Mamma Mia! Creative

Director & Producer

Mary Barth

Mary Barth began her career with the BHS drama club when she was 6 years old, performing as a clown in a Summer Family Theatre production of Barnum. During her high school years, Barth performed in many BHSDC productions, including: The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit, My Fair Lady and The Music Man (just to name a few). After BHS, she traveled for a year with Up With People, earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from Emerson College, received her Actor's Equity card while performing for three years at Disney World in Orlando, FL, and earned her MM in Music Education from Boston University. She will be forever grateful to John Sullivan and to the BHSDC for introducing her to the magic of the theatre. When the opportunity presented itself to step into the role of director, she was excited to be able to give back to the current BHS community! During the day, Mrs. Barth teaches theatre and music classes as well as directs the chorus here at Barnstable High School. When she's not in the theatre, you can find her having family fun with her super supportive husband and their two fantastic sons...usually at a sporting event!

Technical Director

Sarah Basco

While Sarah Basco is new to BHS, she is no stranger to working in Technical Theatre. In Texas, Sarah studied Tech Theatre at Sam Houston State University where she graduated with her B.F.A in Theatre. Following graduation, she worked with school theatres, community theatres, and Houston Area professional productions. Some of her proudest work includes: Stage managing Everybody at SHSU (a KCACTF finalist); Lighting and Sound Designer/Operator for Inspecting Carol at Navasota Theatre Alliance; and Assistant Stage managing The Wickhams:Christmas at Pemberley at Houston's Mainstage Theatre. Upon moving to Cape Cod, she was ecstatic for the opportunity to serve BHS in a variety of ways. She is incredibly grateful to the BHS Theatre team for welcoming her into this new role. By day, Sarah is part of the Multilingual Teaching team, working with students to grow their language skills in English Language Arts. Outside of school, Sarah is found exploring this new home of hers with her wildly supportive wife!

Musical Director

Kris Lariviere Hill

Kris has an extensive history with the BHSDC beginning way back in 1983 when as a naive freshman, she began her career as a shrieking head in the Annual Haunted House. She continues that role today as the Music Director for Mamma Mia! Between then and now, Kris appeared on stage in various roles with BHSDC, Barnstable Summer Family Theater, Barnstable Comedy Club, and the Cotuit Center for the Arts. In the summer of 1990, former BHSDC Artistic Director John Sullivan handed Kris the baton for the Velveteen Rabbit, and she’s waved it a lot ever since. Notable shows for which she has been music director include The Hobbit, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mary Poppins, Newsies, and The Reluctant Dragon. Kris is an elementary music teacher in the Mashpee Schools. When not teaching, you’ll find her running ninja warrior obstacle courses with her son, Isaac. She is excited to be back with so many BHSDC alums on the creative team and her brother in the pit!

Sound Technician

Stephen Reynolds

Stephen Reynolds has over 15 years of audio engineering and live production experience, starting out as a high school student helping out with concerts, theatre, and talent show productions at his school. Since then, Stephen has cut his teeth in this field doing productions everywhere from giant auditoriums to tiny basement shows, doing sound for bands, corporate events, houses of worship, theatre, and more. Stephen has also done recording and production for bands, radio stations, and podcasts. Since joining the Barnstable school district as their in-house AV tech in late 2024, Stephen has worked closely with the school's Performing Arts department, helping bring their productions to life and pass some of his knowledge to students who are also interested in this line of work.

Creative Assistant

Rebecca Salgado

Rebecca Salgado is absolutely overjoyed to have joined the Barnstable Drama Club production team this year! She has previously directed, choreographed, and produced the last seven musical productions at Bourne Middle School. Her most recent musical, "Frozen Jr," earned her the Best Choreography Award at the METG Musical Theater Awards. Mrs. Salgado is a proud member of both the Screen Actors' Guild and the Actors' Equity Association and she performed in her first professional show when she was in high school. T.V./Film: Gossip Girl, Across the Universe, The Life Before Her Eyes (Stand-In for Uma Thurman) In 2012, she qualified and competed in Miss Connecticut Pageant through the Miss America Organization, placing in the Top 10. She would like to thank her family, her incredible husband, Joe, and her sweet babies Rio, Bianca, and Indigo, for all of their love and support! To the entire staff, cast, and crew - Break legs! For David and Lynn Angell, 9-11-01.

Choreographer

Brooke Styche

Brooke Styche grew up dancing on Cape Cod and is a Barnstable alum. After graduating from Trinity College with a major in Theater and Dance, she ran a local dance studio. Missing academics and literature, she continued her post-grad work with an MAT and is now in her 22nd year of teaching English at BHS. Never wanting to stop choreographing--one of her passions--she choreographed many musicals for Sandwich High School (where she began her career as an educator) including Grease, High School Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, Guys and Dolls, The Wiz, and The Sound of Music. She then started choreographing for BHSDC with She Loves Me, Shrek, Mary Poppins, Newsies, Mean Girls, and The Little Mermaid. This year, Mamma Mia! has been such a wonderful experience! She hopes that all of the students in the show know that she is so proud of their hard work and dedication to the process. She thanks them for trusting her (even when the movements might feel silly or strange) and she can’t wait to see them share their joy with the audience!

Original Creative Team

Björn Ulvaeus was born on 25 April 25, 1945 in Gothenburg. When he was six years old, the family moved to the small town of Västervik, and this is where Björn grew up. In the mid-Fifties, Björn fell in love with rock’n’roll and skif e. By the early Sixties, he was a member of a folk group called the West Bay Singers. 1963 The group entered a talent contest arranged by Swedish radio. This led to discovery by songwriter and publisher Stig Anderson and his partner, Bengt Bernhag. Stig and Bengt had recently started a record company called Polar Music. The band acquired a new name, the Hootenanny Singers, and quickly became one of Sweden’s most popular groups of the Sixties. 1966 Björn had a chance meeting with Benny Andersson, himself a member of Sweden’s number-one pop group, The Hep Stars. They hit it off and wrote their rst song together, ‘Isn’t It Easy to Say’. Björn recorded a couple of solo singles in the late Sixties, at which point he also started concentrating more on his collaboration with Benny Andersson. 1970 Björn and Benny started releasing records as a duo and also staged a cabaret show together with their fiancées, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. 1971 Björn and Agnetha married on 6 July.

1972-82 ABBA.

1982 Björn and Benny started writing the musical Chess with lyricist Tim Rice.

1984 A concept album for Chess was released in the autumn.

1986 The musical opened in London’s West End in May.

1988 Chess received its Broadway premiere. A reworked version of the musical opened in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2002.

1990 Björn and Benny decided to write a new musical. This time, they wanted to write exclusively in Swedish, and they chose the Emigrants novel series by author Vilhelm Moberg as the basis for their work.

1995 The resulting musical, Kristina från Duvemåla (Kristina from Duvemåla), opened in October. The show ran for three and a half years at various theatres in the Swedish cities of Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm. Björn and Benny’s most recent musical is Hjälp sökes (Help Wanted), a collaboration with playwright Kristina Lugn and Kristina director Lars Rudolfsson. Björn writes many of the lyrics for the Benny Andersson Orchestra, and has involved himself in the stagings of MAMMA MIA!.

2008 MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE was released.

2016 MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY opened in Stockholm in January, with Björn as one of the producers.

2018 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN was released.

Benny Anderson was born on December 16, 1946 in Stockholm. 1952 He received accordion lessons from his father and grandfather.

1964-68 Benny was a member of the Hep Stars, Sweden’s most popular rock band in the Sixties. During this time, he began composing music. ‘Sunny Girl’ and ‘Wedding’ were huge hits for the Hep Stars.

1972-82 ABBA.

1982-84 Benny composed the music (together with Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice) for the musical Chess. 1987 He began collaborating with Orsa Spelmän and recorded three albums rooted in Swedish folk music: Klinga Mina Klockor, November 1989 and Fiolen Min. 1990-95 Working with Björn, Benny composed

the music to Kristina från Duvemåla, which premiered in October 1995.

1995 Benny received the title of professor from

the Swedish government.

2001 His collaboration with Orsa Spelmän led to the formation of Benny Andersson’s Orchestra, a 16-man constellation with vocalists Helen Sjöholm and Tommy Körberg. Thus far, this has resulted in seven CD albums and several summer tours.

2007 Benny was inducted in to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

2008 He was appointed Honorary Doctor of the College of Humanities at Stockholm University, and at Luleå University of Technology in 2012.

Benny Andersson is married to former TV producer Mona Nörklit. They have one child, Ludvig Andersson. Benny also has two children from a previous marriage, Peter Grönvall and Helene Odedal. He has six grandchildren: Charlie, Felix, Fabian, Malin, Viola and Leonard.

Catherine Johnson's theatre credits include: Rag Doll, Renegades, Suspension (Bristol Old Vic), Too Much Too Young (Bristol Old Vic and London Bubble),

Boys Mean Business, Dead Sheep, Little Baby Nothing (Bush Theatre, London), Shang- a-Lang (Bush Theatre and UK tour) and MAMMA MIA! (worldwide). Also Through the Wire and A Letter to Lacey (NT Connections). Film includes: Catherine wrote the screenplay for MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE, released in July 2008.
Television includes: Casualty, Byker Grove, Love Hurts, Gold, Linda Green, original screenplays for Rag Doll and Where’s Willy? (HTV) and Sin Bin (BBC), the series Love in the 21st Century (Channel 4) and Dappers (BBC3).
Other work includes: Creative Consultant on ABBA the Museum, Stockholm.
Awards include: Catherine has won the Bristol Old Vic/HTV Playwriting Award, Thames Television’s Writer-in-Residence Award and Thames Television’s Best Play Award and was nominated in 2002 for a Tony Award for Best Musical Book for MAMMA MIA!.