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JANET DICKINSON RICH HEBERT BEN COOK

TY FORHAN

PATTI PERKINS CULLEN R. TITMAS

Introducing

KYLEND HETHERINGTON

ZACH MANSKE

NOAH PARETS

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JOEL BLUM • CAMERON CLIFFORD • ETHAN MAJOR • SAMANTHA BLAIRE CUTLER KAT HENNESSEY • MAXIMILIEN A. BAUD • JOB CHRISTENSON• MITCH POULOS CAL ALEXANDER • MADISON BARNES • MICHAEL BIREN • DAMIEN BRETT • SASHA ELY-JUDKINS • TIM FUNNELL RICHARD GATTA • SUSAN HAEFNER • REGAN MASON HALEY • CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD • PATRICK LAVALLEE KENT M. LEWIS • DAVID LIGHT • REBECCA MARLOWE • MORGAN MARTIN • JOEL NEWSOME • ADAM PELTY • JEFFREY PEW JILLIAN REES-BROWN • ALISON SOLOMON • BRIONNA TRILLING • GENAI VEAL • LEXI VIERNES • OLIVIA WANG THAD TURNER WILSON • NATALIE WISDOM • DANIELLE VICTORIA ZNUTAS

General Management

GREGORY VANDER PLOEG DAWN KUSINSKI GENTRY & ASSOCIATES Technical Supervision

STEVEN MINNING

Exclusive Tour Direction

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THE ROAD COMPANY

Production Stage Manager

JASON JUENKER

Supervising Resident Director

Tour Marketing and Publicity

Company Manager

JOEL ROSEN

ADAM PELTY TARA RUBIN CASTING

ALISON LEVENBERG

Creative/Design Supervisor

EDWARD PIERCE

WILLIAM FERRY

Adult Casting Children’s Casting Resident Director Director Choreographer

Associate Choreographer

Hair, Wig and Make-Up Designer

NORA BRENNAN

Costume Coordinator

BERNIE ARDIA

JIMM HALLIDAY

AssociateCostumeDesigner-US AssociateCostumeDesigner-UK Associate Lighting Designers Associate Sound Designer

RACHEL ATTRIDGE

CLAIRE MURPHY

KRISTINA KLOSS/DANIEL WALKER

Associate Director - US

JUSTIN MARTIN

MusicalSupervisionandOrchestrationsby

MARTIN KOCH

Costume Design by

NICKY GILLIBRAND

KATHRYN DUNN

Music Supervision - US

Music Director

DAVID CHASE

SUSAN DRAUS

Lighting Design by

Sound Design by

RICK FISHER

PAUL ARDITTI

Executive Producers

SETH WENIG TIM BEVAN

TONY SMOLENSKI IV

Associate Choreographer

DANI DAVIS

Original Producers

ERIC FELLNER

JON FINN

SALLY GREENE

Original Executive Producers

DAVID FURNISH

ANGELA MORRISON

Associate Director

JULIAN WEBBER Set Design by

IAN MacNEIL

Choreography by

PETER DARLING Directed by

STEPHEN DALDRY Book and Lyrics by

LEE HALL

Music by

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CAST Billy.............................................................................................. BEN COOK, TY FORHAN, KYLEND HETHERINGTON, ZACH MANSKE, NOAH PARETS Mrs. Wilkinson.........................................................................................JANET DICKINSON Dad...................................................................................................................... RICH HEBERT Grandma...........................................................................................................PATTI PERKINS Tony..........................................................................................................CULLEN R. TITMAS George.................................................................................................................... JOEL BLUM Michael............................................................. CAMERON CLIFFORD, ETHAN MAJOR Debbie..................................................................................SAMANTHA BLAIRE CUTLER Small Boy....................................................................................................CAL ALEXANDER Big Davey...................................................................................................... MITCH POULOS Lesley.....................................................................................................SASHA ELY-JUDKINS Scab/Posh Dad..................................................................................................TIM FUNNELL Mum............................................................................................................. KAT HENNESSEY Mr. Braithwaite.......................................................................................JOB CHRISTENSON Tracey Atkinson............................................................................. REGAN MASON HALEY Older Billy/Scottish Dancer.............................................................MAXIMILIEN A. BAUD Mr. Wilkinson.............................................................................................. JOEL NEWSOME Pit Official.......................................................................................................... DAVID LIGHT Postman.......................................................................................................... DAMIEN BRETT Tall Boy/Posh Boy (at certain performances)............... CAMERON CLIFFORD, TY FORHAN Accordion Specialty..............................................................................JOB CHRISTENSON Clipboard Woman......................................................................................SUSAN HAEFNER Audition Panel.................................................SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, SUSAN HAEFNER, JILLIAN REES-BROWN, PATRICK WETZEL, BRANCH WOODMAN

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“Expressing Yourself” Dancers...............................DAMIEN BRETT, SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, TIM FUNNELL, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, PATRICK LAVALLEE, KENT M. LEWIS, DAVID LIGHT, JEFFREY PEW ENSEMBLE MAXIMILIEN A. BAUD, DAMIEN BRETT, JOB CHRISTENSON, SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, TIM FUNNELL, SUSAN HAEFNER, KAT HENNESSEY, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, PATRICK LAVALLEE, DAVID LIGHT, JOEL NEWSOME, JEFFREY PEW, MITCH POULOS, JILLIAN REES-BROWN, THAD TURNER WILSON BALLET GIRLS MADISON BARNES, REGAN MASON HALEY, MORGAN MARTIN, BRIONNA TRILLING, GENAI VEAL, LEXI VIERNES, OLIVIA WANG, DANIELLE VICTORIA ZNUTAS SWINGS MICHAEL BIREN, RICHARD GATTA, KENT M. LEWIS, REBECCA MARLOWE, ADAM PELTY, ALISON SOLOMON, NATALIE WISDOM UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance For Mrs. Wilkinson: SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, SUSAN HAEFNER; for Dad: JOEL BLUM, MITCH POULOS; for Grandma: SUSAN HAEFNER, JILLIAN REESBROWN; for Tony: DAVID LIGHT, JEFFREY PEW; for George: JOEL NEWSOME, MITCH POULOS; for Michael: KYLEND HETHERINGTON; for Debbie: MADISON BARNES, REBECCA MARLOWE; for Big Davey: JOB CHRISTENSON, KENT M. LEWIS, JOEL NEWSOME; for Scab/Posh Dad: KENT M. LEWIS, JOEL NEWSOME; for Mum: SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, SUSAN HAEFNER. NATALIE WISDOM; for Mr. Braithwaite: MICHAEL BIREN, DAMIEN BRETT, THAD TURNER WILSON; for Older Billy/Scottish Dancer: CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, ADAM PELTY; for Tall Boy/Posh Boy: TY FORHAN, KYLEND HETHERINGTON, ZACH MANSKE; for Small Boy: BRIONNA TRILLING; for Tracey Atkinson: ALISON SOLOMON Dance Captains: MICHAEL BIREN, NATALIE WISDOM; Assistant Dance Captain: ALISON SOLOMON Acro Captain: PATRICK LAVALLEE; Fight Captain: MICHAEL BIREN Resident Choreographer: ADAM PELTY

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I “The Stars Look Down” (The Eve of the Miners’ Strike 1984)....................... Full Company “Shine”.....................................................................................Mrs. Wilkinson, Ballet Girls, Billy “We’d Go Dancing”........................................................................Grandma, Men’s Ensemble “Solidarity”............................................................................................................. Full Company “Expressing Yourself”...........................................................................Billy, Michael, Ensemble “Dear Billy” (Mum’s Letter)............................................................Billy, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mum “Born to Boogie”.............................................................Billy, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mr. Braithwaite “Angry Dance”...........................................................................................Billy, Men’s Ensemble ACT II Six Months Later “Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher”................................................................ Full Company “Deep Into the Ground”.............................................................................Dad, Full Company “He Could Go and He Could Shine”..................................................... Dad, Tony, Ensemble “Electricity”..............................................................................................................................Billy “Once We Were Kings”....................................................................................... Full Company “Dear Billy” (Billy’s Reply)...........................................................................................Billy, Mum “Company Celebration”....................................................................................... Full Company THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard: Susan Draus Associate Conductor/Keyboard: Daniel Klintworth Keyboard: Bryan McAdams Electric Guitar/Variax Guitar: Tim Morey Drums: Jeff MacPherson Music Coordinator: Michael Keller The touring musicians welcome five local musicians who will be playing at all performances in CITY. Reed 1: Reed 2: French Horn: Trumpet: Bass: Contractor: One of the unique sounds evoked by the Billy Elliot Orchestra is that of the English brass band.

Usually comprised of Cornets, Flugelhorns, Tenor Horns, Euphoniums, and Tubas, these musical ensembles originated as work bands and were sponsored by (and long identified with) various industrial concerns and coal mines. The Easington Colliery Band was founded in 1913.

Brass players with band experience were encouraged by management to come from the west of Durham to work at the colliery and play in the band, which, despite the closure of the coal mining operations in 1993, continues to perform to this day. The band is still based in the old colliery pay office. The building is the last remaining evidence of the pit.

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In 1984, the British National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM) went on strike to save the coal industry from the threatened closures of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was politically opposed to state-owned industry and determined to crush the unions.

The strike went on for one year. The miners’ families had to survive on handouts from other working people who supported their stand. But by employing riot police to intimidate their communities and importing coal from Eastern Europe, the Conservative government broke the unions. Over the subsequent 10 years, the entire industry was dismantled.

The story of Billy Elliot takes place in the coal fields of Northern England, where mining had been the major employer for hundreds of years. In 1984 more than 300,000 men worked in the mining industry; today there are less than 1,000. More than 98 percent of the coal used for British energy is now imported from abroad.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST JANET DICKINSON (Mrs. Wilkinson) is thrilled to be playing the role of Mrs. Wilkinson in this wonderful show. This past year, she originated the roles of Courtney in Divorce Party The Musical, and most recently, the role of Sandy in the Off-Broadway production of Fat Camp The Musical. Broadway: How The Grinch Stole Christmas. National Tours: Grinch, 9 to 5 The Musical. OffBroadway: Forbidden Broadway’s Rude Awakening cast recording and 2008 Drama Desk Award. Happiness at Lincoln Center, Secrets Every Smart Traveller Should Know. 2011 NYMF Award for Best Individual Performance in Madame X. I would like to thank my agents at Carson/ Kolker. I am proud go say that Bemidji, Minnesota is my hometown!

RICH HEBERT (Dad). Vegas: We Will Rock You. Broadway/Tours: The Life, Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, Cats, Saturday Night Fever, and Rock and Roll the First 5000 Years. Other: Captains Courageous, Elaborate Lives, Annie. TV: “Brotherhood,” “Law and Order SVU,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Sopranos,” “Deadline,” “Line of Fire,” “The Oldest Rookie,” “21 Jump Street,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Loving”. Rich dedicates this performance and everything he does to his extraordinary daughter Neely.

PATTI PERKINS (Grandma). Broadway: Billy Elliot, The Full Monty, Shakespeare’s Cabaret (Tony nominated for best score), All Over Town (directed by Dustin Hoffman).

Lincoln Center: A Man of No Importance.

Off Broadway appearances include: Randy Newman’s Maybe I’m Doing It Wrong, (Astor Place), Tuscaloosa’s Calling Me (Westside Arts and The Village Gate), Dr. Knock at 6

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The Mint Theatre. Regional theaters include The Guthrie, The Old Globe, The Kennedy Center, GEVA, Buffalo Studio Arena, Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Ms. Perkins has appeared in many television commercials, “Law and Order” and as the serial killer’s mother on “One Life to Live”.

CULLEN R. TITMAS (Tony) is continuing his journey with Billy Elliot after understudying this role and performing in the ensemble of the previous tour. Cullen spent 3 years in the National Tour and Off-Broadway productions of Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie), and previously co-created and performed the role of Marlin in Finding Nemo, the Musical at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. NYC/Regional favorites include John and Jen (John), AIDA (Radames), Footloose (Ren) three times, Forever Plaid (Sparky) twice, and the title role in Adam Guettel’s Floyd Collins. Thanks RR and CMF. TY FORHAN (Billy, u/s Tall Boy/ Posh Boy) is a 13 year old from Ontario, Canada, who loves to sing and dance.

Billy Elliot, Toronto (Billy Elliot), Musical Mayhem Revue, Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), Seussical The Musical (JoJo) Oliver (Oliver) Ty received many vocal and dance awards. Much love and thanks to amazing teachers, friends and family.

BEN COOK (Billy). National Tour: Billy Elliot (Michael). Broadway: Billy Elliot (Tall Boy, u/s Michael); Ragtime (Little Boy). Regional: Ragtime and Golden Age, Kennedy Center; Macbeth, Folger Theatre; Heavens Are Hung in Black and A Christmas Carol, Ford’s Theatre. TV: “30 Rock” (Young Jack). Thanks to Mom, Dad, Emma, Kate, Nick, CESD, Linda Townsend Mgmt.

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KYLEND HETHERINGTON (Billy, u/s Michael, u/s Tall Boy/Posh Boy) hails from Michigan, at age 4 started dance at Miss Lore’s. Later he studied ballet with Giuseppe Canale and Scott Heinrich and tap with Bruce Bradley. In 2009, he participated in the ABT Young Dancer Summer Workshop under full scholarship.

Kylend thanks the army of friends and relatives that helped him get here and hopes to make them proud.

ZACH MANSKE (Billy, u/s Tall Boy/ Posh Boy) is 13 years old and comes from Minnesota. Zach started dancing at the age of 8 and quickly learned that dance was his passion. After one year, Zach started dancing competitively with Woodbury Dance Center and has gone on to receive numerous top scores and judges’ choice awards. He also received the junior national champion title at Starquest (2010) and Masquerade (2011) National dance competitions. Zach loves to perform and is honored to be a part of the Billy Elliot Cast. Many thanks to Woodbury Dance Center for believing in Zach, his friends and family who have shown him love and support while he pursues his dream, and his sister Rachel who is his biggest fan.

NOAH PARETS (Billy), 13, started dancing at age 7. He studied ballet, tap, jazz, and modern at The Gold School, where he danced with Project Moves Dance Company. Noah has received many accolades including American Dance Awards’ Junior Male Dancer of the Year 2011. Joining Billy Elliot is a dream come true! Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Joel, Ethan, Jacob, Rennie, all my teachers, family and friends. Forever grateful!

JOEL BLUM (George, u/s Dad).

Broadway: two-time Tony nominee for Show Boat and Steel Pier. B’way: 42nd Street, Music Man, A Christmas Carol, After the Night and the Music and Stardust.

Tours: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Doctor Doolittle,...and the World Goes ‘Round.

Barrymore award: Tin Pan Alley Rag, Helen Hayes nominee: Meet John Doe. TV: “Law and Order” twice, “Ed,” the “Sopranos,” “Sonny and Cher Show,” “Tonight Show”.

CAMERON CLIFFORD (Michael, Tall Boy/Posh Boy). Amazing to be a part of this show! A dream come true!

Credits: Broadway-Billy Elliot, Waiting for Godot, TV- 30 Rock, SNL, Team UmiZoomi, Commercial-Kleenex, McDonalds, Verizon Wireless. Special thanks to; Shirley Grant Management Team, Nora Brennan, Alison Levenberg, Mary Giattino, The Star Maker School, Leesa Csolak, Kurt Csolak, Jerri Brown, Kristen Hoagland, Kathleen Currie, Rob LaRocco. Family, friends, especially sisters; Cayce, Shanna and Sam. Thanks for everything Mom and Dad. WooHoo!!

ETHAN MAJOR (Michael, Tall Boy/ Posh Boy), 10, is a Canadian American born in Texas and currently lives in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. He has trained at the Susan Chambers School of Theatre Dance, the Actor’s Scene, and Creative Studios of Atlanta. Previous local theatre credits include The Nutcracker as Fritz, Into the Woods Jr., and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in Atlanta. Ethan is excited to be part of the National Broadway Tour of Billy Elliot and would like to thank Nora Brennan, Alison Levenberg, and Jennifer Paige Chambers-Rutsche for their support in making a dream come true.

SAMANTHA BLAIRE CUTLER (Debbie) is thrilled to tour with Billy! Regional: Annie (Molly), Seussical (JoJo), White Christmas (Susan Waverly), Beauty and the Beast (Chip), A Wonderful Life (ZuZu).

Film: Mystery at Locust Grove (Lydia).

Thanks Mom, Dad, family, DDP, MTL, Centerstage, Dancensation, Debbie King, John D’Aquino, Nora Brennan, Station Three. www.SamanthaBlaireCutler.com KAT HENNESSEY (Mum, Ensemble) has been a Banana Sister in Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel, Elphaba in Wicked in Japan, and one of Marty Thomas’ Divas in NYC. Originally from Southern California, she has traveled to nearly 50 countries performing. Kat is an internationally published photographer, a proud Equity member, and a Mormon. Gratitude to God, my amazing family, friends and Penny Lane! www.KatHennessey.com

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MAXIMILIEN A. BAUD (Older Billy, Scottish Dancer, Ensemble). Beginning in NYC, Maximilien Baud trained for 10 years at the School of American Ballet. Mr. Baud has since had the opportunity to perform throughout the U.S. with esteemed companies such as the New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Ballet Arizona, Suzanne Farrell Ballet and most recently Pennsylvania Ballet. Follow @MaximilienBaud.

JOB CHRISTENSON (Mr. Braithwaite, Accordion Specialty, Ensemble, u/s Big Davey). Broadway/National Tours: Cats, Ragtime, Billy Elliot. Many thanks to Chris Nichols, Justin, TR Casting, Kate, and my family and friends for all their love and support. Blessings. This one is for mum.

MITCH POULOS (Big Davey, Ensemble, u/s Dad, u/s George). Recent Theatre Credits: 1st National Tour & Canadian Production of Billy Elliot (Big Davey and Dad/George Understudy), All Shook Up (Jim), 42nd Street (Mac, Thug, Doc), Damn Yankees (Van Buren), and A Wonderful Life (Uncle Billy). Various film, TV and commercial work. Many thanks to my agent, Judy Boals. www.mitchpoulos.com CAL ALEXANDER (Small Boy) is thrilled for his first theatrical experience to be with the Billy Elliot tour. Thanks, Mom and Dad for bringing me to Broadway Musicals before I turned four.

Also, thanks to my dance and violin teachers.

Last, but not least, thanks to Nora Brennan for giving me this great opportunity!

MADISON BARNES (Ballet Girl, u/s Debbie) is thrilled to be continuing with Billy Elliot. National Tour: Billy Elliot Chicago and Toronto (Keeley Gibson, u/s Debbie).

Regional: Annie (Annie). She has been singing and dancing since age 2, receiving many regional and national awards. Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Alex, Jennifer Shide, and all my family, friends and dance teachers for their love and support.

MICHAEL BIREN (Swing, u/s Mr. Braithwaite, Fight Captain, Dance Captain) is thrilled to be on tour with Billy Elliot.

Tour: Billy Elliot (with Faith Prince), Cinderella (with Lea Salonga). Regional: ...Forum (Goodspeed), The Drowsy

Chaperone (Maine State), A Chorus Line (Ogunquit). B.A. Theatre, B.S. Biology, Muhlenberg College. Proud Equity Member. Love to DMRSCL. DAMIEN BRETT (Ensemble, Postman, u/s Mr. Braithwaite) is happy to be returning to the national tour of Billy Elliot. Tour: Billy Elliot. Favorite Regional: Les Mis, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Miss Saigon, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, ...Forum, Grease, Joseph..., Fiddler, Jesus Christ Superstar. Thanks, as always, to his beautiful wife, Briana Valerie.

SASHA ELY-JUDKINS (Ensemble, Lesley, u/s Mum). Theatre credits include Mamma Mia – Australian 10th Anniversary Tour (Ensemble/Alternate Donna, Understudy Rosie & Tanya), Billy Elliot The Musical - Melbourne season (Swing/ Cover Mrs. Wilkinson), Chicago - U.K Tour and U.S National (Go To Hell Kitty/ Cover Velma Kelly), Spirit Of The Dance - World Tour, Paradise Rooms - Blackpool U.K. Sasha would like to thank her family and Steve for their love and support.

TIM FUNNELL (Scab, Posh Dad, Ensemble). Trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and from the North East of England, Tim starred in the original London production of Billy Elliot the Musical for six years. He worked extensively in London’s west end before moving to Canada in 2011.

RICHARD GATTA (Swing). Nat’l Tours: Fiddler on the Roof w/ TOPOL & Harvey Fierstein, The Pajama Game. Asian Tour: Grease and Macau Intl. Music Festival.

Regional credits: Peter Pan (ASF), West Side Story (NOOA, ASF), La Cage aux Folles (CMH). Principal dancer, Northeast Ballet Co. in New York. Proud Equity member. www.richardgatta.com SUSAN HAEFNER (Ensemble, Clipboard Lady, u/s Mum, u/s Grandma) is happy to be continuing with Billy Elliot after performing in Chicago and Toronto.

Broadway credits: 42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie and State Fair. National Tour /London’s West End: Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and Weston Playhouse. Graduate: SUNY Billy Elliot | Overture Center

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Fredonia (BFA Musical Theatre), FSU/ Asolo Conservatory (MFA Acting).

REGAN MASON HALEY (Tracey Atkinson). Dancing since age 3, Regan made her professional debut in Billy in 2010. Lots of love to my very supportive family back home. Many thanks to Peter Darling and Nora Brennan for giving me the opportunity to live my dream. Much love and gratitude to Mary Giattino for everything she taught me.

CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD (Ensemble, u/s Older Billy/Scottish Dancer). Billy Elliot marks Christopher’s first US tour, following the international tour of A Chorus Line (Larry) and a season with Dayton Ballet. Prior to his studies as a scholarship student at the Joffrey Ballet School, Christopher completed his BFA at SUNY Buffalo. Other regional credits include Sweeney Todd (Anthony), Aida and Fiddler on the Roof.

PATRICK LAVALLEE (Ensemble, Acro Captain). Nat’l tour: Movin’ Out (Sargent O’Leary). Favorites: 42nd Street (Andy Lee), Fiddler on the Roof (TOTS), Chicago, Spamalot (Ogunquit), The Producers, Crazy for You (TBTS), Thoroughly.. Millie (MTW), WWS (Palace, Arab). BA from OCU. Special thanks to my supportive parents, family, friends and CO. KENT M. LEWIS (Swing, u/s Big Davey, u/s Scab/Posh Dad). 1st Nat’l Tours: Billy Elliot (Swing), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Caractacus Potts Understudy, Ensemble).

Regional: White Christmas (Bob Wallace), Showboat (Gaylord Ravenal), Bagalicious (The Bagman), The Sound of Music (Capt. Von Trapp). www.KentMLewis.com DAVID LIGHT (Ensemble, Pit Official, u/s Tony) is a Canadian prairie boy born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, currently hailing from Toronto, Ontario. Theatre: Mirvish’s Billy Elliot the Musical (Ensemble/ Tony US), Canadian Premiere of High Fidelity the Musical (Rob Gordon), The Rocky Horror Show (Dr. Frank’n’Furter), and Ross Petty’s Robin Hood. Film and TV: CBC’s “Triple Sensation: Season II” (2nd Place Male) and Bravo’s In The Light (Zack). Love to Mom. 10

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REBECCA MARLOWE (Swing, u/s Debbie) is thrilled to have made her professional debut in Billy Elliot in 2010!

Credits include regional theatre productions, RYDE Nutcracker Ballet, and various musical performances. She would like to thank her family, Amelia DeMayo, Diane Frankel, and Shirley Grant Management.

MORGAN MARTIN (Ballet Girl) grew up in Glastonbury, CT. She performed in Radio Girl at Goodspeed Musicals, and Hartford Stage’s A Christmas Carol, and is a member of the Boston Tap Company and Figments Youth Dance Ensemble.

JOEL NEWSOME (Ensemble, Mr. Wilkinson, u/s George, u/s Big Davey, u/s Scab/Posh Dad) joins the tour having been a part of Billy Elliot in both the Chicago and Toronto com panies. Broadway credits: The Producers, 42nd Street. National tours: The Producers, where he played the role of Leo Bloom. Regional: Goodspeed Opera, Paper Mill Playhouse. Arizona Theatre Co. Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Graduate.

ADAM PELTY (u/s Older Billy/Scottish Dancer, Swing, Resident Choreographer).

Most recently directed Tick Tick Boom for Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago.

Broadway: The Scarlet Pimpernel (original choreography/Elton). Cyrano – The Musical (Valvert), Steel Pier, Joseph (Simeon), A Christmas Carol (Fred) and Titanic (Fleet).

Chicago: The Drowsy Chaperone (Jeff nomination), Marriott; Spamalot, Drury Lane. Adam has served on the faculties of NYU, Ithaca College and Interlochen Center for the Arts. Founder of Moveable Arts, a Broadway education company. Most notable achievement: 15-year-old son, Noah.

JEFFREY PEW (Ensemble, u/s Tony, u/s Scab/Posh Dad). Recent credits: Billy Lawlor in 42nd St (Pioneer Theatre), Springtime Soloist in The Producers (Sacramento Music Circus), Larry in A Chorus Line (Stages St. Louis), singer in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Jeffrey is also an accompanist for ABT and The Mark Morris Dance Group. BFA Musical Theatre BYU. Thanks Mom and Dad for believing in me. jeffreypew.com.

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JILLIAN REES-BROWN (Ensemble, u/s Grandma). Billy Elliot-Toronto; Shirley Valentine (Shirley Valentine); Sexy Laundry (Alice); Potato People (Momma Potato); The Boy Who Could Sing Pictures (Lute); Rocky Horror Show (Magenta) Film: Harlan County (Mrs. Hershel Gaw); The One That Got Away (Billie); Blues Brothers 2000 (Bambi). www. daughtersoftherock.com ALISON SOLOMON (Swing, u/s Tracey Atkinson, Assistant Dance Captain).

National Tours: In the Heights, Swing!.

NY: Show Boat (Carnegie Hall), Camelot (Lincoln Center), All Singin’ All Dancin’ (Town Hall), Romance Romance (The Workshop Theatre). Regional: A Man For All Seasons (Kennedy Center), West Side Story, Swing!, Hello Dolly, 42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie. TV: “Boardwalk Empire”, Macy’s Parade. Love & Thanks: bloc NYC, TR Casting, family and friends who’ve always believed! www.alisolomon.com BRIONNA TRILLING (Ballet Girl, u/s Small Boy). Billy Elliot, Chicago (Allison Summers); Billy Elliot, Toronto (Allison Summers/Small Boy understudy). Brionna is thrilled to join the Billy Elliot Tour Company and for the opportunity to continue doing what she loves. Special thanks to Nora Brennan and Sara Brians.

Love and gratitude to Mom & Dad for their support and love.

GENAI VEAL (Ballet Girl). Dancing has been a passion since age 2.

Genai has won several dance titles, competitions and scholarships. Love and thanks to my Mom, MaMa, Grandpa, Ms. Nora, Ms. Kelly, FDO Teachers, family and friends for their support. “To God I give the glory.”

LEXI VIERNES (Ballet Girl) is excited to make her professional debut with Billy Elliot! Trained with the Shely Pack Dancers and attended UC Irvine as a dance major. Recipient of many titles and awards including the SF Beach Blanket Babylon scholarship for Dance. Thanks to God, Nora Brennan, Shely, Family and friends for their support!

OLIVIA WANG (Ballet Girl). Dancing since age 2, Olivia has won many national dance titles. Olivia is so thrilled to be

making her debut on the Billy Elliot (Angela Robson) national tour! She wants to thank her teachers at FDO, FAC and NBDC, especially Miss Kelly. Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Lyrie, and Bryan.

THAD TURNER WILSON (Ensemble, u/s Mr. Braithwaite). Birmingham, AL, native. Broadway: Billy Elliot NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Tour/Regional: The Producers, Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter), A Year with Frog and Toad (Toad), Cats (Munkustrap), Forever Plaid (Francis), Elegies (Christian). BFA: CCM. Proud Uncle to Savannah, Cole, and Micah.

Much love to friends and family for constant support.

NATALIE WISDOM (Swing, u/s Mum, Dance Captain). Broadway: Billy Elliot. Selected regional credits: 42nd Street (u/s Peggy, North Shore Music Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Maine State Music Theatre), Joseph...(Dance Captain, Stages St. Louis). Natalie holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Thanks to her family, friends, and her husband Jody.

DANIELLE VICTORIA ZNUTAS (Ballet Girl). Billy Elliot Nat’l Tour II (Ballet Girl/ Sharon Percy). Excited to be continuing with Billy Elliot and sharing her love for dance/theater. Thanks to Kelly, Jamie, FDO, Nora Brennan, MSA, BE Tour 2 Family, and all family and friends.

Special thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Amanda and Gabby!

JOEL ROSEN (Production Stage Manager). Most Recent: Shrek The Musical (National Tour); Tours: In The Heights, Avenue Q, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Broadway: How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Musical; Avenue Q, Imaginary Friends; Off Broadway: Fat Pig, The Exonerated; Regional: Avenue Q, Las Vegas; The Color Purple (Alliance Theatre, World Premiere); Over 30 shows Old Globe Theatre, San Diego.

MELISSA CHACÓN (Stage Manager).

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American Girls Revue, Bitty Bear’s Matinee: Family Tree as well as Much Ado About Nothing and The School for Husbands (NY Classical Theatre) and As You Like It, The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing (Hamptons Shakespeare Festival). She earned her MFA in Stage Management from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.

BRIAN D. GOLD (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Hair, The Normal Heart, Pal Joey. Off-Broadway: Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Twelfth Night.

Proud Member of AEA. Special thanks to his parents, Dawn, Joel, and Heather for helping make this possible. He dedicates his work to his brother Eric Gold, R.I.P. 1/20/08.

JENIFER A. SHENKER (Assistant Stage Manager). National Tours: Altar Boyz, Little Shop of Horrors, The Phantom of the Opera, The Barber of Seville (with New York City Opera), The Who’s Tommy and Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Much love to my husband Larry who has helped make all this possible.

ELTON JOHN (Music). Singer/ songwriter Elton John’s monumental career spans five decades, and his latest album release is The Union. He has sold more than 250 million records, including Candle In The Wind ’97, the biggestselling single ever, has won five Grammys and an Academy Award. He composed the music for The Lion King and Aida (both winning Grammys for Best Musical Show Album) and Billy Elliot, winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical and 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation is now one of the leading non-profit HIV/AIDS organizations. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II - Sir Elton John, CBE. LEE HALL (Book & Lyrics) was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay of Billy Elliot the movie. His theatre work includes The Pitmen Painters (Live Theatre/Royal National Theatre), he has also worked with the RSC, Young Vic, Almeida, English National Opera and has worked extensively for the BBC in both radio and television. His screenplay for War Horse directed by Stephen Speilberg is due out in 2011.

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STEPHEN DALDRY (Director).

Theatre: Billy Elliot the Musical. Royal Court Theatre: A Number, Far Away (Albery Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop), Via Dolorosa (Duchess Theatre and Broadway), Rat in the Skull, Body Talk, The Kitchen, The Editing Process, and Search and Destroy. National Theatre: An Inspector Calls (West End, Broadway, worldwide); Machinal. Stephen was artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre (1992-98) and the Gate Theatre (1989- 92). Film: Billy Elliot won more than 40 awards worldwide and received three Oscar nominations, including Best Director. Directed The Hours, winning innumerable international awards, including Best Picture at the Golden Globe’s, 11 BAFTA and nine Oscar nominations, including Best Director. The Reader earned five Oscar nominations also including Best Director and Best Picture.

PETER DARLING (Choreographer).

Theatre, Billy Elliot (Tony, Drama Desk, Critics Circle, Astaire, Olivier and Outer Critics Circle awards), Lord of the Rings Toronto/London (Best Choreographer, Dora Award), Our House (Best Choreographer, Olivier Nomination; Best Musical, Olivier Award), Merrily We Roll Along (Olivier nomination, Best Musical, Olivier Award); Candide (Olivier nomination; Best Revival, Olivier Award), Oh! What a Lovely War (RNT).

Off-West End: Closer to Heaven (Best Choreographer,Whatsonstage.com Award).

Other: Power (NT), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sunset Boulevard (UK tour), Matilda, The Tempest (RSC), Edward II, The Country Wife, As You Like It, Twelfth Night. Film: Billy Elliot, The Phantom of the Opera.

IAN MacNEIL (Set Design). Shows in New York include Festen, An Inspector Calls, Via Dolorosa (all Broadway) and Far Away (Off- Broadway). Shows in London include Plasticine, A Number (Royal Court); Vernon God Little, Afore Night Comes and Tintin (Young Vic); and Machinal (National Theatre). Awards include Evening Standard (two), Olivier (two), Critics Circle (all London) and Drama Desk (New York).

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RICK FISHER (Lighting Designer).

Originally from Philadelphia, Rick has been based in Britain for 30 years. He received the 2009 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for Billy Elliot. Broadway: The Philanthropist, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Via Dolorosa, Some American’s Abroad, An Inspector Calls (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), Serious Money. Opera includes eight seasons at Santa Fe Opera. Other awards include two Olivier Awards.

NICKY GILLIBRAND (Costume Design). Recent: By the Bog of Cats (Wyndhams Theatre), Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Queen of Spades, Paul Bunyan (Royal Opera House), Tales From the Vienna Woods, Powerbook, Mother Clap’s Molly House, Lady in the Dark (Royal National Theatre), Pelleas et Melisande (Bavarian State Opera), The Miserly Knight and Gianni Schicchi (Glyndebourne Festival Opera), La Traviata (Opera North), Jumpers (RNT, West End, Broadway), Proverb (Royal Ballet), Wind in the Willows (ROH2), Camille (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), War and Peace (Paris Opera).

PAUL ARDITTI (Sound Design). Paul’s sound design for Billy Elliot The Musical has won him a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Olivier Award, and a BroadwayWorld.com Theatre Fans’ Choice Award. Other designs in the U.S. include Mary Stuart (Tony Nomination 2009); Les Liaisons Dangereuses; The Year of Magical Thinking; Festen (Evening Standard Award 2005); The Pillowman (Drama Desk Award 2005); Far Away; The Chairs; Four Baboons Adoring the Sun (Drama Desk Award 1993).

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JULIAN WEBBER (Associate Director) was associate director for Stephen Daldry’s award-winning production of An Inspector Calls. He adapted and directed The Three Musketeers at the Young Vic Theatre, which was nominated for a Barclay’s Theatre Award in 2002. More recently: the West End revival of The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute and The Barber of Seville at the Bristol OldVic in a new adaptation by Lee Hall. Julian was artistic director of Soho Rep in New York.

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MARTIN KOCH (Musical Supervision & Orchestrations). Musical supervisor: Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Mamma Mia! and Billy Elliot. Recordings: more than 30 albums including Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Oliver!, Les Misérables Symphonic (Grammy winner), Hey Mr. Producer!, Mamma Mia! (Grammy nomination), Jerry Springer the Opera. Orchestrations: Mamma Mia! (Tony nomination), Jerry Springer the Opera, Billy Elliot (winner of the Drama Desk and Tony awards for best orchestrations) and Kombat Opera.

With his colleague Nick Gilpin, Martin runs a highly successful music production company and recording studio.

DAVID CHASE (Music Supervision U.S.). Broadway (Music): Pajama Game, Flower Drum Song, The Music Man, Side Show, Little Me, Damn Yankees. Broadway (Dance): Cry-Baby; The Little Mermaid; Curtains; The Wedding Singer; Pajama Game; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Flower Drum Song; Kiss Me, Kate; Seussical; Side Show; and …Forum. London (Dance): Evita, Guys and Dolls. Also: Boston Pops, Radio City. Training: Harvard biology degree. Dedicated to my own Mrs. Wilkinson, Joan Bedinger (1939-2008), Woodson High School teacher and friend.

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SUSAN DRAUS (Music Director/ Conductor). MD for Mamma Mia, Good Vibrations (Broadway) and Jerry Mitchell’s Peepshow (Las Vegas). Susan has arranged for Henry Mancini, orchestrated for the DSO, and served as an arranging consultant for Walt Disney Imagineering. Her original musical, Vices: A Love Story was recently voted Best Production of 2009. For my girlsFoster, Greyson and Bean.

JUSTIN MARTIN (Associate Director - U.S.). Directing credits: Broadway: Billy Elliot (Associate Director). Australia: Skin Tight (45 downstairs); Billie (Sydney Opera House and La Mama); The Dumb Waiter (Melbourne Fringe); Billy Elliot (Resident Director). London: 52 (Canal Cafe and Leicester Square Theatre’s), Scenes of a Massacre (Camden People’s Theatre). Asia: Echarcissus (Natya Mandala Theatre, Bali); Billy Elliot Korea (Associate Director). Resident Dramaturge: Living Room Theatre. Assistantships: Sydney Theatre Company, Company B Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Ensemble Theatre. Recipient: Roger Leach Award.

National tour, (Resident Director) Showboat, (Assistant Director) Legs Diamond, (Choreographic Associate) The Will Rogers Follies and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. International: (Artistic Director) Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion, (Associate Director) The Lion King (seven companies worldwide, including the Sydney and Amsterdam premieres), (Supervising Resident Director), Showboat (Sydney premiere).

CHRISTOPHER SCHILDER (Resident Director). Broadway: Impressionism.

Off-­B roadway: The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Any More for Roundabout, The Orphan’s Home Cycle at Signature Theatre Company and Hartford Stage Co, Picked at Vineyard Theatre, Farragut North at Atlantic Theatre Co, PTSD at Ensemble Studio Theatre and most recently directed Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle for Sonnet Repertory Theatre. Chris is a graduate of the UNCSA School of Drama.

BERNIE ARDIA (Hair and Wig Design) has enjoyed a 30-year career, starting in television. Mr. Ardia has designed over KATHRYN DUNN (Associate 75 productions including Ragtime at The Choreographer). Dance: London’s Royal Kennedy Center, Kiss of the Spider Woman Ballet Company, Sydney Dance Company, with Chita Rivera, Starlight Express at Chunky Move and Bangarra Dance The Las Vegas Hilton, Cinderella with Theatre. Acting: Anthony Shaffer’s The Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson and the Thing in the Wheelchair, Water Rats and recent Wizard of Oz. It has been a thrill Wet. Musicals: Contact, On Your Toes and working with so many talented performers Chicago. Films: The Phantom of the Opera, throughout his career including, Toni Beyond the Sea, Null and Void, Black.

Tennille, Anita Gillette, Mary Wilson, Choreography: Bruce Beresford’s Paradise Mackenzie Phillips, Melody Thomas Scott Road, I.D. and Strictly Come Dancing. and even Judge Judy! He is excited to be Associate choreographer for Dirty Dancing. a part of this Networks Presentations tour of Billy Elliot! Mr. Ardia is also the author of ALISON LEVENBERG (Associate Barbra Streisand in New York City.

Choreographer). Grad. Distinction (Dance, Musical Theatre) Bird College, London.

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting).

Broadway/NY: Billy Elliot (Dance Captain/ Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music, Swing), 42nd St Revival (Ens.), Radio City Billy Elliot, Shrek, Guys and Dolls, Country Rockette. Regional: An American in Paris Girl, RockN’Roll, Farnsworth Invention, …

(Janelle), PCLO (Ens./Dance Captain).

Young Frankenstein, Little Mermaid, Mary Film/TV: The Producers, “Dancing Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les with the Stars,” “Macys Parade”. Love Misérables, History Boys, Spamalot, Jersey and thanks: Husband Dave, family and Boys, …Spelling Bee, Producers, Mamma everyone who made this journey possible!

Mia!, Phantom, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not. Yale Rep. STEVEN MINNING (Supervising Resident Director). Broadway: (Associate NORA BRENNAN (Children’s Casting).

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EDWARD PIERCE (Design Supervisor) operates a NYC-based design studio specializing in the production design of Broadway, touring and international stage productions. With his team of artists, he provides first-class development and management of designs. Notable collaborations: Wicked (including eight productions worldwide); Billy Elliot; 9 To 5 — The Musical; The Pirate Queen; Aida; Ragtime; Cabaret; Bring In ‘da Noise/Bring In ‘da Funk; The Gazillion Bubble Show National Tour, and Pope Benedict XVI’s Pastoral Visit to New York— Mass at Yankee Stadium.

CLAIRE MURPHY (Associate Costume Designer–U.K.). Work includes Billy Elliot (London and Sydney), Vernon God Little for the Young Vic London, The Minotaur, Figaro and Gianni Schicci for the Royal Opera House- Covent Garden, The Reporter for the National Theatre.

RACHEL ATTRIDGE (Associate Costume Designer–U.S.). Credits include Catch Me If You Can, Minsky’s, Billy Elliot, Curtains, Tea: A Mirror of Soul Sweet Charity, The Boy From Oz, Never Gonna Dance, Sweet Smell of Success, and The Lion King (Tours). Thanks to Nicky, Claire, John and the crew for all your hard work!

KRISTINA KLOSS (Associate Lighting Designer–U.S.). Billy Elliot (Broadway, 1st National, 2nd National), Mary Poppins (Broadway, 1st National), Broadway: August Osage County, Faith Healer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Glass Menagerie, Urban Cowboy.

American Ballet Theatre at Metropolitan Opera House, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Boston Ballet, Elisa Monte Dance Company. Regional: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Seaside Music Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage. Film: Nine the Movie, Sex and the City 2. Member of United Scenic Artists 829. For Pumpkin.

DANIEL WALKER (Associate Lighting Designer–U.S.). Broadway Associate/ Assistant credits: Brief Encounter, The Philanthropist, Exit the King, Billy Elliot, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Deuce, Frost/Nixon, A Moon

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TONY SMOLENSKI IV (Associate Sound Designer–U.S.). Selected design credits include: Broadway: Cymbeline.

Off Broadway: The Adding Machine (Drama Desk nomination); Dutchman (AUDELCO nomination); Everything Bad and Beautiful; Measure for Pleasure; Almost, Maine; Mr. Marmalade. Regional work includes She Loves Me (Huntington), August Wilson’s 20th Century (Kennedy Center).

UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAGE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is the theatrical production unit of the worldfamous motion picture studio. UPSP is currently represented by the recordbreaking and Tony Award-winning musicals Wicked and Billy Elliot, the acclaimed revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and the national tour of Bring It On: The Musical. Upcoming films include Battleship, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Bourne Legacy, 47 Ronin, and the bigscreen musical adaptation of Les Miserables.

WORKING TITLE FILMS (Producer) is a producer of Billy Elliot the Musical worldwide.

Co-chaired by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the company has produced more than 95 feature films, won six Academy Awards and has grossed more than $5 billion at the box office worldwide. Films include: Contraband; Tinker Tailor Solider Spy; Senna; Paul; Nanny McPhee Returns; Green Zone; A Serious Man; State Of Play; The Soloist; Frost/Nixon; Billy Elliot; Burn After Reading; Atonement; Pride & Prejudice; United 93; The Interpreter; About A Boy; Notting Hill; Elizabeth; Fargo; Dead Man Walking; Bean; Four Weddings And A Funeral; Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually. Upcoming features include Les Misérables and Anna Karenina. Working Title recently announced the creation of a new television production company, WTTV. Based in LA and London, WTTV is a joint venture between NBC Universal International, Bevan and Fellner. Recent productions include adaptations of Birdsong and The Borrowers, both for BBC One. 18

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OLD VIC PRODUCTIONS PLC (Producer). Run by Sally Greene and executive producer Joseph Smith, OVP is a producer of Billy Elliot the Musical worldwide. OVP is an independent commercial producer that has co-produced or partnered in more than 100 productions in the West End and on Broadway, winning numerous awards, most recently: Sweeney Todd, Jerusalem, Clybourne Park, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Three Days of Rain and Swimming with Sharks. OVP works in association with The Old Vic Theatre Company led by Artistic Director Kevin Spacey. Recent productions include Noises Off (West End transfer and Old Vic), The Duchess of Malfi, The Playboy of the Western World, Cause Célèbre, A Flea in Her Ear, Design For Living, The Real Thing, Inherit the Wind, The Norman Conquests and Speed-the-Plow. Sally is also the chief executive of The Criterion Theatre and Greene Light Films and the proprietor of the renowned Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and three restaurants, The Cheyne Walk Brasserie, The Waterloo Bar and Grill and The Phene in Chelsea.

NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer). Since 1995, NETworks has produced and managed over 45 touring productions in the US., U.K. and internationally. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Billy Elliot The Musical, Blue Man Group National Tour, Elf The Musical, Flashdance the Musical, La Cage Aux Folles, The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Shrek The Musical and National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of War Horse touring the U.S. DANI DAVIS (Executive Producer) is a Broadway producer, director, and lyricist. On Broadway, she produced Little Women – the musical (Tony, Drama Desk nominations) and The Lonesome West (Tony, Drama Desk noms/awards).

She won a 2010 Emmy Award for writing Handel’s Messiah Rocks (Sony Classical, PBS - 7 Emmy noms), which she also directed. She has directed musicals and symphony performance pieces throughout the US. She is the Managing Director and co-founder of Dance House USA, an international pop up festival. For

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NETworks, she has been/is the Executive Producer for Little Women, The Wedding Singer, Shrek The Musical, Billy Elliot and Flashdance. She is on the board of Duke University’s Women’s Forum and has been featured in Marie Claire, New York, and More Magazines. Her songs are published

by Cherry Lane Music/BMG. Member: SDC, BMI. Dani lives in New York City, and is the proud mom of Noah and Nina.

SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as the U.K. regional tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of a 40 week UK regional tour of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, which also ran in the United States. He is currently serving as Executive Producer on The 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific. He is most proud of his greatest productions, Marlo and Camden.

JON FINN (Original Producer) started in the film industry as a production manager then line producer on several feature films and major television dramas. In 1996 he joined the production department at Working Title Films. A year later he helped David Goldesgeyne set up the Jerwood Film Prize and produced the BAFTA-nominated short film Eight, Stephen Daldry’s film directing debut. In 1999 Jon along with Natascha Wharton set up WT2, Working Title’s low budget film label. In the same year he produced his first film, Billy Elliot and in 2000 won the NOVA award from the Producers’ Guild of America. Jon’s next film was My Little Eye, directed by Marc Evans.

Jon also has his own film production company ‘Big Pond Productions’ and is currently producing a feature film, Hunky Dory.

DAVID FURNISH (Original Executive Producer). After an 11-year career in advertising in Toronto and London, directed the BAFTA-nominated documentary Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras. As a filmmaker, he produced Women Talking Dirty and It’s a Boy Girl Thing and produced the animation feature called Gnomeo & Juliet. David and his

partner Elton John recently produced the Tony nominated play Next Fall on Broadway.

David is extremely proud of his association with Billy Elliot the Musical worldwide.

ANGELA MORRISON (Original Executive Producer) is the chief operating officer of Working Title Films, responsible for the direction of its commercial activities, including all business affairs, finance and strategic planning in film, theatre and television. A law graduate of University College, London, she has been with Working Title since 1992 and was the executive-in-charge of production of the original film Billy Elliot. Angela has been honoured with the British Women in Film Business Woman of the Year Award.

ALLIED LIVE (Tour Marketing and Press) is a full-service marketing & advertising agency representing Broadway shows, tours, performing arts institutions, & experiential entertainment. Clients include: Billy Elliot, Hair, West Side Story, In The Heights, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cirque du Soleil, Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Hollywood & Highland Center. www.alliedlive.com.

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WHO’S WHO Opening Night: November 2, 2011 FOX THEATRE, ST. LOUIS, MO STAFF FOR BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL GENERAL MANAGEMENT GENTRY & ASSOCIATES SCOTT JACKSON GREGORY VANDER PLOEG DAWN KUSINSKI KIM REITER BOBBY MAGLAUGHLIN COMPANY MANAGER WILLIAM FERRY Associate Company Manager JOSH ZEIGLER Assistant Company Manager WILLIAM ECHOLS TOUR MARKETING AND PUBLICITY ALLIED LIVE Laura Matalon Marya Peters Erik Meath Doug Blemker EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION THE ROAD COMPANY Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota 165 West 46th Street, Suite 1101, New York, NY 10036 212.302.5200 voice 212.302.5374 fax www.theroadcompany.com CHILDREN’S CASTING NORA BRENNAN CASTING Nora Brennan CSA Jen Rogers ADULT CASTING TARA RUBIN CASTING Tara Rubin CSA, Eric Woodall CSA Laura Schutzel CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Dale Brown CSA Kaitlin Shaw, Lindsay Levine Production Supervisor......................................................... Eric Insko Production Stage Manager..............................................Joel Rosen Stage Manager.......................................................... Melissa Chacón Assistant Stage Managers.........Brian D. Gold, Jenifer A. Shenker Rehearsal Asst. Stage Managers.... Trey Gerrald, Christina M. Hagan Supervising Resident Director..................................Steven Minning Resident Director.............................................. Christopher Schilder Resident Choreographer................................................Adam Pelty, Associate Choreographer..................................... Alison Levenberg Originating Resident Choreographers........... .Sean Maurice Kelly, Allison Levenberg,Matthew Prescott Dance Captains...............................Michael Biren, Natalie Wisdom Assistant Dance Captain......................................... Alison Solomon Fight Director..............................................................Jason Babinsky Fight Captain................................................................ Michael Biren Acro Captain..............................................................Patrick Lavallee Dialect Coach..................................................................... Ben Furey Design Supervisor........................................................Edward Pierce Associate Set Designer (U.K.).................................... Paul Atkinson Associate Set Designer (U.S.)....................................Nick Francone Assistant Set Designer (U.S.)..............................................Jen Price Associate Costume Designer (U.K.).........................Claire Murphy Associate Costume Designer (U.S.)...................... Rachel Attridge Dancing Dress Maker................................ Jennifer Love Costumes Associate Wig and Hair Designer..........................Luc Verschueren Associate Lighting Designer (U.K.)............................ Vic Smerdon Associate Lighting Designer (U.S.)............................Daniel Walker Associate Lighting Designer (U.S.).............................Kristina Kloss Assistant Lighting Designer (U.S.) ............................. Justin Partier Light Programmer (U.S.)...............................................Rob Halliday Associate Sound Designer (U.K.).................................John Owens Associate Sound Designer (U.S.).......................Tony Smolenski IV Assistant Sound Designer (U.S.)...................................... Drew Levy Costume Shopper (U.K.)................................................Hannah Bell Prop Shopper (U.K.).................................................... Kathy Anders Head Carpenter..................................................................Chris Weir Carpenter/Foy...........................................................Ryan McAlpine Flyman........................................................Stephanie “Otis” Renegar Production Electrician.....................................................Eric Abbott Head Electrician........................................................Gary Weintraub Assistant Electrician................................................... Dirk Van Pernis Assistant Electrician........................................................... Eric Briggs Production Props Supervisor.................................. Dave Levenberg Head Propmaster......................................................Schuyler Woods Assistant Propmaster................................................ Dunia Kravchak Production Sound Supervisor........................................ Brian Moore Head Sound.....................................................................Justin Stasiw Assistant Sound............................................................Rick Hayworth

Head Wardrobe.............................................................. Kristina May Assistant Wardrobe.................................................. Kasey Walraven Assistant Costume Coordinator............................... John Saunders Wardrobe.....................................................................Meredith Scott Hair & Makeup Supervisor................................................. Tim Bohle Keyboard Programmer..............................Bryan Crook, Tim Crook Child Guardians............William Dominguez, Jean Marie Hufford, Nicole Sharra, Richard Vollmer Production Assistants..................Jenny Abraham, Kendall Booher, Patrick Egan, Kate Pazakis, Arienne Pelletier, Gabrielle Reid Voice Teacher......................................................................Ilene Reed Children’s Tutoring....On Location Education/Alan Simon, Jodi Green Tutors..........................................Onsy Elshamy, Bernadette Jusinski Rehearsal Studios.............................Chelsea Studios, Pearl Studios, Gibney Dance Center, Roy Arias Studios Acro Instructor............................................................ Hector Salazar Physical Therapy........................ NEURO TOUR/Carolyn Lawson Company Physical Therapist..........................Ashley Hodges, DPT Production Videographer...................................... HMS Media, Inc. Production Photographer...............Michael Brosilow, Kyle Froman Accounting........................................ NETworks Presentations, LLC Immigration....................................................... TCG Holdings, LLC Legal Counsel............................................... F Richard Pappas, Esq. HR and Payroll Services................................ Human Resources inc.

Travel Agent..................................Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Housing ............................................... Lisa Morris, Road Concierge Hauling/Trucking..........................................................Clark Transfer Freight Handling........................................................Airways Freight Banking.......................................................................................M & T Insurance....................................................................... Chubb Group Merchandising........................................Encore Merchandising, Inc. FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAGE PRODUCTIONS President and COO, Universal Studios Inc.........................................................Ron Meyer Chairman................................................................... Adam Fogelson Co-Chairman............................................................. Donna Langley Vice-Chairman & COO........................................... Rick Finkelstein President................................................................... Jimmy Horowitz SVP & CFO Productions, Theater, Music..............Arturo Barquet Legal Affairs........................................................................ Keith Blau Executive, Live Theatricals....................................Chris Herzberger FOR WORKING TITLE FILMS Marketing Director...................................................... Susan Butterly President of Production (U.S.)........................................Liza Chasin Executive Vice President of Film (UK)............................Amelia Granger Head of Production..................................................Michelle Wright Head of Legal and Business Affairs.............................Sheeraz Shah Finance Director...............................................................Tim Easthill Assistant to Eric Fellner........................................ Katherine Pomfret Assistant to Tim Bevan...............................................Chloé Dorigan Assistant to Angela Morrison....................................Genette Butler Associate Producer..................................................Marieke Spencer FOR OLD VIC PRODUCTIONS Chief Executive...............................................................Sally Greene Executive Producer....................................................... Joseph Smith Associate Producer........................................................Becky Barber Administrator..................................................................Fiona Finlow Finance Director..........................................................Conor Marren Financial Accounting Manager...........................Michael Matthews Management Accountant............................................. Bina Tankaria Project Advisor to Sally Greene.................................Emily Blacksell Assistant to Sally Greene..................................................Sara White FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Chief Executive Officer...................................................Ken Gentry Chief Operating Officer........................................ Scott W. Jackson Director of Finance........................................................... John Kinna Executive Producers.......Seth Wenig, Kary M. Walker, Dani Davis Associate Producer..................................................... Angela Rowles Assistant Producers..................................Jim Lanahan, Mary Witte Assistant to the CEO......................................................Curt Owens Senior General Manager.............................. Gregory Vander Ploeg General Managers.................................. Dawn Kusinski, Kim Reiter Associate General Manager...........................................Curt Owens Assistant General Manager...............................Bobby Maglaughlin Production Manager................................................... Jason Juenker Associate Production Manager..................................Hector Guivas Assistant Production Manager............................. Christian Bottorff Marketing/PR............................................................... Heather Hess Music Coordinator............................................................ John Miller Assistant Controller..................................................Jennifer Gifford Accounts Payable............................................................Laura Carey Office Manager........................................................Buddy Piccolino Office Assistant............................................................... Carol Jewel

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SPECIAL THANKS TO BESPOKE THEATRICALS FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS TOUR Nina Lannan Devin Keudell CREDITS Scenery constructed and automation equipment provided by Hudson Scenic Studios, Inc. Miners’ banner by Alaister Brotchie.

Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting. Sound equipment by Sound Associates. Rigging by Christie Lights. Puppets designed and contracted by the Wright Stuff Theatre of Puppets.

Costumes constructed by Mark Costello, London; Tricorne NYC; Jennifer Love Costumes; Baracath Customwear; David Quinn.

Custom knitwear by Maria Ficalora. Custom footwear by T.O. Dey and Sam Vasili. Millinery and costume crafts by Rodney Gordon, Inc. Undergarments provided by Bra*Tenders. “Express” dress puppet frames by Small Poppy Productions. Ballet Girls clothing by Wear Moi. Fabric painting and costume distressing by Nicola Killeen Textiles and Jeff Fender. Incidental and small props by the Spoon Group. Soft goods props by Mariah Hale.

Aereographics® Flying by Foy To learn more about the production, please visit www.BillyElliotTour.com To become the next Billy Elliot, please visit www.BeBilly.com

SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to Rick Mills, Darren Sterns, Kat Hauschild; SMG Evansville: The Centre, Evansville, IN. IATSE Local 102, Evansville, IN. Louise Withers and Associates; David Blandon; Diane Dawson; With thanks to the National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield, W. Yorkshire. Working Title Films would like to thank Ron Meyer, Marc Shmuger, David Linde, Jimmy Horowitz, Donna Langley, Rick Finkelstein, Arturo Barquet, Allison Ganz, Stephanie Sperber, Stephanie Testa and Jonathan Treisman at Universal Pictures; Peter Bennett-Jones and Greg Brenman at Tiger Aspect Pictures; David Thompson at the BBC and Tessa Ross; Luke Lloyd Davies; Janine Shalom; all at Working Title Films for their continuing help and support; and especially to all the people who worked on the film Billy Elliot. Old Vic Productions would like to thank Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Elton John, David Furnish, Lee Hall, Stephen Daldry, Peter Darling, Angela Morrison, Jon Finn and all at Working Title Films, Arthur Cohen, David Friedlander, Robert Reed, Marieke Spencer, Jimmy Horowitz, John Barlow, Adam Kenwright, Janine Shalom. Elton John would like to thank Lee Hall, Stephen Daldry, David Furnish, Matt Still, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Jon Finn, Sally Greene, Angela Morrison, Frank Presland, Keith Bradley, Clive Banks, Todd Interland, Davey Johnstone, Bob Birch, Guy Babylon, John Mahon, Nigel Olsen. And a special thanks to Liam, James and George for first bringing Billy to life on stage.

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

All stage work performed by employees represented

by IATSE. UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

Monona Academy of Dance Re gi s te R Now Official School of Dance Wisconsin Honor Company of RDA 2 l o ca tioNs to s e R ve y o u 6332 Monona Dr Monona 920 Windsor St Sun Prairie

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 Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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Overture Center for the Arts would like to recognize our sponsors and funders and thank them for all they do to support Madison’s thriving arts community. legACy spOnsOrs

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supranet Communications Unity University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

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