Melanie Collup is a teacher at O'Brien Middle School. She has been a part of Reno Little Theater for ten years. Some of her favorite roles were Suzanne in Dearly Departed and Bella in Lost in Yonkers. This show is her first foray into musical theater. She would like to thank Anthony Turner and Tony DeGeiso for helping her face one of her greatest fears.
Ramon Jose de los Santos is debuting with the Reno Little Theater. He comes from the Philippines, where he played in various high school musicals like Pippin and Godspell. Trained by Madam Irma Potenciano, Professor Joel Navarro, and Professor Polarnan, he was a member of the New Covenant Singers doing outreach to the less fortunate people of the Philippines. Presently, he is a member of the St. Alberts Parish Choir.
Clemencia Golbov has enjoyed studying music and theater over the years. She has performed in the ensembles of UNR’s A Grand Nite for Singing, and TMCC’s Oliver! and Company. She was one Gothic North’s Six Women With Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know! during the summer of 2001.Clemencia has sung soprano with the UNR Symphonic Choir and the Sierra Nevada Master Chorale, with whom she performed in Carnegie Hall in 1997. Most recently, Clemencia has sung with the Nevada Opera Chorus for the past two seasons. Married 23 years, she and her husband George have a 19 year-old son and 16 year-old daughter. She wishes to thank her family for their support in her theatrical endeavors.
Jill Snyder is a genuinely nice person who happens to be a native Nevadan and a very happy mom of three. She performed with Reno Little Theater when she was 12 and again at 20 in We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She has sung in several operas, recorded on the soon-to-be-released PSALMS of RA at Skywalker Ranch, and fronted an all-grrrl rock band. She saw Burt Bacharach in Austin Powers and just had to do this show!
Richard Szitar has played for many musicals through the years. Most recently, he played for Reno Little Theater’s productions of A Thurber Carnival and Master Class, and for Riverfront Theater’s productions of The Fantasticks, Gypsy, and Forever Plaid.
Director
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Tony DeGeiso started his acting career in 1981 as a singing waiter. He received training in acting and directing from the Manteca Community Theatre and the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. A familiar name to Reno theater-goers, Tony has directed more than 20 plays and performed in at least as many during his eight years in Reno. He is also an accomplished musician. Tony is employed as a sales planning manager for SBC Nevada Bell.
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