Welcome To The Spectacular Senior Follies

Meet The Team ....

MARK CARROLL Artistic Director/Producer/Creator/Performer

Mr. Carroll, a native of Little Rock, Ark., is one of the most in-demand singer-pianists in the nation. He has performed in every major venue in the United States and the Caribbean including the Plaza in New York City, the Palmer House in Chicago, Beverly Rodeo Hotel in Beverly Hills, Ca, Harrah’s in Reno and Lake Tahoe, Nevada, The Fairmont in San Francisco, the Eden Roc in Miami, the Rosewood Mansion Hotel in Dallas and the Princess Hotel in the Bahamas. He is known especially for his interpretation of music by Cole Porter. His hit show, Hot and Cole, based on Cole Porter music, has received rave notices from critics and audiences alike all over the United States.  Singer Julie Wilson, hailed as “the Queen of Cabaret,” described him as “incomparable” and columnist-critic Rex Reed dubbed him “a musical icon.” He has vocal coached many stars including Barbara Eden, Jeri Southern and Marlene Dietrich . Mr. Carroll has recorded three albums. His latest CD is “Reaching for the Moon” on the Eclipse label.

MICHAEL SERRECCHIA director / choreographer

Perfomance: Broadway: The Rothschilds, The Selling of the President, Heathen!, Lady Audley’s Secret, Seesaw, A Chorus Line, Sing Happy!

International Tours: Chita Plus Two

National Tours: Hello Dolly! Two by Two, Rudy Gulianni Building Sustaining Communities (Director).

Regional: WaterTower; Drood, Urinetown, Parade, Music Man, Oklahoma!, Guys and Dolls Theatre Three; Beguiled Again, Grateful, The Roads to Home.

 

Directing/Choreography: PRT: Some Enchanted Evening. Theatre Three: A Class Act, Seven Keys to Baldpate, I’ll Leave it to You, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Full Monty, The Light in the Piazza, The Drowsy Chaperone. ICT: Nine, the Musical. Contemporary Theatre of Dallas; On Golden Pond, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Theatre Arlington; Moonlight and Magnolias, Almost Maine. WaterTower Theatre: Oklahoma!, It’S a Wonderful Life.

 

Awards: New York Drama Desk Award, ACL. New York Theatre World Award, ACL, Special Tony Award Recognition, ACL. MAC Award, Chita Plus Two.

Column Awards: Pageant- Best Director of a Musical; A Class Act- Best Director of a Musical and Best Choreography. The Full Monty - Best Director of a Musical and Best Choreography. Nine, the Musical, Best Director of a Musical and Best Choreography. The Drowsy Chaperone, Best Director of a Musical and Best Choreographer.

Stony Award: Moonlight and Magnolias. Rabin Nomination: The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Choreography.

Website; www.michaelserrecchia.com

Michael is also the Musical Theatre Program Director for KD College Conservatory of Film and Dramatic Arts in Dallas.

 

TRELLA HART assistant director / talent coordinator

Trella Hart (Special Guest Star) Club singer, jazz vocalist and cabaret personality, Trella has sung professionally since the age of 5 when she traveled with her family, The Hart Family Singers, in and around the Chicago area. After attending college, she worked all over the U.S. as a soloist with bands such as the Billy May Band, Ralph Marterie and Don Jacoby. She has been a headliner in clubs from coast to coast including Mr. Kelly’s, the Palmer House in Chicago, the Riviera, Sahara and MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and in recent years at the Mansion on Turtle Creek and the Loews Anatole Hotel, both in Dallas, TX. She has appeared in clubs with such artists as Dave Brubeck, Al Hirt and Carmen McRae.

 

Over the years, Trella has recorded for Capital Records and appeared on various labels with such artists as Doc Severinsen, John Gary, Dotty West, Boots Randolph and Liza Minnelli. Additionally, Trella has recorded, with Essence Music her album “Trella, for all Times.” In addition to a wide array of stage productions, national radio and TV commercials and major industrial shows, Trella has won scores of awards including both Addy’s and Clio’s for writing and performance. Trella’s most recent New York appearance was at the 92 nd Street Y series “Lyrics and Lyricists” where she performed classic Dorothy Fields numbers.

 

 

 

 CHRIS HATCHER costume designer

Chris is a recent graduate of Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts with an emphasis on Performance and Directing. Chris is pleased to be a part of his first Senior Follies and would like to thank Mark Carroll and the Senior Follies Board for the opportunity. Chris has been working in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the past year as an assistant director, lighting designer, actor and costume designer. He has recently costumed How the Other Half Loves (TWU), Wait Until Dark, and How I Learned how to Drive (Theatre Arlington). Chris would like to thank his girlfriend Joy, his seamstress Cari, his mother, his grandmother, and the rest of his family as well as Brynn Bristol and Jeanne Everton.

 

 

JAY ISAAM lighting designer

 

 

CHUCK MILAM sound engineer

Mr. Milam, has been involved in sound design, audio engineering and as a technical sound consultant to; Six Flags, Inc., (Arlington, Tx. and St. Louis, Mo.), Handel’s Messiah (ABC Television New York and Fort Worth), Family Night at the Music Hall, Flight Final, The Seven Last Words, The Guest, The Nativity According to St. Luke, Sounds of Freedom (Thanksgiving Special KXAS TV, Fort Worth, Tx.), and Nuestra Senora Del Pilar Catholic Church, among numerous other projects for churches, universities, restaurants, and hotels.

 

ANDY MICHLIN  musical director

	A native Dallasite, most of Andy's life has been spent on the worlds' best stages and venues.   Andy has played all the big Las Vegas Showrooms with legends such as Tom Jones, Liza Minnelli and Lou Rawls, as well as traveling the world with them as show pianist and bandleader.  He was also a 'Witness' with "The Louis Prima  Band", a "New Christy Minstrel", and  nightclub act bandleader for Linda Carter after she was TV's "Wonder Woman."
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In addition to venues all over the world, Andy has been a solo pianist in Las Vegas hotels such as Caesar's Palace, The MGM Grand and the Riviera .  His TV credits include appearances on The Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, the Jerry Lewis Telethon, Don Kirscherers Rock Concert, Dinah Shore Show and others. Andy has always retained a  Dallas  residence so he could return to his hometown which he loves when he's off the road, and be a part of the Dallas music scene as well.   He  has a long list of Dallas credits  such as solo pianist at Lowe's Anatole, The Stoneleigh Hotel and The Mansion on Turtle Creek.  He recorded with Ray Wylie Hubbard, frequently with the Bowley and Wilson gang  at their infamous Greenville Avenue club, and is a regular Chickenhawk  with the "Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks Band and Revue". Andy graduated from Highland Park High School , and became a paid musician  while still a student there, on New Year's Eve when he was 16.  He plays lots of private parties around town. Andy still travels the world, as this picture shows:  It was taken in Africa--hence all the 'skulls' behind him--on the only piano that he's ever seen that runs on batteries.