John Middleton-Cox
BPS Performing Arts Director
BHS Spring Musical - Music Director
John Middleton-Cox has a wide range of musical theatre experiences. As an artistic director, he has directed GREASE, HAIRSPRAY, KISS ME KATE, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, WIZARD OF OZ, GUYS & DOLLS, BYE BYE BIRDIE, WEST SIDE STORY, SOUND OF MUSIC, EVITA, FAME, FOOTLOOSE, and TITANIC. As a professional musician, he sings, conducts, composes, arranges, teaches and accompanies. He is a trained tenor having studied opera at the Boston Conservatory. He has sung in and around Boston in professional theatres, operas, and churches including Jordan Hall, Boston Center for the Arts, The Emerson Majestic, and The Old North Church. He directs the Burlington High School Chorus and Select Singers. Currently, he is in charge of the Burlington Music Department. As a professional pianist, he has played in the Speak Easy and Lyric Stage of Boston and many private functions including the Wedding Cake House. John has worked with Broadway performers and won awards for Outstanding Musical Direction. He has music directed at the Walnut Hill Summer Theatre, Wachusette Theatre, Middlesex Summer School of the Arts, debut DAVID, THE MUSICAL, Merrimack College and Pentucket Players. Some of his favorite shows have been TITANIC, CAROUSEL and PETER PAN. As a composer, John music directed and co-produced his composition, THE BIG TIME. John has arranged music for the Thayer Symphony Orchestra.
BHS Spring Musical - Music Director
John Middleton-Cox has a wide range of musical theatre experiences. As an artistic director, he has directed GREASE, HAIRSPRAY, KISS ME KATE, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, WIZARD OF OZ, GUYS & DOLLS, BYE BYE BIRDIE, WEST SIDE STORY, SOUND OF MUSIC, EVITA, FAME, FOOTLOOSE, and TITANIC. As a professional musician, he sings, conducts, composes, arranges, teaches and accompanies. He is a trained tenor having studied opera at the Boston Conservatory. He has sung in and around Boston in professional theatres, operas, and churches including Jordan Hall, Boston Center for the Arts, The Emerson Majestic, and The Old North Church. He directs the Burlington High School Chorus and Select Singers. Currently, he is in charge of the Burlington Music Department. As a professional pianist, he has played in the Speak Easy and Lyric Stage of Boston and many private functions including the Wedding Cake House. John has worked with Broadway performers and won awards for Outstanding Musical Direction. He has music directed at the Walnut Hill Summer Theatre, Wachusette Theatre, Middlesex Summer School of the Arts, debut DAVID, THE MUSICAL, Merrimack College and Pentucket Players. Some of his favorite shows have been TITANIC, CAROUSEL and PETER PAN. As a composer, John music directed and co-produced his composition, THE BIG TIME. John has arranged music for the Thayer Symphony Orchestra.
Warren Scott Friedman
BHS Spring Musical - Director
Warren Scott Friedman has worked as a professional Director, Choreographer, Musical Theatre Instructor Teaching Artist and Private Coach at Performing Arts Camps & Organizations, NYC Afterschool & Weekend Programs, School Residencies, Colleges, Community Theatres, TYA Tours, Dinner Theatre, Summer Stock Theatres, Regional Theatres, Off Off Broadway, Pageants and Children’s Theatre Companies around the country since 1987. Warren has also been an AEA Stage Manager and Company Manager since 1989 and 1987 ,working on National Tours, European Tours, Off Broadway, Regional Theatres, Summer Stock Theatres, Children’s Theatres, Community Theatres, Cruise Lines and Industrials. Warren was a Production Assistant on 2 Broadway Shows (“THE RED SHOES, “WILL ROGERS FOLLIES) . Among Warren’s many productions as Director/ Choreographer include: (10 productions) of “ANNIE” and “ANNIE JR.”, (6 productions) of “SEUSSICAL” and “SEUSSICAL JR.”, (3 productions) of “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL”, (9 productions) of “GREASE”, (2 productions) of “NUNSENSE”,“HAIRSPRAY”, “RENT” and “LEGALLY BLONDE”. Director/Choreographer of “THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL”,”I DO, I DO” , “I LOVE YOU YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE”, “WHITE CHRISTMAS”, “THE WIZ”, “THE WEDDING SINGER” and ”LITTLE WOMEN” .Director for “STEEL MAGNOLIAS.”RABBIT HOLE” ”GREATER TUNA”, “FAME”, “ANYTHING GOES”,“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS “, “THE SPITFIRE GRILLE”, “SHREK”, “RING OF FIRE”, “NEXT TO NORMAL” and “ALWAYS PATSY CLINE”. Warren has run many Stage Management Workshops and How to Audition for Musical Theatre Workshops and Musical Theatre Intensives all over the Country. Warren is a Union Member of Actors Equity Association (AEA), ), an Associate Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC), a Member of American Association of Community Theatres (AACT) and a Member of the Stage Managers Association. (Website) www.warrensfriedman.com Warren was Director for Cinderella in ('14), Seussical ('15), and Shrek ('16) for BEST.
Warren Scott Friedman has worked as a professional Director, Choreographer, Musical Theatre Instructor Teaching Artist and Private Coach at Performing Arts Camps & Organizations, NYC Afterschool & Weekend Programs, School Residencies, Colleges, Community Theatres, TYA Tours, Dinner Theatre, Summer Stock Theatres, Regional Theatres, Off Off Broadway, Pageants and Children’s Theatre Companies around the country since 1987. Warren has also been an AEA Stage Manager and Company Manager since 1989 and 1987 ,working on National Tours, European Tours, Off Broadway, Regional Theatres, Summer Stock Theatres, Children’s Theatres, Community Theatres, Cruise Lines and Industrials. Warren was a Production Assistant on 2 Broadway Shows (“THE RED SHOES, “WILL ROGERS FOLLIES) . Among Warren’s many productions as Director/ Choreographer include: (10 productions) of “ANNIE” and “ANNIE JR.”, (6 productions) of “SEUSSICAL” and “SEUSSICAL JR.”, (3 productions) of “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL”, (9 productions) of “GREASE”, (2 productions) of “NUNSENSE”,“HAIRSPRAY”, “RENT” and “LEGALLY BLONDE”. Director/Choreographer of “THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL”,”I DO, I DO” , “I LOVE YOU YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE”, “WHITE CHRISTMAS”, “THE WIZ”, “THE WEDDING SINGER” and ”LITTLE WOMEN” .Director for “STEEL MAGNOLIAS.”RABBIT HOLE” ”GREATER TUNA”, “FAME”, “ANYTHING GOES”,“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS “, “THE SPITFIRE GRILLE”, “SHREK”, “RING OF FIRE”, “NEXT TO NORMAL” and “ALWAYS PATSY CLINE”. Warren has run many Stage Management Workshops and How to Audition for Musical Theatre Workshops and Musical Theatre Intensives all over the Country. Warren is a Union Member of Actors Equity Association (AEA), ), an Associate Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC), a Member of American Association of Community Theatres (AACT) and a Member of the Stage Managers Association. (Website) www.warrensfriedman.com Warren was Director for Cinderella in ('14), Seussical ('15), and Shrek ('16) for BEST.
Peter Waldron
BHS Resident Set Designer
Peter Waldron has designed the sets for BHS’s LES MISERABLES, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, WIZARD OF OZ, TITANIC, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, KISS ME KATE, HAIRSPRAY, and GREASE, as well as all seasons of BEST since its inception. Peter has been designing scenery and lighting for over 25 years, and was a Professor of Theatre at Merrimack College. He has earned a BFA in Theatre from the University of Texas, Austin, an MFA from NYU in Theater Design, and an MA in Arts Administration from Goucher College. Prior to Merrimack College, he was a professor at Bradford College and resident designer at The Evergreen State College and at Reed College. He also designs for the Boston Conservatory and other theaters in the Boston area. His scenery for "I Hate Hamlet" at StageWest won a best design award. He was a founding member of Artists Repertory Theater in Portland,OR, and he has helped to create several non-profit arts organizations that continue to flourish.
Peter Waldron has designed the sets for BHS’s LES MISERABLES, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, WIZARD OF OZ, TITANIC, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, KISS ME KATE, HAIRSPRAY, and GREASE, as well as all seasons of BEST since its inception. Peter has been designing scenery and lighting for over 25 years, and was a Professor of Theatre at Merrimack College. He has earned a BFA in Theatre from the University of Texas, Austin, an MFA from NYU in Theater Design, and an MA in Arts Administration from Goucher College. Prior to Merrimack College, he was a professor at Bradford College and resident designer at The Evergreen State College and at Reed College. He also designs for the Boston Conservatory and other theaters in the Boston area. His scenery for "I Hate Hamlet" at StageWest won a best design award. He was a founding member of Artists Repertory Theater in Portland,OR, and he has helped to create several non-profit arts organizations that continue to flourish.
