Poetry, Stories, and the Music of Fred Rogers' Neighborhood
SEA DOG THEATER PRODUCTION
DECEMBER 14, 2024
Join us for an enchanting night filled with Fred’s beloved songs, beautifully interwoven with poetry and stories from various artists. Experience the joy of communal singing and let the melodies bring us together in the spirit of unity as we celebrate the holiday season.
Fred Rogers' songs of kindness, empathy, and understanding remain profoundly relevant to us as adults. His timeless wisdom and gentle guidance continue to inspire us to be better neighbors, friends, and members of our communities. Through his music and stories, we are reminded of the importance of compassion and connection in our everyday lives.
As the year comes to a close, take a moment to savor hot mulled wine and cherish the warmth of the Sea Dog Theater community. Let's come together to celebrate, reflect, and take stock as we welcome the new year with open hearts.
TEAM
James Kazuhiko Yaegashi
Tami Schuch
Daniel Kublick
Rosa Arredondo
Kamel Boutros
Directed by Christopher J. Domig
JAMES KAZUHIKO YAEGASHI
James Kazuhiko Yaegashi is the son of an American mother and a Japanese father; he was raised in Japan. He has a long resume as an actor with TV and film credits, including: Runaways (Marvel), The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam, Man on a Ledge, 13 Conversations About One Thing, Lisa Picard is Famous, The Thomas Crown Affair, among others. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway including Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Cho’s Durango. For the stage, James has directed My Friend Has Come for the Asian American Writers Workshop and many plays for the 52nd Street Project Playmaking series. He has also directed numerous play readings over the years, including an online reading of Clippy and Ms. U for the Ma-Yi Theater during the Covid pandemic shutdown. He made his filmmaking debut in 2012 with Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty, which won Best Feature in the DIY film competition at the Northside Festival, a trendsetter art festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
TAMI SCHUCH
Tami Schuch is a soprano with a degree from The Eastman School of Music. Classically trained and versatile, she has shared music in many places including classes with her 100+ preschool students in Brooklyn; on her album of Americana songs, “This Land” (Parents’ Choice Award); in Paris for the world premiere of Kamel Boutros’ Requiem, in the studio singing sound clips for a Google project, in recitals on a boat at Bargemusic Brooklyn, on an episode of Damages and on Sunday mornings as a soloist here at Saint George’s. She believes wholeheartedly in the redemptive, unifying power of music-making.
DANIEL KUBLICK
Daniel Kublick is oh so happy to return home to Sea Dog Theater! Once upon a time adventures include Not From here (Ace Hotel), the Catastrophe Club by Devin Burnam, and readings of Awake, Sing!, and Inherit the Wind. Daniel is a graduate of The Studio, New York and Princeton University. He currently lives…well…mostly in the woods.
ROSA ARREDONDO
Rosa Arredondo, a Native New Yorker, is proud to have been in the cast of John Leguizamo’s original play, The Other Americans, directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson, which just closed at the Arena Stage in November 2024. Prior to that, she could be seen as Francey Jones on CBS’s So Help Me Todd, and as Sheriff Valenti, on the WB’s Roswell New Mexico. Other television credits include Ava Duvernay’s When They See Us, and Mare of Easton, opposite Kate Winslet. She has enjoyed recurring roles on Ordinary Joe, Quantico, and Gone. She has also appeared on Equalizer, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Blindspot and Blacklist. Rosa’s theater credits include A Streetcar Named Desire (Broadway revival), Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Sea Dog Theater’s revival) for which she received a Best Actress nomination, and I Walked Across the Ocean Floor, a one-woman show written by Rosa and later produced as a cinematic version. Other film credits include Still Alice, with Academy Award Winner Julianne Moore, and Baby Girl, by award-winning Director Macdara Vallely.
KAMEL BOUTROS
Cairo-born Kamel Boutros is a modern New York City Renaissance Man. As an internationally acclaimed opera baritone, he has performed baritone roles in multiple seasons at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as well as in the UK, Japan, India, Italy, France, and other countries. He has shared stages at the Louvre in Paris, Bepu-Japan, and Verbier with his close friend, piano virtuoso Martha Argerich , the late Luciano Pavarotti, Tony Award winner Ruthie Ann Miles, and many others. As an actor, he has appeared on the New York Off-Broadway stage in Babette’s Feast and in award-winning independent films and television shows, including major roles as 9/11 terrorist leader Mohammed Atta in The Hamburg Cell and as Mahmoud in The Death of Klinghoffer. He has also arranged music for film and television shows, such as Damages. A classical pianist, he currently is the Music Director of Calvary – St. George’s Church parish in Gramercy Park, New York City, where he programs, conducts, writes and performs an extraordinarily broad range of sacred music from multiple nations and genres composed over the last five centuries. Kamel also supervises all of the audio and co-manages video production at both churches, which are historic landmarks in New York City.
CHRISTOPHER J. DOMIG
Christopher J. Domig was born and raised in Salzburg, Austria. He works in theater, TV, and film in the United States and Europe and speaks German and English fluently. He founded the award-winning Sea Dog Theater in NYC and serves as artistic director. As an actor, he has been nominated three times for the New York Innovative Theater Awards "Outstanding Actor" category and won the Outstanding Actor Award at the New York International Fringe Festival. As a musician, he has composed two albums for piano. He continues composing music for film and theatrical collaborations. He plays piano, guitar, accordion, and harmonica. Recent credits include: “Fleishman Is In Trouble” on FX opposite Lizzy Caplan and Josh Radnor, the film “Ava” opposite Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain, and an upcoming production of “Tuesdays with Morrie” opposite Tony Award winner Len Cariou. He resides in New York City with his wife and two children. He has an MFA in Acting from S.M.U.