Meet the cast of Oliver!

Chris O’Reilly (Dr Grimwig and other characters of ill repute) Is happy to be making his official CAP Mainstage debut in OLIVER here in Roslyn with one half of his dynamic dramatic daughters.     A minor audience cameo in 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee aside, his last appearances on stage were in High School.      Nowadays, he prefers watching Corinne and Kaitlyn light up the stage at the various CAP stages.    Special thanks goes to my patient and always supportive wife, Monica,  my daughters and family and friends.    Thanks to the cast and crew for this experience especially Tom and Diane.    Hope to see you all at a performance. 

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Meet the cast of Oliver

Rochelle Siskind Sally/Strawberry seller  Rochelle is so excited to be performing in her first mainstage show with the Cultural Arts Playhouse. She is over the moon to be performing along side with her daughter Jessica. Rochelle has enjoyed performing back in the day in several shows as  Tuptim in The King and I, at Mesa Amphitheater, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Grace Farrell in Annie at The Scottsdale Theatre Company to name a few. Rochelle thanks her husband Jon and 3 daughters  Cydney, Jessica, and Lyla for all their love and support. Special thanks to the cast and crew for making this experience one she will never forget and such a blast to work with.

Casting call- URGENT!

The CAP Center of Plainview is seeking an Actress of Color for it's production of Once on this Island. Please contact Tony at Culturalartsplayhouseli@gmail.com.

Meet the cast of Oliver!

Sisters take the stage!

Danielle Smith is very excited to making her CAP MainStage debut in Oliver! As a freshman in North Shore High School, she has been in numerous musicals and dramas both at CAP and in her school theatre program. Some of Danielle’s favorite performances she has been a part of at the Cultural Arts Playhouse has been Into the Woods (Bakers Wife), Annie (Grace Farrell), Spring Awakening (Anna), and Cats (Demeter). She has also has performed in various other shows such as Seussical, Grease, and Bye Bye Birdie. Also, she has been in many roles in her school theatre program such as Annie, Much Ado About Nothing, and Into the Woods Jr. Danielle’s other hobbies include gymnastics, surfing, drawing, reading, and photography. She would like to thank her friends and family, especially her little sister Nicole, as well as the entire cast and crew of Oliver for their support.

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Nicole is looking forward to being in her very first CAP Main Stage production. She loves working with more experienced actors and actresses, as well as people her age. She loves working hard and feels that the pay off is great. In addition to acting, singing and dancing, she loves to sew and is inspired by all of the amazing costumes that bring the show to life. She is currently a 7th grader at North Shore Middle School and she loves learning about acting as well as academic classes. I thank my family for supporting me in every part that I have big or  small.

Meet the Oliver cast!

Amanda Chmela, soprano, of Lindenhurst, NY, received a BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia, a MM in Opera Performance from Binghamton University, and attended Queens College as an Artist Diploma candidate for Opera Performance.  She is a member of NATS, NYSTA, The Voice Foundation, and is Certified in Somatic Voicework The LoVetri Method™. Ms. Chmela currently has a private voice studio where she specializes in teaching Contemporary Commercial Music, with a strong focus on Musical Theatre styles and pop/rock.  A recent addition to the Musical Theatre Department at Rider University, she is teaching applied voice to the BFA students.  Ms. Chmela was a music instructor at the Smithtown Performing Arts Center Summer Theatre Camp this past July, taught as an adjunct voice instructor at Molloy College during the Spring 2014 semester, and was on the music faculty at Binghamton University from 2010-2013.  

Ms. Chmela has participated in the Westchester Summer Vocal Institute and is an alumnus of Tri-Cities Opera’s Resident Artist Training Program.  She is currently a member of the Bay Big Band and Savoy Swing Band as their female vocalist.  Performance highlights include Anne (A Little Night Music), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore), Hodel/Fruma Sarah (Fiddler on the Roof), Alice (Addam’s Family), Mrs. Cratchit (A Christmas Carol), Despina (Cosi fan tutti), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Latitia & Ms. Pinkerton (The Old Maid and the Thief), and Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea).  She is currently engaged to sing the role of Nancy (Oliver) during the month of February at the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Roslyn.

Meet the cast of Oliver

Jessica Siskind ( Nancy's girls) - This is Jessica's first main stage production with the Cultural Arts Playhouse. Jessica is thrilled to be in this show with her mother Rochelle.  Jessica had performed previously in three YPT CAP shows; Annie, Cinderella and The Sound of Music. Before moving to Long Island 2 years ago, Jessica performed with the Applause Performing Arts Company in  New York City in a number of their productions.  Jessica is presently a second grader in Northside Elementary School. She enjoys singing, dancing,playing sicker and piano. A big thank you to her parents who always support her and to her two sisters who are her biggest fans.