DMPA: Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, July 14-19, 2015

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July 14-19, 2015

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From the Past Chair................................................................. 7 Cowles Commons Donors................................................. 8 Annual Fund Donors..............................................................9

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Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.....................13 Cast.......................................................................................................15 Musical Numbers....................................................................17 Who’s Who in the Cast..................................................... 20 Staff and Credits................................................................... 30 Creating the Magical World of.................................. 40 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella The Most Magical Night of the Season................ 52 Des Moines Students Experience..............................54 Disney’s The Lion King Des Moines Performing Arts.................................... 58 Board of Directors Des Moines Performing Arts Staff........................ 59

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FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear friends, From 1943 to 1959, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II created nine musicals for the Broadway stage. Of those, their “Big Five” – Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music – are still among the most-performed musicals on amateur and professional stages. In fact, the current Broadway production of The King and I just won four 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.

All of the Big Five musicals were turned into movies, including the beloved The Sound of Music, released 50 years ago. Rodgers and Hammerstein also created one musical specifically for film and one for television. In 1945, they adapted Phil Stong’s novel State Fair. We welcomed the pre-Broadway premiere here at the Civic Center during the 1995 Iowa State Fair.

In 1957, Julie Andrews became an overnight sensation in Broadway’s My Fair Lady. Soon after, Andrews’ agent approached Rodgers and Hammerstein to adapt the folk tale of Cinderella into a television musical. Live telecasts of musicals were common, but they were almost always adaptations of existing Broadway shows. In this case, the team wrote the musical specifically for television, and the one-time-only live broadcast of Cinderella played to TV’s largest audience to that date – 107 million viewers (60% of the country).

CBS restaged the production in 1965 with Lesley Ann Warren as Cinderella. ABC brought Cinderella back to life in 1997 as well with pop singer Brandy Norwood in the title role.

A few years ago, the Rodgers and Hammerstein organization approached producer Robyn Goodman about a first-ever Broadway adaptation of Cinderella. She turned to writer Douglas Carter Beane to adapt the 90-minute television musical into a fully-realized stage musical. Beane pulled some songs from other R+H musicals to fill out the score (the same was done for State Fair). Goodman hired brilliant creatives, including the incomparable William Ivey Long, who designed 330 costumes for this production.

The Broadway version of Cinderella opened on March 3, 2013, and we are so pleased to present the national tour of this lavish production as part of our Willis Broadway Series.

Please enjoy Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

Jeff Chelesvig President & CEO Des Moines Performing Arts 5

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FROM THE PAST CHAIR

Dear friends, Welcome! We are so pleased that you are with us.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, please accept our sincere thanks to our Willis Broadway Series Season Ticket Holders and Donors. Your interest, patronage and generosity build the foundation for all we do.

Des Moines Performing Arts is the non-profit organization that operates the Des Moines Civic Center, Stoner Theater, Temple Theater and Cowles Commons. At these venues, you will find an extensive range of high-quality live, professional performing arts.

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Des Moines Performing Arts also offers highly impactful educational programs. The Applause Series offers $1 tickets to every one of the more than 56,000 students and teachers who come to its performances annually. Professional development programs provide teachers with new strategies for the classroom. And, the Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards celebrate the work of Iowa’s talented young people and their committed instructors.

All of these programs require donations to operate successfully. I invite you to join us in our mission by becoming a Donor. Your gift will impact many, as will the opportunities for you to explore everything that is Des Moines Performing Arts.

To learn more about attending any of our performances or making a donation, please visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org or call (515) 246-2300.

Enjoy the show!

Thomas Brown Past Chair of the Board of Directors Des Moines Performing Arts 7

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welcome Once again the Willis Auto Campus is honored to provide title sponsorship to Des Moines Performing Arts’ main stage season in the form of the 2014 - 2015 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 bring world class productions like Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella to Central Iowa.

ENJOY THE SHOW! — Rich Willis, President

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

ROBYN GOODMAN JILL FURMAN STEPHEN KOCIS EDWARD WALSON VENETIAN GLASS PRODUCTIONS THE ARACA GROUP CAIOLA PRODUCTIONS ROY FURMAN PETER MAY/SANFORD ROBERTSON JAMES SPRY ERIC SCHMIDT BLANKET FORT PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S

MUSIC BY RICHARD

RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN II NEW BOOK BY DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE ORIGINAL BOOK BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II LYRICS BY OSCAR

STARRING

PAIGE FAURE ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES WILL BLUM KAITLYN DAVIDSON AYMEE GARCIA ANTOINE L. SMITH BRANCH WOODMAN AND

BETH GLOVER KECIA LEWIS ADRIAN BAIDOO SUMMER BROYHILL AUDREY CARDWELL CODY DAVIS RACHEL FAIRBANKS ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER JORDANA GROLNICK ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON DANIELLE JORDAN BEN LANHAM LAUREN LUKACEK SEAN SEYMOUR BLAKELY SLAYBAUGH LAUREN SPRAGUE PAIGE WILLIAMS TANNER RAY WILSON THAD TURNER WILSON JOHN YI

SCENIC DESIGN

ANNA LOUIZOS

HAIR AND WIG DESIGN

CASTING

PAUL HUNTLEY

LIGHTING DESIGN

MUSIC COORDINATOR

VALERIE GEBERT

TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR

MARKETING DIRECTION

HOWARD JOINES

NEVIN STEINBERG PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

SETH F. BARKER

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER

LARRY MORLEY

CHARLES SALAMENO ALLIED LIVE

SOUND DESIGN

KENNETH POSNER

MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR

CINDY TOLAN ADAM CALDWELL

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

COSTUME DESIGN

WILLIAM IVEY LONG

THE BOOKING GROUP

PRESS

COMPANY MANAGER

LEE WILKINS

GENERAL MANAGER

SAM RUDY DENNY DANIELLO RICHARDS/CLIMAN, INC. MEDIA RELATIONS ORCHESTRATIONS

DANNY TROOB MUSIC ADAPTATION, SUPERVISION AND ARRANGEMENTS

DAVID CHASE

CHOREOGRAPHED BY

JOSH RHODES DIRECTED BY

MARK BROKAW PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN AN IMAGEM COMPANY ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING ON GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS

PRESENTED BY DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS

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JULY 14-19, 2015

CAST (in order of appearance)

Ella....................................................................................................................................................................PAIGE FAURE Woodland Creature.............................................................................AUDREY CARDWELL, LAUREN SPRAGUE Topher.............................................................................................................................. ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES Lord Pinkleton.................................................................................................................................. ANTOINE L. SMITH Sebastian.......................................................................................................................................BRANCH WOODMAN Marie................................................................................................................................................................ KECIA LEWIS Jean-Michel......................................................................................................................................................WILL BLUM Madame....................................................................................................................................................... BETH GLOVER Gabrielle..........................................................................................................................................KAITLYN DAVIDSON Charlotte....................................................................................................................................................AYMEE GARCIA Fox........................................................................................................RACHEL FAIRBANKS, TANNER RAY WILSON Raccoon..................................................................................................LAUREN LUKACEK, BLAKELY SLAYBAUGH Footman.......................................................................................................................................TANNER RAY WILSON Driver............................................................................................................................................. BLAKELY SLAYBAUGH Lady of Ridicule..................................................................................................................................LAUREN LUKACEK Knights, Townspeople, Lords & Ladies of the Court, Peasants..........................................ADRIAN BAIDOO, SUMMER BROYHILL, AUDREY CARDWELL, CODY DAVIS, RACHEL FAIRBANKS, ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER, LAUREN LUKACEK, SEAN SEYMOUR, BLAKELY SLAYBAUGH, LAUREN SPRAGUE, PAIGE WILLIAMS, TANNER RAY WILSON, THAD TURNER WILSON, JOHN YI

SWINGS

JORDANA GROLNICK, ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, DANIELLE JORDAN, BEN LANHAM Dance Captain—ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON Assistant Dance Captain—DANIELLE JORDAN

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance for Ella—AUDREY CARDWELL, RACHEL FAIRBANKS; for Woodland Creature—JORDANA GROLNICK; for Topher—SEAN SEYMOUR, JOHN YI; for Lord Pinkleton—WILL BLUM, THAD TURNER WILSON; for Sebastian—CODY DAVIS, ANTOINE L. SMITH; for Marie—LAUREN LUKACEK, LAUREN SPRAGUE; for Jean-Michel—BLAKELY SLAYBAUGH, THAD TURNER WILSON, JOHN YI; for Madame—LAUREN LUKACEK, PAIGE WILLIAMS; for Gabrielle—AUDREY CARDWELL, RACHEL FAIRBANKS; for Charlotte—SUMMER BROYHILL, ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER; for Fox—JORDANA GROLNICK, ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, DANIELLE JORDAN, BEN LANHAM; for Raccoon—JORDANA GROLNICK, ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, DANIELLE JORDAN, BEN LANHAM; for Footman—ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, BEN LANHAM; for Driver—ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, BEN LANHAM; for Lady of Ridicule—JORDANA GROLNICK, DANIELLE JORDAN THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I Overture........................................................................................................................................................................................... Orchestra Prologue Rocky Glen “Me, Who Am I?”......................................................................................Topher, Sebastian, Lord Pinkleton, Knights, Pages Outside the Cottage “In My Own Little Corner”.................................................................................................................................................................Ella Throne Room of the Royal Palace Town Square “Now Is the Time”...............................................................................................................................................................Jean-Michel “The Prince Is Giving a Ball”......................Lord Pinkleton, Townspeople, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle, Ella, Marie Inside the Cottage “Cinderella March”................................................................................................................................................................. Orchestra Outside the Cottage “In My Own Little Corner” (Reprise)/“Fol-De-Rol”...................................................................................................... Ella, Marie “Impossible”............................................................................................................................................................................ Marie, Ella Flight to the Castle “It’s Possible”........................................................................................................................................................................... Marie, Ella Ballroom “Gavotte”...............Sebastian, Topher, Lord Pinkleton, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle, Lords & Ladies of the Court “Ten Minutes Ago”............................................................................................................................................................. Topher, Ella “Cinderella Waltz”................................................................................................................................................................... Orchestra “Ten Minutes Ago” (Reprise)................................................................................... Topher, Ella, Lords & Ladies of the Court Palace Steps ACT II Entr’acte........................................................................................................................................................................................... Orchestra Palace Steps “Stepsister’s Lament”.....................................................................................................................Charlotte, Ladies of the Court Forest “The Pursuit”...................................................Topher, Lord Pinkleton, Lords of the Court, Pages, Ella, Footman, Driver Inside the Cottage “When You’re Driving Through the Moonlight”......................................................... Ella, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle “A Lovely Night”...................................................................................................................... Ella, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle “A Lovely Night” (Reprise)............................................................................................................................................Ella, Gabrielle Forest “Loneliness of Evening”.................................................................................................................................................... Topher, Ella Throughout the Kingdom “The Prince Is Giving a Ball” (Reprise)..........................................................Sebastian, Lord Pinkleton, Heralds, Madame Inside the Cottage “There’s Music in You”.................................................................................................................................................................. Marie Palace Steps “Now Is the Time” (Reprise)........................................................................................................................Jean-Michel, Gabrielle “Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?”............................................................................................................... Topher, Ella Palace “Ten Minutes Ago” (Reprise)............................................................................................................. Topher, Ella, The Company Royal Gardens “Finale”................................................................................................................................................................. Marie, The Company ORCHESTRA Music Supervisor—DAVID CHASE; Music Director/Conductor—VALERIE GEBERT Assistant Conductor/Keyboard—BRUCE BARNES; Keyboard 1—ROBERTO SINHA Music Copying—JOANN KANE MUSIC SERVICE/RUSSELL BARTMUS, MARK GRAHAM Orchestration Reduction—JASON HOWLAND; Music Programming—MYSTL MUSIC AND HIRO IIDA Music Coordinator—HOWARD JOINES Additional Orchestrations by Bill Elliott, Doug Besterman and Larry Hochman.

Additional lyrics by Douglas Carter Beane and David Chase.

LOCAL ORCHESTRA Woodwinds—SONJA GILES, CLARENCE PADILLA; French Horn—BRET SEEBECK; Trumpet—ANDY CLASSEN; Trombone—CASEY MADAY; Percussion & Drum Set—AARON WILLIAMS; Violins—JULIE FOX HENSON, JOHN HELMICH; Viola—JULIA IMMEL; Cello—MARY PSHONIK; Bass—ALAN HENSON; Keyboard Sub—SONYA SEIBERT; Local Orchestra Contractor—HAROLD JANSEN

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CAST

PAIGE FAURE

BETH GLOVER

KAITLYN DAVIDSON

ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES

KECIA LEWIS

AYMEE GARCIA

WILL BLUM

ANTOINE L. SMITH

BRANCH WOODMAN

ADRIAN BAIDOO

SUMMER BROYHILL

AUDREY CARDWELL

CODY DAVIS

RACHEL FAIRBANKS

ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER

JORDANA GROLNICK

ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON

DANIELLE JORDAN

BEN LANHAM

LAUREN LUKACEK

SEAN SEYMOUR

BLAKELY SLAYBAUGH

LAUREN SPRAGUE

PAIGE WILLIAMS

TANNER RAY WILSON

THAD TURNER WILSON

JOHN YI

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST PAIGE FAURE (Ella). Happy to continue to share this fairytale after playing Ella in Cinderella on Broadway!

Other Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway, How to Succeed… (Hedy La Rue). Applause to my familiesThe Durands and Monleys. Love to Adam and Hankthank you for go go go-ing with me. Eph. 3:14-20.

Bobby). Tour: Cats (Old Deuteronomy, Gus, Growltiger).

Regional: Les Misérables (Javert), Ragtime (Booker T. Washington), Rent (Tom Collins), Big River (Jim). Love and Honor to God, Mom, Dad. Thank you DDO and Adam Caldwell. “May the work I do speak for me.”

BRANCH WOODMAN (Sebastian). Broadway/tours: Cinderella (original company), Priscilla Queen of The Desert, Billy Elliot, Bye Bye Birdie (revival), Big, Crazy for You, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, many regional credits, various recordings. TV: “Alpha House,” commercials.

Proud native of Upland, CA and Actors’ Equity member.

In memory of friend/mentor George Reeder.

ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES (Topher). Broadway: Cinderella (OBC), Bullets Over Broadway (OBC).

International tour: West Side Story. Regional: The Muny, NSMT, Maltz Jupiter. TV: “Today Show,” “Late Night with David Letterman,” “Tony Awards” (2013, 2014). Proud graduate of The University of Michigan. Thanks to the whole Cinderella team. It’s possible! @ajonestweets.

ADRIAN BAIDOO (Ensemble). National tour debut!

Off-Broadway: Pirira. Regional: MUNY, MTWichita, WVPT. TV: “Royal Pains.” University of Michigan graduate. Endless gratitude to Cinderella team, Henderson Hogan, family, friends and teachers!

Twitter/Instagram @AdrianBaidoo.

KECIA LEWIS (Marie). Broadway: Leap of Faith (OBC), Chicago, Shrek, The Drowsy Chaperone (OBC), Dreamgirls (OBC), Once on This Island (OBC), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (OBC revival), Big River, The Gospel at Colonus (OBC). Off-Broadway: Dessa Rose (Drama Desk nomination). Regional: Dreamgirls (Ovation Award), Polk County (Bay Area Outer Critic’s Circle Award). Favorite role: Simon’s mommy.

SUMMER BROYHILL (Ensemble, u/s Charlotte).

Broadway: Hairspray. N.Y.C.: The Independents, Killer Therapy. Regional: The Last Five Years (Cathy), Tarzan (Jane), Oklahoma! (Laurey/Dream Laurey). Love and thanks to casting, creatives and my miraculous family. summerbroyhill.com.

BETH GLOVER (Madame). National tours: All Shook Up; Promises, Promises; Dirty Blonde; Anything Goes.

Off-B’way: Take Me Along, Counsellor at Law, many more. World premieres: Analog & Vinyl, The Good Girl Is Gone, Book of Candy, Body Shop. Awards and noms: SFBACC Best Actress for Grey Gardens; 9 to 5; Good News; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. BethGloverActress.com.

AUDREY CARDWELL (Ensemble, u/s Ella, Gabrielle).

Tours: Anything Goes (first national), Elf. Regional highlights: Muny, NSMT, Houston TUTS. Proud graduate of Penn State, B.F.A. Musical Theatre.

Endless love to the Cinderella team, DGRW, family and Andy. @akatcard.

WILL BLUM (Jean-Michel). Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Grease. National tour: Hair, Elf: The Musical, Grease and Seussical. Regional: Harmony, Little Shop of Horrors, The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sweet Charity, A Funny Thing…Forum, Big River and Floyd Collins. B.F.A. from The Boston Conservatory. Instagram: @willblum.

CODY DAVIS (Ensemble, u/s Sebastian). Broadway/ NYC: Cinderella, Lady, Be Good (Encores!). Tour: White Christmas. Regional: MTWichita, PA Shakes, Infinity Theatre Company. University of Michigan graduate.

Love to Cindy team, family, and friends. Glory to God!

KAITLYN DAVIDSON (Gabrielle). Broadway: Cinderella; Nice Work If You Can Get It (original cast/ Asst. Dance Captain). National tour: White Christmas (Judy Haynes). Regional: Marriott Lincolnshire, Pioneer Theater Company, Maltz Jupiter, Pittsburgh CLO, MTWichita, KC Starlight and many more.

Training: B.F.A.: CCM. Thanks to Mark, Adam, DGRW, Mom, Dad and Alex. www.kaitlyn-davidson.com.

RACHEL FAIRBANKS (Ensemble, u/s Ella, u/s Gabrielle) is a Boston native. Favorites include Young Elise/Patton (First Wives Club), Cinderella (Into the Woods, PCS), Ariel u/s (The Little Mermaid, NSMT) among others. For my family.

ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER (Ensemble, u/s Charlotte). Selected credits: Broadway: Soul Doctor.

National tours: West Side Story (“Anybodys”). TV: “Triple Sensation” (CBC). Training: B.F.A. Boston Conservatory, Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Gratitude to Cinderella team and my family. For Baba.

AYMEE GARCIA (Charlotte). Credits: Shrek The Musical (Mama Bear/Gingy) Broadway/Tour, Avenue Q Broadway, Les Misérables (Madame Thenardier) Broadway/Tour. TV: Trixie on “Lazytown” and Smooch in “It’s a Big Big World.” Thanks to Adam Caldwell, Penny Leudtke, Cindy Tolan, Robyn Goodman. Love to Jade and Ruby, this is for you.

JORDANA GROLNICK (Swing). National tour debut!

Jordana is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre program. Regional: The Muny. Endless gratitude to my family, the Cinderella team and MT14.

ANTOINE L. SMITH (Lord Pinkleton, u/s Sebastian).

Broadway: Memphis (Wailin’ Joe, u/s Delray, Gator,

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Christmas Spectacular. Tour: Billy Elliot, The Producers.

B.F.A.: CCM. Birmingham, Ala., native. Thanks to Adam Caldwell, love to family and my Michelangelo.

JOHN YI (Ensemble, u/s Topher, u/s Jean-Michel).

N.Y.C./international tour: Behind The Painting, KPOP, Oliver!, Miss Saigon. Regional: Goodspeed, PCLO. B.F.A., Elon. Proud TFA alum. Love and gratitude to God, family, friends, Harden-Curtis and the Cinderella family! @mrjohnyi.

DANIELLE JORDAN (Swing). Broadway: Follies (Kennedy Center, Ahmanson). Regional: Oklahoma!; Kiss Me, Kate (Paper Mill Playhouse); Ragtime (Pioneer Theatre); The Music Man (Arena Stage, first national tour); Hairspray (Cape Playhouse). It’s possible!

RICHARD RODGERS + OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (Music, Lyrics & Original Book). After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer, 1902–79) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895–1960) joined forces in the early ’40s to create the most successful partnership in the American musical theater.

Oklahoma! (1943), the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was also the first of a new genre, the musical play, blending Rodgers’ sophisticated style of musical comedy (which he had perfected in a 25-year partnership with lyricist Lorenz Hart) with Hammerstein’s innovations in operetta (conceived in collaboration with such composers as Sigmund Romberg, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml and Jerome Kern). Over the next 16 years, R&H wrote eight more Broadway musicals: Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music. They wrote one movie musical, State Fair, subsequently adapted to the stage, and one for television, “Cinderella.” First broadcast live with Julie Andrews in 1957, remade with Lesley Ann Warren (1965), and again with Whitney Houston and Brandy (1997), R&H’s Cinderella made her Broadway debut in 2013.

BEN LANHAM (Swing): Dance graduate, Oklahoma City University. Thrilled for his first national tour!

International: West Side Story (European tour).

Regional: MUNY, MTWichita, LyricOK. Thanks blocNYC, family and friends for unending support! @ benlanham_NYC. LAUREN LUKACEK (Raccoon, Lady of Ridicule, Ensemble, u/s Madame, u/s Marie). International Tour: My Fair Lady (u/s Eliza). Regional: Sound of Music (Maria), White Christmas (Betty), Beauty and the Beast (Babette), NSMT, Ogunquit. B.F.A. Boston Conservatory. For my family and Tao. SEAN SEYMOUR (Ensemble, u/s Topher). National tour debut! Recent Michigan grad. Favorite roles: Marius (Les Misérables, Michigan), Mark (A Chorus Line, NCT), Eugene (Grease, MUNY). Thanks to Adam Caldwell, CTG and my amazing family. seanmatthewseymour.com.

BLAKELY SLAYBAUGH (Raccoon, u/s Jean-Michel).

Pinocchio (Shrek Broadway tour), Wickersham (Seussical), Protean (Forum), Rusty Charlie (Guys and Dolls), Harold Lloyd (‘S Wonderful), Mike (A Chorus Line), Dean (All Shook Up), Eugene (Biloxi Blues). B.F.A.: CCM. BlakelySlaybaugh.com.

DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE (New Book). Musicals: The Band Wagon (Encores), Cinderella (Tony nom., Best Book), Lysistrata Jones (Tony nom., Best Book), Sister Act (Tony nom., Best Book) and Xanadu (Tony nom., Best Book; Drama Desk Best Book; Outer Critics Circle Best Musical). Plays: Shows for Days (Lincoln Center), The Nance, The Little Dog Laughed (Tony nom., Olivier nom., GLAAD Media Best Play), As Bees in Honey Drown (Outer Critics Circle Award), Mr. & Mrs. Fitch, Music From a Sparkling Planet, The Country Club, Advice From a Caterpillar, The Cartells. Opera: Die Fledermaus (Met). Revues: White Lies, Mondo Drama.

Screenplays: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Julie Newmar; Advice From a Caterpillar. TV: “The Nance” (PBS). Upcoming: Fairycakes, Robin Hood. Life: Husband Lewis Flinn, son Cooper, daughter Gabrielle.

LAUREN SPRAGUE (Ensemble, u/s Marie). Tours: Wizard of Oz, La Cage… NYC: Castlewalk (Ginger Rogers).

Regional: Goodspeed, NSMT, PCLO, NCT, Maltz-Jupiter, Cape Playhouse. CCM grad. Thanks to Cinderella team, DGRW, my family and husband Michael!

PAIGE WILLIAMS (Ensemble, u/s Madame). OCU dance grad. Regional credits: Paper Mill Playhouse, Cape Playhouse and MTWichita. Tours: Mary Poppins (second national). Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Rockette (N.Y.C. and Nashville). Love to Marva!

TANNER RAY WILSON (Fox, Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of Cinderella! National tour: Elf the Musical. Other favorites include Mary Poppins and White Christmas.

Love to: Family, Elon and CESD. Instagram: @tannerizzle.

MARK BROKAW (Director). Broadway: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Lyons, After Miss Julie, The Constant Wife, Reckless, Cry-Baby. New York premieres include works by Douglas Carter Beane, David Auburn, Lynda Barry, Eric Bogosian, Charles

THAD TURNER WILSON (Ensemble, u/s Lord Pinkleton, u/s Jean-Michel). B’way/N.Y.C.: Billy Elliot, Radio City

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Busch, Julia Cho, Lisa Kron, Kenneth Lonergan, Craig Lucas, Nicky Silver, Paula Vogel and Wendy Wasserstein. Regional includes Yale Rep, Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Center Theatre Group, Huntington, La Jolla, Steppenwolf, Sundance Theatre Lab, Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration and the O’Neill Theatre Conference. He has directed at London’s Donmar Warehouse and Menier Chocolate Factory, Dublin’s Gate Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Mark is the artistic director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre. Artistic associate: Roundabout Theatre.

KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Design) has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theater credits.

He designs extensively off-Broadway, for resident theaters and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: Kinky Boots, Pippin, If/Then, Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia—Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, Harvey and Wicked. He is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and OBIE awards.

JOSH RHODES (Choreographer). Broadway credits include First Date and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Outer Critic Circle, Astaire Award and Drama Desk nominations). Other stage credits include Company starring Neil Patrick Harris, Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson and Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Concert for The New York Philharmonic and PBS. Steve Martin’s Bright Star (Old Globe). Broadway: Three Generations (Kennedy Center), On the Town (L.A. Philharmonic), Working (Old Globe, the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago and the Drama Desk Award-winning production at the Prospect Theater in New York).

NEVIN STEINBERG (Sound Design) was nominated for a Tony Award for his work on the Broadway production of Cinderella. Recent Broadway: Mothers and Sons, The Performers and Magic/Bird at the Longacre Theatre. Audio consultant for Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. More than 30 Broadway productions as a former founding principal of Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair and In the Heights.

LEE WILKINS (Associate Choreographer) was the associate choreographer on the Broadway productions of First Date and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella as well as Company starring Neil Patrick Harris and Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (Avery Fisher Hall and on PBS), On the Town (Los Angeles Philharmonic) and most recently Bright Star (The Old Globe).

PAUL HUNTLEY (Hair/Wig Design). London-born Paul Huntley has worked on hundreds of Broadway shows, including the original productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Les Misérables, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of Drama Desk and Tony Awards, his recent projects include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Heiress and Nice Work If You Can Get It.

JENIFER FOOTE (Associate Director). Associate Director/Choreographer credits: The Cradle Will Rock starring Patti LuPone (The Acting Company), Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson (Avery Fisher Hall, PBS), Rock of Ages (national tour), Elf (Paper Mill Playhouse). Broadway acting credits: Follies, ...Drood, Rock of Ages, A Chorus Line, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula, Annie Get Your Gun.

DAVID CHASE (Music Adaptation, Supervision & Arrangements) has been Music Director, Supervisor and/ or Arranger for nearly 30 Broadway productions (most recently: Nice Work, How to Succeed…, Anything Goes, Billy Elliot, Evita). Music Director/Arranger for NBC’s live broadcasts of “The Sound of Music” and “Peter Pan.” Also: Guys and Dolls (West End), Boston Pops (Twelve Days of Christmas), Kennedy Center Honors (Barbara Cook). Upcoming: Finding Neverland. Musical training: Biology degree from Harvard University.

ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic Design) received Tony nominations for The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2014), In the Heights (2008) and High Fidelity (2007). Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Performers, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Avenue Q, Curtains, Baby It’s You!, All About Me, To Be or Not to Be, Steel Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony.

Off-Broadway: Sons of the Prophet; Speech and Debate; Altar Boyz; tick, tick…BOOM! Regional: Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Fly, the Musical, It Shoulda Been You, Disney’s Aladdin, Winnie The Pooh and The Perfect Day. Art direction: “Sex and the City” (HBO).

DANNY TROOB (Orchestrations). His career as a musician includes composing, orchestrating and conducting. Some early credits: Pacific Overtures, The Baker’s Wife (Dance Music), Big River (Music Supervision, Drama Desk Award winner). Orchestrated the animated features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas. More recently, Newsies and Aladdin on Broadway, The Little Mermaid worldwide and Dr. Zhivago, opening on Broadway in 2015. It is a thrill to have a Richard Rodgers score to orchestrate.

WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Designer) won the 2013 Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Tony awards for Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. 70 Broadway shows, 13 Tony Award nominations, 6

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King and Lion King Las Vegas, Cabaret, The Sound of Music, The Fantasticks, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional: Berkeley Rep, California Music Theatre, St. Louis Rep & MUNY, North Shore Music Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse.

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Credits include War Horse national tour, Signature Theatre Company, NY Stage and Film, La Jolla Playhouse and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Other: Virginia Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet.

B.F.A. University of Cincinnati—College Conservatory of Music. Love and thanks to family and friends.

BRUCE BARNES (Assistant Conductor/Keyboard).

Broadway: Peter Pan. Off-Broadway: Nunsense, Peter and the Wolf, Everything the Traffic Will Allow. National Tours: Peter Pan, Camelot, Kiss Me, Kate, Cabaret, Cats.

International: West Side Story, Lincoln Center’s “Meet the Artist.” Regional: North Shore, The Cape, Papermill, Westport, and Ogunquit Playhouses.

DENNY DANIELLO (Company Manager). National Tours: Anything Goes starring Rachel York, West Side Story, Grease with Taylor Hicks, The Drowsy Chaperone with Georgia Engel, Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, Little Women starring Maureen McGovern, Ann-Margret in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

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HOWARD JOINES (Music Coordinator). Credits include Bullets Over Broadway; Aladdin; A Night With Janis Joplin; Matilda; Scandalous; Chaplin; Ghost; How to Succeed…; Promises, Promises; Bye Bye Birdie; Grease; The Times They Are A Changin’; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Bare; Now.Here.This. Conductor/percussionist: Matilda, Billy Elliot, …Scoundrels, Never Gonna Dance, Flower Drum Song, The Full Monty, …Superstar, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Singin’ in the Rain, The King and I, Cleavage, Radio City. For Robin and Taylor.

RICHARDS/CLIMAN, INC. (General Manager), founded in 1997 by David R. Richards and Tamar Haimes (formerly Climan). Current: You Can’t Take It With You, It’s Only A Play, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Past Broadway/Tours: All The Way, Anything Goes, August: Osage County, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The Glass Menagerie, Twelve Angry Men, Annie.

CINDY TOLAN & ADAM CALDWELL (Casting).

Broadway: Cinderella, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Betrayal, Macbeth, The Performers, Lysistrata Jones, Relatively Speaking, That Championship Season, A View From the Bridge, All My Sons, Xanadu, Avenue Q, Medea, A Year With Frog and Toad. Film includes This Is Where I Leave You, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Blue Valentine, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Letters to Juliet, Sugar, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Darjeeling Limited, The Namesake, Sherrybaby, Kinsey, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Personal Velocity, Casa de Los Babys.

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SETH F. BARKER (Production Stage Manager) is grateful to be taking the first national tour of Cinderella around North America. Previous Tours include: first national of War Horse, Blue Man Group, Hairspray, Rent and Cirque du Soleil’s Big Top show Corteo. Many thanks for the continued LOVE and support from his parents, Mike and Barbara.

ROBYN GOODMAN (Producer/Aged In Wood) produced two Tony Award-winning musicals, Avenue Q and In the Heights. Also, Altar Boyz, tick, tick…

BOOM!, High Fidelity, American Idiot and West Side Story. Plays include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Metamorphoses, Red Light Winter, Steel Magnolias and 50 productions as Founder/Artistic Director of Second Stage Theatre. Currently she is the Consultant and Artistic Producer of the Underground Series at Roundabout Theatre Company and Executive Producer of The Bucks County Playhouse.

PAIGE GRANT (Stage Manager). Credits include Jersey Boys first national tour, War Horse North American tour. New York: To Be or Not to Be and From Up Here with Manhattan Theatre Club. Las Vegas: Jersey Boys. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, California

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST CAIOLA PRODUCTIONS (Producers). Caiola Productions LLC; they are also owners of B&L MGMT, a family owned Manhattan real estate firm.

Broadway: Godspell, The Heiress, Glengarry Glen Ross, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Award), All the Way (Tony Award). This season: It’s Only A Play, The Elephant Man. Rose is artistic director of Manhattan Movement & Arts Center. Off-Broadway: co-author/ producer, Freckleface Strawberry the Musical. Thanks to Bettina and the late Benny Caiola for making everything possible.

JILL FURMAN (Producer) received the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical for In the Heights. Other Broadway credits include Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Heiress, Seminar, West Side Story, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sly Fox and Fortune’s Fool. OffBroadway credits include On the Line and Adult Entertainment. Jill also produces the hip-hop comedy group Freestyle Love Supreme, both a live show and a tv series, currently airing on the Pivot Network. In 2011 Jill received the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatre Producing. Member: National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Cinderella, It’s Only a Play, This Is Our Youth. Upcoming: The Last Ship, A Delicate Balance, Elephant Man, An American in Paris. Best Musical/Play Tony winners: A Raisin in the Sun, The Book of Mormon, In the Heights, The History Boys, Spamalot, Fosse, War Horse. Co-founded investment firm Furman Selz; now Vice Chairman, Jefferies LLC; Vice Chairman, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; and Chairman Emeritus, the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

STEPHEN KOCIS (Producer) is Vice President of Aged In Wood, LLC, a Broadway production company which has been involved in such hits as Avenue Q and In the Heights (both recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical). Other Broadway credits include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, American Idiot, Barefoot in the Park (Assoc. Prod.) and Steel Magnolias (Assoc. Prod.). Off- Broadway: Altar Boyz; tick, tick…

BOOM! General Manager: The Performers. He is also a Producer at the historic Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., celebrating its 75th Anniversary season.

EDWARD WALSON (Producer). With a background in CATV ownership and programming, is now dedicating his time to producing independent films and theater. His Broadway credits include Relatively Speaking, Cinderella, Big Fish, Bullets Over Broadway and An American In Paris (pre-production).

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SANFORD ROBERTSON (Producer) is a San Franciscan who debuted as a producer in 2011–2012 with three productions (Evita, Nice Work If You Can Get It and The Heiress). His past interest has been in sponsoring musical theatre at two universities, Michigan and Northwestern.

JAMES SPRY (Producer). Broadway productions include Cinderella (Tony nomination), The Heiress, Seminar (co-producer), Jerusalem, War Horse, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Next Fall (Tony nomination), 33 Variations. Film: Sumi (Executive Producer). Other: President of Loralee Foundation.

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ow do you create a magical world for Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella? William Ivey Long, who won the Tony Award for his costumes for the show, says you have to think of it as a period piece: “It’s a fairy tale. In fact, that’s the period: fairy tale.” Long has designed 330 sumptuous period costumes for Cinderella, which is presented in Anna Louizos’ equally sumptuous forest-inspired setting. “The scale of this show is big, because it’s a grand fairy tale,” says Louizos. “This is not story-theater. It’s a Broadway show.”

Adrian Arrieta, Paige Faure & Blakely Slaybaugh in the National Tour of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

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“And when you start with the forest, that means everything’s growing, and flora and fauna, and so, by extension, butterflies and moths.”

Both designers say they had long discussions with director Mark Brokaw for this revisionist telling of the traditional story, which features Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic songs with a cheeky new script by playwright Douglas Carter Beane.

“Mark wanted to create a whole new world that was unique to this production,” says Louizos. “Nature was very important; the thought that we would see Cinderella in the forest became a prominent component of the design.”

Of course, butterflies and moths transform from caterpillars, and transformation is a big theme in Cinderella.

Long has designed jaw-dropping costume changes in both acts, where Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother go from rags to ball gowns in the blink of an eye, right in front of the audience. How are these So, Louizos quite literally changes accomplished? brought Cinderella into Long won’t say: “I would the woods. Cinderella, have to kill you, if I told her stepmother and you,” he laughs, but he stepsisters live in a cottage, Above: Sketches by William Ivey Long. shows his initial sketches both surrounded by and invaded by the forest. “You can always sense of how Cinderella’s costume morphs: “The idea is that all the changing is done nature around the house,” she says, “even by a magic wand spinning her around. the vines are crawling up and covering up So, I tried to include the spinning in all some of the wallpaper.” When the scene these sketches, so you constantly saw shifts to the Prince’s palace: “It’s a more movement.” majestic depiction of nature. The trees that form the arches are kind of a silvery brown.”

Anna Louizos thinks this version of William Ivey Long’s costumes – which reference medieval knights, the Flemish painter Breughel and the French court of Catherine de Medici – are also inspired by nature. “The whole world of Cinderella takes place in the forest,” he says, showing costume sketches.

Cinderella is a fairy tale that will appeal to everyone: “We approached it as any other brand new musical. It’s not a children’s show; it’s a Broadway show that adults should be able to appreciate and enjoy and be entertained just as much as children would.”

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At the Awards Showcase, students from all 30 participating schools entertained an audience of nearly 2,000 – sharing excerpts from their honored productions, as well as collaborating to perform three interschool medleys under the guidance of a guest New York-based choreographer and music director team.

SAVE THE DATE! The fourth annual Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase will be June 6, 2016 at the Des Moines Civic Center.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

More than 450 Iowa high school students performed on the Des Moines Civic Center stage last month.

The Triple Threat Award Goes To‌ Wrapping up the night was the announcement of the Triple Threat Award winners. Lincoln Ginsberg (George Washington High School, Cedar Rapids) and Jessica Martens (Valley High School, West Des Moines) received this honor, which recognizes a leading male and a leading female performer for outstanding singing, dancing and acting abilities.

Triple Threat Award sponsors Doug and Debbie West with 2015 recipients Lincoln Ginsberg and Jessica Martens.

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House Managers: Kerry George Shirley Kleywegt * Doug Kouba Evonne Kouba Sharon Montgomery Cynde Pool * Shirley Ramirez Marion Singleton *Temple Theater House Managers

Julie Houghton Programming & Education Coordinator Michelle McDonald School Programs Coordinator Education Interns: Ruby Elwell Elizabeth Feilmeier

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS Alan Dyer Technical Operations Manager/ Head Electrician Nicholas Romano Stage Operations Manager/ Head Carpenter Greg Tracy Production Manager/Head Audio Jamie L. Stepp Production Supervisor TICKET OFFICE Denise Smithson Green Ticket Office Director Brooke Bridenstine Ticket Office Staff Manager Jeff Waldschmitt Ticket Office Database Manager Laura Arenson Customer Service Team Member Candace Bell Customer Service Team Member Chontel Berthelsen Group Sales Coordinator

Des Moines Performing Arts President & CEO Jeff Chelesvig is a member of the The Broadway League. The Broadway League is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. Each year, League members bring Broadway to more than 30 million people in New York and more than 240 cities across the U.S. and Canada.

The backstage employees of Des Moines Performing Arts are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 67.

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GUEST INFORMATION ASL INTERPRETATION

Hall during designated performances. No other food or drink is allowed in the theater.

Des Moines Performing Arts offers American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation for select performances through Deaf Services Unlimited.

ELEVATORS

Elevators to the second level are located in the Nollen Lobby and near the Stoner Theater.

ATM

An ATM is located in the Ticket Office Lobby.

EMERGENCY EXITING

In case of an emergency, please leave through your nearest exit location.

AUDIO DESCRIPTION

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped, Inc. (IRIS) offers audio description services for select performances.

Call (515) 246-2300 to reserve a listening device.

LATE SEATING

Late seating will be accommodated by House Staff at the earliest appropriate time. Pay attention to lobby chimes, which are sounded five minutes before the show begins, as well as after intermission.

BINOCULARS

Binoculars are available for rent at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters for $5.

LISTENING DEVICES

Listening devices are available for use at no charge at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters.

BRAILLE AND LARGE PRINT

Playbills for most Broadway productions are available in Braille at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters, compliments of the lowa Department of the Blind. Large print playbills are also generally available.

LOST ITEMS

CAMERAS

The use of cameras or any type of recording device in the Main Hall is prohibited at all times.

Lost items may be reported or claimed at the Nollen Lobby Guest Services Counter during an event. After an event, please contact our Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300 or stop by Monday through Friday, 9 am. to 5 p.m. Items are kept for 30 days.

CELL PHONES AND MOBILE DEVICES

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

If you have a medical need, please notify the House Staff.

Medical services are provided by UnityPoint Health – Des Moines in the Prairie Meadows Lobby.

Please turn cell phones and mobile devices off, or set them to the silent mode. Please also refrain from text messaging and using them as light sources during the performance.

PRE-ORDERING DRINKS

Avoid the line at intermission by ordering your drink ahead of time. Order and pay at any open bar before the performance. Pick your drink up at either lobby’s Guest Services Counter during intermission.

CHILDREN

Children age five and above are generally welcome to attend performances. Children younger than five are welcome to attend designated family-oriented productions only. Regardless of age, all guests must present a ticket. Call the Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300 if you are unsure if your child will be admitted.

SPECIAL SEATING NEEDS

Seating is available for all performances for a variety of accessibility requirements (including wheelchair, motorized cart, difficulty with stairs and sight impairment).

Please call the Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300.

COAT/ITEM CHECK

Coats and other personal items may be checked at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters during all Main Hall performances.

TOBACCO USE

CONCESSIONS

WHEELCHAIRS

The use of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, etc. is not allowed in the Des Moines Civic Center or within 15 feet of any entrance.

Des Moines Performing Arts has wheelchairs available to assist guests with mobility concerns. Guest Services staff may be contacted to assist.

Bottled water is permitted in the Main Hall during all performances. Souvenir cups with lids are available for purchase and are allowed in the Main

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