Welcome to Our Next Showcase!
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Learn more about MTAA’s next Showcase, a delightfully ridiculous, orchestra-led romp through Monty Python’s Spamalot. Performed with minimal staging and maximum absurdity, this one-night-only performance unites singers and instrumentalists from across Arizona to bring new life—and plenty of laughs—to a modern cult classic.
What Should I Expect?
Showcase offers a unique kind of theatre experience. You’ll see a full musical performed with a live orchestra—but without sets, costumes, or choreography. Instead, the focus is on the music, the characters, and the story.
With just two rehearsals, there’s a fresh energy to every Showcase. Performers carry scripts, scenes are minimally staged, and what unfolds onstage is part concert, part storytelling, and entirely in the moment. It’s a one-night-only glimpse into the heart of a musical, performed by singers and instrumentalists from across the state.
Spamalot will be approximately 2.5 hours, including a 15-minute intermission.
Meet the Artistic Leadership Team
Stephen Schermitzler, Artistic Director
Stephen Schermitzler, Artistic Director
Stephen Schermitzler, Artistic Director
STEPHEN SCHERMITZLER (Artistic Director) is the Founder of the Musical Theatre Alliance of Arizona. After earning a BFA in Music Composition from ASU in 2010, Stephen became the resident music director for Detour Company Theatre and the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre (now Silver Star), along with several independent local community productions.
As a pianist, he has collaborated with artists who have performed Broadway and national touring runs of 1776, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, Hamilton, Camelot, New York, New York, and 42nd Street. As a singer, he has been featured with Arizona Musicfest, Phoenix Chorale, Arizona Bach Festival, Symphony of the Southwest, North Valley Chorale, and the West Valley Symphony. He is intensely devoted to the nurture of authentic artistic development of all actors and musicians. Love always to Ray and the Pod.
Dylan Suehiro, Conductor
Stephen Schermitzler, Artistic Director
Stephen Schermitzler, Artistic Director
DYLAN SUEHIRO (Conductor) was born and raised in Hilo, Hawai‘i. He serves as MTAA’s Conductor and Communications Director. As a performer, he is an avid multi-instrumentalist, playing with Tempe Winds and the North Valley Symphony Orchestra, in addition to MTAA. Spamalot marks Dylan's ninth Showcase; he previously conducted The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Sound of Music, and Annie Get Your Gun.
Dylan studied trombone and music education at Indiana University, earning a Bachelor of Music Education. In 2021, he graduated with an MM in Conducting from ASU. Since moving to Arizona in 2013, he has taught at multiple schools in the Paradise Valley Unified School District, in addition to serving as a clinician and adjudicator for bands and orchestras in the Phoenix area. Some highlights of Dylan's career include conducting the New Symphony Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria, directing the ASU Gold Band, and leading the AMEA Junior High All-State Orchestra. In 2021, he was selected as a finalist candidate and was invited to conduct the “Pershing’s Own” U.S. Army Band.
An avid baker and passionate supporter of the local food community, Dylan is also a member of Emerging Leaders and volunteers at the Desert Botanical Garden. He lives in Phoenix with his husband Kyle.
Robyn Pitman, Chorus Director
Cameron Abaroa, Staging Director
Cameron Abaroa, Staging Director
ROBYN PITMAN (Chorus Director) is an Arizona-born performer and music director who has worked in theaters across the country touring in Brigadoon (Fiona), The Music Man (Mrs. Squires/Marian Understudy), and Legally Blonde (Elle's Mom/Judge).
Regional credits include: The Music Man (Marian), Brigadoon (Fiona), Carnival (Lili- AriZoni Winner for Best Actress in a Musical), Hello Dolly (Irene), Titanic (Alice), Into the Woods (Rapunzel), 1776 (Martha Jefferson), Lucky Stiff (Annabel), Cinderella (Portia), A Little Night Music (Mrs. Anderssen) and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Woman One).
Music Directing credits include: Les Misérables, Brigadoon, The Sound of Music, Legally Blonde, Fiddler on the Roof, Lucky Stiff, and Honk!
As an educator, Robyn taught high school choir for 14 years and was the proud director for multiple National award-winning Show and Jazz Choirs. She holds a BIS in Music and Education from Arizona State University and an MBA from Southern Indiana University. In addition to performing and music directing, Robyn currently works as a Human Resources Business Partner and Arizona Realtor.
Cameron Abaroa, Staging Director
Cameron Abaroa, Staging Director
Cameron Abaroa, Staging Director
CAMERON ABAROA (Staging Director) has directed over twenty productions at the high school and college level, and is currently the Theatre Teacher at Alhambra High School in Phoenix. He previously worked in Education and Development at Arizona Theatre Company as well as the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
Cameron holds a BA in Theatre and Communications from BYU–Hawai‘i and an MFA in Arts Administration from Southern Utah University. His professional directing experience includes serving as Assistant Director for Love’s Labour’s Lost with Southwest Shakespeare Company. As a performer, he has performed with the Phoenix Boys Choir, Arizona Opera, Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra, and MTAA.