
Pittsburgh’s Boutique Professional Musical Theater Company


Casting
Announcement
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Front Porch Theatricals (FPT) producers, Bruce E.G. Smith and Nancy Zionts are pleased to announce that casting is nearly complete for their upcoming 2023 season including Falsettos (May 19-28, Directed by Rob James, Music Directed by Deana Muro and choreographed by Ashley Harmon), and Merrily We Roll Along (August 18-27, Directed by Daina Michelle Griffith, Music Directed by Douglas Levine and choreographed by Alex Manalo).
The Falsettos cast includes returning FPT actors Chad Elder (Marvin), Lindsay Bayer (Cordelia) and Dan Mayhak (Swing). FPT is delighted to welcome new cast members, Justin Borak (Mendel), Jenna Kantor (Trina), Sal Bucci (Whizzer) and Natalie Hatcher (Dr. Charlotte). Swings include Anna Gergerich and Liv Poole.
Merrily We Roll Along sees the return of FPT actors, Dan Mayhak (Frank), Brady Patsy (Joe), Marnie Quick (Beth), Hope Anthony* (Ensemble, understudy Mary and Dance Captain). New to FPT this year, Catherine Kolos* ( Mary), Michaela Isenberg (Gussie) and Nathaniel Yost (Charlie).
Other returning FPT actors in the ensemble/swings include: Lindsay Bayer, Delana Flowers, David Ieong, Missy Moreno and Lucia Williams. New to FPT in the ensemble/swings include Victor Aponte, Matt Fawcett, Ashton Guthrie, Miles Hanna, Carmen LoPresti, Alawna Mallory, and Halle Surgil.
The company is still looking to finalize child actors for Merrily and will announce those soon!
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The cast of Falsettos

Rob James
Director

Ashley Harmon
Choreographer
Deana Muro
Music Director
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Chad Elder
Marvin
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Sal Bucci
Whizzer
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Jenna Kantor
Trina

Lindsay Bayer
Cordelia
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Liv Poole
Swing: Jason
Anna Gergerich
Swing: Trina/Cordelia/Dr. Charlotte
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Justin Borak
Mendel
Natalie Hatcher
Dr. Charlotte
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Matthew Frontz
Jason
Dan Mayhak
Swing: Marvin/Whizzer/Mendel


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Daina Michelle Griffith
Director

Alex Manalo
Choreographer
Douglas Levine
Music Director
The cast of
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
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Dan Mayhak
Frank

Catherine Kolos *
Mary
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Marnie Quick
Beth

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Carmen LoPresti
Ensemble
Lindsay Bayer
Ensemble
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Victor Aponte
Ensemble

Alawna Mallory
Ensemble
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Matt Fawcett
Ensemble
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Miles Hanna
Ensemble

Nathaniel Yost
Charlie

Hope Anthony *
Ensemble
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Delana Flowers
Ensemble
Michaela Eisenberg
Gussie
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Ashton Guthrie
Ensemble
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David Ieong
Ensemble
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Halle Surgil
Ensemble
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Lucia Williams
Ensemble

Missy Moreno
Ensemble
L'Chaim, To Life, To Leon
It is with extreme sadness that we report that our dear friend and one of the founding producers of Front Porch Theatricals, Leon S. Zionts lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and passed away on November 10th, 2019. We will find many opportunities, we hope, to honor him and his commitment to musical theater and the musical theater community.
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"Leon S. Zionts was a man with a song in his heart, a joke at the ready and a helping hand for all in the theater community that he called his second family. The 61-year-old lawyer, performer and producer died midday on Sunday from pancreatic cancer. He spent his final days in his Point Breeze home, receiving friends and surrounded by his family and with his beloved dog, Fiyero, who always got a program credit. When he died, the show tune "Corner of the Sky' was playing on repeat."
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- Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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"Zionts began producing musicals with Bruce E.G. Smith in 2008, forming the boutique musical theater production company Front Porch Theatricals. Nancy joined the company in 2014. 'We became producers,' Smith said. 'We always joked about the musical The Producers. He wanted to be in the image of Max Bialystock and I was Leo Bloom.' They staged productions of popular, well-known shows like In the Heights, Parade and Big Fish. 'The heart and soul of the company is Leon and that will never be replaced,' Smith said."
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- David Rullo, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
MEMORIES FROM PAST SHOWS



Miller Jay Kraps and Marnie Quick as Billy Cane and Margo


Drew Leigh Williams as Alison Bechdel and Daniel Krell as Bruce Bechdel

Drew Leigh Williams as Alison Bechdel

Erin Lindsey Krom and Jerreme Rodriguez as Alice Murphy and Jimmy Ray Dobbs

Drew Leigh Williams as Alison Bechdel and Daniel Krell as Bruce Bechdel

Grey Gardens Final Curtain Bow

L-R: Lucia Williams, Clara McGough, Delana Flowers, Chris Morriss, Ryan Jackson, Kaylie Mae Wallace, and Bill Crean

Beth Bush as Big Edie in Act II

Grey Gardens Final Curtain Bow