Meet the Team!
(President Harry S. Truman)
Willy Falk*
Willy Falk* (President Harry S. Truman) has performed in Broadway shows and appeared on stages throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe in a multi-faceted career. He created the role of “Chris” in the original Broadway company of Miss Saigon for which he received a Tony©
Award nomination. He began his professional career as “Paul” in the Broadway Tour of A Chorus Line; playing over one hundred cities in the US. In his New York Broadway debut, he created the role of ‘Tommy” in Marilyn: An American Fable and his solo from that show, You Are So Beyond, became a cult favorite. He was on Broadway in Les Misérables, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Starlight Express, and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Willy’s many other theatre credits include a revival of George M! with Joel Grey, Little Shop of Horrors with Dom DeLuise, the early concept CD of Jekyll and Hyde, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac/Shelter (on CD), Heartbeats (on CD), God Bless Us Everyone (on CD) and creating roles in many new musical theatre works including Oskar Kokoschka in Doll and Professor Behr in Little Women Off- Broadway. As an in-demand singer, he was seen in New York in The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, The Crucible, and the title role of The Tales of Hoffmann in France. He is also the veteran of many concert performances with orchestras such as the Denver Symphony, The Honolulu Symphony, and The National Orchestra of Lyon, France. Willy has created solo cabaret shows and made several of his own recordings. His debut show entitled: “Willy Falk: Mostly Love,” played in New York, London, and Honolulu. His recordings, albums, and singles are available on all streaming media. On television, he recently appeared on the re-boot of “Sex and The City” in “And Just Like That...” on HBO Max. www.willyfalk.com
Helen Laser (Bella) is honored to join this cast! Some favorite theater roles include: Playhouse On Park: Chana (INDECENT), Powerhouse Theater: Betsy (ANNA), Anne Frank Center of NYC: Anne Frank (LETTERS FROM ANNE AND MARTIN), Sharon Playhouse: Ethel (THE MUSIC MAN), NJ Repertory Theater: Kaitlyn (MRS. KELLER HAS NO SECOND BOOK).
Helen has been seen on screen on CBS, HBO, in award-winning films on the festival circuit, in on-camera commercials, and her voice can be heard on many award-winning audiobooks, and commercials.
She'd like to thank Mom, Dad and Alex, Julia at Act One Management, and her husband Dominic, with whom everything is better.
For more, visit HelenLaser.com
(Bella Abzug)
Helen Laser*
Mark Lotito is a veteran of eleven Broadway shows. He originated the roles of Spats Colombo in "Some Like It Hot" and Gyp DeCarlo in "Jersey Boys". He worked with director David Leveux on "Betrayal" and "Fiddler On The Roof', in which he had the honor of performing Tevye. He was fortunate enough to be directed by his mentor Gerald Gutierrez in "Dinner At Eight" and "The Most Happy Fella".
He joined the cast of "The Producers" in the role of Mr. Marx and also played Max Bialystock.
He was Squash in "Victor/Victoria" with Julie Andrews and Macmahon in "Maire Christine" with Audra McDonald. Other credits include the Wizard in "Boys From Syracuse" and "Smell of the Kill". Mark has worked extensively Off-Broadway, regionally and on National tours.
He is a familiar face on television and film, making over 100 appearances as a guest or in a recurring role. He really has enjoyed it all. Mark is married to actress Valerie Wright and together they have two sons, Luca and Gio.
(Eddie Jacobson)
Mark Lotito*
(Don Muller) Broadway: Rent; High Fidelity; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Lincoln Center Theater: South Pacific. National Tour: Rent; School Of Rock. Regional: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick; American Idiot; 4000 Miles; The 12. Film: “Across the Universe,” “Ambivalence.” TV: “New Amsterdam,” “NCIS.”
(Don Muller)
Matt Caplan*
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association
UNDERSTUDIES
For Harry s. Truman, Don Muller, and Eddie Jacobson/Painter – Daniel Vaccaro
For Bella Abzug- Kelen Coleman
William Spatz is a real estate developer, philanthropist, playwright, and President and Chairman of the Board of the Greenhouse Theater Center NFP in Chicago.
He is also co-founder of Young People’s Theater Of Chicago. Credits included Jesus The Jew As Told By His Brother James and Truman And The Birth of Israel (from which this play was adapted). He currently is working on his next play with a working title of Dinner With Hamilton, Jefferson, and Hemming. When time permits, Bill plays golf, tennis, and pickle ball and loves to travel. He’s been blessed with a wife to die for, two wonderful kids, and four grandchildren who
bring constant joy. "Special thanks to all those who helped and supported me on this journey. A special thanks to the Truman Library, where I spent endless hours researching material for the play."
Playwright & Co-Producer
William Spatz
Randy White is currently based in Chicago where he is the managing artistic director of the Young People’s Theatre of Chicago. Randy was also founding artistic director of Cardinal
Stage Company in Bloomington, IN., where he directed Our Town, August: Osage County, All My Sons, 39 Steps, The Grapes of Wrath, Next to Normal, etc. Other credits include Midsummer (Jeff nominated) and Truman and the Birth of Israel, (Greenhouse Theater Center), Underneath the
Lintel (Soho Playhouse), Max and Ruby (Lucille Lortel), Self-Defense (New Georges), Thunderbird (Cherry Lane), Pygmalion (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), O Lovely Glowworm (Portland Center Stage), Sans-culottes in the Promised Land (ATL, Humana Festival), Into The Woods (Yale Dramatic Association), Sweeney Todd (Penn). Randy was Associate Director on Continental Divide (OSF, Berkeley Rep), assisted on The Lion King, and was two-year resident director at New Dramatists. Randy has his MFA in directing from the University of Alberta in his native Canada.
Director
Randy White
SET DESIGNER - LAUREN HELPERN
LIGHTING DESIGNER - TYLER MICOLEAU
Originally from Maine, lighting designer Tyler Micoleau lives in Brooklyn. He has designed extensively throughout New York on Broadway, Off-Broadway, as well as regionally and internationally, for world premiere plays, musicals and operas as well as outdoor spaces and touring productions. He is the recipient of a Tony Award (for The Band’s Visit), three Lucille Lortel Awards, two Henry Hewes Design Awards, and two OBIE awards. Recent designs include: Caroline (MCC), Buena Vista Social Club the Musical (Schoenfeld Theater, Tony nomination), The Antiquities (Playwrights Horizons NYC, Lucille Lortel award, Drama Desk nomination) and Hold On To Me Darling (Lucille Lortel Theater). Education: Bowdoin College.
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COSTUME DESIGNER - SYDNEY GALLAS
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SOUND DESIGNER - ELISABETH WEIDNER
Broadway: FUNNY GIRL (Assc. Sound Designer)
Off-Broadway: AMERICAN ROT LaMama, WHITE ROSE Theatre Row, F*CK 7th GRADE Wild
Project (Henry Hewes & Broadway World nominee), THE MAGNIFICENT 7 Theatre Row, TREVOR
Stage 42 (ASD) Pre-Broadway Out of Town: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (Assc. Sound Designer-Alliance Theatre),
HOOD (Sound Designer-Asolo Repertory Theatre) Resident Sound Designer/Composer: PCPA-Pacific Conservatory Theatre 2009-2019 (Selected) Regional Sound Designer: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS DCPA (Henry Award nominee), WATCHER IN THE WOODS Urban Stages, ANTHONY RAPP’S WITHOUT YOU IMM Theater Tokyo, ESCAPE FROM PELIGRO ISLAND First Stage, 39 STEPS The Ensemble Theatre Affiliations: Local USA 829 IATSE, TSDCA Vice Co-Chair (2020-2024)
www.elisabethanneweidner.com
PRODUCTION MANAGER - ANA MARI DE QUESADA
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER - ARTHUR ATKINSON
Recent Off-Broadway: Sump’n Like Wings, Becomes a Woman (Mint Theater), The Year of Magical Thinking, with Kathleen Chalfant (Keen Company), God of Carnage (Theatre Breaking Through Barriers), Paradise Lost (Fellowship for Performing Arts), Cagney - The Musical; many shows at the Irish Repertory Theatre, York Theatre, The Directors Company, Cape Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse, et al. Toured internationally in Fiddler starring Topol (Farewell tour), then Harvey Fierstein, and Theodore Bikel.
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER - KELSEY EMRY
Off-Broadway: Storyville (York Theatre), Regional Credits Include: Blues For An Alabama Sky, The Good John Proctor, Into The Breeches, A Christmas Carol, Little Shop of Horrors (Trinity Rep); Hamlet, Amadeus, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Bad Jews, Ironbound (The Gamm Theatre); Young Frankenstein (Berkshire Theatre Group).
GENERAL MANAGER - SCOTT NEWSOME
CASTING DIRECTOR - DARYL EISENBERG
PROPS SUPERVISOR - SAM TUTASI
PUBLICITY - PAUL SIEBOLD, OFF OFF PR
MARKETING - PEKOE GROUP
BOX OFFICE MANAGER - BRAYDEN STALLMAN
FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER -
PRODUCER - GREENHOUSE THEATER CENTER
CO-PRODUCER - WENDY SPATZ