What I Did For Love - The Musical

Our opening cast includes some of the best talent in Central Florida, with an ensemble of singer/dancer/actors including: Ian Adamson, Elizabeth Dean, Sarah-Lee Dobbs, Melissa Mason, Rusty Smith, Amanda Warren, Joel Warren and Andrew Williams.

		IAN ADAMSON - YALE Ian is a native of Oshkosh, WI where he studied vocal performance at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. He later spent the next 10 years appearing in a diverse range of community theatre performances, national choral workshops, and master classes. He has most recently been associated with the Brian Post Music Studio at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, WI. He currently resides in Orlando, FL with his family.
		ELIZABETH DEAN - GOLDIE A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC, Elizabeth has performed in many Orlando venues including Walt Disney, Universal Studios, the Orlando Opera, Mad Cow Theatre, The Civic, and Sleuth’s Mystery Shows. As a member of Abingdon Theatre Company in New York, she originated the roles of “Zona” in The Ghost of Greenbrier and “Charlotte” in Fiction Only, Please!, as well as work-shopped many new American plays. Elizabeth is thrilled to work with John DiDonna again, finally!
		ANDREW WILLIAMS - SWING Andrew is thrilled to making his debut here at Sleuth's Mystery Dinner Theatre in this wonderful production of What I Did For Love. Some of his favorite past credits include Forever Plaid(Frankie), High School Musical On Stage (Troy Bolton), The Fantasticks (El Gallo), and Urinetown (Bobby Strong). He appreciates the hard work and dedication by everyone involved and is glad that it's been such an amazing experience. Many thank yous to everyone!!!
		SARAH-LEE DOBBS - DESIREE SUE Sarah-lee was born in England and began her professional career at 14 .She performed in London 's West End on tour, in film and TV. Her favorite stage credits include Joseph, Grease, Cabaret, Oedipus and Macbeth. On TV she was Melanie Simpson in UK 'S longest running soap opera, 'Coronation Street'. Love bought Sarah-Lee to the U.S. where she is married to Doug and has 7-year-old Joseph. Locally she appears on TV commercials and as an Equity performer at Disney, Universal and 10 different roles at Sleuth's mystery dinner shows.
		JOEL WARREN - BUSTER Joel is the co-founder of the Warren Acting Company and has appeared on numerous Orlando stages, including The Orlando Rep and Mad Cow. He has directed at the IceHouse Theater, Theater Downtown, the Warren Acting Company and Empty Spaces. Joel is happy to be working with his friend John again after their collaboration on Jesus Hopped the A Train at the OST. Much love to Amanda.
		MELISSA MASON - HOPE Regional Credits: Into the Woods (Little Red), The Imaginary Invalid (Angelique), and A Little Night Music (Mrs. Segstrom) at Orlando Shakespeare Theater; Sweeney Todd: In Concert, Urinetown (Becky Two Shoes), Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia/First Fairy) with Mad Cow Theatre; Zombies from the Beyond (Charlie) with Jester Theatre; and Les Miserables: In Concert with Seaside Music Theater. Melissa is finishing an MFA in Musical Theatre at the University of Central Florida. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity! www.melissamason.net
		RUSTY SMITH - BILL I enjoy taking care of my horses, long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners,..... er...... sorry, wrong bio! I am very thankful to have the opportunity to work with such talented group of people! It is an honor to be a part of the premier of “What I Did For Love.” I am originally from Orlando (A real native! They do exist!), and perform as Taylor at "Poseidon's Fury" located in Universal's Islands of Adventure. I have worked many years at Disney (both here and Tokyo Disneyland), been an “Original Living Statue” around the world, opened the Dixie Stampede in 2003 and eventually bought my 2 horses (Ty and Orlando) from there. In 2007 I performed in a biblical musical called "The Miracle" in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and re-choreographed the show for the 2008 season. I thank God for my gifts (Jesus is my home boy!) and wonderful family and friends for putting up with me! (As if they had a choice! LOL!)
		AMANDA WARREN - CHOREOGRAPHER & SWING Amanda is the co-founder and choreographer of The Warren Acting Copany based in Mount Dora. After attending California Institute for the Arts, she went on to attend class at Toi Whakkari, New Zealand's National School of Dance. Amanda most recently choroegraphed and starred as Mary Lane in Reefer Madness at the Orlando Fringe Festival. Break a leg to a wonderful cast and crew (and an extra kiss to her hubby Joel!)
		TAMARA SOLOMSON - STAGE MANAGER Tamara is currently a Tech. at Universal Studios Orlando and attending Valencia Community College to obtain a degree in Entertainment Design & Technology. She has worked on several of the VCC shows, and has learned to wear many different hats in the process. Tamara has several years experience working on fashion shows and pageants, and she truly loves what she dos and has been fortunate to work with some incredibly talented people.
		DOROTHY MARCIC - PLAYWRIGHT Dr. Dorothy Marcic started her career in the arts as a production assistant on the TV program, Mister Rogers Neighborhood. More recently, she authored RESPECT: Women and Popular Music, which traces Top 40-songs with women’s development in the 20th century, which is the basis for her four-woman musical theater production RESPECT: The Musical Journey of Women (www.respectthemusical.com) which has played in 14 cities (including Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Sydney) with 2000 performances and 500,000 audience members. In its early stages, Dorothy traveled the U.S. and the world doing the one-woman show version, which was been well-received in Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Holland, England and South Africa. She has appeared on C-SPAN, CMT, and Bravo Network. Dr. Marcic is a former professor at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and previous to that was Director of Masters and Doctoral Programs in Human Resource Development. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Economics-Prague, teaching MBA students and practicing managers, and she was also a visiting faculty member at the Autonomous University in Guadalajara, Mexico; Technion University in Israel, City University in Slovakia and Monterrey Institute of International Studies. During the past 25 years, Dorothy has conducted over 1000 seminars on many topics and done consulting for executives at Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola Corp, AT&T Bell Labs; the Governor and Cabinet of North Dakota; the US Department of State; and Hallmark Corporation. She has worked with health care organizations in the US and Latin America and served as a faculty member in Health Administration. While in Europe, she served as advisor to the US Ambassador of the Czech Republic and was a delegate to both the United Nations Economic and Social Develop Summit in Copenhagen, as well as the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Her degrees include a bachelors in Radio-TV-Film, a Masters in educational Media, another Masters in Public Health and a Doctorate in Organizational Behavior. In 2000, Dorothy left her full-time academic position at Vanderbilt University to devote herself to playwrighting. In addition to RESPECT and this show, What I Did for Love, Dorothy has completed two other works: The musical, If I Give My Heart to You and the play One Born Every Minute. She has two others in process. She is a member of The Dramatists’ Guild. Dorothy Marcic Dr. Dorothy Productions www.respectthemusical.com www.drdorothy.com
		JOHN DiDONNA - DIRECTOR John received his Bachelor’s Degree in theatre from Syracuse University and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With hundreds of credits in directing, acting, production, playwrighting, and teaching, John brings over 25 years of individual theatrical experience to the table, with work that has been seen throughout New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia and California as well as shows that have toured through various states of the US. Getting his start in acting before moving into directing, John has continued performing in leading roles in such productions as A Lie of the Mind, Extremities, The Rocky Horror Show, The Crucible, True West, WAofVirginia Woolf, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Three Penny Opera, Art, Oleanna and Man For All Seasons. DiDonna has directed a variety of productions ranging from comedy to drama, industrials to fashion shows, experimental to classical. Most recent productions include Bathory, The Blood Countess, Bent, Jesus Hopped The A Train, Romeo and Juliet, The Beckett Plays Festival, The Red Chair Affair at the Bob Carr in 2006, 07, and 08, Urinetown, Hair, Missing Celia Rose and The Tempest. John teaches Acting/Theatre History/Speech at a number of local colleges, and is a board member of the Arts and Cultural Alliance in Central Florida.