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Dear Broadway Patrons,
Don’t you just love these revivals?
I’ll be the first to tell you that there are few things as exciting as a brand-new, freshly-conceived and created first-run musical. But when Broadway sends us a fantastic new retelling of a classic piece of musical theatre, we’re proud to be able to share it with you. And believe me, you’re going to absolutely adore this staging of Funny Girl
While this is the first time a production of Funny Girl has played on stage at the Ohio Theatre, it’s not the first time the story has been told here. Five times, the Barbra Streisand/Omar Sharif film has been screened in the Ohio as part of the CAPA Summer Movie Series, the earliest in 1973, and most recently in 2011.
That little bit of history gives me an opportunity to share another reminder with you that, over the next few years, several of our spaces will be marking their 100th anniversaries, and I promise we’re going to be inviting you to share those with us in many different ways. The Ohio Theatre’s birthday, March 17, was just last week, and it turns 100 in 2028. Between now and then, CAPA will be working to make those birthdays special for our guests and for the whole community, and continuing to present and produce the best in live entertainment, film, educational programming and more that you’ve come to expect.
Thanks, as always, for coming.
Chad Whittington President & CEO CAPA
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FROM BURLESQUE TO BABY SNOOKS, FANNY BRICE DID IT ALL
BROADWAY NEWS DIGS DEEPER INTO THE FULL CAREER OF THE REAL-LIFE COMEDIAN AT THE CENTER OF FUNNY GIRL
STORY BY Michael Abourizk
The musical Funny Girl is based on the life experiences of comedian, singer and actor Fanny Brice. The story chronicles her tumultuous marriage to Nick Arnstein in tandem with her stage career, or, more specifically, her career in the revues of impresario Florenz Ziegfeld.
The Ziegfeld Follies was a series of nearly annual, lavish revues featuring showgirls—a crossover between vaudeville and more legitimate Broadway productions. Between 1907 and 1931, Ziegfeld produced nearly two dozen editions of his Follies on the Main Stem (as well as other revues); his second wife, Billie Burke, continued the tradition, producing four more after Ziegfeld’s death in 1932. Brice appeared in 10 of those 26 productions, plus two additional non-Follies Ziegfeld revues, starting in 1910 and making her final Follies bow in 1936.
Brice’s résumé extends far beyond her Ziegfeld triumphs, however. Brice’s career spanned five decades, one of the few 21st-century entertainers who excelled across the stage, film and radio—the full scope of which, naturally,
Melissa Manchester and Hannah Shankman in the National Tour of Funny Girl
Photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade
couldn’t fit into a two-and-a-half-hour-long musical.
Prior to her Follies premiere, Brice hit the stage in the touring revue Girls From Happy Land, headlined by popular burlesque comic Billy W. Watson. The show made stops in Chicago, Buffalo and Montreal in the fall of 1908, eventually playing a stint in Brice’s native Brooklyn in February 1909.
Starting in 1910, the various Ziegfeld Follies displayed her comedic prowess and aptitude for sketch performance, but Brice also earned roles in Broadway musicals (1913’s Honeymoon Express at the Winter Garden Theatre, future home of the 1964 original Funny Girl mounting”), straight plays (1918’s Why Worry?) and non-Ziegfeld revues (Irving Berlin’s 1924 Music Box Revue). She even starred in the title role of a 1926 play called Fanny, written by Willard Mack and David Belasco (the namesake of the Broadway theatre) and loosely based on her comic sensibilities.
During the early 1920s, Brice recorded several songs for RCA Victor (then known as the Victor Talking Machine Company) and Columbia Records. Her most memorable songs were “My Man” and “Second Hand Rose,” both of which Brice debuted in the 1921 edition of the Follies. Brice garnered a posthumous Grammy Hall of Fame Award for her recording of “My Man.”
The plot of Funny Girl halts at 1924. The musical opens with Fanny backstage at the New Amsterdam Theatre during the seven-month run of Ziegfeld Follies of 1923, reminiscing on her personal and professional life up until that point.
Brice’s life after Funny Girl included a series of film appearances: She played herself in 1936’s The Great Ziegfeld and played opposite Judy Garland in 1938’s Everybody Sing. Her stage career continued, performing not only in more Follies but also in shows produced by her third husband, Billy Rose. The 1931 revue Billy Rose’s Crazy Quilt marked the sole Broadway production where Brice appeared alongside her brother, Lew Brice.
During the final two decades of her life, she flourished in the medium of radio, cementing herself as a household name for her portrayal of devilish toddler Baby Snooks. Brice’s first radio appearance as Baby Snooks was on 1936’s “Ziegfeld Follies on the Air.” As precocious as she was mischievous, Baby Snooks originated as a sketch character for the stage. There are discrepant accounts of Snooks’ genesis; Brice claimed she started using the character in vaudeville as early as 1912, basing the portrayal on silent film star Diana Serra Cary’s Baby Peggy persona. However, Cary wasn’t born until 1918. That said, Brice absolutely played Baby Snooks in several editions of the Follies in the 1930s.
Brice followed up that 1936 radio debut of Snooks with additional Baby Snooks performances on various radio programs, eventually getting her own show “The Baby Snooks Show,” which launched in 1944 on CBS radio. Baby Snooks’ sharp, adult humor juxtaposed with Brice’s childish delivery made for an inimitable presence on the airwaves. Exchanges such as, “These are the doctor’s instruments, Baby Snooks.” “Is he gonna play them?” or “Do you know what the five senses are?” “Yeah, a nickel!” allowed for a perfect showcase of Brice’s sketch comedy acumen, honed over the previous decades. “The Baby Snooks Show” ended upon Brice’s death in 1951.
The breadth of Brice’s impact presents a natural challenge when looking to chronicle her life. Ray Stark, Brice’s son-in-law and producer of the 1964 original Broadway mounting of Funny Girl, faced the same problem. Stark originally wanted to produce a movie of his late mother-in-law’s life, but was unsatisfied with many screenplay drafts.
Screenwriter Isobel Lennart seemed to have managed it with her biopic My Man, but many agreed it would make for a better stage play. So Lennart wrote the book for the original 1964 musical. (The 2022 revival — and subsequent tour — features a revised book by Harvey Fierstein, working from Lennart’s.) The original out-of-town tryouts for Funny Girl were rife with revisions to the script and score, struggling with which parts of Brice’s life to focus and which parts to excise. A snapshot of any chapter of Brice’s life would have been appropriate, for, as she sings in the musical, Brice is, perhaps, the “greatest star.”
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
CAPA is bringing a vibrant, family-friendly event to the Lincoln Theatre with its FREE Día de los Niños (Day of the Children) celebration on Sunday, April 13, from 1:30 4 PM. Expect a whirlwind of music, dance, hands-on activities, and a special performance by Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning duo 123 Andrés!
Día de los Niños is a beloved international tradition dedicated to honoring children and connecting families through stories, cultural experiences, and the arts. CAPA’s Education and Engagement Department launched this Columbus-based celebration in 2023 as an extension of the renowned Festival Latino, ensuring even more opportunities for families to engage with Latino culture in fun and meaningful ways.
“Day of the Children/Día de los Niños is an internationally established celebration of children with the goal of connecting families to the world of learning through stories, cultural and arts activities, and community,” said Amy Handra, CAPA’s Director of Education and Engagement. “We are excited to once again participate in this international movement committed to the welfare of all children.”
CAPA’s Día de los Niños Brings Music, Dance and Fun to Columbus
Credit: Dan Mitchell, Mitchell Multimedia
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Doors open at 1 PM, and from 1:30 3 PM, the Lincoln Ballroom will transform into a lively hub of cultural and arts activities. Watch in awe as Ballet Folclorico Xochihua dazzles with traditional Mexican dance, and then try your own moves with their interactive instruction. Keep the creativity flowing with craft-making sessions led by the Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland and CAPA, marvel at balloon artistry by Evan Smith, and explore the wonders of science with COSI’s hands-on demonstrations. Budding musicians can even get up close and personal with instruments at the Columbus Symphony’s “petting zoo!”
Feeling hungry? Grab a delicious bite from the beloved Dos Hermanos Food Truck before sticking around for an exciting prize drawing. Families will have the chance to win tickets to see Stomp, experience COSI, enjoy Columbus Symphony’s Popcorn Pops, and visit the Columbus Museum of Art!
From 3 4 PM, step into the Lincoln Theatre for an unforgettable performance by 123 Andrés. This dynamic duo, Andrés and Christina, have captivated audiences across the globe with their high-energy, bilingual music that blends education with fun. With their lively beats and engaging storytelling, they’ll have the whole crowd singing, dancing, and learning in both English and Spanish. Their acclaimed books, published by Scholastic, help bridge music with literacy, making their show an entertaining and enriching experience for all ages. This incredible event is completely free, but space is limited! Secure your spot by registering in advance at CAPA.com. Día de los Niños is made possible through the generous support of Huntington and The Robert Weiler Company.
Mark your calendars, bring the whole family, and get ready for a day filled with joy, music, and culture. See you at the Lincoln Theatre on April 13!
Credit: Dan Mitchell, Mitchell Multimedia
SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS SCOTT LANDIS DAVID BABANI NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
ROY FURMAN NO GUARANTEES ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS DARYL ROTH LANG ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
GAVIN KALIN CHARLIES & NICOLAS TALAR FAKSTON PRODUCTIONS SANFORD ROBERTSON
CRAIG BALSAM JANE BERGÈRE JEAN DOUMANIAN ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS IRIS SMITH JULIE BOARDMAN/KATE CANNOVA
HENI KOENIGSBERG/MICHELLE RILEY IN FINE COMPANY ELIE LANDAU BRIAN MORELAND MARY MAGGIO AND SCOTT ABRAMS
DAVID MANELLA/SEAVIEW GFOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC PRESENT
ORIGINALLY PRODUCED FOR THE BROADWAY STAGE BY RAY STARK
ORIGINAL NEW YORK PRODUCTION SUPERVISED BY JEROME ROBBINS
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY GARSON KANIN
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION ORCHESTRATED BY RALPH BURNS
STARRING
Hannah Shankman
Stephen Mark Lukas Izaiah Montaque Harris
Walter Coppage Leah Platt Christine Bunuan Cheryl Stern David Foley, Jr.
Jack Bianchi Courtney Brady Kate E. Cook Connor Coughlin Joel Douglas Annabelle Duffy
Mathew Fedorek Bailey Reese Greemon Alex Hartman Kyle de la Cruz Laing Missy Marion Ashley Merritt
Emily Anne Nester Myah Segura Jordon Taylor Sean Seamus Thompson Leslie Blake Walker Travis Ward-Osborne AND FEATURING
Melissa Manchester as Mrs. Brice
SCENIC DESIGN DAVID ZINN
HAIR DESIGN
CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES
ORCHESTRATIONS CHRIS WALKER
TOUR BOOKING THE BOOKING GROUP
MEREDITH BLAIR KARA GEBHART
COSTUME DESIGN SUSAN HILFERTY
CASTING JIM CARNAHAN, CSA JASON THINGER, CSA
DANCE, VOCAL AND INCIDENTAL MUSICAL ARRANGMENTS ALAN WILLIAMS
TOUR MARKETING & PRESS ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS ALEX WILLIAMS
LIGHTING DESIGN KEVIN ADAMS
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR JOHANNA McKEON
ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CARMEL DEAN DAVID DABBON
MUSIC COORDINATOR KIMBERLEE WERTZ
SOUND DESIGN BRIAN RONAN & CODY SPENCER
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER JEFFREY GUGLIOTTI
MUSIC DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR ELAINE DAVIDSON
DIGITAL MARKETING & ADVERTISING ARTHOUSE PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER JOVON E. SHUCK COMPANY MANAGER JUSTIN A. SWEENEY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS SETH WENIG HANNAH ROSENTHAL
MUSIC SUPERVISION MICHAEL RAFTER
TAP CHOREOGRAPHY
CHOREOGRAPHY
ELLENORE SCOTT
DIRECTION
MICHAEL MAYER
GENERAL MANAGEMENT GENTRY & ASSOCIATES GREGORY VANDER PLOEG
Thomas Sweeney, M.D.
Parikh,
Joy Tang, M. D.
Kavya Krishna, M.D. Shylaja Mani, M.D.
Erin Macrae, M.D.
Michael Ozga, M.D.
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Fanny Brice HANNAH SHANKMAN
Fanny Brice (at certain performances) .................................................................... LEAH PLATT
Emma ..................................................................................................................................... LEAH PLATT
John................................................................................................................................. JOEL DOUGLAS
Mrs. Strakosh ................................................................................................................ CHERYL STERN
Mrs. Meeker CHRISTINE BUNUAN
Mrs. Brice MELISSA MANCHESTER
Eddie Ryan IZAIAH MONTAQUE HARRIS
Tom Keeney DAVID FOLEY, JR.
Piano Player KYLE de la CRUZ LAING
Cornet Men JACK BIANCHI & JOEL DOUGLAS
Polly JORDON TAYLOR
Bubbles ............................................................................................................................ MISSY MARION
Nick Arnstein ................................................................................................STEPHEN MARK LUKAS
Maude ...................................................................................................................... COURTNEY BRADY
Florenz Ziegfeld ................................................................................................... WALTER COPPAGE
Tenor KYLE de la CRUZ LAING
Mrs. Nadler LEAH PLATT
Virginia KATE E. COOK
Vera ALEX HARTMAN
Paul SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON
Mimsey LESLIE BLAKE WALKER
Actor ............................................................................................................................ DAVID FOLEY, JR.
Porter ............................................... KYLE de la CRUZ LAING & SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON
Bartender ............................................................................................... SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON
Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat Men ............................................ JACK BIANCHI & TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE
Mr. Renaldi SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON
Ensemble
JACK BIANCHI, COURTNEY BRADY, KATE E. COOK, JOEL DOUGLAS, ALEX HARTMAN, KYLE de la CRUZ LAING, MISSY MARION, ASHLEY MERRITT, MYAH SEGURA, JORDON TAYLOR, SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON, LESLIE BLAKE WALKER, TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. for Fanny Brice & Mrs. Meeker—LEAH PLATT; for Fanny Brice, Emma & Mrs. Meeker—ANNABELLE DUFFY; for Mrs. Brice CHERYL STERN; for Mrs. Brice & Mrs. Strakosh—CHRISTINE BUNUAN; for Tom Keeney, Nick Arnstein & Florenz Ziegfeld—SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON; for Tom Keeney, Florenz Ziegfeld—MATHEW FEDOREK; for Eddie Ryan—JACK BIANCHI; for Nick Arnstein & Eddie Ryan—TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE; for Emma, Mrs. Strakosh & Mrs. Meeker—KATE E. COOK; for Emma—ALEX HARTMAN.
SWINGS
CONNOR COUGHLIN, ANNABELLE DUFFY, MATHEW FEDOREK, BAILEY REESE GREEMON, EMILY ANNE NESTER
DANCE CAPTAIN: ALEX HARTMAN
ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: MATHEW FEDOREK
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. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
Overture..................................................................................................................................The Orchestra
“Who Are You Now?” Fanny
“Poker Chant No. 1”
“If a Girl Isn’t Pretty” ...................................................
Mrs. Brice and Mrs. Strakosh
Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Strakosh and Mrs. Meeker
“If a Girl Isn’t Pretty” (Reprise) Tom Keeney, Eddie, Stagehands, Keeney Chorus Girls, Mrs. Strakosh, Mrs. Meeker, Mrs. Brice
“I’m the Greatest Star” Fanny
“I’m the Greatest Star” (Reprise) .................................................................... Mrs. Brice and Fanny
“Cornet Man” Fanny and Cornet Men
“Nicky Arnstein” Fanny
“His Love Makes Me Beautiful” ........................................................... Tenor, Fanny and Ensemble
“I Want To Be Seen With You” .................................................................................... Nick and Fanny
“Henry Street” Company
“People” Fanny
“You Are Woman, I Am Man” ...................................................................................... Nick and Fanny
“Poker Chant No. 2” ....................................................
Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Strakosh and Mrs. Meeker
“Don’t Rain on My Parade” Fanny
ACT II
Entr’acte .................................................................................................................................The Orchestra
“Sadie, Sadie” Fanny and Company
“Who Taught Her Everything She Knows?” Mrs. Brice and Eddie Ryan
“Temporary Arrangement” ...............................................................................................Nick and Men
“Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”..................................................................................................... Fanny and Ensemble
“Who Are You Now?” Fanny and Nick
“You’re a Funny Girl” Nick
“What Do Happy People Do?” ............................................................................................ Follies Girls
“The Music That Makes Me Dance” .............................................................................................. Fanny
“Finale” Fanny
The action takes place backstage at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 1924, and memories prior.
MUSICIANS
Music Director/Conductor/Keyboards—ELAINE DAVIDSON; Associate Conductor/Keyboards—CHRISTIAN REGUL; Trumpet/Flugel—MARK E. OATES; Reeds—TANSIE MAYER; Bass—JOHN SIMONETTI; Drums/Percussion—PAUL HANNAH
LOCAL MUSICIANS
Violin 1—TATIANA HANNA; Violin/Viola—ALICE RISOV
Cello—LUIS BIAVA; Trumpet 2/Flugel—MATT ANKLAN; Trombone—RYAN HAMILTON; Horn—KIM MCCANN; Reed 2—PETE MILLS; Reed 3—NANCY GAMSO; Contractor—BOB BREITHAUPT, RBMUSIC, INC;
Music Coordinator—Kimberlee Wertz
Music Copying: Emily Grishman
Music Preparation/Emily Grishman, Adriana Grace and Alden Terry
Music Technology: Phij Adams
Synthesizer Technician: Randy Cohen, Randy Cohen Keyboards
Music Department Assistant: Abel Garriga
WHO’S WHO in the CAST
HANNAH SHANKMAN (Fanny Brice) is thrilled to march her band out as Fanny Brice in this absolutely gorgeous production. Broadway: Hair, Side Show, Les Misérables, Wicked. West End: Hair, Homemade Fusion. National Tours: The Band’s Visit, Rent, Les Misérables. Select Regional: The Kennedy Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Casa Manana, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, BTG, Arrow Rock Lyceum. TV/Film: The Last Five Years, 85th Academy Awards, The Greenway. Endless thanks to her family, the entire FG creative team, Jim Carnahan Casting and her incredible agents at Daniel Hoff Agency. For Shane and Charlie. @hannahbshank
MELISSA MANCHESTER (Mrs. Brice) returns to the theatrical stage to celebrate a versatile 50-year career. With 19 Billboard charted hits including “Midnight Blue” and “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” the GRAMMY-Award winning singer/songwriter was the first artist to have two Oscar-nominated songs in the same year, received the NARAS Governor’s Award and is in the Great American Songbook Foundation’s Hall of Fame. National Tours: Song and Dance (Emma), Music of the Night (Lead). Film: For The Boys (Corrine). TV: “Blossom” (Maddy Russo). Her 25th album, RE:VIEW, is due to release in 2024. melissamanchester.com
STEPHEN MARK LUKAS (Nick Arnstein) is thrilled to bring Funny Girl to audiences across North America after understudying the role in the Broadway revival. Broadway: Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon. Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Gaston), Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), Oklahoma! (Curly), South Pacific (Lt. Cable), Camelot (Lancelot), and Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson). TV: “Gossip Girl” and “FBI: Most Wanted.” Love and gratitude to my family, Brian, HCKR and the Funny Girl team. @smlukas
IZAIAH MONTAQUE HARRIS (Eddie Ryan). First Broadway national tour! Since being put in tap classes taught by his mother as a child, he has learned to shine from Chicago to NY. Recent highlights: NY City Center’s Artists at the Center, Riverdance, The Tap Dance Kid, After Midnight (Tap Mathematician). BTA Award for Outstanding Actor, Jeff Award for Best Ensemble, Jacob’s Pillow Alumni, MADD Rhythms. Sending love, light, and many thanks to his family, friends, and Ayodele Casel. @izaiahharris
WALTER COPPAGE (Florenz Ziegfeld). Theatre: The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The Curious Incident..., Radio Golf, The Royale, A Christmas Carol, Pride and Prejudice, Fences, To Kill A Mockingbird, “Master Harold”... and the boys, Hamlet, The Mountaintop, Water By The Spoonful, The Clean House, Ruined, Our Town, The Miracle Worker. TV: “Somebody Somewhere,” “Chicago Med,” “Leverage: Redemption,” “Black
Mafia Family,” “The Chi,” “61st St,” “The Shining Girls,” “Detroiters,” “Sprung.” Film: All Creatures Here Below, Jayhawkers.
LEAH PLATT (Emma, Mrs. Nadler, u/s Fanny Brice, u/s Meeker) is thrilled to join the Funny Girl family! Leah most recently performed across the country as Tzeitel in the first national tour of Fiddler on the Roof. Recent credits: Which Way to the Stage (Signature Theatre); Frozen (Disney Cruise Line); The Prom (White Plains PAC); The Marvelous Wonderettes (The Palace Theater). Proud graduate of Northwestern University, and even prouder to have the most supportive family!
LeahPlatt.com @leahsplatt
CHRISTINE BUNUAN (Mrs. Meeker, u/s Mrs. Strakosh, u/s Mrs. Brice). National Tours: Miss Saigon (Gigi), and …Spelling Bee. Chicago Theatre: Goodman, Paramount, Northlight, Marriott Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Chicago Shakespeare, Silk Road Rising, TimeLine, and more. Special thank you to Stewart Talent Chicago, the Bunuan, Garcia, and Fawcett families, and, of course, the love of my life, Sean. This show is dedicated to all my loved ones! christinebunuan.com
CHERYL STERN (Mrs. Strakosh, u/s Mrs. Brice). Broadway: La Cage aux Folles (Tony-winning revival), The Women (Roundabout), Laughing Room Only Off-Broadway: A Letter To Harvey Milk, Shoes and Baggage, Fiorello (Encores!), First Lady Suite (Transport Group), I Love You, You’re Perfect. National Tours: La Cage, Les Miserables, Grand Night For Singing, Evita, Fiddler Regional: Goodspeed, Baltimore Stage, Westport Playhouse, The Huntington (IRNE Award), Barrington Stage, Berkshire Theatre Group, Capital Rep, The Muny and more.TV: “And Just Like That,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (recurring), “Unforgettable,” “Law & Order-CI,” “Sondheim… at Carnegie Hall” (PBS). Film: Brooklyn Lobster, This is Where I Leave You, Can’t Let It Go cherylstern.com @cherylsternlive
DAVID FOLEY, JR. (Tom Keeney). Select New York/touring credits: The Phantom of the Opera (Reyer, Firmin), Forbidden Broadway, and the title ogre in Shrek The Musical. Favorite regional: Oz (L. Frank Baum, freeFall Theatre Company), Finding Nemo: The Musical (Marlin, WDW), and Guys and Dolls (Nathan, Kevin Kline Award nomination, Best Actor). TV/Film: The Flight Before Christmas (Hallmark), Broadcasting Christmas (Lifetime). 2023 MAC Award nominee (Manhattan Association of Cabarets, Best Male Performer). All my love Kerry Davey! @itsdavidfoleyjr
JACK BIANCHI (Ensemble, u/s Eddie Ryan) is honored to make his national tour debut with Funny Girl. Jack graduated from Chapman University. He recently made his off-Broadway
premiere in You’re Invited, and performed in Savor in Napa. Jack is beyond grateful to his family, friends, and all who supported him to get here. All glory to God. @jack_bianchi_
COURTNEY BRADY (Ensemble). So grateful to be here! Broadway Lab: Crazy For You (Dir: Susan Stroman). Tours: The Producers. Regional Theatres: Papermill, NSMT, Riverside, Maltz Jupiter, Fireside. Thanks to TPG and the entire Funny Girl Team! Endless love/gratitude to my family and friends. Thanks God - “in highlands/heartache all the same”! @cocobrady
KATE E. COOK (Ensemble, u/s Emma, u/s Mrs. Strakosh, u/s Mrs. Meeker). National tour debut! Select credits: Chicago, Camelot, Little Shop of Horrors, Mamma Mia!, Holiday Inn, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Guys and Dolls, The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes. Love to my husband and crazy family! Enjoy! kateellacook.com @kate.ella
CONNOR COUGHLIN (Swing). Graduated from Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Circle in the Square. NYC: Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes. Tours: 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor), Elf. Regional: The REV, Ogunquit, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre By The Sea, Fireside.
JOEL DOUGLAS (Ensemble). National tour debut! Off-Broadway: Empire Regional: MUNY, North Carolina Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group, Theatre By The Sea, Reagle Music Theatre, New Bedford Theatre Festival. Film/ TV: “Growing Up“ (Disney+). Boston Conservatory and LINK Graduate. @jdouglasbreeden
ANNABELLE DUFFY (Swing, u/s Fanny Brice, u/s Emma, u/s Mrs. Meeker) is so thrilled to be making her national tour debut in the company of Funny Girl! BFA CMU Drama Class of 2023. Endless gratitude to Carnahan, Daniel Hoff, Julia Watkinson, and her fabulous family and friends.
MATHEW FEDOREK (Swing, Assistant Dance Captain, u/s Tom Keeney, u/s Florenz Ziegfeld). National tour debut! Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, The Muny, KC Starlight, Arizona Theatre Company, Lincoln Park. Proud Penn State Musical Theatre alum. Thanks to his family and his agents at CTG. I love you Jack. For Mom and Dad! @mathew.fedorek
BAILEY REESE GREEMON (Swing) is overjoyed and grateful to be making her Broadway national tour debut with Funny Girl! Favorite credits: Sweet Charity (Charity), The Sound of Music (Liesl), and RENT (Mark’s Mom/Dance Captain). Current Boston Conservatory Senior. LINK Class 6. Endless thanks to Mom, Dad, Eliza, and PMA! @baileygreemon
ALEX HARTMAN (Ensemble, Dance Captain, u/s Emma) is honored to be making her Broadway national tour debut in Funny Girl. Select credits include: ACT of Connecticut, Riverside Theatre, Transcendence Theatre Company, and Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. Endless gratitude to CESD, my family, friends and incredibly supportive wife, Kayley. @alexjhartman
KYLE de la CRUZ LAING (Ensemble). National tour debut! Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Fulton Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company. BFA University of Central Florida. To my loving family and supportive community, thank you so much. Your love makes my life beautiful! @kylelaing
MISSY MARION (Ensemble) is thrilled to join this amazing company! Favorite credits at Musical Theatre West, Ogunquit Playhouse, Forestburgh Playhouse, 3D Theatricals, and Norwegian Cruise Line. Endless love to my family and Trevor, whose support has made my dreams a reality!
ASHLEY MERRITT (Ensemble). National Tour: Hamilton (Ensemble). Ashley is elated to be joining this company! From Seattle originally, she moved to NYC to attend Pace University’s Commercial Dance program. Immense amounts of love to family, friends, and CESD.
EMILY ANNE NESTER (Swing) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Regional credits: 42nd Street (Ensemble, u/s Anytime Annie), Kinky Boots (Ensemble),
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Wizard of Oz (Ensemble) at Music Theater Wichita. Huge thank you to her family, and friends for their love and support, and special thanks to @resoluteartistsagency. @emilyannenester
MYAH SEGURA (Ensemble) is proud to be making her touring debut with Funny Girl! Based in NYC and graduated from Point Park University. Recently in PCLO’s The Music Man and Anything Goes (Ensemble). Trained at LaGuardia HS, Ballet Hispanico, Shuffles, and National Dance Institute. @mishmyah
JORDON TAYLOR (Ensemble). National tour debut! Credits: Singin’ in the Rain (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Drury Lane Theatre), and The Cher Show (Gateway Playhouse). Chicago College of Performing Arts BFA graduate. Many thanks to her family, friends, and @HudsonArtistsAgency for their support! @jordontaylor18
SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON (Ensemble, u/s Tom Keeney, u/s Nick Arnstein, u/s Florenz Ziegfeld). Broadway: Sunset Boulevard (u/s Joe Gillis). Tours: Love Never Dies (Raoul); The Sound of Music (u/s Captain). Off-Broadway: Penelope (Barius, original cast album). TV: “The Walking Dead: Dead City” (AMC); “An Evening with Lerner and Loewe”(PBS). Regional favorites: Hunchback (Phoebus), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric), Cabaret (Cliff). @seanseamusthompson
LESLIE BLAKE WALKER (Ensemble) was an original Broadway cast member of Funny Girl. She sends her love to CESD and The Hartt School, and a special thank you to the entire Funny Girl family for bringing her home to Henry Street. @leslieblakewalker
TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE (Ensemble, u/s Nick Arnstein, u/s Eddie Ryan). Elated to be joining the cast! Broadway credits: Moulin Rouge!, Miss Saigon, Disney’s Aladdin, A Beautiful Noise, and Holiday Inn! National Tours: Moulin Rouge!, Pretty Woman. Impossible without Mom. For Peyton always. Go Blue! Thanks @blocnyc! I’m @tdubbyo.
FANNY BRICE (1891 – 1951) was a trailblazer in the entertainment world. She was born to Jewish immigrants and became a star, building a career in vaudeville, theatre, film and radio. Ms. Brice made her stage debut at Frank Keeney’s Theater in Brooklyn in 1906 and it became clear that she was destined to become a showbiz legend. In 1910 she was contracted by Florenz Ziegfeld for his 1910 Follies and she became Broadway’s highest-earning star. She performed in 11 Ziegfeld productions and headlined the 1921, 1934, and 1936 Follies, where she performed her most famous character, Baby Snooks. Ms. Brice would continue to perform Baby Snooks for a weekly radio program until the end of her life. In 1918, Ms. Brice married Nick Arnstein and the couple had two children together. She married songwriter and stage producer Billy Rose in 1929; they divorced in 1938. A beloved barrierbreaking comedienne and performer,
Ms. Brice was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ms. Brice’s career was instrumental to the future of women in comedy. Her life story and rise to stardom inspired the musical Funny Girl
ISOBEL LENNART (Book) (1915-1971) was born in Brooklyn. Afflicted by polio as a child, Isobel became an avid reader, especially of movie magazines. She became a screenwriter for MGM (Love Me or Leave Me, Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Sundowners, Two for the Seesaw). She married actor-playwright John Harding and had two children, Joshua and Sarah. Some 24 films, three Academy Award nominations and one Writers Guild Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement later, she turned to playwriting with Funny Girl in 1964. A Tony Award nomination for Best Musical followed and she wrote her last screenplay for the film adaptation in 1958. Ms. Lennart died in a car accident in 1971. Funny Girl was deemed “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress (2016).
HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Revised Book). Author of Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles (both Tony Award winners); Kinky Boots, Newsies, Casa Valentina (all Tony-nominated); A Catered Affair, Safe Sex and Bella Bella. Television scripts include “Hairspray Live!,” “The Wiz Live!” and HBO’s “Tidy Endings.” He gave Tony-winning performances in Hairspray and Torch Song Trilogy, and starred in Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, Gently Down the Stream and Bella Bella. Film and television appearances include Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, Mulan, “Sesame Street,” “Cheers” (Emmy nomination), “Bojack Horseman,” “The Good Wife” and “Hairspray Live!” His New York Times-bestselling memoir, I Was Better Last Night, is published by Knopf.
JULE STYNE (Music). 1905-1994. Broadway: Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy, Funny Girl. He is considered one of the greatest composers in the history of American musical theatre. Collaborators include Sammy Cahn, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Merrill, Leo Robin and E.Y. Harburg. He has composed legendary hits such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “The Party’s Over,” “Let It Snow!,” “People,” “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” and Oscar-winning “Three Coins in the Fountain.” Jule Styne was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Theater Hall of Fame and is a Kennedy Center Honoree.
MARGARET STYNE (Special Material). Margaret Ann Bissett Brown began her career as a model and actress. She was married to composer Jule Styne, and together they composed “What Do Happy People Do?” Upon Margaret’s death, Funny Girl producers announced, “Margaret was a brilliant storyteller who represented her husband Jule Styne’s genius legacy with creativity and imagination… Her Spirit will be imbued in our Broadway production of Funny Girl.”
BOB MERRILL (Lyrics). Broadway composer-lyricist and screenwriter. Unlike most of his contemporaries, Bob could not read or write a note of music, but would plunk out his melodies on a toy xylophone. Nonetheless, he became one of the most prolific songwriters of the 1950s with such hits as “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window” and “Mambo Italiano.” In the late 1950s, Bob composed music and lyrics of New Girl in Town, Take Me Along, Carnival and Henry, Sweet Henry. Later he formed an enduring partnership with composer Jule Styne, leading to his greatest artistic success, Funny Girl (1964) starring Barbra Streisand which included the hit songs “People” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”
MICHAEL MAYER (Director) is very happy to bring this new Funny Girl to America, after a successful Broadway run. Work includes: Grounded, a new opera by Jeanine Tesori, and a new production of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, and Swept Away, a new musical with songs by the Avett Brothers on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, and the national tour of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. His revival of Little Shop of Horrors is in its fifth year at the Westside Theatre in New York. This one is for Lou and Sue.
ELLENORE SCOTT (Choreography) is a BIPOC New York-based choreographer and director. Broadway: Grey House, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. OffBroadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique (Lucille Lortel Nomination). Other choreography credits: “So You Think You Can Dance?,” Single All the Way (Netflix), Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. Co-Directed The Lonely Few (L.A. World premiere, transferring to MCC Theater Off-Broadway Spring 2024). TV Performances: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Smash,” “The Blacklist,” “Glee!,” and Finalist and AllStar on “So You Think You Can Dance?” Scott is the Artistic director of ELSCO Dance Company. @helloellenore
AYODELE CASEL (Tap Choreography) earned a 2022 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Choreography. She is a 2023 Doris Duke Artist, Herb Alpert Award recipient and United States Artist and Radcliffe Institute fellow. Born in The Bronx and raised in Puerto Rico, her multi-disciplinary practice centers highly narrative works rooted in expressions of selfhood, culture and legacy. Her projects include her concert and Bessie Award-winning film Chasing Magic, her one-woman show While I Have the Floor, and her theatrical and film series Diary of a Tap Dancer
DAVID ZINN (Scenic Designer). Broadway: scenery and costumes for Choir Boy, Boys in the Band, SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Fun Home, The Last Ship; scenery for Kimberly Akimbo, Funny Girl, Diana, The Minutes, Torch Song, The Humans; costumes for Almost Famous, A Doll’s House Part 2, Airline Highway, Xanadu. Also: Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop,
Second Stage, ACT, Berkeley Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre (U.K.), Young Vic (U.K.), Theater Basel, Berlin Staatsoper. Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Hewes awards.
SUSAN HILFERTY (Costume Designer) has designed costumes and scenery for 400-plus productions. Tonynominated Broadway: Wicked, Parade, Spring Awakening, Present Laughter, Lestat, Into the Woods. Directorial collaborations: Athol Fugard (40plus productions), Joe Mantello, Yaël Farber, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Richard Nelson, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Arin Arbus, Des McAnuff, Rebecca Taichman, Garland Wright. Hilferty’s designs include Opera: Metropolitan Opera (Rigoletto, La Traviata, and upcoming Aida); Dance: Alvin Ailey (Love Stories) and Concerts: Taylor Swift (SPEAK NOW world tour). Faculty: Grad Design NYU/Tisch (served as chair for 25 years). Honors include Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Awards for Wicked and three lifetime achievement awards. susanhilferty.com
KEVIN ADAMS (Lighting Designer) has received four Tony Awards for his work on Broadway, including The Cher Show, Head Over Heels, SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical, Hedwig…, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Passing Strange, The 39 Steps, Spring Awakening, Everyday Rapture, Hands on a Hardbody, Hair, Take Me Out, A Class Act and solo shows by Michael Moore, Eve Ensler and John Leguizamo. OffBroadway: Hedwig…, The Scottsboro Boys, Carrie. Metropolitan Opera, Hollywood Bowl and Las Vegas.
BRIAN RONAN (Co-Sound Designer) has designed the sound for over 40 Broadway shows. Some recent designs include Some Like It Hot; Mrs. Doubtfire; Tootsie; Mean Girls; Springsteen on Broadway; The Prom; The Last Ship; If/ Then; Beautiful; The Book of Mormon; Anything Goes; American Idiot; Promises, Promises; Next to Normal; Curtains; Spring Awakening; Cabaret. His regional and Off-Broadway credits are extensive. Brian is the recipient of the Obie, Lucille Lortel, two Drama Desks, London’s Olivier and two Tony awards.
CODY SPENCER (Co-Sound Designer). Broadway: Co-Sound Design: Here Lies Love, The Pee-Wee Herman Show Off-Broadway: Broadway Bounty Hunter and Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, Co-Sound Design Trevor and Here Lies Love (Lortel Award). Some of his work as associate sound designer includes Springsteen on Broadway, Mean Girls, Lazarus, Beautiful, The Book of Mormon, Bring It On: The Musical, and Annie. In addition to theatre, Cody has co-designed some of New York’s biggest concert venues including Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5 and Webster Hall.
MICHAEL RAFTER (Music Supervisor). Music director/arranger for Sutton Foster: New York Pops, Live From Lincoln Center and 100-plus concerts worldwide. Broadway: Violet, Everyday
Rapture, Sweet Charity, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Swing!, The Sound of Music, The King and I, The Most Happy Fella, Gypsy. Film: Marriage Story, CODA, Annette, Music and Lyrics, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Gypsy starring Bette Midler (Emmy for Music Direction). Currently associate professor of musical theatre, Ball State University Graduate of Dartmouth College, proud father of Siena Rafter (Brown ’20).
CHRIS WALKER (Orchestrations). As musical director and orchestrator, Chris has worked on many London and Broadway productions including Me and My Girl, Cabaret, The Secret Garden, Ragtime, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Top Hat. He recently orchestrated a musical version of Roman Holiday and is currently writing a new show entitled Power Play. He was very excited to be asked to create new orchestrations for Funny Girl.
ALAN WILLIAMS (Dance, Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements). London/UK credits: Arranger: Elf, The Boy in the Dress (RSC), The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Big Fish, Funny Girl, The Commitments. Musical Director/ Supervisor: Sunset Boulevard, Crazy For You, Elf, Hairspray, Evita, Aladdin, A Damsel in Distress, Assassins, Urinetown, A Chorus Line, Shrek, Spelling Bee, Passion (Donmar Warehouse). Arranged/orchestrated opening of 50 Years of Broadway at Kennedy Center
DAVID DABBON (Additional Arrangements). Emmy nomination: “Last Week Tonight’s” “Eat S--t, Bob!” (composer). Broadway: Bob
Fosse’s Dancin’ (new music and dance arrangements), Beetlejuice, and Disaster! (dance arranger). HBO’s Six by Sondheim (arranger). Composer: Game On (PCLO). Orchestrator: Audra McDonald’s Sing Happy, Go Back Home Graduate of The Hartt School and Carnegie Mellon University.
CARMEL DEAN (Additional Arrangements). Composer: Renascence (Off-Broadway); Well-Behaved Women (Joe’s Pub and Australia). Upcoming: Maiden Voyage (commission).
Broadway musical director, supervisor and/or arranger: The Notebook; If/Then; American Idiot; Hands on a Hardbody; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other collaborations: Green Day; Phish; The Trey Anastasio Band, Chita Rivera.
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YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Wig and Hair Designer). Broadway: The Music Man; Company; Tina–The Tina Turner Musical (Drama Desk); A Christmas Carol; To Kill A Mockingbird; Carousel; Hello, Dolly!; Head Over Heels; King Lear; Misery; Les Misérables; The Ferryman; Jerusalem; Ghost; Billy Elliot. West End: Back to the Future, Get Up Stand Up, Cinderella, Leopoldstadt. Film/TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Downton Abbey.”
JIM CARNAHAN, CSA (Casting) has cast over 150 Broadway shows. His work on Broadway this season includes Merrily We Roll Along; The Shark is Broken; Appropriate; Doubt; New York, New York; A Beautiful Noise; Funny Girl; Harry Potter; Moulin Rouge!; as well as Off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors. Film: Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid.
JASON THINGER, CSA (Casting). Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along, Funny Girl, A Beautiful Noise, Almost Famous, Take Me Out, A Christmas Carol, Tootsie. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Medea (BAM). Regional/Tours: A Christmas Carol, The Light in the Piazza (Lyric Opera of Chicago). London: The 47th. TV/Film: “The Week Of” and “The Sinner.”
KIMBERLEE WERTZ (Music Coordinator). TV: The Tony Awards, The Kennedy Center Honors, The Academy Awards, “Mozart in the Jungle.” Broadway: West Side Story, The Lehmann Trilogy, The Music Man, Into the Woods, Almost Famous, Bob Fosse’s Dancin, Parade, Funny Girl
ELAINE DAVIDSON (Music Director/ Conductor). National tours include: Annie, The Phantom of the Opera, Wizard of Oz, Catch Me If You Can, Mamma Mia!, The Sound of Music (China), and more. She has worked with directors Cameron Mackintosh, Hal Prince, Billy Porter, Dan Knechtges, Jeffrey Seller, Baayork Lee, and Gabe Barre.
RAY WETMORE & JR GOODMAN (Production Props Supervisors). Recent Broadway and Tours: Funny Girl, Here Lies Love, Parade, Kimberly Akimbo, Bad Cinderella, The Music Man, A Strange Loop, Waitress, To Kill A Mockingbird, Good Night Oscar, West Side Story, Diana
JOHANNA McKEON (Associate Director). Broadway: Funny Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, King Kong, American Idiot, War Paint, and Grey Gardens. Broadway Tours: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, Rent. Upcoming: Swept Away at Arena Stage. She is a recipient of Drama League, Boris Sagal and Fulbright Fellowships. MFA: UT Austin.
JEFFREY GUGLIOTTI (Associate Choreographer) is a choreographer and teacher based in New York City. Credits include: “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” “The View,” the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Most recently: Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, Mr. Saturday Night at Barrington Stage; Broadway: revival of Funny Girl @jeffgugliotti
TORYA BEARD (Assistant Director). Director: Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, Artists at the Center (NYCC), Assistant Director: Funny Girl Broadway revival, Waitress Broadway revival. Producer: Bessie Awards 2023, Jesus Christ Superstar: Highlights from the AllFemale Studio Cast Recording. APAP’s Inaugural CIPA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Producing. For Valerie Payne Foster.
DRE TORRES (Assistant Tap Choreographer). Chasing Magic, City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, and Little Island’s Music and Dance Festival. Career highlights: Comedy Central, Radio City, FOX, BBC, PBS, Harvard, and five-year Principal with Tapestry Dance Company, directed by Acia Gray. For Mom, Dad and Mona. @dretorres14
JOVON E. SHUCK (Production Stage Manager) is a proud graduate of Michigan State University whose credits include the national tours of: Dear Evan Hansen, Miss Saigon, Waitress, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s The Lion King, and Monty Python’s Spamalot as well as Radio City Music Hall, The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, George Street Playhouse, and Gateway Playhouse. Much love to Sheila Marie, always.
KYLE DANNAHEY (Stage Manager). National Tours: Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman, The Prom, Jersey Boys. OffBroadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, The Bedwetter at Atlantic Theater Company, Jersey Boys. Fiasco Theater Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, NextStop Theatre Company. All thanks to my family, friends, and mentors. Deepest Gratitude.
MELISSA RICHTER (Assistant Stage Manager) (she/her). National Tours: Jagged Little Pill, Jersey Boys, and Pretty Woman. Other credits include: Reefer Madness: The Musical (LA Revival), Attempts on Her Life (The New School), Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (NYTF), The Mountaintop (Weston Playhouse), The Full Monty, Shakespeare in Love, and The Royale (Capital Repertory Theatre). Love always to her family, friends, and Sriracha the Cat.
MARIAH YOUNG (Assistant Stage Manager) Tours: The Book of Mormon, Anastasia, A Bronx Tale, Elf the Musical, The Nutcracker, Flamenco Vivo’s Voces del Sur, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Infinite thanks to my eversupportive family, friends, and Brian.
JUSTIN A. SWEENEY (Company Manager) (he/him). Broadway: Monty Python’s Spamalot. National Tours: To Kill a Mockingbird (First National), The Phantom of the Opera (Spectacular New), Les Misérables (25th Anniversary), Movin’ Out (First National); American Ballet Theatre: national and international tours, including Cuba and Oman. Shout out to Jackson!
RYAN MAYFIELD (Associate Company Manager) (he/him). National Tours: To Kill a Mockingbird (First National). (Regional Theatre) Cabaret (Goodspeed Musicals), World Premiere - Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed Musicals), 42nd Street (Goodspeed Musicals). Hometown: Portland, OR. Huge thanks and love to his family, friends, and the Funny Girl Company. @ryan_mayfield_
GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, Cameron Mackintosh presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music and The Wiz
THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 28 Tony Award winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include The Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Hamilton, Mamma Mia!, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, Parade, Pretty Woman, Six, Some Like It Hot, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, and The Wiz. Future tours include: A Wonderful World, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Karate Kid, The Notebook, and Suffs
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer, and lifestyle brands, including 80+ Broadway shows over three decades. Current tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Hadestown, Mamma Mia!, Mean Girls, Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman, Some Like It Hot. Upcoming tours: The Great Gatsby, Kinky Boots, Mystic Pizza, The Notebook, The Outsiders, Suffs.
ARTHOUSE (Digital Marketing and Advertising), is a full-service digital agency that partners with forwardthinking advertisers in the strategy and design of innovative brand campaigns. Our services include branding, content creation, social management and media buying with a focus on how creativity and connection drives campaign success. We work with our clients to create campaigns that are beautiful and strategic, converting users into active and engaged customers. Visit arthousenewyork.com
SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has produced the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and the National Theatre production of War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer for both the U.S. and U.K. tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th Anniversary U.S. tour of Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera tour, Miss Saigon. Currently, Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon, and Life of Pi. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.
NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, Cameron Mackintosh presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music and The Wiz
SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (SFP) (Producer) is an international production company responsible
for some of the most successful theatre productions around the world. Sonia Friedman CBE has developed, initiated and produced over 190 new productions and together with her company has won 61 Olivier Awards, 39 Tonys and three BAFTAs. Current and forthcoming productions include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Global), The Book of Mormon (West End), Stranger Things: The First Shadow a co-production with Netflix (West End), Lyonesse (West End), Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway), and The Shark Is Broken (Broadway). Visit soniafriedman.com for full details.
SCOTT LANDIS (Producer) is a twotime Tony Award-winning producer who has worked extensively in New York and London. He is the theatrical consultant for Universal Music Group (the world’s leading music company) and is currently developing a diverse slate of projects with several of their artists. Prior to his career in theatre, Mr. Landis was the youngest talent agent in show business history and he represented some of the most iconic names in the movie, television and theatre industries. With love and gratitude to Sonia, David, Kathleen, Ella and Nathaniel. He dedicates this show to his parents Lynne and Lawrence and their memory.
DAVID BABANI (Producer). Founder and artistic director of the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. He has produced over 30 West End shows and his productions have won multiple Tony and Olivier awards. Broadway credits include Sunday in the Park With George, A Little Night Music, La Cage aux Folles, The Color Purple and Travesties
ROY FURMAN (Co-Producer). Broadway: Spamalot, MJ, Moulin Rouge! (Tony Award), The Book of Mormon (Tony), Some Like It Hot and Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Producer of 17 Tony Award-winning musicals and plays, including Leopoldstadt; The Color Purple; The Band’s Visit; Hello, Dolly! and War Horse. Vice chairman of Jefferies Financial Group, former vice chairman of Lincoln Center, president and chairman emeritus of Film at Lincoln Center.
NO GUARANTEES (Co-Producer) is led by Christine Schwarzman (President), Darren Johnston (EVP) and Megan O’Keefe (EVP). Four-time Tony Award winner for Leopoldstadt (2023), The Lehman Trilogy (2022), Company (2022), and Hadestown (2019). Ninetime Tony Award nominee. Lead producing credits include Pulitzer Prize winner Fat Ham, Saheem Ali, Jocelyn Bioh and Michael Thurber’s new musical Goddess and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella. Additional credits: Here Lies Love, The Shark Is Broken, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Beetlejuice, Mean Girls and more.
ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Over 60 productions world-wide, and recipient of eight Tonys, eight Oliviers and one Helpmann. Adam is a 2023 EMBA candidate and Linbury Scholar, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Full bio: adamblanshay.com.
DARYL ROTH (Co-Producer) holds the singular distinction of producing 7 Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: Anna in the Tropics; August: Osage County; Clybourne Park; How I Learned to Drive: Proof; Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women; and Wit. Recipient of 13 Tony Awards; over 130 productions including Kinky Boots; Into the Woods; Indecent; Life of Pi; and The Normal Heart. Upcoming: Nancy Drew: The Musical. Trustee, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Theater Hall of Fame Inductee. DarylRothProductions.com.
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(Co-Producer) is: Victoria Lang, recent Broadway: The Cottage, The Kite Runner, Paradise Square, Tootsie, The Cher Show, Lightning Thief, Sylvia. West End: Funny Girl, SHOUT!, Bat Boy Off-Broadway: Found, Silence!, Matt & Ben, Johnny Guitar, SHOUT! Upcoming: Sinatra: The Musical. Founder: Broadway & Beyond Theatricals. Carol Cogan Savitsky, Steaming (producer), Listen to my Heart (producer). Proud to be part of this iconic revival. Michael Saperstein, Broadway: Funny Girl, Merrily We Roll Along, The Cottage Upcoming: Sinatra: The Musical (U.K.). Grateful to my family and friends for their continuous support.
GAVIN KALIN (Co-Producer). Recent Broadway: Plaza Suite; Caroline, or Change; Betrayal; Mrs. Doubtfire; Sea Wall/A Life; The Lehman Trilogy. Recent West End: Cyrano de Bergerac, Cabaret, Leopoldstadt, Pretty Woman. Recent immersive: Monopoly Lifesized, Peaky Blinders: The Rise. Visit gavinkalinproductions.com.
CHARLES & NICOLAS TALAR
(Co-Producer) have produced many musicals and family entertainment, garnering more than 15 million spectators across 7,000 performances. Amongst them, Notre Dame de Paris, their worldwide success will be presented for the first time this summer 2022 in New York City at the David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center.
FAKSTON PRODUCTIONS
(Co-Producer). Ken Fakler and Dan Stone are a multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning co-producing team known for their work on Dear Evan Hansen, Company, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, The Inheritance, Parade, The Wiz, Merrily We Roll Along, and Some Like It Hot
SANFORD ROBERTSON (Co-Producer) is a private equity investor in San Francisco. He had early interest in musical theatre, as his father, an amateur songwriter, made sure he saw every musical while growing up. Now as an investor/producer of 25-plus productions, including several Tony Award winners, he is proud to be part of the first revival of this classic.
CRAIG BALSAM (Co-Producer) (he/ him). Broadway: Merrily, Here Lies Love, Hangmen, Hadestown (eight Tony Awards), What the Constitution Means To Me (Tony nom), The Lehman Trilogy (Tony Award), Is This A Room/Dana H., Keyboards/vocals/gong: Perry Street Band. Love ya, JB.
JANE BERGÈRE (Co-Producer). Multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Funny Girl; Beetlejuice; Kinky Boots; Hello, Dolly!; La Cage aux Folles; Angels in America; War Hose; Clybourne Park; Glengarry Glen Ross. Film credits include the Whitney Houston film, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, and the upcoming The Collaboration starring Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope. JaneBergereProductions.com
JEAN DOUMANIAN (Co-Producer). Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning theatre/film/ TV producer. Over 25 theatrical productions include Hangmen, August: Osage County, Angels in America, The Book of Mormon, The Mountaintop and Our Town. jdpnyc.com
ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Tony-nominated, Drama Desk-winning company. Broadway: Funny Girl, The Prom, King Lear, Three Tall Women, The Miracle Worker. OffBroadway: Crumbs from the Table of Joy w/Keen, Oratorio For Living Thing w/Ars Nova, My Lingerie Play w/ Rattlestick, The Last Seder, Savage in Limbo. President Abigail Solomon, EVP Jennifer Kranz.
IRIS SMITH (Co-Producer). Tony winner. Broadway: Here Lies Love, Moulin Rouge!, The Band’s Visit, Death of a Salesman, Ohio State Murders, Mrs. Satuday Night, Tina—The Tina Turner Musical, Beetlejuice, Jagged Little Pill.
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JULIE BOARDMAN/KATE CANNOVA (Co-Producers). Together: A Doll’s House, Once Upon a One More Time, Head Over Heels JB: Company, The Inheritance, Indecent, An American in Paris. Co-founder, Museum of Broadway. KC: The Kite Runner, The Secret Garden, The Visit, The Scottsboro Boys, Museum of Broadway.
HENI KOENIGSBERG/MICHELLE RILEY (Co-Producer). Heni Koenigsberg: Most recent Tonys: Leopoldstadt (‘23); The Lehman Trilogy (‘22); Company (‘22); The Inheritance (’20); Hadestown (’19); The Band’s Visit (’18); Hello, Dolly! (’17); A View From the Bridge (’16). Michelle Riley has won Tonys for Hadestown (’19) and Once on This Island (’18).
IN FINE COMPANY (Co-Producer). Multiple Tony Award and Grammy Award winners Sue Gilad & Larry Rogowsky: Moulin Rouge!, The Outsiders, Here Lies Love, Merrily We Roll Along, The Who’s Tommy, Company, Jagged Little Pill, Burlesque the Musical. Founders of BWAYX.com. InFineCompany.com
ELIE LANDAU (Co-Producer). GM, Museum of Broadway. COO, TEG+. Management and/or producing credits include Funny Girl (B’way), Hedwig…, The Addams Family, You’re Welcome America, Speed-the-Plow, Spamalot and the Emmy-nominated documentary “Paper Clips.”
BRIAN MORELAND (Co-Producer). Thrilled to a part. Previous shows include Thoughts of a Colored of Man, Sea Wall/A Life, The Sound Inside, The Wiz.
MARY MAGGIO AND SCOTT ABRAMS (Co-Producer). Mary Maggio: Super You. Films: Tribes, Black Bouquet. Scott Abrams: A Beautiful Noise, Back to the Future, Harmony, The Notebook. Together: Tony Award-winning producers of Company, Co-producers Merrily We Roll Along, Funny Girl, Hamlet, Mandela
DAVID MANELLA/SEAVIEW (Co-Producer). David’s credits include Parade (Tony), Slave Play and Sea Wall/A Life (Tony noms), Just for Us, Sunset Blvd (London), Danny and the Deep…, Lempicka and Enemy of the People. Seaview is a NY-based theatre and film company. @ThisIsSeaview
GFOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC (Co-Producer) proudly presents some of the world’s most recognized shows. Productions and investments include: The Book of Mormon, Matilda, Six, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Menopause The Musical, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Current tours include: Company, On Your Feet!, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical GFourProductions.com
Opening Night: September 12, 2023
Scott Praefke
teans-Gail aisanen
Jovon E. Shuck
Kyle Dannahey
Mariah Young
Justin A. Sweeney
Ryan Mayfield
Beard
Dre Torres
Tim McMath
Mark Koss
Heather Freedman, Meriwether Snipes
Timothy Reed
Emmanuel Delgado
Thomas Ford
Laura Kolarik, Stephanie Ditman, Sophie Tiesler
Hair and Wig Designer........... Campbell Young Associates/ Luc Verschueren
Associate Hair and Wig Designer Susan Corrado
Production Prop Supervisors
Ray Wetmore & JR Goodman
Production Electricians ......................... Jon Batz-Owings, Thomas Owings-Batz
Production Sound Chad Parsley
Production Props
Jennifer Kramer
Moving Light Programmer ............................... Paul Toben
Head Carpenter Brent Jahnke
Assistant Carpenter Jesse Leach
Flyman Logan Vanderpool
Head Electrician ............................................ Jacob Ryan
Assistant Electricians ............. Eli McEwan, Michael Smith
Head Sound Mark Dulac
Assistant Sound Jake Delgado
Head Props
Sara A. Schultz
Assistant Props ................................................. AK Koob
Wardrobe Supervisor Katie Trantham
Assistant Wardrobe Payton Slaughter
Hair & Make-up Supervisor Matthew Henry
Hair & Make-up Assistant ........................ Sierra Peterson
Star Dresser ............................................ Makayla Willett
Production Assistants
Whitney Roy, Alex Tawid Di Maggio, Brillian Qi-Bell
Vocal Coach Joan Lader
Dialect Coach ...........................................Deborah Hecht
Advertising/Marketing Materials AKA NYC
Video Production Cinevative, HMS Media
Production Photographer Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Safety Consultant .................................. Bryan Huneycutt
Social Media Arthouse
Sara Fitzpatrick, Marc Mettler, Travis Moser, Yael Matlow, Alex Mecklosky
Merchandising .........................................Creative Goods
Accounting ......................... NETworks Presentations LLC
Legal Services F. Richard Pappas, Esq.
David F. Schwartz, Esq., Gray Schwartz LLP
HR Support ............................................. K+K Reset, LLC
Housing Road Rebel
Travel Agency Kessler & Co. / Direct Travel Trucking Clark Transfer
FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
Chief Executive Officer Orin Wolf
Chief Financial Officer/
Chief Operating Officer
Business Affairs
Margaret Daniel
Scott W. Jackson
Chief Producing Officer Seth Wenig
Executive Producers .........Mimi Intagliata, Trinity Wheeler
Associate Producer ............................. Hannah Rosenthal
Vice President of Finance
Scott Levine
Sr. Director/Finance John Kinna
Controller ................................................ Jennifer Gifford
Director of Tour Accounting ....................... Laura S. Carey
Tax Director Pat Guerieri
Accounts Payables & Receivables Clerk Lisa Loveless
Sr. Director, Booking and Engagements Amanda Laird
Directors, Booking & Engagements .................
Director of Sales
Director of Marketing
Stacey Burns, Colin Byrne
Zach Stevenson
Heather Hess
Sr. Director/General Management ......... Gregory Vander Ploeg
General Manager .......... Madeline McCluskey, Heather Moss, Steven Varon-Moore
Associate General Manager Maia Sutton
Sr. Director/Production Management Jason Juenker
Sr. Production Manager .................................. Hector Guivas
Production Managers ......... Matthew Reardon, Alex Williams
Technical Director pesci
Production Coordinator Aimeé Mangual Pagán
Director of Operations ..................... Pearce Landry-Wegener
Resource Director ...........................................Kayla Rooplal
People Operations / Payroll Manager Sara Clayton
Executive Assistant Isabella Schiavon
Office Manager Michelle Adye
Music Coordinator John Mezzio
Warehouse Manager .......................................Joseph Spratt
Warehouse Costume Manager .................Bobby Maglaughlin
Warehouse Costume Shop Assistant Grace Santamaria
CREDITS
Scenic items fabricated by Great Lakes Scenic Services. Lighting equipment from PRG Sound equipment from Sound Associates Inc. Props fabrication and finishing by Jerard Studios, Q1 Lighting & Scenic, R. Ramos Upholstery, Brooklyn Stage & Screen, Paper Mache Monkey, BrenBri Props, Costume Armour, David Drummond, Infinite Scenic, Props Papers, Carl Tallent, Kisch & Co, Monkey Boy Productions. Florals by Season Floral Design. Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc., Tricorne Inc., Suitable Costumes, Ltd., Bethany Joy Costumes, Inc., Arel Studio, Lynne Bacchus, Giliberto Designs, Inc., Siam Costumes, Maria Ficalora Knitwear, Ltd., Lisa Logan, Amy Micallef, Cego Custom Shirts, Berkeley Repertory, Lynne Mackey Studio, Mio Design NYC, Rodney Gordon, Ann Morin, Jeff Fender, Gene Mignola, Julz Kroboth, Jimmy McBride. Custom footwear by Capezio, LaDuca Shoes, Worldtone Dance, Wing and Weft, Tiecrafters, Inc., Jerard Studio, Christine Sczcepanski, Special Thanks to Bra*Tenders for Hoisery and undergarments.
Rehearsed at NEW 42nd Street Studios, 229 W 42nd Street, New York, NY.
Rehearsed at Pearl Studios, Open Jar, Ripley-Grier Studios.
Special Thanks to Mark Shackett, Foresight Theatricals
Providence Performing Arts Center; Norbert Mongeon, Janice Anderson, J.L. “Lynn” Singleton
Insurance Broker Services
Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc.
Robert B. Middleton, Sr and Meghan Coleman
Financial Services and banking arrangements by Flagstar Bank N.A.
FunnyGirlOnBroadway.com
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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States.
The Musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.
Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.
This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
THANK YOU CAPA DONORS!
Each season, CAPA relies upon generous gifts to bring world-class artists and programming to our stages and beyond. These partnerships help CAPA provide vital performing arts education and engagement to our community.
We are honored to recognize the individuals, families, corporations, and community organizations that support CAPA and make our work possible.
Listed below are the combined gifts that were received between from 7/01/2023 to 6/30/2024.
$10,000+
Larry & Marion Fisher ❖ ❤ ✷✐
Donna & Larry James ❖✷
Mike & Linda Kaufmann ❖ ❤
Largent Family Private Foundation Trust ❖
Joan & Steve Parrish ❖
The Riley Family Foundation ❖ ✐
Liz Riley ❖ ✐
The Robert J. Weiler Company ❖ ✐
Scott & Marta Whitlock ❖ ✷
Anonymous ❖
$5,000–$9,999
John & Pamela Beeler ❖ ✐
William & Christy Cooper ❖ ✐
DiMarco Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation ❖ ✷ ✐
Jane & Michael J. Endres ❖ ✷
John & Bebe Finn ❖ ❤ ✷
Ron Ford ❖ ❤
T.R. & Sarah Gross ❖
Brian & Amanda Huprich ❖
Karen F. Lane Fund of The Columbus Foundation ❖
Karen Hough Majidzadeh &
Todd Majidzadeh ❖ ❤ ✷ ✐
In Memory of Mary Lee Cobb Hedrick
Mary Beth & Luke McCormick ❖ ✐
Melanie Murray ❖
Ann & Ron Pizzuti ❖ ✷
Don & Teckie Shackelford ❖ ✷
Melinda & Chad Whittington ❖ ❤ ✷✐
Lisa & Ronald Wilson ❖
Anonymous (2) ❖
$2,500–$4,999
Amy & Josh Corna ❖ ❤ ✷
Jay & Meredith Crane ❖ ✷
Lynnda & Steven Davis
Family Foundation ❖ ❤ ✷
Sandy Doyle-Ahern & Michael Ahern ❖
Elisabeth Evan ❖
Heather Grant & Michael Petrecca ❖ ✷
Stephanie & Jack Green ❖ ✷
Hattie & Robert Lazarus Fund of The Columbus Foundation ❖ ✷
Ann & Tom Hoaglin ❖ ✷
Tom Krouse ❖ ❤ ✷
Kathleen Lach & Dan Rowan ❖ ❤ ✷
Ohlinger Publishing Services ❖
Michael & Laure Schoedinger ❖ ❤ ✷
Lewis & Benita Smoot ❖ ✷
Linda & Michael Stickney ❖ ❤ ✷
Susan Tomasky & Ronald Ungvarsky
Family Foundation ❖ ✷
Bob & Peggy Walter ❖
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Wolfe, Jr. ❖
Laura Yaroma ❖ ❤ ✷
Anonymous ❖
$1,200–$2,499
Cecily & Brett Alexander ✐
Robert Allen & Diane Weaver
George Barrett ✷
Nicole & Christopher Callam ❖ ❤
Mark & Mindy Corna ✷
Kristina & Matthew Daiker ❖ ❤
David Feinberg & Felicia Franco-Feinberg
Charitable Fund
David English ❤
In Memory of Blair & Jone English
Joy & Michael Gonsiorowski ✷
Babette T. Gorman ❖ ✷
Debra & Duncan Griffin ❖ ❤
Richard Helmreich ❖ ❤
Lisa Ingram & Greg Guy ❖
Drs. Scott Kurzer & Shu Wang ❖
Elisa & Dave McCurdy ✷
Marc & Kimberly Minor ❖ ❤
Alicia & Greg Overmyer ❖
Angela Pace ❖ ❤
Ann Marie & Mark Peters ❤
Curt & Peggy Robson ❖
Matt & Cathy Satterwhite ❖ ❤
Marcy & Jonathan Schaffir ❖ ✷ ✐
David R. Schooler ✷
Amy & Alan Shore
Michelle Snook ✷
Jane & Tim Stehle
Holly & Sean Stokes ❖ ❤
Nancy Strause
Sheldon & Rebecca Taft ❖ ✷
In Memory of Frances Smith Rinehart
The Team Brown Fund ❖ ✷
Mary Yerina & Bob Redfield ✷
Anonymous ❖
$600–$1,199
George & Vanessa Arnold
Judith & Ashley Bird
Jennifer Bondurant
Mel & Audrey Bornstein ✷
K. Bouman
Barbara Brandt ✷
Steven Brechter & Christina Madriguera
C. John & Flo Ann Easton Family Fund
Cap Clegg
Karen Conner ✷
Dr. Patricia A. Cunningham
In Memory of Dr. Craig R. Hassler
Mike & Sharon Curtin
DeeDee & Herb Glimcher
Philanthropic Fund
Kirsten Dell & Rusty Bell ✷
Elfi Di Bella ✷ ✐
Matt & Angie Greenwood ✐
Robin & Peter Hersha
Charles & Lisa Howe
Ray & Kemberly Lang
In Memory of Kenneth E. Meiners
Lee Shackelford Family Fund of
The Columbus Foundation ✷
Jeff & Wendy Luedke
Jamie Martin
In Memory of Rosemary Sargent
Jane & John McCoy
William J. McGraw III
Dr. Jim Mohr
Suzanne Nick
Edwin & Mary Jane Overmyer
Ramon & Lynne Perez
Dr. Philip & Mrs. Elizabeth Samuels
Sara Secrest
Patti Shorr ✷
The Swearingen Family Fund
Stephanie & Dr. Ronald M. Taddeo
Ralph & Joan Talmage
Adam Wagenbach & Kathleen Murphy
Cynthia & Dr. Steven Wanamaker
Scott Wise
Anonymous (3)
If
❖ 1969 Society | ❤ Volunteer | ✷ Gala | ✐ Education
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
$100,000+
American Electric Power Foundation
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Honda of America
Ohio Arts Council
Ohio Arts Economic
Relief Grant Program
$50,000–$99,999
City of Columbus
The Columbus Foundation
The Gladys H. Goodwin Fund, Jane H. Zimmerman Arts Fund, and W.W. Williams Family Field of Interest Fund, with the assistance of the Ingram-White Castle Foundation.
Nationwide Foundation
PNC Foundation
In aligning their brands with ours, CAPA’s partners demonstrate a commitment to the cultivation and nurturing of the performing arts in Columbus, and its ability to spread an appreciation that can be felt in the hearts, minds, and the economy of our community.
CAPA Partners also demonstrate their own commitment to quality, innovation, and excellence to CAPA’s audience who are discerning, sophisticated, and loyal patrons. Thank you to these partners that made gifts between 7/1/2023 and 6/30/2024.
$25,000–$49,999
Bath & Body Works
Continental Building Company
G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc.
The Huntington Bank
Ice Miller Community Involvement
The McCutchen Foundation
Nationwide Insurance
$10,000–$24,999
Battelle
Broadway Across America
City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
Construction Systems, Inc.
Crane Group Co.
Danbert, Inc.
Edwards Companies
Electrical Service Professionals
Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Johnson Investment Counsel
KEMBA Financial Credit Union
Meuse Family Foundation
The Riley Family Foundation
Vision Development
The Robert J. Weiler Company
$5,000–$9,999
ADAMH Board of Franklin County
CASTO
Denison University
Downtown Columbus, Inc
Educational Solutions Company
Fifth Third Bank
IGS Energy
ImprovEdge
Kimball Midwest
M/I Homes Foundation
McGohan Brabender Agency
Nationwide Insurance
OhioHealth
Overmyer Hall Associates
Pat and Gracies Kitchen and Tavern
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
PVS Chemicals
Quantum Health
State Auto Insurance Companies
Premium Beverage Supply
WBNS-10TV
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