dancers/actors

	LISA ABATE is excited to be once again sharing the stage with stop/time’s talented dancers, and with her husband, Randy. She has studied theater, voice and dance at the New England Conservatory and the Hartford Conservatory, and has performed locally with the Little Theater of Manchester, Manchester Musical Players, and the former Park Road Playhouse, and with theaters throughout New England. Lisa would like to dedicate her performance to her Mir-Kat.
	MICHAEL BARKER is happy to rejoin stop/time this year. Currently, Mike is a student at Charter Oak State College and will be graduating this year with a BA in Business Administration. Mike has always loved being on stage and dancing. He started tap dancing at the Hartford Conservatory where he graduated from in 2005 with a major in Dance performance. Since then he has enjoyed teaching tap dance at Green Street Arts Center in Middletown, performing with local community theater groups, and participating in many tap dance festivals in New York and Los Angeles.
	COURTNEY BERGER is excited and proud to be performing in her 7th season with stop/time! She has been dancing since the age of 3. Courtney danced for 15 years at Aprille’s Danceprints in Ellington and was a part of the nationally ranked ECSU dance team in college. Courtney holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a teaching certificate in Early Childhood Education. She is currently working on her Master’s degree in Reading/Language Arts and is enjoying her fourth year as a kindergarten teacher at Maple Street School in Vernon. This has been a busy year for Courtney. She and fiancé Brian just bought a house in Ellington and will be married on July 4th – cue: fireworks!
	SHARI LYNN BOYAJI is an original member of stop/time. "Miss Shari" teaches at Glastonbury Dance Center, which is celebrating it's 30th anniversary this year! Shari is passionate about being the Competitive Team Coach for the Starter, Rookie, Junior, and Senior Dance Teams in tap, jazz, and lyrical. She is married to her college sweetheart, Brian. They live in Glastonbury with their two enthusiastic children: six-year-old son Trevor and four-year-old daughter Lynn. Shari holds her Masters Degree in Elementary Education from UConn and is certified to teach grades K-6. "To Gram and Grandma, neither of whom has missed a dance show in 29 years. You are my role models, mentors, and I simply adore you. Thank you for always supporting these dancing feet!"
	RANDY BOYD is a veteran of local theater stages throughout New England. You may have seen him most recently as Ching Ho in Thoroughly Modern Millie with the Manchester Musical Players. Favorite roles include Billy Crocker in Anything Goes, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Oscar in The Odd Couple. Randy’s favorite role is the one of husband and dad to Lisa and Miranda.
	LISA B. CAFFYN has been dancing ever since she can remember. This is her 5th season with stop/time and she is very excited to be dancing with her husband again this year! Lisa carries a Bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut and has been an 8th grade Spanish teacher at Vernon Center Middle School for the past four years. She is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Educational Technology at Central Connecticut State University.
	BECKIE CORREALE is excited to dance in her 6th stop/time production. A dancer with over 25 years’ experience, she has studied with Richard Risley, Alyson Portelance and Mae Duffy and has enjoyed performing in both Synergy Dance Company and the Duffy Academy Irish Step Performance Troupe. Beckie teaches math at South Windsor High School, where she choreographs for the SWHS Dance Team and talented Math Department. Love and thanks to my family for all their support, especially my loving husband Derek and my little dancers Kylie and Claire.
	CAROLYN CUMMING a West Hartford native, is a new member of stop/time dance theatre and just graduated from UConn's theater program. Playhouse credits: My Show...A Choreographer's Story, Icy Hot Cabaret, Mama Tomcat, Danceucopia and house managing all the shows in between! Connecticut Repertory Theater credits: Hair, Threepenny Opera and Cabaret. Favorite West Hartford Summer Arts Festival credits: Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd Street. Her dance training comes from the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and of course, Darlene Zoller!
	MALLORY CUNNINGHAM began dancing with stop/time while working on her BFA in Acting at UConn, class of '07. She teaches at the Glastonbury Dance Center (Dir. Jean Cunningham, aka Mom) and coaches the studio's competitive musical theatre dance teams. Mal also works at TD Bank and choreographs local musicals in her "free time." She's performed in, dance captained, and choreographed numerous musicals for fun and professionally from here to Texas! Mal is so grateful for the opportunities given her by teachers and directors along this journey thus far. "Love and thanks to the cast and crew, mom, dad, Tay, Greer, friends, and a certain boy who inspires me. <3"
	SHANNON DELGIUDICE is making her fourth appearance with stop/time dance theater. Shannon has been head over heels in love with dance since putting on her first pair of pink ballet slippers at the age of 3. She has studied all forms of dance as well as gymnastics at studios such as Riley's School of Dance, New Steps Dance Center, Hartford Ballet, and the Greater Hartford School of the Arts. At 14, she became a company member with Connecticut Contemporary Ballet Theater. Shannon graduated from the Hartford Conservatory in 2004 with a double major in Dance Performance and Dance Pedagogy. Shannon is now attending Brandford Hall Insitute medical assistants. Shannon will next be seen performing in CONNetic Dance Companies' performance of Alice in Wonderland, this May.
	GRETCHEN FOUNTAIN, an original member of stop/time dance theater, performed the lead in the original musical, A Working Heaven, written by local playwright Spring Hermann with music by John Kurkjian. She has appeared in productions with the Little Theater of Manchester, Mark Twain Masquers, and the Producing Guild. She enjoys being Mom to Julia, and singing with the choir at the Universalist Church of West Hartford. She recently co-produced their spring production of Charlotte's Web. Gretchen works for the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
	RICK FOUNTAIN has had the pleasure of dancing with Darlene Zoller since 1992 and is an original member of stop/time dance theater. He has been seen onstage with many area groups, most recently as The Cat in the Hat in Manchester Musical Players’ production of Seussical. Rick has performed on this stage in four shows with the Park Road Playhouse. He also appeared in last year’s Icy Hot Cabaret for Playhouse On Park. Favorite roles: Bobby in A Chorus Line, Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street, Cornelius in Hello, Dolly!, Cosmo in Singin’ In The Rain, Lucky in Dames At Sea and opposite his wife Gretchen in the original musical, A Working Heaven. Rick is a Director of Enterprise Learning Technologies at The Hartford and sings with the St. Peter Claver choir in West Hartford.
	CHRISTINE HIGGINS is appearing for the third year with stop/time and has danced for over 20 years and taught for over 10. She has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, and gymnastics. Chrissy grew up outside Bangor, Maine and was a member of the Robinson Ballet Company where she performed all over Maine as well as parts of Canada. She earned her degree in Dance and Psychology from UMass Amherst and was a member of the University Dancers and Alive With Dance. She is currently a Job Developer and Facilitator for intellectually disabled individuals and teaches dance at Limelite Dance Center in Wethersfield.
	CONSTANCE KOLMORGEN is an original member of stop/time dance theater and began dancing with Darlene in 1989 and continues to learn new things from her each week in class. Connie, an IT Project Manager at Hartford Life, is very thankful to be able to dance in this year's stop/time show after badly spraining her ankle at the end of January trying to do fancy tricks in the middle of jazz class. Cirque du Soleil will have to do without her this year! Connie is also VERY thankful to have her sister Emily and brother-in-law Theo back in the US after their 3 year stay in Amsterdam. Welcome back Em!
	ERICA MISENTI is very excited to be dancing with stop/time once again! Erica has previously danced at Aprille’s Danceprints where she studied jazz, acrobatics, contemporary and hip-hop for 15 years. She also danced competitively for 6 years. During the past year, Erica studied with Darlene at The Hartt School, joined UConn's Dance Company and danced in the Playhouse's Icy Hot Cabaret and Danceucopia pro-ductions. She also feels blessed to be given the opportunity to dance with such an amazing cast as well as her best friend Laurie, aka Mom. She is currently a sophomore at UConn and intends to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. Erica would also like to thank her brother Phillip for helping her create the hip-hop music used in the show, as well as her Dad, family and friends for their constant love and support.
	LAURIE MISENTI is thrilled to be an original member of this wonderful company. She began dancing at the age of three and was joined by her brother Frank two years later. Together they made a great dance team for many years winning numerous awards and appearing in many shows. Laurie has been studying dance with Darlene for the past 17 years. She appeared in the Mark Twain Masquers’ Hooray for Hollywood cabaret and as Cha-Cha in their production of Grease. She is the proud mother Erica and Phillip and feels truly blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends. Laurie has always wanted to share the stage with her daughter and best friend Erica and is ecstatically happy that she can do just that for a second year this year. She is also proud of Erica's choreography which is included in the show’s hip-hop number. You go girl!
	SHERI RIGHI has thoroughly enjoyed her last six years dancing under the direction of Darlene Zoller and as a stop/time dance member. In addition to dancing, Sheri's main passion is enjoying her family: high school sweetheart, Tom, and their two children Madison (7 yrs old) and Camden (3 yrs old). Sheri is an IT management consultant at SMC Partners and has choreographed high school renditions of The Wiz and Footloose. She extends a special thanks to husband, Tom, for his continuous support and "always knowing what's best for me, even before I know it myself!"
	MELISSA B. SHANNON first started taking dance lessons at age three. She was in My Show: A Choreographers Story in 2004 and has been dancing with stop/time ever since. Melissa is proud yet again to be dancing with her sister Courtney. She has been teaching fifth grade at Somers Elementary School for eight years. She has two energetic boys Manon, age three, Nolan, age two, and is due to welcome another member to the family in August. Melissa would like to thank her family for their support which allows her to do what she loves (dance) and to be a part of a group of people with such a passion to perform.
:: Alumni :: Jessica Bennett, Kimmie Borovicka, Peter Braunstein, Kim Canning, CJ Dash, Mallory Cunningham, Marc D'Amato, Deb Dittmar, Ashley Dionne, Danielle Fearon, Julia Fountian, Lisa Garaofalo, Annie Grantham, Kevin Gonzalez, Tyler Knowlin, Becky LaBombard, Shaun LaFramboise, Michelle Makar, Tiana Mancuso, Matt Marrero, Michelle Mobbs, Michael Morgan, Tricia Raymond, Foster Reese, Jonathan Root, Lyssa Wilson, Nick Zoller