WHO’S WHO
and Phantom. When he is not behind a sound
console you can find him sailing the Long Island
Sound with his wife Dina & daughter Kealy.
LEAH J. LOUKAS (Wigs, Hair & Makeup
Designer) Broadway: Time and the Conways;
Marvin’s Room; Natasha, Pierre and the Great
Comet of 1812; Sweat; Oh, Hello!; The Heidi
Chronicles, On the Town, A Night with Janis Joplin;
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; American
Idiot; Irena’s Vow. The Public Theater: Sweat,
Plenty, Barbecue, Fortress of Solitude. Shakespeare
in the Park series: Julius Caeser, Taming of the
Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Into the Woods. Ms.
Loukas has designed various productions at many
regional theaters including: La Jolla Playhouse,
Paper Mill Playhouse, Dallas Theater Center and
The Muny.
MICHAEL UTLEY (Orchestrator) A multitalented
musician/producer/composer, Utley has
spent the last 5 decades producing artists like
Roy Orbison, Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge and
Todd Snider, and recording with such legends as
Aretha Franklin and Jackson Browne. In 1973,
Jimmy Buffett asked Utley to play on his first
ABC/Dunhill release, A White Sport Coat and
a Pink Crustacean. Utley worked as Arranger
and Producer on such records as One Particular
Harbour, Floridays, Hot Water, Feeding Frenzy
and the number one Billboard album License
to Chill. Utley began touring full time as a
“Coral Reefer” in 1981 and became the musical
director of the band in 1993. In 2019 Utley was
selected as the University of Arkansas Alumni
Association Johnson Fellow.
GARY ADLER (Dance Music Arranger) has
been working as a theater musician in New York
for over 25 years. As a pianist and conductor,
his credits include Avenue Q, Kinky Boots,
Next to Normal and The Radio City Christmas
Spectacular. As a writer, he wrote music and
lyrics for the long-running Off-Broadway
musical Altar Boyz, for which he received two
Drama Desk Award nominations. Other writing
credits include Disney Channel’s “Johnny and
the Sprites” and a number of contributions to the
“Carols for a Cure” album series.
MAC McANALLY (Music Consultant) is an
award-winning writer, producer, vocalist, multiinstrumentalist
and all around musical sage, whose
enviable registry of credits includes Roy Orbison,
Toby Keith, Zac Brown Band, Hank Williams, Jr.,
Amy Grant, Jimmy Buffett, Linda Ronstadt, Mary
Chapin Carpenter, Dolly Parton and many more. A
touring member of Buffett’s “Coral Reefer Band,”
he has produced several of Buffett’s albums and
has written many of his songs. McAnally has been
inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of
Fame, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and the
Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. The Country
Music Association has named him Musician of the
Year for an unprecedented 10 years.
ANDREW DAVID SOTOMAYOR (Music
Director) Previous credits include Curvy Widow
(Westside Theatre), West Side Story (Maltz Jupiter
Theatre), Man of La Mancha (Westport Country
Playhouse), The Will Rogers Follies (Merry-Go-
Round), Cutman: A Boxing Musical (Goodspeed).
As a composer he provided music and lyrics for 50
Shades of F****d Up and Committed, as well as
scores for the films BX3M and Cuba 1961: A Love
Story. He is a proud graduate of Stetson University,
Florida. www.soto.fun
TALITHA FEHR (Music Coordinator) has
worked on over 70 national and international
tours and productions. Highlights include: Sister
Act, Mamma Mia!, School of Rock, Come Fly
Away, Love Never Dies and CATS, as well as
the Vancouver Olympic Ceremonies 2010. She
dedicates her work on Escape to Margaritaville
to the memory of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya.
SUZAYN MACKENZIE-ROY (Production
Stage Manager) is happy to return to the road
following the birth of her son, Sosuke. Favorite
touring credits with TROIKA include Annie
(national and international), Mike Tyson:
Undisputed Truth, and three years of Fiddler on
the Roof. Knathan – liily!
ANDREW TERLIZZI (Company Manager)
is currently in his eighth season with TROIKA
Entertainment, having previously worked on the
national tours of Kinky Boots, Bodyguard the
Musical, Cheers Live on Stage, The Wizard of
Oz, Sister Act the Musical, Ghost: the Musical
and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Prior to
joining TROIKA, he was Assistant Company
Manager for the first National Tour of West
Side Story. He has also company managed for
Williamstown Theatre Festival and The Studio
Theatre in Washington, D.C. He holds a BFA
from the University of North Carolina School of
the Arts.
EMMA IACOMETTA (Assistant Stage Manager,
Assistant Company Manager) is excited for her
first production with TROIKA! National tour:
Noël. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival,
All For One Theatre, Piedmont Opera, Triad Stage.
Concerts: From Broadway With Love (Van Dean
Prod.), Broadway Fights Back with March for Our
Lives (Silver/Sussman). Love to Mom.
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