative space, and diligently
pursues various prestigious operating grants from local and national foundations. A passionate
believer in the power of arts education she has led the company’s efforts to create and
support 42nd Street Moon’s fledging educational programs. A fourth-generation Californian,
Lauren holds a B.A. in Directing Theatre from S.F. State University and a Masters Degree in
Arts Administration from S.F.’s Golden Gate University.
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