Each year, Patrick and I reflect with pride and gratitude on how far Slow Burn Theatre has come. What started in a high school auditorium in West Boca has grown into a thriving professional theatre company celebrating its 15th season and 10 remarkable years at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
This journey would not have been possible without the unwavering support of our incredible donors, audiences, dedicated artists, and passionate staff. The collective belief in our vision has allowed us to bring stories to life, inspire through the arts, and contribute to a vibrant theatrical community in South Florida.
As we look ahead, we remain committed to delivering exceptional productions that entertain, challenge, and connect us all. Thank you for being an integral part of the Slow Burn Theatre family. Here’s to many more seasons of storytelling together.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Matthew & Patrick
Founders, Slow Burn Theatre Company
Little Anastasia | ................. | BLAIRE DIMISA |
Dowager Empress | ................. | LAURA TURNBULL* |
Tsarina Alexandra | ................. | CAITI MARLOWE |
Tsar Nicholas II | ................. | MICHAEL MATERDOMINI |
Young Anastasia | ................. | ASHLEY VALENT |
Maria Romanov | ................. | SARAH SUN PARK |
Olga Romanov | ................. | MADELINE DUNN |
Tatiana Romanov | ................. | KASSI MCMILLAN |
Countess Lily | ................. | GAIL BENNETT* |
Gleb | ................. | SEAN WILLIAM DAVIS* |
Dmitry | ................. | JAROD BAKUM* |
Vlad | ................. | AARON DE JESUS* |
Anya/Anastasia | ................. | MIKAYLA COHEN |
Paulina | ................. | ALLYSON ROSENBLUM |
Marfa | ................. | SARAH SUN PARK |
Dunya | ................. | KASSI MCMILLAN |
Count Ipolitov | ................. | ALEXANDER BLANCO |
Gorlinsky | ................. | MICHAEL. HUNSAKER* |
Count Leopold | ................. | MICHAEL HUNSAKER* |
Doorman | ................. | JORGE VALERO |
Odette in Swan Lake | ................. | MADELINE DUNN |
Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake | ................. | ERIC RIVAS* |
Von Rothbart in Swan Lake | ................. | JAMAL CAMPBELL* |
Cygnets in Swan Lake | ................. | KASSI MCMILLAN, ASHLEY VALENT & |
Suitors, Soldiers, Comrades, Ghosts, Parisians, | ................. | ALEXANDER BLANCO, JAMAL CAMPBELL*, RYAN CROUT, MADELINE DUNN, CAITI MARLOWE, MICHAEL MATERDOMINI, KASSI McMILLAN, SARAH SUN PARK, ERIC RIVAS*,ALLYSON ROSENBLUM, ELIZABETH SACKETT, BRITTE STEELE, STEPHANNY “NOAH” NORIA, ASHLEY VALENT, JORGE VALERO |
Understudies | ................. | ALEXANDER BLANCO u/s Dmitry, CAITI MARLOWE U/S Countess Lily, MICHAEL MATERDOMINI U/S Gleb Vaganov, ELIZABETH SACKETT U/S Empress, STEPHANNY “NOAH” NORIA U/S Anya |
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Slow Burn Theatre Company, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Director | ................. | PATRICK FITZWATER |
Choreographer | ................. | CAT PAGANO |
Music Director | ................. | RYAN CROUT |
Fight Choreographer | ................. | LEE SOROKO |
Scenic Design | ................. | NIKOLAS SERRANO |
Costume Design | ................. | RICK PEÑA |
Lighting Design | ................. | ERIC NORBURY |
Sound Design | ................. | DAN DONATO |
Projection Design | ................. | KACEY KOPLOFF |
Wig & Prop Design | ................. | PATRICK FITZWATER |
Technical Director | ................. | TIMOTHY S. DICKEY |
Wardrobe Assistants | ................. | LIZ ORTEGA & Eli Flynn |
Production Stage Manager | ................. | JEFFRY GEORGE* |
Assistant Stage Manager | ................. | JOLIE RUBINCHIK* |
Fight Captain | ................. | SARAH SUN PARK |
Dance Captain | ................. | KASSI MCMILLAN |
АСТ I
Setting: Saint Petersburg, 1907, 1917, & 1927
Prologue: “Once Upon a December”
Dowager Empress and Little Anastasia
“The Last Dance of the Romanovs”
Ensemble
“A Rumor in St. Petersburg”
Dmitry, Vlad and Ensemble
“In My Dreams”
Anya
“The Rumors Never End”
Gleb and Ensemble
“Learn to Do It”
Vlad, Anya and Dmitry
“The Neva Flows”
Gleb and Anya
“The Neva Flows” (Reprise)
Men
“My Petersburg”
Dmitry and Anya
“Once Upon a December”
Anya and Ensemble
“A Secret She Kept”
Anya
“Stay, I Pray You”
Count Ipolitov, Anya, Dmitry, Vlad and Ensemble
“We’ll Go From There
Vlad, Anya, Dmitry and Ensemble
“Traveling Sequence”
Gleb, Gorlinsky, Anya, Dmitry and Vlad
“Still”
Gleb
“Journey to the Past”
Anya
АСТ IІ
Setting: Paris, 1927
“Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)”
Vlad, Dmitry, Anya and Ensemble
“Close the Door”
Dowager Empress
“Land of Yesterday”
Countess Lily and Ensemble
“The Countess and the Common Man”
Vlad and Countess Lily
“A Nightmare”
Romanov Children, Tsar and Tsarina
“In a Crowd of Thousands”
Dmitry and Anya
“Meant to Be”
Vlad
“Quartet at the Ballet”
Anya, Dmitry, Dowager Empress, Gleb and Ensemble
“Everything to Win”
Dmitry
“Once Upon a December” (Reprise)
Anya and Dowager Empress
“The Press Conference”
Countess Lily, Vlad and Ensemble
“Everything to Win” (Reprise)
Anya
“Still”/”The Neva Flows” (Reprise)
Gleb, Anya and Ensemble
Finale
Anya, Dmitry and Company
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Generous support for Slow Burn Theatre Company’s operations is provided
by The Warten Foundation. We are deeply grateful for their contribution.
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Slow Burn Thanks the Salah Foundation and the Cornelia T. Bailey for their generous support of our student and donation program for the production of ANASTASIA.
The Open Caption performance is generously sponsored by the
Special Thanks to Wayne & Lucretia Weiner for sponsoring the 15th Anniversary Season jackets for Slow Burn artists
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President: Ryan Poliakoff • Vice President : Matthew W. Korinko (Co-Founder) • Secretary: Michael Mehmet
Treasurer: Gary Deinken •
Joe Balchunas • Frank Bolaños • Marivi Bryant • David Diaz
Tonya Evans • Patrick Fitzwater (Co-Founder) •Lorin Rodman • Todd Rodman • Mark Strauss
Beatriz Miniaci (Honorary)
| Executive Director Artistic Director Managing Director Technical Director Costume Designer Grants Administrator Accounting Services Newsletter Coordinator In-House Physician | Matthew W. Korinko Patrick Fitzwater Julie Valent Timothy S. Dickey Rick Peña Frank Galloway Gary Deinken, M.D. Alina Virga Dr. Jason Ceavers | |
Sponsor’s Circle $20,000+
Broward County Division of Cultural Affairs
Community Foundation of Broward
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
The Jim Moran Foundation, Inc.
Rose Miniaci Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Broward
The Alfred & Rose Miniaci Foundation, Beatriz & Albert Miniaci
The Salah Foundation
Kenny & Sandy Tate
Warten Foundation, Inc.
Wayne & Lucretia Weiner
Gary Wendt
Producer’s Circle ($10,000 -$19,999)
American National Bank
Rita Case
The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Funding Arts Broward
Josephine S. Leiser Foundation
Angel’s Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Amaturo Family Foundation
Rick & Flo Celender
Mark Chin-Lenn, MD & Kevin Pfeiffer
Gary Deinken
Robert & Christine Gross
JM Family Enterprises
Anonymous
NBPS Music Boosters
Poliakoff & Backer LLP
Zulu Nyala Group
Director’s Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)
Atherton, Galardi, Mullen & Reeder, PLLC
Kenlee Brill
David Umbach & David Munro
Thomas DeSanto
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Claire Fair
Terry Hardacre
Giuliana Hirshson & Todd Pelletier
Dennis &Kimberly Kozlowski
Michael Mahon
Amy Malaney
Marc Martorana & Commissioner Don D'Arminio
Angela Mayfield
Tom Moran
William Needell
Joe Pallant
Cheryn Purcell
Lauren & Adam Schwartz
Virgin Voyages
Performer’s Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Badway On Broadway
Bahia Mar Resort
Frank & Frances Bola–os
Cassandra Book
Jason Ceavers M.D.
Sheila & Arnold Cohen
Patricia Deering
Glenn E. Devitt
Dr. Joel Erickson
Dr. Steven O. Evans
Dr. Norma Jeanne Flack- Eye Physicians of Florida
Fritch Foundation
Barry Gallison
Mark Gottfried & Karen Milles
Jonathan Haider
Scott Hall, MD
JetBlue
Walter & Cheryl Lamb
Laura McAuliffe
Debbie & Glenn Myers
Jeff & Corrie Nichols
Marianne Oxenhorn
Timothy & Suzanne Peterson
Mickey Pettit
Michael & Mary Ellen Peyton
Sandy & Art Phillips
Ryan & Marci Poliakoff
Sally Ruttger
Andrea Sanders & Stephen Goldstein
Kim & Bill Scott
Jody Sklar &Dana Fishkin
Steve Thayer & Howard Terry
Total Wine & More
Gregg & Liz Wallick
Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach
Linda & Mark Wilford
The William Jaume Charitable Fund at Our Fund
Designer’s Circle ($500 - $999)
Alison & Larry Bieler
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Marivi Bryant
Andy &Allison Cagnetta
Gerald & Isolde Cahill
Andrew Calienes
Laurie & Mike Riley
Carol Cheyne
Circle of Friends Foundation
John Cohen
Tommy Crisinati
Yainie Diaz
Joanna Drowos
Jorge Hernandez & James Kane
The Hernandez Family
Hoyt Family
Andres Clavijo & Glenn Kaufhold
William Kinirons
Sean Kolb
Rich McNally
In Memory of Harold / Gregory
Nate & Harriet Miller
Karen & Scott Rassler
Mr. & Dr. Timothy & Mary Scanlon
Schnabel Family
Ruthie & Rudy Schwartz
Seminole Hardrock & Casino
Mark Strauss
Tru By Hilton
Marc Viens & Bill Collins
Kenneth West & Thomas Treston
Theatre Guild ($150 - $499)
Bill Ji Adams-Park
Roy Anderson
Amy Paige
Anonymous
Yajaira Arias
Atherton Family|Sydney & William Atherton
Aventura Cultural Arts Center
Dean Beals
Beliza &Rainer Bermudez
Paul E Block
Michael Blumberg
Boegem Family
Breakwater Hospitality Group - Rivertail Restaurant & The Wharf Ft Lauderdale
Gordon Campbell & Richard Heflich
Anna Cappelli
Jane & Ray Caragher
Barry Collodi & Carl Desiderio
Cindy Cossin
Kai Costa
Edwin & Joan Crammer
Maureen Daffner
Danny Dance Moves
Peggy & Bill Davidge
David Diaz
Carol-Lee Dolnick
Andy Fischman
Fort Lauderdale Tiki
Mark W Glickman
Timothy Gluszak
Jose Gonzalez
Hamilton Fundraising Auction
Janice Hamilton
Bonnie Hammack
Dr. Cory & Rachel Harow
Lori Hartglass & Ralph Schwan
Jonathan Hopkins
Cami & Scarlett Jorge
Dr. Bill Korey
Jill Kratish
Deanna Kubinski
Richard Leitner
Luxure by Lauren
Chris & Donna Materdomini
James Matz
Matt McNeil
Jlaine Mills
Palm Beach Dramaworks
ms
Mr Peery
Ralph & Lucy Pena
Eric Fenkl & Stan Pierce
Pummarola's
Pure Barre Fort Lauderdale
Riverfront Gondola Tours
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Schear
Bill & Lisa Schultz
Andrea Schwab
Paul H. Serenbetz
Rick Shapiro & Gerry Greenstein
Drazia & Harvey Simon|Drazia & Harvey Simon
The Small Wine Shop
South Florida Tennis Club
Lisa Spitzer
Sports Chiropractic Natural Health Solutions
Jack Stein & Peter Meccariello
Dena & Alan Stern
Stingray Enterprises LLC dba Payrolls Plus
Teacher Financial Services
Union Kitchen
Mark Vogel
Jay Molluson & Bill Volbrecht
Mr. & Mrs. Eufrasio Volpe
Voss & Klein
Patricia Walbornn
The Wrightway Coaching
Marsha & Stephen Zimberg
FOUNDING CHAIRPERSONS
Ben & Anna Sorensen
MEMBERS
Atherton, Galardi, Mullen & Reeder, PLLC. • Thomas DeSanto •Giuliana Hirshson and Todd Pelletier • Dennis & Kimberly Kozlowski • Tom Macey * Tom Moran • Albert & Beatriz Miniaci • Adam and Lauren Schwartz • Kenny & Sandy Tate • Wayne and Lucretia Weiner
This list consists of gifts made to Slow Burn Theatre Company from November 1, 2023 until November 15, 2024 in support of its annual operations. If you believe that your name is missing or listed incorrectly, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us so that we can make corrections on future donor lists.
SLOW BURN THEATRE COMPANY IS A 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR PROFIT CORPORATION; ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND 100% OF SUCH SUPPORT IS APPLIED TO SLOW BURN THEATRE COMPANY’S OPERATIONS. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION (CH37965) AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE STATE AT 1-800-435-7352. REGISTRATION
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