SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY PLAYERS
Meet the Cast of Godspell
Seniors night performance: September 18 at 7pm.
September 20, 21, 27, and 28 at 7:30pm and September 22 and 29 at 2pm.
Xzavior Fitzwater is excited to make his musical return to the stage of the Springfield Community Players. He was last seen on this stage in the roles of “Jan” from “The Unexpected Guest” and “Wayne” in “Puffs!” He is very excited to return to the stage in a musical sense, with his last musical role being “William Barfee” in “The 20th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” performed here at the players in 2021.
Summers Eatmon Williams hails from Mount Holly, VT. She trained as a classical ballet dancer and retired in 2002 after training and performing with Vermont Chamber Ballet, Central PA Youth Ballet, Boston Ballet, and finally the Louisville Ballet in KY. She returned to VT to attend Castleton University where she received a BA in Theatre Arts in 2008. She is an avid outdoors person and skier. She spent over 10 years teaching in outdoor education leading wilderness trips during all four seasons from Alaska to New York and to the desert southwest. She has worked for NOLS leading trips for the US Naval Academy, and Archer School for Girls and was a Course Director for The Athenian School. She is currently in training as a traditional midwife and also attends births as a doula. Past performances include Cabaret as Helga, Big Love as Lydia, The Crucible as Mary Warren and was director for High School Musical, Nunsense, Bus Stop, and a few others. She is very excited to be returning to the stage after a long hiatus.
Arielle is delighted to be making her debut with The Springfield Community Players. Born and raised in NYC, she has been exposed to a breadth of diversity, art and culture from an early age and has been an avid admirer and participant in the performing arts for many years. Arielle has experience and interest in all kinds of theater including classical, comedy, musicals, improv and experimental. She has had vocal and musical training including piano, and has worked in the film and TV industry. A recent transplant to Vermont, Arielle is excited to be a part of the performing arts again, and in the spring was in Fiddler on the Roof at the Bellows Falls Opera House. By day, Arielle teaches at The Grammar School in Putney, and when she's not singing or making discoveries with her students, she can be found reading, solving crossword puzzles, cooking tasty vegan food or running 5K races.
Nick Hattam’s main focus is poetry, having been published in over 18 different publications & a handful of anthologies under their authorial mark as N. L. H. Hattam. He has always enjoyed theater when given the opportunity, performing as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Hole in the Wall Company of New Britain, CT, as well as a variety of roles in David Ives’ Time Flies with Mt. Holyoke’s theatrical productions prior. He is happy to be joining The Springfield Players for their production of Godspell.
Samantha has been involved in the dramatic arts off and on since she was 8 years old. In 2022, she ended a 7 year dry spell by participating in Springfield Community Theatre’s Gypsy, and last year she did 9-5 here as well. Samantha lives at her family home in Cavendish, Vermont with her two sheep and 13 chickens, and she can’t wait for you to see the show!
W. Lynx Brammer had been in the biz for over 40 years. She has an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy with a focus on Voice and Speech (minor in music) for the Stage. She taught at Universities for more than 10 years before becoming a public school teacher to be closer to her twins. She has played Yenta in Fiddler on the Roof, Fairy Godmother in R&H’s Cinderella, Mother Courage in Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children and many more including Olive Madison in The Odd Couple (female version), and Sister Mary Hubert in Nunsense II on this very stage 29 years ago. She very grateful for the opportunity to perform here again and hopes you enjoy one of her favorite musicals ever, Godspell.
Sonja Starr Skalecki (Age 31) is a homegrown Vermonter, whose passion for theater did not spark until she attended GMUHS in Chester. She went on to study English and Theater at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, New York where she performed in various productions including: Into the Woods, The Odd Couple, Our Town, Dracula, and Godspell all under the keen-eyed director and former Broadway performer David Lowenstein. She graduated college in 2015 and left the stage in pursuit of life and career opportunities. This is her first time in a community theater setting and her first production since 2015. She is excited to revisit Godspell with new people and make new memories.
I’m a local rural carrier. I love to hike, snowboard, and play guitar in my spare time. I was in two Musicals before Godspell: Urinetown and Fiddler on the Roof. Special thanks to my parents who support me always, my pastor who inspires me to be a better person, and my wonderful lady who I love dearly. I hope you enjoy the show!
Seniors night performance: September 18 at 7pm.
September 20, 21, 27, and 28 at 7:30pm and September 22 and 29 at 2pm.
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