CCM's Mainstage Series Presents CENDRILLON

2016-17 MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

CENDRILLON Composed by Jules Massenet Libretto by Henri Caïn

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Nov. 17-20, 2016 Corbett Auditorium

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CENDRILLON Composed by Jules Massenet Libretto by Henri CaĂŻn Conductor Mark Gibson Director Robin Guarino Musical Preparation Marie-France Lefebvre Choreographer Vince DeGeorge

Scenic Designer Thomas C. Umfrid

Wig & Make-Up Designer Shannon Hutchins*

Lighting Designer Erik McCandless*

Stage Manager Nicki Berger*

Costume Designer Maria Lenn*

Corbett Auditorium Nov. 17-20, 2016

Rehearsal Pianists Sophie Chen* Maria Fuller* Jesse Leong* Steven Liening* * CCM Student

Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Season Production Sponsor Macy’s

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

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Driving Social Change through the Arts I have come to realize the transformative nature of music. The performance itself is an agent of change that powerfully impacts people’s lives.

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GREGORY J. MARKS When Gregory Marks was awarded a full University Graduate Scholarship to study opera characterization at CCM, his life’s path was transformed. He still remembers the wisdom imparted to him by the great basso buffo Italo Tajo and voice teacher Patricia Berlin: be true to yourself, find your story in the character, pay attention to details, believe in your performance and own it. These core truths have guided Gregory throughout his rewarding career as a tenor with the San Francisco Opera, a teacher, an arts activist and an administrator.

In his own life story, Gregory has remained true to himself by recognizing the many opportunities from which he has benefitted. In appreciation for his training, Gregory gives annually to the Thomas W. Busse Trust to benefit the Voice Department. Gregory has also named CCM as a primary beneficiary of his estate in order to establish a scholarship to support voice students with a preference for musical theatre and opera. Gregory’s gifts assure that his legacy — his passion for the transformative power of music — will flourish with a new generation of CCM graduates.

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SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT ONE:

We begin in the middle of a film shoot, which is slowly falling apart because of a difficult cast. Two of the lead actors, Pandolfe and Madame de la Haltière, are a squabbling couple, and Madame’s two daughters from a previous marriage, Dorothèe and Noèmie, are delaying the film’s progress with their diva-like antics. Lucette, a script girl and Pandolfe’s daughter from a previous marriage, dreams of one day becoming an actress herself. After a long day of filming, she falls asleep on the set and dreams of starring in the movie. Her fairy godmother appears in the guise of the Costume Designer, and, with her assistants, transports Lucette to the Prince’s ball.

ACT TWO:

The director is attempting to film an elaborate ball scene with the Prince, but the actor refuses to cooperate with him or anyone else on the set.

The Prince is lost in melancholy. Suddenly, Lucette arrives and completely enthralls him. He is now lost in her presence.

ACT THREE:

Lucette awakes to find herself back on the set, but nothing can ever be the same again after her dream. Madame de la Haltière, Pandolfe and Lucette’s stepsisters return, fighting about the mysterious woman who appeared during the ball scene. Enraged, Pandolfe throws his wife and stepdaughters off of the set and tries to comfort Lucette. Left alone, Lucette drifts off and returns to her dream, but this time the Prince is waiting for her. They both realize that they are in love and that they need to find each other.

ACT FOUR:

Pandolfe worries about Lucette as she awakes from her dream of the Prince. The filming of the royal procession is about to begin. The actor playing the Prince recognizes Lucette among the cast and crew, and they are finally united in real life.

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NOTES

DIRECTOR’S NOTE This production of Cendrillon pays homage to French filmmaker François Truffaut’s acclaimed outsider film, Day for Night. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the reality behind the artifice of motion pictures. Lucette in Cendrillon is a nobody script girl on the set of a movie studio. A Truffaut-like director tries to shoot a film that is constantly thwarted by the misbehavior of temperamental movie starlets and a melancholic leading man playing the Prince. The atmosphere is rife with ambition, frustration, competition and intrigue when the magic of cinema happens and the two lovers meet.

– Robin Guarino

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The creative team would like to acknowledge and thank the following people: Marie-France Lefebvre, Mark Gibson, Andreas Hager, Ed and Nancy Rosenthal and Kat and Steve Miller.

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COMPANY THE COMPANY

Lucette, the script girl.......................................................................GRACE NEWBERRY* JASMIN WHITE^ Actor playing the Prince..................................................................KAYLEIGH DECKER* AMBER FASQUELLE^ The Director “Herald”/Ensemble...............................................................ALEX HARPER Assistant Director/Ensemble.........................................................MURRELLA PARTON The Camera Man/Ensemble.................................................................MICHAEL HYATT Pandolfe, an actor (Lucette’s father).......................................CHRISTIAN PURSELL* JOHN TIBBETTS^ Madame de la Haltière, an actress (Pandolfe’s second wife).............................................................................KARIS TUCKER* REBECCA PRINTZ^ Noémie, an actress (Madame de la Haltière’s daughter).............................................. NICOLE HODGINS Dorothée, an actress (Madame de la Haltière’s daughter)......................................... CHELSEA MELAMED The Costume Designer “Fairy”................................................. ERICA INTILANGELO* HEIDI MIDDENDORF^ Assistant Costume “Spirits”/Ensemble............................................BRIANNA BRAGG, SHANNON COCHRAN, ABIGAIL HOYT, CLAIRE LOPATKA, LISA ROGALI, AMY JOY STEPHANS Actor “The King”/Ensemble............................................................ SAMSON MCCRADY Actor “The Prime Minister”/Ensemble.............................................................ZANE HILL Actor “The Dean”/Ensemble...............................................................ROBERT STAHLEY Make-up Girls/Ensemble........................................................................... PAGE MICHELS, NATALIE SHEPPARD Female Extra/Ensemble................................................................. REBECCA CASTILLO Male Extra/Ensemble.............................................................................. LOGAN WAGNER Lighting Crew/Ensemble.........................................................................DONGHWI BAEK * Thursday, Nov. 17 and Sunday, Nov. 20 ^ Saturday, Nov. 19 Cendrillon is performed in four acts with a brief pause between Acts I and II and an intermission between Acts II and III. The production will be approximately three hours.

The opera will be sung in French and presented with English supertitles.

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THE VILLAGE NEWS ALUMNI APPLAUSE Since making her Metropolitan Opera debut in December 2014 as the title role in Aida, soprano Tamara Wilson (BM Voice, 2004) has made headlines for her outstanding presence on the stage. In the 2015-16 season, she made appearances with the English National Opera, Oper Frankfurt, the Baltimore Symphony and the Cincinnati Symphony, among others. Wilson was also named the winner of the 2016 Richard Tucker Award, which comes with an impressive $50,000 cash prize.

Recent graduate and mezzo-soprano Paulina Villarreal (MM Voice, 2015) returned to Cincinnati this fall to continue her DMA studies after giving a solo recital in her native country of Mexico at the Escuela Municipal de Música. An emerging artist, Villareal has performed both as a soloist and on opera stages across the U.S. and Mexico. In 2015 she was named a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, where she performed in the world premiere of Yehudi Weyner’s In the Arms of Sleep.

Stuart Skelton (MM Voice, 1995) recently opened the Metropolitan Opera’s 2016-17 season as Tristan in Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. The tenor was featured in the New York Times for taking on the difficult role, which he sang for the first time in Germany and London previously this year. The New York Times praised Skelton’s Met performance and wrote that he sang with “integrity and feeling.”

Conducting alumna and former faculty member Xian Zhang (CCM, 19982009) recently made her debut as the music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. She also serves as the principal guest conductor of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales this season — the first female conductor to hold a titled role with the orchestra.

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ORCHESTRA CCM PHILHARMONIA Mark Gibson, conductor Yael Front, assistant conductor, Sunday matinee Violin I Yu-Kun Hsiang, concertmaster Saegyol Yi, assistant concertmaster David Goist Saeyun Lee Alexandria Hill Ji Seong Kim Heerae Kim Vicki Hsu Zhe Deng I Hsin We YuanYuan Guo Christine Kim Byeongseok Park^ Minghao Qu^ Violin II Tonya Buettner, principal Pin Hsuan Chen, assistant principal Kanako Shimasaki Dan Qiao Jack Bogard Hanna Ra Xiangyuan Huang Songqi Fei Yu Chih Chang XIn Nie Karen Lee^ Viola Courtney O’Keefe, principal Youhyun Lee, assistant principal Jonathan Moore Jalen Lee Sarah Macey Jiyun Jeon Martin Hintz

Tyler Pacheco Yu Gan^ Sara Friedberg^ Cello Peter Phelan, principal Leah Plave, assistant principal Matt Shin Jonathan Chyi Li-Hsin Huang Erin Patterson Soyoon Park^ Micah Doner^ Bass Bryan Hansen, principal Jack Henning, assistant principal Kyle Lane Brenton Carter Kate Alexandria^ Flute Elizabeth Darling, principal Jenny Lehtonen Piccolo Munjung Kwag Oboe Jenna Sehmann, principal James Hardaway English Horn Jenna Sehmann Clarinet Hayden Forsythe, principal Leia Carter

Bassoon Demet Angin, principal Shelby Jones Horn Lori Roy, principal Lucy Smith Jessica Pinkham Stephen Newberry Trumpet Svend Lykkegaard, principal Amy Schaaf Trombone Tony Tang, principal Laura Fronk Russ Zokaites Tuba Alvin Ashlaw Timpani Paulina Michels Percussion Jacob Dike Kayleigh Overmyer Banda Di Yue, trumpet Alex Strawn, trumpet Joseph Rebman, harp Sophie Chen, keyboard Jesse Leong, keyboard

^ alternates

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CAST

CAST PROFILES KAYLEIGH DECKER, Actor playing the Prince Second-year graduate student from Woodstock, Maryland At CCM: Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen, Peggy in Shalimar the Clown.

Elsewhere: Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Mum in Albert Herring and Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music; Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at Opera NEO (San Diego).

AMBER FASQUELLE, Actor playing the Prince First-year artist diploma student from San Francisco, California Elsewhere: Stephano in Roméo et Juliette and Dorabella cover in Dorabella at Aspen Music Festival’s Opera Center, Ruggiero in Alcina at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Squirrel/White Cat in L’enfant et les sortilèges at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

NICOLE HODGINS, Noémie, an actress (Madame de la Haltière’s daughter) Second-year graduate student from Cary, North Carolina At CCM: Chicken in The Cunning Little Vixen, Slave in Salome. Elsewhere: Mother in Hansel and Gretel and Charlotte in Before Breakfast at the Peabody Institute (Baltimore).

CHELSEA MELAMED, Dorothée, an actress (Madame de la Haltière’s daughter) Second-year graduate student from San Francisco, California At CCM: Firdaus Norman in Shalimar the Clown, Page of Herodias in Salome. Elsewhere: Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Arsmene in Serse, Meg March in Little Women, Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi at San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Annio in La clemenza di Tito at Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute (San Francisco).

HEIDI MIDDENDORF, The Costume Designer “Fairy” Second-year graduate student from Akron, Ohio At CCM: Frantik in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Ms. Wordsworth in Albert Herring at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute at Opera NEO (San Diego).

GRACE NEWBERRY, Lucette, the script girl Second-year graduate student from Thousand Oaks, California At CCM: Olga in The Merry Widow, Soloist in William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs. Elsewhere: Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, Diane in The Ghosts of Versailles and Modestina in Il viaggio a Reims at Wolf Trap Opera Company (Vienna, Virginia); L’enfant in L’enfant et les sortilèges and Annio in La clemenza di Tito at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Bradamante in Alcina at Janiec Opera Company (Brevard, North Carolina).

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CAST PROFILES

REBECCA PRINTZ, Madame de la Haltière, an actress (Pandolfe’s second wife) First-year graduate student from Brookline, Massachusetts Elsewhere: Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Mrs. Hildebrand in Street Scene and Florence Pike in Albert Herring at Oberlin Opera Theater (Oberlin, Ohio); Eustazio in Rinaldo at Opera NEO (San Diego) and Speranza in L’Orfeo at Oberlin in Italy (Arezzo, Italy).

CHRISTIAN PURSELL, Pandolfe, an actor (Lucette’s father) Second-year graduate student from Santa Cruz, California At CCM: Tom in Some Light Emerges, Harasta in The Cunning Little Vixen, Grinder Trusty in Joan of Arc at the Stake, Fifth Jew in Salome, Abdullah in Shalimar the Clown. Elsewhere: Senator Potter’s Assistant in Fellow Travelers and Jailor in Tosca at Cincinnati Opera, Belcore in The Elixir of Love at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

JOHN TIBBETTS, Pandolfe, an actor (Lucette’s father) Second-year graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia At CCM: Pritschitsch in The Merry Widow, Signor Bruschino in Il signor Bruschino. Elsewhere: Abner Watkins in Emmeline at Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

KARIS TUCKER, Madame de la Haltière, an actress (Pandolfe’s second wife) First-year graduate student from Cluj, Romania Elsewhere: Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas at Crescendo Summer Institute of the Arts (Budapest, Hungary), La Badessa in Suor Angelica, Gertrude in Hansel und Gretel and Carmen in Carmen at the University of Southern Mississippi.

JASMIN WHITE, Lucette, the script girl Second-year graduate student from Grand Ronde, Oregon At CCM: Marshallin in Scenes from Der Rosenkavalier. Elsewhere: Mimì in Scenes from La Bohème, Anna in Scenes from Don Giovanni and Susannah in Scenes from Susannah at Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, Colorado); Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Sister Martha in Dialogue of the Carmelites and Sister Rose in Scenes from Dead Man Walking at University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

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PRODUCTION STAFF PROFILES NICKI BERGER, Stage Manager Senior from Clearwater, Florida At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Lysistrata Jones, Fall Dance Showcase 2015 and CCM Preparatory’s Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.; Assistant Stage Manager for Carousel, The Coronation of Poppea, Macbeth and CCM Preparatory’s Xanadu Jr.; Production Assistant for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Carrie: The Musical. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Murder for Two and Forever, Stage Management Intern on Man of La Mancha at Weston Playhouse (Weston, Vermont); Management Intern for Snow White and the Dancing Dwarfs at the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Stage Management Intern for La Cenerentola, Dido and Aeneas, and The Long Walk at Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, New York).

SHANNON HUTCHINS, Wig & Make-Up Designer Third-year graduate student from Spring, Texas At CCM: Wig & Make-Up Designer Assistant for Swan Lake and Big River, Make-Up Assistant/Crew Head for American Idiot, Wig & Make-Up Assistant for Peter Pan and Hansel and Gretel, Wig & Makeup Artist/Run Crew for Legally Blonde. Elsewhere: Wig & Make-Up Designer Assistant/Makeup Artisan for the 2015 and 2016 summer seasons at the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre (Logan, Utah). Film: Key Make-up Artist for Tim Neumann’s Danger Quest and for BYU Broadcasting’s 2014 “Y” Awards, Makeup Artist for BYU TV’s Studio C.

MARIA LENN, Costume Designer Third-year graduate student from Evansville, Indiana At CCM: Costume Designer for Ah, Wilderness!, Cutter/Draper for Idomeneo, Swan Lake and The Merry Widow; Assistant Design for Hansel and Gretel and The Heidi Chronicles. Elsewhere: Costume Coordination for Peter Pan and Cutter/Draper for Hunchback of Notre Dame, When You Wish and Sister Act at Tuacahn Center for the Arts (St. George, Utah); Costume Designer for Boeing Boeing and The Church Basement Ladies at Wayside Theater (Middletown, Virginia), Costume Designer for The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Romeo and Juliet at the University of Evansville (Evansville, Indiana), Wardrobe Supervisor for Norwegian Cruise Line.

ERIK MCCANDLESS, Lighting Designer Second-year graduate student from Evansville, Indiana At CCM: Lighting Designer for Il signor Bruschino, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Cunning Little Vixen, The Merry Widow and Pentecost. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Rock of Ages at the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center (Covington, Kentucky) and Spring Awakening at University of Southern Indiana Theatre (Evansville, Indiana), Lighting Designer for In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play) and Assistant Lighting Designer for Madame Butterfly at Kentucky Opera (Louisville, Kentucky), Assistant Lighting Designer for Lady of the Camellias at Cincinnati Ballet.

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PRODUCTION STAFF Associate Director....................................................................................Andreas Hager Chorusmaster......................................................................................Matthew Swanson Supertitles....................................................................................................Natalie Martell Supertitles Operator............................................................................... Andrew Volzer Technical Director....................................................................................Brett Pavlovich Assistant Technical Director..............................................................Rebecca Clancy Assistant Stage Managers..........................Kaelyn Kreicbergs, Chelsea Taylor Production Assistant............................................................................... Andrew Volzer Assistant Scenic Designers......................Karly Hasselfeld, Theron Wineinger Assistant Lighting Designers.................Marissa Childress, Elanor Eberhardt Sound Supervisor........................................................................................ Steven Moses Assistant Costume Designers...............................Twila Johnson, Ashley Trujillo Assistant Wig & Make-Up Designers.............Meredith Keister, Missy White Props Masters........................................................... Logan Greenwell, Olivia Leigh Set Construction Crew................................ Matthew Barnett, Chandler Bates, Jacob Bober, Zach Buscher, Garek Bushnell, Travis Byrne, Jacob Clark, Will Clark, Lindsey Cohen, Zoe Cotzias, Briana Czatt, Noelle Evans, Matt Fox, Aaron Fuentes, Beth Goodill, Will Graham, Krista Hanks, Justin Hollingsworth, Kelly Howland, Christopher Jacobs, Janelle John-Lewis, Maddie Kevelson, Nick King, Julie Lasonczyk, Jenna Lawhorn, Zach Lipo Zovic, Graham Lutes, Jeremy Maislin, Gabriella Medina, Amy Melia, Audrey Melko, Tori Merrick, Kendall Montunnas, Lindsey Mummert, Emily Murdock, Briley Oakley, Abigail Palen, Aaron Palmer, Eliza Palter, Samuel Peterson, Marissa Picciuto, Kate Pozner, Madison Pullman, Paige Rogozinski, Gabe Rosenthal, Haleigh Sano, Jack Steiner, Gabriel Trillana, Andrew Volzer, Emily Wallace, Hannah Werle, Elizabeth Williams, Cole Wright Scenic Charge Artist............................................................................Karly Hasselfeld Assistant Scenic Charge Artists......................................................Whitney Glover, Logan Greenwell, Will Sawyer Master Carpenter..............................................................................................Ben Woida Scene Shop Assistants......................................William Becker, Rebecca Clancy, Ethan Dorian, Meagan Edwards, Tim Italiano, Caroline Kamper, Andrew Leone, Andrew Martin, Cole Nevins, Brett Pavlovich, Haley Schutzenberger, Gus Tucker, Christian Wade, Ben Woida Paint Crew.......................................................................Ellie Fangman, Kylie Kanter, Levi Kiess, Jenn Pallas, Lindsey Purvis

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Props Graduate Assistants........................ Matthew D. Hamel, Mara Tunnicliff Props Construction Crew...............................................Jack Broda, Cari Camper, Ethan Dorian, Justin Dudzik, Bryce Edmonston, Ellie Fangman, Logan Greenwell, Kylie Kanter, Olivia Leigh, Sam Lewis, Cole Nevins, Jenn Pallas, Chris Wade, Theron Wineinger, Meghan Winter Master Electrician......................................................................................Alec Molinaro Assistant Master Electricians....................................... Ben Christ, Andy Hillman Light Board Operator................................................................................Andy Hillman Spot Operators........................................................Matthew Barnett, Erin Magner Deck Electricians ................................................................... Courtney Hikenlooper, Kelly Howland, Margo Leist Electrics Crew.........................................................Quinn Barret, Parker Conzone, Chris Dissinger, Justin Dudzik, Wally Eastland, Stephen Enochian, Gabby Giles, Gabe Hileman, Hannah Holtsclaw, Erin Keehnen, Zach Lipo Zovic, Oliver Littleton, Liz McGovern, Amy Melia, Frank Viskup, Devaka Walpola, Hallie Wilde Electrics Shop Manager......................................................................Jeremy Dominik Electrics Shop Assistants..................................Wally Eastland, Oliver Littleton, Erik McCandless, Nick Saiki Sound Board Operator...................................................................................Skye Cone Sound Shop Supervisor.......................................................................... Patrick Jansen Sound Shop Graduate Assistants............................................Matt D. Birchmeier, Patrick Jansen, Jake Jobes, Steve Moses Sound Load-In Crew................................... Matt D. Birchmeier, Patrick Jansen, Jake Jobes, Sam Lewis, Michael Osterwisch Costume Shop Graduate Assistants.........................................Jessica Barksdale, Ashley Berg, Maria Lenn, Brandon Thompson, Ashley Trujillo Patternmakers/Drapers............................. Jessica Barksdale, Laura Molander, Susan Morrison Wardrobe Crew Head..............................................................................Antwan Jones Wardrobe Running Crew............................... Maridee Alexander, Travis Byrne, Caroline Castleman, Jacob Clark, Lindsey Cohen, Christopher Jacobs, Meredith Keister, Zach Lipo Zovic, Tori Merrick, Lindsey Mummert, Marissa Picciuto, Missy White, Elizabeth Williams, Cole Wright Wig & Make-up Crew Head............................................................Meredith Keister Wig & Make-up Running Crew................................. Briana Czatt, Will Graham, Janelle John-Lewis, Amy Melia, Paige Rogozinski, Hanna Werle Stage Management Office Assistants............... Jeffrey Harwood, Tori Rezek

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SPONSORS 2016-17 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 CCM/CSO Diversity Fellowship Sponsor

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Season Presenting Sponsor, Musical Theatre Program Sponsor & Event Sponsor

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

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation H. Wayne Ferguson Family Foundation The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./ U.S. Bank Foundation The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc. Frances R. Luther Charitable Trust Community Partners

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Anonymous The Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander Mrs. William A. Friedlander Dr. & Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bloom Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman Dr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Striker The Thomas J. Emery Memorial Ariel Quartet Sponsors

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TAPAA FACULTY & STAFF Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration Rocco Dal Vera, TAPAA Division Head/Producer Steve Beirens, Dance Instructor/Ballet John Thomas Bell, Dance Instructor/Ballet Aubrey Berg, Chair of Musical Theatre Department Michael Blankenship, Resident Scenic Artist Rebecca Bromels, Arts Administration Jeffrey Brown, TD&P Instructor/Video Media Lydia Brown, Opera Vocal Coach Ka-Ron Brown Lehman, Dance Instructor/Modern Deirdre Carberry, Resident Dance Choreographer/Ballet Michael Carr, Musical Theatre Instructor/Movement Marilyn Caskey, Vocal Production Rebecca Childs, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Theory Colleen Condit, Dance Program Manager Anne Cushing-Reid, Arts Administration Instructor Denise Dal Vera, Business Skills for the Actor Instructor Kimberly Daniel de Acha, Voice/Musical Theatre Vince DeGeorge, Musical Theatre/Opera Performance Wendy Dorn, TD&P Instructor Isabelle Elefson, Dance Instructor James H. Gage, Resident Lighting Designer Diaz Gema, Dance Instructor Stephen Goers, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Director Emma Griffin, Opera Director Roger Grodsky, Musical Theatre Vocal Coach/Conductor Robin Guarino, Chair of Opera Department Patti Hall, TAPAA Program Manager Mark Halpin, Resident Scenic Designer Jean Hamilton, Arts Administration Department Director Richard E. Hess, Chair of Acting Department Steve Irwin, Dance Instructor/Hip-Hop Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer, Dance Instructor/Ballet Patti James, Tap/Jazz/Choreography/Musical Theatre Qi Jiang, Chair of Dance Department Foster Johns, Vocal Production k. Jenny Jones, Acting/Movement, Stage Combat Michele Kay, Chair of TD&P/Stage Management Mike Kelly, Dance Instructor/Ballet

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Diane Lala, Resident Musical Theatre 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 AndrÊ 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 Laura Molander, Theatre Costume Tech Susan Morrison, Technical Theatre Specialist Susan Moser, Acting and Opera Instructor/Theatre Movement Robert G. Pavlovich, Acting for the Camera/Theatre History Katelyn Groh Reid, Instructor/Dialects Brant Russell, Script Analysis/Director Rebecca Senske, Associate Costume Designer Stirling Shelton, Technical Director D’Arcy Smith, Voice Production/Vocal Coach Julie Spangler, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Director Sharon Stith, Financial Administrator Kristin Suess, Arts Administration Instructor/Career Management Michael Tevlin, Resident Dance Choreographer/Ballet Daniel Townsend, Make-Up and Wigs Instructor Regina Truhart, Costume Technology Andrea Tutt, Dance Instructor Thomas C. Umfrid, Resident Scenic Designer Suzette Boyer Webb, Dance Instructor/Ballet Kyle Wichman, Scene Shop Foreman Mark C. Williams, Lighting Technology and Design Karen Wissel, Dance Instructor/Modern Scott Woolley, Sound Instructor Kelly A. Yurko, Resident Make-Up and Wigs Designer Adam Zeek, Resident Master Electrician

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CCM ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF bruce d. mcclung, Interim Dean and Thomas James Kelly Professor of Music Scott Lipscomb, Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies John Martin, Assistant Dean of Preparatory and Community Engagement Andrea M. Fitzgerald, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Services Kathryn Zajac Albertson, Senior Admissions Officer Kandice Odister, Admissions Program Manager Diane White, Director of Business Affairs Steve McConnell, Business Manager TJ Hizer, Human Resources Consultant Rayburn Dobson, Jr., Senior Director of Performance Operations Beth Dochinger, Senior Director of Development and External Relations Karen Tully, Director of Development and External Relations Stephanie Dumais, Assistant Director of Constituent Development Curt Whitacre, Director of Marketing and Communications Mikki Graff, Graphic Designer Rebecca Butts, Assistant Public Information Officer Alexandra Doyle, Charlotte Kies, Public Information Assistants Mark Lyons, Photographer John McDonagh, Director of Facilities and Performance Services Eric Wolfley, Director of Piano Services Rebekah Whitacre, Piano Technician Simรณn Sotelo, Director of Recording Services Eric Louie, Scheduling Manager Jeanne Rose, Box Office Manager Seika Fukumoto, Karen Lee, Joe Murrell, Box Office Assistant Managers Olivia Baer, Annie Barr, Daniel Blevins, Mackenzie Brauns, Albert Carter, Jr., Rachel Culley, Taylor Fleshman, Gabi Gorgas, Delaney Jacob, Zach Jones, Charlotte Kies, Brent Levy, Shannon Lock, Jerome McCray, Anthony Smith, Box Office Staff Kate Alexandra, Abigail Martin, Eric Morin, House Managers Desiree Adams, Faroq Al-Rjoub, Charlie Aloisi, Alvin Ashlaw, Nicki Berger, Emilio Carlo, Jabari Carter, Nicole Chance, Lily Couch, Ilona Eke, Kyle Evanoff, Ryan Garrett, Nick Garver, Paula Gibson, Nicholas Heffelfinger, Alison Hinton, Casey Hull, Pauline Humbert, Jennelle John-Lewis, Philip Johnson-Richardson, Umpha Koroma, Kyle Lamb, Jalen Lee, Miranda Martin, Steve McClain, Anurag Neti, Madison Nuss, Kayliegh Overmyer, Max Schaefer, Jenna Sehmann, Micah Tawney, House and Operations Staff Nick King, Operations Assistant Manager 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, noon-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for Mainstage performances.

MasterCard, Visa and Discover cards are accepted. CCM Box Office, P.O. Box 210003, Cincinnati, OH 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 performers. 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 that 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 use 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 VIEW CCM ON INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/uc_ccm READ THE CCM VILLAGE NEWS BLOG: ccmpr.wordpress.com The purpose of these performances is educational, and they are part of the University of Cincinnati academic program.

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CINCINNATI OPERA 2017 SEASON AT THE ARONOFF

Giacomo Puccini

La Bohème

June 15, 17, 22 & 24 Robert Xavier Rodríguez

Frida

June 23–July 8 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Magic Flute July 15, 20, 22 & 23m

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Opera in the Park

June 11 in Washington Park SPECIAL COLLABORATION WITH CONCERT : NOVA

Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek

Song from the Uproar July 17, 18, 19 & 21

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Season Presenting Sponsor

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Preferred Healthcare Provider

Season Funders

College Nights

@ EnsEmblE ThEaTrE CinCinnaTi Get two $10 advance tickets for any 7:00 pm Sunday performance in the 2016-2017 Season (excludes holiday show) with valid student i.d.

Brooke Steele in Cinderella, 2015. Photo by Ryan Kurtz.

The next chapter of our best-selling show arrives this holiday season!

family-friendly musical

nov 30 – dec 30

jan 17 – feb 5 finally, a musical about one of the most dangerous endeavors known: the dreaded blind date.

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season funder

operating support

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Music by Bernstein, Copland and John Williams

The CSO’s community-wide project that brings people together through music Come HOME for Thanksgiving weekend concerts NOV 25 & 26, 2016 Taft Theatre NOV 25: Drink, Draw + Listen Join us for a series of free community events throughout the month of November!

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CSO ASCENT SERIES SPONSOR

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