Light Opera Works Staff
General Manager – Bridget McDonough
Bridget has been employed in arts management since graduating from Northwestern University in 1978. She co-founded LIGHT OPERA WORKS in 1980, and has produced more than 400 performances of 77 shows for the company, including Chicago and American premieres by Kálmán, Bernstein, Offenbach and others.
Prior to LIGHT OPERA WORKS, Bridget served as business manager for the Organic Theater in Chicago, assistant to the producer of the Troupe Summer Repertory Theater in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and worked with Actors’ Equity Association.
She is a founding member and past president of the Chicago Dance and Music Alliance, and holds membership in the Rotary Club of Evanston, Illinois Arts Alliance and Union League Club of Chicago. Bridget is past president of the Rotary Club of Evanston, and served on the boards of the Evanston Convention and Visitors' Bureau and Evanston Chamber of Commerce, as well as National Alliance for Musical Theatre and School of Communication Alumni Board at Northwestern University.
Bridget currently sits on the board of directors of Around the Coyote and North Shore International Network.
Artistic Director – Rudy Hogenmiller
Rudy Hogenmiller began his tenure as LIGHT OPERA WORKS' artistic director in 2005, and has directed many productions for the company, including South Pacific, The Mikado, The Merry Widow, Darling of the Day and The Sound of Music.
A classic "triple threat," Rudy won the role of Larry, the dance captain, in the Los Angeles national company of A Chorus Line in 1977, working with the legendary Michael Bennett.
He later directed the groundbreaking show at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, followed by Drury Lane Evergreen Park in 1999 (where he also played Zach, the director), and in 2004 at Theatre at the Center (again appearing as Zach).
For nearly 30 years Rudy has been an actor, director and choreographer with such Chicago companies as Marriott Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Drury Lane Evergreen Park, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Pegasus Players and Drury Lane Oakbrook. He toured the country and the world with productions of A Chorus Line, Evita and The Fantasticks.
He has been recognized with six Joseph Jefferson Awards and 16 nominations for best direction and choreography in Chicago. Rudy has been a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers for more than 25 years.
Music Director........... Roger L. Bingaman
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