| Roger Riggle
Stage Director, Choreographer
Roger Bennet Riggle returns to the Amalfi Coast Music Festival
this year as chief Stage Director and Choreographer for the
Vocal Program. Last year he directed the extensive opera scenes
program and in 2004 was the director for The Marriage
of Figaro. His professional experience embraces careers
as a stage director, choreographer, producer and artistic
director.
Mr. Riggle has served as long-time Associate Producer for
TheatreFest, an equity theater company based at Montclair
State University and reaching the greater New York metropolitan
area, where he directed and/or choreographed productions including
West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, A Chorus Line, Ain’t
Misbehavin’ (starring Ruth Brown), La Cage
Aux Folles, and Triplets, The Diva Musical (a
world premiere starring Ruth Brown and Carol Woods). Mr. Riggle
has also directed shows for a variety of small professional
theatres, including Pirates of Penzance (The Maryland
Theatre, Hagerstown, MD); The Fantasticks, Dames at Sea,
and Something’s Afoot (Wye Mills Dinner
Theatre, Wye Mills, MD); Kismet (Lazy Susan Dinner
Theatre, Woodbridge, VA), and Time Steps, an original
musical (ASTA Theatre, Washington, DC).
Mr. Riggle has also directed and/or choreographed a wide
array of performances with university students at institutions
such as Montclair State University, Catholic University, Montgomery
College, George Washington University, and Wabash University.
His credits include The Marriage of Figaro, Gypsy,
and A Chorus Line (Montclair State University); Carousel,
The King and I, The Old Maid and the Thief, High Button Shoes,
Ring around the Moon, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum (Catholic University); Oklahoma, Music
Man, Pippin, Boys from Syracuse, West Side Story, Me and My
Girl, Kiss Me Kate, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Mame, The
Unsinkable Molly Brown, Oliver!, Gypsy, My Fair Lady, Hello
Dolly, 42nd Street, South Pacific, Bye, Bye Birdie, Sweet
Charity, The Pajama Game, Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow,
The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Vagabond King, and The Pearl
Fishers (Montgomery College).
Mr Riggle is also an expert in the area of make-up for the
stage, television and film. He is founder and president of
Faces by R & R, a business specializing in make-up
artistry, make-up products, and aesthetician consultations.
Vocal Program
Vocal Program, Faculty
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