Wonderettes

This smash Off-Broadway hit takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom, where we meet Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy: four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts! Featuring over 30 classic ’50s and ’60s hits, The Marvelous Wonderettes will keep you smiling in this musttake musical trip down memory lane!

Jukebox Musical

Rated PG

Production Team

Director.....................................................................Egla Hassan Music Director.................................................... Vonnie Houchin Choreographer.............................................................. Kit Asfeldt Scenic Designer ....................................................... Victor Shonk Costume Designer.......................................................Kat Preston Lighting Designer......................................Jonathan Allender-Zivic Stage Manager............................................. Kristal Georgopoulos Sound Designer................................... Christopher George Haug Production Manager........................................ Katy McGlaughlin Technical Director..................................................Jonathan Utter Assistant Technical Director........................................ A.J. Lowery Master Carpenter............................................Trevor J. Hannagan Carpenter Intern.................................................... Emily Ludewig Stagecraft Intern..................................................... Cody Crisman Master Electrician..................................Christopher George Haug Assistant Master Electrician/Intern.....................Nadirah T. Harper Electrics ...................................................Jonathan Allender-Zivic Properties.............................................................. Rebecca Hicks Properties Intern.............................................Lauren “LD”Dowell Charge Painter...........................................................Victor Shonk Scenic Painter........................................................Julie Lasonczyk Costume Shop Manager..................................Amber Marisa Cook First Hand/Cutter/Draper............................................ Scott Henze Stitching Intern..............................................................Elise Oren

Cast

Josey Miller.....................................................................Betty Jean Elizabeth Balzli...................................................................... Suzy Lydia Prior............................................................................ Missy Ceslie Parker-Waller.......................................................Cindy Lou This is my time to make a confession: I do not have the nostalgic connection that most Americans have with their high school years. I came to this country in 1965 to finish my last two years of high school and I was definitely not one of the in crowd (the Wonderettes). I did not share years of experiences and activities, nor did I have a group of friends with whom I could share longings and ideas.

I spent my two years taking every English class offered and applying to universities in hopes of getting a scholarship. Prom Queen was not even something I was aware of, nor cared about. But I was an observer. And I knew who the Wonderettes were for my senior year. The other part of this confession is that now I have a chance to create the perfect Prom Night and Ten-Year Reunion.

Even though I did not live in the United States in the 1950s, I knew the music. And I loved it. If anything THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES can illuminate for us is that life, like our high school years, presents us with all kinds of challenges as well as successes and that the only way to alleviate the pain or to multiply a joy is to share it.

I survived my senior year (as well as many other challenges that followed) and I invite you to enjoy the music and relive the simple joy of Prom Night. Welcome to our reunion.

Egla Hassan, Director

THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES

Written & Created by Roger Bean Musical Arrangements by Brian William Baker Orchestrations by Michael Borth

Vocal Arrangements by Roger Bean & Brian William Baker. Originally Produced for the New York Stage by David Elzer, Roger Bean & Peter Schneider. The Marvelous Wonderettes premiered at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Joseph Hanreddy, Artistic Director and Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director. Roger Bean created the long-running hit The Marvelous Wonderettes (over 1,200 performances Off-Broadway), along with the sequels Wonderettes: Caps & Gowns, Winter Wonderettes, Wonderettes: Dream On, and the new large-cast Wonderettes: Glee Club Edition. Original cast albums for all Wonderettes shows are available from iTunes and Amazon. The Marvelous Wonderettes received the 2007 LA Ovation Award for Best Musical for its record-breaking Los Angeles run and continues to be an audience favorite in theatre companies throughout the country. Mr. Bean’s do-wop hit Life Could Be A Dream had a record-breaking 12-month run in Los Angeles, receiving the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, the LAWeekly Theatre Award, and the Backstage Garland Award for Outstanding Musical. Other popular musicals created by Mr. Bean include The Andrews Brothers, Summer of Love, Route 66, Honky Tonk Laundry, and Why Do Fools Fall In Love?, all published by Stage Rights. More info at www.rogerbean.com.