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October 26 - December 14
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STEPHEN SCHWARTZ BOOK BY PETER PARNELL DIRECTED BY SCOTT SCHWARTZ LYRICS BY
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BASED ON THE NOVEL BY VICTOR HUGO Produced in association with Paper Mill Playhouse, by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions.
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We look forward to seeing you at La Jolla Playhouse at your upcoming performance of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Below is some additional information about the production and the venue to enhance your theater-going experience. Parking Parking is free for all subscribers. For all others parking is $2 (subject to change), Mon-Fri. Upon arrival to campus, please purchase your parking permit from one of the automated pay stations located next to the information kiosk. Simply park, note your space number, and pay $2 at the pay station. Pay stations accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express or cash ($1 and $5), and do not give change. You will not need to return to your car. Parking is free on the weekends. Audience Engagement Events The Playhouse offers unique opportunities for audience members to delve deeper into the play with these special performance series options: Talkback Tuesdays: Participate in a lively discussion with actors and Playhouse staff members after the performance. - Tuesday, November 4 following the 7:30 pm performance - Tuesday, November 11 following the 7:30 pm performance Discovery Sunday: Explore the themes of the production with special guest speakers. - Sunday, December 7 following the 2:00 pm performance Insider Events: Join Playhouse staff for a special pre-performance presentation that gives an insider’s view of the play. - Wednesday, November 19 at 6:45 pm - Saturday, November 22 at 1:15 pm Foodie Fridays: Buy a ticket to The Hunchback of Notre Dame and enjoy San Diego’s finest food trucks, plus a complimentary microbrew tasting from Stone Brewing Company. - Friday, November 7 starting at 6:00 pm - Friday, December 5 starting at 6:00 pm Accessibility A golf cart is available to assist patrons with accessibility issues to and from the parking lot. Please notify Patron Services prior to your performance if you are in need of this service; additionally, you may pull into the five minute parking in front of the theatre, and a friendly La Jolla Playhouse greeter will assist you.
ACCESS PERFORMANCES ACCESS Performance: During this performance, La Jolla Playhouse provides American Sign Language interpretation and audio description. - Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 pm Open Captioned Performance: - Sunday, November 23 at 2:00 pm ASL Interpreted Performance: - Friday, November 21 at 8:00 pm Dining La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to announce that James’ Place will be the Theatre District’s new on-site restaurant, beginning service soon!
Developed by renowned Sushi Master James Holder, the menu will include his signature sushi, as well as delectable dishes created with Prime and Angus cuts of beef, locally and sustainably harvested seafood, along with seasonal dishes. A lighter fare menu will also be served at the newly-redesigned sushi/cocktail bar, featuring craft beer and California wines. Please contact La Jolla Playhouse Patron Services at (858) 550-1010 for more information. Until James’ Place opens, we also recommend the following nearby restaurants: Dolce Pane e Vino 16081 San Dieguito Road Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 dolcepaneevino.com
Pamplemousse Grille 514 Via de la Valle, Suite 100 Solana Beach, CA 92075 pgrille.com
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 8970 University Center Lane San Diego, CA 92122 flemingssteakhouse.com
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 rockbottom.com
Giuseppe Restaurants & Fine Catering 700 Prospect Street San Diego, CA 92037 giuseppecatering.com
Roppongi Restaurant & Sushi Bar 875 Prospect Street La Jolla, CA 92037 roppongiusa.com
MISSION: La Jolla Playhouse advances theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow. With our youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach, we will continue to cultivate a local and national following with an insatiable appetite for audacious and diverse work. In the future, San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse will be considered singularly indispensable to the worldwide theatre landscape, as we become a permanent safe harbor for the unsafe and surprising. The day will come when it will be essential to enter the La Jolla Playhouse village in order to get a glimpse of what is about to happen in American theatre.
La Jolla Playhouse has received La Jolla Playhouse has received the the highest rating from Charity highest rating from Charity Navigator, Navigator, the nation’s premier the nation’s premier charity evaluator. charity evaluator. P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
OUR MISSION
A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dear Friends, The experience of the outsider is a powerful source of drama. I imagine that all of us – regardless of our ethnicity, religion, abilities, sexual orientation or economic circumstances – have felt like an outcast at one point or another. Truly great writers can transform a specific source of exclusion into something universally relatable, as Victor Hugo does in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In fact, this story contains several people who are shunned from “proper” society. Quasimodo is confined to his bell towers, literally and metaphorically uninvited to the party that takes place – in full view of his prison – in the town square below. Esmeralda and her fellow Romani are viewed with distrust and suspicion by the townspeople of Paris; when they dare to emerge from their hidden encampment, they’re greeted with derision and contempt. Even Frollo, the archdeacon who serves as Quasimodo’s master, is forced to keep his innermost desires hidden tightly beneath his religious garments. For each of these characters, showing one’s face has real, cataclysmic consequences. So too, however, does hiding it away. This is the wonderful tension and conflict that exists in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in the story of the outsider. This new musical version of Hugo’s story – beautifully brought to life by Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Peter Parnell, Scott Schwartz and an army of talented actors, singers, musicians, designers and crew – gives the outcasts their moment on stage, in full and glorious voice. Sincerely,
Christopher Ashley
PATRON SERVICES PATRON SERVICES is located in the lobby area of each theatre. A representative is available to answer questions and hand out assisted listening devices, restaurant guides, performance schedules and subscription information. BARS AND CONCESSIONS are open one hour prior to curtain and during intermissions. To avoid the rush, intermission beverages can be ordered before the show. CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES are strictly
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PARKING is free for subscribers; $2 for the general public on weekdays (free on weekends). Upon arrival to campus, please enter your parking space number and pay the automated paystations located in the parking lot. Spaces that are not paid for are subject to ticketing by UC San Diego Campus Police. BABES IN ARMS Out of respect for fellow audience members and the performers, babes in arms are not permitted in the theatre during performances.
THEATRE TOURS Tour the stages and production shops of the Playhouse facilities and learn more about the history of La Jolla Playhouse and the role that it plays in the community. Contact (858) 550-1070 x101. ACCESSIBILITY
La Jolla Playhouse provides wheelchair-accessible seating and parking. Wheelchair seat locations are available for wheelchair users and a companion at all performances; be sure to advise the reservationist that you require a wheelchair location. Additionally, a golf cart is available to assist patrons with accessibility needs to and from the parking lot. Please notify Patron Services prior to your performance if you are in need of this service; additionally, you may pull into the five minute parking in front of the theatre, and a friendly La Jolla Playhouse greeter will assist you.The Playhouse also provides assisted listening devices for patrons who are hard of hearing. Devices are available, free of charge, at the Patron Services Center prior to performances (subject to availability). Listening Devices Provided in Part by
PLEASE SILENCE all electronic devices including cellular phones, watches and pagers before the performance. Safety in the Theatre District La Jolla Playhouse is constantly working with the UC San Diego Police Department and UC San Diego Transportation and Parking Services, which operates the parking lot and security system, to maintain and improve security conditions for patrons and staff members. Additionally, patrons and staff are welcome to use UC San Diego Community Service Officers (CSOs) for an escort to their cars by calling (858) 534-WALK (9255). Further questions regarding security may be addressed to UC San Diego Police at (858) 534-HELP (4357). DOCTORS AND PARENTS expecting calls during the performance should leave their names and seat numbers with the House Manager before the show. Leave the following number with your service: (858) 550-1030. LATECOMERS or PATRONS WHO LEAVE THEIR SEAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE will be admitted to the standing room section of the theatre at the discretion of the House Manager. They may take their assigned seats at intermission. La Jolla Playhouse accepts no responsibility for inconvenience to latecomers.
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE presents Michael S. Rosenberg Managing Director
Christopher Ashley Artistic Director
BOOK BY
Peter Parnell
MUSIC BY
Alan Menken
lyrics BY
Stephen Schwartz
ChoreographeD By
Chase Brock DIRECTED BY
Scott Schwartz Featuring
Michael Arden*, Lucas Coleman, Julian Decker*, Mary Joe Duggan, Ian Patrick Gibb*, William Thomas Hodgson ‡, Beth Kirkpatrick*, Erik Liberman*, Samantha Massell*, Neal Mayer*, Nora Menken, William Michals*, Patrick Page*, Ciara Renée*, Anise Ritchie*, Vincent Rodriguez III*, Richard Ruiz*, Andrew Samonsky*, Brian Smolin ‡, Christian VillaNueva Music Supervisor/Arranger Music Director Orchestrator Dance Music Arranger Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Hair and Wig Designer Fight Director Vocal Consultant Casting Director Local Casting Director Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Managers Producing Director Artistic Producer Production Manager
Michael KosariN Brent-Alan Huffman Michael Starobin Rob Berman Alexander Dodge Alejo Vietti Howell Binkley Gareth Owen Charles G. LaPointe Steve Rankin Ursula Meyer Tara RuBin Casting Teresa Sapien M. William Shiner* Becky Fleming*, Jennifer Kahn* Judith Richardson Shirley Fishman Audrey Hoo
Produced by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Group, in association with Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director | Todd Schmidt, Managing Director Based on the Victor Hugo novel with songs from the Disney film
THE CAST (in order of appearance) Clopin Trouillefou................................................................................................................................................. Erik Liberman Dom Claude Frollo..................................................................................................................................................Patrick Page Jehan Frollo...................................................................................................................................................... Lucas Coleman Florika.......................................................................................................................................................... Samantha Massell Father Dupin.....................................................................................................................................................William Michals Quasimodo......................................................................................................................................................... Michael Arden Captain Phoebus de Martin........................................................................................................................ Andrew Samonsky Lieutenant Frederic Charlus............................................................................................................................. Ian Patrick Gibb Esmeralda...............................................................................................................................................................Ciara Renée King Louis XI.......................................................................................................................................................... Richard Ruiz Madam.............................................................................................................................................................Beth Kirkpatrick Saint Aphrodisius.....................................................................................................................................................Neal Mayer The Congregation..................................... Lucas Coleman, Ian Patrick Gibb, William Thomas Hodgson, Beth Kirkpatrick, Samantha Massell, Neal Mayer, Nora Menken, William Michals, Anise Ritchie, Vincent Rodriguez III, Richard Ruiz, Brian Smolin Choral Ensemble: SACRA/PROFANA Setting: Paris, 1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is performed with a 15-minute intermission. Understudies: Julian Decker, Ian Patrick Gibb (Quasimodo); Richard Ruiz (Clopin); William Michals (Frollo); Lucas Coleman (Phoebus); Samantha Massell (Esmeralda) Male Swings: Julian Decker, Christian Villanueva | Female Swing: Mary Joe Duggan
Additional Staff Associate Choreographer..............................................................Jason Snow
Assistant Costume Designers........................Dana Barkhart, Mary Rochon
Associate Scenic Designer.........................................................Colin McGurk
Lighting Design Assistant...............................................Christopher Lundahl ‡
Associate Lighting Designers.......................... Ryan O’Gara, Amanda Zieve
Second Assistant Director....................................................Jesca Prudencio ‡
Associate Sound Designer............................................. Joanna Lynne Staub
Stage Management Assistant..................................................Kate L. Guthrie ‡
Associate Fight Director.........................................................Wayne Kohanek
Production Assistants......................... Brent Eugene Beavers, Amy Funder
Magic Consultant, Dance Captain.................................Vincent Rodriguez III
Music Department Assistants.....................Brendan Whiting, Britt Bonney
Assistant Director.........................................................................J. Scott Lapp
Music Production Assistant........................................................... Kyle Farene
Assistant Scenic Designer.......................................................... Jenna Carino ‡
Stage Management Interns...............Elizabeth Dantaman, Zachary Schell
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage
This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
‡ UC San Diego M.F.A. Candidates in residence at La Jolla Playhouse.
La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.
Managers in the United States. The theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
ACT TWO
The Bells of Notre Dame................................... CLOPIN, FROLLO, JEHAN, FATHER DUPIN, CONGREGATION
Entr’acte........................................................................................... CHOIR
Sanctuary................................................................ FROLLO, QUASIMODO Out There............................................................................... QUASIMODO Topsy Turvy......................................................... CLOPIN, CONGREGATION Rest and Recreation............................................. PHOEBUS, FROLLO Rhythm of the Tambourine ............................ESMERALDA, FROLLO, PHOEBUS, QUASIMODO God Help the Outcasts.............................ESMERALDA, CONGREGATION Top of the World.............. ESMERALDA, QUASIMODO, CONGREGATION The Tavern Song (Thai Mol Piyas).......... GYPSIES, ESMERALDA, FROLLO
Flight into Egypt ............................ SAINT APHRODISIUS, QUASIMODO, CONGREGATION Rest and Recreation (Reprise).......................... PHOEBUS, QUASIMODO, CONGREGATION The Court of Miracles....................................................CLOPIN, GYPSIES In a Place of Miracles........................................PHOEBUS, ESMERALDA, QUASIMODO, CLOPIN, GYPSIES Someday.............................................................ESMERALDA, PHOEBUS Made of Stone........................................QUASIMODO, CONGREGATION Finale Ultimo............................................................................. COMPANY
Heaven’s Light....................................................................... QUASIMODO Hellfire................................................................FROLLO, CONGREGATION Esmeralda (Act One Finale)........................................................COMPANY
ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor..................................Brent-Alan Huffman Choir Master................................................................ Krishan Oberoi Keyboard...........................................................................Caleb Hoyer Keyboard........................................................................... Ron Colvard Concert Master........................................................Healy Henderson Violin...............................................................................Victoria Bietz Viola.............................................................................Ramón Negrón Cello..........................................................................Alex Greenbaum Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Soprano Sax................... John Reilly Oboe/English Horn/Clarinet/Alto Sax............................... Terry Halvorson Bassoon/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Baritone Sax........................Larry Rhodes Trumpet/Piccolo Trumpet..............................................Andrew Elstob Trumpet/Flugelhorn.......................................................... Rachel Allen French Horn.....................................................................Jane Zwerneman Trombone/Bass Trombone/Euphonium...............................Sean Reusch Drums/Percussion.................................................................. Danny Taylor
Contractor........................................................................ Lorin Getline Additional Orchestrations.................................................. Larry Blank Rehearsal Piano................................Caleb Hoyer, Brendan Whiting Rehearsal Drums..............................................................Danny Taylor Keyboard Programmer..................................................... Randy Cohen Associate Keyboard Programmer................................Taylor Williams
All musicians are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
Acknowledgements Special thanks to the following for their support of this production: LA Percussion Rentals • Masque Sound • ELS • Yamaha Entertainment Group • TDF Costume Collection Goodspeed Costume Rentals • Weapons by Sword and Stone • Dan Savell • Mark Jensen • Bill Sturgeon John Cowles • Ashley Rigg • Barak Stribling • Sharp Business Systems
THE COMPANY Michael Arden, Quasimodo La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Arden made his Broadway debut in Deaf West and Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Big River. Other theatre credits include The Times They Are A-Changin’, Ragtime (Avery Fisher), It’s Only Life, Swimming in the Shallows, Ace, Juno, As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, The Secret Garden, Pippin (Mark Taper Forum) and Aspects of Love, directed by Sir Trevor Nunn (Menier Chocolate Factory, London). Film credits include Source Code, Bride Wars, The Good Shepherd, Over/Under, My Eleventh and The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Arden can currently be seen on the series Anger Management on F/X and FOX. Other TV credits include: GCB, Nurse Jackie, Royal Pains, Unforgettable, Off the Map, Kings, The Closer, The Forgotten, Bones, The Return of Jezebel James, Cashmere Mafia, Grey’s Anatomy and Numb3rs. His concert work includes: Barbra Streisand, Chris Botti, Below 54, Feinstein’s at the Regency and Joe’s Pub. He formed the site-specific theater company The Forest of Arden, and their immersive production of LA Ronde is currently being developed into a feature film. As a director, Arden’s production of Spring Awakening with Deaf West Theatre is currently running at Inner City Arts in Los Angeles. Other directing credits include LA Ronde, for The Forest of Arden; For the Record: John Hughes, both in Los Angeles and NYC; and A Tale of Two Cities (Associate) on Broadway. Training: The Juilliard School. Thank you to this perfect team; my lifelong Gargoyles, Pat and Jim; and my sanctuary, Andy Mientus. Follow @michaelarden Lucas Coleman, Jehan Frollo, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: The Russian in Accomplice: San Diego. Recent credits include: Clark Kent/Superman in It’s a Bird...It’s Superman! (42nd Street Moon); Wounderkind in Sunset Blvd (Musical Theater West); Lancelot in Spamalot (Performance Riverside); Mercade in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Southwest Shakespeare); Kinickie in Grease (Lawrence Welk Theater). Other credits: Man of La Mancha (Arvada Center, Lawrence Welk, Cygnet); Gypsy (Sierra Rep); South Pacific (Welk); Les Misérables (California). Education: American Musical and Dramatic Academy Hollywood. Julian Decker, Male Swing La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Hugo Peabody in Bye Bye Birdie, Singin’ in the Rain, Combeferre in Les Misérables, Hello Dolly (The Muny). 2014 graduate of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. Thank you to Scott, Stephen and Alan for making this dream come true. Love to Katie, David, Judy, Jim and Jeff. Proud AEA member. www.julianrdecker.com | @jujdecker Mary Joe Duggan, Female Swing La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. International and national tour: My Fair Lady. Regional: In the Heights (Paramount); All Shook Up (Arvada Center); A Christmas Carol (Kansas City Rep); Footloose (Fireside); Company (Cygnet); Catch Me If You Can (Moonlight); Hairspray (Merry Go Round). Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. Ian Patrick Gibb, Lieutenant Frederic Charlus, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. National Tours: Les Misérables (Jean Prouvaire, u/s Marius). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Music Theatre Wichita, Fireside Theatre, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Education: B.M. in Musical Theatre from Oklahoma City University. Two albums: Fill in the Words and The Time of Year for Miracles on iTunes. Special thanks to B.H.R.B., family, friends, Disney Theatricals, the Hunchback Team, Tara Rubin Casting and The Mine! Mom and Dad, this is for you! www.ianpatrickgibb.com | @ianpatrickgibb
William Thomas Hodgson, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: El Henry. Regional: Brujon in Les Misérables, Puck u/s in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PCPA Theaterfest); The Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical, Aladdin in Aladdin (Berkeley Playhouse); Eugene in Yellowman (Ubuntu Theatre Project); Truffaldino in Truffaldino Says No (Shotgun Players). Education: PCPA Conservatory class of 2009, B.A. in Theatre from Santa Fe University of Art and Design, M.F.A. candidate in Acting from UC San Diego (2014). Beth Kirkpatrick, Madam, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. National Tours: Madame Thenardier u/s in Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Production, The Phantom of the Opera, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (Asia). New York: Plain and Fancy (York); Hurricane (NYMF); The Singapore Mikado (Theatre1010); In Your Dreams (ArsNova). Regional: Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Shawntel/Eve in Jerry Springer: the Opera (New Stage Collective); Mrs. Lovett u/s in Sweeney Todd (Geva); Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music (Maltz Jupiter); Yeston’s Phantom (Fulton); Beauty and the Beast (Montreal); Coming to America (Kalliope). Education: Northwestern University. Thanks to everyone! www.Beth-Kirkpatrick.com | @BethKirkp Erik Liberman, Clopin Trouillefou La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. He recently co-conceived, co-directed and appeared in Raising the Roof, an all-star gala celebrating Fiddler on the Roof’s 50th Anniversary at New York’s Town Hall, having toured North America as “Motel” opposite Topol and Harvey Fierstein. He made his Broadway debut in Harold Prince and Alfred Uhry’s Lovemusik, received a Helen Hayes Award for his portrayal of “Charley” in Eric Schaeffer’s revival of Merrily We Roll Along, a Connecticut Critics Circle Award as “The Baker” in Mark Lamos’ revival of Into the Woods, and a New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for his portrayal of “Groucho Marx” in The Most Ridiculous Thing You Ever Hoid, a role he reprised at The White House and in Off-Broadway’s Minnie’s Boys. Liberman originated the role of “Frank” in Somewhere in Time, directed by Scott Schwartz, and appeared in the world premiere of Reefer Madness, for which he received LA Ovation and Garland Awards. Additional credits include: Mabou Mines Dollhouse (world tour and Off-Broadway), and the New York premiere of Kooman and Dimond’s Dani Girl. He is a winner of the Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers and is featured in the Actors’ Equity Centennial book, Performance of the Century. Catch him in Tide commercials and at erikliberman.org. Samantha Massell, Florika, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme. NY City Center Encores!: ...It’s Superman, Little Me. MUNY: Aladdin (Jasmine), Bye Bye Birdie (Ursula), Titanic, Show Boat. Film: Beatbox, ZUG, How to Be a Man. Readings: Tales from the Bad Years (Ali), A Hundred Years into the Heart (Stephanie), Angels (Rebecca). B.F.A., The University of Michigan, Phi Beta Kappa. Love and thanks to the Hunchback team, La Jolla Playhouse, Abrams, RMG, Tara Rubin Casting, Joan, Mel and Madama. As always, this one’s for mom. www.samanthamassell.com | @smassellsings Neal Mayer, Saint Aphrodisius, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Les Misérables. National Tours: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; 101 Dalmatians (directed by Jerry Zaks). Off-Broadway: Forbidden Broadway, Greed, Bush Is Bad, Plaisir D’Amour and Walmartopia. Regional: Arena Stage, Goodspeed, North Shore Music Theatre, Charlotte Repertory, Ivoryton Playhouse, Schoolhouse Theater, the Bushnell and Weston Playhouse. TV: Blue Bloods, All My Children and numerous sketches on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
THE COMPANY Nora Menken, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Sophie in Master Class (Shakespeare & Co.); Olivia in Twelfth Night (The Schoolhouse Theatre). TV: The Neighbors (ABC). Other favorites include: Into the Woods, Brigadoon, Ragtime, Evita and Rent. B.F.A. from University of Michigan. Thanks Mom and Dad! William Michals, Father Dupin, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Beast, Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Emile de Becque in South Pacific. Also: Javert in Les Misérables and Fred/ Petrucio in Kiss Me, Kate!. Title roles: Sweeney Todd, Most Happy Fella, The Music Man, Phantom and many Man of La Manchas. Frequent appearances: San Francisco, Colorado, Cleveland, Utah, Vancouver, Maui, Taipei, Hong Kong and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, NY and Philly Pops. www.WilliamMichals.com Patrick Page, Dom Claude Frollo La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: created the roles of Valentina in Casa Valentina, Rufus Buckley in A Time to Kill, Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin in Spider-Man:Turn Off the Dark and The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Also on Broadway: King Henry in A Man for All Seasons (with Frank Langella), De Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac, Scar in The Lion King, Decius Brutus in Julius Caesar (with Denzel Washington), Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, Marley/Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and The Kentucky Cycle. Off-Broadway: Rex, Richard II, Duchess of Malfi and The Sound of Music (Carnegie Hall). Regional: 25 years, including Associate Artist at The Old Globe, where roles include Cyrano de Bergerac (Craig Noel Award), Jeffrey Cordova in Dancing in the Dark (Craig Noel Award), Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Michael in I Do! I Do!. Associate Artist at The Shakespeare Theatre Company DC, where roles include Iago (Helen Hayes Award), Coriolanus (Emery Battis Award), Macbeth, etc. For TV/ Film: The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, All My Children, One Life to Live, Affluenza, Substance of Fire, Mystery of Matter, Flesh and Bone, Michael and Saava. His awards include: Drama Desk & Outer Critics nominations, Princess Grace, Helen Hayes, Richard Seff, Emery Battis, Craig Noel, Joseph Jefferson, Princess Grace Statue, Matador Award for Classical Theatre, William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre and The Utah Governor’s Medal for the Arts. Ciara Renée, Esmeralda La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. She has appeared on Broadway in Pippin (revival) as Leading Player and in Big Fish as The Witch. Her regional credits include Sondheim on Sondheim at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Lizzie Borden: The Musical, Chess and Passing Strange at Playhouse Square, Carousel and Harvey at the New London Barn and Les Misérables at the Fulton Opera House. She is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University. @Ciararenee8 Anise Ritchie, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Leap of Faith (Center Theatre Group, Broadway workshop); Tommy (San Diego REP, Moonlight Theatre); Nightmare Alley (Geffen Playhouse); Suds (Starlight Musical Theatre); Sammy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (The Old Globe); Boomers, Festival of Christmas (Lamb’s Players); Once on This Island, Caroline or Change, Sparks (TheatreWorks); Dance on Widows Row, Blue (Lorraine Hansberry Theatre); Sophisticated Ladies (Woodmeister Theatre); Show Boat (Townsend Light Opera); A Grand Night for Singing, Smokey Joe’s Café (California Conservatory); Beehive (Sierra Repertory Theatre); AfterShocks (San Francisco Workshop); Little Shop of Horrors (Portland Civic Theatre). National Tours: Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Menopause The Musical. European Gospel Tour: Emmitt Powell and the Gospel Elites, New Beginnings Gospel. She has appeared in many TV commercials, recorded many radio spots and is proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Vincent Rodriguez III, Congregant, Magic Consultant, Dance Captain is so excited & happy to be working on Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame! La Jolla Playhouse: Sonny u/s and swing in Xanadu. NYC: DJ, Swing, Marcos/Aquino u/s in Here Lies Love (Public); Pipe Dream (Encores!). National: Luke in Anything Goes, 42nd Street. Regional: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (original cast & recording). TV: Series regular for a new musical comedy pilot Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Showtime), costar in Hostages (CBS), The Onion News. Much love & tremendous thanks to the HBND team, Tara Rubin, my family, Jim & Greg. Proud graduate of PCPA Theaterfest. www.VR3rd.com Richard Ruiz, King Louis XI, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Off-Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona – The Musical (Public Theater); Twelfth Night (Pig Iron Theater). National Tours: Sweet Charity, Urinetown, Man of La Mancha and Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional: Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Old Globe); Cyrano (Folger Shakespeare, DC); The Winter’s Tale (Yale Rep); ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Baltimore Center Stage); Guys and Dolls (Long Wharf Theatre); Candide (Arden Theatre, PA); Treasure Island (People’s Light and Theatre, PA); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Two Rivers Theatre, NJ); The Music Man (Lyric Theatre, OK); American Night: the Ballad of Juan Jose (Yale Rep & Cal Shakes) and Room Service (Westport Country Playhouse). Andrew Samonsky, Captain Phoebus de Martin appeared in the Playhouse’s world-premiere production of Little Miss Sunshine. His Broadway credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Neville Landless, Scandalous as Kenneth Ormisten (original cast recording) and South Pacific as Lt. Cable, where he was seen on the Live from Lincoln Center PBS broadcast. Samonsky appeared Off-Broadway in Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen of the Mist as Frank Russell (Drama Desk Award nomination, original cast recording) and the City Center Encores! productions of Fiorello! and Merrily We Roll Along. Original productions of Somewhere in Time (Richard, Portland Center Stage); Tales of the City (Beauchamp, ACT) and Disney’s On the Record (original cast recording). He is a soloist with symphonies across the country. TV: Elementary and Guiding Light. Brian Smolin, Congregant La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Chautauqua); Pulse (Guthrie); Home Sweet Home (SATC); Titus Andronicus, She Stoops to Conquer, Elizabeth I (UC San Diego). TV: Lights Out (FX), One Life to Live (ABC). Education: M.F.A. Acting Candidate at UC San Diego. Christian VillaNueva, Male Swing La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Some of Mr. Villanueva’s most recent regional productions: Beauty and the Beast and Tommy Djilas in The Music Man (Musical Theater West) and Legally Blonde (3-D Theatricals). Also see Mr. Villanueva under the alias “Chris Villain” on his viral YouTube Channel that has received attention from networks such as Logo TV, New Now Next, same-same Australia and many more! Thanks to God, his wonderful family, as well as Dave and Natalie!
THE COMPANY Alan Menken, Composer Stage Musicals include God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Patch Patch Patch, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy, Little Shop of Horrors, Kicks: The Showgirl Musical, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, Der Glöckner von Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, Newsies and Aladdin. Film Musicals include Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, Enchanted and Tangled. Honors include 8 Oscars® (with 19 nominations), 11 Grammys® (including Song of the Year), 7 Golden Globes®, the Tony® (with 5 nominations), the Olivier, the New York Drama Critics Award, induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Upcoming projects include the ABC television musical series Galavant and a stage musical of A Bronx Tale. Stephen Schwartz, Lyricist is currently represented on Broadway by the music and lyrics for Wicked and Pippin. He has also contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags and Children of Eden. In addition to the Disney animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame, he collaborated with composer Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s Pocahontas and Enchanted. Other credits include the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt, the opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon, and collaborating with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s Mass. For children, he has written songs for two musicals, Captain Louie and Disney’s My Son Pinocchio. A book about his career, Defying Gravity, has recently been released by Applause Books. Mr. S chwartz is the current president of the Dramatists Guild, and h as been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards®, four Grammy Awards® and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. www.stephenschwartz.com Peter Parnell, Book Writer La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Parnell most recently wrote the new book for the Broadway revival of Lerner and Lane’s On a Clear Day You Can See Forever starring Harry Connick, Jr. and Jessie Mueller. His plays include Trumpery (Atlantic Theatre Company), QED starring Alan Alda (Mark Taper Forum, Vivian Beaumont, LCT), a two-part stage adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules (Seattle Rep, Taper, Atlantic; American Theatre Critics Association Award). His other plays, Sorrows of Stephen, The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket, Romance Language, Hyde in Hollywood, Flaubert’s Latest and An Imaginary Life, were first produced by the Public Theater and at Playwrights Horizons. For television, Mr. Parnell was a co-producer for The West Wing (two Emmy Award® citations) and a producer for The Guardian, Inconceivable, Six Degrees and, most recently, The Lottery. His children’s book And Tango Makes Three, co-authored with Justin Richardson, was an American Library Association Notable Book, a Henry Bergh Award winner, and has either headed or been on the ALA’s Top Ten List of Most Banned Books from 2006-2013. Parnell has served on the Literary Award Committee of PEN, and has taught writing at Dartmouth, the New School, Columbia, the Yale School of Drama and currently at NYU. He proudly serves as Vice-President of The Dramatists Guild.
Scott Schwartz, Director La Jolla Playhouse: Jane Eyre. Broadway: Golda’s Balcony and Jane Eyre (co-directed with John Caird). Off-Broadway: Murder for Two, Bat Boy: The Musical (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk Award nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), tick, tick…BOOM! (Outer Critics Circle, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), The Foreigner starring Matthew Broderick, Rooms: A Rock Romance, Kafka’s The Castle (Outer Critics Circle nomination, Outstanding Director of a Play) and No Way to Treat a Lady. He directed the world premiere of Séance on a Wet Afternoon at Opera Santa Barbara and subsequently at New York City Opera. Other recent credits: the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s What We’re Up Against, Much Ado About Nothing and Othello (Alley Theatre); the world premiere of Secondhand Lions (5th Avenue); the world premiere of Conviction starring Sarah Paulson (Bay Street Theater). Regional theatres include: ACT, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center, Goodspeed, Old Globe, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, PCPA, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Rubicon, Signature Theatre, Theatreworks and others. Schwartz is the Artistic Director of Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY and is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an Associate Artist at the Alley Theatre and a graduate of Harvard University. Chase Brock, Choreographer La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Picnic. Off-Broadway: Irma La Douce, The Cradle Will Rock, Lost in the Stars (Encores!); The Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Venice (Public Theater); The Blue Flower (Second Stage, Lortel nomination); Tamar of the River (Prospect); The Mysteries (Flea). TV: Late Show with David Letterman and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Video games: Dance on Broadway (Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Move). Opera: Roméo et Juliette (Salzburger Festspiele). Dance: 26 dances for Mr. Brock’s Brooklyn-based dance company The Chase Brock Experience. Upcoming: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s Alice By Heart. Michael Kosarin, Music Supervision/Incidental Music and Vocal Arrangements Broadway, 30+ years: Nine, Grand Hotel, Secret Garden, Beauty and the Beast, King David, Mayor, A Chorus Line, Triumph of Love, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Leap of Faith, Sister Act, Newsies, Aladdin. Film: Pocahontas, Hercules, Enchanted, Tangled, Manchurian Candidate, Captain America and numerous others. TV: A Christmas Carol (Emmy Award®, Outstanding Music Direction), Once Upon a Mattress, The Music Man (Emmy® nomination), Galavant, Sesame Street, Wonder Pets (both as composer). Records/concerts: Two Grammy® nominations, producer of over 20 cast albums, arranger/performer Carly Simon (My Romance), Barbara Cook (Tribute), Jane Krakowski (Live at Feinsteins). Brent-Alan Huffman, Conductor, Music Director Broadway: music director for Leap of Faith (directed by Christopher Ashley), Sister Act; Assistant Conductor for Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; keyboards/piano on Disney’s The Lion King and Grease!. National tour: conducted Sister Act, Little Shop of Horrors and Beauty and the Beast. Associate Music Supervisor for Sister Act (Sao Paulo) and Beauty and the Beast (Mexico City). Production Music Coordinator for ABC Television’s The Music Man and Associate Music Producer for NBC/Hallmark’s A Christmas Carol. Singer on Disney Motion Pictures’ Enchanted and Tangled.
THE COMPANY SACRA/PROFANA, Choral Ensemble San Diego’s only year-round professional chorus, SACRA/PROFANA was founded in 2009 by New York native Krishan Oberoi, who received his Masters degree from the Yale School of Music in 2006. Described by KPBS as “choral music for the iPod generation,” the dynamic choral group has collaborated with the Chieftains, producer Carlton Cuse (of ABC’s hit show Lost), Japanese composer Nobou Uematsu and many other prominent creative minds. In addition to their popular crossover work, SACRA/PROFANA has championed challenging works by such composers as Arnold Schoenberg, György Ligeti and Ernst Krenek. The ensemble’s debut album, Elegies & Ecstasies, was released in 2012, and they recently completed the world premiere recording of when we were children by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. Michael Starobin, Orchestrator La Jolla Playhouse: Little Miss Sunshine. New York: If/Then, Annie, Dogfight, Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal (Tony Award), Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, Spelling Bee, Assassins (Tony Award), Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas Carol, Hello Again, Guys and Dolls, My Favorite Year, Falsettos, In Trousers, Sunday in the Park with George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie, Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys Naked and Von Richtofen. Films: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Life with Mikey, Home on the Range, Tangled and Lucky Stiff. Rob Berman, Dance Music Arranger La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Berman is music director of New York City Center Encores!, for which he has conducted 18 productions including Anyone Can Whistle, Merrily We Roll Along and The Most Happy Fella. Broadway credits as conductor include Wonderful Town; The Pajama Game; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Finian’s Rainbow; The Apple Tree; Promises, Promises and 10 original cast recordings. For television, Mr. Berman has been nominated for five Emmy Awards® for “The Kennedy Center Honors” (CBS), winning in 2012 for Outstanding Music Direction, and music directed “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” for PBS. Alexander Dodge, Scenic Designer La Jolla Playhouse: Limelight. Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Present Laughter (Tony® nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley and Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Piece of My Heart, Lips Together Teeth Apart, All New People, Trust, The Water’s Edge (Second Stage); The Understudy (Roundabout); Paris Commune, Measure for Pleasure (Public); Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lortel Award) and Chaucer in Rome (Lincoln Center). Upcoming: The Ghosts of Versailles (L.A. Opera); La Rondine (Opera Theatre of St Louis); Kiss Me Kate (Hartford Stage and The Old Globe). M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. Alejo Vietti, Costume Designer La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. New York: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway). Also works for Radio City Music Hall’s Rockettes, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater, Primary Stages, The New Group, MCC, The Irish Rep and Cherry Lane Theatre, among others. Selected regional credits include works for: Alley Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Hartford Stage, The Guthrie Theatre, St. Louis Repertory, Signature Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Williamstown, Pasadena Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Paper Mill and Ford’s Theatre, among many others. Operatic work includes Chicago Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera and Wolf Trap Opera. Other: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey’s. Recipient of the TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award.
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Howell Binkley, Lighting Designer La Jolla Playhouse: Chasing the Song, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Memphis, Xanadu, Cry-Baby, Zhivago, The Wiz, Private Fittings, Palm Beach, Jersey Boys, The Farnsworth Invention, Dracula, Eden Lane and How to Succeed... starring Matthew Broderick. Broadway works include: After Midnight, A Christmas Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Magic/Bird, How to Succeed... starring Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Tony nomination), Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). Elsewhere: The Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards; Resident Lighting Designer/Co-Founder, Parsons Dance. Six musicals in repertory for the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. Awards: A five-time Helen Hayes Award recipient, Mr. Binkley received the 1993 Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony Award® for Jersey Boys. Gareth Owen, Sound Designer La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Awards include an Olivier Award for Merrily We Roll Along, a Tony® nomination for A Little Night Music, a Tony® nomination for End of the Rainbow, an Olivier nomination for Top Hat and an Olivier nomination for End of the Rainbow. He is very close to celebrating his 200th commercial musical sound design. Current shows include: Disney’s The Little Mermaid worldwide; Sister Act in five countries; Hairspray around the world; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast worldwide; the world premiere of I Can’t Sing – The X-Factor Musical, Top Hat, Memphis and Woman in Black, all in London’s West End; Evita and Spring Break in Las Vegas; Singin’ in the Rain, Let It Be and Robin Cousins on Ice on tour in the UK; The Rocky Horror Show on tour in Australia and the international arena tours of Cats, Strictly Come Dancing, Grease, Glee Live and Jesus Christ Superstar. Mr. Owen has a first class honors degree in Underwater Science from Plymouth University. Steve Rankin, Fight Director La Jolla Playhouse: Sideways, His Girl Friday, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Bonnie & Clyde, Memphis, The Farnsworth Invention, The Wiz, Zhivago, Palm Beach, Jersey Boys, Dracula: The Musical, The Who’s Tommy, Elmer Gantry and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Broadway: Memphis; Bonnie & Clyde; Guys and Dolls; The Farnsworth Invention; Jersey Boys; Dracula; Henry IV, Parts I and II; The Who’s Tommy; Twelfth Night; Two Shakespearean Actors; Getting Away with Murder; Anna Christie and The Real Inspector Hound. Off-Broadway: The Third Story, Pig Farm, The Night Hank Williams Died and Below the Belt. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: The Who’s Tommy, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra, Macbeth and Henry V. Metropolitan Opera: Rodelinda, Boris Godenov, Faust and Iphegenie at Tauride. Mr. Rankin plays mandolin with the New Folk Artist Susie Glaze and the HiLonesome Band. Charles G. LaPointe, Hair and Wig Design La Jolla Playhouse: Chasing the Song, Side Show, Sideways, His Girl Friday, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, A Dram of Drummhicit, Peer Gynt, Bonnie & Clyde and Memphis. Broadway: After Midnight, Beautiful, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Soul Doctor, Motown, Jekyll and Hyde, Clybourne Park, Bring It On, Newsies, The Columnist, Magic/ Bird, Bonnie & Clyde, The Mountaintop, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Merchant of Venice, Memphis, Henry IV, Cymbeline, Lombardi, Fences, Looped, Miracle Worker, Superior Donuts, 33 Variations, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Good Vibrations, A Raisin in the Sun, Of Mice and Men, The Elephant Man and Honeymoon in Vegas.
THE COMPANY Tara Rubin Casting, Casting Director Tara Rubin CSA, Eric Woodall CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Lindsay Levine CSA, Scott Anderson. La Jolla Playhouse: Sideways, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Nightingale, Most Wanted, The Farnsworth Invention, The Wiz, Zhivago and Jersey Boys. Selected Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway; Aladdin; Mothers and Sons; Les Misérables; Big Fish; The Heiress; Ghost; One Man, Two Guvnors (US Casting); Jesus Christ Superstar (US Casting); Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway; How to Succeed...; Promises, Promises; A Little Night Music; Billy Elliot; Shrek; Guys and Dolls; The Farnsworth Invention; Young Frankenstein; The Little Mermaid; Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; Pirate Queen; Spamalot; Jersey Boys; …Spelling Bee; The Producers; Mamma Mia!; The Phantom of the Opera and Contact. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love, Old Jews Telling Jokes and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional: Sundance Theatre Lab, Yale Repertory, Kennedy Center, Paper Mill Playhouse and The Old Globe. Ursula Meyer, Vocal Consultant Regional Credits: La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Co. – DC, ACT – Seattle, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Utah Shakespeare Festival and 15 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Awards: Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award – UC San Diego, 2007. Teaching: Yale School of Drama, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Washington and currently UC San Diego since 1995. Training: M.F.A. University of Washington; Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies – Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Designated Linklater Teacher. M. William Shiner, Production Stage Manager La Jolla Playhouse: Jane Eyre, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Cosmonaut’s Last Message..., Going to St. Ives, I Am My Own Wife and Diva. NYC: The 39 Steps; Measure for Measure, As You Like It (music by Steve Martin) (Shakespeare in the Park); The Library (directed by Steven Soderbergh), Titus Andronicus, Total Bent (Public). Internationally: Love’s Labour’s Lost (RSC); House of Dancing Water (Franco Dragone). Regionally: Disney’s The Jungle Book, Mary Zimmerman’s production of Candide (Huntington); Oliver! (Trinity); Family Album (OSF). Resident PSM at Dallas Theater Center and Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC. Education: M.F.A. in Stage Management from UC San Diego. www.stagemanager.net Becky Fleming, Assistant Stage Manager La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Newsies. Other NY credits include Top Secret and Three Pianos (NYTW); Happy Sad and Tio Pepe (SPF Festival). Regional: Many productions at Paper Mill Playhouse, including Newsies world premiere; TOTS: Les Misérables, Annie, Oklahoma and High School Musical; McCarter Theatre, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, TUTS. Love and gratitude to my family.
Paper Mill Playhouse Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director | Todd Schmidt, Managing Director A beloved arts institution in Millburn, NJ since 1938, Paper Mill Playhouse is consistently recognized for the high-quality artistry of its re-imagined classic musicals as well as its commitment to supporting the development of new works and the careers of Broadway’s best talent and emerging artists. Paper Mill Playhouse boasts award-winning access services, outreach initiatives, and training programs that impact more than 50,000 students each year. Paper Mill productions have launched national tours and gone on to Broadway, including Honeymoon in Vegas, Les Misérables and Newsies, as well as television broadcasts and original cast recordings. Please visit PaperMill.org. Disney Theatrical Group (DTG) DTG operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and is among the world’s most successful commercial theatre producers, bringing live entertainment events to a global annual audience of more than 19 million people in more than 50 countries. Under the Disney Theatrical Productions banner, the group produces and licenses Broadway musicals around the world, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida, TARZAN®, Mary Poppins (a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh), The Little Mermaid, Peter and the Starcatcher and Newsies. Aladdin is its most recent Tony Award-winning Broadway hit; its most recent production is the critically acclaimed comedy Shakespeare in Love in London’s West End. Other successful stage musical ventures have included King David in concert, the national tour of On the Record, several touring versions of Disney’s High School Musical and Der Glöckner von Notre Dame in Berlin. DTP has collaborated with the country’s leading regional theatres to develop new stage titles, including Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of The Jungle Book, and is proud to be working with La Jolla Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouse on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In addition, DTG licenses musical titles for local, school and community theatre productions through Music Theatre International.
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Jennifer Kahn, Assistant Stage Manager La Jolla Playhouse: Sideways, Little Miss Sunshine, Surf Report, Creditors and the DNA New Work Series. National Tour: In the Heights. OffBroadway: Clara’s Christmas Dreams. Regional: Into the Woods, Time and the Conways, Other Desert Cities, Allegiance, Richard III, As You Like It, Inherit the Wind, Some Lovers, Six Degrees of Separation, Working, Twelfth Night, Coriolanus and Cyrano de Bergerac (The Old Globe) and many others. She holds a B.F.A. in Stage Management from USC.
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PLAYHOUSE LEADERSHIP Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since October, 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s productions of Chasing the Song, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Dram of Drummhicit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Restoration and the acclaimed musicals Xanadu and Memphis, which won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical. He also spearheaded the Playhouse’s Without Walls (WoW) series and the Resident Theater program. Prior to joining the Playhouse, he directed the Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), as well as the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York credits include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others. Mr. Ashley also directed the feature film Jeffrey and the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama League Director Fellowship and an NEA/TCG Director Fellowship. Debby Buchholz, General Manager has served as general manager of La Jolla Playhouse since 2002. She is a member of the Executive Committee and of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT). In 2009, she received a San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award from The San Diego Business Journal. Previously she served as Counsel to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. She was a faculty member of the Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal Problems of Museum Administration. Prior to the Kennedy Center, she served as a corporate attorney in New York City and Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard Law School. Ms. Buchholz and her husband, noted author and White House economic policy advisor Todd Buchholz, live in Solana Beach and are the proud parents of Victoria, Katherine and Alexia.
Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director has served as Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse since April, 2009. During his tenure at the Playhouse, he has worked in partnership with Artistic Director Christopher Ashley to produce 20 world premieres, eight Playhouse commissions and the hit musicals Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Hands on a Hardbody and Little Miss Sunshine. He was also instrumental in bringing the Page To Stage workshop of John Leguizamo’s Diary of a Madman to the Playhouse, which transferred to Broadway. Additionally, he fostered the growth of the Playhouse’s award-winning Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour, achieving the most performances at local schools in Playhouse history. Prior to the Playhouse, Rosenberg was Co-Founder and Executive Director of Drama Dept., a New York non-profit theatre company, where he produced new works by the likes of Douglas Carter Beane, Warren Leight, Isaac Mizrahi, Paul Rudnick and David and Amy Sedaris. He has been a part of the producing teams for the Broadway productions of Grey Gardens and American Buffalo and the national tour of Little House on the Prairie. He currently serves on the board of the Theatre Communications Group. Des McAnuff, Director Emeritus served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director from 1983 through 1994, and from 2001 through April, 2007. Under his leadership, the Playhouse garnered more than 300 awards, including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Playhouse to Broadway credits: Jersey Boys (four Tony Awards), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (five Tony nominations), director and co-author with Pete Townshend on The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Director) and Big River (seven Tony Awards), among others. Film credits: Quills, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Iron Giant (nine Animation Society awards) and Cousin Bette. Recipient of the Drama League’s 2006 Julia Hansen Award, Mr. McAnuff served as Artistic Director at Canada’s Stratford Festival from 2007 through 2012. He recently directed the hit productions of Sideways, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and Jesus Christ Superstar at the Playhouse.
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STAFF
Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director
ARTISTIC Resident Dramaturg Shirley Fishman Director of New Play Development Gabriel Greene Without Walls Associate Producer Marike Fitzgerald Associate Producer Jessica Bird Director Emeritus Des McAnuff Executive Assistant to Christopher Ashley Rick VanNoy Artistic Assistant Teresa Sapien Commissioned Artists Mark Bennett, Keith Bunin, José Cruz González, Kirsten Greenidge, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Joe Iconis, Naomi Iizuka, Aditi Brennan Kapil, Jon Kern, Erin McKeown, Gregory S. Moss, Alfred Uhry, Charlayne Woodard 2013/2014 Resident Artist Robert Brill Interns Marie Shelton, Mackenzie Ward PRODUCTION Production Manager Audrey Hoo Associate Production Manager Benjamin Seibert Assistant Production Manager Tarin Hurstell Production Office Assistant Sarah Kolman SCENE SHOP Technical Director Chris Borreson Assistant Technical Directors Mike Schwent, Curtis Green Scene Shop Supervisor David Weiner Draftsperson Tyler Grady Staff Production Carpenters Kyle “Boo-Boo” Ahlquist, Dominic DiGiovanni, Jeremy Luce, Preston Spence Staff Carpenters Mihai Antonescu, William Bender, Matt Clark, Danielle Dunne, David Garcia, Bill George, Sheldon Goff, Jim Hopper, Nic Jackson, Scott Kinney, Dan Klebingat, Justino Kullberg, Stephanie Lee, Mike McCullock, Ty Meservy, Mongo Moglia, Clayton Nicodemus, Ed Pyne, John Serbian, Don Dino Spezzini, Zane Whitmore Shop Helper Doug Collind PAINT SHOP Charge Scenic Artist Joan Newhouse Assistant Charge Artist Vicki Erbe Scenic Artists Edee Armand, Dwaine Best, Melody Fisher, Jessica Keiffer, Kevin Krekler, Eileen McCann, Ashleigh Scott, Courtney Ware PROPERTIES SHOP Prop Master Debra Hatch Associate Prop Masters Jeni Cheung, Jenny Fajerman Prop Shop Foreman Will Widick Lead Artisan Carlos Wauman Props Artisans Bethany Johnson, Gerard Joseph, Tim Nottage, Gabe Serbian, Traci Van Wyck COSTUME SHOP Costume Shop Manager Sue Makkoo Costume Shop Foreman/Tailor Lissa Skiles Drapers Elena Ham, Joan Mathison, Susan Sachs Master Stitcher K-Joy Lehmann-Way First Hands Jan Blankenship, Rebecca Fabares, Claudia LaRue, Sarah Maisel, Joanna Stypulkowska Stitchers Anne Armatis, Debbie Callahan, Nicole Christianson, Yangchen Dolkar, Allison Elsey, Tina Fellows, Tracy Graham, Jan Mah, Raquel Stewart, Sundus Yousif Lead Craft Artisan Christy Jones Craft Artisans Danielle Griffith, David Reynoso Costume Shop Assistant/Design Assistant Desiree Hatfield-Buckley Costume Interns Megan Belknap, Abigail Caywood, Paul Parnell
ELECTRICS Lighting Supervisor Mike Doyle Assistant Lighting Supervisor Kathryn Sturch Staff Electricians Mike Lowe, Ramon Wenn, Matt Wilson Electricians Kristyn Kennedy, Patricia Lesinski, Andrea Ryan SOUND/VIDEO Sound/Video Supervisor Joe Huppert Sound Shop Foreman Steve Negrete Playhouse Sound Engineer Chris Luessmann Sound Technician Chad Goss ADMINISTRATION General Manager Debby Buchholz Associate General Manager Jenny Case Assistant General Manager Katherine Stout Human Resources Specialist Nezam Etemadi Corporate/Legal Counsel Robert C. Wright, Wright & L’Estrange Theatre/Legal Counsel F. Richard Pappas, Esq. Executive Assistant to Managing Director David Barnathan Intern Kristen Darling COMPANY MANAGEMENT Company Manager Heather Losey Assistant Company Manager Megan Alvord Company Management Assistants Emma Latimer, Jonathan Orara FINANCE Director of Finance John O’Dea Comptroller Brian Bailey Payroll/AP Tamara Tipps Staff Accountant Vincent Ng Production Accountant Sharon Ratelle Network Specialist Mike Salapow Interns Thuy-Minh Tran, Mark Wolcott DEVELOPMENT Director of Development David W. Hanses Sr. Associate Director of Development Erin Decker Associate Director of Development, Individual & Corporate Giving Bonnie Broberg Associate Director of Development, Special Events Rachel Terrones Development Manager Sara Abernethy Development Manager Annie Dawson Corporate Relations Manager Alex Goodman Assistant Manager of Development, Institutional Grants Alexandra Kritchevsky Assistant Manager, Special Events Caitlin Finch Donor Engagement Coordinator Ryann Gaspara MARKETING Director of Communications Mary Cook Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen Associate Director of Sales & Marketing Mia Fiorella Communications Specialist Grace Madamba Database Specialist Steven Jirjis Multimedia Designer Nancy Showers Intern Tara Shoemaker
Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director
PATRON SERVICES Associate Director – Patron Services Nikki Cooper Patron Services Sales Manager Jordan Marrone Patron Services Assistant Manager Travis Guss Lead Patron Services Representative/Group Sales Specialist Pearl Hang Lead Patron Services Representative Danielle Smith Patron Services Representative/UCSD Coordinator Alexandra Ancira Patron Services Representatives Mike Brown, Radames Gil, Jaime Trevizo Patron Services Sales Specialist Paul Preston EDUCATION & OUTREACH Director of Education & Outreach Steve McCormick Associate Director of Education & Outreach Alison Urban Education & Outreach Coordinator Marisol Ferrá Audio Describers Mernie Aste, Brian Berlau, Joanne Brook, Tina Dyer, Shari Lyon, Kay O’Neil, Helen Warren Ross, Deborah Sanborn, Janet Schlesinger, Sylvia Southerland, Susan Weekes ASL Interpreters Hilda Colondres, Lynn Ann Garrett, Anelia Glebocki, Alycen Haneyoworth, Suzanne Lightbourn, Billieanne McLellan, Geri Wu Teaching Artists Catherine Hanna, Rachel Hoey, Blake McCarty, Erika Phillips, James Pillar, Cynthia Stokes 2014/2015 STUDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Chair Camryn Burton Vice-Chair Gabi D’Amico OPERATIONS Director of Operations Ned Collins Operations Associate Jen McClenahan FRONT OF HOUSE House Manager John Craft Assistant House Managers Samantha Beckhart, Katherine Cordova, Amy Marquez, Renee Tolson Janitorial Professional Maintenance Systems: Cesar Diaz, Luis Mena, Maria Mena The Hunchback of Notre Dame Staff Production Carpenter Kyle “Boo-Boo” Ahlquist Assistant Production Carpenter Jeremy Luce Automation Operator William Bender Deck Crew Danielle Dunne, Stephanie Lee Prop Runner Carlos Wauman Wardrobe Supervisor Debbie Callahan Wig Supervisor Lisa Chan-Wylie Dressers Debbie Allen, Rich Corder, Leighann Enos Moving Light Programmer Sean Beach Light Board Operator Mike Lowe Spot Operators Kristyn Kennedy, Tricia Lesinski Sound Engineer Dave Horowitz Audio 2 Chris Luessmann Audio 3 Jim Zadai