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Welcome to The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show!

Can’t pick a

“How do you select your shows?” is a question I am asked regularly.

favorite?

First, I need to define my search criteria. I need five shows that span an interest range of four to 14 years old. I look for at least one new work, one mega hit, and one important piece (content or provenance). Three pieces that are big enough for the 800seat Newmark Theatre; two pieces that are intimate enough for the Winningstad Theatre (only 300 seats). A mix of musicals and non-musicals. Pieces that appeal to today’s youth. Shows that employ diverse casts and designers and tell diverse stories. There are lots of puzzle pieces to put together for five shows. At OCT, we take great pride in bringing to our audience plays that no one has ever seen before. I search the internet for new books that might be great sources. I ask the young people in our Acting Academy classes, our Young Professionals Company, and in our audiences: “What are you reading right now?” I talk to my national colleagues about titles they might want to co-commission. Once I find a book that is perfect, I then start the process of getting the rights.

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To find shows that may be more familiar, I start looking at other companies’ current seasons to see if there are any plays that leap out at me. I read scripts, listen to music, and ask my colleagues about their experiences producing their show. This process led me to Dallas Children’s Theater and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show.

You support the arts. You want to help support the arts community as a whole. You could research, budget, write 100 checks to as many different groups. . .

I chose The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show because I thought it would be a great fit for this theater. The smaller size of the Winningstad Theatre offers opportunities for an up close and personal experience for our audience. A smaller cast size and more basic scenic elements are a plus because of the physical size of the stage. A space where the smallest members of our audience can have that “up close” experience. It is a non-linear process that is like a treasure hunt. I always hope to discover a gem or two!

STAN FOOTE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OREGON CHILDREN’S THEATRE

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MARCH 31-MAY 13, 2018 WINNINGSTAD THEATRE Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, Rockefeller Productions. Based on the books by Eric Carle

Co-Director Marcella Crowson

Co-Director Tony Fuemmeler

Scenic Designer Morgan A. Yeates

Co-Lighting Designer Don Crossley

Co-Lighting Designer James Mapes

Composer Nate Edmondson

Sound Designer Jen Raynak

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TICKET TO READ SPONSORS Ticket to Read is a program linking literacy to live theater by providing students from low-income schools with a free theater ticket and a companion book to take home and keep. Summer Lea Hillman Foundation

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CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

CAST (in alphabetical order) Robert Amico ..................................................................................... Ensemble Robi Arce ............................................................................................... Ensemble Allie Menzimer .................................................................................. Ensemble Summer Olsson ................................................................................ Ensemble Bryan Smith ......................................................................................... Ensemble

PRODUCTION CREW Kira Lombardozzi ................................................... Production Manager Morgan A. Yeates ........................................................ Technical Director Don Crossley ......................................................... Production Electrician Karen Hill ..................................................................................Stage Manager Olivia Murphy...............................................................Company Manager Robert Amico ........................................... Props & Puppet Coordinator Laura Fraley ..................................................... Assistant Stage Manager Bryan Smith .........................Assistant Stage Manager/Understudy Marcella Crowson ............................................. Costume Coordination Emily Horton ................................................................ Wardrobe Manager The April 7th, 2:00pm performance is sign interpreted by Don Coates. Scenery for this production was constructed in the OCT Scene Shop: Eric Adams, Terra Dawson, Jeffrey Ruggiero, and Emily Wilken

WINNINGSTAD THEATRE HOUSE CREW Jen Raynak, Department Head Stagehand Stage labor for this production is provided by IATSE Local 28.

THANKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE BOARD, STAFF, CAST & CREW TO:

Bud’s Lites Matt Grevan, Dallas Children’s Theatre IATSE Local 28 Indigo Design LLC Multnomah County Library School Corps

Partners of The Auditorium Garage Portland Public Schools Misty Tompoles, Artslandia

ROBERT AMICO

(Ensemble/Props & Puppet Coordinator) Robert has recently performed as a puppeteer in the Portland Puppet Slams and in The Tall Tales of Paul Bunyan, a show he co-wrote and produced. He has also worked as a puppet fabricator at Michael Curry Design and Portland Center Stage and was recently the Props Master at Artist’s Repertory Theatre, where he worked on their five-and-a-half hourlong epic, Magellanica. He also enjoys performing as a zombie at Portland Escape Rooms and has a passion for lumberjack folklore. Robert graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lewis & Clark College.

ROBI ARCE

(Ensemble) Robi is an actor, director, clown, and mime who holds an M.F.A. in Ensemble-Based Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International and a B.A. in Drama from the University of Puerto Rico. Robi has performed, toured, and led workshops in Mexico, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and several cities the U.S. His work is diverse, created through fusion of physical theater styles, fueled by social justice and change. As a lover of sports and nature, his passion is to create a physical, dynamic, and poetic theater that connects with people as sports connect with fans. His most recent work in Portland was as director of Astucias por heredar (Milagro Theatre).

ALLIE MENZIMER

(Ensemble) Born and raised in San Francisco, Allie migrated south to study acting at UC Santa Barbara, and then turned her toes north to Humboldt County, earning her M.F.A. from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in 2014. Allie is a company member of Glitter Gizzard, an all-female international theater collective, and is the co-creator of the two-woman show The Seminar With Madge and Taffy, which enjoyed its New York City debut in 2017. Allie’s interests include road trips, campfire songs, oysters, the San Francisco Giants, and googly eyes. Learn more at www.alliemenzimer.com.

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CAST & CREATIVE TEAM SUMMER OLSSON

(Ensemble) Summer is a performer, writer, and designer. She is one half of the clown pair Duo Doppio. Summer loves a great story, a complicated character, or a funny wig. She is active in the theater, puppetry, writing, and clown communities in Portland and beyond. Most recently she played Hannah in Belfast Girls (Corrib Theatre). Summer believes that quality of life is created by the arts and is committed to cultural exchange and social change through theater. She holds a B.F.A. in theater from the University of New Mexico and is a graduate of Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

BRYAN SMITH

(Understudy/Assistant Stage Manager) Bryan was born in Germany, and grew up in Corvallis, Dallas, TX, D.C., New Orleans, and

Toronto. He moved to Portland to act, clown, and play with puppets. Some of his recent performances have been The Jungle Book (Tears of Joy Theatre), Frogz (Imago Theatre), and The Winter’s Tale (Portland Actor’s Ensemble). He loves reading books about the human mind, sitting peacefully watching the sunset, and going crazy on the dance floor. He is forever grateful for his parents for helping him live such a great life.

MARCELLA CROWSON

(Co-Director/ OCT Associate Artistic Director) Marcella is the Associate Artistic Director at OCT. She was fortunate to be steeped in theater from a young age, growing up in Ashland, Oregon. She played a variety of aliens, old ladies and narrators in her early years— an auspicious beginning to what would become a career in theater spanning nearly 30 years. For OCT, she has directed Flora & Ulysses, The Miraculous

Journey of Edward Tulane, Timmy Failure, Zombie in Love (for which she won the Drammy Award for Best Director of a Musical), The Stinky Cheese Man, The Storm in the Barn, A Wrinkle in Time, On the Eve of Friday Morning, Dis/Troy, and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. She has had the great privilege of working for such theaters as Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Portland Center Stage, CoHo Productions, Live on Stage, Oregon Repertory Theatre, and Eugene Festival of Musical Theatre, among others. She is on the board of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA.

TONY FUEMMELER

(Co-Director) Tony is a mask maker, puppeteer, and director. Based in Portland, he works in multiple theaters locally, as well as on stages across the country and abroad. Favorite recent shows include Vanessa Goodwin (Action/ Adventure), bugged. (Simple Machines) and The Spider Queen (The NOLA

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Project). Tony studied at the University of Kansas and Dell’Arte International, as well as with teachers in Bali and Italy. He also teaches commedia dell’arte and puppetry for the Acting Academy. Tony loves cooking, reading, learning new things, and being among the trees. He is grateful for his friends and family.

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MORGAN A. YEATES

(Scenic Designer/Technical Director) Morgan was the Assistant Technical Director at James Madison University from 2010 to 2014. She has a Master’s Degree in Technical Production from The University or Memphis. She has also studied Technical Theater at Linfield College, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree.

DON CROSSLEY

(Co-Lighting Designer/ Production Electrician) Don has been working in theater in Portland for over 20 years and is excited to be part of the OCT Production Team for the 2017–18 season. Previously for OCT, Don has been the Lighting Designer for such notable productions as The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2016 Drammy Award for Lighting Design); Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were

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(OCT Artistic Director) Stan has worked for OCT for 20 years and has been the Artistic Director since the 2001-2002 season. Stan is a Drammy and PAMTA awardwinning director. Stan has served on the Board of Directors for Theatre for Young Audiences/USA. His passion for creating new works has led to directing staged readings at the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices Festival and NYU’s New Plays for Young Audiences. He had the privilege of working with two Newbery Awardwinning authors—Lois Lowry and Louis Sachar—to adapt their novels for OCT’s stages. In addition, Stan’s direction and guidance was instrumental in bringing Eric Coble’s adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Giver to audiences in Portland and around the country. Stan loves teaching and mentoring young people in our community. He is grateful to work with a brilliant staff, an amazing board, and the incredible theater artists in Portland, Oregon.

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Made; The Storm in the Barn (2012 Drammy); Alice & Wonderland; Einstein is a Dummy (2008 Drammy); and It’s A Wonderful Life. Don was a Company Member and Production Manager for Third Rail Repertory Theatre from 20082015, and was the Master Electrician for Portland Center Stage from 1996-2007.

Ensemble. In addition, he tours to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Éowyn Emerald & Dancers, as well as to many exotic places with Mammalian Diving Reflex’s All the Sex I’ve Ever Had. He is honored to be a part of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and is especially excited to bring his two-year-old to it.

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JEN RAYNAK

(Co-Lighting Designer) James is a lighting designer, production manager, writer, and board game designer based in Portland. In town, he frequently works with BodyVox, The Portland Playhouse, and the Skinner|Kirk Dance

(Sound Designer) Jen has been designing sound for theater and film in Portland since the mid-90s, including six years as a company member of Third Rail Repertory Theatre and a 10-year stint at Portland Center Stage. By

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CAST & CREATIVE TEAM day, Jen is the Carproelsofly Department Head in the Winningstad Theatre.

KIRA LOMBARDOZZI

(Production Manager) This is Kira’s eighteenth season of professional theater here in Portland, and she’s been doing shows with OCT, the most FUN company in town, for over a decade now! She is a board member for Many Hats Collaboration, and has been backstage at Broadway Rose Theatre Company, BodyVox Dance, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, and Oregon Ballet Theatre over the years. Kira wants to thank the fantastic collaborators on this production for sharing their great talent with the young people in our community.

KAREN HILL

(Stage Manager) Growing up in a house that was also a preschool, imagination and creativity has always been encouraged in Karen’s life. Working in theater and providing a medium where you can enter a new world and imagine yourself as a cat, or a time traveler, or a zombie in order to

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connect to another human, see through their eyes, and learn one of life’s lessons is one of Karen’s favorite things that theater provides you. She loves every opportunity to work with OCT and to be able to share this art form with others. She’d like to thank her husband, Mike, for his continued support of this crazy lifestyle.

OLIVIA MURPHY

(Company Manager) Olivia is so excited to be a part of all the fun OCT has to offer. For the last six years, she has worked at theaters all over Portland as a stage manager and production manager, including stage managing shows for OCT such as The Storm in the Barn (2012), Duck for President (2012), and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (2013). Her favorite thing about theater is moments of small magic; her favorite thing about OCT is all the dinosaurs in the office.

LAURA FRALEY

(Assistant Stage Manager) Laura is excited to be returning to OCT

for her fourth season. Some of her favorite shows she has worked on at OCT include Tomás & the Library Lady; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; and Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. When not in the theater she can often be found roller skating or exploring Forest Park. Enjoy the show!

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(Managing Director) Ross has served as OCT’s Managing Director since 2008. He has over 30 years of experience in planning, financial analysis, communications, and fundraising for nonprofits and public institutions. Prior to joining OCT, Ross worked as a writer and an independent fundraising and planning consultant specializing in arts and cultural organizations. He also served as the first Executive Director of the Oregon Cultural Trust, guiding that organization through its inaugural year in 2002. He is thrilled to be working with a team of fun, creative people to carry out OCT’s mission of transforming lives through exceptional theater experiences.

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PORTLAND’5 CENTERS FOR THE ARTS

Founded in 1988, Oregon Children’s Theatre (OCT) is Oregon’s largest nonprofit professional children’s theater company. OCT’s mission is to create exceptional theater experiences that transform lives. OCT annually reaches over 120,000 children, parents, and educators from more than 18 Oregon and four Washington counties. OCT offers a yearround Acting Academy for students ages 3–18 and the unique Young Professionals mentoring program. The company also offers a range of services to schools and the community, including teacher professional development, resource guides and suggested lesson plans, Loud & Clear (a public speaking workshop), an extensive outreach program, and student internship and apprenticeship opportunities. Under the shared vision of healthier kids and communities, Kaiser Permanente Northwest and OCT are delivering free Educational Theatre Programs to schools and community organizations in Oregon and SW Washington. This innovative collaboration helps catalyze healthy life choices. Through free touring productions, residencies, workshops and after-school programs, the Educational Theatre Program has served over 300,000 students since its inception in 2006. Oregon Children’s Theatre is a resident company of Portland’5 Centers for the Arts and a member of Theatre Communications Group, Travel Portland, and ASSITEJ, the international children’s theater association.

OREGON CHILDREN’S THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Stanley Penkin President Jennifer Cies Vice President Rachel Ellerbrook Treasurer Amanda Carter-Jura Secretary Jami Curl Jeff Hurder Dennis Edwards KelliAnn Andrew Eggert Klindtworth Stan Foote Ross McKeen Ken Nagel Lauren Fortin C. Andrew Gibson Patricia Nimelman Yasodha Gopal Rebecca Semper Laura Thalacker Brett Hamilton Kyle Hanson Sondra Pearlman Founder

OREGON CHILDREN’S THEATRE

OREGON CHILDREN’S THEATRE STAFF

Eric Adams Master Carpenter Dani Baldwin Education Director Joe Bolenbaugh Marketing Associate Tamara Carroll ETP Program Director Stephanie Cordell ETP Teaching Artist Don Crossley Production Associate Marci Crowson Associate Artistic Director Jake Dannen Patron Services Assistant Terra Dawson Carpenter Jeff Desautels ETP Teaching Artist Ticia Evans Finance Manager Elizabeth Fagan Acting Academy Manager Stan Foote Artistic Director Kim Freimoeller Patron Services Manager Jessy Friedt Development Director RJ Hodde Development Associate Savira Kambhu ETP Teaching Artist

Kira Lombardozzi Production Manager Sharon Martell Communications & Marketing Director Ross McKeen Managing Director Olivia Murphy Company Manager Emily Newton ETP Teaching Artist Jeffrey Ruggiero Carpenter Kerry Ryan ETP Administrative Manager Kay Spielman Business Analyst Chrissy Sukboriboon ETP Teaching Artist Allison Wales Patron Services Assistant Blake Wales Acting Academy Assistant Lucas Welsh Finance Assistant Emily Wilken Scenic Charge Artist and Craftsperson Morgan A. Yeates Technical Director Anna Zheng Marketing Associate

Portland’5 Centers for the Arts includes the Keller Auditorium, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and Antoinette Hatfield Hall, comprising the Newmark Theatre, Dolores Winningstad Theatre, and Brunish Theatre. All are public facilities owned by the City of Portland and managed by Metro through the Metropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission. Each year approximately one million people attend more than 1,000 performances in these facilities.

Metro Tom Hughes, Metro Council President

City of Portland Ted Wheeler, Mayor

Metropolitan ExpositionRecreation Commission Karis Stoudamire-Phillips, Chair Ray Leary, Vice-Chair Deidra Krys-Rusoff, Secretary-Treasurer John Erickson Damien Hall Dañel Malán Deanna Palm Scott Cruickshank, Visitor Venues General Manager

Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Robyn Williams, CVE, Executive Director Julie Bunker, Director of Operations Joe Durr, Director of Event Services Stephanie Viegas Dias, Director of Ticket Services Heather Wilton, Interim Director of Programming, Booking & Marketing Justin Riedl, pacificwild, General Manager

Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Advisory Committee Greg Brown Jim Brunberg Gus Castaneda, Chair Elisa Dozono Susan Hartnett Greg Heinze Antonio Lara

Gary Maffei Adrienne Nelson Susan Nielsen Brian Sanders Daniel A. Sullivan George Taylor Richard Wattenberg

PATRON INFORMATION Oregon Children’s Theatre’s box office is located at 1939 NE Sandy Boulevard, Portland, Oregon. Box office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Tickets can be ordered online at www.octc.org or by calling 503-228-9571. Wheelchair seating is available at all performances and should be reserved in advance through Oregon Children’s Theatre’s box office. Selected performances are sign language interpreted. Infrared audio enhancement and children’s booster seats are available at the cloakroom.

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APRIL/MAY 2018 • ARTSL ANDIA KIDS AT THE PERFORMANCE

I’m Sunshine, The History Hub Western Meadowlark.

W H AT A M I? W h a t is

HISTORY HUB?

An exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society where Oregon’s youth, students, and families can explore the topic of diversity through fun, hands-on interactives, objects, and pictures. The content of History Hub spans grades K–12 with a focus on 4th–8th grade.

CLUE #1

CLUE #2

CLUE #3

I am an old object, but I am still used today.

I am a tool used by beekeepers to collect honeycombs without being stung.

I hold something hot in the metal cone. Smoke comes out of the hole in the front.

Visit History Hub! Oregon Historical Society 1200 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR 97205 HOURS: Mon–Sat: 10am–5pm Sun: Noon–5pm www.ohs.org 503.222.1741

Answer: I am a bee smoker. Smoke hides a smell that bees give off when they sense something dangerous. Smoke also alerts the bees to a possible fire, so the bees eat the honey and get ready to flee. When bees eat honey, their bellies swell, and they cannot sting. A beekeeper then collects the honeycombs. 18

ARTSL ANDIA KIDS AT THE PERFORMANCE • APRIL/MAY 2018

Free Admission for Multnomah County Residents (with Proof of Residency)

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“A triumph! A beauty of a Beauty…!” Oregon Arts Watch

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Ride the bus to a local garden Learn why it's called watermelon

Count the segments in an orange

15 points

Draw a picture of a strawberry

15 points

25 points

15 points

Wave to a bus driver

Try a new vegetable

Look for wild herbs

15 points

40 points

25 points

Take a selfie on MAX train 20 points

Name three different kinds of lettuce

185-165 points= Amelia Earhart

10 points

Find words that rhyme with zucchini 30 points

164-150 points= sally Ride

129-120 points= 149-130 points= Lewis and Clark Edmund Hillary

YOUTH

CRAFT CORNER

Ca te r pillar Necklace

YOU WILL NEED:

• Red, yellow, and green construction paper • Green-dyed or spinach pasta • Yarn or string • Liquid glue • Single hole punch

Cut out four or five red paper circles about 1 inch in diameter. Punch a single hole in each one.

Make the caterpillar’s face. Cut out construction paper shapes and glue on eyes, nose, and antennae. Punch a hole in the face for stringing.

Cut a piece of string or yarn the length you’d like. Thread a green pasta onto the thread. Next, add one red circle, then green piece of pasta, and so on, forming a pattern.

Thread the head on at the end of the pattern. Secure the necklace around your neck with a knot.

ARTSL ANDIA KIDS AT THE PERFORMANCE • APRIL/MAY 2018

May 25

Opening Night Fireworks

May 25-28 Rose Festival CityFair* Tom McCall Waterfront Park

June 1-3

Rose Festival CityFair* Tom McCall Waterfront Park

June 2

June 8

Rose Fest June 8-10 June 9

June 9

Starlight Run Portland General Electric/SOLVE Starlight Parade

June 9 June 9-10 June 9-10

Fred Meyer Junior Parade

June 22-24

Rose Festival Fleet Week Tom McCall Waterfront Park

June 7-8

Lloyd Center/Portland Rose Society 130th Annual Spring Rose Show Lloyd Center Ice Rink

For more information about these events, call or visit:

Good In The Hood King School Park

Hollywood District, NE 52nd Ave. & Sandy Blvd

June 6-10

Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Oregon Society of Artists

June 6

Grand Floral Float Showcase Naito Parkway adjacent to CityFair

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

June 3-26 Rose Festival Art Show

Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade* Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Downtown Portland

Downtown Portland

RoZone Concert: 98.7 The Bull CountryFest*

Bank of the West Grand Floral Walk Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Downtown Portland

Downtown Portland

June 3

Queen's Coronation presented by Unitus Community Credit Union* Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

June 2

Rose Festival CityFair* Tom McCall Waterfront Park

American Heart Association Heart & Stroke Walk

June 2

Royal Rosarians Honorary Knighting Ceremony

Peninsula Park

June 24

Royal Rosarians Milk Carton Boat Race presented by the Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council Westmoreland Park

Events and sponsors subject to change / *ticketed events

503-227-2681 www.ROSEFESTIVAL.org

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