Guest Artists
The Great Gatsby
Jarod Boltjes (Tom)
(he/him)
Collide: The Great Gatsby (2018 - Tom), The Cafe, Stand by Me, Wonderland (2021 & 2022 - The Doctor), The Holiday Cabaret, Class of ’85 (2022 - Nick Fender), SKOL!
Other Credits: James Sewell Ballet, Contempo Physical Dance, St. Paul Ballet, Threads Dance Project.
Javan Mngrezzo (Jordan)
(he/him)
Collide: Romance Cabaret, Class of ‘85 (2022 - Eugene Humphry), Our Stories (2022 & 2023), Wonderland (2022 - Mad Hatter), Seven Deadly Sins, SKOL!
Other Credits: Black Label Movement, James Sewell Ballet, Rhythmically Speaking, Threads Dance Project and BodyVox, Analog Dance Works, ARENA Dances, Ballet Co.Laboratory.
Noah Coon (George)
(he/him)
Collide: Debut!
Other Credits: Ordway (42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Guthrie Theatre, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, Old Log Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Valleyfair.
Ensemble
The Great Gatsby
Johanna Engebretson
(she/her)
Collide: SKOL!
Other Credits: University Dance Theatre, Big Fish (Eagan Summer Comm. Theatre).
Elayna Sitzman
(she/her)
Collide: SKOL!
Other Credits: H2 Dance Co., StrikeTime Dance Co., Bright Star, Detroit 67 (Hope College); Brigadoon (Faith Com. Theater).
Gabriella Trentacoste
(she/her)
Collide: Debut!
Other Credits: Artistry, Lyric Arts, Summer Lyric at Tulane, Porchlight Music Theatre, Valleyfair, Encore! (Disney +), Jefferson Performing Arts Society.
Bella West (Apprentice)
(she/her)
Collide: Debut!
Other Credits: Recent graduate of the Boston Conservatory (BFA in Musical Theater with an Emphasis in Dance).
Musicians
The Great Gatsby
Ben Larson (Music Director)
(he/him)
Collide: Debut!
Other Credits: Teatro Latea in New York, Casa 0101 in Los Angeles, A Little New Music, Nautilus Music-Theater, Theatre Elision, Lyric Arts, the Reno Pops Orchestra, and many others.
Lynnea Doublette (Vocalist)
(she/her)
Collide: Debut!
Other Credits: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, History Theatre, Children's Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, Zephyr Theatre, Theater Latté Da, Stages Theatre Company, Rochester Civic Theatre.
Ben Siglin (Vocalist)
(they/them)
Collide: Frankenstein, Romance Cabaret, Class of '85 (2022 - George Hale), SKOL!, Our Stories (2023)
Other Credits: Artistry (Godspell), Old Log Theatre, Borealis Dance Company, Valleyfair, Paul Bunyan Playhouse.
Jendeen Forberg (Drums)
(she/her)
Collide: The Holiday Cabaret.
Other Credits: The Wolverines Classic Jazz Orchestra, The Wolverines Big Band, and Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Has played with Harsh Reality, All The Pretty Horses, Apocalypse Theater, and multiple recording projects.
Jake Rowan (Guitar)
(he/him)
Collide: Debut!
Other Credits: Theatre Latte Da, Stages Theatre Company. Composed and performed original music in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and has written 2 commissioned musicals for Stages Theatre Company.
Dustin Skenandore (Bass)
(he/him)
Collide: Debut!
Other Credits: Youth Performance Company, Artistry (Minneapolis, MN); Play by Play Theatre (Green Bay, WI).
Creative Team
The Great Gatsby
Regina Peluso (Director/Choreographer)
(she/her)
Collide: Has created over 25 original works for Collide. Favorites include Skol!, Romeo & Juliet (Cowles Center 2020), Dance 'Til You Drop (co-production with The History Theater), The Great Gatsby (2018), Frankenstein, and Dracula.
Other Credits: The Guthrie Theater (A Christmas Carol 2018–2023), The History Theater, Old Log Theater, Stages Theater Company, and White Buffalo Theater Company.
Heather Brockman (Assistant Director)
(she/her)
Collide: Le Petit Moulin, Dance ’Til You Drop, Wonderland - 2021 & 2022, Seven Deadly Sins (performer); The Great Gatsby - 2018, (associate choreographer); The Picture of Dorian Gray, Romeo & Juliet (2020), The Cafe, Stand By Me (performer & associate choreographer); Class of '85 (2022), SKOL! (asst. director/choreographer).
Other Credits: Ballet of the Dolls (1995-2014); Visions of Sugarplums; Dance Co.; Out On A Limb Dance Theater Company and School.