[NEohioPAL] TrueNorth to celebrate Andrew LLoyd Webber this weekend!

[Rick Fortney via NEohioPAL]

An Evening Celebrating the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Matinee, 3:00 p.m.
July 25, 26 and 27, 2014

Featuring: Jen Bertoni, Rick Fortney, Tia Karaplis,
Connor O'Brien, and Anthony Trifiletti

Performing songs from such favorites as Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and more.

Experience an all-star cast!

Connor O'Brien has been sung in the nationally ranked male acappella group, The University of Rochester Yellowjackets<http://jackets.org>, (as seen on NBC's "The Sing Off"<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lA5VP-raS0>) as a featured soloist. Connor has been a featured soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Rochester Philharmonic, The Akron Symphony<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQljLjXPuss>, The Cleveland Pops<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOgfs6hwNbk>, and the Cleveland Orchestra. He was also a finalist on the first season of ABC/MTV's "Making The Band".  Connor recorded his hit single "Ready To Fall"<http://soundcloud.com/connorbogart/connor-obrien-ready-to-fall>, a national semi-finalist entry in Sony Music and Clear Channel's "Radiostar"<http://www.billboard.com/news/clear-channel-sony-to-search-for-radio-star-2087327.story#/news/clear-channel-sony-to-search-for-radio-star-2087327.story> competition hosted by Ryan Seacrest.   Connor's theater performances have included leading roles in Miss Saigon (Chris<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQzQbtZtD6U>) Sweeney Todd (Anthony<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1P5Jxv2Svw>) The Last Five Years (Jamie<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btv7q2kyn_M>) Company (Bobby<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfZg74A_FEA>) Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9rndcGieVw>) Forever Plaid (Sparky<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9iXVNgdJDE>), as well as Altar Boyz (Abraham<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJs2NzrPes>).

Tia Karaplis was last seen at TrueNorth in Charlotte's Web where she played Charlotte. She's also been seen at TrueNorth in The Fantasticks, Children of Eden, The Secret Garden, Bunnicula, and The Lion King in Concert. She has performed at the Beck Center for the Arts, Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory, MGP, Tri C East, The Cassidy Theatre, as well as other venues. Some of her favorite roles include Luisa in The Fantasticks, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes, and Cosette in Les Miserables: School Ed..


Anthony Trifiletti is an active solo pianist, collaborative artist, and music director throughout much of Ohio. As a pianist and music director, Anthony has held positions at True North Cultural Arts Center, Sandstone Summer Theatre, Amherst Workshop Players, Lorain Community Music Theatre, The Human Race Theatre Company, The Lorain Palace Theatre, and numerous other venues. He is a recent graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. While at UD, Anthony was the recipient of the Award for Outstanding Collaborative Pianist and performed at the American Choral Director's Association National Convention in 2013. Besides working in theatrical and other performance related settings, Anthony is an active church musician having served at numerous parishes throughout the state. He is currently the music director at St. Peter in Lorain.



Jennifer Bertoni is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory where she was the Assistant Director of Opera for four years.  She holds a Masters Degree in Opera production from Florida State University.  Locally, she has worked backstage and onstage at the Ohio Light Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Beck Center, and True North Cultural Arts, where she most recently appeared in the concert production of A Grand Night for Singing. Jen currently has a private voice studio in Oberlin.

Rick Fortney is the Founder and Executive Director of TrueNorth Cultural Arts, Artistic Director to the TrueNorth Theatre and Cultural Arts Manager for the Lorain County Metro Parks. His professional singing resume includes performances with New York Choral Artists, Musica Sacra, Trevor Pinnock's Classical Band Chorus, The New York Concert Singers, The Juilliard Singers, The National Chorale, The David Dussing Singers, and featured Soloist within the Calvary Baptist Chamber Concert Series. Theatrically he was Spirit McCoy in the Hatfield's and McCoy's in Beckley, West Virginia outdoor theatre; worked with American Entertainment, singing at Convention Shows, State Fairs and Cruise Ships for a number of years; and was in the opera chorus for three seasons with Director Peter Sellers while living in New York City. Since returning to Ohio he has been with Mighty Goliath Productions, Huntington Playhouse, ACT of Brunswick, and TrueNorth; as an active chorister, he is a member of CleveWest Music Consorte, and The Canterbury Singers, USA with which he has sung several choral residencies at Cathedrals throughout England.

Don't miss this this opportunity, one weekend only, as we celebrate one of Broadway's best!

TrueNorth Cultural Arts
French Creek Nature and Arts Center
4530 Colorado Avenue
Sheffield Village, Ohio  44054

440.949.5200, ext.221
TNCArts.org

Richard A. Fortney
LCMP Cultural Arts Manager
TrueNorth Cultural Arts, Artistic Director

French Creek Nature and Arts Center
4530 Colorado Avenue
Sheffield Village, Ohio  44054

440.949.5200, ext.229

440.724.7189, cell

<www.metroparks.cc/truenorth.php<http://www.metroparks.cc/truenorth.php>>
<www.TNCArts.org<http://www.TNCArts.org>>

Tickets: <http://reservations.metroparks.cc/truenorth/programs/index.shtml>

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