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Since our establishment in 1995, Big Smile Productions has been providing entertainment to a variety of audiences and venues. Our mission is to provide affordable, quality entertainment while maintaining the highest quality of production values and performers. Our home base is in Massachusetts, however we service many major cities across the country.
Big Smile Productions recruits actors and singers who have attended some of the best theatrical and music colleges, universities, and conservatories. These talented performers have performed with professional theatrical and operatic companies. Many of our singers and actors have worked on Broadway and have performed in National Tours and have been featured in concert with some of the top names in the business. Our Massachusetts performers have worked locally with The Huntington Theatre, The Publick Theatre, Worcester Foothills Theatre, The Lyric Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, The Boston Pops, The Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Boston Lyric Opera — to name a few. |
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Over the years, Big Smile has created its own full theatrical productions, musical revues, cabarets, and plays and has produced new and existing plays and musicals for private, public, and youth audiences. Big Smile has written children’s plays and musicals, mystery and interactive theatre, themed parties, concerts, and Big Smile's holiday victorian carolers have been providing high quality quartet caroling for over ten years.
Big Smile's future will include class/workshop offerings, a youth focus, and a non-profit division dedicated to new works, youth programs, and charity work. Past clients include: Radio Disney/Walt Disney/ABC Corporation, Carpet One Corporation, Dillstar Productions, Franklin Productions, Stop and Shop Corporation, Six Flags New England, and George’s Island.
Big Smile Productions takes the ideas and concerns — as well as the budget — of their clients and helps them create an entertainment solution that is best for them. We do not buy existing shows from other sources. Instead we create our own productions that we tailor for every individual event. Over the years, the company has created shows that are used and adapted for a variety of audiences. From large full-scale professional musical to a small revue, Big Smile handles it all with pride, professionalism, and above all, lots of Big Smiles!
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ELAINA VRATTOS (Managing Director/Singer/Actress) Over the last 20 years, this actress and director has won dozens of awards from the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres and the New England Theatre Conference for her acting and directing and was nominated for the Independent Reviewers of New England Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for her portrayal of Sarraghina in Nine at the Publick Theatre. Ms. Vrattos’ performance credits also include; Mother Superior in Nunsense, Myrtlein Blue Hair Troupe, Jack's Mother in Into the Woods, Truvy in Steel Magnolias, Mother Abbess in Sound of Music, April in Hot L Baltimore, Yente in Fiddler on the Roof, Auntie Rita Ronzoni in Joey and Maria’s Comedy Wedding, and Lina Cuisina in The Soprano’s Last Supper. Ms. Vrattos has performed all over the country as a soloist and actress and has performed the National Anthem for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics. Ms. Vrattos' directing credits include: Lucky Stiff, Nine, Godspell, Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, Moon Children, Chorus Line, Anything Goes, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Bye Bye Birdie, Heidi Chronicles, Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, Big River and Working. Ms. Vrattos can be seen in several industrial films, student films, feature films, and television and radio commercials, including an episode of Unsolved Mysteries and most recently Mystic River and Showtime’s The Brotherhood. Under the operation of Big Smile Productions, Ms. Vrattos has written, directed, and produced several productions as well as an educational National Tour for Walt Disney Productions/ABC Corporation, mounted several shows across the country for Dillstar Productions and Darlyne Franklin Productions, and mounted a concert to benefit AIDS Research on Broadway in NYC. |
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MICHAEL KREUTZ (Musical Director/Composer/Pianist/Singer) Mr. Kreutz has served as music director for numerous productions in Massachusetts, including A Grand Night for Singing (Gloucester Stage); Meshuggah-Nuns (Lyric Stage); Hard Hat Vaudeville (Boston Opera House); and Assassins (New World Theater). At Turtle Lane Playhouse, Mr. Kreutz not only music directed Sound of Music and The King & I but performed the roles of Fagin in Oliver!, Scrooge in Scrooge, The Musical, and Dr. Brock in Tenderloin. Mr. Kreutz has written and directed cabaret revues: Mad Dogs & Englishmen, G.I. Jive, and Swingtime 1940s and has accompanied cabaret soloists and shows, including the long-running hit Mass Hysteria and Danny Goggin’s newest creationNunsensations (Ogunquit Playhouse). Mr. Kreutz performs in the northeast’s premiere cabaret rooms and has released a solo CD Since You Stayed Here. Favorite stage roles include Isador Straus in Titanic (National Tour); Starbuck in Moby Dick (New Repertory Theatre); the Governor/Innkeeper in Man of La Mancha (Stoneham Theatre); and Aimable in The Baker’s Wife opposite Judy Kuhn (Overture Productions). |
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PETER ADAMS (Singer/Actor) Mr. Adams' phenomenal voice was heard all over the country when he performed Father in Ragtime in the second National Tour. Mr. Adams was nominated as Best Actor as in the role of The Engineer in Miss Saigon and nominated as Best Supporting Actor in the role of Juan Peron in Evita, both at Turtle Lane Playhouse. Other professional roles include: Christmas Future in A Christmas Carol at North Shore Music Theatre, Old Adam in Ruddigore at the Publick Theatre, Harold in The Full Monty at Worcester Foothills Theatre, Frank Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along at Vokes Theatre, Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun at Turtle Lane Playhouse, and El Gallo in The Fantasticks at Lyric Stage. His Symphony Concert work includes Jekyl and Hyde in Jekyl and Hyde, Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, King in The King and I, Anthony in Sweeney Todd (all with the Hillyer Festival Orchestra), The Baker in Into the Woods, and Che in Evita (both with Symphony by the Sea). |
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JUNE BABOIAN (Singer/Actress) Versatile singer, actress, and musician, Ms. Baboian continues to wow audiences all over the country. Some of her favorite roles include: Emma Goldman in Ragtime at New Rep Theatre, Madame Praskowia in The Merry Widow with New England Light Opera, Mouse King in Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker Players, Bloody Mary in South Pacific with UCONN Nutmeg Summer Theatre, Rosario in The Balcony with American Repertory Theatre, Eva’s Sister in Evita with The National Theatre Guild, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls with New London Barn Playhouse, Anita in West Side Story with Prescott Park Arts Festival, Agnes in I Do! I Do! with Act 1 Arena Theatre, Serena Deveaux in Smooth Sailing, a musical showcase with New England Light Opera. Ms. Baoianhas been featured in several new works, has worked as a Choral Director, and creates and works with several children’s theatre programs. |
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MARY CALLANAN (Singer/Actress) Ms. Callanan has appeared starring in her own Cabaret Act at Eighty-Eights’, Danny’s Skylight, The Russian Tea Room in New York City, Club Café, Diamond Jim’s, Theatre Lobby, Scullers Jazz Club, and the Encore Lounge in Boston. She is also featured during the summer at the Crown and Anchor in Provincetown, MA. Ms. Callahan’s talents are limitless; she has appeared in many professional theatrical shows across the country. Her favorite roles include: Ernestine and understudy for JoAnne Worley in Hello Dolly; Hattie in Follies with Len Cariou and Denise in The Baker’s Wife with Judy Kuhn, both with Overture Productions; Mrs. Baskin in Big; Sister in Damn Yankees; Queen in Cinderella; and Frau Schmidt in The Sound of Music, all which toured nationally; Women 3 in World Goes Round at Lyric Stage; Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at Seacoast Repertory; Robert Anne in Nunsense 1 & 2 and Nuncrackers! at the Theatre Lobby; Narrator in Joseph with Reagle Players; Mama Morton in Chicago at Chiswick Park; and Mrs. Sowerberry in Oliver!. Ms. Callahan’s stock performances include: Ella Peterson in Bells are Ringing; Joanne in Company; Cousin Hebe in HMS Pinafore; and Dame Edith in Whodunnit. |
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JACKIE COMISAR (Singer/Actress) Ms. Comisar is a recent transplant to Boston from NYC. National Tours include: Joseph...Dreamcoat, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and Jekyll and Hyde. NYC/Regional credits include: Julia in Birds of Paradise, Fay Templeton in George M! at the NY Theatre Festival, Mary Jane in Big River at St. Michael’s Playhouse, Eva Peron in Evita, and Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (both at the Foothills Theatre). Ms. Comisar originated the role of Cindy in Willie B. Came Into the Sun at the Playwrights Theater. |
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AIMEE DOHERTY (Singer/Actress) Ms. Doherty has performed in and around the Boston area for many years. Recently, she was seen as Evelyn Nesbit in the sold out run of New Repertory Theatre's Ragtime. Ms. Doherty has performed in many professional stage productions including: Kathy in Company at the Speakeasy Stage Company; Cinderella in the IRNE award winning Into the Woods at the New Repertory Theatre; Anita in the Elliot Norton Award winning On the 20th Century starring Broadway's Alice Ripley with Overture Productions; Peggy in The Women at Speakeasy Stage; Fran in Promises, Promises with the Animus Ensemble; Carla in Nine; and Laurie in OKLAHOMA!, both with the Turtle Lane Playhouse. Ms. Doherty has been seen in Boston Signs Boston IV with CentaStage; Jason Robert Browns' Songs for a New World starring Jason Robert Brown and Broadway's Lauren Kennedy; Make Them Hear You, the songs of Ahrens & Flaherty featuring Ahrens & Flaherty; and featured soloist in selections of And the Wrold Goes Round at the Wang Center's 75 Birthday Celebration. |
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ANDREW GIORDANO (Singer/Actor) Mr. Giordano performed on Broadway in Sunset Boulevard with Betty Buckley and performed at Carnegie Hall in South Pacific with Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Recently, Mr. Giordano performed the role of Bruce Granit in Overture Productions’ production of On the 20th Century at Boston’s Majestic Theatre with Tony Winner Alice Ripley and George Dvorsky; Man 2 in World Goes Round with Adrianne Barbeau at the International City Theatre in LA; Man 2 in Songs for a New World at North Shore Music Theatre with Jason Robert Brown and Lauren Kennedy; Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol with Trinity Repertory with Stacey Keach; Master Class with Leslie Uggams with Tony Candolino Theatrefest; Gaston in Beauty and the Beast with Heart 2 Heart; Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods at New Rep Theatre; Jinx in Forever Plaid at the Stuart Street Playhouse; Count Phillip in Phantom at the Westchester Broadway Theatre and the Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera; Julio in Paint Your Wagon with Emily Loesser with the Bandwagon Theatre Company in NYC; Nikoli in Chess at the Performing Arts Center in LA; and Young Elvis in Are you there God? It’s Me, Ann Margaret at the Illyria Theatre Company at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in NYC. Mr. Giordano has also created and performs with the corporate entertainment act Tenors Undercover. |
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ROBERT “BIG JAKE” JACOBS (Singer/Actor) Mr. Jacobs has performed on Broadway and in regional and stock theatres throughout the east coast, including Worcester Foothills, Worcester Forum Theatre, Lyric Stage, Vokes Theatre, Reagle Players, and American Stage Festival. Winner of many acting awards, Mr. Jacobs has been fortunate to have performed some memorable roles including; Tevya, Fiddler on the Roof; King/Papp, Big River; Sir, Roar of the Greasepaint; Lenny, Of Mice and Men; Nicely-Nicely, Guys and Dolls; Miles Gloriosus, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Molokov, Chess; Charlemagne, Pippin; Orgon, Tartuffe; Mr. Peachum, Three Penny Opera; Bandit, Roshomon; Nick Bottom, A Midsummer’s Night Dream; Tito, Lend Me a Tenor; and originating the role of Harry Frazee in Curse of the Bambino, which has received national attention. Mr. Jacobs is also featured on the cast recording available on CD. Mr. Jacobs also has performed in many feature, student and short films, television series, and commercials, including A Civil Action, Mystic River, The Departed, The Brotherhood, Against the Law, and Spencer for Hire. |
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KENDRA KACHADOORIAN (Singer/Actress) Favorite past roles include: Rita La Portia in Lucky Stiff, Woman #1 in Songs for a New World, Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Asaka in Once on this Island, Eve in Children of Eden, Joanne in Company, Lucy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, among many others. Always the Jill of all trades, Ms. Kachadoorian has also musically directed and choreographed many shows in the greater New England area. Opera credits include Festival di Roma's Production of Bizet's Carmen where she toured Rome and Italy performing Mercedes, Laetitia in Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief, Bastienne in Mozart's Bastien and Bastienne, Alice in Wilder's Sunday Excursion. Ms. Kachadoorian made her Carnegie Hall solo debut with Charpentier's Te Deum under conductor Dr. Theodore Davidovich. She also solos with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Pops and the Tanglewood Chorus. |
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RICHARD KOONS (Singer/Actor) With a Masters in Vocal Performance, Mr. Koons has toured and performed all over the country. In NYC, he played Norman Kerry in Valentino the Musical for Hollywoodland Productions. Other regional theatrical credits include: Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Enoch Snow in Carousel, Oberon in Phantom, Aslan in Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Doctor Engel in the Student Prince, Governor/Innkeeper in Man of La Mancha, Judge Harper in Miracle on 34th Street, General and Understudy Peron in Evita, Archibald Craven in Secret Garden, Max Detweiler in Sound of Music, and Featured Soloist in Gershwin and Porter in Love. National Tour credits include: Henry Etches in Titanic the Musical, Narrator and Marley in The Christmas Carol, and Studio Vocalist in Mame. Mr. Koons performed as a featured soloist in the concert My Romance/Isn’t It Romantic, A Hot Summer Night and played the role of Padre in the concert version of Man of La Mancha. Mr. Koons also performed in several commercials and television shows. |
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STEPHEN MCNULTY (Singer/Actor) Mr. McNulty has been the lead vocalist on the national television and radio campaign for Kraft/Cool Whip since 2001. As lead singer for the group Ball in the House, Mr. McNulty performed in more than 1,500 shows worldwide and was on Billboards’ Top 20 in 2003. Mr. McNulty has performed with The Temptations, The Four Tops, Cher, Smokey Robinson, Jessica Simpson, The Beach Boys, Jewel, Justin Timberlake, Sugar Ray, Joan Jett, James Taylor, and Lenny Kravitz. His stage credits include: The World Goes Round, Sweeney Todd, Godspell, Into The Woods, Evita, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Mr. McNulty has also performed the National Anthem for the Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and the Baltimore Orioles. |
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TRACY SILVA (Singer/Actress) As winner of the premiere POPSearch competition in 2004, Ms. Silva was a featured soloist with Jennifer Holiday and David Lee Roth under the direction of Keith Lockhart with the Boston Pops Orchestra during the Esplanade Concert Independence Day. Other featured solo performances include: Symphony Hall with Faith Prince; DNC Kick Off Concert; City Hall Plaza with the O’Jays; Summer Concert Series with Maureen McGovern; Opening Night at the Pops with Lou Rawls; Red, White and Black Ball for Congress 2005 and 2006 at the Hynes Convention Center, Tanglewood Chorus; Best of Times Concert Series along side the Legendary Drifters and Stephen McNulty; Mayor Menino’s Senior Garden Party; Sundays with Liz Walker on WBZ-TV; Boston Marathon; and Boston’s 375th Birthday on FOX-TV. Special appearances include: American Idol’s Clay Aiken Joyful Noise Tour at the Orpheum Theatre, Delegation Opening Reception Soloist at the Joseph Moakley Library for the DNC, and Soloist at the New England Council Award Ceremony. Ms. Silva is also an accomplished actress and has performed in such roles as: Sarah in Ragtime, Aphra in Children of Eden, Alice in Big River, Women 1 in Smokey Joe’s Café, Featured Soloist in Showboat, Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors, and Mary in South Pacific. Ms. Silva has also performed the National Anthem for the Boston Celtics, Red Sox, and New England Patriots. |
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KATHY ST. GEORGE (Singer/Actress) Ms. St. George appeared on Broadway as Bielke in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof with Herschel Bernardi, later returned on Broadway in the 1991 Tony award-winning Best Revival of Fiddler on the Roof as Grandma Tzeitel, and played Shprintze with Topol at the Gershwin Theatre directed by Jerome Robbins. Ms. St. George also appeared Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre as Woman 2 in I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Regional credits include: Solange LaFitte, Follies in Concert with Len Cariou with Overture Productions; Soap Star, Menopause: The Musical with G4 Productions; Keeley, Peet ‘n’ Keely with Stoneham Theatre; Judy Denmark, Ruthless with SpeakEasy Theatre; Liliane La Fleur, Nine with the Publik Theatre; Marilyn Monroe and Rose Kennedy, Jackie: An American Life at the Wilbur Theatre; Barbara De Marco, Shear Madness at the Charles Playhouse; Gloria Thorpe, Damn Yankees at the Riverside Theatre; Peter Pan, Peter Pan at the Riverside Theatre where she won a C. Caroll Otto Acting Achievement Award; Fricka/Erda/Needa Troutt, Das Barbecu at New Rep Theatre where she won a Best Actress Award from the Independent Reviews of New England; Meg Brocke, Brigadoon at the Riverside Theatre; and The Mute in the Fantasticks at Worcester Foothills Theatre. Ms. St. George also has appeared in many films and television commercials. |
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