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October 3 – November 14, 2010 30th Season, 13th Second Stage Production 100th Light Opera Works Production

BRIDGET MCDONOUGH General Manager

RUDY HOGENMILLER Artistic Director Presents

I DO! I DO! A Musical About Marriage Book and Lyrics by TOM JONES Music by HARVEY SCHMIDT (Based on “THE FOURPOSTER” by Jan de Hartog) Originally Produced on Broadway by DAVID MERRICK Originally Directed by GOWER CHAMPION

Co-Music Director Roger L. Bingaman

Co-Music Director Linda Slein

Scenic Designer Adam L. Veness

Costume Designer Darcy Elora Hofer

Lighting Designer Charles Jolls

Sound Designer Miles Polaski

Stage Manager Rachel Levine

Production Manager Paige Keedy

Stage Director & Choreographer Rudy Hogenmiller I DO! I DO! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

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A F E W WO R D S F R O M T H E A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R I DO! I DO! is a journey through happiness and sorrow, good times and bad. The original production starred Mary Martin and Robert Preston, and was the first two-person musical ever performed on Broadway. The show was written by two men I’ve been lucky to have worked with and call friends, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, the creative duo behind THE FANTASTICKS and 110 IN THE SHADE. I’ve always loved working on their shows.

That pleasure is doubled when joined by such talented performers as Larry Adams and Cathy Lord, both so accomplished and bringing their life experience to the characters of Michael and Agnes, as they travel through 50 years of marriage. I hope this musical makes you laugh, I hope you’ll identify with Michael and Agnes, and I hope, at times, you’ll be deeply moved.

Rudy Hogenmiller Artistic Director

CAST He (Michael)................................................................................................................Larry Adams* She (Agnes) ............................................................................................................Catherine Lord* Understudies Kelli Morgan (Agnes), Robert Brady (Michael) *Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association 2 Light Opera Theatre

MUSICIANS (Musicians are members of Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208) Piano I: .............................................................................................................. Roger L. Bingaman Piano II: .............................................................................................................................Linda Slein

P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Stage Director / Choreographer / Artistic Director..................................Rudy Hogenmiller Co-Music Directors.................................................................. Roger L. Bingaman, Linda Slein Scenic Designer.......................................................................................................Adam L. Veness Costume Designer............................................................................................. Darcy Elora Hofer Lighting Designer.........................................................................................................Charles Jolls Sound Designer............................................................................................................Miles Polaski Properties Designers ................................................. Mealah Heidenreich, Deborah Lindell Hair and Make-up Designer..............................................................................Sienna Macedon Assistant to the Director / Choreographer................................................. Marcia Kazurinsky Orchestra Contractor / Music Librarian..........................................................Harvey Lobstein Production Manager....................................................................................................Paige Keedy Stage Manager...........................................................................................................Rachel Levine Master Electrician / Light Board Programmer.................................................. Mac Vaughey Run Crew....................................................................................................................... Anya Loverdi Sound Board Operator................................................................................................Daniel Black Set Construction...........................................................................................Means of Production SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS This story covers 50 years of marriage beginning in 1898 ACT ONE Prologue...........................................................................................................Michael and Agnes “Goodnight”.....................................................................................................Agnes and Michael “I Love My Wife”....................................................................................................................Michael “Something Has Happened”......................................................................Agnes and Michael “The Waiting Room”............................................................................................................Michael “Love Isn’t Everything”.................................................................................Michael and Agnes “Nobody’s Perfect”........................................................................................Agnes and Michael “A Well Known Fact” . .........................................................................................................Michael “Flaming Agnes” . ................................................................................................................... Agnes “The Honeymoon Is Over” . .......................................................................Agnes and Michael Finale—Act I . .................................................................................................Agnes and Michael 15-minute intermission ACT TWO “Where Are The Snows?” . ..........................................................................Michael and Agnes “My Cup Runneth Over” . ...........................................................................Michael and Agnes “When The Kids Get Married” . .................................................................Agnes and Michael “The Father Of The Bride” ................................................................................................Michael “What Is A Woman?” ............................................................................................................. Agnes “Someone Needs Me”..................................................................................Agnes and Michael “Roll Up The Ribbons”..................................................................................Michael and Agnes “This House”—Finale...................................................................................Agnes and Michael Light Opera Theatre 3

BIOGR APHIES CATHERINE LORD (Agnes) made her Light Opera Works debut last season as Désirée in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. Ms. Lord has performed extensively in the Chicago area for nearly 25 years. Some of her favorite roles and shows include MY FAIR LADY, HAIRSPRAY, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, THE BOWERY BOYS, LES MISERABLES, THE PRODUCERS, INTO THE WOODS, OLIVER!, Miss Flannery in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, and Betty Blake in THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, all at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire; Rafaella Ottiano in GRAND HOTEL at Drury Lane Water Tower; Emma Goldman in RAGTIME, Marian Paroo in THE MUSIC MAN, Lilli/Kate in KISS ME, KATE, and Grace Farrell in ANNIE at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace.

During this run she will celebrate 20 years since she said ‘I Do! I Do!” with her real life husband, Anthony.

LARRY ADAMS (Michael) has performed leading roles in Light Opera Works productions of SOUTH PACIFIC (Emile), 110 IN THE SHADE (Starbuck), THE MERRY WIDOW (Danilo), THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Captain von Trapp), KISS ME, KATE (Fred / Petruchio), THE MUSIC MAN (Harold Hill) and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Fredrik). Larry has performed with various companies in the Chicago area including Theatre at the Center, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook and Lyric Opera of Chicago. He has toured nationally with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and was a part of the Broadway and San Francisco companies. Mr. Adams has performed a wide range of musical styles from opera to minimalism to cabaret, appearing at such venues as Lincoln Center and La Mama in New York City to opera companies and theaters around the country. In the August 2010 Chicago Magazine’s BEST OF CHICAGO feature, he was singled out as Chicago theater’s Best Singer.

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KELLI MORGAN (Agnes understudy) returns to Light Opera Works, where she was seen in GYPSY LOVE and RAGTIME. Recent credits include SUGAR and THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, KNUTE ROCKNE ALL-AMERICAN, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, SCROOGE! THE MUSICAL and HELLO, DOLLY! at Theatre at the Center, ALADDIN (u.s.) at Marriott Theatre, THE THREE MUSKETEERS and SEUSSICAL (u.s.) at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, JERRY SPRINGER, THE OPERA at Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, and SEUSSICAL and SNOW WHITE at Emerald City Theatre. Kelli will next be seen as Doris Walker in IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS at Theatre at the Center.

ROBERT BRADY (Michael understudy) was seen this season with Light Opera Works as Sir Richard Cholmondeley in THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD and in the ensemble of CAROUSEL; earlier, he was Samuel in the 2009 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, and appeared in CANDIDE, DIE FLEDERMAUS, and 2002’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. A California native, he is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts. He has performed professionally for 17 years, working for such companies as Fairfield Civic Theater, Vallejo Civic Theater, Sacramento Music Circus, the Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville and Royal Caribbean International. Locally, he has appeared with First Folio Theatre.

RUDY HOGENMILLER (Director / Choreographer / Artistic Director) has directed and/or choreographed many Light Opera Works productions, most recently THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, C’EST LA VIE, MY FAIR LADY and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. For almost 30 years he has been an actor, director and choreographer in Chicago, working at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane Evergreen

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Park, Theatre at the Center, Northlight Theatre, Mercury Theatre, Pegasus Players and Chamber Opera Chicago. As a dancer he toured nationally and internationally from Los Angeles to Japan to Egypt with EVITA, A CHORUS LINE and THE FANTASTICKS. He has received 17 nominations and six Joseph Jefferson Awards for choreography and/or direction, and is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

assistant conductor. “Bing” is the music director of Irving Park Lutheran Church and is the artistic director of the Irving Park Fine Arts Series; he is also choir director and organist at Ezra Habonim in Skokie. Bing has worked with Lyric Opera’s Opera-in-the-Neighborhoods program Michigan Opera Theatre, the Savoyaires, Milwaukee Opera Theater, Dayton Opera, Opera Lenawee and Opera Lafayette, among others.

ROGER L. BINGAMAN (Co-Music Director) most recently conducted CAROUSEL, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, MY FAIR LADY and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Light Opera Works, where he has held many positions, including conductor, chorus master, assistant conductor and pianist. In December of 2005 he was named the company’s music director. Mr. Bingaman has been the director of the apprentice program and chorus master for the Sarasota Opera in Sarasota, Florida since 1999. Mr. Bingaman began his tenure at Sarasota Opera in 1998 as an

LINDA SLEIN (Co-Music Director) has been a musical director in the Chicago area for more than 20 years. Recent credits include FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SVU at the Royal George Theater and MID-LIFE: THE CRISIS MUSICAL at Pheasant Run for Noble Fool Theatricals and Little Theatre on the Square. Other credits include GRAND HOTEL at Drury Lane Water Tower Place, A CHORUS LINE at Theater at the Center, and A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Noble Fool Theatricals.

For the past three years, Linda has been the musical director for Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards.

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ADAM L. VENESS (Scenic Designer) has served in a technical capacity for more than 20 Light Opera Works productions, and I DO! I DO! marks his debut as scenic designer. His work has been seen on stages throughout the region, including Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Seanachai Theatre Company, Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, Writers’ Theatre, and Northwestern University Opera Theater. He is a founding member and the former Director of Design for MidTangent Productions.

DARCY ELORA HOFER (Costume Designer) returns to Light Opera Works, where she designed costumes for C’EST LA VIE and IOLANTHE. A Michigan native, Darcy began her career as a theater professional at the Purple Rose Theatre, where she worked side by side with Executive Director Jeff Daniels in various roles. Now a full-time Chicago resident, Darcy is Executive Director of Appetite Theatre and works full-time for the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University. She has designed for Northwestern Univer-

B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) sity Opera, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Piccolo Theatre, Profiles Theatre, LiveWire Chicago Theatre, Bailiwick Chicago, Red Twist Theatre and Point of Contention Theatre Company. Darcy has a B.A. in Theatre from Michigan State University, as well as an A.A.S. in Fashion Design from the International Academy of Design and Technology.

CHARLES JOLLS (Lighting Designer) has been freelancing as a lighting designer based in Chicago for more than 20 years. With Light Opera Works, he was lighting designer for C’EST LA VIE and NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY. He has worked with many professional companies in town including Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Northlight Theatre, Apollo Theatre, Chicago Opera Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, Next Theatre, Stage Left Theatre, Theatre at the Center, Midnight Circus, the Sweat Girls and CenterStage Productions. His work has taken him across the United States as well as to Canada, the Caribbean, China, and the United Arab Emirates. He is the proud recipient of the Hurckes Award for Artisans and Technicians, and is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829.

MILES POLASKI (Sound Designer) designed the sound for numerous Light Opera Works productions, most recently CAROUSEL and MY FAIR LADY. A Chicago sound designer, composer, musician and DJ, Miles won a Jeff Award for his sound design of A MOUSE IN A JAR with Red Tape Theatre.

He is the resident sound designer with Collaboraction and a music director/ curator with Serendipity Theatre’s 2ND STORY. Working with many Chicago theatre companies, his favorite credits include UNCLE VANYA (TUTA), CADILLAC (Chicago Dramatists), A CHRISTMAS STORY (Noble Fool Theatricals), TALK RADIO (The Gift Theatre Company), DR. EGG (Redmoon Theater), THE HAIRY APE (The Hypocrites/Goodman Theatre), DIVERSEY HARBOR (Theatre Seven), BLOODY BESS (BackStage Theatre Company) and OF MICE AND MEN (Steppenwolf Theatre).

RACHEL LEVINE (Stage Manager) is working with Light Opera Works for the first time. Recent Chicago credits include stage manager of THE MIKADO with Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, assistant stage manager for the House Theatre of Chicago’s ALL THE FAME OF LOFTY DEEDS, and stage management apprentice with Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Regional credits include North Shore Music Theatre, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Florida Studio Theatre and the Hangar Theatre.

HARVEY LOBSTEIN (Orchestra Contractor) has been working in Chicago as a freelance musician since 1979. In 1985, he won the audition for concertmaster at Light Opera Works and has held that position ever since. With CAROUSEL, Harvey completed his 77th production as the company’s concertmaster. Since 1988, he has been orchestral contractor for Light Opera Works and is responsible for organizing orchestras for the company. He gratefully acknowledges the musicians of the Chicago Federation of

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