Chillin' with the Villains

DIRECTOR

Heather Grayberg is a producer, director, choreographer, performer, and consultant serving the Greater Philadelphia area. With a career spanning over twenty-five years, she has performed professionally across the country and has been seen on creative teams throughout the region as a Director/Choreographer of over 75 productions. Heather holds a B.M. in Musical Theatre from Westminster College of the Arts and a Master’s in Arts Management and Executive Leadership from Rider University, where she graduated with distinction. From educational to professional venues, some of her favorite directorial and choreography credits include Ruth: An Original Sight and Sound Production, The Spongebob Musical, Godspell, Bye Bye Birdie, The Wedding Singer, Mary Poppins, and many more! Heather is the owner of Rise Up Theatrics LLC, an arts consulting company specializing in strategic planning, producing, casting, and bringing organizational health solutions to arts and culture-based institutions, including prestigious organizations like the Levoy Theatre (Millville, NJ) and The Brandywine Ballet Company (West Chester, PA). She is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographer’s Society, a theatrical union. Heather is the founding director of Revival Productions and Chester County School of the Arts and while there has brought over $60,000 in subsidized tuition and tickets to area youth. Prior to Revival Productions, Heather served as a professor of Musical Theatre and Dance and as the Dance Coordinator for Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, PA. In addition to creating inspiring artistic experiences in both arts education and performance, Heather is passionate about arts advocacy, organizational leadership, and accessibility.

MUSIC DIRECTOR, ACCOMPANIST

David A. Schwartz is so happy to be working with Revival Productions for the first time! Previous music directing credits include The Toxic Avenger (South Camden Theatre Company), Big Fish (Eastern University), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Playcrafters of Skippack), Dreamgirls (Wilmington Drama League), and Newsies and A New Brain (Players Club of Swarthmore). He has played piano in pit orchestras for shows such as Mary Poppins (Media Theatre), Matilda (Methacton Community Theatre), and Elf (Willow Manor Players). Additionally, he has worked as a Piano Accompanist/Music Coach for the musical theatre majors and minors at his alma mater, University of the Arts in Philadelphia (where he received a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance). Thank you to my family and friends for your love and support!

SINGER

Abby Fields is a Lancaster based singer and actor. She is thrilled to be working with Revival again after playing Vi Moore in Footloose: The Musical in June of this year. Previous credits-Mother Abbess-Sound of Music (Media Theatre), Frau Schmidt-Sound of Music (Fulton Theatre), Housekeeper-Man of La Mancha (Fulton Theatre). Abby has also performed with Sight & Sound Theatre. Most recently she was a company cast member at the Strasburg Railroad, where she originated the iconic and beloved roles of Beverly DuPont-The Show Must Go On and Denver Humperdinck-resident hobo and Vaudeville performer. 

Abby resides in the Lancaster area with her pup, Duncan and cat, Phoebe. She also teaches private voice and acting at Creative Pursuits Studio in Lancaster. www.abbyjdupler.com

SINGER

Alicia has been performing, directing and singing in local theater for years and is thrilled to be back at Revival for some villianly fun! Some past productions include musicals The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch), Little Shop of Horrors (Mrs. Mushnik), Footloose (Vi Moore), Mamma Mia (Rosie), Into the Woods (various), Titanic (Alice Beane), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), and Willy Wonka (director) and revues Smokey Joe's Cafe, Beehive the 60's Musical, The World Goes Round, at SALT; Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett), The Little Mermaid (Ursula), and Disenchanted (Snow White) at Steel River Playhouse; Disaster! (Sister Mary Downey), Anything Goes (Reno), and Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett) at Footlighters, Fun Home (Helen), All Shook Up (Sylvia), Gypsy (Rose), The Drowsy Chaperone (The Chaperone), and The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Lin) at Barley Sheaf; and six productions of Nunsense including one here at Revival as Sister Mary Hubert, plus singing in, directing, coordinating and producing many cabarets, fundraisers, shows and special events. Thanks to family and friends for your support of the arts!

SINGER

Colin Mash is ecstatic to be a part of another production with Revival Productions. Colin is an actor based in Philadelphia whose career has spanned all over from musical theater to on screen endeavors. His latest project was being a contestant for the current season of American Idol. He also performed all over the country with the national tour of Hits! The Musical produced by music legend Dionne Warwick. Colin has also been a part of on screen projects for M. Night Shyamalan, Amazon Prime, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Colin also plans to make his directorial debut this summer with Firebird Theater directing SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical. 

SINGER

A natural musician from a young age. Sam graduated with honors from Kean University as a piano and voice major. He has a deep background in classical piano and voice. Sam is an award-winning playwright and composer doing work on several plays and musicals of his own. This is his fifth year as a music teacher and he has found a deep love for teaching kids. Wherever the Lord takes him, he hopes to spread the joy and wonder of music.