Tamara Norden Brognano (FST Outreach Coordinator) auditioned for her first FST production with her two-year-old son on her hip, and she hasn’t looked back since (that son graduated from college this year). Favorite FST appearances include Mother in Ragtime, Amalia in She Loves Me, and Margaret in The Light in the Piazza. Tamara wrote our Great American Songbook scripts and has written and produced our community outreach programming since 2010. By day, she is a technical writer with ETC, and in what free time she has, Tamara reads to excess, annoys her kids, and is annoyed by her cats. She also enjoys taking road trips, rambling on hiking trails, and doing jigsaw puzzles with her favorite nerd (he knows who he is).

Madison Barrett is thrilled to be returning with FST! She made her FST debut with An Evening with Rodgers and Hammerstein and was recently seen performing with companies including the Ohio Light Opera, the Middleton Community Orchestra, Middleton Players Theatre, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Recent role credits include Desiree (A Little Night Music), Songbird (Songbird), Margaret (The Light in the Piazza), Lady Jacqueline (Me and My Girl), and Ilene Cavanaugh (The Arcadians) among others. Madison would like to thank her family, friends, and mentors for their constant love and support!

Dave Conour is proud to be in his third production with FST after his debut in The Hello Girls and most recently in Company. His most memorable theater roles have been since moving TO Madison in 2014. Credits include White Christmas, Twelfth Night: The Musical, The Fantasticks, Our Town, Titanic: The Musical, Elf: The Musical and Guys On Ice.  Dave is grateful to his family and friends for their support of his stage endeavors.

Dan Jajewski is honored to be performing with FST again! Most recently with FST, Dan performed in Company (Paul), The Hello Girls (Joseph Riser, 2024), An Evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein, All is Calm (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) and played Scuttle in their production of The Little Mermaid in 2019. Other credits include: Into The Woods (Baker), Big Fish (Amos Calloway), The Spitfire Grill (Joe), Beauty and the Beast (Gaston), and Sweeney Todd (Anthony). Dan would like to thank his wife, Kate, for all of her love and support!

Nathan Le is excited to make his debut with FST! A current graduate student at UW, his Madison credits include Songbird (Panatellas) and A Little Night Music (Henrik) with University Opera at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Prince) with Middleton Players Theatre. Other favorite credits include RENT (Angel), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (opera, Lysander), and Falstaff (Bardolfo). He would like to thank his many mentors at UW and friends and family for their abundant support!

Cat Richmond is delighted to make her debut with FST! Cat has appeared in a variety of productions ranging from opera to musical theatre to cabaret. Favorite credits include Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia), Die Zauberflöte (Die Königin der Nacht), The Mikado (Yum-Yum), Hansel and Gretel (Gretel), Patience (Patience), Spring Awakening (Martha), and HAIR (Mary). Most recently, she was seen as Marian in Music Theatre of Madison’s production of Bridges of Madison County. Cat is grateful to her parents, mentors, and partner for their endless support.

Jessica Winn is elated to return to the stage with FST! It’s been many years since she joined their Sweeney Todd cast (Johanna). Other favorite credits include Little Women (opera, Amy), Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta), The Tender Land (Laurie), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia). Thanks to her wife and daughter, family and friends, and to FST for this opportunity. Congratulations to everyone involved with the show! Enjoy!

FST Jazz Trio

Chris Rottmayer is a jazz pianist, composer, and jazz educator who holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Chris has released six albums as a leader, including his latest Playing Favorites, due to be released on October 17, 2025. Chris’s other albums have received critical acclaim including Being, which received a 3 ½ star review in Downbeat Magazine, and Sunday at Pilars, which reached #1 for the year 2022 on the Roots Music Report’s Jazz Albums radio chart.

Ben Ferris is a Bassist, Composer and Educator from Madison, WI. He is a founding member of the Mr. Chair trio. He received a Master’s Degree in String Performance and is currently a doctoral fellow at UW-Madison, where he leads the “Bridge Ensemble.” Ben teaches a studio of private bass students, and previously taught in public schools. He is on the board of directors and faculty for the Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists. www.bferrisbass.com

Wayne Salzmann II is a Drummer and Educator best known for his work with Grammy winning guitarist Eric Johnson. He has performed/recorded with Steve Miller, Kenny Rogers, Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Cross, Joe Satriani, Oz Noy, G3, Mike Stern, Joe Bonamassa, Robben Ford, Chris Potter, Dick Oatts, UT Jazz Faculty, and San Antonio Symphony. Salzmann taught at University of Texas at Austin from 2010-2022 as the Drum Set Instructor and has given clinics and masterclasses worldwide.

Our production of Rodgers & Hammerstein: From Book to Broadway includes a team of local directors, designers, and stage managers.

Brian Anderson (Sound Designer) brings decades of experience as an audio engineer, production manager, and technical theatre director and mentor to every project that he is part of.  Previous work with Four Seasons Theatre includes Mike Leckrone: Moments of Happiness (2022), All is Calm (2019, 2021, 2024), Souvenir, The Little Mermaid, Big Fish, The Light in the Piazza, Spamalot, and Guys and Dolls. His other work includes shows with Forward Theater, far too many various concerts, and as a theater technician for Overture Center.

Alissa Berman (Stage Manager) returns for her sixth FST production, having recently worked on Company (SM, 2025), All is Calm (SM, 2023 and 2024), and The Hello Girls (SM, 2024). Alissa is also an active member of Middleton Players Theatre, serving as the Stage Manager for many of MPTs shows since 2015. Highlights from her past work with MPT include Merrily We Roll Along (2025), Into the Woods (2025), and Big Fish (2024).

Kate Jajewski (Director, Choreographer) is thrilled to be at the helm for this production after choreographing Company for FST last season. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Acting Specialist program, performance credits with FST include Company (Amy), The Hello Girls (Grace Banker, 2024), A Celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein Classics, and The Little Mermaid.  Other area credits include Bridges of Madison County, Book of Days, Into the Woods (u/s Baker’s Wife), Merrily We Roll Along (Mary), and Elephant and Piggie: We are in a Play!. Endless love to Dan. Thank you for supporting Wisconsin art!

Thomas Kasdorf (Director, Vocal Coach) earned his Doctorate in Collaborative Piano Performance in May 2020 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently Artistic Director for Middleton Players Theatre and Artist in Residence for Middleton Community Orchestra. Thomas is proud to serve on faculty at UW-Madison as the Vocal Coach for the Mead Witter School of Music.  FST credits include: An Evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein, The Little Mermaid, Souvenir (Cosme McMoon), 1776, Vintage Valentines, The Sondheim Confessional, The Spitfire Grill, Big Fish (co-production with Theatre LILA), The Light in the Piazza, Great Dames Songbook, The Fantasticks, Side by Side by Sondheim, and Aspects of Love. “Keep the arts alive!

Sarah Marty (Producer) is Director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration in the Wisconsin School of Business at University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Producer credits include Madison Early Music Festival, Forward Theater, Wisconsin Public Television/PBS Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison Opera, and Madison Theatre Guild.  Career Highlights include: Overture Center 10th Anniversary Celebration, 2013 and 2016 events with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, WPR Centennial Event, two decades as the director and producer for the UW Varsity Band Spring Concert (2001-2023), and Producer of Badger Bash.  Triple Badger: Master’s Degree in Business from the Bolz Center, MS in Curriculum & Instruction, Bachelor of Music Education degree at UW-Madison.  

Elizabeth Purnell (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be working with Four Seasons Theatre for the first time! Past ASM credits include Into the Woods (2020, Carnegie Mellon Drama), Daughter of the Regiment (2019, Opera Saratoga), and Titus Andronicus (2017, Madison Theater Guild).

Eric Schwierske (Sound Designer) is an Engineering Supervisor at PBS Wisconsin where he is the engineer in charge of the television studios.  In addition, he was the Sound Designer for the Mt. Horeb High School musical for 15 years and mentored many young audio technicians along the way.

Zak Stowe (Lighting Designer) is an award-winning designer, producer, director, and photographer. He is the Lighting Supervisor for the Overture Center for the Arts and tours as an ICAS and USAF Air Combat Command approved Shooter-in-Charge pyrotechnician for the airshow team Tora!Tora!Tora!  Lighting credits include: The Little Mermaid (FST); Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Cabaret, Lizzie (StageQ); The Wiz, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (CTM); Angels in America (University Theatre); A Little Night Music, Cosi fan tutte (University Opera); 2025 Monologue Festival (Forward Theater); Curious Incident…Nighttime, Young Frankenstein, John Proctor is the Villain (Edgewood University). Love always to Josiah. www.zakstowedesign.com.

Support for this production provided by the Fund for Theater, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, and by the Pleasant Rowland Foundation and the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation.  Additional support provided by PBS Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Radio, Distillery Design, and Park Printing Solutions.