A young Scot Buzza in
Amahl and the Night Visitors, (1976)
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WRCT Hall of Fame
While WRCT is a wonderful hobby for most of the volunteers who make up our group, there are some talented people who have used it as a stepping stone to bigger things in the music and theater world. Below are four gentlemen who have seen a lot of different places, and a lot of big stages!
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Scot appeared in several WRCT productions, including Amahl and the Night Visitors (1976) and
Anything Goes (1982). |
Scot Buzza has had an international performing career over the past two decades that includes solo appearances with orchestras in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela. In 1987 he was appointed principal violist of the Tokyo Philharmonic, and in 1990 he became soloist-principal violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Barcelona, Spain. As a chamber musician, Scot has performed world wide, and his recitals have been broadcast on Radio France, PBS, Radio Amsterdam, Tokyo NHK and Radio Catalunya ( Spain). In the United States he has performed regularly with both the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Scheduled engagements for the 2004 – 2005 season included performances and masterclasses in Barcelona, Paris, Belgrade ( Yugoslavia) and Berlin.
Scot (Lincoln High School class of 1982) is a graduate of Yale University, where he held simultaneous fellowships in both the School of Music and the Department of Slavic Languages and Linguistics. He teaches the Sacred Music curriculum at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, (of which he is also an alumnus) and is currently Director of Liturgical Music at Xavier University ( Cincinnati, Ohio) where he conducts two university choirs as well as Cincinnati’s only professional liturgical ensemble. He has also taught at Conservatorí Municipal de Música ( Barcelona, Spain). |
Shad's solo appearance for WRCT was in
More Fun Than Bowling (1998) before he left for the Cities!
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Shad Cooper attended UW-Eau Claire from 1991–1996 with a comprehensive Major/Minor in Theatre Arts. He was involved in every aspect of theater, including acting, directing, playwriting, scenic and lighting design, and theatre management. After relocating to Minneapolis in the spring of 1998, Shad became immersed in the Twin Cities theater scene. He has appeared in the following productions (with the theater group in parenthesis): Suburbia (12th Street Theatre); Tall Tales (From the Kentucky Cycle), Superfreaks, and Edith Stein (Frontier Theatre): No-names, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Arena Theatre; The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Phoenix Playhouse): Six Pack (Glass House Productions); A Night at the Black Pig (Theatre in the Round Co.); Artists in Trouble (Half-Cast Productions); Hair (Unicorn Theatre); The Trojan Women (Lex-Ham Community Theatre); The Laramie Project (Minneapolis Community Technical College): Myth of the Metamorphosis and La Maestra (Teatro del Pueblo); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cromulent Shakespear Co.); Revolution Cirkus (Trece Lunas Arts Collective) and TGIF or Who is Monster Mom (Gray Space Performance Company).
Shad received Outstanding Performance accolades from the Minnesota Area Community Theatre Festival in April, 2003 for his portrayal of Talthybius in The Trojan Women. He was also given the Best Supporting Actor of 2000 by Lavendar Magazing Arts and Entertainment editor John Townsend for his portrayals of Rocky in Rocky Horror Picture Show and Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He is currently starting rehearsals for Theatre Unbound's productions of Dulcitius and Trifles. He will be co-producing and acting in La Karavela (Tres Lunas Art Collective) for the 2005 Minneapolis Fringe Festival.
Shad has appeared in Paradise and Jerome's Razor (Reel Cinema Productions), two independent films. He is an administrator for CLIMB Theatre, the midwest's premier issue-based children's theatre company, where he conducts classes and art camps during the summer months.
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Scott acted in numerous WRCT productions, and durected three: Subject to Change (1993), The Miracle Worker (1994), and I Never Sang for my Father (1995). He also directed the first three youth productions. |
Scott DelaCruz is a founding member of Toy Box Theatre Company, New York City. With the group, he has worked as an Associate Producer, Director, Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Set Designer, Company Manager and Technical Director. Last summer the group's production of How to Draw Mystical Creatures was selected from over 1000 shows around the world to be performed at the NY International Fringe Festival, where the show won the award for Overall Excellence in Playwriting. The group just closed their production of Doctor Faustus. Scott has directed Sounds of the City, Greener Grass, and Out to Play with Toy Box.
Scott also directed Cindy and the Beauty and Savage Light for the York Developmental Reading Series. His other Off-Broadway and New York credits include (with the theatre group in parenthesis): Bartenders (Houseman), Showtune (Theatre at Saint Peters); Jolson & Co. (Century Centre); Musical of Musicals! - The Musical! (Which recieved the Lucille Lortel nomination and Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Musical, and will be reopening soon); Porterphiles, Red Hot Mama, Prodigal, Roadside, and Max Morath: Ragtine and Again (York Theatre Company); Androcles and the Lion, By Jupiter, Regina, The Good Companions, Cyrano, Weird Romance, Lucky Stiff; and Me & Juliet (York Mufti Series); Afternight Seating, Two, and King Lear (Aulis); Unmerciful Good Fortune, Giants Have Us in Their Books, and Miriam's Flowers (INTAR); Cat's Paw (Soho Rep); Elegy (HERE Arts Center); and Tiffany Mills Dance Co. (Joyce Soho). His television and film credits include being a featured actor in the independent film To Be or Not, and working as an Art Department Carpenter for The Brini Maxwell Show (Style Network). He also worked regionally at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre as a Performer, Production Stage Manager, Intern Supervisor, and Company Manager.
Scott is a 1987 Lincoln High School graduate. He received a Theater degree from UWSP, where he received the Stelmahoske Award in Directing, along with numerous technical theater awards.
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Joel's most memorable turn on the WRCT stage was in
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1986). |
Joel Goodness, an Assumption High School graduate, acted professionally for over 15 years. He has performed in all types of theater; regional, national tours, Off-Broadway, and Broadway. He has done appearances in commercials, film, and television, along with print work. Joel was in the original cast of the Broadway smash hit Crazy For You, performing 8 shows a week for the entire 5-year run. Other acting credits include Star Trek: Deep Space 9, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, and various daytime dramas, including Port Charles, One Life To Live, and Loving. He performed at the 69th Annual Academy Awards Show as well as the Tony Awards and the Kennedy Center Honors.
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