![]() Thomas Rinaldi, playing Chef Louis in the CCP production of The Little Mermaid I think they originally wanted to expose me in underwear that showed hearts, but as a Frenchman, I’m insisting on Fleur de Lis, which is hysterical of course. There’s a reveal here- I don’t know if I can say too much here- but this happens during the scene when I’m trying to capture Sebastian so that I can stuff him along with the other crabs. I am French Canadian so that should come naturally for me. “Ah mais oui, ca c’est toujours.” I spent a whole day just saying that over and over again so that I would get it correct. What has been the challenge for you in taking on the character of Chef Louis? Tim’s space, but of course it’s newer, and broader, more modern as it were. Now this space is very similar to the St. And I actually do have some history here with Mercy, generally just dating the girls back in the day and bringing them over to the mixers at the old Calvert Hall when I went to Towson High. Tim’s location, but then they moved to this wonderful space here at Mercy. I signed on thinking “Great! I’m getting back into the St. In the meantime, that’s how I’ve ended up as Chef Louis. Now, I don’t blame Charm City Players, they’re only three years old so they’re not quite ready to take that chance. I’ve been doing theatre in this town for 43 years, I think if I’d been cast as Ursula people would really want to come and see that. I came and auditioned for Horton and Ursula. Tim’s, so I resolved to audition for CCP this season because they were doing two shows that I’m really in love with, Seussical and The Little Mermaid. But I really wanted to get back into that space at St. You know, eight shows a week for 13 weeks really took me out of the running for anything else. Christina (company manager Christina Napp) had called me last year for Music Man, however I was unavailable because I was doing the Toby’s thing. After 20 years, Pumpkin moved on and Charm City Players went into St. Timothy’s School for Girls in the Hannah More Theater. ![]() ![]() Thomas: Well, I used to work with Pumpkin Theatre. What was the draw to want to come and be a part of The Little Mermaid? ![]() I’m glad people took notice, it’s the subtle things that make it fun, you know. Left chin, right chin, forehead, nose, that mole was everywhere. That was the character with migrating mole. I recently did Bat Boy with Stillpointe Theatre and I also did 1776 at Toby’s Dinner Theatre. Thomas Rinaldi, I’m playing Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid with Charm City Players. Thomas Rinaldi, playing Chef Louis in the CCP production of The Little Mermaid CCPī. Thank you so much for taking a moment to sit with us! If you’d give us a little introduction, we can get started! B. I’ll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue, and it’s hey- to the starboard, heave-ho! Look out, lad, a mermaid be waiting for you in mysterious fathoms below! Come delve the depths of the fathoms below as TheatreBloom goes on an exclusive interview journey not quite 20,000 leagues under the sea, but rather goes “Under the Sea with CCP.” Exploring the principal cast of Charm City Player’s current production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, we start things off by meeting with Chef Louis, played by Baltimore area actor B.
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