Team

After a varied career in Theatre as a performer, property supervisor, programmer and producer, Dorothy handles the day-to-day business for WBTA. On any given day, that may include researching set-worthy cows, adopting a dog for a Broadway show, submitting permits to have reindeer in NYC, animal care, and general administration.

Kris joined Team Berloni in 2011 after 10 years in veterinary medicine, where she was a Certified Veterinary Technician. She is also a professional percussionist and professional dog trainer. She is also a licensed AKC Canine Good Citizen, Trick Dog Evaluator, Fit Dog Instructor, an AKC Fetch judge. Kris raises and trains Flat-Coated Retrievers and competes with them in conformation, rally, obedience, and agility, as well as LOTS of trick training. Thanks to WBTA, her dogs have appeared in numerous commercials (Rachel Ray NUTRISH, Embark), TV/Film (Mr. Robot, High Maintenance, The Leftovers, And Just Like That, Annie, Deep In The Darkness, Dead Souls, Simon, Bad Dog: A Penitentiary Tale, The History of Sound) and even a music video and a print ad or two.  Some of her favorite projects include:

BROADWAY: A Christmas Story: The Musical, Annie (2012)

TV/FILM: Sesame Street (Lead Handler), The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo, Only Murders In The Building, Peter Pan LIVE, Survival Of The Thickest, High Maintenance, And Just Like That, Good Morning America, The Friend, Annie (Sony Pictures 2014), Paterson, Little Voice (Apple TV), From Wags To Riches With Bill Berloni

COMMERCIALS: Embark, Rachel Ray NUTRISH, Squarespace, Toyota, NY State Street Safe PSA

REGIONAL THEATER: Goodspeed Musicals, Delaware Theatre Company, Merry Go Round Theatre, Hartford Symphony Orchestra (“Playing With Dogs”)

Brian is incredibly grateful to have been working with WBTA for 25 years in just about every aspect of entertainment including the Broadway stage, Regional Theaters, National Tours, and Educational Theater across the country, and Film and Television projects galore! Some favorite credits include:

BROADWAY: Gypsy And Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Both Starring Audra Mcdonald), Legally Blonde, The Royal Family, Bullets Over Broadway.

FILM AND TELEVISION: Annie (Sony Pictures – 2014), Only Murders In The Building, SNL, And Just Like That, Peter Pan Live, The Wiz Live, Annie Live, The Friend, Mr Robot, High Maintenance, Sesame Street.

REGIONAL THEATER: Madison Square Garden, Goodspeed Opera House, The MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, Sacramento Music Circus, Syracuse Stage, Maine State, Pioneer, Two River, Marriott Lincolnshire, Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

Rochelle Scudder is an actress and animal handler for WBTA, often appearing on stage and screen alongside her animal friends. Since 2014 she has handled a variety of animals for film, television, and theatre including the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of The Ferryman.

FILM AND TV: And Just Like That, Sesame Street, and Search Party (MAX), Life & Beth, Fleishman Is in Trouble, and Ramy (Hulu), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video), The Village (NBC), High Maintenance (HBO), Almost Family (FOX), Bupkis (Peacock), Kaleidoscope (Netflix), and the independent film Hang Dog.

Rochelle has played Glinda in The Wizard of Oz, Grace Farrell in Annie, andunderstudied Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical while simultaneously handling the show’s canine stars. She has travelled the country teaching dozens of human actors to handle their animal co-stars for more than 40 productions of Legally Blonde, Annie, The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz.

Lara has gratefully been a member of the Berloni Theatrical Animals family since 2012, where she first met and fell in love with Bill’s amazing pups and even more amazing team doing a production of Legally Blonde. 13 productions of Legally Blonde later, along with countless other regional and Broadway shows, film shoots, and TV episodes, she is grateful for the amazing rescue work and methodology Bill imparts, the contributions to her career on and off stage, and incredible friends she’s made along the way.

Mel Rocco has been working with Berloni Theatrical Animals for over a decade. Brooklyn born and raised, she is passionate about working with rescue animals both on stage and on screen. Her favorite theatrical credits include Darling Grenadine by Daniel Zaitchik at the Roundabout Theatre Company and at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, the Finding Neverland National Tour produced by NETworks, Shakespeare in Love at Cleveland Play House, and Annie at Papermill Playhouse. She also enjoyed working at Ogunquit Playhouse, Forestburgh Playhouse, and dozens of other regional theaters around the country. Working with rescue pups, Rocco and Trixie, on The Week Of on NETFLIX reignited her passion for film. Mel continues to combine her love of rescuing animals and working in the entertainment industry both on the West Coast and on the East Coast.

John Grimsley has been a dedicated member of the William Berloni Theatrical Animals team since 1979. His credits with Theatrical Animals include numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions such as Camelot, Alice in Wonderland, Annie Warbucks, Paper Doll, Whistle Down the Wind, and The Wizard of Oz, as well as 37 productions of Annie. John has also handled animals for television, film, commercials, and the Tony Awards. More than a colleague, he considers Bill Berloni a lifelong friend and collaborator.