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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013 • 7: 30 PM
American Theatre International LLC presents
Conceived and Originally Choreographed and Directed by
Michael Bennett Book by
James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante Music by
Marvin Hamlisch Originally Co-Choreographed by
Bob Avian Lyrics by
Edward Kleban
with Lauren Alaimo Mary Leigh Christine Erika Conaway Alexander Cruz Michael Peter Deeb Brian Dillon Aisling Halpin Jordan Haskins Bonnie Kelly Sophie Menas Brooke Morrison Gabriel Mudd Kevin Michael Raponey Nick Raynor Jerreme Rodriguez Nick Varricchio Andrea Weinzierl
Matthew Couvillon Caley Crawford Jeremiah Ginn Michael McIlwee Ashley Klinger Geena Quintos Kaitlin Niewoehner Pim Van Amerongen Tom Rosario Bronwyn Tarboton Sharrod Williams
Original Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge
Lighting Design by Tharon Musser
Sound Design by Shannon Slaton
Original Costume Design Recreated by Jose M. Rivera
Lighting Design Adapted by Natasha Katz
Music Direction/ Conductor Jeffrey Campos
Music Supervision & New Orchestrations by Keith Levenson
Casting by WS Casting Scott Wojcik & Gayle Seay
General Management Theatre Management Associates Paul M. Rambacher
Production Manager Bridget Welty
Production Stage Manager Cirby Hatano Executive Producer
Aldo Scrofani Direction and Choreography Re-Staged by
Baayork Lee Original Broadway production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc. A CHORUS LINE is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022
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Diana..................................................................................................................LAUREN NICOLE ALAIMO Tricia.....................................................................................................................MARY LEIGH CHRISTINE Judy .....................................................................................................................................ERIKA CONAWAY Larry...................................................................................................................... MATTHEW COUVILLON Cassie...........................................................................................................................CALEY CRAWFORD Tom ...................................................................................................................................... JOSEPH ROSARIO Mike .........................................................................................................................MICHAEL PETER DEEB Roy.......................................................................................................................................... BRIAN DILLON Zach...................................................................................................................................... JEREMIAH GINN Paul ................................................................................................................................. ALEXANDER CRUZ Val ......................................................................................................................................AISLING HALPIN Bobby ...............................................................................................................................JORDAN HASKINS Bebe .......................................................................................................................................................................................... BONNIE KELLY Kristine............................................................................................................................. ASHLEY KLINGER Butch..............................................................................................................................MICHAEL MCILWEE Vicki........................................................................................................................................SOPHIE MENAS Sheila.......................................................................................................................... BROOKE MORRISON Connie................................................................................................................................GEENA QUINTOS Frank .............................................................................................................. KEVIN MICHAEL RAPONEY Mark .......................................................................................................................................... NICK RAYNOR Greg.......................................................................................................................... JERREME RODRIGUEZ Maggie ...................................................................................................................BRONWYN TARBOTON Don..........................................................................................................................PIM VAN AMERONGEN Al............................................................................................................................................ NICKVARRICCHIO Lois ...............................................................................................................................ANDREA WEINZIERL Richie......................................................................................................................... SHARROD WILLIAMS SWINGS GABRIEL MUDD and KAITLIN NIEWOEHNER MUSICAL NUMBERS I Hope I Get It .............................................................................................................................................. Company I Can Do That......................................................................................................................................................... Mike And.........................................................................................................................................Bobby, Richie, Val, Judy At the Ballet ............................................................................................................................ Sheila, Bebe, Maggie Sing! .............................................................................................................................................................. Kristine, Al Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love............................................................................................ Company Nothing ................................................................................................................................................................ Diana Dance: Ten; Looks: Three ........................................................................................................................................ Val The Music and the Mirror .............................................................................................................................. Cassie One ................................................................................................................................................................. Company The Tap Combination............................................................................................................................... Company What I Did for Love..................................................................................................................... Diana, Company One: Reprise................................................................................................................................................. Company AN AUDITION Time: 1975 Place: A Broadway Theatre “This show is dedicated to anyone who has ever danced in a chorus or marched in step... anywhere.” —Michael Bennett Young Auditorium
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A CHORUS LINE is performed without an intermission. A CHORUS LINE ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard I: JEFFREY CAMPOS Associate Conductor/Keyboard II: EMILY MARSHALL Drums/Percussion: JEFFREY FARRELLO Electronic Music Design and Orchestral Enhancement by Notion Music: JOSHUA WEESNER The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST LAUREN NICOLE ALAIMO (Diana) Lauren feels incredibly blessed to be joining the ACL family in her first National Tour! A Buffalo native and SUNY Geneseo graduate, she sends infinite amounts of love and gratitude to Baayork, Woodstock, her teachers, friends, and of course her crazy, beautiful family! www.laurennicolealaimo.com MARY LEIGH CHRISTINE (Tricia) is thrilled to be joining the cast of A Chorus Line! A one of her all time favorite musicals. Thanks to Mom, Dad and her fiancé Tom. ERIKA CONAWAY (Judy) is so excited to be joining the National Tour of A Chorus Line! She is a graduate from Shenandoah Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Her favorite credits include Amneris (Aida), Reno Sweeney (Anything Goes), and Ado Annie (Oklahoma!). Many thanks to all of her family and friends for their constant love and support, especially her twinny, Schyler and of course, her AJ. Peace and love. MATTHEW COUVILLON (Larry/Dance Captain) National/International Tour: A Chorus Line! (Tom Tucker, Mike, Dance Captain). Regional: Cats at Gateway Playhouse (Tumblebrutus, Mistoffelees u/s). Cortland Repertory Theatre: Cats (Shimbleshanks, Mistoffelees u/s) and The Pajama Game, Brigadoon. CALEY CRAWFORD (Cassie) What a dream come true! Tour debut. Regional: A.R.T.’s The Donkey Show (Oberon/Mia), A Chorus Line (Val). Boston Conservatory graduate, 2011. BIG thanks to family, friends, CTG & the entire ACL team! ALEXANDER CRUZ (Paul) is a recent graduate of Rhode Island College with a BA in Communications. He is thrilled to be a part of this production and to be working under the direction of Baayork Lee! His regional credits include Brad in Hairspray, 4
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Tribe Member in Hair, Mark in A Chorus Line, and Ensemble in Wizard of Oz. He’d like to thank Wojcik and Seay casting for this opportunity and Alex and Katie for being the worlds greatest friends. MICHAEL PETER DEEB (Mike) is thrilled to be playing his dream role! National Tour: Young Frankenstein (Swing). Regional: A Chorus Line (Mike), The Wizard of Oz, Joseph…, Beauty and the Beast; Celebrity Cruises. BFA Dance, SUNY Buffalo. Love and thanks to family, friends, teachers, MSA, and Eric. “I Can Do That” because of you all! BRIAN DILLON (Roy) is beyond thrilled to be traveling with A Chorus Line! Brian is a proud recent B.F.A. graduate of the Boston Conservatory. Thank you to my family, friends, teachers, The Price Group, and those above watching over me for helping me along this journey. “As we travel on!” JEREMIAH GINN (Zach) is excited to be making his National Tour Debut! Regional Theater: 9 to 5 (NSMT). Favorite roles include Danny in Grease, Japheth in Children of Eden, Terpsichore in Xanadu. California native and proud new Uncle! BFA in Music Dance Theatre from Brigham Young University. Much love to my family, TJ, and the man upstairs. AISLING HALPIN (Val) is so excited to be on this amazing line! Favorite credits include: Roxie in Chicago, Olive in Spelling Bee (Tibbits Opera House), Amy in Little Women (Syracuse Stage), Shy in Best Little.... (Cortland Repertory Theatre) 42nd St. (John Engeman Theatre), and Hairspray (Merry Go Round Playhouse). She would like to thank her family, friends, Tim, and Judy Boals Inc. BFA Syracuse. Aislinghalpin.com JORDAN P. HASKINS (Bobby) Jordan is honored to be returning the role of Bobby on the road! Regional: Link Lark in Hairspray (Pittsburgh Musical
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Theatre), Bobby in A Chorus Line - Directed by Danny Herman (Pittsburgh Playhouse), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Cohoes Music Hall), Hair (New Bedford Festival Theatre). LOVE to his family for all their support! BONNIE KELLY (Bebe) BFA Musical Theater, Montclair State University. Native of Cherry Hill, NJ. National Tour Debut! Love to Mom, Christie, Family and Friends! www.bonnie-kelly.com ASHLEY KLINGER (Kristine) National/International tours: A Chorus Line (Kristine) Film/TV: Love and Other Drugs (dancer), Law and Order SVU (Contortionist), Airport After Hours (Viral Youtube Video). Other: Grease (Frenchie) LTOTS, Verb Ballets company member, Gypsy Robe 2011 NYC. BA Point Park University. MICHAEL MCILWEE (Butch) Michael hails from Scranton, PA and is thrilled to be part of this amazing cast! He is an alumnus of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. National/Int’l Tours: Phantom of the Opera, The Music Man. Regional: 42nd ST, Carousel, Hello Dolly! Love to his family, friends, and Mom! www.michaelmcilwee.com SOPHIE MENAS (Vicki) is elated to be a part of the A Chorus Line family. Favorite credits: MTWichita: Legally Blonde (Brooke Wyndham). University: A Chorus Line (Diana Morales), Rent (Mimi Marquez). She would like to thank God for his bountiful blessings, her beautiful family for their endless love and support, the cast and crew, and her mtwichita family. BROOKE MORRISON (Sheila) is ecstatic to tour with ACL! She graduated from Elon University with a BFA in Music Theatre. Favorite Regional: Demeter in Cats (OCTC), Margot in Legally Blonde (Westchester BroadwayTheatre), Sugar in Sugar (Bigfork Summer Playhouse). Brooke also toured the world with Holland America Cruiselines. Love and gratitude to her amazing family, Nikole and MSA! GABRIEL MUDD (Male Swing) Fav. credits: 1st National Tour- The Wedding Singer; Once on This Island; Smoky Joe’s Café; High School Musical; lots Commercials, Print, and Voiceovers. Look for “The Answer” as well as the debut EP in 2013! Crazy love to God and my family for believing in me. Light, Life and Love! KAITLIN NIEWOEHNER (Female Swing) is elated to tour with ACL! She is gymnast turned dancer with a BS in Architecture. Favorite credits include CanCan at Westchester Broadway Theatre, A Wonderful Life (Violet) at Cohoes Music Hall, Hairspray (Amber), 25th...Spelling Bee (Olive). Thanks to God,
family, and the phenomenal Baayork Lee. www.kaitlinniewoehner.com GEENA QUINTOS (Connie) is thrilled to be a part of A Chorus Line National Tour! Broadway: Miss Saigon. Film: Robot Stories. National TV and commercials. Training: Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS, AMDA. Geena would like to thank Wojcik Seay Casting, American Theatre International and Baayork Lee for giving her this amazing opportunity. She would also like to thank everyone who has always believed in her. KEVIN MICHAEL RAPONEY (Frank) is very excited to join the cast of “A Chorus Line”! National Tours; “Legally Blonde” (Swing), “Tommy” (Young Tommy). Cruise Ship; Holland America Line. Regional Theatre favorite; “42nd Street” (Andy Lee). Big thanks to family and friends for constant love and support. For Auntie Dawnie, my guardian angel. I love you! NICK RAYNOR (Mark), a vocal performance major with a minor in dance at Mason Gross, is thrilled to perform in his first National Tour. Regional credits include The Producers (Carmen), Legally Blonde
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(Aaron), and Chicago (Ensemble). Special gratitude to Merete Muenter, Baayork Lee, and his beloved friends and family! www.nickraynor.com JERREME RODRIGUEZ (Greg) hails from Madison, WI and is a proud Alumni of Interlochen Arts Academy and Point Park University. He couldn’t be more excited for his first national tour to be putting him back “on the line”. Much thanks and love to all that see the show – and even to those who don’t! Dui! Sat Nam! JOSEPH ROSARIO (Tom) is a Theatre Studies Major/Dance minor at Montclair State University. Past credits: Polaroid Stories, Hairspray, Cabaret, and Kiss of the Spider Woman. BRONWYN TARBOTON (Maggie) is so excited to be back on the line. Favorite credits include: A Chorus Line (Bebe), Peter Pan (Peter), Hairspray (Lou Ann), and The Little Mermaid (Atina). She received a BFA in Music-Dance-Theater from Brigham Young University. Thanks to my family for all of their support and for always keeping me in ballet class! PIM VAN AMERONGEN (Don) is thrilled to be touring with ACL! He has performed regionally at Goodspeed, The Barnstormers, and Stoneham Theatre. Thanks to his Mom, Dad, Mimi, Ellie, Joe, Keith, Sara, and Tiff for their love and support. Shout out to OhLook! He’s a proud graduate of The Boston Conservatory. NICK VARRICCHIO (Al) Favorite credits include The Light in the Piazza, Cabaret at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and Chicago. Nick can also be seen in Paramount Pictures’ 2012 film Fun Size (Jonathan)! B-W Graduate. “Mille grazie” to mom, dad, Dom, Vinnie, and Wehrli, Baayork, and Penny and the Luedtke team! www.nickvarricchio.com. ANDREA WEINZIERL (Lois) – National Tour Debut! Pittsburgh Native, Andrea is a current Musical Theatre/Dance major at Point Park University. She performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony under the baton of Marvin Hamlisch. Andrea received the 2010 Gene Kelly Best Actress Award (Mame) and competed in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (Marquis Theatre). www. andreaweinzierl.com SHARROD WILLIAMS (Richie) is a native of Newark, NJ. He graduated from Montclair State University majoring in Communication Studies and Dance. His favorite credits include A Chorus Line, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Hairspray, and Cabaret. This is his first national tour and he is thankful to his family, friends, and teachers for their love and support. 6
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MICHAEL BENNETT (Conception, Original Director/ Choreographer) choreographed Promises, Promises; Coco; Company; Follies (which he codirected with Harold Prince); and Seesaw (which he also wrote and directed). In 1973 he made his debut as a dramatic director with Twigs, which starred Sada Thompson. A Chorus Line, which he conceived, choreographed and directed, won nine Tony Awards. In 1976 he and the authors of A Chorus Line were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama. In 1979 he produced, directed and choreographed Ballroom, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and won Mr. Bennett his sixth Tony. He won his seventh Tony Award for 1981’s Dreamgirls, and directed its acclaimed 1985 Broadway revival. The film adaptation of Dreamgirls was released in December 2006. BOB AVIAN (Original Tour Director and Original Co-Choreographer) received Tony Awards as cochoreographer of the original production of A Chorus Line and for Ballroom, on which he also served as co-producer. He was also a producer of the highly acclaimed Broadway and National companies of Dreamgirls. Bob choreographed the London production of Follies, followed by the London and Broadway productions of Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard, receiving two more Tony nominations. Next was the Boublil & Schonberg musical Martin Guerre, for which he won the Olivier Award for Choreography. He choreographed putting It Together off- Broadway starring Julie Andrews and on Broadway starring Carol Burnett. Returning to London, he choreographed The Witches of Eastwick for Cameron Mackintosh. Bob proudly serves on the board of the Miami City Ballet. JAMES KIRKWOOD (Book) was a Broadway and television actor as well as half of the comedy team Kirkwood and Goodman before taking up writing. His novels include “There Must Be a Pony!,”“Good Times/Bad Times,” “P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!,” “Some Kind of Hero” and “Hit Me With a Rainbow.” His nonfiction books include “American Grotesque” and “Diary of a Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road With Mary Martin and Carol Channing” about the road tour of his play, Legends, which toured again in 2006 starring Joan Collins and Linda Evans. Other plays include the dramatizations of There Must Be a Pony!, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! and UTBU. James Kirkwood passed away in 1989. NICHOLAS DANTE (Book). Real name: Conrado Morales. He danced in the choruses of applause and other Broadway shows as well as various TV shows and nightclubs while pursuing his dream of becoming a writer when Michael Bennett, a friend,
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called and asked him to collaborate on the first draft of the book for A Chorus Line. The final result earned him a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and many other honors. He also authored a screenplay, “Fake Lady,” and a musical based on the life of Al Jolson entitled Jolson Tonite. MARVIN HAMLISCH (1944-2012) (Music) is the composer of the Broadway musicals They’re Playing Our Song and Sweet Smell of Success and shared the Pulitzer Prize for his score of A Chorus Line. He is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for “The Way We Were” and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for “The Sting”, for which he received a third Oscar. Hamlisch held the position of principal pops conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Pops, Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, The Buffalo Philharmonic and The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. He was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and Queens College. EDWARD KLEBAN (1939-1987) (Lyrics). A Chorus Line was Mr. Kleban’s first Broadway musical, and his lyrics won 1975 Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize. He died in 1987 at the age of 48. Mr. Kleban’s music and lyrics comprise the score of the musical A Class Act, produced on Broadway in 2001, for which he was posthumously nominated for a Tony and a Drama Desk Award. In addition to his legacy as a songwriter, Mr. Kleban created the Kleban Foundation, which awards grants to aspiring theatre lyricists. To date, the foundation’s grants total more than $3 million. BAAYORK LEE (Director and Choreography ReStaging) Baayork Lee has performed in a dozen Broadway shows and created the role of Connie in A Chorus Line. As Michael Bennett’s assistant choreographer on A Chorus Line, she has directed many national and international companies. Her directing credits include The King and I and Bombay Dreams (National tours), R&H’s Cinderella (NYC Opera), Barnum(Australia), Carmen Jones (Kennedy Center), Porgy and Bess and Jesus Christ Superstar (European tours),Gypsy and A New Brain. She has choreographed shows including Mack and Mabel (Shaw Festival); Cocoanuts, Camelot, Damn Yankees, Helen Hayes nomination for Animal Crackers and South Pacific (all at Arena Stage); and Goya, Sly and The Merry Widow (Kennedy Center). She received the 2003 Asian Woman Warrior Award for Lifetime Achievement from Columbia College, as well as the Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association Achievement in Arts Award.
Through her new company, National Asian Artists Project (NAAP),naaproject.org, she directed productions of Oklahoma! and Carousel using all Asian artists. NAAP’s mission is to promote Asian performers in theatre across the country. JOSE M. RIVERA (Costume Designer) has designed, assisted and coordinated over 300 productions for Film-Theater-Television. Recent credits include: I LOVE A PIANO for The Sierra Repertory Theatre; The International Tour of Phantom of the Opera, the first theatrical musical to play Jakarta, Indonesia. Film Credits include: Collar starring Rebecca DeMornay, Tom Sizemore and Richard Roundtree; The Storyteller starring Sean Patrick Flannery, Dina Meyer, Michael Berryman and Kim Darby; Evil Alien Conquerors starring Deidrich Bader, Chris Parnell and Tori Spelling and over a dozen movies for The Lifetime Network, USA Network and SoapNet. He dedicates his work to his parents, whose spirit and energy are always within him, and to his mentors Theoni V. Aldredge and Ray Aghayan. Mr. Rivera is represented by Pipeline Entertainment in New York and Los Angeles. www.jmrcostumedesigns.com
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NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) is currently represented on Broadway by The Little Mermaid. Other Broadway: A Chorus Line, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), The Country Girl, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Aida (Tony Award), Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, Sweet Smell of Success, Flower Drum Song, Twelfth Night, Dance of Death, The Capeman and Gypsy. Extensive designs off-Broadway and for American regional theatres. Opera/dance: NYC Ballet, Royal Ballet, ABT, Metropolitan Opera, NYC Opera. Permanent lighting installations: Niketown NYC and London and The Big Bang at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. SHANNON SLATON (Sound Design) Shannon Slaton is a Sound Designer and Mixer. He designed the tours of Shrek, Hairspray, The Producers, Kiss Me Kate, Noise/Funk, The Full Monty, Contact, Tap Dogs, Aeros, Sweeney Todd, The Wizard of Oz, The Drowsy Chaperone, and The Wedding Singer. Broadway mixing includes: Man of La Mancha, Bombay Dreams, A Christmas Carol,Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awakening, Fela!, Anything Goes, and Legally Blonde. Off Broadway he assisted on Hurly Burly and on Broadway he assisted on Steel Magnolias and was the Associate on Barefoot in the Park. He was also the Production Sound on Wicked. Regional designs include shows at George Street Playhouse, Casa Manana, and NCT. He was also the Production Sound for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and the US National tour of Phantom. He is currently mixing Annie. KEITH LEVENSON (Music Supevisor/New Orchestrations) recently completed conducting the National Tour of Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, Previous conducting include the Broadway and National Tours of Annie (Nell Carter, Sally Struthers), Best Little Whorehouse (Ann-Margret), Grease, Chess, Franco Dragone’s India!, Dreamgirls!, Big River, Tommy, Annie Warbucks and Jesus Christ Superstar. He is proud to have arranged and conducted for The Who, Yes, Kiss and Mealoaf (among others) and has co-authored the musicals Winchell with Martin Charnin and Starcrossed with Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge. ASCAP Popular Music Awards 1995-2000. Music Supervisor for National Tours of: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Camelot, Oliver, Joseph, and many others.
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Jeffrey Campos (Musical Director) – National Tours: The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma, Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Regional: 9 to 5, Damn Yankees, South Pacific, Legally Blonde, Summer of Love, Sunset Boulevard (Ogunquit Playhouse); Mame (Cohoes Music Hall). NYC: A Stoop on Orchard Street (offBway), NYC Mayor’s Awards for Arts and Culture, Jack Perry is Alive…, Show Choir, The Secret Garden, Human Comedy, Lucky Stiff, Triumph of Love, A New Brain, Forever Plaid, Proof, Violet, The Wild Party, Like You Like It, City of Angels, Jesus Christ Superstar, Bat Boy, Seussical, How to Succeed... Orch/arr: Broadway Backwards. Assisted Andrew Lippa with music for Asphalt Beach. Developmental grant: Queens Council for the Arts for his musical, The Man in the Iron Mask. WS CASTING C.S.A. / SCOTT WOJCIK & GAYLE SEAY (Casting Director) Off -Broadway: “Triassic Parq”,“Chix 6”, “The Last Session”,“666” upcoming Tennessee Williams’“The Two Character Play” and “Handle With Care”. Tours: “Joseph…Dreamcoat”, “The Presidents”,“Oklahoma!”. Numerous Regional clients. Other projects include: TV pilot “Upstate” Web series: “Expert Witness”. Film: “Prologue”. Commercials and Print for numerous products and services. www.wscastingonline.com EMILY MARSHALL (Associate Musical Director) is an Ithaca College graduate and music director residing in NYC. So excited to be involved in her first tour! Huge thanks to company, cast, crew, friends and family. BRIDGET WELTY (Production Manager) She recently finished touring Merchant of Venice. Her prior tours include Camelot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and Oliver. Her previous tours were Wonderful Town, Love Janis, and Tap Dogs Rebooted. Bridget’s prior tours include companies such as Paul Taylor’s “Taylor 2”, New Jersey State Opera, and Carlota Santana Flamingo Flamenco Vivo. Bridget is a native Bostonian who received her Bachelor’s degree in Technical Design from Emerson College and went on to receive her M.F.A. in Design from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. CIRBY HATANO (Production Stage Manager) A graduate of UCSC and Juilliard’s Professional Intern Program, Cirby’s productions include: 3rd National Asian American Theater Festival; Turn of the Screw (Opera Moderne); Bard Spiegeltent; Don Giovanni (Juilliard); The Car Plays (RADAR LA); Kiss Me, Kate (Reprise); and 11 musicals at Sacramento Music Circus. Thank you Mom & Dad, for your support.
S TA F F F O R A C H O R U S L I N E EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Aldo Scrofani GENERAL MANAGEMENT Theatre Management Associates Professional Management Resources Paul M. Rambacher TOUR DIRECTION PROVIDED BY Columbia Artists Theatricals and AWA Partners CASTING WS Casting Scott Wojcik & Gayle Seay COMPANY MANAGER Heather Moss PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Cirby Hatano Ass’t Dir/Choreographer............................................................................................................................Cassey Kivnick Music Supervisor........................................................................................................................................Keith Levenson Technical Director .............................................................................................................................................. Sean Sacco Head Wardrobe ...................................................................................................................................................Kim Beland Head Lighting.................................................................................................................................................... Ben LoPreto Ass’t Lighting......................................................................................................................................... Jorge Muñoz-Vera Head Sound.................................................................................................................................................. Brian Canonico Sound Assistant................................................................................................................................... Stephen Ferradino Assoc. Sound Designer..........................................................................................................................Christina Devany Swing Technician............................................................................................................................................. Simon Foxall Set Technician........................................................................................................................................................John Sabo Tour Press & Marketing...............................................................................................................................Tara Troutman Print Design, Radio and Television Spot Production Cosmic Design, HMS Media Website.....................................................................................................................87 AM Merchandising..........................................................................................................................................Randi Grossman Payroll Services ............................................................................................................................Castellana Services Inc. Insurance ............................................................................................................................................................DeWitt Stern Accomodations booked by........................................................................................ Catherine Martin, Road Rebel Trucking ....................................................................................................................................................................Stage Call Lighting............................................................................................................................................................ Christie Lights Sound.........................................................................................................................................................Sound Associates Busing...........................................................................................................................Bernard Bus & Ten High Coaches Credits Costumes provided by JMR Costume Designs, www.jmrcostumedesigns.com; Set Provided by Performing Arts Center of Gateway Playhouse; Tour logistics by Road Rebel; Instrument Rental provided by Carroll Music; Ricola natural herb cough drops courtesy of Ricola, USA, Inc. Additional Arrangements and Orchestral Enhancement by NOTION Music, Inc. Rehearsed at Chelsea Studios, New York, NY
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Missoula Children’s Theatre Conceived and Written by JIM CARON Music by GREG BORIS Lyrics by JIM CARON Copyright © 2007, 2008 Jim Caron, Greg Boris & MCT, Inc. MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE (MCT, INC) 200 North Adams Missoula, Montana 59802-4718 Phone 406-728-1911 Fax 406-721-0637 www.mctinc.org All Rights Reserved Supported in part by a grant from the Montana Arts Council, an agency of the State Government, and the National Endowment for the Arts
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T H E TO R TO I S E V E R S U S T H E H A R E Somewhere in desert country, the inhabitants of West Sandy Bottoms are preparing for the highlight of their year – the annual race between the Reptiles and the Mammals. A company of strolling actors attempts to tell the tale in classical fashion. The Hare’s weasely managers brag about their racing star as the various reptiles assemble to choose their candidate. Fan clubs are preparing their cheers as the big day draws near. Philoh Ferret reminds the racing fans that his service station is for “mammals only.” As we see the race through the eyes of a TV news team covering the event, we soon discover that there is more than a sporting rivalry between the brown animals and the green animals. Loyalties to their specific colors create a real animosity among these creatures. Sound familiar? As the race proceeds, a tiny bunny is lost in the wilds of Tornado Gulch and, almost miraculously, color is forgotten as the mammals and reptiles join in the search. The wisdom of the old tortoise and the lesson learned by the cocky hare remind us all that “color is just a color – it’s just decorated skin.” In the end, the animals realize the folly of their ways and live happily together in their sandy home. Throughout its 40 year existence, the Missoula Children’s Theatre International Tour has fostered developmental life skills in more than a million kids. Just this year, we will work with 65,000 children in more than 1,200 communities in all 50 states and 17 countries. The Missoula Children’s Theatre relies on your generosity to close the gap between low tour fees and the actual cost of touring. If our program has had a positive impact on you or a family member, and you would like to help ensure this experience for future generations, please contact Development Director, Cate Sundeen at csundeen@mctinc.org. Federal employees can now contribute through the 2012 Combined Federal Campaign using CFC code #20396. Missoula Children’s Theatre 200 N. Adams, Missoula, MT 59802-4718 www.mctinc.org 406-728-1911 tour@mctinc.org Join Us on Facebook T H E TO R TO I S E V E R S U S T H E H A R E B I O S Allison Epperson Allison is probably best known for being confused with her fellow (natural) redheads. Since joining the Missoula Children’s Theatre in 2003, Allison has performed and directed in, THE TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, THE FROG PRINCE, ROBIN HOOD (in Europe and Mexico), THE LITTLE MERMAID (Acting Out at Sea cruise), THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, PINOCCHIO, BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST, and THE PIED PIPER.
She is honored and grateful to be a part of the Tour Actor/Director family. Brian Epperson Brian is in the midst of his 8th year of being a Tour Actor. After 49 states, 9 countries and working with thousands of kids, he thinks that being on the road as a Tour Actor is one of the best jobs you can have. He is honored to be out in the world with his fellow Tour Actors, helping communities around the world bring theatre to children. Young Auditorium
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013 • 7: 30 PM
MARGOT HARLEY, PRODUCER IAN BELKNAP, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
JOE DOWLING, DIRECTOR
THE 2012-2013 TOUR THE ACTING COMPANY in association with THE GUTHRIE THEATER presents
AS YOU LIKE IT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY DAN ROTHENBERG The Acting Company is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. The Acting Company 2012-2013 National Tour is made possible by generous support from Actors’ Equity Foundation, The Actors Fund, The Arthur Foundation, The Axe-Houghton Foundation, The Alec Baldwin Foundation, The Howard Bayne Fund, Bridges/Larson Foundation, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, The Broadway League, The Bydale Foundation, Noel Coward Foundation, Delta Air Lines, Dodger Theatricals, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, 42nd Street Development Corporation, Fribourg Family Foundation, The Rona Jaffe Foundation, The Dorothea L. Leonhart Foundation, Arthur L. Loeb Foundation, Lucille Lortel Foundation, Marquis George MacDonald Foundation, Inc., The Edith Meiser Foundation, James Starr Moore Foundation, Tony Randall Theatrical Fund, The Red Crane Foundation, The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, Seevak Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Sony Corporation of America, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Dorothy Strelsin Foundation, Target, Thomson Reuters, U.S. Trust Bank of America and other individual, foundation and corporate supporters.
The Acting Company is supported by public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Arts Federation: Combined Federal Campaign. THE ACTIONG COMPANY TONY® HONOREE FOR EXCELLENCE IN THEATER P.O. BOX 898, NEW YORK, NY 10108-0898 • PH: 212.258.3111 • FX: 212.258.3299 MAIL@THEACTINGCOMPANY.ORG • WWW.THEACTINGCOMPANY.ORG FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
This production is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national theater initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.
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The Acting Company presents
As You Like It by William Shakespeare Scenic Design Matt Saunders Costume Design Terese Wadden Lighting Design Michael Chybowski Music and Sound Design Michael Kiley Fight Direction Felix Ivanoff Choreography Sarah Sanford Props Tessa Dunning Voice and Speech Consultant Andrew Wade Casting McCorkle Casting, LTD. Production Stage Manager Gina Noele Odierno Assistant Stage Manager Brandon Curtis Staff Repertory Director Devin Brain Directed by Dan Rothenberg
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Orlando .................................................................................................................................................................................... Joseph Midyett Adam/Corin.......................................................................................................................................................................................Joseph Tisa Oliver.............................................................................................................................................................................................. Buddy Haardt Celia ................................................................................................................................................................................................ Megan Bartle Rosalind.......................................................................................................................................................................... Elizabeth Stahlmann Touchstone ...............................................................................................................................................Christopher Michael McFarland Duke Frederick/Sir Martext/Jaques De Boys....................................................................................................................Ray Chapman Duke Senior/Charles The Wrestler..................................................................................................................................... Yaegel T. Welch Amiens/William.................................................................................................................................................................... Noah Putterman Silvius/Le Beau................................................................................................................................................................. Michael McDonald Jaques ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Chris Thorn Audrey........................................................................................................................................................................................ Jasmine Bracey Phoebe........................................................................................................................................................................................ Kelsey Landon Members of the ensemble also play servants, courtiers, foresters and animal spirits. This production premiered at The Guthrie Theater on January 12, 2013. Running time: 2 hours plus intermission Smoking, eating, drinking, taking pictures and using recording equipment of any kind during the performance are strictly prohibited. Please remember to turn off all electronic devices, such as cellular phones, beepers and watches, prior to and during this performance. UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance Jasmine Bracey: Phoebe, Devin Brain: Adam/Corin/William, Ray Chapman: Duke Senior, Buddy Haardt: Orlando/ Le Beau, Kelsey Landon: Rosalind/Celia/Audrey, Michael McDonald: Touchstone/Amiens, Noah Putterman: Oliver/ Silvius, Chris Thorn: Charles/Duke Frederick, Joseph Tisa: Jaques/Jaques De Boys, Yaegel T. Welch: Sir Martext Young Auditorium
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TOURING STAFF Production Manager/Technical Director .............................................................Daniel B. Chapman Lighting Director................................................................................................................ Annie Wiegand Wardrobe Supervisor.......................................................................................................... Mariela Novoa Sound Supervisor................................................................................................................ Reid Loessberg Props Supervisor....................................................................................................................... Olivia Gagne Touring Company Manager.................................................................................................. Ken Samuels Resident Company Manager............................................................................................... Joseph Parks Assistant Vocal Coach Celia Madeoy Assistant Costume Designer Alex Rozansky Wigs/Hair Designer Erin Kennedy Lunsford Scenery built and painted by Center Line Studios, Inc., New Windsor, NY Costumes by Marianne Krostyne, Giliberto Designs, Inc., Martin Izquierdo Studio (Costumes & Special Effects) Tour Lighting Equipment provided by PRG
Tour Trucking by Clark Transfer Tour Buses by Pioneer Coach Tour Accommodations by TourWerks Press Representative, Judy Katz Public Relations As You Like It was rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios, New York City Poster Artwork by Tom Slaughter Photography by Heidi Bohnenkamp Videography by Adam Olson
THE ACTING COMPANY Producer Margot Harley Artistic Director Ian Belknap Director of Development and Communications Gerry Cornez General Manager Nancy Cook Director of Education Paul Fontana Design and Communications Coordinator Paula Raymond
Production Manager Daniel B. Chapman Finance Manager Bernard Rashbaum Producing Associate Joseph Parks Development Assistant Rebecca Leifman Board Director for Special Events Jill Edelson Production Intern Sarah Clemency Interns Emily Kugel, Jon Wayne Martin
Teaching Artists Jimonn Cole, Christian Conn, Leslie Geraci, Peter Macklin, Joseph Midyett, Katherine Puma, Matt Steiner, Lois Walden Booking Agency CAMI Columbia Artists Management Inc., LLC Certified Public Accountants Acquavella, Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP
THE ACTING COMPANY operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association.
THE ACTING COMPANY is a member of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York.
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BIOGR APHIES Megan Bartle Megan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Guthrie Actor Training program. She has performed in Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York including two staged readings (June Moon and Ten Chimneys) for The Acting Company. Originally from Apple Valley, MN. Jasmine Bracey The Resident Ensemble Players: A Midsummer Nights Dream, Our Town, O Beautiful (World Premiere), and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui. Training: University of Delaware (MFA). From New York, NY. Ray Chapman returns for his fourth Acting Company/Guthrie Theater season. Credits include: The Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Utah Shakespeare Festival, among many others. Film/ TV credits include: A League of Their Own and Prison Break. Ray is a native of Butte Creek, MT. Buddy Haardt Regional: Red (Orlando Shakespeare Theater), Ward 57 (world premiere at Florida Stage), A Life In The Theatre (Barnstormers Theater, NH), among others. Buddy has performed in shows in Florida, New Hampshire, New York, Texas, New Jersey, and Minnesota. Training: University of Minnesota/ Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). Originally from Rosenberg, TX. Kelsey Landon Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, Julius Caesar), Guthrie (That’s When I was a ghost), Worlds End Theatre (The Seagull, The Way of The World) UglyRhino (The Awakening, Centralia), The Pearl Theatre (Rosmersholm), and Glass Bandits (Three Sisters, Get gone). Training: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). From Stewartville, MN. Michael McDonald Michael is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Actor Training Program (BFA), London’s International School of Performing Arts and British American Dramatic Academy as well as San Francisco School of the Arts. From Oakland, CA. Christopher Michael McFarland NYC: The Life and Death of King John; Firemen; Even Maybe Tammy. Regional: The Kennedy Center; O’Neill Theater Center; Shakespeare Theatre of NJ; Philadelphia Theatre Company; Opera House Arts; Arizona Shakespeare Festival. Training: Yale School of Drama (MFA). From San Francisco, CA.
Joseph Midyett Acting Company: Julius Caesar, Comedy of Errors. Off-Broadway: The American Premiere of Enjoy (59E59 Theaters), National Playwrights Festival (Rattlestick Theater), Twelfth Night (The Pearl). Regional: The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Syracuse Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Delaware Theatre Co., Texas Shakespeare Co. Film: Penance for the Slain, Hope Cafe and Kick Ball. Training: University of Delaware (MFA). From Hayward, CA. Noah Putterman Acting Company: Julius Caesar, Comedy of Errors. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Alpine Theatre Project), Children of Eden, Into the Woods, Taking Steps, (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (North Carolina Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Guthrie). US Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Training: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). From Raleigh, NC. Elizabeth Stahlmann Acting Company: Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors. Guthrie Theater: A Christmas Carol, The Real Thing, The End. Marvell Repertory Theater, Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, Joe’s Pub (NYC), Three Sticks (NYC), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare on the Cape, WHAT/Counter Productions. Training: University of Minnesota/ Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). Native of New Hope, MN. Chris Thorn Acting Company: Henry V, The Spy, Romeo and Juliet. Other NY credits: Miss Lilly Gets Boned, The Most Damaging Wound (2009 NYIT Award Nominee for Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role), Dead Man’s Socks and King John. Training: LAMDA, Boston University, Wynn Handman and Joan Rosenfels. A native of South Berwick, Maine. Joseph Tisa Regional: Captors (Contemporary American Theater Festival), The Exceptionals (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Fantasticks (Long Wharf Theatre), Stones in His Pockets, Beau Jest and The Dresser (Old Lyric Repertory Company). Film credits include Weakness and Virgin Alexander. Training: Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (MFA). From Seattle, WA. Yaegel T. Welch Off-Broadway: The Revenger’s Tragedy (Red Bull), Fly (Lincoln Center/ Crossroads). Regional: The Brothers Size (Seattle Rep/ Everyman), Jitney (True Colors), In the Red and Brown Water (Studio), The Piano Lesson (Arden, Barrymore Award nom.), My Children! My Young Auditorium
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Africa! (Wilma), Fences (Playmakers Rep). Training: Morehouse College (BA), Brandeis University (MFA), The Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting (MFA).
Musketeers, Turn of the Screw, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, Murder By Poe, Richard III. NY: Hamlet, Lieutenant of Inishmore, Wit, Beckett/Albee. Hewes, Lortel and Obie for Sustained Excellence.
ARTISTIC and PRODUCTION William Shakespeare (Playwright) an English poet and playwright (1564-1616) widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language. He wrote 38 plays, hundreds of poems and sonnets and created words and phrases still popular today. His plays range from tragedies like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet to comedies like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night and history plays like Richard III and Henry V. Even today, Shakespeare is the most performed playwright in The United States. Dan Rothenberg (Director) Dan is a Philadelphia-based director and a founding member and co-artistic director of the Pig Iron Theatre Company. Dan has directed many of Pig Iron’s original works, including Poet In New York, Gentlemen Volunteers, Love Unpunished, Isabella, The Lucia Joyce Cabaret and the OBIE Award-winning productions Chekhov Lizardbrain and Hell Meets Henry Halfway. Pig Iron has been nominated for over 35 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater in Philadelphia and toured nationally as well as to Europe and South America. Matt Saunders (Set Design) A Barrymore Award Winning performer, designer and a creator of new performance work, Matt is a founding member/Associate Artistic Director of the OBIE Award-Winning New Paradise Laboratories. Designed for several major theaters and the U.S. professional pavilion at Prague Quadrennial 2011. Assistant Professor of Design at Swarthmore, MFA from Yale School of Drama. Terese Wadden (Costume Design) Recent projects: House for Sale (Transport Group), A Florentine Tragedy & Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera Company-Dora Award Nomination), Cosi Fan Tutte and Don Giovanni (NYC Opera), La Clemenza di Tito (Chicago Opera), What Next? (Miller Theatre). Films: Bill Wilson and the History of AA, The Getaway. Graduate: London’s Motley Theatre Design Course and Vassar College. Michael Chybowski (Lighting Design) Acting Company: Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, The Spy, Moby Dick Rehearsed, Tempest, Jane Eyre, Macbeth, Three 16
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Michael Kiley (Music and Sound Design) is a Philadelphia-based Sound Designer, Composer, Performer and Educator working in theater and dance. Theatre Credits: The Aliens, Ivona-Princess of Burgindia, That Pretty Pretty, Blasted. Dance Credits: Return Return Departure, Takes, Wandering Alice, Only Sleeping. Original Work: As the Eyes of the Seahorse (HERE Arts Center), The Empty Air. Felix Ivanoff (Fight Director) Acting Company: Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Moby Dick Rehearsed, Macbeth, Three Musketeers. Actor, director and choreographer, he taught at Moscow Art Theatre and Holland’s Academy of Fine Arts. Assistant Professor at Syracuse University’s Drama School, he has taught at Juilliard, SUNY-Purchase, Rutgers, Manhattanville and NC School of the Arts. Training: Moscow’s Vakhtangov School of Drama (MFA in Acting). Erin Kennedy Lunsford (Wig/Hair Design) Acting Company: The Spy, The Tempest. Jerry Springer the Opera at Carnegie Hall; and Red Bull Theatre, Westport Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Minetta Lane, Playwrights Horizons, The Signature Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights, MCC, Atlantic Theatre Company, Century Center, Primary Stages, Syracuse Stages, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota and Music Theatre of Wichita. Andrew Wade (Voice and Speech Consultant) Acting Company: The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V. Former Head of Voice at Royal Shakespeare Company, Andrew now works worldwide lecturing, teaching, and coaching productions. Andrew is Adjunct Faculty at Juilliard and Voice Director at TFANA. Andrew is a Fellow of Rose Bruford College, where he trained. Tessa Dunning (Properties) Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (a New York Theatre Workshop co-production), I Take Your Hand in Mine. Broadway: The Lyons. Off-Broadway: Vineyard Theatre, Primary Stages, Roundabout, Public, Atlantic, Signature, Second Stage, Minetta Lane, Gotham Chamber Opera, MCC, Props shopper for several Broadway shows. NYTW Propsmaster 2000-2007.
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Devin Brain (Staff Repertory Director) is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and a member of The Hypocrites. Served as Artistic Director of both the Yale Cabaret and Yale Summer Cabaret Shakespeare Festival. Credits include Rose Mark’d (an adaptation of Henry V, Henry VI parts 1-3, and Richard III), The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love Suicide and The Phoenix. Gina Noele Odierno (Production Stage Manager) Gina has worked at the Yale Repertory Theatre, California Theatre Center, Carnival Cruise Lines and New York’s Second Stage Theatre. She earned her MFA from the Yale School of Drama; her BFA from Florida State University School of Theatre. Brandon Curtis (Assistant Stage Manager) Previous credits include A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Yale Rep, SM), I <3 Bob (Parallel Exit, SM), Bossa Nova (Yale Rep, ASM), and North (59E59, ASM). Training: MFA in Stage Management from the Yale School of Drama, BA in Theater from The Ohio State University. McCorkle Casting, LTD. (Casting) Broadway: Lieutenant of Inishmore, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Doll’s House and Blood Brothers. Off-Broadway: Almost Maine, Address Unknown, Killer Joe. Film: Ghost Town, Secret Window, Basic, Thomas Crown Affair, 13th Warrior, Madeline and School Ties. TV: Electric Company, 3lbs., Barbershop, Chappelle’s Show, Hack. Joe Dowling (Director, Guthrie Theater) has directed more than 35 productions at the Guthrie since 1995, including landmark productions of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Stoppard and Friel. Under Dowling’s leadership, the Guthrie has enjoyed tremendous growth, including the 2006 opening of a new Guthrie on banks of the Mississippi River. Dowling has been artistic director of Ireland’s Abbey Theatre and managing/artistic director of Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre. His American work includes numerous productions in New York and Washington, D.C. Margot Harley (Producer, The Acting Company) co-founded The Acting Company with John Houseman. Broadway and Off: Robber Bridegroom, Curse of an Aching Heart, The Cradle
Will Rock (also London), Ten by Tennessee, On the Verge and The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter with New York Theatre Workshop. Administrator Juilliard’s Drama Division 1968-80; graduated Sarah Lawrence College, attended LAMDA (Fulbright Scholarship). Ian Belknap (Artistic Director, The Acting Company) Appointed Artistic Director of The Acting Company in September 2012, Ian directed this season’s Of Mice and Men and was Associate Artistic Director (2009-12) and Staff Repertory Director (2008-09). His production of The Comedy of Errors premiered at the Guthrie Theater in 2010 before a two year national tour. Ian has also directed at many resident theaters in the United States and served as a site reporter for the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. The Guthrie Theater The Guthrie Theater is one of America’s leading regional theaters and widely recognized as an American center for theater performance, production and professional training. Headed by Joe Dowling, Director, the Guthrie has built one of the finest multistage theater centers of our time including a classic thrust for grand scale classics, a proscenium for more intimate productions and a studio for developing new works. In 1982, the Guthrie received a TONY Award acknowledging its outstanding contribution to the American Theater. The Acting Company Hundreds of extraordinary actors – Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Rainn Wilson, Jesse L. Martin, Frances Conroy, David Ogden Stiers, Harriet Harris, David Schramm, Jeffrey Wright, Keith David, Roslyn Ruff, Stephen DeRosa, Tom Hewitt, Lisa Banes and Hamish Linklater – began their careers touring with The Acting Company, which has brought 137 productions to millions of people in 48 states and ten foreign countries. Last year, the Company reached 70,000 people touring to 48 cities in 20 states and provided a full range of arts education programs to 37,000 students, most in disadvantaged school systems. Founded in 1972 by Oscar-winning actor, director, producer John Houseman and current Producer, Margot Harley, The Acting Company has been honored with TONY, Obie, Audelco and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.
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T H A N K YO U
Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters for the 2012-13 Season! SEASON SPONSORS
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This program was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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M E M B E R S 2 012 - 2 013 Director’s Council James R. Connor Lolita Kachel Francine L. Pease Michael Ross Director’s Circle Ron & Ann Abele James & Julie Caldwell Robert & Yvonne Fiskum David & Kathy Granum H. Gaylon & Hannah Greenhill John & Sandra Heyer Dr. Beverly Kopper Mark McPhail Kenneth & Dorothy Otting Julian & Anne Stinson Chuck & Barb Taylor Richard & Veronica Telfer Ambassador Craig & Bonnie Anderson Richard & Kathy Haven Dawn & Lyle Hunter Mitzi Joseph Ken & Susie Kidd Ken Kohberger Everett & Ellen Long Craig Matzinger Dennis & Margaret Rohrs Carole Scharinger Betty Schoonover Richard & Judy Triebold Elmer Werhane Patron Bill & Karen Bohn Robert & Marion Burrows Winona Campbell James Carlson Rollin & Nancy Cooper Jo Coulthart Donna G. Fox Jack & Betty Frawley Thomas Grotelueschen Ginny Hall Glenn & Christine Hayes John & Nancy Hoffmann
Geraldine & Robert Jennings Arthur Kolb & Dorothy Kopp Orville & Carol Larson Nels & Gloria Madsen Connie & Alan Marshall Rowland & Audrey McClellan Michael & Jean Morrissey Margaret Mueller John & Arlene Newhouse Terry & Arlene Ostermeier Jerry & Jan Palzkill Gordon & Helen Parks Lyn & Mary Kay Piatt Mary Hill-Roth & Ted Roth Jim & Sue Schlough Jerry & Bunny Schoen Dennis & Evelyn Schulz Lewis & Kathleen Scott Cynthia Smith Ben Strand & Kari Borne Dean & Shirley Taylor Patricia Townsend Donald & Marjorie Triebold Pamela & David Van Doren David Veith Robert Wright & Elizabeth Asher Karl & Doris Zahn Supporter Curtis & Diane Abendroth Helmut & Martha Ajango Stanley & Ann Alger Jackie Amundson & Dean Zweifel Rod Anderson Julia Armstrong Michael & Karen Atwood Steve & Pam Barnes Patricia & Thomas Bauhs Thomas & Christine E. Beckman Dale Benson James & Ginger Best Lynn & Cheryl Binnie Ron & Marilyn Binning Elizabeth Blumberg
Forrest Bright Susan Burkhardt Mary Beth Byrne Patricia Caldwell Gerald & Lois Caslavka Ann Chester Steve Cline Mr. & Mrs. Cohen Marilyn & Richard Coogan Antionette Czebotar Dean & Bonnie Dahnert Jacqueline Dailey Audrey & Christian Gatz Nancy & Leo Geidel Mary Godfrey Norm & Polly Godfrey Barry & Margo Goldberg Karla Goodman Kathy & Jim Gross Skip & Carna Grover Carol Guequierre Mark Gustafson & Su Ash Gustafson Hans & Carla Hahn Margaret Hancock Diane Hanson John & Jean Henderson Mark Hildebrand Lloyd & Daphne Holterman Gene & Charlotte Huntley Helene Hurdis Martha Johnson Richard & Susan Kaja Debra & Ken Kirkeby Sharon & Jeff Knight Bob & Gloria Knipschild Paul & Sue Kremer Steven Landfried Leota & Steve Larson Leece & Phillips Law Offices Laura Lester Luann Livingston Dr. Steven & Larissa Lyon Sandra Matson Jeffrey McKinney Rosemary Metzdorff Michael McGoff Jim & Carol Miller Bob Mischka Lois O’Brien Young Auditorium
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M E M B E R S 2 012 - 2 013 Tom & Mary Oehler Kim & Denise O’Keefe Michael & Marie Olson Richard & Judy Owens Terrie Parenteau Larry & Mary Peiffer Astrid Peterson Kirke & Elaine Plank Dale & Colleen Riggs John & Julie Ripley James Rogers Dick & Julie Ruhe Daniel Sable Dennis & Mary Salverson Kathleen Salzwedel Doug & Karen Saubert Alice Scherer Ervin Schlepp Robert & Sharon Schweitzer William & Marlyne Seymour Roger & Helen Shimon Larry & Edie Simons Patrick & Luly Snyder Thomas Spiegelhof Barbara Stallman Dave & Bonnie Stanley David & Cheryl Stedman Ann & Howie Stiff Lee Stoneking David & Merri Stoneman Charles Taggart
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Russell Treiterer Yvonne Treiterer Richard & Arlene Trewyn Marc & Nancy Turner Ron & Sandra Van Able Carleen & Arthur VanderKoy John & Darlene Varnes Mary Lynn & Dennis Vogel John & Lila Waldman Vivian & Fred Welch Eda Wilson Carole Witkowski Rod & LaVonne Wittwer Mark & Peggy Wuenstel Charles & Barbara Zidek Contributor Mary Adams Carl W. & Melba Bradberry Wendy Brown Carol Christ Kathleen Eisenmann John Finney Dale C. & Margaret C. Fose Carol Grulich Richard Haney Susan Hiscox Eleonora Jedrysek Henry Kenyon Kristin Koeffler Dr. & Mrs. Robert Koenitzer
Dian LaFontaine-Aschmann Barbara McGlynn Tammy McElwee Susan Mealy Rosemary Metzdorff Henry Mol Barry Mullen Maureen Nielson Thelma Robbins Philip Roou James & Cheral Sadler John & Mary Ellen Sanderson Rod & Sue Scherer Merle & Mary Lou Schinke Susan Sims Steve & Linda Steinhoff Miles A. & Nancy Stejskal Gayle & Dale Stettler Bridget Trewyn Marge Ware Nettie Weber Matthew Winden James & Mary Jo Wooldridge Student Owen Kirkeby Matthew Knudtson Bryan McConnell Lisa Tessene-Martin
A N N UA L A P P E A L S D O N O R S 2 011-12 William & Joyce Albright Rod Anderson Donald & Terry Branz B.J & J.M. Bauman Robert & Barbara Davis Amy Bohme Dale & Melanie Buechler Diane & Keith Burdick Timothy Middleton & Diane Bustamante Bob & Barb Davis David & Dawn Dvorak Amy Ebker Paul & Tammy Edgren Rick & Maureen Forgette Barbara & Herman Freeman 20
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Shirley Grant Gail Frasier Jane Henry Jean & Wayne Hartwig Laurie & Jim Hegi Pat Jarecki Eleonora Jedrysek Margaret Hancock Harry & Margaret Kowal Mary Lawrence Joyce Lehmann Wayne & Ruth Lindgren Peter C Molloy Katsumi & Joan Neeno Charlane O’Rourke-Hertig Padget Flowers
Terri Pratesi Roger & Lillian Punzel Thomas & Sharon Tenuta Chuck & Barb Taylor Karolyn & Hugo Tscharnack James & Marie Rubietta James & Linda Santy Richard & Ruth Schauer Jeannean Spaulding A. Robert Taylor Steve & Sherry Van Dyke Constance & Joseph Vitale Victoria on Main Bed & Breakfast