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TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC presents
Starring
SARAH LASKO and MARK A. HARMON with
SHANI HADJIAN, AARON FRIED, JAY McGILL, ADAM VANEK, RACHEL WOMBLE RANDY CHARLEVILLE, EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN, DANIELLE BEHRENS, AMY BUTTON, DIEGO DIAZ, WILL GEOGHEGAN, LINDSEY HAILES, BEAU HUTCHINGS, NICK MORGAN, JUSTIN G. NELSON, NICK PICKNALLY, COREY RIVES, DOMINICK SANNELLI, JENNA BROOKE SCANNELLI, MAGGIE SPICER, ALEX SWIFT, SHANNON WALSH, KALEY WERE, KYLE WHITE, DORSEY ZILLER Music
Lyrics
HAROLD ARLEN
E.Y. HARBURG
ADDITIONAL LYRICS
Additional Music
TIM RICE
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ADAPTED BY
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and JEREMY SAMS Lighting Designer
HUGH VANSTONE Orchestrations
Video/Projection Designer
Video/Projection Recreated By
JON DRISCOLL
Musical Supervision Associate Music Supervisor Vocal & Dance Arrangements by Music Director
DAVID CULLEN
Sound Designer
DANIEL BRODIE
GRAHAM HURMAN
DAVID ANDREWS ROGERS
Animals by
MICK POTTER Music Coordinator
TALITHA FEHR
Casting Director
WILLIAM BERLONI
JOY DEWING CASTING JOY DEWING, CSA
Associate Director
Associate Choreographer
MICHAEL McGOFF Tour Marketing and Press
AMY KATZ COURTNEY DAVIS
Executive Producer
RANDALL A. BUCK
RICHARD ROE
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Flying by
THE BOOKING GROUP MEREDITH BLAIR
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General Manager
JIM LANAHAN
Technical Director
RANDY MORELAND Production Manager
JOHN WILSON
Choreographer
ARLENE PHILLIPS Scenic and Costume Designer
ROBERT JONES Director
JEREMY SAMS THE WIZARD OF OZ: TM & © Turner Entertainment Co. (s11) From the Book by L. Frank Baum. Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment and produced with the permission of Warner Bros.Theatre Ventures and EMI Music Publishing.
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CAST
(in order of appearance):
Dorothy...................................................................................................................... SARAH LASKO Professor Marvel/The Wizard........................................................................... MARK A. HARMON Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West.................................................................. SHANI HADJIAN Hunk/Scarecrow......................................................................................................... ADAM VANEK Hickory/Tin Man.............................................................................................................JAY McGILL Zeke/Lion................................................................................................................... AARON FRIED Glinda..................................................................................................................RACHEL WOMBLE Uncle Henry................................................................................................RANDY CHARLEVILLE Auntie Em............................................................................................. EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN Toto............................................................................................................................................ NIGEL
ENSEMBLE DANIELLE BEHRENS, AMY BUTTON, RANDY CHARLEVILLE, DIEGO DIAZ, WILL GEOGHEGAN, LINDSEY HAILES, BEAU HUTCHINGS, NICK MORGAN, JUSTIN G. NELSON, NICK PICKNALLY, DOMINICK SANNELLI, JENNA BROOKE SCANNELLI, MAGGIE SPICER, ALEX SWIFT, KALEY WERE, EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN, DORSEY ZILLER SWINGS DANIELLE BEHRENS, COREY RIVES, SHANNON WALSH, KYLE WHITE DANCE CAPTAINS SHANNON WALSH, KYLE WHITE UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For Dorothy- JENNA BROOKE SCANNELLI, DORSEY ZILLER For Professor Marvel/Wizard- RANDY CHARLEVILLE, COREY RIVES For Hunk/Scarecrow- BEAU HUTCHINGS For Hickory/Tin Man- BEAU HUTCHINGS, NICK MORGAN For Zeke/Lion- COREY RIVES, ALEX SWIFT For Glinda- MAGGIE SPICER, KALEY WERE For Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West- EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN, DORSEY ZILLER For Auntie Em- DANIELLE BEHRENS, KALEY WERE For Uncle Henry- BEAU HUTCHINGS, DOMINICK SANNELLI For Toto- LOKI
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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE Overture KANSAS Scene 1: The Gale Farm Nobody Understands Me*+....................................................... Dorothy, Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, Hunk, Hickory, Zeke, Miss Gulch Scene 2: Over The Rainbow................................................................................................................ Dorothy The Open Road Wonders Of The World*+.......................................................................................Professor Marvel Scene 3: The Twister* THE LAND OF OZ Scene 4: Munchkinland Arrival In Munchkinland/Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead Follow The Yellow Brick Road.....................................................Glinda, Dorothy and Munchkins Scene 5: On The Yellow Brick Road If I Only Had A Brain....................................................................................................... Scarecrow We’re Off To See The Wizard..................................................................... Dorothy and Scarecrow If I Only Had A Heart.......................................................................................................... Tin Man If I Only Had The Nerve............................................................................................................ Lion Scene 6: The Poppy Fields We’re Out Of The Woods................................. Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Ensemble Scene 7: The Gates To Emerald City Scene 8: Emerald City The Merry Old Land Of Oz................................................................................................Company Scene 9: The Wizard’s Chamber Bring Me The Broomstick*............................................................................................ The Wizard
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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT TWO Entr’acte THE LAND OF OZ Scene 1: The Witch’s Castle Red Shoes Blues*+.............................................................Wicked Witch of the West and Winkies Scene 2: The Scary Forest Scene 3: The Witch’s Castle Bacchanalia*.......................................................................................................................Ensemble Over The Rainbow (reprise)................................................................................................. Dorothy Scene 4: The Scary Forest If We Only Had A Plan..................................................................... Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow Scene 5: Back At The Witch’s Castle The Rescue*..................................................................... Ensemble, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion Hail-Hail! The Witch Is Dead............................................................................................Ensemble Scene 6: The Wizard’s Chamber Scene 7: Emerald City Farewell To Oz*+............................................................................................................ The Wizard Already Home*+............................................................................. Glinda, Dorothy and Ensemble BACK IN KANSAS Scene 8: Dorothy’s Bedroom Finale
Original Songs by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg *Additional Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber + Additional Lyrics by Tim Rice Original Background Music by Herbert Stothart
THE WIZARD OF OZ ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor: DAVID ANDREWS ROGERS Associate Music Director/Keyboard: WAYNE GREEN Keyboards: MATTHEW J. POOL, DREW NICHOLS Violin: SUSAN FRENCH Flute/Piccolo: JASON BROOK Clarinet/Tenor Sax: TOM COLCLOUGH French Horn: HECTOR RODRIGUEZ Trumpet: DAVID TORRES Trombone: DAVE GROTT Drums/Percussion: TIM MULLIGAN Keyboard Programmer: STUART ANDREWS Music Coordinator: TALITHA FEHR, TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
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WHO’S WHO in the CAST SARAH LASKO (Dorothy) National Tour debut! Favorite credits include The Fantasticks (Luisa), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), She Loves Me (Amalia), and The Crucible (Abigail). UMCP graduate. Love and immense gratitude to JDC, Achilles, the Oz team, and my incredible family. www.sarahlasko.com
RACHEL WOMBLE (Glinda) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut! Training: Rice University (BA), NYU (MM). Favorite credits: Forum (Philia), 1776 (Martha), and Carousel (Julie). Special thanks to the Oz team, my family, Sam, and YOU for supporting live theatre! www.rachelwomble.com
MARK A. HARMON (Professor Marvel/The Wizard) National tours: Mamma Mia! (Harry Bright), Hairspray (Wilbur Turnblad). Regional: The Normal Heart (Felix Turner), Urinetown (Mr. McQueen), Art (Yvonne), 1776 (Charles Thompson), A Christmas Carol (Ebenezer Scrooge), A Little Night Music (Fredrik Egerman), A Funny Thing … Forum (Marcus Lycus).
RANDY CHARLEVILLE (Uncle Henry, Ensemble) Tours: Flashdance and Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: Rasputin and Definitely Doris. TV: “Tony Awards” w/Liza Minnelli, “ESPY Awards,” “Gossip Girl.” Tremendous thanks to God, Mom, Aunt Betty and the entire creative team for this amazing opportunity!
SHANI HADJIAN (Miss Gulch/ The Wicked Witch of the West) Ohio Native. National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Fancy Nancy. Off-Broadway: Fancy Nancy. Regional highlights: Spamalot, As You Like It, Les Misérables, Caroline, or Change. BFA - The Hartt School. Thank you Creatives, JDC, Planet H, and Emily. Instagram/Twitter: @shadjian www.shanihadjian.com
EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN (Auntie Em, Ensemble) National Tours/Off-Broadway: Christmas Carol, Little Mermaid, Passion and five seasons with Symphony Orchestras through four continents. Regional: Guys and Dolls, Tommy, Blood Brothers (CCC Award Winner Best Actress). For mom, dad, Jade, Jérémie, Eliana, David and Gramma! www.emmanuellezeesman.com DANIELLE BEHRENS (Ensemble, Swing) is a California native now based in New York. Recent credits include The Light in the Piazza with Marymount Manhattan College and Peter Pan with CRT. She holds a BA in musical theatre from MMC. More at www.daniellebehrens.com.
AARON FRIED (Zeke/Lion) Tours: Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Addams Family, Grease. New York: Sowa’s Red Gravy. Regional: Ogunquit, North Shore, Gateway, Theatre By The Sea. Training: Ithaca College, BFA. Thanks to the creative team, Joe, my friends and family for their AMY BUTTON (Ensemble) Tour debut! Regional - Lyric Stage: Into the Woods (Little Red), CityRep support! OKC: South Pacific. Proud Oklahoma City JAY McGILL (Hickory/Tin Man) Regional: West University graduate. Love and thanks to TROIKA, Virginia Public Theatre (two seasons) Television: Joy Dewing Casting, DAR, MaryAnn, LWK, and “Being Erica,” “The Latest Buzz,” “Wingin’ It,” the FIERCE Fam. For Mom, Dad, and Jeff. “Super Why” (Aladdin). Proud graduate of CCM (University of Cincinnati). Thanks to Mom, Dad DIEGO DIAZ (Ensemble) is loving Oz! Tour: Titanic the Musical. NY: Foolerie (NYMF), Alley and The Price Group. of Masks, Sing A Merry Madrigal. Regional: ADAM VANEK (Hunk/Scarecrow) is thrilled White Christmas, Producers, Ring of Fire, 42nd to embark on his first National Tour! Credits: Street, RENT and Hairspray among others. Les Misérables, Evita (Flat Rock), Livewire! Thanks to DAR and my incredible family. (Hersheypark), Paradis, Elements (Norwegian www.thediegodiaz.com Cruise Line), Smokey Joe’s Café (SummerTide). Thanks to JDC, CTG, UA, Mom, Dad, Rachel, WILL GEOGHEGAN (Ensemble) hails from Frankfort, KY, and is beyond excited to be making Sammy, and my Toto! his tour debut! Will was last seen performing on www.AdamVanekOnline.com Disney Cruise Lines upon graduation from Point 9D
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Park University in 2014. Shout out his family & musical, (World Premiere). Film: Silver Linings friends for their love and support! Playbook. Gratitude and love to family. www.willgeoghegan.net JENNA BROOKE SCANNELLI (Ensemble) LINDSEY HAILES (Ensemble) The Wizard of attended The Boston Conservatory for musical Oz is Lindsey’s National Tour Debut. She attends theater. Credits include Jenny in Aspects of Love Point Park University for musical theatre and is a (Walnut Street Theater), Natalie u/s (Eagle Theater). Kansas Native! She has also worked in film, television, and commercials. Jenna is so excited to be traveling to BEAU HUTCHINGS (Ensemble) Previous Oz on her first National Tour! National tours: The Wizard of Oz (Tin Man) with NETworks Presentations. West Side Story MAGGIE SPICER (Ensemble) Regional: (Snowboy). Cruise Ship: Chicago the Musical Your Name on My Lips (NYC); Lyric Theatre on The Allure of the seas. BFA from Western of Oklahoma: A Little Night Music (Anne), Les Michigan University. “All the Love to Mom and Misérables; Oklahoma CityRep: South Pacific. Dad in Michigan.” Proud graduate of Oklahoma City University & Kansas native! Thanks to Nancy and love to Mom, NICK MORGAN (Ensemble) is super excited to Dad, Tristan, & Perry. be performing in his first National Tour. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, he is a recent graduate of ALEX SWIFT (Ensemble) is honored to be Shenandoah Conservatory. He would like to thank making his touring debut with The Wizard of his friends and family for their constant support! Oz! Credits include West Side Story, Dreamgirls, On the Town, La Cage aux Folles. BFA Boston JUSTIN G. NELSON (Ensemble) Memphis Native. Conservatory. Thanks to Henderson-Hogan, and to MTSU and U of M graduate. Credits: Hairspray my Grandmother for all of her wisdom. (Duane), A Chorus Line (Richie), The Color Purple, Billy Elliot, Footloose, Mary Poppins, Dreamgirls. SHANNON WALSH (Dance Captain, Swing) Memphis and Baltimore thanks for the love and is thrilled to tour with this magical show! Favorite support. The Best is Yet to Come!! credits: Into the Woods (Little Red), The 25th www.justingnelson.com Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Love and thanks to Joy Dewing Casting, LDT, and my friends NICK PICKNALLY (Ensemble) is thrilled to and family. For Mom and Dad. be making his tour debut with Oz. A Muhlenberg www.shannonwalsh.net College Theatre and Dance alumni. Regional: Hello Dolly! (Barnaby), A Chorus Line (Don). KALEY WERE (Ensemble) is a proud graduate Huge thanks to family and friends for all their love of Oklahoma City University. Tour debut! Regional and support!@nicholas.pickolas Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Genevieve), Billy Elliot (Lesley), Big Fish, Mary COREY RIVES (Swing) recently graduated from Poppins, Oklahoma! (Kate). Love to my family, the University of Alabama and Broadway Dance Brenda Holleman, and Benjamin. Center’s Professional Semester. Credits: Alcestis www.kaleywere.com Ascending (Off Broadway- Dance Swing), Next to Normal (Gabe), 42nd Street (Andy), Bloody KYLE WHITE (Dance Captain, Swing) born in Bloody Andrew Jackson (Van Buren), New Brain Pocatello, Idaho and moved out to Los Angeles to (Mr. Bungee). get his BFA in Musical Theater from AMDA. He spent the past 2 years performing with Disney Cruise DOMINICK SANNELLI (Ensemble) is Lines as the Swing/Dance Captain. @kylewhite20 overjoyed to be in his first National Tour. Regional: Pirates of Penzance (Ensemble), Sign of the DORSEY ZILLER (Ensemble) National Tour Seahorse, Kennedy Center. Other theater credits: debut! Proud graduate of Point Park University. Madagascar (DreamWorks workshop), “21” the Thanks to the cast and creative team, TROIKA, Joy 9E
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& Sam, CTG, Joey, Mom & Dad, and everyone to joining TROIKA, he was Assistant Company who has helped me make this dream come true! Manager for the first National Tour of West Side Story. He has also company managed for NIGEL (Toto) was rescued from the Northeast Williamstown Theatre Festival and The Studio Arkansas Humane Society by guardian/trainer, Theatre in Washington, D.C. He holds a BFA from William Berloni in 2008. He follows in a long line of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Totos trained by Mr. Berloni. In 2009 he appeared as “Toto” in The Wiz opposite Ashanti in New York HAROLD ARLEN, 1905-86 (Music) Born and City. He has been on the “Today Show” and “Dogs bred in New York, Harold Arlen began his career 101.” He also appeared in the major motion picture as an accompanist in vaudeville and appeared Someday This Pain Will be Useful with Marcia Gay occasionally as a band vocalist on records, often Harden and Toby Regbo. singing his own compositions. During his career he wrote more than 500 songs, including “Get Happy,” LOKI (Toto Understudy) was discovered through “Let’s Fall In Love” and “Stormy Weather” (all Cairn Rescue USA in 2008 by guardian/trainer with lyrics by Ted Koehler). He had a long and William Berloni. He was about one and a half years productive partnership with Johnny Mercer with old when he was rescued from the puppy mills of many resulting hits, including “That Old Black Missouri. His first production of The Wizard of Magic,” “Blues In The Night” and “Ac-Cent-TchuOz was the National Tour in 2009 understudying Ate The Positive.” Broadway musicals include the role of Toto. In 2010 he took over the role of Bloomer Girl, St. Louis Woman, House of Flowers, “Toto” in that tour and has played Toto all across Jamaica and Saratoga. Films include The Petty North America. Girl, The Farmer Takes A Wife and Gay Purr-ee. With Ira Gershwin he wrote “The Man That Got MOLLY GOODWIN (Production Stage Away” for Judy Garland to sing in A Star is Born. Manager) is delighted that she’s “off to see the He won an Oscar for the song “Over The Rainbow” Wizard” on her sixth National Tour! Previous from The Wizard Of Oz. Tours: Sister Act, Ghost, West Side Story, Blast!, and Legally Blonde. Other notable credits: Celine E.Y. HARBURG, 1896-1981 (Lyrics) Edgar Dion’s A New Day: Live in Las Vegas. Molly holds Yipsel Harburg, known as Yip Harburg, was an a BA in Theatre/Dance (Luther College) and an American popular song lyricist who worked with MFA in Stage Management (UNLV). She would many of the most famous composers of the 20th like to thank her friends and family, without whom century, including George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, she would not have her brains, heart, and courage. Jule Styne and Burton Lane. His best known songs, apart from those in The Wizard of Oz, include the LISA GREEN (Stage Manager) enjoyed a full perennial standards “Brother, Can You Spare A career as a Broadway performer that included Dime?,” “April In Paris” and “It’s Only A Paper dancing for Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse and Moon.” Broadway musicals include Bloomer Girl, Graciela Daniele, devising steps for Chita Rivera Finian’s Rainbow, Flahooley, Jamaica and Darling and Meryl Streep, and honoring Fred Astaire at the of the Day. Films include Gold Diggers of 1937, At 1st Kennedy Center Awards, before moving into The Circus, Cabin In The Sky and the animated film stage managing, which she unexpectedly loves, Gay Purr-ee. He won an Oscar for the song “Over and where she has fulfilled her dream of working The Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz. with Twyla Tharp. A longtime SGI member, she’s married to musician Wayne Green and Mom to HERBERT STOTHART, 1885-1949 (Original contemporary dancer Ben Green. Background Music) Herbert Stothart was nominated for nine Oscars and won for Best ANDREW TERLIZZI (Company Manager) Original Score for his work on the 1939 film is currently in his fourth season with TROIKA of The Wizard Of Oz. As a young man he Entertainment, having previously worked on the studied music in Europe and at the University of national tours of Sister Act the Musical, Ghost: the Wisconsin where he also taught. He worked as a Musical and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Prior musical director for Arthur Hammerstein and later 9F
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began writing music for the producer’s nephew, Oscar Hammerstein II, including some for the operetta Rose Marie. In 1929, he was signed to a contract by Louis B. Mayer and spent the last 20 years of his life at MGM Studios working on films including Rose Marie, A Night At The Opera, Anna Karenina, David Copperfield, Madame Curie, Idiot’s Delight, Northwest Passage, Mrs. Miniver, Mutiny On The Bounty, National Velvet and What Every Woman Knows. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Music) Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of some of the world’s best known musicals including CATS, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard. His new musical, a stage version of the movie School of Rock, opened on Broadway in December. As theatre producer he has presented not only his own shows, but others including the Olivier award-winning La Bête and Daisy Pulls It Off. As composer he has received many awards including seven Tonys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, the Kennedy Center Honor and a Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, his setting of the Latin Requiem mass which contains one of his best known compositions, Pie Jesu. He owns six London theatres including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium. He was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and created an honorary member of the House of Lords in 1997. The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has become one of Britain’s leading charities supporting the arts and music. TIM RICE (Additional lyrics) has been writing words for musicals since 1965, and moderately successfully since 1970, when the original recording of Jesus Christ Superstar, written and produced with Andrew Lloyd Webber, was a smash album before any stage production existed. He has done stuff since with Alan Menken (e.g. Aladdin), Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (e.g. Chess) and Elton John (e.g. The Lion King). He has won several awards, mostly for the wrong reason, or simply for turning up. Latest show: From Here To
Eternity (music: Stuart Brayson) makes US début at Finger Lakes Music Festival, NY, June 2016. JEREMY SAMS (Director and Adaptation) Directing includes: The Wizard of Oz (West End & Toronto); Educating Rita (West End); The Sound of Music (West End and Toronto); 13 (Broadway); Little Britain (London & UK tour); Noises Off (RNT and Broadway); Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera, New York) Passion; Wild Oats; Marat/Sade; Enter the Guardsman; The Wind in the Willows; Two Pianos, Four Hands; Spend Spend Spend; Benefactors. Lyrics: Amour (Tony Nominated); Translations: Indiscretions; The Miser and Mary Stuart (RNT); The Rehearsal; Beckett; Figaro’s Wedding; La Boheme; The Magic Flute; Wagner’s Ring Cycle (ENO); and Merry Widow (Covent Garden and the Met Opera). As Composer: The Wind in the Willows; Arcadia (RNT); The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC); The Mother (BBC); Enduring Love (Pathe); Hyde Park on Hudson and Le Weekend (Film 4); and Persuasion (BBC Films, BAFTA Award). As Adaptor: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London & New York), The Enchanted Island (Met Opera). ARLENE PHILLIPS (Choreographer) Choreographer of films: Annie, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life; music videos: Whitney Houston, Queen and Elton John; Ballet: Dance Me to the End of Love; for Whelan/Watson: Other Stories (coming to New York); musicals: Starlight Express, The Sound of Music, Grease, Saturday Night Fever and We Will Rock You; arena shows: Monty Python Live, and as a director Strictly Come Dancing Live, Lord of the Dance, Manchester Commonwealth Games and creative director of Judy- The Songbook of Judy Garland. Arlene’s insightful entertainment expertise has been broadcast to millions in her role as a TV Judge: “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Strictly Come Dancing.” The Queen has honoured her for her services to dance. Twitter: @arlenephillips ROBERT JONES (Scenic and Costume Designer) Robert has designed more than 30 West End productions including Rock ‘n’ Roll (also Broadway), Heroes (also Los Angeles), and The Sound of Music (UK tour, Toronto, Tokyo). He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare
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Company where he has designed more than 15 productions. For the Royal National Theatre, Look Back in Anger, Noises Off (also Broadway, West End and UK tour). Numerous productions for The Almeida Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse. Opera includes Tristan & Isolde (Vienna State Opera and Tokyo), Andrea Chenier (Royal Opera House), Don Carlos (Frankfurt), L’incoronazione di Poppea (Paris, Berlin) and Anna Bolena, Die Fledermaus and Guilio Cesare (Metropolitan Opera New York). Film- RSC Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and David Tennant. He has won a Dora Award and a Dramalogue Award and been nominated for four Olivier Awards.
include The King’s Speech, The Wizard of Oz, and Love Never Dies. Broadway designs include Chaplin the Musical and Ghost the Musical (awarded Drama Desk and nominated for Tony Award). Dance designs include Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for The Royal Ballet/The National Ballet of Canada (Olivier Award nomination). Event designs include The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and Secret Cinema’s Blade Runner. DANIEL BRODIE (Video and Projection Design) is a multimedia artist and projection designer from Brooklyn, NY. He graduated with a degree in theatre from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State. His Broadway designs include Motown The Musical, Jekyll & Hyde, and Disney’s Aladdin. Other designs include Christopher Wheeldon’s ballets Winter’s Tale, Cinderella, Basil Twist’s Behind the Lid, Arias with a Twist, Rite of Spring, and Sisters’ Follies. Daniel has also created large-scale video designs and interactive installations for Kanye West, Mariah Carey, and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. www.brodiegraphics.com
HUGH VANSTONE (Lighting Designer) has designed lighting for plays, musicals, operas and ballets in London, New York and around the world. Recipient of three Olivier Awards for his work in London. New York credits include: An Act of God (Studio 54), Matilda (Shubert- Tony Award for Best Lighting); I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers (Booth); Ghost (Lunt Fontanne- Tony nomination for Best Lighting); La Bête (Music Box); A Steady Rain (Schoenfeld); God of Carnage (Jacobs); Mary Stuart (Broadhurst Theatre-Tony and Drama Desk nominations for Best Lighting); Shrek DAVID CULLEN (Orchestrator) is best (Broadway); Boeing-Boeing (Longacre); Spamalot known as the orchestrator of musicals particularly those of Andrew Lloyd Webber- Cats, Starlight (Shubert-Tony nomination for Best Lighting). Express, Song and Dance, Aspects of Love, Sunset MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) has designed Boulevard, By Jeeves, Whistle Down the Wind, over 100 productions worldwide including these The Beautiful Game, The Phantom of the Opera, West End and Broadway musicals: Saturday The Woman in White, the new version of Evita and Night Fever, Bombay Dreams, The Woman in most recently Love Never Dies. Other musicals White, Zorro, The Wizard of Oz, Sister Act, Evita, include Abbacadabra, Children of Eden, Shogun Love Never Dies, The Phantom of the Opera, Les the Musical, Stepping Out, Edna- the Spectacle, and Misérables, Betty Blue Eyes, From Here to Eternity, some London revivals- Can-Can, The Baker’s Wife, Miss Saigon, School of Rock. Awards include an Carmen Jones, the Donmar production of Parade Olivier for The Woman in White London 2005, and The Wizard of Oz London production. He reParnelli Award for The Phantom of the Opera Las orchestrated sections of Jesus Christ Superstar, Vegas 2006, Green Room Award for Love Never Cats and Evita for the movie and video productions Dies Australia 2011,Tony nomination for Les and provided orchestrations for the movie of The Misérables on Broadway 2014, Helpmann Award Phantom of the Opera. for Les Misérables in Australia 2015. GRAHAM HURMAN (Musical Supervision, JON DRISCOLL (Video/Projection Designer) Vocal & Dance Arrangements) is currently the Jon Driscoll studied cinematography at the Musical Supervisor & Conductor for Cats Paris. National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield He created the Orchestral reduction for Cats UK and theatre design at Croydon College of Art. His Tour, The Palladium Theatre, Australia and Paris designs for theatre include The Effect, The People, Productions. Other Musical Supervisor credits: and Last of the Haussmans. West End designs Cats (London & UK Tour), Stephen Ward 9H
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(London), The Wizard of Oz (Toronto and North American Tours). Musical Director & Conductor: The Wizard of Oz, Oliver! and Les Misérables (All London), Starlight Express (Germany & 1st National UK), Cats 25th Anniversary UK Tour. As Music Associate: Starlight Express (U.S. Tour, 2nd U.K. Tour & German production), Saturday Night Fever (U.S. Tour, Las Vegas). Assistant Musical Director: Cats (Hamburg). Recordings include: The Wizard of Oz 2011 Original Cast Album, the DVD of the Australian production of Love Never Dies, Oliver! - 2009 Live Original Cast Album.
has worked with Arena Stage- Dear Evan Hansen, The Denver Center, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The Guthrie and Utah Shakespearean Festival. Michael calls NYC home for 17 years with his husband Don. RICHARD ROE (Associate Choreographer) Theatre credits: Choreographer on Crush (UK tour) and The Songbook of Judy Garland (UK Tour); Associate Choreographer on Monty Python Live (O2) and Urinetown (St James & Apollo); Assistant Choreographer on Ben Hur Live (European stadium tour) and on Imagine This (New London Theatre). Original West End Productions: Assistant Dance Captain of Lord of the Rings, We Will Rock You, Closer to Heaven, Notre Dame de Paris, Sinatra and RENT. West End: Resident Choreographer on The Wizard of Oz, Sweet Charity and Cats. Regional Theatre: Gypsy, Chess, Fame, A Chorus Line and Dance Captain on Grease. Workshops include: The Little Mermaid, Mahabharata and Love Shack. Television and film credits include: Associate Choreographer on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (BBC), “Absolutely Fabulous,” Series One of “Megamaths,” Jesus Christ Superstar, Julie and the Cadillacs, and several Royal Variety performances.
DAVID ANDREWS ROGERS (Associate Music Supervisor, Music Director) Broadway/ international tours include Les Misérables, Show Boat, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Chicago, and Fiddler on the Roof; and his other conducting credits include the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Harlem’s Apollo Theatre, and New York’s Lincoln Center. David has music directed and conducted Broadway stars including Harvey Fierstein, Patti LuPone, Joel Grey, Sutton Foster, Kristin Chenoweth, and recording artist Debbie Gibson. David’s other credits include Off-Broadway, recordings, symphony pops guest conducting, and over 150 productions in regional theatre. Educated at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Queen’s College, Oxford University, David makes his home in New York City. www.maestrodar.com
WILLIAM BERLONI (Animal Trainer) 2011 Tony Honoree for Excellence in Theatre. Recipient of 2014 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award. Broadway: Annie (original Sandy, 20th, 30th and 35th Anniversary revivals), Living on Love, The Audience, Bullets Over Broadway, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, A Christmas Story, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Legally Blonde, Camelot, Frankenstein, The First, Alice in Wonderland, Oliver!, Anything Goes, Nick and Nora, La Bete, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz, Dinner at Eight, Double Feature (NYCB), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Woman in White, Awake and Sing, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Animal director for Because of Winn Dixie at the Delaware Theater Company March 2015. Hundreds of OffBroadway, regional productions, tours, movies and television shows. He premiered his new reality series “From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni” on Discovery Family Channel and trained Nana in “Peter Pan Live” (2014) and Toto in “The Wiz Live” (2015) on NBC. Author of “Broadway Tails.” www.theatricalanimals.com
MICHAEL McGOFF (Associate Director) was the Associate Director and provided the concert staging for Pride & Prejudice, A New Musical. He has directed The Wizard of Oz three times in other incarnations, Richard Kalinoski’s A Beast On The Moon, Gaffney & Najimy’s Parallel Lives, and Michael Cristofer’s The Shadow Box. In his other life as a Stage Manager- Broadway: Next To Normal, Wicked, Cymbeline, Butley, Festen, Edward Albee’s Seascape, and The Rivals. National Tours: The Wizard Of Oz European Production and North American Tour, La Cage aux Folles, Next To Normal and RENT, The Broadway Tour. Five productions in Central Park including The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo & Juliet and As You Like It. Off-Broadway favorites: The Explorers Club (MTC), The Long Christmas Ride Home (Vineyard), Our Lady Of Kibeho, and Burn This, among 20 wonderful productions. Regionally he 9I
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JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting) Broadway: Soul Doctor, Wonderland. Off-Broadway: Forever Dusty, Soul Doctor, The Voca People, Dear Edwina. Current/recent tours: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie, 42nd Street, The Wizard of Oz, Bring It On, Mamma Mia!, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can. Dance companies: Rasta Thomas, Elizabeth Streb. Past tours: In the Heights, Fiddler on the Roof (starring Topol/ Harvey Fierstein), Cats, 42nd Street, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley), Movin’ Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
more than 20 years, surviving a year with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in Jimmy Kirkwood’s Legends!, a year in Japan with Siegfried & Roy, opening The Phantom of the Opera Music Box Company and opening Show Boat on Broadway. When not on the road Randy can be found in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, Angela, and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck. DONALD KINDL (Chief Financial Officer) joined TROIKA in 1992 as the company’s comptroller and assumed his current role in 2000. In this role, he is responsible for the financial, administrative, and human resources aspects of the company. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. He has been involved in the production of such great TROIKA shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Café, Swing, Come Fly Away and as well as many others. Mr. Kindl would like to thank his lovely wife Cindy and three wonderful children for their love and support over the years.
TALITHA FEHR TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (Music Coordinator) strives daily to carry on the contracting traditions of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya. Broadway: A Christmas Story. National tours: Sister Act, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ghost The Musical, West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Come Fly Away, Mamma Mia!, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera: A Dancer’s Life, Movin’ Out, and 101 Dalmatians. International tours: West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella, The MICHAEL J. ORSINO (Chief Operating King and I. Other: The Pirate Queen, 2010 Winter Officer) has enjoyed over a decade working around the world with TROIKA Entertainment, touring Olympics Ceremonies. several years as a stage manager and company JIM LANAHAN (General Manager) has spent manager before landing in the office. A Philadelphia 20+ years managing and marketing Broadway tours. native and a graduate of DeSales University, Mr. First national tours: Footloose, Titanic, Elton John Orsino is pleased to have settled down in Maryland & Tim Rice’s AIDA, The Lion King, War Horse and with his wife Anissa, a fellow tour veteran, and their Jersey Boys. Additional selected projects: Disney’s sons Cameron and Carson. Beauty and the Beast (3rd national), Les Miserables (25th Anniversary), Billy Elliot (2nd national) and TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) the spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd has been the innovator in touring musical theater Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Most recently productions for over two decades, producing shows Jim served as marketing director for all domestic throughout North, Central, and South America, and international tours of Blue Man Group. Jim is Europe and Asia. Additionally, the company is from Round Lake, NY, currently lives in a suburb experienced in casino and leisure markets having of Washington, DC, and runs half marathons so that produced for the Wynn, Caesars, Grand Casino, Hilton, Eldorado and Harrah’s. Current and he can enjoy carbohydrates. upcoming productions include 42nd Street, Annie, RANDALL A. BUCK (Producer, Chief Executive Cheers, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Officer) has produced more than 50 productions Dreamcoat, Love Never Dies, and Wine Lovers. across the globe for TROIKA Entertainment. With strong ties to the Broadway community, Before joining TROIKA in 1999, Mr. Buck was TROIKA prides itself on delivering top quality Vice President and General Manager for Livent productions to audiences worldwide. Please visit us in Toronto. Mr. Buck was a stage manager for at www.troika.com. 9J
STAFF FOR The Wizard of Oz EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Randall A. Buck GENERAL MANAGER Jim Lanahan Assistant General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . Abram Best TOUR MARKETING & PRESS Amy Katz, Courtney Davis PRODUCTION MANAGER John Wilson Associate Production Manager. . . . . . . . Anna E. Bate Assistant Production Manager. . . . . . . Ártemis López TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Randy Moreland COMPANY MANAGER Andrew Terlizzi TOUR BOOKING AGENCY The Booking Group Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart Laura Kolarik, Laura Yost www.thebookingroup.com CASTING Joy Dewing Casting
For TROIKA Entertainment Chief Executive Officer................................. Randall A. Buck Chief Operating Officer.............................. Michael J. Orsino Chief Financial Officer......................................Donald Kindl General Managers.................Jim Lanahan, Townsend Teague Assistant General Managers...... Abram Best, Brian Schrader Production Manager.............................................John Wilson Associate Production Manager.......................... Anna E. Bate Assistant Production Manager.........................Ártemis López Marketing Manager.........................................Courtney Davis Marketing Consultant.............................................. Amy Katz Booking Manager............................................ Doria Montfort Budgeting & Forecasting Manager............. George Lamberty Controller............................................... Honey Aboutorabian Staff Accountant............................................ Lourdes Castillo Staff Accountant............................................ Colin Djieugoue Accounting Clerk.......................................... Marite Espinoza Warehouse Manager........................................... Scott Garrish Office Assistant............................................Shaquille Stewart
Joy Dewing, CSA PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER........ Molly Goodwin Stage Manager....................................................... Lisa Green Asst. Company Manager/ Asst. Stage Manager........................................... James Carey Associate Director.........................................Michael McGoff Associate Choreographer.....................................Richard Roe Animal Handler..................................................Patrick Peavy Flying Director.........................................................R.J. Scala Associate Scenic Designer............................. Christine Peters Production Props................................................. Clista Jarrett Associate Lighting Designers.................Craig Stelzenmuller, Carolyn Wong Moving Light Programmers.... Joseph Allegro, Chris Herman Production Electrician......................................... Jeremy Lane Associate Sound Designer................................. Emma James Production Sound....................Colle Bustin, Benjamin Furiga Tour Video and Projection Designer................. Daniel Brodie Associate Projection Designer...................... Patrick Southern Projection Programmer............................Preston Rounsaville Keyboard Programmer.................................... Stuart Andrews Associate Keyboard Programmer...................... David Weiser Production Wardrobe................................Rachel Christensen Production Hair........................... Dave Bova & J. Jared Janas Production Assistan.............................................. Garrett Kerr HEAD CARPENTER.........................................Sean Sacco Assistant Carpenters...................................... Leon Lobsinger, Matthew Cowles, Ryan Brooke Head of Properties............................................... Clista Jarrett Assistant Properties....................................... Courtney Wrenn Head Electrician.......................................Preston Rounsaville Assistant Electricians............Brian Pearson, Jeremy Bolnick, Kirt Kaminiski Head of Sound...................................................Marc Rongere Assistant Sound..........................................Gaven Wedemeyer Head of Wardrobe................................... Marguerite Peresich Assistant Wardrobe....................................... Katherine Kraus Head of Hair...................................................Brittney Griffith Assistant Hair..................................................Daniel Klingler Physical Therapy.......NEURO TOUR, Physical Therapy, Inc. Medical Director..................................... Thomas Meyer, MD Accounting........................................ Zwick & Banyai, PLLC Employee Benefits.....................................The Capital Group Insurance................................ Maury, Donnelly and Parr, Inc. Legal..........................................................S. Jean Ward, Esq. Creative Services.........................Cosmic Designs, Rich Stein B-Roll...................................................................HMS Media Production Photography...............................Daniel A. Swalec Merchandise Provider................................................Platypus
For TROIKA Costumes Costume Shop Manager...............................Danielle M. King Costume Shop Administrator........................Alison M. Smith Workroom Manager............................................. Helen Jones First Hand...................................................... Katherine Kraus Craft Manager...........................................................Risa Ono Project Assistant........................................Rachel Christensen Lead Stitcher................................................. Laura Browning Stitchers................................ Jennifer Bae, MaryElise Collier, Naomi Davidoff, Sharon Landrum, Karen Murphy, Jesse Shipley Crafts Persons.....................April Camlin, MaryElise Collier, Naomi Davidoff, Izzy Lawlor, Ariel Pond, Kat Zotti
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Production Housing and Ground Transportation by ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING, San Diego, CA. Scenery, Painting and Show Deck Automation by HUDSON SCENIC STUDIOS, INC., Yonkers, NY. Additional Scenic Drop Painting by SCENIC ART STUDIOS, Newburgh, NY. Show props by PARAGON PROPS, Oakville, ON and CLISTA JARRETT. Lighting Equipment by CHRISTIE LIGHTS, Orlando, FL., Sound and Projection Equipment by SOUND ASSOCIATES INC., Yonkers, NY. Backline by JONAS PRODUCTIONS, Fountaintown, IN. Original Costumes by SEAMLESS COSTUMES, SIAM COSTUMES, COLEMAN JAMES, LORRAINE RICHARDS, MEINIR ROBERTS, DAVID PLUNKETT, FAY FULLERTON, PHIL REYNOLDS. Production Costumes provided by TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT COSTUME SHOP. Millinery by SEAN BARRETT and JENNY ADEY. Print and Dye by NICOLA KILLEEN TEXTILES. Footwear by JITTERBUG BOY, HEAVENLY DANCE SHOES, HANDMADE SHOES and LaDUCA SHOES. Hair and Wigs Provided by DANUTA. Trucking by JANCO, LTD., Wayne, NJ, Rick Rosenthal.
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Rehearsed at RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS, New York, NY. Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at the STANLEY THEATRE in Utica, NY
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The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E) The Director-Choreographer is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.
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