It’s been a pleasure to occupy the bass chair (fretted/fretless electric and upright) for numerous musical productions throughout the area, including those listed below. If you need an experienced bassist for your next production, hit me up on Facebook, Instagram, or “bass *at* jondiener *dot* com”.
MUSICALS:
- 42nd Street (Siena Heights University)
- 9 to 5: The Musical (Bedford High School)
- A Chorus Line (3B Productions)
- A Christmas Story (Croswell Opera House)
- All Night Strut! (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Annie (SMCC Monroe)
- Annie Get Your Gun (Whiteford High School)
- Anything Goes (x3) (Ottawa Hills High School, Whiteford High School, Croswell Opera House)
- Barnum (Croswell Opera House)
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Croswell Opera House)
- Beauty and the Beast (x3) (Bedford High School, Whiteford High School, River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Big Fish (x2) (Clay High School, Siena Heights University)
- Cabaret (x2) (River Raisin Centre for the Arts, Croswell Opera House)
- Catch Me If You Can (Siena Heights University)
- Children of Eden (x2) (Bedford Community Players, Siena Heights University)
- Company (Croswell Opera House)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Ann Arbor Civic Theatre)
- Disenchanted (Croswell Opera House)
- Escape to Margaritaville (Croswell Opera House)
- Fiddler on the Roof (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- First Date (Ann Arbor Civic Theatre)
- Footloose (x3) (River Raisin Centre for the Arts, Croswell Opera House, Saline High School)
- Godspell 2012 Revival (x3) (The Croswell Opera House, Ten Mile Creek Theatre Company, SMCC Monroe)
- Grease (Ottawa Hills High School)
- Guys & Dolls (x4) (Whiteford High School, Ottawa Hills High School, River Raisin Centre for the Arts, Croswell Opera House)
- Heathers: The Musical (Ann Arbor Civic Theatre)
- Hello Dolly (Bedford High School)
- High School Musical (x3) (SMCC Monroe, Bedford H.S., Whiteford H.S.)
- Into the Woods (x4) (River Raisin Centre for the Arts, Whiteford H.S., Whitmer H.S., Evergreen H.S.)
- Jekyll & Hyde (The Croswell Opera House)
- Jersey Boys (The Croswell Opera House)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (x3) (SMCC Monroe, Bedford Comm. Players, Croswell Opera House)
- Kinky Boots (The Croswell Opera House)
- Legally Blonde: The Musical (x2) (Young People’s Theater, River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Les Miserables: School Edition (x2) (Lenawee Christian School, Croswell Opera House)
- Little Mermaid (x2) (SMCC Monroe, Croswell Opera House)
- Little Shop of Horrors (x3) (University of Toledo, Whitmer High School, Croswell Opera House)
- Little Women (Bedford High School)
- Lysistrata! (Ohio Northern University)
- Mamma Mia! (x2) (River Raisin Centre for the Arts, Madison High School)
- Mary Poppins (Whiteford High School, Croswell Opera House)
- Matilda (Whitmer High School)
- Miracle on 34th Street (Croswell Opera House)
- Newsies (x2) (Adrian High School, Croswell Opera House)
- Next to Normal (x2) (The Croswell Opera House, Ottawa Hills High School)
- Oliver! (x3) (Lenawee Christian School, Bedford Community Players, Whitmer High School)
- Pajama Game (Bedford High School)
- Peter Pan: The British Musical (Bedford High School)
- Pippin (x2) (Ottawa Hills High School, Cutting Edge Theatre Co.)
- Ragtime (The Croswell Opera House)
- RENT (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Rock of Ages (The Croswell Opera House)
- Rocky Horror Show (x6) (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- School of Rock (Croswell Opera House)
- Seussical (x2) (Whiteford High School, Bedford High School)
- Shrek: The Musical (Bedford High School)
- Something Rotten (Croswell Opera House)
- Songs For a New World (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- South Pacific (x2) (Whiteford High School, Toledo Rep)
- SpongeBob: The Musical (Perrysburg Musical Theatre Company)
- Sweeney Todd: School Edition (The Croswell Opera House)
- The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy (x2) (St. John’s Jesuit High School, Bedford High School)
- The Bodyguard (The Croswell Opera House)
- The Fantasticks (Ann Arbor Civic Theatre)
- The Full Monty (Valentine Theatre)
- The King and I (Whiteford High School)
- The Music Man (x3) (Whiteford H.S., Monroe Comm. Players, The Croswell Opera House)
- The Prom (The Croswell Opera House)
- The Sound of Music (x2) (Ottawa Hills High School, Bedford High School)
- The Wiz (x2) (Ottawa Hills High School, River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (Bedford High School)
- Urinetown: The Musical (Bedford High School)
- West Side Story (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Willy Wonka (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Wizard of Oz (x3) (Ann Arbor Pioneer H.S., SMCC Monroe, Whiteford High School)
- Xanadu (Bedford High School)
- You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (x3) (SMCC Monroe, Siena Heights University, Bedford H.S.)
- Young Frankenstein (Ottawa Hills High School)
CABARETS/REVUES/CONCERTS:
- Jaime Mills CD Release Concert
- The Adrian Symphony Orchestra (w/guest artist Jenny Oaks Baker)
- 150 Years At The Croswell (Croswell Opera House)
- All Hands on Deck! (Pemberville Free Fair)
- The Best of Broadway (Croswell Opera House)
- Disco Night (Croswell Opera House)
- Home For the Holidays (River Raisin Centre for the Arts)
- Jukebox Legends (Croswell Opera House)
- You Rock, Valentine! (Croswell Opera House)
- Red, Hot & Cole (Croswell Opera House)
- West Side Story in Concert (Croswell Opera House)
- Leah Crocetto: A Tribute to the Women of Broadway (Croswell Opera House)
- The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Croswell Opera House)
- Leah Crocetto: Celebrating the Classics (Siena Heights University)
- Siena Past, Present, and Future (Siena Heights University)
- Faith, Hope, and Love (River Raisin Centre For the Arts)
- One Hit Wonders (Croswell Opera House)
- Rock, Horns, and Hits (Croswell Opera House)
- Welcome Home: Leah Crocetto in Concert (Croswell Opera House)
- PRISM Men’s Chorus (Motor City Pride, Celebrate the Season)
- Emily Diener, One-Hit Wonders Cabaret (Frauenthal Center)
- Jukebox Holiday (Croswell Opera House)
- Broadway in Love (Maumee Indoor Theater)
- Broadway in Love (Holland Theatre)
BANDS:
- The Ovations (1979-2002)
- VIBE (2003-2007)
- Time Peace (2009-2012)
- Grape Smugglers (2009-2017)
- Mt. Fuji & The Eruptions (2010-2015)
- RetroRhythm Kings (2015-2016)
- Triplicity (2018-present)
RECORDINGS:
“Fortunate Son” Cover (bass) – RCA Studio B, Nashville, TN (2007)
“My Old School” Cover (bass, bkgd vocals) – RCA Studio B, Nashville, TN (2007)
“Transistor Radio” The Grape Smugglers (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2014)
“Motown Test” Jon Diener (composer, bass, guitars, keyboards, programming, recording)
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” Jon Diener (bass, guitars, keyboards, programming, recording) (2016)
“Girlaholic” Yobananaboy (bass, bkgd vocals) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2017)
“New Crush” Yobananaboy (bass, bkgd vocals) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2017)
“Girl in My Neighborhood” Yobananaboy (bass, bkgd vocals, co-producer) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2017)
“Baby Needs 6” Yobananaboy (bass, bkgd vocals) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2017)
“Me ‘n You +2” Yobananaboy (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2017)
“Pretty Girl” Yobananaboy (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2017)
“Midnight in Harlem” Tawnia Reffitt & Dave Stella (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2020)
“Late For the Gig” Chuck Caswell (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2020)
“An Evening With King Kirill” Chuck Caswell (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2020)
“Daybreak” Bobby Charles (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2022)
“Good Trouble” Bobby Charles (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2022)
“Open Highway” Bobby Charles (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2022)
“Gone Fishing” Bobby Charles (bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2022)
“Catfish Stew” Bobby Charles (upright bass) – Mad Sam Studios, Perrysburg, OH (2022)