Annie Get Your Gun Performers

Jenna Brown (Annie Oakley) is honored and over the moon to be apart of NMTC for the second year in a row! She would like to thank the entire cast/crew for being awesome and a huge thank you to Cynthia, Stephanie, and Jim for this wonderful opportunity that is truly a dream come true! Her favorite past roles are, TYA: Adelaide (Guys and Dolls), Martha (Secret Garden), THS: Princess Winnifred (Mattress), RTP of Branford: Hodel (Fiddler), Evelyn Nesbit (Ragtime), and most recently, Trumbull Community Theatre: Lamplighter/Ghost of Christmas past (A Christmas Carol). Jenna earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Management from Manhattanville College, and has worked the past 10 years in marketing, websites and creative project management. An avid music lover, she also loves to paint, collage, and fix up old furniture. She would like to thank her voice teacher Joyce Erickson and is immensely grateful to her family and to her boyfriend James for all their love and support. 

Phen Harrison (Frank Butler) returns to show business in his 15th musical production following a decade-long hiatus. Known formally as Stephen Harrison Jones, previous characters include Marius [Les Miserables], Gaston [Beauty & the Beast], Wolf/Rapunzel’s Prince [Into the Woods], and John Brooke [Little Women]. After 14 musicals, he pursued work with Harvard/Boston University film student directors in Cambridge while studying acting at Company One Theatre. Currently based in CT, Phen is available for hire as a singer at events, an actor in film/TV, a voice-over artist, or a vocalist in a band. As an improv musician, self-trained by-ear, he also enjoys playing the piano and theremin. He appreciates his supportive friends and family! This performance is dedicated to his vaudevillian ancestors; Charles Wimsatt & Genevieve Sullivan (who made her Broadway debut 113 years ago when “He Came From Milwaukee” premiered in 1910 featuring the song “Bring Back My Lena To Me” written by a then-promising composer named Irving Berlin).

Kathryn C. Mucherino has been working with Newbury Musical Theater Company since their first production, Annie, in 2008. Some of her recent acting credits include Mary Poppins (Ensemble), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Shrek (Princess Fiona), and Hairspray (Penny). Kathryn has also had the pleasure of assisting in Newbury's recent Junior productions of Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan. Outside of theater, Kathryn enjoys painting and gardening. She wishes to thank her family for all of their continued support and encouragement. A special thanks to her husband Jamin for his serving heart-tiude during a busy theater season and to her sweet pup Macey for all the late night snuggles. Break a leg everyone!

Bret R. Bisaillon (Buffalo Bill) is a 5th grade teacher in the Waterbury Public School System. His most recent stage performance was as "himself" in Bradford Blake's, "Wreck the Halls!" at Sherman Players and Theatre Works, New Milford, and Smorgasbord, Theatre Works, New Milford. Bret's favorite roles include Tevye with Newbury Musical Theatre in 2023; "Sparky" in Forever Plaid and Forever Plaid Tidings, both at The Warner Theater and Landmark Community Theater. Bret has been trodding the boards in local and regional theater productions in CT for the past 26 years.

Rick Pegnataro (Chief Sitting Bull) After his Newbury Musical Theater Company debut in “Fiddler On the Roof”, Rick is excited to be returning to the NMTC stage in ”Annie Get Your Gun”! Other credits include Mr. Greenway in “Elf” and an ensemble player in “Matilda the Musical”, both with Broadway On Main in East Haven, CT; a staged reading of ”Hurricane Jimmy”, a musical in development by Linster Entertainment; a marine scientist extra in Hallmark Channel’s ”Mystic Christmas"; and he has kept active with improv and Adult acting classes. Rick is also a member of the Standardized Patient program at Quinnipiac University’s Frank Netter School of Medicine. Many thanks to the Newbury Musical Theater Company and Broadway On Main for supporting him in his second act, the wonderful Legacy Theatre in Stony Creek, but most especially to his wife and children for their love and support, and for giving him two wonderful grandchildren!

Kalman Zold (Charlie Davenport) is happy to be back with Newbury Theater after playing Sasha in last year's Fiddler on the Roof. He has also appeared as Billy Flynn in Chicago and Gerry Evans in Dancing at Lughnasa. Kalman will be attending Stevens Institute of Technology as a freshman this fall.

Don Cavanagh (Pawnee Bill) has been a resident of Southbury for 25 years and a long-time supporter of NMTC. His recent performances with NMTC include Avram in Fiddler on the Roof; Winthrop/Reporter in Legally Blonde; Constable in Mary Poppins; and, Maurice in Beauty and the Beast. Outside of theater, Don's hobbies include making wine and beer at home, woodworking and playing golf.