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The group of performers who you will see in the show is a mixture of Rochester high school students, and Rochester-based college students attending some of the most prestigious theatre training programs in the Northeast and in the country.
High schools represented in “Fight With Love" include School of the Arts, Aquinas Institute, McQuaid Jesuit, Our Lady of Mercy High School, Allendale Columbia, Pittsford-Mendon High School, Pittsford-Sutherland High School, East Irondequoit High School, Webster Schroeder High School, Brighton High School and more.
Students from such prestigious schools as New York University, Syracuse University, Boston Conservatory, SUNY Purchase, SUNY Fredonia, Eastman School of Music, Nazareth College and more are performers in the production.
We are the most talented young singers and actors in the Rochester area, and are already performing in the professional theatre spaces in Rochester, such as Geva Theatre, Blackfriars Theatre, Downstairs Cabaret Theatre and with the Mercury Opera. You will not be disappointed with the talent in our production.
Christopher Adams, Music Director
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Christopher just finished his fourth year as a voice performance major at SUNY Fredonia. Though this is his first music directing credit, he is no stranger to the stage. His operatic roles at Fredonia and in Rochester include Colline in La Bohème, Hermann in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Don Alfonso in Cosi Fan Tutte, Leporello in selected scenes from Don Giovanni and Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance. Among his musical theatre and dramatic highlights are Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird, and Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods. He has been very excited to work with the wonderful cast and crew of this production, and hopes everyone will benefit from it as much as he has. Chris thanks his family and friends for their support during this endeavor
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Marguerite Frarey, Artistic Director
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Marguerite will be attending Fordham University at Lincoln Center in the fall, majoring in Theatre Performance. She is very grateful for this wonderful opportunity to grow as an artist and to give back to the community for such an important cause. As an actor, Marguerite was part of Fight With Love 2007 and 2008. Other credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Chava) at JCC CenterStage, Shakespeare in Hollywood (Puck) at Blackfriars, A Little Night Music (Fredrika) with Eastman Opera Theatre, and Inherit the Wind (Melinda) at Geva Theatre Center. Endless thanks to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Geva Theatre Center.
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Zachary Pancoast, Accompanist
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Zachary just finished his Freshman year at SUNY Fredonia as a Sound Recording Technology and Music Applied Major with a concentration in piano. He has performed in the Pit Orchestra of several shows at Victor High School including Beauty and The Beast, and Seussical. Zack has played piano for eleven years, and has focused heavily on jazz and improvisation. In his free time Zack enjoys biking, recording and writing music. This will be his first year performing in Fight With Love.
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Crescenzo Scipione, Stage Manager
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Crescenzo is a local actor, theatre artist and activist. He has worked on various theatre pieces at School of the Arts, Shipping Dock Theatre, throughout the Rochester Theatre Community and a performance at Geva Theatre Center. For the last year, he has been focusing on his activism within organizations like Rochester Students for a Democratic Society, the Community Education Task Force, Activists Against Racism Movement, the Rochester Police Accountabiliy Coalition, and various antiwar groups. |
Jessica Bakeman,
Founder
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 Jessica is a senior double major in journalism and English at SUNY Plattsburgh with a 3.99 GPA, where she was recently the editor in chief of Cardinal Points, an award-winning student newspaper. She will be spending the first semester of her senior year in Sweden as an exchange student. She is currently working as a paid reporting intern for the Reading Eagle newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania, and so, has handed the reins of the production to her capable successors. Jessica created Fight With Love in summer 2007 and almost singlehandedly directed, publicized and managed the production during its first three years of existence. She has been involved in theatrical and musical performances for her entire life, including professional experience in Geva Theatre Center’s A Christmas Carol in 2006. She is delighted to be partnered with the organizations that have made the production possible: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Geva Theatre Center.
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