DMPA: Irving Berlin's White Christmas - December 10-15, 2013 by Des Moines Performing Arts

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White Christmas Title PageJR. . . ........................................... 13 ALVIN HOUGH (Music Director/ Conductor). Dreamgirls (National Tour); White Christmas Cast..................................................... 15 Innocence—workshop (Manhattan Theatre White Christmas Numbers................................. 17 Club); SavingMusical Aimee by Kathie Lee Gifford (New 42nd St Studios); Night Only White Christmas Who’s Who in the One Cast......................... 19 Benefit with Sheryl Lee Ralph (Memorial White Christmas . ................................................. 39 Theatre); SayStaff. It Ain’t So (Kennedy Center); Night at the Oak Room (Algonquin). Willis Lexus Drive for Kids Drives Dollars..................... 49 Graduate ofPrograms Harvard University, 2006. for Education

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Des Moines Performing Arts in the Spotlight:.............. 50 AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Dance Arranger). Integrating Arts into Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Broadway: The Addams Family, Memphis, Scoring Irving Berlin’sQuartet, “Newest” Musical 54 Million Dollar Ring.. .................... of Fire, All Shook Up, Rent. Off-B’way: Romantic Des Moines Performing Arts Board of Directors........... 58 Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. Desnationals: Moines Performing Arts Staff................................ 59 1st All Shook Up, The Full Monty. Other arranging/orchestrating credits: A Guest Information....................................................... 60 Christmas Story (5th Avenue, Tour), James

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FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear friends, It’s interesting that one of the most popular and iconic Christmas songs was written by a Russian Jewish immigrant for a Broadway musical revue. But then again, the song’s writer wasn’t your average composer. Perhaps no other writer has ever captured the American spirit in song quite like Irving Berlin. Many of his more than 1,000 songs are classics, including “Easter Parade,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “God Bless America.” And although the Broadway revue was never produced, it ultimately became the 1942 film Holiday Inn, starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. Berlin anticipated that the song for Valentine’s Day, “Be Careful, It’s My Heart,” would be the film’s hit song. But months before the release of the movie, the song “White Christmas,” performed by Bing Crosby, made its radio debut. The song wouldn’t be widely heard again until October 1942, when Crosby released it as a single prior to the opening of Holiday Inn. At first sales of the record were disappointing, but several weeks later, it was topping the charts. In time, it would become the most successful single ever, selling more than 50 million copies. Following the success of Holiday Inn, Paramount decided to use the song in 1954’s White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney. It was enormously popular and was the highest-grossing film of the year. It’s thrilling that this timeless holiday movie is now a stage musical. I saw an early production of the show in San Francisco in 2004 and the subsequent Broadway production in 2008, and I love it. In general, I’m attracted to big, old-fashioned musicals with great singing and dancing. Those elements—plus the holiday theme—make this production irresistible. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a presentation in our Willis Broadway Series. All of us at Des Moines Performing Arts wish you and yours the very best this holiday season, and we hope you enjoy the show!

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welcome Once again the Willis Auto Campus is honored to provide title sponsorship to Des Moines Performing Artsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; main stage season in the form of the 2013 - 2014 Willis Broadway Series. We recognize the importance of this type of cultural enrichment and appreciate the vitality it brings to our community. It is our privilege, through our partnership with Des Moines Performing Arts, to help bring world class productions like White Christmas to Central Iowa. ENJOY THE SHOW! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rich Willis, President

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DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER A Des Moines Performing Arts Theater Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS, LLC Stephen Gabriel, Producer presents

Based upon the Paramount Pictures film written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank Music and Lyrics by

Irving Berlin Book by

David Ives and Paul Blake Starring

James Clow Trista Moldovan David Elder Meredith Patterson Ruth Williamson Joseph Costa Cliff Bemis Cory Bretsch Shannon Harrington Tony Lawson Grace Matwijec with

Maddy Apple Andrew Black Craig Blake Allison Briner Kaitlyn Davidson Cody Davis Laurie DiFilippo Kaitlyn Frank Joe Grandy Alexa Glover Andrew Hodge Bryan Thomas Hunt Graham Keen Megan Kelley Kristyn Pope Katie Rooney Natasha Scearse Krista Severeid

Scenic Design and Adaptation

Kenneth Foy

Set Design for Broadway Costume Design Lighting Design

Anna Louizos

Carrie Robbins

Orchestrations

Production Stage Manager

Company Manager

Production Supervisor

Casting

General Management

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Larry Blank

John W. Calder, III Jay Binder, CSA/ Jason Styres

Bruce Pomahac Amy A. White

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Vocal & Dance Arrangements

Ken Billington

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Allied Live

John R. Edkins

The Booking Group

Musical Director

Michael Horsley Choreographer

Randy Skinner Directed by

Norb Joerder “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” was originally produced by the MUNY in St. Louis in 2000 and subsequently by Kevin McCollum, Paul Blake, The Producing Office, Dan Markley and Sonny Everett in association with Paramount Pictures at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco 2004 “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” is produced by arrangement with R&H Theatricals, an Imagem Company

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CAST (in order of appearance) Bob Wallace................................................................................................................................ James Clow Phil Davis...................................................................................................................................David Elder Ralph Sheldrake...................................................................................................................... Tony Lawson General Henry Waverly........................................................................................................... Joseph Costa Ed Sullivan Announcer.......................................................................................................... Cory Bretsch Rita........................................................................................................................................... Kristyn Pope Rhoda............................................................................................................................Kaitlyn Davidson Tessie.................................................................................................................................Krista Severeid Betty Haynes.................................................................................................................. Trista Moldovan Judy Haynes.............................................................................................................Meredith Patterson Jimmy........................................................................................................................................... Cody Davis Quintet.......................................................................Cliff Bemis, Cory Bretsch, Allison Briner, Cody Davis & Krista Severeid Mr. Snoring Man.......................................................................................................................... Cliff Bemis Mrs. Snoring Man................................................................................................................Allison Briner Train Conductor..................................................................................................................... Cory Bretsch Martha Watson................................................................................................................Ruth Williamson Susan Waverly.............................................................. Shannon Harrington & Grace Matwijec Ezekiel Foster............................................................................................................................... Cliff Bemis Mike Nulty (Stage Manager)................................................................................................. Cory Bretsch “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy” Specialty....................................................... CRAIG BLAKE, Cody Davis, Joe Grandy, Bryan Thomas Hunt Sheldrake’s Secretary...........................................................................................................Allison Briner Regency Room Announcer.................................................................................................... Cory Bretsch Regency Room Dancers...................................... CODY DAVIS, Joe Grandy, Bryan Thomas Hunt THE ENSEMBLE Maddy Apple, Craig Blake, Allison Briner, Kaitlyn Davdison, Cody Davis, Kaitlyn Frank, Joe Grandy, Alexa Glover, Andrew Hodge, Bryan Thomas Hunt, Graham Keen, Megan Kelley, Kristyn Pope, Katie Rooney, Natasha Scearse, Krista Severeid Understudies Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance For Bob Wallace—Tony Lawson; For Betty Haynes—Krista Severeid; For Phil Davis—Craig Blake; For Judy Haynes—Kaitlyn Davidson; For Martha Watson—Allison Briner; For General Waverly—Cliff Bemis; For Ralph Sheldrake—Cory Bretsch; For Ezekiel/Snoring Man—Cody Davis; For Mike Nulty—Andrew Black Associate Choreographer Kelli Barclay Swings/Dance Captain Assistant Choreographer and Dance Captain...................................................................... Andrew Black Assistant Choreographer and Assistant Dance Captain........................................................... Kristyn Pope Swings...........................................................................................Andrew Black & Laurie DiFilippo Touring Musicians Musical Director/Conductor...........................................................................................Michael Horsley Assistant Musical Director.......................................................................................... James Cunningham Drummer.............................................................................................................................Louis B. Crocco

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ACT II Scene 1: Onstage in the Barn Theater—the next day “I Love A Piano”................................................................................................Phil, Judy & the Chorus Scene 2: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn “Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun”....................................................................... Martha, Betty & Judy Scene 3: The Barn Rehearsal Hall—shortly thereafter “Sisters” (Reprise).................................................................................................................. Bob & Phil Scene 4: The Regency Room, New York—the next evening “Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me/How Deep Is the Ocean”............................................. Betty, Bob Scene 5: The Ed Sullivan Show—the next evening “The Old Man”......................................................................................................................... Bob, Men Scene 6: The Front Desk at the Colonial Inn, Christmas Eve, December 24, afternoon “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy” (Reprise)........................................................................................Susan Scene 7: Backstage at the Barn Theater—that evening, Christmas Eve “How Deep Is the Ocean” (Reprise)....................................................................................Betty & Bob “The Old Man” (Reprise)...............................................................................Bob, Phil, Sheldrake, Men “White Christmas”.............................................................................................................The Company Scene 8: Curtain Call “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”............................................................................The Company

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David Elder

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Ruth Williamson

Joseph Costa

Cliff Bemis

Cory Bretsch

Shannon Harrington

Tony Lawson

Grace Matwijec

Maddy Apple

Andrew Black

Craig Blake

Allison Briner

Kaitlyn Davidson

Cody Davis

Laurie DiFilippo

Kaitlyn Frank

Joe Grandy

Alexa Glover

Andrew Hodge

Bryan Thomas Hunt

Graham Keen

Megan Kelley

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST MEREDITH PATTERSON (Judy Haynes). Broadway: Originated Judy in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (cast album), original cast/ Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street (revival), Julie Taymor’s The Green Bird (cast album). Off Broadway and regional: Kit Baker in Face The Music (City Center Encores/cast album), Louise in Steve Martin’s Underpants (dir. John Rando), Polly in The Boy Friend (dir. Julie Andrews), Young Phyliss in Papermill’s Follies (cast album), MSG’s A Christmas Carol (Mike Ockrent/Susan Stroman). TV: Guest starring on “The Good Wife,” “Person of Interest,” “Made In Jersey,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Boston Legal” (four episodes opposite Tom Selleck). Film: Every Little Step, Princess Diaries II, etc. Concerts: Broadway By The Year Series (NYC), Birdland, Feinstein’s and The Gardenia. Solo album available on iTunes. Best role ever is mother to her baby Max. www.meredithpatterson.com.

JAMES CLOW (Bob Wallace). Broadway: White Christmas, Assassins, Wonderful Town, Company, She Loves Me, Blood Brothers. Madison Square Garden: Peter Pan. City Center’s Encores!: Pipe Dream and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Off-Broadway: Marc Blitzstein’s Juno. National tours: Les Misérables, Jekyll & Hyde, Oklahoma!, Sunset Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar and Into the Woods. TV: “The Good Wife,” PBS’s “Great Performances—Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall” and “Live from Lincoln Center—Passion.” James holds a B.F.A. from Syracuse University, and has attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and Groundlings Improv. Proud AEA member since 1985. TRISTA MOLDOVAN (Betty Haynes) is thrilled to join the Irving Berlin’s White Christmas family! Broadway/national tour: Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway’s 10,000th performance, Denver Ovation nomination). Off Broadway: Sally in Me and My Girl (Musicals Tonight!). Regional: Miss Grey in Sense and Sensibility (world premiere, Denver Center), Abigail in 1776 (Pittsburgh Public), Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Arkansas Rep), Betty in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Gateway), Songbird in Simeon’s Gift with Julie Andrews (Baystreet Theatre). TV: “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “As the World Turns,” “Celebrity Ghost Stories.” Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Love to her family and to her husband, Stephen.

RUTH WILLIAMSON (Martha Watson). Broadway: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, La Cage aux Folles, The Music Man (Outer Critics nomination), Epic Proportions, Little Me, Guys and Dolls, Smile, Musical Comedy Murders, Annie. Off-Broadway: Green Heart (Drama Desk nomination), The Good Times Are Killing Me, Queen Amarantha. Regional: The Music Man, Les Misérables, Guys and Dolls (Hollywood Bowl), Arena Stage, Old Globe, Long Wharf, Hartford Stage. Film: Evan Almighty, The Producers, Legally Blonde II, Family Man, Malcolm X, Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie, Die! (Charles Busch’s singing voice). TV: “Modern Family,” “Castle,” “Monk,” “Medium,” “The O.C.,” “The Practice,” “ER,” “Star Trek: Enterprise,” “Law & Order” and Mrs. Grubman on “Nip/Tuck.”

DAVID ELDER (Phil Davis). Broadway: Curtains (Bobby Pepper); 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor, Outer Critics and Astaire Award noms.); Kiss Me, Kate (Bill Calhoun); Titanic (Frederick Fleet); Once Upon A Mattress; Damn Yankees; Beauty and the Beast; and Guys and Dolls. Recently, David starred as Bert in the regional premiere of Mary Poppins for the Music Theater of Wichita. Favorites: Joe Hardy opposite Jerry Lewis in the national tour of Damn Yankees and starring as Timothy opposite Kristin Chenoweth in City Center Encores! production of Strike Up The Band. TV/film: Across the Universe, Cradle Will Rock, Jeffrey and “Guiding Light.” Happy holidays!

JOSEPH COSTA (General Waverly). Broadway: The Best Man. Off-Broadway: The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Love’s Labours Lost, Henry V, Titus Andronicus, A Map of the World, Macbeth, all for Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival. The Crucible and The Show-Off, Roundabout Theatre. Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, Manhattan Theatre Club. National tours: Dirty Dancing and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Over 125 regional theater productions for Actors’ 20

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre Festival and many others. Guest star on many television productions and appearances in the films Off The Black, First Born, Power, Without a Trace and Prisoner Without a Name. CLIFF BEMIS (Snoring Man/Ezekiel Foster/ Quintet/ u/s General Waverly) originated the role of Ezekiel Foster in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Broadway as well as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Detroit. OffBroadway as Chris in New Girl In Town at Irish Rep, first national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone, Pool Boy at Barrington Stages, Twist at the Pasadena Playhouse. Films; Billy, Nancy Drew, World Trade Center, Au Pair II. Over 75 TV appearances, including “White Collar,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “One Life To Live,” “Dallas” and “Cheers” to name a few. He also established the Cliff Bemis Music Theatre Scholarship at his alma mater, Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio. Member

of Actors’ Equity since 1968. Visit www. cliffbemis.com. CORY BRETSCH (Mike Nulty/Ed Sullivan Show Announcer/Quintet/Train Conductor/ Regency Room Announcer/u/s Sheldrake) is excited to be joining the cast of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Off-Broadway: Storyville (NY premiere, The York Theater). Regional: Storyville (San Diego Rep); Wizard of Oz (San Diego CLO); Oklahoma! (San Diego CLO); Invasion! The Musical (world premiere, Ovation Award); NeverWonderland (world premiere, Ovation Award). Cory holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Southern California. www. corybretsch.com. S H A N N O N H A RRI N G T O N ( Susan Waverly), age 9, is happy to return to “Pinetree” as Susan for the second year in a row on the national Broadway tour! Regional: George M! (Little Girl/Baton Twirler/ Acrobat), Gypsy (Baby June). Shannon has

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST been featured nationally on radio and TV commercials, on the Biography Channel, Sprout, and “America’s Got Talent.” Thanks to Norb Joerder, Blue Skies Tour, Binder Casting, old and new friends in the cast and crew, CESD, Station 3 Entertainment, and big sister Brigid—the first “Susan” in the family! Let her sing and she’s happy! www. ShannonHarrington.US. “Like” her on Facebook.com/ShannonHarringtonActor. TONY LAWSON (Ralph Sheldrake/u/s Bob Wallace). Broadway: Thenardier in Les Misérables. National tours: Damn Yankees opposite Dick Van Dyke, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, 42nd Street and Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera. Regional: Fagin in Oliver! (Paper Mill), Bruce Granit in On the Twentieth Century (Goodspeed), Harold Hill in The Music Man (Arena Stage), Fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate (Maine State) and Colonel Falstaff in Lone Star Love (5th Avenue). So blessed to be working with his wife, Krista Severeid, on this tour! Proud Dad to twin sons, Dean and Ben.

GRACE MATWIJEC (Susan Waverly). Past performances include Really Rosie (ensemble/ Rosie) at The Bucks County Playhouse, Gypsy (Baby June) at the Kelsey Theater, The Music Man (Ensemble) at The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, A Year With Frog and Toad Jr. (Frog), Annie Jr. (Tessie), Winnie The Pooh Jr. (Tigger) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Jr. (Dwarf) at the Bristol Riverside Theatre. She has also performed in The Music Man (Gracie), The Sound of Music (Gretl), and The Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim). She was an extra in the film The North Star. Grace lights up the stage! MADDY APPLE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining IBWC’s 2013 company! Recent credits: Hello, Dolly! (Goodspeed Musicals); Nunsense; Kiss Me, Kate; Anything Goes (MGR Playhouse). Love and thanks to the cast and crew of IBWC, Randy, Binder Casting, TKO and her amazing friends and family. B.F.A. drama (NYU-TISCH CAP21). www. maddyapple.com.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ANDREW BLACK (Dance Captain/Swing/ u/s Mike Nulty) has performed from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the streets of Tokyo’s DisneySea. Credits include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Dance Captain and Swing); 42nd Street (Andy Lee); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dance Captain); Joseph… (Swing) and Freshly Tossed (NYMF). Andrew teaches theater and tap dance at STEPS, NYC.

LAURIE DiFILIPPO (Swing/u/s Rita) is thrilled to be traveling with this incredible cast and crew of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Favorite credits: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (u/s Judy Haynes), Crazy For You (Louise), 42nd Street (Lorraine), Sweet Charity (Carmen), national tour of Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble). This one’s for you Little Michael! KAITLYN FRANK (Ensemble) is so excited to be joining the White Christmas team for her first national tour! Favorites: Anne Bogart’s Café Variations (Lucia) at the Cutler Majestic in Boston. B.F.A. Musical Theatre at Emerson College. Love to Mom, Dad, Emily and David.

CRAIG BLAKE (Ensemble/u/s Phil Davis) is thrilled to spend the holidays with Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. National tours: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Grease, Reel to Real. Regional: Millie at Paper Mill Playhouse, Show Boat and Sugar! at Sacramento Music Circus, Funny Girl at Riverside Theater, My One and Only at Stages St Louis. Graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory, B.F.A. Music Theatre.

JOE GRANDY (Ensemble) is thrilled to join this beautiful production! Favorite credits include: Singin’ In The Rain (Don Lockwood), Gypsy (Tulsa), My One And Only (Billy Buck Chandler u/s), A Chorus Line (Don). Big thanks to Sally Wilfert, Randy, WTG, and the greatest family—snow, trees, and Christmas wishes to Jason. www.JoeGrandy.com.

ALLISON BRINER (Ensemble/Mrs. Snoring Man/Quintet/Sheldrake’s Secretary/ u/s Martha). Mamma Mia! Broadway and national tour, Follies: Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, Titanic...A New Musical and Les Misérables national tour. Over 45 Off-Broadway and regional theater credits plus concert appearances and commercials. Television: “The Carrie Diaries,” Law & Order(s),” “All My Children,” “One Life to Live.”

ALEXA GLOVER (Ensemble) is excited to spend the holidays dancing in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas for a second consecutive year. She previously toured the country with Monty Python’s Spamalot and enjoyed many holiday seasons as a Radio City Rockette. She sends huge amounts of thanks and love to her ever-supportive family and Chris.

KAITLYN DAVIDSON (Ensemble/Rhoda/ u/s Judy Haynes). Happy holidays! Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It. New York: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice The Musical (Caroline Bingley). Favorite regional: 42nd Street (Peggy); A Chorus Line (Val); La Cage aux Folles (Anne). Training: CCM. Thanks to Randy, Binder, DGRW, friends, and family! www.kaitlyn-davidson.com.

ANDREW HODGE (Ensemble). Tours: 42nd Street, CATS, A Chorus Line, White Christmas. Regional credits include Arena Stage (Oklahoma!, Helen Hayes Outstanding Ensemble nomination), Westchester Broadway Theatre (42nd Street, Billy understudy), TUTS, NSMT. TV: “America’s Next Top Model.” Andrew is a songwriter, choreographer, certified scuba diver and founding member of The Boop Troupe.

CODY D A VI S ( E n s e m b l e / J i m m y / Qutintet/u/s Ezekiel Foster). National tour debut! Regional: Infinity Theatre Company (Dames At Sea), Penn. Shakes. Festival (Oklahoma!), Music Theatre of Wichita (The Little Mermaid, Sunset Boulevard). B.F.A., University of Michigan. Tulsa, OK native! Thanks to Randy, Binder Casting, and HH. Love and gratitude to God, friends, and amazing family. Matthew 6:33.

BRYAN THOMAS HUNT (Ensemble). National tours: Billy Elliot, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (TOTS and Kennedy Center, Paper Mill Playhouse). Regional: Harmony (Alliance Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Berkshire Theatre Festival) and The Big 23

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST KRISTA SEVEREID (Ensemble/Tessie/ Quintet/u/s Betty Haynes) recently opened the new Wick Theatre in Boca Raton as Maria in The Sound of Music opposite her husband, Tony Lawson. Happily returning for a second year of IBWC! Credits include: Meet Me In St Louis (Esther), Legally Blonde (Elle), Camelot (Guenevere) and Sunday in the Park… (Celeste, 5th Ave).

Bank (NYMF). B.F.A. Boston Conservatory. Thanks and love to his family and Kelly for their constant support! Happy holidays! Graham Keen (Ensemble) is honored to be spending the holidays on the road with White Christmas! National tours: Young Frankenstein, The Music Man. Regional: Good News! (Goodspeed); White Christmas (Gateway); 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor— TriArts); Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose—Studio Tenn.); 42nd Street (Surflight). Native of Nashville, TN; B.A. Wagner College. Currently falls asleep counting his blessings.

JOHN W. CALDER, III (Production Stage Manager). Equity member since 1981. Fifth tour of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Credits include Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Forbidden Broadway, Les Misérables, Disney’s High School Musical—On Stage (original Production and Tour), The Light in the Piazza, A Chorus Line (Donna McKechnie), Dreamgirls (Jennifer Holliday), Anything Goes (Chita Rivera), Hello, Dolly! (Madeline Kahn), Carousel (Patrick Wilson), Harold Prince’s Show Boat, West Side Story, Evita, Into the Woods, The Secret Garden, Phantom. He’s worked with: President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Muhammad Ali, Gwen Verdon, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Cook, Julie Andrews. An avid musical theater collector (10,000+ recordings). JWC3LACA@aol.com.

MEGAN KELLEY (Ensemble). White Christmas 2012 tour. Regional: Gateway Playhouse: Singin’ in the Rain (Girl in Green); Infinity Theatre Company: Dames At Sea (Ruby); The Engeman Theatre: 42nd Street (Ensemble, u/s Peggy Sawyer); Paper Mill Playhouse: White Christmas (Ensemble); Merry-Go-Round Playhouse: Anything Goes (Angel-Purity) and 42nd Street (Diane); Musicals At Richter: 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer). KRISTYN POPE (Ensemble/Rita/Assistant Dance Captain) is grateful for Norb, Randy, Mr. Corker, Binder Casting, and this wonderful opportunity. She sends love to family, friends, teachers, and the White Christmas company. Happy holidays! B.A. Psychology, Northwestern University. PS100.

SARAH MARSHALL (Stage Manager). Tour credits include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Buddy Holly, Disney’s High School Musical, Bombay Dreams, Beauty And The Beast, The Sound Of Music and Parade. Regionally, she is proud to have been a part of the premiere production of Bonnie & Clyde at The La Jolla Playhouse. Off B’way credits include: Dragapella, Starring The Kinsey Sicks, Rated P for Parenthood and Perfect Crime.

KATIE ROONEY (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her IBWC debut! Favorite credits: Guys and Dolls (5th Avenue and The Ordway), Phyllis in 42nd Street (Riverside Theatre, Arizona Broadway Theatre) and Anything Goes (Arizona Broadway Theatre). B.F.A., UCI. Special thanks to Randy Skinner, Binder Casting, and MSA. Love to Patrick and her family.

DAN ZITTEL (1st Assistant Stage Manager) has been stage-managing since becoming a member of Actors’ Equity Association in 1976. He loves touring and has worked Off B’way, in regional and stock theatres. This is Dan’s fourth production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Thank you Charlie Davisson, T.O.T.S., The Cape Playhouse and anyone who ever gave him a job.

NATASHA SCEARSE (Ensemble/u/s Rhoda) is thrilled to return to the magic of IBWC! Tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Regional favorites: MTWichita and Lyric OKC: Crazy For You (Patsy), Annie (u/s Lily), Bye Bye Birdie (Nancy), Sweet Charity (Frenchy). Oklahoma City University grad. Much love to my incredible friends, family, and mentors! Ephesians 3:20.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Buddy Holly Story, Fela!. Off-Broadway: Medieval Play, The Lady From Dubuque (Signature Theatre), In Transit (Primary Stages). NYC: Roman Tragedies, BAM Poetry 2012 (BAM), Foreverman (NYMF). Regional: Surflight Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. Television: “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in Brooklyn. Graduate of Oklahoma City University and proud member of AEA. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA). Founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. Actorsequity.org.

IRVING BERLIN (Music & Lyrics). Born Israel Beilin in a Russian Jewish shtetl in 1888, he died as Irving Berlin in his adopted hometown of New York City in 1989. Songwriter, performer, theater owner, music publisher and soldier, he wrote scores to more than a dozen Broadway musicals (including Annie Get Your Gun) and dozens of Hollywood movie musicals. His more than 1,200 songs include “White Christmas,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Easter Parade,” “Always,” “Blue Skies,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “God Bless America.” Irving Berlin’s love and generosity to his country is legendary, and through several ongoing foundations, including the God Bless America Fund, he donated millions of dollars in royalties to Army emergency relief and the Boy and Girl Scouts. Numerous awards and accolades include an Academy Award for White Christmas, a Congressional Gold Medal, a special Tony Award and commemoration on a U.S. postage stamp.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST DAVID IVES (Book) is the author of All in the Timing, Time Flies, Is He Dead? (adapted from Mark Twain) and New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, among other titles. Also expected in New York is his recent hit at the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, The Liar, translated and adapted from the comedy by Corneille.

Ain’t Broadway Grand (Tony, Outer Critics nominations), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), State Fair (Outer Critics nomination), After The Night And The Music (MTC/Biltmore), Do Re Mi, Of Thee I Sing, Face The Music, No No Nanette, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (the last five at City Center Encores), Lone Star Love (Lucille Lortel nomination), Broadway: Three Generations (Kennedy Center), Lend Me A Tenor The Musical (West End), Stormy Weather (with Leslie Uggams/Pasadena Playhouse), An American In Paris (Alley Theatre). In Los Angeles: Garry Marshall’s Happy Days; Hello, Dolly! (with Nell Carter); Pal Joey (with Dixie Carter, Elaine Stritch); Strike Up The Band (with Tom Bosley). He has received the LA Drama Critics, LA Dramalogue, Bay Area Critics, Connecticut Critics, and Cleveland Times Theatre Awards. He most recently played Phil Dolan in On Your Toes for City Center Encores. Upcoming: Broadway premiere of Dames At Sea.

PAUL BLAKE (Book) is currently a producer of Beautiful—The Carole King Musical now playing on Broadway at the Sondheim Theater. He was for 22 seasons the Executive Producer of the legendary St Louis MUNY where he produced and/or directed more than 150 shows. His Roman Holiday (Book—Writer) which played to capacity at the Guthrie last summer is about to begin its life on London’s West End. NORB JOERDER (Director). His work can be seen from Broadway to regional theaters across America and to European and international productions. He reunited Robert Goulet and Camelot for a critically acclaimed revival on Broadway and a record-breaking national tour. He also staged the Richard Harris international Camelot that toured Australia and Europe. In New York, he has directed and choreographed revivals of 42nd Street with Jerry Orbach and Tammy Grimes, La Cage aux Folles with Gene Barry and Lee Roy Reams, Gypsy with Lanie Kazan, Guys and Dolls with Vic Damone, The Music Man with John Schneider, Annie Get Your Gun with Andrea McArdle and My Fair Lady with Michael Moriarty. Regionally he has worked for Theater Under The Stars in Houston, the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Dallas Summer Musicals in Dallas and Music Fair Productions in New York and Pennsylvania. He has also staged over 25 musicals for The Jupiter Theatre and Richard Akins Productions of Jupiter, Florida. For his work there, Norb was nominated over twelve times and received the Carbonell Award for excellence in theater in southern Florida.

MICHAEL HORSLEY (Musical Director) is the music supervisor for the St. Louis MUNY, America’s largest outdoor theater. His national tours include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Chicago with Chita Rivera and Ben Vereen, 42nd Street, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and Cinderella. Broadway: Chicago, Seussical. He coached and accompanied solo concerts for Lee Roy Reams, Judy Kaye, Luci Arnaz, Shirley Jones, Karen Mason and Tovah Feldshuh. Vocal direction: Christmas Concert Series for the Detroit Symphony, National Symphony, and Birmingham Symphony Orchestras. Regional theater work: Boston, Detroit Fox and Toronto companies of White Christmas, Pioneer Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, North Carolina Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse and Guthrie Theatre. KENNETH FOY (Scenic Design and Adaptation). Houston Grand Opera: Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Pagliacci and A Little Night Music. Porgy and Bess for Milan’s La Scala Opera, national tours of The Sound of Music, The King and I, My Fair Lady,

RANDY SKINNER (Choreographer). Shows include: 42nd Street (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Astaire nominations), 28

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Bombay Dreams, Doctor Doolittle and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. The American Opera Center: Xerxes and Regina. Broadway: Candida starring Joanne Woodward, Macbeth with Nicol Williamson, David Merrick’s production of Oh, Kay!, Annie, An Evening With Jerry Herman, the Tony Awardwinning productions of Gypsy directed by Arthur Laurents and Dame Edna: The Royal Tour. West End: Annie and the English National Theatre production of The Syringa Tree, which he also designed in New York. Art direction for the Emmy-winning Pulitzer Prize documentary, Moment of Impact, Annie in Australia, sets for Radio City Music Hall, video animation for The Mariah Carey Charm Bracelet Tour, production design for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and the world premiere productions of Disney’s High School Musical. ANNA LOUIZOS (Original Set Designer). Designed the Broadway production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas as well as annual

US and UK productions since 2004. She has received three Tony Award nominations for The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2013); In the Heights (2008) including US tour; and High Fidelity (2007). Other Broadway credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella; The Performers; Avenue Q (including the US tour, Paris and London); Curtains; Steel Magnolias; Golda’s Balcony (also national tour with Valerie Harper); Baby It’s You; All About Me; To Be Or Not To Be. Regional designs include: Fly, Rita Moreno, Life Without Makeup, Pirates of Penzance, Disney Live Winnie the Pooh, Minsky’s, Vanities the Musical, Sarah Plain and Tall, Arsenic and Old Lace, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Baker’s Wife, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, Me and My Girl, Band Geeks, and many others. Art Direction film/ TV: “Sex and the City” (HBO), feature film The Secret Lives of Dentists. CARRIE ROBBINS (Costume Designer). Over 30+ Broadway shows, e.g. Class

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K E L L I B A RC L A Y ( A s s o c i a t e Choreographer) is very proud to have been a part of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas since the beginning. Many shows with Mr. Skinner including the Tony Award-winning revival of 42nd Street. Other credits include Pipe Dream at City Center’s Encores, My One and Only at Goodspeed Opera House, Himself and Nora at Hamilton Stage. Kelli also helped develop Goodspeed’s Musical

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Cinderella, Elf, Ghost, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Motown, Once, We Will Rock You and A Christmas Story, The Musical. JOHN R. EDKINS (Production Supervisor) has worked with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera for over 15 years, 10 of them as their Production Supervisor. He owns JE Scenic Technologies, Inc., a theatrical scenic production services and storage company. The company designs and constructs everything from sets for television news rooms to grand scale operas. Nationally and internationally, John was Production Supervisor for The Phantom of the Opera and Cabaret. He is one of three Technical Supervisors who oversee all new productions for Cameron Mackintosh’s office.

PARAMOUNT LICENSING (Licensor). Paramount Licensing Inc. licenses rights for stage plays based on Paramount Pictures’ rich 3,000 film library. Paramount has been producing motion pictures for nearly 100 years, including such prominent films as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Godfather, Forrest Gump, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Transformers and Titanic. Some Paramount titles developed or in development for the stage include White Christmas, Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday, Saturday Night Fever, Footloose, Flashdance, Clueless and The First Wives Club. Paramount Pictures is a unit of Viacom Inc., a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands.

AMY WHITE (Company Manager) started her theater career as the Associate Company Manager for the national tour of Master Class starring Faye Dunaway. After surviving that the rest has been a breeze. She recently was Company Manager for national tours of August: Osage County (Estelle Parsons), 42nd Street, Twelve Angry Men (Richard Thomas), Disney’s High School Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Bombay Dreams, The King & I (Sandy Duncan/Stefanie Powers), My Fair Lady, Annie (John Schuck, Marcia Lewis), A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls (Frenchie Davis) and the 2003 tour of The Sound of Music. Hal Prince’s Parade, the 20th anniversary tour of Annie (John Schuck, Sally Struthers), Chicago (first national tour), West Side Story and Rocket Power.

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Integrating Arts Into Reading, Writing and Arithmetic During an educator workshop on arts integration this fall, Heather Bagley volunteers for what seems like a simple exercise.

front of my peers.” Bagley is one of dozens of Des Moines Public Schools educators who are part of a professional development program throughout the school year that teaches them how to integrate arts – drama, music, ssigned to act out a sentence about a dance and visual media – into core subject little boy walking up the stairs to an empty areas like reading, writing, science and house, the Riverwoods Elementary School arithmetic. By doing so, educators create teacher repeats the task again and again as learning conditions that are highly engaging her fellow educators add more details and and illicit higher level thinking skills from description to the original sentence to students, making the learning deeper and make her performance more interesting. longer lasting. Furthermore, arts integration The exercise was an example of how drama helps students develop essential skills of can help deepen students’ reading and creativity, critical thinking, communication writing skills. and collaboration. After the exercise, Bagley The program, jointly “It gave me an reflected on her experience. presented by Des Moines “It was a great opportunity opportunity to Performing Arts and for me to get out of my challenge myself Des Moines Public comfort zone and to think and be creative in Schools, is part of a formal of teaching in a different partnership through the light,” she said. “It gave me front of my peers.” John F. Kennedy Center’s an opportunity to challenge — Heather Bagley Partners in Education. myself and be creative in

Riverwoods Elementary music teacher Heather Bagley acts out an exercise on how drama can help deepen students’ reading and writing skills.

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In his day job, Bruce Pomahac is the Director of Music for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. He also was the Vocal and Dance Arranger for White Christmas. Here, Bruce talks about Irving Berlin’s “newest” musical.

People bring all of these “memories” to the theater, and, whether they are aware of it or not, it affects how they react to what is essentially a brand new experience. HT: White Christmas has a pretty great collection of songs to start with, but it still needed a few more numbers to turn it into a full-blown musical. How did that process work?

HAPPY TALK: The movie of “White Christmas” is such a beloved favorite. Does that help or hinder the challenge of turning it into a live stage production?

BP: Songs are exclamation points in a musical like White Christmas. When you get to a number it has to deliver the goods. For sheer entertainment, no one does this better than Irving Berlin did. Often the challenge was not what song we were going to find, but which of several would be the best choice. [Co-librettist] Paul Blake and later, [co-librettist] David Ives and [director] Walter Bobbie did the choosing, and did it brilliantly, I think. Then it became the job

BRUCE POMAHAC: Oh, it helps. Even people who haven’t seen the movie have a “vision” of it. This is based on their knowledge of the songs (especially the title song), the movie musicals from the golden era which they have seen and enjoyed, and the images of this film and others like it which - in the form of clips and media bites - have continued to live in our culture for the last 50 years. 54

bases. The choral arrangements have to thrill. The singing actors and actresses must enthrall us. This is a big order. The arrangers have to pull out all the stops and a cast and orchestra need to be found who can put luster into every note and chord. This is the show biz magic that White Christmas celebrates. HT: You mentioned a big orchestra. White Christmas was arranged for 24 pieces. Is that unusual for this day and age? BP: It is rare that any theater producer feels he or she can afford to hire more than the minimum number of players required by the musician’s union for a pit orchestra. On Broadway today that can be as few as twelve players, or even fewer. Kevin McCollum understood the power of expression a full orchestra could bring to White Christmas, and he was determined to have a big band with a string section from the start. I couldn’t be happier. There is no substitution for what a full orchestra can add to a musical production. HT: Bruce, you worked on the screento-stage transfers of Meet Me in St. Louis, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair and now, White Christmas. Obviously, you believe that great movie musicals have great stage potential too.

of the music team to make the songs fit seamlessly into the cloth of the story and the production.

BP: Absolutely. For one thing, if they’re done right, they should feel more like a new show than a revival, and I think that these three have each met that test. The hardest part about recreating the past is making it exciting once again. White Christmas doesn’t so much take us back to another time as it entertains the socks off of us right now. In a world that can find as much irony in the good old days as it can in today’s headlines, I think this is the secret and the surprise of Irving Berlin’s and White Christmas’s brand new success.

HT: As you wove the interpolations in with the movie songs, what sort of style did you and [orchestrator] Larry Blank find yourselves working toward? BP: The decision was made from the getgo to keep the sound of the music in the post-World War II big band era vernacular. We approached every number as if it were being created, arranged and performed in that time. HT: New songs require new arrangements, right?

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