Cast & Crew
Thomas Butcher - Director, Writer, ProducerThomas Butcher is an independent filmmaker from Metro Detroit. He attends Oakland University as a Communication Major while also studying broadcasting and cinema studies. He began making films as a teenager in 2008. His short films have screened at film festivals throughout Michigan and all over the world. Along the way, he has even picked up a few audience choice awards. His voice can be heard on the airwaves of 88.3FM WXOU every Thursday at 1:00pm during his show Tom's Playlist.
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Krista Manfredi - Producer, Casting DirectorKrista Manfredi has been teaching Theatre and English for over 40 years at Troy Athens High School. She has directed students on stage for shows such as Les Miserables, Grease, Godspell, Hairspray, Bye Bye Birdie, and many more. In her spare time, she enjoys dancing with her students and producing films with former student Thomas Butcher. She loves her sons Zak and Logan very much.
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Tom Butwin - Actor, Sound MixerSinger/Songwriter/Guitarist Tom Butwin was raised on a healthy musical diet of George Harrison, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, and musical theater that mirrors the wide spectrum of performances he has given over his relatively short 16 year career. A former student of Krista Manfredi's, Tom Butwin is fresh off of a run starring as "Jesus" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, "Jesus Christ Superstar." He is also quickly becoming a Michigan festival staple with performances at Ford Arts, Beats, & Eats Festival, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, and Detroit River Days Festival to name a few.
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Frank Pitts - Actor, PianoFrank Pitts holds a Master's degree in Music and Voice Performance from Oakland University. He has been a Music Instructor at Rochester College for over 20 years, and is also a lecturer at University of Michigan-Flint. He is a native of Detroit and has been singing for over 30 years. In a review of a Messiah performance, his voice was described as “steel wrapped in velvet.” He and his wife Terry, who met as students at Rochester College, reside in Flint, where they enjoy spending time with their grandchildren. He was a district finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions. Some of his notable performances include Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Pooh-Bah in The Mikado, Voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horros, and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.
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Natalie Sparbeck - ActressAnother one of Krista Manfredi's former students, Natalie Sparbeck holds a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Oakland University. She has been a performer as a company member of The Barn Theatre in Augusta, MI. She currently works as a Network Infrastructure Recruiter for TEKsystems in the Greater Detroit Area.
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Alex Alekseyev - ActorAlex became interested in acting after performing with the Athens Theatre Company under Krista Manfredi's direction. He played the Artful Dodger in Oliver!, which would be both his first and last show with the ATC. He continued to explore acting during his senior year of high school in the TV class, where he had a number of roles in various video projects. This is his second time working with director Thomas Butcher, having previously worked with him as Lucas in Breaking Circles.
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