Fly By Night Cast

Lauren M. Grof-Tisza (Narrator) is happy to be back at OLTwhere she was last seen in Oliver! (Nancy) & Legends & Bridge (Joan Crawford). Other onstage credits include: Urinetown (Penny), The Who's Tommy (Acid Queen), Assassins (Sara Jane Moore), Gypsy (Rose), Little Women (Jo March), & Anything Goes (Reno). Currently, she is employed with the West Orange Public School District as the District Media Coordinator and serves as the resident Lighting Designer & Technical Director for the high school. Much love to the FBN team - Olive you!!

Dan Molloy (Harold McClam) teaches choir at Newton High School in New Jersey and directs two choirs with the New Jersey Youth Chorus. Previous Acting Credits: Bright Star (Billy Cane), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Jehan Frollo), Fiddler on the Roof (Motel), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hero), Hairspray (Link), Spamalot (Dennis/Galahad/Black Knight), and Young Frankenstein at OLT (Victor). He has been hoping to do this show for years, and feels so lucky to finally be doing it here with these people. Thank you to the entire cast, production team, and crew for making it happen!

Diane Cervelli (Daphne) is thrilled to be joining this team for her first production with Old Library Theatre! Past credits include Mamma Mia! (Ensemble), Mary Poppins(Ensemble), Cry Baby (Allison), and Hairspray (Penny). Diane recently graduated from Syracuse University with her BFA in Musical Theatre. Special thanks to her friends, family, and the wonderful cast and crew!!

Allie Acquafredda (Miriam) is both exhilarated and terrified to return to the stage after a four year hiatus. A few pre-hiatus roles include; Ilsa, Spring Awakening; Little Sally, Urinetown; Diana Morales, A Chorus Line; Molly, Peter and The Starcatcher; Squeaky, Assassins. Allie would like to thank OLT (BJB, snap, DDS) & Amy) for giving her this opportunity, as well as her wonderful husband for holding it down on the home front during this entire process. Lastly to Alan, Megan and Jack; a sappy show quote that sums up her feelings. “Life is not the things that we do, its who we’re doing them with.” VBV, all for you. (Hi Cookie!)

Joseph Christianson (Crabble) is excited to be working on another production with Old Library Theatre! Recent acting credits include: Beauty & The Beast (Bookseller/Knife), The Most Incredible Thing (King’s Council/Judge), Baby (Dean Webber), Hair (Male Tribe), Tommy (Hawker), and Starmites (Ack Ack Ackerman). Recent music directing credits include: It Shoulda Been You, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Comedy Tonight OLT Under the Stars, ASA Cabaret Revue 2022, Lion King Jr., Addams Family, and The Wizard of Oz. Much love to Danielle, and the cast and crew of Fly By Night!

Gabriel (Gabe) Weiss (Joey Storms) is pleased to be back on the OLT stage. His previous productions include Legally Blonde (Warner Huntington III), We Will Rock You (Freddie), Mamma Mia (Sky), Pippin (Pippin), The Little Mermaid (Sebastian), Evita (Che), West Side Story (Action), Little Women (Laurie), Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat (Joseph), Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Jekyll and Hyde, and many more. Off the stage, Gabriel works full time in New York, is a part time set designer, a bartender, a musician, a lover of wine, and a very good cook, the list goes on... He enjoys traveling, sailing, skiing, diving, and relaxing on the beach. He spends his nights curled up on the couch with his dog Nyx and thinking of new drink menus to surprise his friends and castmates. He would like to thank the entire production team for their endless work to get this show on its feet, and to his friends and family who he couldn’t live without. Lastly, he dedicates this show to both his parents who have always been his biggest fans.

Bob Russell (Mr. McClam) Last appeared as Murray in “It Shoulda Been You” for OLT. Other OLT roles: Winthrop/Judge in “Legally Blonde”, Stan “Sweat” Old Man Strong “Urinetown”, Alan “Baby”, Dr. Einstein “Arsenic and Old Lace”, Charlie “Bridges of Madison County”, Charlemagne “Pippin”, Charles Guiteau “Assassins”, Fagin “Oliver”, Adult Man “Spring Awakening”, Priest “Superstar”, Panch “Spelling Bee”. Bob directed “Footloose” and “Next to Normal” for OLT. and will be directing “The House of Blue Leaves” OLT’s December 2022 production. Fourth Wall Theatre: Daddy Cane “Bright Star”, Murray “It Shoulda Been You”, Nathan Detroit “Guys & Dolls in Concert”, Judge Roan “Parade”.