Cast & Staff
METRO STAGE COMPANY
STAFF
Executive Producer Christopher Teague
Artistic Director Robert Case
Production Director Linda Sughrue
Music Director Maria Duaime
Lighting & Set Design John MacKenzie
Christopher Teague (Executive Producer), co-founder of Metro Stage
Company, has worked in theater, both onstage and backstage, for several
years. Most recently, he appeared in Damn Yankees, Evita and Fiddler on the
Roof (Turtle Lane Playhouse) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Indy Productions).
Other acting credits include Big River, Pippin, Camelot, How to Succeed in
Business, Cinderella, and Amahl and the Night Visitors. Christopher has also
directed several shows, and he has taught musical theater classes as part of
the Exploration Summer Program at Wellesley College. Chris is a graduate of
Connecticut College and Northeastern University School of Law and currently
works as an attorney in Boston.
Robert Case (Artistic Director), co-founder of Metro Stage Company, is
originally from North Carolina and has lived in Boston for the past seven years.
He has worked in theater as an award-winning actor and director of several
productions in local, regional, and stock theaters since the age of seven. He is
a state and regional winner in both classical and musical theatre categories in
the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition. He is also the
recipient of a DuPont Research Grant to study original and modern
Shakespeare performances and to develop study methods and performance
techniques for middle and high school students. Some of his favorite past roles
include John Wilkes Booth (Assassins), Curly (Oklahoma!), Lil Abner (Lil Abner),
Gaston and the Beast (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast), and Cooley (Anyone
Can Whistle). Robert received his Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from
Wingate University and his Masters degree in Musical Theatre from The Boston
Conservatory.
Maria Duaime (Music Director) is excited to be working with Metro Stage
Company in Sweeney Todd again, after recently stage managing Metro Stage’s
production of Working. Previous music directing work includes Andrew Lippa’s
The Wild Party, Children of Eden, and Crazy for You. She has been performing
with musical theatre orchestras for over a decade. In addition to working on
shows, Maria has a day job in renewable energy and energy efficiency
consulting. Many thanks to Chris and Rob for welcoming an engineer into their
theatre family!
CAST