Other Projects: Scottsboro Boys (Old Globe), A New Brain (Diversionary), Rocky Horror Show (Cygnet), Sunday in the Park With George (Ion), and First Date (SDMT). Musical Direction, Original Songs & Arrangements, Sound Design include: Big River (New Village), Wit, Twelfth Night, Joseph, Mixtape, Guys & Dolls, Pete n’ Keely, Festival of Christmas 2007-16 (Lamb’s Players). Jon spent 10+ years as a Resident Artist at Lamb’s Players, and was seen in and worked on 60+ productions, including Amadeus, Secret Garden, and Room Service. SDMT produced the premiere of Miracle on 34th Street (original music, lyrics) in 2016. Alice (book, music, lyrics) was part of the ASCAP/Disney Musical Theater Workshop, staged at NYU and optioned by NBC/Universal Stage. Jon Lorenz (Co-Creator/Arranger/Music Director): Jon Lorenz co-created Mixtape (book, arrangements), “San Diego’s longest running homegrown musical.” Oz (book, songs) was nominated for five Craig Noel Awards. Colleen received Craig Noel Awards for her choreography on West Side Story at Lamb’s and her performance as Ludmilla in Cygnet’s Bed and Sofa. Man of La Mancha, Dirty Blonde, and Private Lives with Cygnet Midsummer, The Musical with Intrepid and Ring Round the Moon and You Never Can Tell with Moonlight Stage Productions. Choreography credits include: West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Music Man, The Fantasticks, Godspell, Joseph…, Light in the Piazza, and Book of the Dun Cow all with Lamb’s. Directing Credits include: Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play (SDMT), Big River (NVA), Gone Missing (USD), and Festival of Christmas (Lamb’s). While at Lamb’s, Colleen was also a member of the resident ensemble where she performed in/choreographed dozens of productions, co-created the long-running musical Mixtape, and orchestrated the Guinness World Record breaking event and fundraiser 100 Hours of Stories. A graduate of USD’s Nonprofit Leadership and Management Master’s Program, Colleen has worked as the Executive Director of San Diego Musical Theatre and Director of Development for Lamb’s Players Theatre. The creative team is comprised of Colleen Kollar Smith (Director/Choreographer), Jon Lorenz (Music Director/Arranger), Michael McKeon (Set Design), Christina Martin (Lighting Design), Kevin Anthenhill (Sound Design), Janet Pitcher (Costume Design), Peter Herman (Hair & Wig Design), Bret Young (Production Manager), Craig Campbell (Company Manager), and Matthew Bantock (Stage Manager).Ĭolleen Kollar Smith (Co-Creator/Director/Choreographer): Colleen currently serves as the Managing Director for Moonlight Stage Productions. The exceptional cast includes Brielle Batino, Cassie Bowerman, Joshua David Cavanaugh, James Royce Edwards, Janaya Jones, Leonard Patton, and Edred Utomi. “We are elated to welcome them back to the SDMT stage with this fantastic new show, and what better place to present their latest world premiere than the Horton Grand Theatre, where they first collaborated seven years ago.” “Jon and Collen’s creativity as a writing duo is truly dynamic,” said SDMT Artistic Director Jill Townsend. Join them as they grunge, swing, vogue, rave, do the Carlton and rediscover their voice in a world longing to connect on the precipice of a new millennium. Seven strangers escape from the grind of two-thousand-now into the 1990s and relive the pimpin’ pop culture, phat fads and stylin’ fashion of the eclectic decade that’s all that and a bag of chips.
Press opening is Saturday, August 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Performances run July 28 – September 10, 2017, at the Horton Grand Theatre. Kollar Smith helms the show as Director and Choreographer, with Lorenz working as Music Director and Arranger. Oh, snap! The 90’s are back! San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) announced today the complete cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Pump Up the Volume: A 90’s Palooza! From the creators of the long-running hit Mixtape, Colleen Kollar Smith and Jon Lorenz, comes a new musical that journeys back to the 1990’s.
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