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SHOUT! The Mod Musical
My Role: Red Girl (Understudy - performed)
Venue: Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, IL
Run Dates: April 2022 - May 2022
Director: Madison Smith
Music Director: Kenneth McMullen
Choreographer: Jenilee Houghton
Creators: Phillip George and David Lowenstein
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NOTE: Most of the professional images above feature Haley Bolithon as Red.
Marcela performed as principal Red on several occasions including: Events, previews, opening night, talk-backs, last minute put-ins, half the rehearsal process, etc.
“On the night of this review, understudy Marcela Ferrarone played the character of Red – doing an incredibly impressive job. Ferrarone gives the audience someone to feel empathy for. She brilliantly captures the awkwardness of being a young woman, amplified by the unique flavor the 1960s specifically. She is an entertaining singer that fits right in with the other great voices.”
“Director Madison Smith is working with an extremely talented cast, including local performers Haley Bolithon and Marcela Ferrarone of Arlington Heights.”
“Red (played by understudy Marcela Ferrarone on opening night) is naive and a bit awkward… Understanding the script gives the five talented actresses in the cast very little to work with, all five still turn in great performances that rise above the material. That’s not always easy to do. It is a sign of true talent.”
Ugly Lies The Bone
My Role: Jess (Lead)
Venue: Virtual Performance
Run Dates: May 2021
Director: Cathy Thomas-Grant
Assistant Director: Michael Thomas-Visgar
Playwright: Lindsey Ferrentino
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
My Role: Lydia Wickham (Principal)
Venue: Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts, Lindhurst Theatre, CA
Run Dates: January 2020 - February 2020
Director: Bradley Griffin
Playwright: Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
The Abode
My Role: Troll Hunter and Ensemble
Venue: Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Theater Festival, Scotland, UK (World Premiere)
Run Dates: July 2018 - August 2018
Director: Cathy Thomas-Grant
Playwright: Davey Anderson
Pepperdine Scotland is the multi-award-winning cultural and artistic exchange between Pepperdine University’s Department of Theatre and leading members of the Scottish Theatre Community. Pepperdine University has been performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 1985, and has been operating the expanded Pepperdine Scotland exchange since 2012 with support from Playwrights’ Studio Scotland and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
“This is an aggressive, fast-paced tale that tears at the flesh of an establishment harbouring an undercurrent of racism, misogyny and hate, and showing how vulnerable young men can be enticed into becoming followers of alternative movements.
Twelve actors from Pepperdine Scotland, a cultural and artistic exchange, deliver a strident and disturbing vision of an ugly, warped world in a gripping piece of theatre.”
Rating: 5/5
“The Abode is overwhelming but the superb ensemble cast – made up of a dozen fresh-faced performers from California's Pepperdine University – keep things lucid. As well as essaying characters on opposite sides of the political spectrum, they also act as choruses to Samuel’s odyssey, commenting on the action and helping to elucidate the mind-bending plot… You’ll find few more imaginatively staged shows at this year’s Fringe.”
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The Taming of the Shrew
My Role: Curtis (Supporting)
Venue: Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts, Smothers Theatre, CA
Run Dates: April 2019
Director: Scott Alan Smith
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Big Fish
My Role: Josephine Bloom (Principal)
Venue: Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts, Smothers Theatre, CA
Run Dates: November 2017
Director: Cathy Thomas-Grant
Book: John August
Music and Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
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