CCM's Mainstage Series Presents Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT

Photo by Mark Lyons.

2015-16 MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

Music by Green Day

Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong Book by Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer

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March 3 – 13, 2016 Patricia Corbett Theater

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DIVISION OF THEATRE ARTS, PRODUCTION AND ARTS ADMINISTRATION PRESENTS

GREEN DAY’S

AMERICAN IDIOT

Music by Green Day Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer Musical Director Steve Goers

Costume Designer Jillian Coratti*

Fight Choreographer k. Jenny Jones

Scenic Designer Thomas C. Umfrid

Wig & Make-Up Designer Jillian Floyd

Stage Manager Jenny Rissover*

Lighting Designer CJ Mellides*

Assistant Director Tom Meglio*

Sound Designer Kevin Semancik*

Choreographer Samantha Pollino*

Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations Tom Kitt * CCM Student

Director Aubrey Berg Patricia Corbett Theater March 3 – 13, 2016 Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Season Production Sponsor Macy’s

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Original Broadway Production Produced by Tom Hulce & Ira Pittelman Ruth and Stephen Hendel Vivek Tiwary and Gary Kaplan Aged In Wood and Burnt Umber Scott M. Delman Latitude Link HOP Theatricals and Jeffrey Finn Larry Welk Bensinger Filerman and Moellenberg Taylor Allan S. Gordon/Elan V. McAllister Berkeley Repertory Theatre in association with Awaken Entertainment and John Pinckard and John Domo and Was originally produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA Tony Taccone, Artistic Director / Susan Medak, Managing Director AMERICAN IDIOT is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

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DIRECTORS’ NOTES Every generation has a musical that taps into the spirit of its age. In 1944, Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town brought fresh faces and a jazz-inflected score to Broadway. My generation grooved to the sound of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. In the 90s, there was Rent by Jonathan Larson. For the current generation, it is American Idiot, a through-sung adaptation of Green Day’s rock opera.

The story of American Idiot is simple, a contemporary fable in the style of the Brothers Grimm. Three disaffected young men—Johnny, Will and Tunny—plan to flee a stifling suburban lifestyle and parental restrictions. Two head to the city in search of the meaning of life, while the third stays home to work out his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend. Tunny quickly gives up on life in the city, joins the military and is shipped off to war. Johnny, the “Jesus of Suburbia,” turns to drugs, finds a part of himself he grows to dislike, has a relationship with a nameless woman and experiences lost love. The men return to Jingletown older and wiser, having experienced the disillusionment and dissent experienced by the generation who came of age in an America roiled by dark events, including the Iraq War. The album of American Idiot marked a career comeback for Green Day. It sold 15 million copies worldwide and spawned five successful singles: “American Idiot,” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Holiday, “Wake Me Up When September Ends” and “Jesus of Suburbia.” It won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2005 and continues to be listed as one of the greatest rock albums in recent history.

American Idiot is a musical by the young for the young. Working with me on the CCM production are two formidable members of our Class of 2016, Samantha Pollino (choreographer) and Tom Meglio (Assistant Director). I asked them to jot down some thoughts about the show. The information on the next page is what they wrote.

Aubrey Berg Director

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On behalf of the cast, crew and creative team, welcome to CCM’s American Idiot. If you somehow find yourself sitting in the Patricia Corbett Theater wondering, “Why on earth would CCM produce a Green Day concept-albummusical?”—well, you have turned to the right page of your playbill.

The mission of CCM’s Musical Theatre program is to provide a wellrounded education for its performers and creative artists. Students must be challenged by a wide variety of performance styles and genres, from the Golden Age of musical theatre to the rock-dominated mode of the contemporary Broadway show. (Hamilton, the runaway hit of the current season, is written entirely in Rap!) We have chosen to set this production three years prior to Green Day’s initial album release (2004), to create an atmosphere of immediacy, to highlight the themes of the show as a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and to explore the period of upheaval that immediately followed.

In researching this time in American history, we discovered that we are the perfect candidates to tell this story reflecting, as it does, the cultural awakening that shaped our generation. We are the product of the events that transpired at the turn of the century. The survivors. Generation Y. The Millennials. American Idiot was one of our generation’s very first artistic expressions of events that are ever present in our consciousness because, for the very first time, our generation can say: we lived them.

The cast asks only that in addition to “rocking-out,” you take a moment to connect with, reflect on and embrace this piece as a raw fragment of history.

We present it for you with utmost respect, curiosity and many unanswered questions. We extend to you our heartfelt thanks for joining us at this performance of American Idiot.

Samantha Pollino and Tom Meglio CCM Musical Theatre Class of 2016

CCM is an accredited institution of the National Association of Schools of Music and the National Association of Schools of Theatre and a member of the University/Resident Theatre Association.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

The University of Cincinnati does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, veteran status or gender identity and expression in its programs and activities. The complete Notice of Nondiscrimination can be found at http://www.uc.edu/about/policies/nondiscrimination.html.

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THE VILLAGE NEWS ALUMNI APPLAUSE In 2013, CCM alumnus Josh Prince (BFA Musical Theatre, 1996) was nominated for a Fred and Adele Astaire Award for his choreography on the hit Broadway musical Beautiful. Since then, he has recreated his choreography in London and on the US national tour. As an actor, Josh appeared on Broadway in Saturday Night Fever and Little Me, in LA opposite Martin Short and Jason Alexander in The Producers and around the country in numerous regional productions.

CCM alumnus Darrell D. Miller (BM Musical Theatre, 1985) was recently named 2016 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Beverly Hills Bar Association. After touring with several national production companies as an actor, Miller decided to pursue a law career and has since become one of the most sought after entertainment attorneys in Hollywood. Other awards include being named the 2012 Entertainment Attorney of the Year by the National Bar Association and landing on Hollywood Reporter’s Top 100 Power Lawyers list.

CCM alumna Brittanie Sicker (MFA Stage Management, 2009) has been stage managing around the world. Recently, she stage managed international tours of Rock of Ages, Million Dollar Quartet, Burn the Floor, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Legally Blonde, Wine Lovers, Marilyn Forever Blonde, Vegas! The Show, The Magic of Cripton and Elements. She has also enjoyed residencies at Atlantic Stage, Cirque Le Masque, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Creative Studios, Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati, the Human Race Theater Co. and many others.

After graduation, CCM alumnus Nick Bonsell (BFA Theatre Design & Production, 2015) began working as a mechanical designer at Tait Towers in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Since joining the company, he has designed machines for numerous touring shows including Beyoncé: The Formation, Adele: Live 2016, Madonna: Rebel Heart and Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk and Ovo. His work has also made its way into permanent installations for the Disney Theatrical Group, Omnia Nightclub at Caesar’s Palace and the Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden.

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COMPANY THE COMPANY

Johnny............................................................................................................... BEN BIGGERS St. Jimmy, his alter ego................................................................JOHN BATTAGLIESE Whatsername..................................................................................................... CLARA COX Will..............................................................................................CHRIS COLLINS-PISANO Heather .....................................................................................................SHAUNA TOPIAN Tunny ...............................................................................................................LOUIS GRIFFIN Extraordinary Girl.................................................................... CAMERON ANIKA HILL with

KYRA CHRISTOPHER EJ DOHRING JOEL FLYNN CIARA ALYSE HARRIS MARISSA HECKER TYLER JENT PHILLIP JOHNSON CHRIS KELLEY

STAVROS KOUMBAROS JACKSON MATTECK EMILY ASTHON MEREDITH HAMILTON MOORE ANYA OLSEN ALEX STONE DONELVAN THIGPEN MADELAINE VANDENBERG KEATON WHITTAKER

Understudies Johnny........................................................................................................ FRANKIE THAMS St. Jimmy, his alter ego...................................................................PHILLIP JOHNSON Whatsername................................................................................CIARA ALYSE HARRIS Will.................................................................................................STAVROS KOUMBAROS Heather .............................................................................. EMILY ASHTON MEREDITH Tunny ................................................................................................................... ALEX STONE Extraordinary Girl.........................................................................KYRA CHRISTOPHER The Place and Time America. Some years ago.

American Idiot is performed without an intermission.

The running time is approximately 100 minutes.

This production is dedicated to the memory of Musical Theatre major Max Chambers (1995-2015).

“And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief.” –William Cullen Bryant

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS John Youker at Summit Pro Works Leslie Stong at Masque Sound Matthew Hollstegge at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati CCM 5

NUMBERS MUSICAL NUMBERS

American Idiot............................................................................................................COMPANY Jesus of Suburbia Jesus of Suburbia............................................................................JOHNNY & WILL City of the Damned..........................TUNNY, JOHNNY, WILL & COMPANY I Don’t Care..........................................JOHNNY, WILL, TUNNY & COMPANY Dearly Beloved................................................................................HEATHER & MEN Tales of Another Broken Home.................................JOHNNY, WILL, TUNNY, HEATHER & COMPANY Holiday....................................................... JOHNNY, TUNNY, DONNIE & COMPANY Boulevard of Broken Dreams.......................................... JOHNNY, WHATSERNAME, TUNNY & MEN Favorite Son.............................................................................FAVORITE SON & WOMEN Are We the Waiting......................................TUNNY, FAVORITE SON & COMPANY St. Jimmy..................................................................JOHNNY, ST. JIMMY & COMPANY Give Me Novocaine........................................................... WILL, TUNNY & COMPANY Last of the American Girls/She’s a Rebel....................JOHNNY, WHATSERNAME & COMPANY Last Night on Earth...........................................................ST. JIMMY, WHATSERNAME, HEATHER & COMPANY Too Much Too Soon........................................... DONNIE, CIARA, WILL & HEATHER Before the Lobotomy.........................................TUNNY, JOEL, TYLER & JACKSON Extraordinary Girl.......................................................................EXTRAORDINARY GIRL, TUNNY & COMPANY Before the Lobotomy (reprise).......................TUNNY, JOEL, TYLER & JACKSON When It’s Time................................................................................................................JOHNNY Know Your Enemy.................................. ST. JIMMY, WILL, JOHNNY & COMPANY 21 Guns...........................................................................................................................COMPANY Letterbomb............................................................................WHATSERNAME & WOMEN Wake Me Up When September Ends.................................JOHNNY, WILL, TUNNY & COMPANY Homecoming The Death of St. Jimmy.....................................................ST. JIMMY & JOHNNY East 12th St...................................JOHNNY, PHILLIP, DONNIE & COMPANY Nobody Likes You.......................................................................WILL & COMPANY Rock and Roll Girlfriend......................................HEATHER, WILL & STAVROS We’re Coming Home Again...........JOHNNY, TUNNY, WILL & COMPANY Whatsername.................................................................................. JOHNNY & COMPANY Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)..................................................................COMPANY

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ORCHESTRA Steve Goers, conductor Violin Molly Hickey

Guitar I Brad Myers

Viola Sarah Macey

Guitar 2 Robbie Gooch

Cello Ryan Donahue

Drums Devon Leigh

Bass Aaron Jacobs

Keyboard Steve Goers Rehearsal Pianist Evan Roider

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AUTHORS ABOUT THE AUTHORS

BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, frontman of the rock band Green Day, came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley. Green Day’s albums include 1039/Smooth Out Slappy Hours; Kerplunk; 1994’s Dookie, which sold 15 million copies and garnered their first Grammy (and inspired a raft of imitators); Insomniac; Nimrod; Warning; 2004’s landmark American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and earned seven Grammy® nominations (winning two, including Best Rock Album); 21st Century Breakdown (Grammy® Award, Best Rock Album); and 2012’s consecutively released ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! (as well as the behind the scenes DVD, ¡Cuatro!). Last year, Armstrong and Norah Jones released Foreverly, a tribute to the Everly Brothers’ 1958 Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. The Tony and Grammy winning musical American Idiot, featuring lyrics

by Armstrong, music by Green Day, and a book written by Armstrong and director Michael Mayer, opened on Broadway in 2010. Throughout its run, he made cameo appearances in the role of St. Jimmy. The recent documentary, Broadway Idiot, chronicles his road to the Great White Way. Armstrong also composed the music for These Paper Bullets currently being staged at the Yale Repertory Theatre. His other film and TV credits include This is 40, Nurse Jackie, and the upcoming feature film, Like Sunday, Like Rain. www.greenday.com MICHAEL MAYER Mr. Mayer made his Metropolitan Opera debut with a celebrated new production of Rigoletto. Broadway: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; American Idiot (Drama Desk Award, Best Director); Everyday Rapture; Spring Awakening (Tony Award, Best Director/Best Musical); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award, Best Musical); Side Man (Tony Award, Best Play); A View From the Bridge (Tony Award, Best Revival); Uncle Vanya; night, Mother; After the Fall; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Triumph of Love. Off-Broadway: Spring Awakening, Everyday Rapture, The Illusion, Our House, 10 Million Miles, Antigone in New York, Baby Anger, The Credeaux Canvas, Stupid Kids. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. Television: Do No Harm; director and consulting producer for the first season of Smash.

GREEN DAY GREEN DAY—vocalist/guitarist BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG bassist MIKE DIRNT, and drummer TRÉ COOL—were kids from working-class backgrounds who came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley. Even though they had released two records prior (1039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk), they announced their arrival with 1994’s Dookie, a dynamic blast of exuberant punk-pop that sold 15 million copies and earned the band its first Grammy® Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Over the years, Green Day continued to top the charts with their subsequent studio albums Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning, while entertaining millions of fans with their frenetic live shows. But it was their landmark 2004 album American Idiot CCM 8

that launched Green Day into the stratosphere. American Idiot debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, earned seven Grammy® nominations (winning two, including Best Rock Album), and raised the bar for modern rock and roll. In 2009, Green Day released 21st Century Breakdown, which won the 2010 Grammy® Award for Best Rock Album. It spawned two hit singles: the gold “Know Your Enemy,” which was the first song ever to top Billboard’s Rock, Alternative, and Mainstream Rock charts simultaneously, and the double-platinum “21 Guns,” which earned them three 2009 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Rock Video. Green Day also took home an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Rock Music Artist. Later that year, Green Day collaborated with Tony Award winning director of Spring Awakening, Michael Mayer, for the stage musical of American Idiot.

The play bowed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009 and set attendance records during its limited engagement. The play went on to Broadway and ran for a year at the St. James Theatre and won two Tony Awards. Green Day’s highly anticipated album trilogy kicked off with the release of Green Day ¡Uno!, (September 25, 2012) followed by Green Day ¡Dos! (November 13th), and Green Day ¡Tré! (December 11th). The band recently completed the Soundwave Festival in Australia. For more info visit www.greenday.com.

February 26 - March 26, 2016 For tickets please call (513) 381-2273 Purchase tickets online at www.cincyshakes.com season sponsored by the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

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CCMpower Board Member, founded The CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate and Prejudice through Performing Arts The Harmony Fund was created as both an acknowledgement of the continuing existence of hate and prejudice within this civilized world and, more importantly, the ability of the arts to help us better understand and transcend these emotions.

JOHN HARRISON John Harrison is the founder of The CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate and Prejudice through Performing Arts. The arts are truly a language that all people speak; they cut across racial, cultural, social, educational and economic barriers. The CCM Harmony Fund was established to celebrate the language of the arts, encourage conversation and advocate compassion.

The fund supports our incredibly talented students and faculty at the College-Conservatory of Music in the media and performing arts in creative and unique ways to promote culturally diverse audiences, and fight hate and prejudice. Mr. Harrison has made provisions in his will to support and continue the mission of The Harmony Fund.

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CAST

CAST PROFILES JOHN BATTAGLIESE, St. Jimmy Senior from West Chester, Pennsylvania At CCM: Jigger Craigin in Carousel, Starbuck in 110° in the Shade, Mr. Lyons in Blood Brothers, Stokes in Carrie: The Musical, Crookfinger Jake in The Threepenny Opera, Chessman in Chess. Elsewhere: Link Larkin in Hairspray at the MUNY (St. Louis), Francis in Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings at The Covedale Center of the Arts (Cincinnati), Francis in Forever Plaid on the Showboat Majestic (Cincinnati).

BEN BIGGERS, Johnny Senior from South Bend, Indiana At CCM: Billy Bigelow in Carousel, File in 110° In The Shade, Warner in Legally Blonde, Enjolras in Les Misérables, Billy Nolan in Carrie: The Musical, Governor Slaton in Parade, Plant Puppeteer in Little Shop of Horrors.

Elsewhere: Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees at the Summer Lyric Theatre (New Orleans), Anthony in Sweeney Todd at the Carnegie Theatre (Covington, Ky.), Charlie Cowell in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man in Concert with Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

CHRIS COLLINS-PISANO, Will Senior from Westwood, Massachusetts At CCM: Enoch Snow in Carousel, H.C. Curry in 110° in the Shade, Emmett in Legally Blonde, Chip in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Freddy in Carrie: The Musical, Warden Smith in The Threepenny Opera, Ensemble in Chess. Elsewhere: Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Franz in The Sound of Music, Angie in Gypsy and Medford Moss in Drood at the New London Barn Playhouse (New London, N.H.); Leon in Hank Williams: Lost Highway at West Virginia Public Theatre (Morgantown, W. Va.); Barnaby in Hello, Dolly! at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts (Cincinnati).

CLARA COX, Whatsername Senior from Palos Verdes Estates, California At CCM: Ensemble in Carousel, Peter Pan in Peter Pan, Brook Wyndham in Legally Blonde, Logainne in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dancer in Singin’ in the Rain. Elsewhere: Lorainne in 42nd Street at the Weston Playhouse (Weston, Vt.); Adella in The Little Mermaid, Rosalia in West Side Story and Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family at The Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Ind.).

LOUIS GRIFFIN, Tunny Junior from Atlanta, Georgia At CCM: Ensemble in Carousel, Indian in Peter Pan, Ensemble in Blood Brothers, Swing in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Marius in Les Misérables at The Alliance Theatre (Atlanta), Traveling Salesman in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man in Concert with Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

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CAMERON ANIKA HILL, Extraordinary Girl Senior from West Orange, New Jersey At CCM: Arminy/Ensemble in Carousel, Ensemble in 110° in the Shade, Judge/Laker Girl/Store Manager in Legally Blonde, Ensemble in Les Misérables, Mikayla in Carrie: The Musical. Elsewhere: Viola in My Son Pinocchio and Ensemble in Big Fish, Billy Elliot and Hello, Dolly! at Music Theatre Wichita (Wichita, Kan.); Dancer in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man in Concert with Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors at Gretna Theatre (Mt. Gretna, Pa.); Acid Queen in The Who’s Tommy at Woodstock Playhouse (Woodstock, N.Y.); Ti Moune in Once On This Island at the Hudson Guild Theater (New York); Sarah in Ragtime at the Connelly Theater (New York); Addy/Josefina in the American Girls Revue (New York).

SHAUNA TOPIAN, Heather Junior from Rochester, New York At CCM: Joanne Wilkes/Strange Woman in Big River, Ensemble in 110° in the Shade, Kristine in Legally Blonde, Ensemble in Carrie: The Musical.

Elsewhere: Company in Fight with Love and Fan in A Christmas Carol at Geva Theatre Center (Rochester, N.Y.).

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PRODUCTION STAFF PROFILES JILLIAN CORATTI, Costume Designer 3rd year graduate student from Ronkonkoma, New York At CCM: Craft Artisan for Carousel, Peter Pan, You’re Welcome: A Cycle of Bad Plays and Hansel and Gretel; Costume Designer for The Heidi Chronicles; Assistant Costume Designer for Singin’ in the Rain. Elsewhere: Costume Designer for Children’s Theater at the John W. Engeman Theater (Northport, N.Y.) and The Pajama Game at Theater Three (Port Jefferson, N.Y.), Resident Costume Designer for Broadhollow Players (East Islip, N.Y.).

TOM MEGLIO, Assistant Director Senior from Long Island, New York At CCM: The Starkeeper/Dr. Seldon in Carousel, Nibs in Peter Pan, Joly in Les Misérables, Brayden in Carrie: The Musical.

CJ MELLIDES, Lighting Designer Graduate Student from Virginia Beach, Virginia At CCM: Lighting Designer for Big River, Macbeth, Fall 2014 Dance Concert, Living Dead in Denmark and L’etoile; Lighting Programmer/Assistant Lighting Designer for Les Misérables. Elsewhere: Production Manager for the 2014 and 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival (New York); Lead Technician for Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry, Wynonna & The Big Noise and Charter Cruise Lines; Entertainment Technical Manager for Carnival Cruise Lines; Lead Technician for the Blake Shelton Charter Cruise; Lighting Designer/

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Stage Manager for the world premiere of Fig. 1 at the Prague International Fringe Festival.

SAMANTHA POLLINO, Choreographer Senior from Baltimore, Maryland At CCM: Julie Jordan in Carousel, Tiger Lily in Peter Pan, Serena in Legally Blonde, Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Broadway Ballet Dancer in Singin’ in the Rain, Dance Captain in Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker, Choreographer for You’re Welcome: A Cycle of Bad Plays and Speech and Debate. Elsewhere: Emma in Hot Feet on Broadway at the Hilton Theater (New York), Ensemble in Tuck Everlasting at Playwrights Horizons (New York), Dancer in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man in Concert and Vocalist in To The Rescue! with Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Vocalist in Home for the Holidays at the Fort Wayne Pops (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

KEVIN SEMANCIK, Sound Designer 3rd Year Graduate Student from Cincinnati, Ohio At CCM: Sound Designer for Carousel, Così fan tutte, Legally Blonde, Macbeth, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Metamorphoses.

Elsewhere: Sound Designer for American Song at Saint Michael’s Playhouse (Burlington, Vt.); Sound Designer for West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, The Sound of Music, Chicago and Parade at The Carnegie (Covington, Ky.); Assistant Sound Designer for Venus in Fur and Cabaret at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

JENNY RISSOVER, Stage Manager Senior from Cincinnati, Ohio At CCM: Stage Manager for Spring Dance 2015 and Blood Brothers; Assistant Stage Manager for The Heidi Chronicles, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Owen Wingrave; Production Assistant for Parade and Street Scene. Elsewhere: Stage Management Intern at KA by Cirque du Soleil at MGM Grand (Las Vegas), Stage Manager for Madama Butterfly at La Musica Lirica (Novafeltria, Italy), Stage Management Intern at Cincinnati Ballet and Cincinnati Opera.

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STAFF

PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director...........................................................................................Steve Miller Assistant Stage Managers....................................... Skye Cone, Megan Edwards, Ashley Noelle Production Assistant...........................................................................Chyanne Fischer Associate Scenic Designer............................................................Aaron S. Bridgman Assistant Scenic Designers.................................... Matthew Hamel, Olivia Leigh Props Master........................................................................................ Christina Chester Assistant Lighting Designers............................ Parker Conzone, Justin Dudzik Associate Sound Designer............................................................................ Jake Jobes Assistant Sound Designer............................................................................Sean Tingle Assistant Costume Designer................................................................. Hayley S. King Assistant Wig & Make-up Designer.............................................Shannon Hensley Set Construction Crew............................................ Mikaela Acton, Bryce Baxter, Aria Braswell, Kia Brown, Caroline Castleman, Kevin Chlapeka, Ben Christ, Ethan Dorian, Dylan Dougal, Erin Duffey, Elanor Eberhardt, Ellie Fangman, Chyanne Fischer, Luke Hampton, Christina Harrison, Courtney Hickenlooper, Pauline Humbert, Tim Italiano, Cari Kamper, Kylie Kanter, Erin Keehnen, Margo Leist, Erin Magner, Kendal McCarthy, Jordan Miller, Jennifer Mollet, Dylan Muvaney, Cole Nevins, Anya Olson, Jennifer Pallas, Bryn Purvis, Jacob Rankin, Gabriella Rodregues, Cara Roth, Alexander Stone, Frank Thams, Zachary Triska, Amanda Valenzuela, Frank Viskup, Chris Wade, Dvaka Walpola, Josh Windes, Ben Woida Scenic Charge Artist......................................................................................Will Sawyer Assistant Scenic Charge Artists.................Whitney Glover, Karly Hasselfeld Scenic Artist Assistants..................................Whitney Glover, Karly Hasselfeld Scene Shop Assistants............... Sara Barnett, Will Becker, Rebecca Clancy, Adam Crowell, Megan Edwards, Tim Italiano, Cari Kamper, Andrew Martin, Cole Nevins, Brett Pavlovich, Haley Schutzenberg, Gus Tucker, Ben Woida Master Carpenter.....................................................................................Andrew Martin Paint Crew.................................... Ellie Fangman, Logan Greenwell, Levi Kiess, Jen Pallas, Theron Wineinger Props Graduate Assistants.......................Aaron Bridgman, Christina Chester Set/Props Running Crew.............................................Mikaela Acton, Ben Christ, Christina Harrison, Tim Italiano, Cari Kamper, Kendall McCarthy, Cole Nevins, Cara Roth, Devaka Walpola, Ben Woida

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Video System Technicians.........................................Blake Edmondson, Sam Igal Digital Media Editors.................................. Aaron S. Bridgman, Katelyn Budke, Whitney Glover, Matthew Hamel, Olivia Leigh Video Programmer/Operator........................................................ Pauline Humbert Master Electrician...................................................................................Chris Behrendt Assistant Master Electrician............................................................... Chris Dissinger Lighting Programmer..............................................................................Brendan Watts Light Board Operator............................................................................ Chris Dissinger Spot Operators................................................ Will Becker, Haley Shutzenberger, Meghan Winter Deck Electrician ................................................................................. Elanor Eberhardt Electrics Crew.....................................Joe Beumer, Grace Bowling, Jack Broda, Lauren Brunson, Marissa Childress, Adam Del Verne, Andrew Diamond, Adam Ditzel, Stephen Enochian, Hayley Fogleman, Hope Friedman, Amanda J. Geiger, Sam Jones, Maranda Jory-Geiger, Andrew Karas, Erin Keehnen, Christian Knopp, Sam Lappert, Erik McCandless, Alec Molinaro, Mandi Wisler Electrics Shop Manager......................................................................Jeremy Dominik Electrics Shop Assistants.......................................Joe Beumer, Lauren Brunson, Eric McCandless Production Sound Engineer........................................................Matt D. Birchmeier Sound Shop Supervisor....................................................................... Jason Sebastian Sound Graduate Assistants............................ Matt D. Birchmeier, Jake Jobes, Kevin Semancik Sound Load-In Crew............................................................................. Andrew Hillman A1...............................................................................................................................Ryan Bode A2..........................................................................................................................Tanner Elker Rf Crew.................................................................Caroline Cattleman, Josh Windes Costume Shop Assistants.................................. Jessica Barksdale, Ashley Berg, Jillian Coratti, Maria Lenn, Oran Wongpandid Wardrobe Supervisor............................................................................... Hayley S. King Wardrobe Crew Head.................................................................................... Lj Wilmont Wardrobe Supervisor............................................................................... Hayley S. King Wardrobe Running Crew......................................Ethan Dorian, Emily Eckhardt, Ellie Flagman, Twila Johnson, Kylie Kanter, Margo Leist, Sam Lewis, Dylan Mulvaney, Jenn Pallas, Jacob Rankin, Frank Viskup Wigs & Make-Up Running Crew.......................................................... Tommy Cobau Stage Management Office Assistants.......................Tori Rezek, Scott Slucher CCM 17

SPONSORS 2015-16 SPONSORS & PARTNERS CCM recognizes and thanks the following corporations, foundations and individuals for their generous support:

Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

CCM/CSO Diversity Fellowship Sponsor

CCM Season Presenting Sponsor, Musical Theatre Program Sponsor and Event Sponsor

The Corbett Endowment at CCM Dance Department Supporter All-Steinway School Sponsor

ArtsWave The Greater Cincinnati Foundation H. Wayne Ferguson Family Foundation

The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./ U.S. Bank Foundation

Frances R. Luther Charitable Trust

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Community Partners

Macy’s

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal Opera Department Sponsor

The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel Visiting Artists Sponsor

Anonymous

Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander

Mrs. William A. Friedlander

Dr. & Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth

Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rosenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen

Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bloom

Ariel Quartet Sponsors

Genevieve Smith Opera Production Sponsor

Jan Rogers

Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation

Choral Studies Sponsors

Ms. Margaret A. Straub & Mr. Neil R. Artman Studio Drama Series Sponsor

Rosemary & Mark Schlachter

Teri Jory & Seth Geiger Graeter’s

Swan Lake Sponsors

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn Orchestral Sponsor

CCMpower

The CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate and Prejudice through Performing Arts

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Jeff Thomas Catering PNC

Trish & Rick Bryan

Keating, Muething & Klekamp P.L.L.

Rhonda & Larry Sheakley

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CCMpower Dear Friends and Alumni, As you know, UC’s College-Conservatory of Music has an international reputation for excellence and competes with our country’s finest conservatories for extraordinary students. Yes, the performances are outstanding. Yes, it is the largest single source of performances in the state of Ohio. And yes, CCM is an Ohio Center of Excellence. But are you aware that CCM alumni and students are the arts engine for our own community?

Not only are CCM alumni and students working behind the scenes and appearing on stages around the world but you also witness their work and performances at our very own Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts… the list goes on and on.

CCMpower raises funds for scholarships to help attract the best and brightest students to CCM. I am proud of our college, students, alumni and the impact CCM has on our arts community. And today, I encourage you to also become a member of CCMpower!

Becoming a member is easy: complete the form on the next page and mail it back to us. You can also visit ccm.uc.edu and click on the CCMpower link to join. Not only will you be investing in CCM, but you’ll be fueling the arts engine for some of our city’s most beloved organizations.

Best regards,

Donna de Graaf, President CCMpower P.S. The Friends of CCM and Alumni Governing Boards have merged to create a new organization! CCMpower consists of fans, advocates and alumni dedicated to empowering students and igniting possibilities.

Please mark your calendar for the CCMpower Musical Theatre Showcase Event on March 17th. For more information call 513-556-2100.

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Friends and Alumni fueling the future of the arts!

Name ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Day Phone (________) __________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Eve Phone (________) __________________________________ City ______________________________________________ State___________ Zip_____________________ E-mail ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

FRIEND $50

Subscription to the semester calendar of events and e-newsletter

STAR $100

All of the above, plus: Listing in Honor Roll of Donors Invitation to a Mainstage dress rehearsal

PROFESSOR $150

All of the above, plus: Invitation to a reception and concert supported

by CCMpower

DIRECTOR $250

All of the above, plus: Invitation to behind-the-scenes reception Garage pass for FREE parking for one performance

STAGE MANAGER $500

All of the above, plus: Invitations to Creative Conversations series Access to opening night Intermezzo Garage passes for FREE parking for two performances

PRODUCER $1000

All of the above, plus: Garage pass for three hours of parking FREE for unlimited number of performances Two priority reservations for Studio Theater Productions

CCMpower Total $________________________ Please make this check payable to: UC Foundation/FCCM Mail to: CCM CCMpower

University of Cincinnati

P.O. Box 210003 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003 Or Call: 513-556-2100

How do you want to be recognized on the CCM Honor Roll? Please print clearly. ______________________________________________________________

JOIN

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STAFF

TAPAA FACULTY & STAFF Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration Rocco Dal Vera, TAPAA Division Head/Producer Alex Badue, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Theory Catherine Batcheller, Dance Instructor/Ballet Steve Beirens, Dance Instructor/Ballet John Thomas Bell, Dance Instructor/Ballet Meredith Benson, Dance Instructor/Ballet Aubrey Berg, Chair of Musical Theatre Department Brad Berridge, TD&P Instructor/Sound Michael Blankenship, Resident Scenic Artist Christopher Leonard, TD&P Instructor/Lighting Jeffrey Brown, TD&P Instructor/Video Media Lydia Brown, Opera Vocal Coach Ka-Ron Brown Lehman, Dance Instructor/Modern Deirdre Carberry, Acting Chair of Dance/Resident Dance Choreographer/Ballet Michael Carr, Musical Theatre Instructor/Movement Colleen Condit, Dance Program Coordinator Anne Cushing-Reid, Arts Administration Instructor Denise Dal Vera, Business Skills for the Actor Instructor Kimberly Daniel de Acha, Voice/Musical Theatre Giles Davies, Acting Vince DeGeorge, Musical Theatre/Opera Performance Dale Doerman, Drama Instructor/Aesthetics Wendy Dorn, TD&P Instructor Annie Fitzpatrick, Drama Instructor/Business Skills for the Actor James H. Gage, Resident Lighting Designer Jeri Gatch, Dance Instructor/Modern/Choreography Stephen Goers, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Director Emma Griffin, Opera Director Roger Grodsky, Musical Theatre Vocal Coach/Conductor Robin Guarino, Chair of Opera Department Jessica Haffner, Cutter/Draper Patti Hall, TAPAA Program Coordinator Mark Halpin, Resident Scenic Designer Jean Hamilton, Arts Administration Department Director Richard E. Hess, Chair of Drama Department Brian Horton, Costume Shop Coordinator Steve Irwin, Dance Instructor/Hip-Hop Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer, Dance Instructor/Ballet Patti James, Tap/Jazz/Choreography/Musical Theatre

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Qi Jiang, Chair of Dance Department k. Jenny Jones, Acting/Movement, Stage Combat Michele Kay, Chair of TD&P/Stage Management Dawn Kelly, Dance Instructor/Ballet Mike Kelly, Dance Instructor/Music Theory Diane Lala, Resident MT Choreographer/Jazz/Pilates Wendy LeBorgne, Voice Pathologist Jeremy Lee, Resident Sound Designer Marie-France Lefebvre, Opera Coach Patricia Linhart, Voice/Musical Theatre Terry (Ben) Lusk, Opera Coach Andre Megerdichian, Resident Dance Choreographer/Modern/Somatics D. Lynn Meyers, Drama Instructor/Audition Techniques Judith Mikita, Dance Instructor/Modern Kathryn Miller, Resident Properties Artisan Steve Miller, Associate Technical Director Dean Mogle, Resident Costume Designer Susan Moser, Drama and Opera Instructor/Theatre Movement Robert G. Pavlovich, Acting for the Camera/Theatre History Katelyn Groh Reid, Instructor/Dialects Brian Robertson, Opera Instructor Jennifer Roig-Francoli, Dance Instructor/Alexander Technique Brant Russell, Script Analysis/Director Sydney Schnurr, Arts Administration Jason Sebastian, TD&P Instructor/Sound Rebecca Senske, Associate Costume Designer Stirling Shelton, Technical Director Ryan Sigurdson, Musical Theatre Instructor D’Arcy Smith, Voice Production/Vocal Coach Julie Spangler, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Director Kristin Suess, Arts Administration Instructor/Career Management Michael Tevlin, Resident Dance Choreographer/Ballet Daniel Townsend, Make-Up and Wigs Instructor Regina Truhart, Costume Technology Richard J. Turner-Palmer, Theatre Shop Foreman Thomas C. Umfrid, Resident Scenic Designer Sandy Vanlandingham, Program Manager Alison Vodnoy Wolf, Acting Instructor Suzette Boyer Webb, Dance Instructor/Ballet Janell Weinstock, Arts Administration Instructor Mark C. Williams, Lighting Technology and Design Karen Wissel, Dance Instructor/Modern Alan Yaffe, Arts Administration Instructor Kelly A. Yurko, Resident Make-Up and Wigs Designer Adam Zeek, Resident Master Electrician CCM 23

CCM ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Peter Landgren, Dean & Thomas James Kelly Professor of Music R. Terrell Finney, Jr., Associate Dean & Director of Graduate Studies Andrea M. Fitzgerald, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Services Katherine Zajac Albertson, Senior Admissions Officer Kandice Odister, Admissions Program Manager Diane White, Director of Business Affairs Steve McConnell, Business Manager Peggy Huddle, Senior Human Resources Coordinator Rayburn Dobson, Jr., Senior Director of Performance Operations Beth Dochinger, Senior Director of Development & External Relations Karen Tully, Director of Development & External Relations Stephanie Dumais, Assistant Director of Constituent Development & Alumni Relations Curt Whitacre, Director of Marketing & Communications Mikki Graff, Graphic Designer Charlotte Kies, Kevin Norton, Ryan Strand, Public Information Assistants John McDonagh, Director of Facilities & Performance Services Eric Wolfley, Director of Piano Services Rebekah Wortman, Piano Technician Simon Sotelo, Director of Recording Services Eric Louie, Scheduling Manager Sara Danner-Dukic, CCM Summer Programs Director Jeanne Rose, Box Office Manager Karen Lee, Joe Murrell, Elizabeth Schmidt, Box Office Assistant Managers Jeremiah Adriano, Olivia Baer, Annie Barr, Daniel Blevins, Mackenzie Brauns, Jenna Byrne, Rebecca Claborn, Seika Fukumoto, Taylor Fleshman, Charlotte Kies, Shannon Lock, Liea Mack, Anthony Smith, Diamond Snow, Box Office Staff Kate Alexandra, Kyle Malesevich, Abigail Martin, House Managers Desiree Adams, Alvin Ashlaw, Darren Benton, Nicki Berger, Emilio Carlo, Jabari Carter, Lily Couch, Ilona Eke, Royce Files, Ryan Garrett, Nick Garver, Sola Fadiran, Jimmy Hendricks, Landon Hawkins, Nicholas Heffelfinger, Casey Hull, Pauline Humbert, Philip Johnson, Aaron Kaspi, Kyle Lamb, Jalen Lee, Chelsea Melamed, Eric Morin, Ty Niemeyer, David O’Connell, Kayliegh Overmyer, Liza Saracina, Evan Talkers, House & Operations Staff Nick King, Operations Assistant Manager Mark Lyons, Photographer Wendling Printing Company, Printing House Industries, Neutra Text Font Design

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INFO

GENERAL INFORMATION CCM BOX OFFICE: Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 12-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 12-4 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for Mainstage performances. Master Card, VISA and Discover cards are accepted. CCM Box Office, P.O. Box 210003, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0003; 513-556-4183.

PARKING: Convenient parking is available in the CCM Garage, at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue. Additional parking is available in garages throughout the UC campus. Any questions concerning on-campus parking should be directed to UC Parking Services at 513-556-2283.

TAX CREDIT: If you find that you cannot attend your performance, your tickets may be donated for tax credit as a charitable contribution. Simply notify the Box Office prior to the performance to release your seats, and give your name and address. A tax donation receipt will be mailed to you.

EMERGENCY CALLS: If you are likely to receive an emergency call during a performance, please leave your name and seat location with the House Manager. If you have a beeper, we also request that you leave it with the House Manager along with your seat number so as not to disturb the audience and actors. In case of emergencies, this will help us locate you as quickly as possible.

LOST AND FOUND: 513-556-9413 HOUSE POLICIES: The House Manager has been instructed to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times which are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times.

Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of six are not to be admitted.

CAMERAS, PHONES AND RECORDING DEVICES: The possession of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is strictly prohibited.

Please leave them with the House Manager.

SMOKING AND REFRESHMENTS: Smoking and refreshments are not permitted in the theater. Effective January 1, 2006, smoking is prohibited inside all buildings, athletics facilities and vehicles owned,

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operated or leased by the University of Cincinnati. Smoking is also prohibited within 25 feet of all university building entrances, exits, air intakes and operable windows. Smoking shall not be permitted on any bridge, overpass or enclosed walkway.

HEARING ENHANCEMENT: Telex listening devices are available for checkout during performances in both Patricia Corbett Theater and Corbett Auditorium. Please inquire at the Box Office.

WHEELCHAIR SEATING: Wheelchair seating is available in both theaters. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made with the Box Office when ordering tickets. These seats are subject to availability.

GROUP SALES: The Box Office can accommodate groups for major productions and concerts. Preview and benefit performances are also available for some productions. For more information, call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.

CCM ONLINE: ccm.uc.edu JOIN THE CCM FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: www.facebook.com/ UCCollegeConservatoryofMusic FOLLOW CCM ON TWITTER: twitter.com/UC_CCM The purpose of these performances is educational and is part of the University of Cincinnati academic program.

KNOW YOUR EXIT

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364 Tangeman University Center

THINK THURSDAYS! First & Fourth Thursday of Every Month:

Wine& Spirits Tasting 5 - 7 p.m.

Third Thursday of Every Month:

Chef’s Table DINNER WITH DRINK PAIRINGS

5 - 7 p.m.

Join us for Lunch, Mon.- Fri., just over the CCM Bridge. uc.edu/mick_macks

Starbucks CCM Café

4215 Mary Emery Hall HOURS: Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Friday 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Every Wednesday in print.

Everyday online at the new citybeat.com

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Music for

All Seasons THIRD ANNIVERSARY SERIES: 2015-2016

Intimate Teatime concerts of music for voices and instruments at Historic Peterloon — 8605 Hopewell Road, Indian Hill

Mozart For The Voice

October 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM

Notturni for voices and clarinets Concert Arias The Impresario

Happy Holidays with Kimberly Daniel and Friends

December 6, 2015 at 2:00 PM Seasonal music from around the world

Speak Love

February 14, 2016 at 2:00 PM Brahms – Liebeslieder Waltzes, Schubert – On the Shore, Kurt Weill - Songs

Paris: City of Light April 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM

Ravel, Debussy, Massenet, Fauré and Berlioz, Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals

Single Tickets: $30; Four-Ticket Flexible Passes: $100 Buy by mail: Music For All Seasons, PO Box 43172, Cincinnati, OH 45243 Email your reservations: musicseasons@zoomtown.com For brochure or more info: www.musicforallseasonscincinnati.com Visit us on Facebook: Music for all Seasons Cincinnati All revenues from ticket sales are donated to the Voice Scholarship Programs at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

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NEW! CollEgE Nights @ EnsEmblE ThEaTrE CinCinnaTi

Score two $10 advance tickets* for any 7:00 pm Sunday with valid student i.d. for any performance during the 2015-2016 Season

“Sharr White has created two fine and ferociously damaged people caught in [an] emotional whirlpool.” – Huffington Post

2012 Drama Desk awarD for outstanDing Play

march 22 – april 10, 2016 #Annapurna Regional PRemieRe dRama. What if you had experienced the defining moment of your life—but couldn’t remember it? Twenty years ago, Emma walked out on her husband, cowboy-poet Ulysses, in the middle of the night.

Now, hearing he’s in dire straits, she tracks him down to the wilds of Colorado in a grungy trailer. He’s working on his magnum opus, hooked to an oxygen tank, and cooking breakfast in the buff. Their reunion, charged by rage and compassion, is a story that rides the fine line between tragedy and comedy.

ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI

The 2015-2016 OTTO M. Budig FaMily FOundaTiOn SeaSOn

Find us @EnsembleCincy

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CINCINNATI OPERA 2016 SEASON AT THE ARONOFF CENTER

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Die Fledermaus June 16 & 18

WORLD PREMIERE! Gregory Spears & Greg Pierce

Fellow Travelers June 17–July 10 Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio

July 7 & 9 Giacomo Puccini

Tosca

July 23, 27 & 29

Subscriptions now on sale!

(513) 241-2742 cincinnatiopera.org Season Presenting Sponsor

Season Funder

Additional Support

The Corbett Foundation Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust

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Follow your Dreams.

They give a pathway to the wonder of who you are. — Debbie Burns

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation is proud to be CCM’s Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor.