Meet the Cast

IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE By Jeremy Geragotelis Cast
Pel \| FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO Felipe Barbosa Bombonato is thrilled to be back onstage doing a musical/opera! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Ann, Jeremy, J.J, Demi, Ted, and this superior cast. This experience has been a dream come true. Most importantly, he'd like to thank his beautiful wife for her endless love. For the core four. felipebombonato.com @febrasil10 1 Corinthians 13:13
Eden \| KATIE GUCIK Katie Gucik is a first-year MFA actor at the University of Iowa. She was most recently seen in the Iowa Directors Festival production of small hours and on the Mabie stage as Marcia in Our Lady of 121st Street. Other recent credits include Crazy for You (Patricia Fodor) with San Diego Musical Theater, Lend Me A Tenor the Musical (Young Maria), and Freaky Friday: A New Musical (Ensemble/ Katherine US) at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. Big thank you to this creative team and cast, and to you… for supporting live theatre!
Paul \| MONTÉ J. HOWELL Monté J. Howell was most recently seen on the Mabie stage as Rooftop in Our Lady of 121^st Street. Selected xredits: Les Misérables (National Tour), The Golden Apple (City Center Encores!), Les Misérables (The MUNY), Shrek (Alliance Theatre), Sister Act (Arkansas Rep), The Music Man (Flat Rock Playhouse), Porgy and Bess (Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh), and Little Shop of Horrors (Stages St. Louis). Praise to God. Love to Ma, Brown, Alyssa, and Allison. Psalms 116:12
Mom \| AMANDA KEATING Amanda Keating (she/her) is a playwright and translator from Western Mass. Plays include With Fellowship (EST/Sloan Commission, O'Neill Finalist), Teach/Teach (Playwrights Realm Finalist, Leah Ryan Honorable Mention), Retreat (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Of Solitude (Martha's Vineyard Playhouse), HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING (University of Iowa), adaptations of Tartuffe and Miss Julie (Two Headed Rep), and others. She is a former member of EST/Youngblood and her short plays have been produced by The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rule of 7x7, and Samuel French. www.amandackeating.com
Pianist \| JUSTIN HETTLAGE* Justin Hettlage is a sophomore at the University of Iowa majoring in Piano Performance. This is his first time performing in a musical while at Iowa. He studies piano with Dr. Ksenia Nosikova and is also involved in choir, jazz, and creative writing.

IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE
By Jeremy Geragotelis
Cast

Pel | FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO

Felipe Barbosa Bombonato is thrilled to be back onstage doing a musical/opera! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Ann, Jeremy, J.J, Demi, Ted, and this superior cast. This experience has been a dream come true. Most importantly, he'd like to thank his beautiful wife for her endless love. For the core four. felipebombonato.com @febrasil10

1 Corinthians 13:13

Eden | KATIE GUCIK

Katie Gucik is a first-year MFA actor at the University of Iowa. She was most recently seen in the Iowa Directors Festival production of small hours and on the Mabie stage as Marcia in Our Lady of 121st Street. Other recent credits include Crazy for You (Patricia Fodor) with San Diego Musical Theater, Lend Me A Tenor the Musical (Young Maria), and Freaky Friday: A New Musical (Ensemble/ Katherine US) at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. Big thank you to this creative team and cast, and to you… for supporting live theatre!

Paul | MONTÉ J. HOWELL

Monté J. Howell was most recently seen on the Mabie stage as Rooftop in Our Lady of 121^st Street. Selected xredits: Les Misérables (National Tour), The Golden Apple (City Center Encores!), Les Misérables (The MUNY), Shrek (Alliance Theatre), Sister Act (Arkansas Rep), The Music Man (Flat Rock Playhouse), Porgy and Bess (Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh), and Little Shop of Horrors (Stages St. Louis). Praise to God. Love to Ma, Brown, Alyssa, and Allison. Psalms 116:12

Mom | AMANDA KEATING

Amanda Keating (she/her) is a playwright and translator from Western Mass. Plays include With Fellowship (EST/Sloan Commission, O'Neill Finalist), Teach/Teach (Playwrights Realm Finalist, Leah Ryan Honorable Mention), Retreat (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Of Solitude (Martha's Vineyard Playhouse), HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING (University of Iowa), adaptations of Tartuffe and Miss Julie (Two Headed Rep), and others. She is a former member of EST/Youngblood and her short plays have been produced by The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rule of 7x7, and Samuel French. www.amandackeating.com

Pianist | JUSTIN HETTLAGE*

Justin Hettlage is a sophomore at the University of Iowa majoring in Piano Performance. This is his first time performing in a musical while at Iowa. He studies piano with Dr. Ksenia Nosikova and is also involved in choir, jazz, and creative writing.

*Undergraduate student. UI Theatre is dedicated to providing hands-on theatre experience for both undergraduate and graduate students.