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Damon's 2001 scrapbook (click on the images to open each photo) |
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Forever Plaid
Santa Barbara Music Theatre - Granada Theatre
June 2001
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The story of four unlikely heros whose dreams of musical glory come true when they miraculously return to earth. The harmony group was "snuffed out mid-coda" in a collision with a school bus of eager teens who were on their way to see the Beatles' debut on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. Now, through a hole in the ozone layer and some "astro technical stuff" the nerdy crooners with angelic voices return to the mortal realm to do the show they never got to do in life. Damon played Frankie, the quartet's leader who keeps their goals in sight despite his frequent asthma attacks. |
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Chrisopher Corts as Jinx
Scott Dreier as Smudge
Damon Kirsche as Frankie
Joe Symon as Sparky
Musical Director: David Snyder
Choreographer: Mark Perkins
Director: Scott Dreier |
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Into the Woods
California Music Theatre - Sacramento Music Circus
July 2001 |
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production photos by Steve Kolb
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Into the Woods combines the well-known fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Ridinghoood with the story of the Baker and his Wife who desperately want a child. Once the characters have accomplished their goals, however, they learn about the pitfalls of greed and gluttony. Finally, they learn about the need for community and family when they must unite to fight against the wife of the giant Jack killed who has decided to come back for revenge. Damon played opposite Christopher Carl as the "charming, not sincere" royal brothers who are ever in search of the next maiden. |
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Christopher Carl as Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf
Frances Ford as Jack's Mother
Phillip Hoffman as The Baker
Susan Hoffman as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant
Cristin J. Hubbard as Lucinda
Tracy Katz Palladini as Little Red Ridinghood
Daniel Frank Kelley as Jack
Damon Kirsche as Rapunzel's Prince
Blake Lindsley as Rapunzel
Liz McCartney as The Witch
William McCauley as Narrator
Mary Gordon Murray as The Baker's Wife
Jan Pessano as Stepmother
Patricia Ben Peterson as Cinderella
Joaquin Romaguera as Cinderella's Father
Jennifer Shelton as Florinda
James Zanelli as The Steward
Courtney Glass as Sleeping Beauty
Amber Jean Moore as Snow White
Music Director: Steven Smith
Director: Glenn Casale
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My Fair Lady
California Music Theatre - Sacramento Music Circus
July 2001
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production photos by Steve Kolb
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Egotistical linguist Professor Henry Higgins bets his friend, Colonel Pickering, that he can transform Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in time for an important society ball. But the spirited Eliza proves more of a handful for the Professor. Damon portrayed the love-lorn Freddy Eynsford-Hill who, completely infatuated with Eliza, sings "On the Street Where You Live". |
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Paul Schoeffler as Henry Higgins
Sarah Tattersall as Eliza Doolittle
Timothy Nolen as Alfred P. Doolittle
Damon Kirsche as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
William McCauley as Colonel Pickering
Peg Small as Mrs. Higgins
Helen Geller as Mrs. Pearce
James Zanelli as Zoltan Kaparthy
Rachel P. Bress, Janna Cardia, Julie Cardia, Matt Castle, Patti Diamond, Michael Dotson, Seth Hampton, Cameron Henderson, Jason S. Marquette, Mary Jo McConnell, Mia Price, Ricky Resijan, Erin Sacks, Mami Saito, Rob Sutton, Chris Weikel
Music Director: Jeff Rizzo
Choreographer: Dan Mojica
Director: Glenn Casale
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Show Boat
California Music Theatre - Sacramento Music Circus
August 2001
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production photos by Steve Kolb
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Captain Andy Hawkes and his wife Parthy own and run the 'Cotton Blossom' show boat. The current leading lady, Julie Dozier, and her husband Steve Baker (Damon) are forced to leave the Show Boat when Julie is exposed as a having mixed white and black parentage but is married to a white man. In a last minute attempt to keep Julie from being arrested, Steve drinks a drop of her blood to prove that he has black blood in him. Captain Andy's daughter, Magnolia, falls in love at first sight with river gambler Gaylord Ravenal and the two become the new romantic leads in the show, while comics Frank and Ellie both yearn for a change to become leading players on the stage.
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Dale Kristien as Magnolia
Marcia Mitzman Gaven as Julie
Richard White as Gaylord Ravenal
Alan Young as Cap'n Andy
Derrick Smith as Joe
Kirby Ward as Frank
Beverly Ward as Ellie
Patti Karr as Parthy-Anne
Inga Ballard as Queenie
Kevin Reed as Vallon/Jim
Don Hayden as Windy
Damon Kirsche as Steve Baker
Michael-Demby Cain, Janna Cardia, Julie Cardia, Matt Castle, Dioni Michelle Collins, Patti Diamond, Michael Dotson, Donald E. Giddings, Selena Harris, Janice Lorraine, Mary Jo McConnell, Jennifer Shelton, Nathaniel Stampley, Rob Sutton, Dale E. Turner, Chris Weikel, James Zanelli, Abby Sassoon
Musical Director: Dennis Castellano
Choreographer: Bob Richard
Director: Leland Ball |
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Most Happy Fella
Reprise - Freud Playhouse
November 2001
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production photos by Tom Drucker
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A waitress is wooed through letters by lonely middle-aged bachelor, Tony Esposito, from his vineyard in California's Napa Valley. He proposes to her, calling her "Rosabella", enclosing a photograph of his handsome ranch hand, Joe, rather than one of himself. Despite this deception, Tony and Rosabella find love and, eventually, forgiveness and acceptance. Damon appeared as Jake, one of the ranch hands that spends his extra time "Standing on the Corner, Watching All the Girls Go By".
For more information, visit the Reprise site at: www.reprise.org |
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George Ball as Tony
Eileen Barnett as Marie
Anastasia Barzee as Rosabella
Kevin Earley as Hank
Rodney Gilfry as Joey
Jennifer Leigh Warren as Cleo
Gibby Brand as Postman
David Brouwer as Clem
R.F. Daley as Pasquale
John Ganun as Al
Daniel Guzman as Ciccio
Damon Kirsche as Jake
Joseph McNally as Cashier/Priest
Stephen Reed as Giuseppe
Trevor Brackney as City Boy
Tricia Ridgway as Country Girl
Sean Smith as Doc
Nohea Bryce, Beth Curry, Patrice DeGraff-Arenas, Pia C. Glenn, Natalie Nucci, Brendan Silver
Music Director: Peter Matz
Choreographer: Kay Cole
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
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"Gods and Generals"
TNT/Warner Bros Films
December 2001
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photos courtesy of Ron Maxwell, 2nd South Carolina String Band
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"Gods and Generals" is the prequel to "The Killer Angels", the novel upon which the film "Gettysburg" was based. Written by Jeff Shaara (son of Michael Shaara, author of "The Killer Angels"), "Gods and Generals" is now a major motion picture written and directed by Ron Maxwell. The movie was produced by Ted Turner Pictures and filmed in and around Sharpsburg, Maryland, the site of the Antietam Battlefield, and on actual historic locations in Virginia and West Virginia.
Damon portrays Harry McCarthy, comedian and composer of the southern anthem "The Bonnie Blue Flag", which he and his wife, Lottie Estelle (Dana Stackpole) present to the troups along with a political sketch about Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln.
For more information, visit the official site at: www.godsandgenerals.com |
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Director: Ron Maxwell |
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Visit the clips page for a soundclip from this film. |
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