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Bayou Theatre<br />
University of Houston<br />
Clear Lake<br />
October 14<br />
7:30 PM<br />
October 15<br />
2:00 & 7:30 PM<br />
October 16<br />
2:00 PM<br />
Original staging<br />
and choreography by<br />
Luis Fuente and<br />
Natalie Cannon Zundel<br />
Re-staged by<br />
Nelson Madrigal and<br />
Natalie Cannon Zundel<br />
Graphic Design by<br />
Karen Siu Montalvo
(Based on Bram Stoker’s <strong>Dracula</strong>)<br />
Time: Late 1800’s<br />
Location: Transylvania and London, England<br />
ACT I<br />
Count <strong>Dracula</strong> and his mistress vampires<br />
awaken to the stillness of the night. Meanwhile,<br />
life in London is blissful for friends Mina<br />
and Lucy who have love on their minds. Mina,<br />
a young schoolmistress, is engaged to her<br />
adoring fiancé Jonathan. Vivacious Lucy has<br />
many suitors to choose from. They all share a<br />
dance together before bidding farewell to<br />
Jonathan, a real estate solicitor, who is going<br />
to Transylvania to finalize a sale with the<br />
Count <strong>Dracula</strong>. (Need to say anything about<br />
<strong>Dracula</strong> coming to London?)<br />
In celebration of the signing of the business<br />
deal, <strong>Dracula</strong> hosts a ball in true Transylvania<br />
fashion. Trapped inside <strong>Dracula</strong>’s castle,<br />
Jonathan is defenseless against the bloodthirsty<br />
ball guests. Jonathan, injured and<br />
delirious, escapes from <strong>Dracula</strong>’s castle. He<br />
takes refuge in a convent where nuns cleanse<br />
and heal him. Mina comes to be with Jonathan<br />
where they are united in<br />
marriage.<br />
Lucy, cursed with sleep-walking, falls asleep<br />
on a bench in the village. Count <strong>Dracula</strong>, on<br />
route to see his new property in London, can’t<br />
help but get a taste of the young<br />
seductress. Lucy becomes victim to <strong>Dracula</strong>’s<br />
will. Left cold and weak, her Mother and<br />
Mina come to her aid. Dr. Van Helsing tries to<br />
save her, however nothing can keep Lucy<br />
from her fate. Her suitors attempt to save her<br />
life by giving her a blood transfusion.<br />
15-Minute Intermission
ACT II<br />
The undead Lucy haunts the children playing<br />
near the graveyard. Mortified by her resurrection,<br />
her suitors realize they must kill her or be<br />
killed. The residents of London mourn Lucy’s<br />
death. They vow to kill Count <strong>Dracula</strong> while<br />
Mina offers herself as a lure. Ultimately, Count<br />
<strong>Dracula</strong> resists the urge to completely solidify<br />
Mina’s fate as a vampire because of her<br />
unique beauty and innocence. Jonathan<br />
interrupts the two, which leads to Count<br />
<strong>Dracula</strong>’s killing spree in a fit of rage.<br />
<strong>Dracula</strong> realizes he is outnumbered and flees<br />
London. All are on the hunt to find and kill the<br />
vampire. They battle to the death…<br />
In the end will good prevail over evil?<br />
Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre is funded in part by the City of Houston through<br />
Houston Arts Alliance.
October 14 @ 7:30 pm<br />
October 15 @ 2:00 pm<br />
Count <strong>Dracula</strong> .................................................................... Javier Morales<br />
Lead Vampires ................................. Tara McCally, Melissa Ludwig,<br />
Annalise Jackson<br />
Vampires .................. Amy Brown, Audrey Brown, Katie Buttacoli,<br />
Isabella De La Cruz, Delilah Kaboutari,<br />
Didem Saglam, Rachel Stevens, Rachel Stonestreet,<br />
Katarina Tomasic, Macey Westall<br />
Select Vampires ................... Isabella Anding, Jasmine Montalvo,<br />
Reagan Ross<br />
Jonathan Harker .......................................................... Kennedy Ballard<br />
Mina Murray .................................................................. Laura Massague<br />
Lucy Westenra ........................................................ Estheysis Menendez<br />
John Seward (Suitor) ................................................................ Justin Abel<br />
Arthur Holmwood (Suitor) ..................................... Maikel Hernandez<br />
Quincey Morris (Suitor) ...................................................... Jeiron Wong<br />
Dr. Van Helsing .......................................................... John Andrew Ruth<br />
Renfield ............................................................................. Trace Campbell<br />
Mrs. Westenra .............................................................................. Jill Reason<br />
Friends ......... Brooke Carothers, Abigail Gorham, Rachel Pincus<br />
Townspeople .................................... Kendra Bowie, Michael Brown<br />
Rick Kline, Margaret Lagrone,<br />
Phoebe McCourt, Travis Merrill, Sandra Shumate,<br />
Sarah Steuber, Scott Stillman, Jennifer Stillman,<br />
Julie Trumble, Clarence Witson<br />
Towns Children ........................ Chloie Crochet, Scott Horacefield,<br />
Lauren Lowe, Michael Richards, Sophie Tang-Wing<br />
Vampire Adults ............................................ Ken Ballard, Jason Bauer<br />
Ann-Marie Brown, Angie Campbell,<br />
Cindy deMasi, Larry Fleming,<br />
Christopher High, Donna Kline, Darrick McCally,<br />
Wesley Shaw, Tiffany Shaw, Ying Ye<br />
Vampire Attendants ......................... Valerie Codina, Jenna Metz,<br />
Chloe Sides, Annelise Ware,<br />
Ashley Witson, Lindsey Witson, Kailey Zatopek<br />
Vampire Children ......................... Ashleigh Abel, Emma Gorham,<br />
Elle Greenfield, Colton Heath,<br />
Madeline Krueger, Rand Ludke,<br />
Piper McCourt, Andrew Sackett, Leila Stevens<br />
Lead Nun ...................................................................................Sophia Kline<br />
Nuns ............................................... Graceanne Becker, Taylor Brown,<br />
Megan Ellis, Sadie Niccum, Alexandra Rishikof,<br />
Kaitlyn Younger, Maddie Younker<br />
Graveyard Children ............................ Addison Alley, Sarah Bauer,<br />
Taylor Duke, Raven Guidry,<br />
Lauryn High, Erin Leal, Cyler Ledbetter,<br />
Jasmine Moya, Lauren Pepper,<br />
Addy Runchey, Catherine Trumble
October 15 @ 7:30 pm<br />
October 16 @ 2:00 pm<br />
Count <strong>Dracula</strong> ................................................................... Javier Morales<br />
Lead Vampires .................................. Tara McCally, Melissa Ludwig,<br />
Jenna Westall<br />
Vampires ........... Amy Brown, Katie Buttacoli, Brooke Carothers,<br />
Isabella De La Cruz, Abigail Gorham,<br />
Maria Grimaldo, Annalise Jackson, Didem Saglam,<br />
Rachel Stevens, Rachel Stonestreet<br />
Select Vampires ................... Isabella Anding, Jasmine Montalvo,<br />
Reagan Ross<br />
Jonathan Harker .......................................................... Kennedy Ballard<br />
Mina Murray ................................................................... Laura Massague<br />
Lucy Westenra ....................................................... Estheysis Menendez<br />
John Seward (Suitor)................................................................ Justin Abel<br />
Arthur Holmwood (Suitor) ...................................... Maikel Hernandez<br />
Quincey Morris (Suitor) .......................................................Jeiron Wong<br />
Dr. Van Helsing ......................................................... John Andrew Ruth<br />
Renfield.............................................................................. Trace Campbell<br />
Mrs. Westenra .............................................................................. Jill Reason<br />
Friends ................... Audrey Brown, Rachel Pincus, Macey Westall<br />
Townspeople ..................................... Kendra Bowie, Michael Brown<br />
Rick Kline, Margaret Lagrone,<br />
Phoebe McCourt, Travis Merrill, Sandra Shumate,<br />
Sarah Steuber, Scott Stillman, Jennifer Stillman,<br />
Julie Trumble, Clarence Witson<br />
Towns Children ........................Chloie Crochet, Scott Horacefield,<br />
Lauren Lowe, Michael Richards, Sophie Tang-Wing<br />
Vampire Adults ............................................ Ken Ballard, Jason Bauer<br />
Ann-Marie Brown, Angie Campbell,<br />
Cindy deMasi, Larry Fleming,<br />
Christopher High, Donna Kline, Darrick McCally,<br />
Wesley Shaw, Tiffany Shaw, Ying Ye<br />
Vampire Attendants .......................... Valerie Codina, Jenna Metz,<br />
Chloe Sides, Annelise Ware,<br />
Ashley Witson, Lindsey Witson, Kailey Zatopek<br />
Vampire Children ......................... Ashleigh Abel, Emma Gorham,<br />
Colton Heath, Piper McCourt, Anna Moore,<br />
Alicia Price, Andrew Sackett, Leila Stevens,<br />
Vincent Wang<br />
Lead Nun ................................................................................... Sophia Kline<br />
Nuns ............................................... Graceanne Becker, Taylor Brown,<br />
Megan Ellis, Sadie Niccum, Alexandra Rishikof,<br />
Kaitlyn Younger, Maddie Younker<br />
Graveyard Children ....................... Sarah Bauer, Courtney Casas,<br />
Brynn Domsky, Julia Flores,<br />
Kaitlin Horacefield, Alexandra McPerson,<br />
Amy O'Hara, Addy Runchey,<br />
Sofia Serna, Catherine Trumble, Madisyn Zatopek
<strong>Dracula</strong><br />
JAVIER MORALES, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE,<br />
graduated<br />
as a dancer and teacher from the National<br />
School of Ballet in Havana, Cuba in 2003, working<br />
under the tutelage of various masters like<br />
Adria Velázquez, Fernando Alonso, Lázaro<br />
Carreño and Ramona de Saa. From 2003 to 2014<br />
he belonged to the National Ballet of Cuba under the artistic<br />
direction of Alicia Alonso. He reached the rank of First Soloist.<br />
Javier participated in Ballet Festival of Havana several times.<br />
During his professional time with this company, he had featured<br />
roles in world-renowned classical masterpieces such as Giselle,<br />
Swan Lake, Coppélia, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote and<br />
Shakespeare and his Masks. He also excelled in numerous contemporary<br />
works by choreographers Annabelle Lopez Ochoa,<br />
Alberto Mendez, Peter Quans, Jorge Amarante and Antonio el<br />
Pipa. He has danced in the best theaters around the world in<br />
Europe, Asia, South America and North America. He danced<br />
the Corsaire pas de deux, among other works with the Classic<br />
Ballet of Mazatlan Sinaloa, Mexico. Javier is delighted to be<br />
performing with BAHBT for his 2nd season.<br />
Mina<br />
LAURA MASSAGUE, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, began<br />
dancing at the age of 9 in the Elementary<br />
School of Ballet in Havana, Cuba. She then<br />
danced in the National School of Ballet, participating<br />
and receiving honors in International Concourses.<br />
She graduated with Golden Title of<br />
Dancer/Professor. At the age of 18, she became a member of<br />
Alicia Alonso’s National Ballet of Cuba and danced with them<br />
for nearly a decade, joining the Corps de Ballet in 2005.<br />
Throughout this time, she danced in countless ballets such as<br />
Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Coppélia,<br />
Paquita, Napoli, Les Sylphides and many other classics. At the<br />
same time, she danced contemporary works with the company.<br />
Laura participated in international tours to Europe, Africa,<br />
Egypt, Australia and throughout the Americas. She also studied<br />
in the Cuban Institute of Superior Arts for four years. During her<br />
time with the National Ballet, she rose through the ranks of the<br />
Corps de Ballet to Soloist. She created her own ballet choreography<br />
and took class and rehearsals from famous ballet dancers<br />
and professors such as Alicia Alonso, Fernando Alonso,<br />
Loipa Araujo, Aurora Bosh, Svetlana Ballester, Azary Plissetsky,<br />
Lazaro Carreño and others. She is very grateful to the Cuban<br />
National Ballet and its entire staff for the experience and lessons<br />
she gained. In October 2014 she became a Guest Artist for<br />
BAHBT performing the leading role in The Sleeping Beauty and<br />
The Nutcracker. The following season she joined the company<br />
as an Artist in Residence performing principal roles in Snow<br />
White, Cinderella, Don Quixote pas de deux, among others.
Lucy<br />
ESTHEYSIS MENENDEZ, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, began<br />
her ballet training in 1999 at the Vocational<br />
Art School "Luis Casas Romero", continuing onto<br />
the Academy "Vicentina de la Torre”. In 2007,<br />
Estheysis was invited to join the National Ballet<br />
School of Cuba, under the guidance of Ramona<br />
de Saá and other outstanding professors. She has received<br />
several important distinctions in competitive events, among<br />
them, 1st Place in the category, Variations (2005), and 1st<br />
Place in the category, Pas de Deux (2008), in the International<br />
Encounters of Academies for the Teaching of Ballet Competitions,<br />
Havana, Cuba. In 2008, she joined the National Ballet of<br />
Cuba and was promoted to First Soloist in 2012. Shortly thereafter,<br />
in 2014, she was invited to work under Alicia Alonso's artistictechnical<br />
direction, during which time, she performed a repertoire<br />
of classical and contemporary works and danced the<br />
principal roles in traditional collections such as Swan Lake,<br />
Giselle, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. In<br />
2015, Estheysis was promoted to Principal Dancer of the National<br />
Ballet of Cuba where she was awarded the coveted<br />
Female Interpretation Prize 17 and the National Choreographic<br />
Concourse from the Cuban National Writer and Artists Union.<br />
Estheysis is delighted to join BAHBT for this exciting season.<br />
Jonathan<br />
KENNEDY BALLARD, PRINCIPAL made his stage<br />
debut at 4 as a small party boy in The Nutcracker<br />
with BAHBT. Since then, he has garnered an impressive<br />
resume. Favorite roles: The Sleeping<br />
Beauty (Bluebird), The Nutcracker (Snow Cavalier),<br />
Shrek (Donkey), Little Mermaid (Prince Eric),<br />
Bye Bye Birdie (Harvey Johnson), Legally Blond (“Kyle” UPS<br />
Man), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere) and Seussical (JoJo) .<br />
Other productions: Hairspray, Grease, Annie, Joseph and the<br />
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oklahoma!, <strong>Dracula</strong>, Edward<br />
Scissorhands, Coppélia and Cinderella. Kennedy literally grew<br />
up in the dance studio with Ms. Lynette Mason Gregg where he<br />
trained exclusively until the 2015 summer, when he studied at<br />
the prestigious School of<br />
American Ballet. At the age of 10,<br />
Kennedy had the adventure of his<br />
young career as he joined the<br />
1 st National Tour of the<br />
Broadway smash, Billy Elliot.<br />
Thank you Ms. Lynette for your<br />
dedication, passion and vision…<br />
without you NONE of this would<br />
be possible. We are standing together!
DIDEM SAGLAM, GUEST ARTIST, started her professional<br />
ballet instruction at the age of 9 in her native<br />
Istanbul, Turkey. She went on to spend 4<br />
years at the Istanbul University Conservatory of<br />
Arts. Shortly after that, she was invited to be part<br />
of the very demanding and challenging John Cranko School of<br />
Dance in Stuttgart, Germany where she achieved numerous<br />
recognitions including the opportunity to perform with the recognized<br />
Stuttgart Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet as a<br />
guest artist. Her repertoire includes Don Quixote, The Sleeping<br />
Beauty (Blue Bird), Flames of Paris, Satanella, Fresken Ninfas,<br />
Ocean and Pearls, Le Corsaire, and The Fairy Doll as well as<br />
numerous contemporary and modern productions she performed<br />
at the Artistic Dance Center and most recently with the<br />
Naples Dance Conservatory as guest dancer and teacher.<br />
JEIRON WONG, GUEST ARTIST, took aesthetics of<br />
movement in college where he was introduced<br />
to the essence of ballet, jazz, modern, and tap.<br />
Wanting to continue his training, he did some<br />
research and was recommended to Fort Bend<br />
Academy of Dance. Soon after, he was asked to<br />
dance in The Nutcracker with BalletForte as an<br />
Arabian. As the years progressed, more roles such as Chinese<br />
and Snow Prince were added to his repertoire. Resonating in his<br />
memories are the haunting roles of the Wolf in Peter and the<br />
Wolf, the Rat King in The Nutcracker, Von Rothbart in Swan<br />
Lake, and Dr. Coppelius in Coppélia. Although Jeiron began<br />
dancing later than most, he endeavors to learn a full gamut of<br />
variations. He has attended several FBAD summer intensives as<br />
well as the Craft of Choreography Conference in 2004 and<br />
2007. He feels honored to have danced with the Royal Ballet in<br />
their production of The Sleeping Beauty in 2007. He appeared<br />
in BAHBT’s production of The Sleeping Beauty in 2014, as a<br />
guest artist, and is happy to return for their production of <strong>Dracula</strong><br />
in <strong>2016</strong>. Jeiron is grateful to be dancing with such talented<br />
directors and dancers. In his free time works at ForbiddenLogic,<br />
an affordable website solutions company, as a software developer.
BENEFACTOR<br />
Cathy & Robert Pincus<br />
SUPPORTER<br />
Joyce M Becker<br />
Ron & Perki Finn<br />
Larry & Kim Fleming<br />
Jim & Ann Herrick<br />
Jim & Jane Sweeney<br />
DONOR<br />
Mike & Cynthia deMasi<br />
Stephen Derry<br />
Melissa Grimaldo<br />
Tim & Dawn Kopra<br />
Steven Ludtke & Sarah Steuber<br />
Gary Sandy Mossman<br />
Franklin & Rebecca Anding<br />
Pat Biddle & Ron Kahl<br />
Craig Carothers<br />
Craig Cotter<br />
Ed Gorham<br />
Theresa M. Harley<br />
Judy & Robert Harper<br />
FRIEND<br />
Darlene & Sam Kaboutari<br />
Margaret Lagrone<br />
Sherrie Matula<br />
Kim McCally<br />
Gayle Scharff<br />
Susan Ware<br />
Diane Younker<br />
AMBASSADOR<br />
Pat Biddle<br />
Karen McCorkle<br />
Allen Brown<br />
Jennifer Metz<br />
Ann Marie Brown<br />
Gary Mossman<br />
Margaret Sides Daniels<br />
Sandy Mossman<br />
Cynthia deMasi<br />
Frank Perez<br />
Stephen Derry<br />
Carrie Philson<br />
Emmeline Dodd<br />
Becky Reitz<br />
Priscilla Ennis<br />
Gayle Scharff<br />
Kim Fleming<br />
Joan Schneck<br />
Larry Fleming<br />
Diana Shuman<br />
Kate Gay<br />
Jennifer Stillman<br />
Winston Goodrich<br />
Scott Stillman<br />
Pattier Gorham<br />
Jane Sweeney<br />
Theresa M. Hartley<br />
Jim Sweeney<br />
Ron Kahl<br />
David Swiff<br />
Ellen King<br />
Gerald Swiff<br />
Dawn Kopra<br />
Dominique Westall<br />
Tim Kopra<br />
Eric Westall<br />
Sherri Matula<br />
Clarence Witson<br />
Kim McCally
IN MEMORY OF LYNETTE MASON GREGG<br />
Judy Harper<br />
Darlene Kaboutari<br />
IN MEMORY OF GIGI<br />
Judy Harper<br />
Lagrone Family<br />
IN MEMORY OF TONI HOWMAN<br />
Judy & Robert Harper<br />
Darlene & Sam Kaboutari<br />
Ashleigh Abel<br />
Nicole Bogle<br />
Carson Campbell<br />
Ian Campbell<br />
Courtney Casas<br />
Aubrie Crochet<br />
Ingrid Daniels<br />
Megan Ellis<br />
Lucia Madrigal-Feijoo<br />
Amelie Finn<br />
Sophie Gay<br />
Emma Gorham<br />
Eva Johnson<br />
Zona Johnson<br />
Josie Jones<br />
Delilah Kaboutari<br />
Giovanna Kaboutari<br />
Hamid Kaboutari<br />
Maggie Lin<br />
Lauren Lowe<br />
JUNIOR PATRON<br />
Erin Leal<br />
Lucy Lowe<br />
Amelie McClanahan<br />
Piper McCourt<br />
Posie McCourt<br />
Madison Merrill<br />
Dylan Mohwinkle<br />
Amy O’Hara<br />
Kathryn Peplinski<br />
Sarah E. Porter<br />
Alicia Gabriella Price<br />
Victoria Isabella Price<br />
Amelia “Millie” Prouhet<br />
Hannah Sultando<br />
Addyson Sumner<br />
Madalyn Eve Tercero<br />
Ansley Wadle<br />
Julia Ware<br />
Kenzie Younger
October 14, <strong>2016</strong><br />
Following<br />
opening night show<br />
Mediterraneo<br />
restaurant<br />
18033 Upper Bay Road<br />
in Nassau Bay<br />
Cast, families and Patrons<br />
are invited to gather<br />
for scrumptious eats<br />
and ghoulish treats.<br />
No reservations needed.<br />
Individuals are<br />
responsible for<br />
the purchase of<br />
food and drinks.<br />
Graphic Design by<br />
Karen Siu Montalvo
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