Thursday, Dec. 18, 10 am & 1 pm
The Annex @ Arizona Musicfest
Celebrate the season with Arizona Musicfest! Join fellow Music Alive! participants for a festive open-house featuring light refreshments, holiday games, and a joyful cabaret performance by local musical theatre stars (including our very own Musicfest CEO Allan Naplan!). Enjoy beloved showtunes and seasonal favorites in a warm, welcoming atmosphere full of music, laughter, and cheer.
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Getting Here
The Annex
7950 E. Thompson Peak Parkway
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
7950 East Thompson Peak Parkway
7950 East Thompson Peak Parkway, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, USA
Josh Condon
As a pianist equally adept in the genres of jazz, pop, and classical, Josh Condon has served as music director/supervisor for over 40 musical theatre productions, in addition to leading concerts with symphony orchestras, choirs, jazz ensembles, and pop/rock bands. He has traveled the world as a music director and pianist for the Norwegian, Celebrity, and Princess Cruise Lines where he worked with numerous Broadway and West End performers.
Currently, Josh serves as Resident Artist and Director of Community Music Programs for Arizona Musicfest in Scottsdale, an organization which features concert performances of the music industry’s top talent. In addition to serving as Assistant Conductor for the Musicfest Festival Orchestra, he lectures on topics surveying a huge breadth of music history and analysis, including popular song, symphonic repertoire, jazz performance practice, musical theatre, and everything in between.
He also serves as Assistant Conductor for the North Valley Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as Guest Conductor with the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra, the Scottsdale Philharmonic, and the Arizona Musical Theatre Orchestra. Josh is passionate about using flexibility, positivity, and encouragement to create spaces where all can learn and perform to their best ability. He holds a BM in Jazz Studies from Ithaca College and an MM in Musical Theatre/Opera Music Direction from Arizona State University, and resides in Phoenix, AZ with his wife Lexy, their son Arlo, and their cat Sadie.
Ellie Harvey
ELLIE BARRETT HARVEY is excited to be singing in this Holiday Cabaret! Favorite credits: Jersey Boys(Francine), Into the Woods (Florinda), 42nd Street (Anytime Annie), Something Rotten! (Sexy Omelette/Ensemble), Joseph…Coat (Potiphar’s Wife/Ensemble), Anything Goes (Virtue), The Producers, A Chorus Line, Bandstand, and Singin’ in the Rain. Performed at Moonlight Stage Productions, The Phoenix Theatre Company, San Diego Musical Theatre, La Mirada/McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Feinstein’s 54/Below, Welk Resort, San Diego Opera, Hale Centre Theatre, and studied with The Radio City Rockettes. Special thanks to Bloc Talent Agency, my family, and incredible husband. ASU BM Musical Theatre ’22. Praise God! @elliebarrettharvey www.elliebarrett.org
Renee Kathleen Koher
Renee is so excited to be back in the desert this holiday season! Originally from Chicago, IL she received her BFA from The Hartt School Of Music. Credits include: The Addams Family National Tour (Morticia Addams), Mame (Mame), Mary Poppins (Mary),Gypsy (Tessi Turra/Rose Alt.), Little Shop Of Horrors (Audrey), Xanadu (Calliope), Kiss Me Kate (Lily/Katherine), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy) Nunsence (Amnesia), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Pippin (Fastrata), The Secret Garden (Rose). Renee also performed with Disney Cruise Line and Tokyo Disney Resort as a singer and aerialist. HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone! Instagram: @tokyoariel Www.reneekathleenkoher.com
Šime Košta
Šime is thrilled to be a part of the Holiday Cabaret and RAGTIME with AZ Musicfest. Recent Phoenix Theatre Company credits include Jamie in The Last Five Years, and Dr. Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. Originally from Croatia, Šime is an ASU Music Theatre graduate. Šime was a member of the KPOP group EXP EDITION, living and releasing music in South Korea. He performed on all major Korean TV networks both with the group and as a soloist. Offstage, Šime spends his days working as a Realtor, selling homes across the Valley. @azspotlights @sime.exp.edition
Catherine Ricafort McCreary
CATHERINE RICAFORT MCCREARY is an Arizona-born, eight-time Broadway actress. Broadway shows in NYC: Mamma Mia! (“Ali”), SpongeBob SquarePants (“Karen the Computer”), Jason Robert Brown’s Honeymoon in Vegas (“Mahi”), Holiday Inn, Allegiance, Miss Saigon, Disaster!, and Cinderella (with Carly Rae Jepsen and Fran Drescher). Off-Broadway: Duncan Sheik’s Alice By Heart (original cast recording). National Tour: A Chorus Line. NYC Readings/Workshops: Hamilton, Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge, Nerds. TV credits: NBC’s The Sing-Off, PBS Great Performances, The Tony Awards. Vocalist: USO Show Troupe, Broadway Princess Party @ 54 Below, USC SoCal VoCals (award-winning a cappella group). Arizona credits: Zoni-nomination for “Reno Sweeney” in Anything Goes (MCC), “Lady of the Lake” in Spamalot (Musical Theatre Alliance of Arizona), “Adelaide” in Guys & Dolls (MTAA), Phoenix Theatre Company’s 2024 Festival of New Theatre, grew up as a kid at Desert Stages Theatre under Gerry & Laurie Cullity. Directing credits: Director of the world premiere play Gynochat with The Bridge Initiative, Asst. Director/Choreographer of Tiananmen at Phoenix Theatre Company, Directed/Conceived Monday Night Musicals with Seth Tucker at ASU Kerr, Music Video Director for pop music artist (and her brother) “Super Smack”. Catherine has guest-taught theater students at Viterbo University, ASU, Broadway Classroom in NYC, and teaches private students in her garage rehearsal space. Catherine is also a software engineer and co-founder of Artists Who Code, featured in the LA Times and Forbes for helping 300+ artists pivot into tech during the pandemic. Happy to be back in AZ and a proud Mama of two! IG: @cattricafort