Chancellor: Richard Telfer Provost: Beverly Kopper College of Arts & Communication Dean: Mark McPhail Associate Dean: Robert Mertens
Director: Ken Kohberger Technical Director/Assistant Director: David Nees Office Manager: Malinda Hunter Audience Services Manager: Michael Morrissey Marketing Director: Leslie LaMuro Development Director: Ben Strand Coordinator of Education & Outreach: Shannon Dozoryst A Note To Our Patrons: • Latecomers will be seated at the first convenient interval at the discretion of the audience services staff. • Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular telephones, and hourly signaling watches during the performances. • Photography or video/audio recording of the performance is strictly prohibited. • No smoking, food, or beverages are allowed in the theater. • Infrared personal hearing enhancement devices are available at the gift shop. • No state tax revenue supported the printing of this program. • Young Auditorium is a non-profit organization under Section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code Mission Statement Young Auditorium serves as a presenting organization for the performing arts and as an educational and cultural center enriching the lives of the campus and regional communities. Vision Statement Young Auditorium: Artstanding in Creativity, Artstanding in Collaboration, Artstanding in Education, Artstanding in its Field. For Your Information The Young Auditorium is an auxiliary of the University and serves as home for Cultural Affairs, YA Presents, the Horizons Series, and all units of the College of Arts & Communication. Ordering Tickets UW-Whitewater Ticket Services Voice & TTY: 262-472-2222 Fax: 262-472-1329 Purchase tickets in person at two locations Greenhill Center of the Arts Box Office M-F 9:30 am – 5:00 pm (Short term, metered parking at this location) University Center- Information Services Desk UC 159 on the main floor lobby of the University Center. M-F 9:30 am – 8:30 pm Sat 8:00 am – 8:30 pm Sun Noon – 8:30 pm Young Auditorium Lobby at 5:00 pm prior to performances. Group Ticket Sales Groups of 10-24 = 10% discount Groups of 25+ = 20% discount For more information call 262-472-5705.
Contact Us Young Auditorium 930 West Main Street Whitewater, WI 53190-1790 Phone: 262-472-4444 www.uww.edu/youngauditorium E-mail: youngaud@uww.edu Facility Rental Young Auditorium facilities are available for banquets, receptions, concerts, meetings and dances. For information call 262-472-4444. Facilities include the Auditorium, Kachel Center and the Fern Young Terrace. Accessibility Features Patrons with special seating needs please inform ticket services personnel at 262-472-2222 three weeks prior to the performance when ordering tickets for: wheelchair seating or for visual impaired seating. Patrons with special visual or hearing needs please inform Michael Morrissey, audience services manager, by e-mailing at morrissm@uww.edu or call at 262-472-1487 three weeks prior to the performance for large print or Braille programs, or signed interpretation for the hearing impaired. Hearing enhancement devices are available at the gift shop. Young Auditorium 1
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Deer Camp The Musical Sponsored by:
Gene Jurek- Playwright Doug Spartz- Composer Ross Young- Director McKenzie Merges- Stage Manager THE SONGS OF DEER CAMP: ACT I We Sang Too Much Again Last Night..................................................... (Spartz) Rivers Of Brew................................................................................................ (Spartz) Mighty Hunters.............................................................................................. (Spartz) What A Mess We Got Into........................................................................... (Spartz) Coupon Clippin’ Ladies............................................................................... (Spartz) Northern Love................................................................................................ (Spartz) Intermission ACT II She’s Different Somehow............................................................................(Bacon) Grunt Horn Song........................................................................................... (Spartz) She’s Playing Bingo......................................................................................... (Jurek) If I Was A Male Dancer................................................................................. (Spartz) Mighty Hunter Reprise................................................................................ (Spartz) 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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T H E S TO R Y DEER CAMP hilariously follows four fearless deer hunters from Elmwood on their annual trek to deer camp. But things are looking bleak this season. After decades of hunting trips, the guys have yet to bring home a single deer and the wives are getting suspicious. This season their wives demand proof of their hunting skills be by bringing home a deer. This is not so easy when the thought of drinking beer and hanging out in the deer shack is more appealing than freezing in a deer stand. What to do? Shoot one, steal one, or buy one? Laugh and sing a long as they hatch a plan to save their hunting paradise without firing a shot. The show features hilarious songs like: Mighty Hunters. She’s Playing Bingo, I Could Be A Male Dancer, Coupon Clippin’ Ladies, River of Brew and The Grunt Horn Song. THE CAST Tony Papenfuss (Doogski) Tony was born, studied and began acting in the Minneapolis area. He began professionally at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles touring throughout California and appearing on the main stage with their Improvisational Theatre Project. During his twenty-five years in L.A. he also appeared at theatres including the Pasadena Playhouse and the Odyssey Theatre and several theatres throughout the country. His film credits include: Sweetland, Factotem and Into Temptation. On T.V. he was seen on: Murphy Brown, Coach, Star Trek DS9, Roswell, Providence, Seinfeld and probably most familiarly as Brother Darryl for eight seasons on Newhart. Greg Eiden (Digger) Greg received his degree in Vocal Performance with a minor in Theater from the University of Northern Colorado. From there he performed professionally in Colorado at Boulder’s Dinner Theater, Country Dinner Playhouse and at the Heritage Square Music Hall, a theater for which he also wrote six musicals. Since he has
returned to Minnesota he has been seen on stage at Plymouth Playhouse in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Queen Of Bingo, the Church Basement Ladies shows, and an original musical he wrote called SuperHero! The Musical from The Cubicle; at Actors’ Theater in Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding, We Gotta Bingo and Deer Camp; at The Seasons Dinner Theater in over ten productions including The Foreigner, and an original musical he wrote called Way Out West: The Legend of the Ricochet Kid; at Pioneer Place in Saint Cloud which premiered his original show, War Of The Worlds: The Musical – A Tribute to Old-Time Radio; at the Illusion Theater space in the Hennepin Center for the Arts in his original musical adaptation of Gift Of The Magi; at The Music Box Theater in his original musical, Rockin’ At The Sock Hop; and at Mounds Theatre in his original musicals The Single Guy: A Relationship Musical and Knotareel Getaway Cruise. He has also performed for Mystery Café, Lake Pepin Players, Phipps’ Center for the Arts, Theatre L’homme Dieu, and others including singing on the Minnesota Zephyr where he also wrote a murder mystery for the train. He helped found Hometown Theatre in 1997 and has functioned as their artistic director and producer. This organization has helped to produce many of his shows including two productions for the Fringe Festival.
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T H E C A S T ( c o n t .) Anthony Zadra (Moose) has been a Twin Cities actor for more than fifteen years. On stage he has had various roles for The Mystery Cafe and Tony and Tina’s Wedding among others. His long list of commercial work includes Sears, StarzHD and Red Robin. In film, he has appeared in Herman U.S.A. and the Swahili language film, Bongoland. He loves his wife, Cree and his weagle (wiener dog + beagle) Smuckers. He HATES Chicken in a Biskit, Circus Peanuts and florescent light bulbs.
John Kunik (Diesel) A fixture in the Minnesota theatre scene, John Kunik has been acting and directing in the Twin Cities for over thirty years appearing with the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, The Guthrie, Park Square, Troupe America, Theatre in the Round and many others. As a stand-up comic, John has been featured at the Los Angeles, Carolina, Kansas City and Las Vegas Comedy festivals.
T H E C R E AT I V E T E A M Gene Jurek (playwright) has been involved in advertising, marketing, and entertainment venues since 1960. Deer Camp- The Musical, is his first stage play. He is currently adding the finishing touches to the script for Holy Bells! A Deer Camp Christmas, which makes its debut during the upcoming Christmas season. Gene said, “No matter how many times you see this play there is always something different. The guys keep adding twists and turns to my script which keeps it fresh. Sometimes I don’t even recognize what I thought I wrote.” Gene resides in Waite Park, MN.
Doug Spartz(composer ) has an uncanny ability to take a few words or a simple idea and change it into memorable song. His last album, The One Who’s Leavin’, was on the top ten Americana chart for months. To date, he has published countless songs and recorded many albums. He was recently named Americana Artists of the Year. Doug is also the Executive Director of the Mid-America Hall of Fame. He resides in Pine River, MN.
THE PRODUCTION TEA M Ross Young (Director) Ross Young is an actor, director, and commercial talent in the Twin Cities. Recent directing credits include Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad, in St Paul, Minnesota and We Gotta Bingo in Cleveland, Ohio. Other recent directing projects include A Don’t Hug Me County Fair, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, and eight productions of Tony and Tina’s Wedding in six cities across the country. His performing credits include long runs of Tony and Tina’s Wedding in Minneapolis and St Paul, several productions of the Don’t Hug Me series across the 4 Young Auditorium
Midwest, and annual appearances in It’s a Wonderful Life, the Radio Play at The Saint Paul Hotel. McKenzie Merges (Stage Manage) Mckenzie Merges received her BA in Theatre Arts and Communication Studies from St. Cloud State University. She is currently a freelance Stage Manager in the Twin Cities. Mckenzie has worked for theatres throughout Minnesota including; Park Square, Actors Theatre of Minnesota, Theatre L’Homme Dieu, and Pioneer Place on Fifth. This is her first tour with Stage Right Productions.
T H A N K YO U
Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters for the 2010-11 Season! SEASON SPONSORS
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W E D N E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 3 • 7 : 3 0 P M
The original from London’s West End Sponsored by:
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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CAST AGNETHA.............................................................................................................. CARLEY BROOM BJORN.......................................................................................................................MARK THOMAS BENNY.................................................................................................................. DAN GLUCKSTEIN ANNI –FRID (FRIDA)..............................................................................................KATY SUMMER GUITAR.................................................................................................................... PABLO ROBERTS BASS.............................................................................................................. MANOLO POLIDARIO DRUMS.............................................................................................................................BEN STONE H A N D S H A K E LT D. PRODUCER / CEO.....................................................................................STUART LITTLEWOOD FINANCIAL DIRECTOR...................................................................................CRAIG RAMADHIN INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS................................................................TODD LITTLEWOOD CONCEPT DEVISED BY...........................................................................STUART LITTLEWOOD CONCEPT CREATED BY........................................................................................MARK THOMAS US BOOKING AGENT..................................................................... CHRISTINE BARKLEY – APA ABOUT ABBA MANIA It’s now been 31 years since Abba last toured and as you can imagine in 1979 requests for tickets far outstripped availability with two Royal Albert Hall performances receiving 2 million requests for tickets, with only 5000 available. In short, it was the hottest ticket in town. Even today ABBA MANIA continues to grip the nation with countless tributes on television, radio and of course with the hugely popular stage hit Mamma Mia, now a feature film, so there are no signs that this popularity is slowing down! ABBA MANIA the concert takes you back in time by recreating one of the world’s finest pop groups in a live stage performance. This highly polished and professional production was created in 1999 and played its first shows in 2000. In 2002 ABBA MANIA was invited to perform at London’s West End and played for 18 weeks at the Strand Theatre. In November 2002 the show made its German debut at the Deutsches Theatre Munich where it sold every seat in the house for 21 performances. In 2003 the show was presented with a prestigious Radio Regenbogen award for the best musical of 2002, (fellow winners that year were Tom Jones and meatloaf ). In the same year ABBA MANIA toured extensively throughout Europe selling out theatres wherever they performed, including 24 consecutive shows in the Schiller Theatre in Berlin, and Cologne Arena selling 10,000 tickets in one night. The highlight of 2004 was playing a television special. Viewed by over 11 million people and broadcast throughout Europe, the show celebrated thirty years since Abba came to prominence with Waterloo (Eurovision 1974). Fellow performers included original members of the ABBA band, stars from the musical Mamma Mia and even the iconic Bjorn Ulveus made an appearance. Both the 2005 and 2006 tours were a great success with ticket sales for most venues selling out long before the show hit town, and this year’s tour, boasts a brand new production, new costumes, new stage set, and will be performing all your favorite ABBA hits. So we look forward to welcoming you back this year and will ensure that once again you’ll be “having the time of your life”. The show has toured internationally in regions as far afield as Venezuela, North America, Tahiti, Mexico, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, and many more, making this the world’s most successful touring ABBA show. Young Auditorium 7
W E D N E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 10 • 7 : 3 0 P M
Maximum Entertainment and Premiere Media present
Music and Lyrics by: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Starring (in alphabetical order)
Tavis Doucette
Jessica Kaufman
Katie Mitchell
Tripp Hampton
Kevin Metzger
Katie Reid
Kimberly Thomas Scenic Design by LEWIS FOLDEN
Lighting Design by Sound Design by Costume Design by ANDREW DAVID SCOTT ELMEGREEN BARBARA OSTROWSKI ANDERSON
Musical Arrangements by Richard Hip-Flores
Choreography by Vince Pesce
Directed and Conceived by Ray Roderick General Management by Maximum Entertainment Productions The worldwide copyrights in the works of George and Ira Gershwin for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin® family.
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
The Music and Lyrics for ‘S Wonderful were provided through special arrangement with the George Gershwin Family and the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts.
World Premiere Presented By the Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh PA, Van Kaplan, Executive Producer.
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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CAST (in
alphabetical order)
Gene....................................................................................................................... TRIPP HAMPTON Harold..................................................................................................................... KEVIN METZGER Leslie....................................................................................................................... KATIE MITCHELL Jane.................................................................................................................................... KATIE REID Nina................................................................................................................... KIMBERLY THOMAS Swings: TAVIS DOUCETTE, JESSICA KAUFMAN S TA F F Tech Director................................................................................................ DANIEL HARTMANN Music Supervisor......................................................................................RICHARD HIP-FLORES Pianist/ Music Director................................................................................. NATHAN W. PERRY Company Manager/Asst. Stage Manager..............................................MATTHEW S. KARR Exclusive Tour Direction..............................................................OBB/BROADWAY BOOKING Casting................................................................. JOY DEWING, DAVE CLEMMONS CASTING Tour Manager/Production Stage Manager............................................ANDREW J. WHITE Associate General Manager..............................................................................HOLLY SUTTON Marketing Coordinator........................................................................................ TAYLOR JAMES Production Manager.....................................................................................................RJ ROMEO Wardrobe Supervisor...................................................................................NANCY PALMATIER Projection Engineer.................................................................................................. JESSI SEDON
THE SONGS (in
alphanetical order)
A Foggy Day An American in Paris Boy Wanted Boy, What Love Has Done to Me But Not For Me By Strauss Do, Do, Do Do It Again Embraceable You Fascinating Rhythm Funny Face Heaven on Earth He Loves and She Loves I Got Rhythm Isn’t It A Pity? It Ain’t Necessarily So I’ve Got a Crush on You I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck Just Another Rhumba Kickin’ the Clouds Away Let’s Call the Whole Things Off
Love is Here to Stay My Cousin in Milwaukee Nice Work If You Can Get it Nobody But You Of Thee I Sing Rhapsody in Blue Shall We Dance? Slap That Bass Soon Somebody from Somewhere Somebody Loves Me Someone to Watch Over Me Stairway to Paradise Strike Up the Band Summertime Sweet and Low Down S Wonderful The Man I Love There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York They All Laughed They Can’t Take That Away From Me
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W H O ’ S W H O ; C A S T & C R E AT I V E T E A M ( c o n t .) TAVIS DOUCETTE (Male Swing) is elated to be working on the timeless material of the Gershwin’s. Graduated from Wagner College with a BA in Theater Performance. Theatre credits include Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Gordon), Brigadoon (Jeff Douglas), Waiting for Lefty (Dr. Barnes), As Bees in Honey Drown (Evan Wyler), and Sundog Theatre’s Tri-state Tour of A Christmas Carol (Fred). Film credits: Starfish (Student), Tales of Grimedu (President Wainwright). Tavis would like to thank his parents, family, and grandparents for teaching him the beauty of Gershwin. No matter what, Our Love is Here to Stay. TRIPP HAMPTON (Gene) is making his national tour debut in ‘S Wonderful! A Louisville, KY native, he is excited to be bringing this brilliant music to life after recently performing on the RSSC Voyager, singing in over 35 countries. Tripp graduated from Northern Kentucky University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Favoirte credits: Bobby in A Chorus Line, Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie, A-Rab in West Side Story, Sky in Guys and Dolls, Shimbleshanks in CATS, and performing with Theatre by the Sea, Flat Rock Playhouse, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Stephen Foster and Shenandoah Music Theatre.“Glory to the most creative Creator of them all!” JESSICA KAUFMAN (Female Swing) A Connecticut native, Jessica is thrilled to be seeing the country with ‘S Wonderful! OffBroadway: Dear Edwina (Swing). Selected regional: Dear Edwina (Kelli), Footloose (Ariel), Cinderella (Fairy Godmother), Henry V (Katherine). Jessica also narrates children’s audiobooks, and was recently selected as a promising new narrator by the Audio Publishers Association. Jessica has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Miami. Thanks to Joy and the ‘S Wonderful team for this amazing opportunity, and thanks and love to family, friends, and a long list of teachers. www.jessicakaufman.net KEVIN METZGER (Harold) National Tour Debut! Regional: Hairspray, All Shook Up, High School Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hello Dolly, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Hair. Other credits include: Into the Woods, Pippin and Urinetown. Proud graduate of NYU’s CAP21 and the Orange County High School of the Arts. Thanks to Clemmons Casting, everyone at Maximum, our awesome tour crew, and 10 Young Auditorium
Nate, Rick, Vince and Ray! For Mom, Dad and Ali. To my friends-LYLAS! Visit www.kevinmetzger.net. KATIE MITCHELL (Leslie) is thrilled and honored to be performing on her first National Tour! She received a BFA in Performing Arts at Western Kentucky University with an emphasis in Musical Theater. Favorite credits include West Side Story (Maria), Cinderella (Cinderella), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy). Katie would like to thank the fantastic cast and crew, her Mom and Dad for their constant support, Drew for the laughs, Josey for making her fearless, and God for this beautiful life. KATIE REID (Jane) Tours: NETworks’ Annie (Ronnie Boylan); NYC Credits: Eleven Days (Laurie Beechman), Something New (Broadway Comedy Club); Regional: Sweeney Todd, Tommy (Mrs. Walker u.s.), Huntington Theatre (featured singer), A Very Merry Pops with the OKC Philharmonic, The Scarlet Pimpernel (Marguerite), Ordinary Days (Claire), Seven Brides… and Oklahoma. Katie is a proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma. Thanks to my fabulous family and friends for your constant love and support. And, a special thanks to the ‘S Wonderful team and cast for this s’marvelous opportunity, what a truly unique experience! KIMBERLY THOMAS (Nina) This is Kimberly’s first professional theater production. She has performed in vocal and dance ensembles both in the United States and abroad. Her performance credits include the role of Deena Jones in a summer stock production of Dreamgirls. Her dance training includes Princeton Ballet, the official school of The American Repertory Ballet, and Center Stage Dance and Theater. Kimberly majored in vocal jazz performance at the University of the Arts, where she received a Bachelor of Music. GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) born in Brooklyn, New York on September 26, 1898, began his musical training at thirteen. in 1924, when George teamed up with his older brother Ira,“The Gershwins” became the dominant Broadway songwriters, creating such musical comedy hits such as Lady, Be Good! (1924), Oh, Kay! (1926), Funny Face (1927) and Of Thee I Sing (1931), the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize.
W H O ’ S W H O ; C A S T & C R E AT I V E T E A M ( c o n t .) Starting with his early days as a composer of songs, Gershwin had composed classics such as Rhapsody in Blue (1924), Concerto in F (1925) and An American in Paris (1928). The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (co-written with DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin) was the Gershwin brothers’ most ambitious undertaking, tightly integrating unforgettable songs with dramatic incident. In 1937, George Gershwin was at the height of his career. It was in Hollywood, while he was working on the score of The Goldwyn Follies, that George collapsed and died of a brain tumor; he was not quite 39 years old. IRA GERSHWIN (1896-1983), the first songwriter to receive a Pulitzer Prize (for Of Thee I Sing, 1932), wrote hundreds of songs for Broadway and Hollywood with his brother George. He also collaborated with other major composers, including Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Arthur Schwartz, Kurt Weill, Harry Warren, Burton Lane, Aaron Copland, and Vernon Duke. During his career, Gershwin was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Song (They Can’t Take That Away from Me, Long Ago (and Far Away), and The Man That Got Away). He took great pride in his contributions to the now-classic opera, Porgy and Bess (1935), and in his acclaimed book, Lyrics on Several Occasions (1959), an annotated compendium on his lyrics. RAY RODERICK (Writer / Director) has performed on Broadway in shows including Grind, Cats, The Wind in the Willows, Crazy for You, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. In 2000 he served as associate director for the Broadway revival of The Music Man, and has since directed numerous regional, off-Broadway, and tour productions, including the first national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He has combined his knowledge of directing, writing, and choreography to collaborate on several original productions including The Prince and the Pauper, The Ark, Heaven Help Us!, and I Love New York, as well as Are We There Yet? and Coming to America with partner James Hindman. He is the founding artistic director of Tri-State Center for the Arts, and co-created Miracle or 2 Productions, dedicated to the creation and development of the new American musical. VINCE PESCE (Choreographer) Choreography credits include: Abraham Lincoln’s BGDP (Off Broadway), Dancing With Abandon (FringeNYC), Lucky Break (NY
workshop/John Caird-Director); National/ International tours: Joseph...Dreamcoat (Director/Choreographer), Cinderella starring Lea Salonga, Victor Victoria (Mexico City Company), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Oliver!. Television credits include: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed starring Tracey Ullman (HBO), Clash of the Choirs starring Patti Labelle (NBC), Grease: You’re The One That I Want (NBC); Regional credits include: Little Shop of Horrors (Paper Mill Playhouse), White Christmas, Grease, Guys and Dolls, and West Side Story. Associate Choreographer to Kathleen Marshall on the Broadway productions of The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town, and Little Shop of Horrors. www.vincepesce.com RICHARD HIP-FLORES (Musical Arranger/ Supervisor) has recently played in the orchestras of Billy Elliot, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and Spelling Bee. As musical director and conductor, credits include High School Musical (MUNY), Singin in the Rain (North Shore Music Theatre), Jacques Brel (Zipper Theatre), Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Actors’ Playhouse), Shakespeare on Broadway (Symphony Space), 8 by Tenn (Hartford Stage), Dames at Sea (Bay Street), Henry and Mudge, A Christmas Carol (TheatreworksUSA), and numerous productions for Musicals Tonight. As composer: Abraham Lincoln’s BGDP (Off Broadway), Neon Mirage (Humana Festival, 2006), A Tooth Fairy Tale, My New York (Vital Theater), Dido and Aeneas (Prospect Theater), Tartuffe, As You Like It (Worth Street Players), and the Columbia University Varsity Show. LEWIS FOLDEN (Set Designer) covers the spectrum of theatrical types and genres. He has designed for the Pittsburgh, Boston, Miami, Milwaukee and Washington Ballets and has a long history of contemporary work with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. He’s also designed for many regional theatres/operas including Washington’s Woolly Mammoth, Theatre J and the Kennedy Center; Philadelphia’s Arden, Freedom, and People’s Light; Buffalo’s Studio Arena; Minneapolis Children’s Theatre; and more. Past productions have been seen on the West Coast, Off Broadway and in London. Mr. Folden has designed world premieres of plays by Ariel Dorfman, Jules Feiffer, John Guare, Tony Kushner, Richard Greenberg, and Robert Brustein. He holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Young Auditorium 11
W H O ’ S W H O ; C A S T & C R E AT I V E T E A M ( c o n t .) ANDREW DAVID OSTROWSKI (Lighting Designer) Recent work includes The Clockmaker for City Theater and the world premiere of Time after Time for the Playhouse Conservatory Company. For the Cabaret, Andy has designed the original production of Forever Plaid, Forbidden Broadway, Always...Patsy Cline, Plaid Tidings, Shear Madness, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, My Way, and 8-TRACK. For Pittsburgh CLO Andy has designed My Fair Lady, Hello Dolly, Funny Girl, Carousel, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. From 1998 through 2007 Andy was the Associate Lighting Designer for Pittsburgh CLO’s summer season designing over 50 productions. Nationally Andy has designed for North Shore Music Theater, Dallas Summer Musicals, Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars, Virginia Stage Company, Madison Opera, Merrimack Repertory Theater, North Carolina’s Blumenthal Center, Spoleto Festival USA, and The Arden Theater. Locally Andy has designed for City Theatre, Playhouse Repertory Company, Pittsburgh Opera, PICT, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Playhouse Conservatory Company, PNME, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, as well
as, several others. Andy was the Lighting Director for an International Tour of the Gershwin Opera Porgy and Bess. Andy was awarded a national merit award in 2002 for his work on Grand Hotel. Andy would like to thank his family and friends for their ongoing support.
2005 TONY AW A AWARD® WARD® WINNER
BARBARA ANDERSON (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for productions at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Yale School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon Theatre Company and many others. She did the costumes for the premiere of the CLO musical, Casper, The Musical, as well as five original musicals for the CLO Gallery of Heroes series. Her credits in film and television include six feature films with George Romero. PBS projects included designs for The Silence At Bethany, Leatherstocking Tales, Decades of Decision, The John Marshal series, Wonderworks, Once Upon a Classic and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Locally she created historical costumes for the John Heinz Regional Historic Center. She has also done mascots such as dragons and dinosaurs, shows for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and academic regalia. Barbara is the Anathan Professor of Drama at Carnegie Mellon and Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts.
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SCOTT ELMEGREEN (Sound Designer) is a sound designer, composer, and playwright living in New York City. Recent sound design credits include Colin Quinn Long Story Short, directed by Jerry Seinfeld (Bleecker Street Theatre), What I Took in My Hand (Ontological-Hysteric Theater; Brick Theatre), Daguerreotype (Abingdon Theatre), We Can’t Reach You, Hartford (Bedlam Theater; Fringe First nomination), and Joyce Carol Oates’ Tone Clusters (Bedlam Theater; Fringe Report Award, Best Play). Scott’s shows include COLLEGE The Musical (New York Musical Theatre Festival 2008; published by Dramatic Publishing Company), Vote for Me: A Musical Debate (NYMF 2010; commissioned by Aged in Wood Productions), Awesome Allie, First Kid Astronaut (commissioned by Vital Theatre), and Thucydides (Samuel French Festival Winner; published by Samuel French). He is a graduate of Princeton University. www.scottelmegreen.com
JESSI SEDON (Projection Engineer) is a local video/projection designer. Her most recent works include the REP’s A Confluence of Dreaming, Vanessa German’s Root, and
W H O ’ S W H O ; C A S T & C R E AT I V E T E A M ( c o n t .) Squonk Opera’s Mayhem & Majesty. Her Pittsburgh Playhouse credits include The Light in the Piazza, Time After Time, Antigone, and The Rocky Horror Show among others. Her PICT credits include Rock N’ Roll and The History Boys. Jessi has also worked with local dance companies, including The Pillow Project, which she designed a majority of interactive projections for the 2008 performance of Twenty Eighty-Four. She also created a projection installation for Second Saturdays at The Space Upstairs. NATHAN W. PERRY (Pianist/Music Director) in 1991, Nathan portrayed Huck Finn in the Mark Twin Musical Drama (Elmira, NY), and has since been confined to orchestra pits and bandstands. He recently conducted the national tours of The Pajama Game and Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash; others include Shout! The Mod Musical and the 25th Anniversary National Tour of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Regionally, he has appeared at West Virginia Public Theatre (Hairspray), Gateway Playhouse (Show Boat, A Christmas Carol), Cohoes Music Hall (Ain’t Misbehavin’, La Cage Aux Folles, and Kiss Me Kate), Allenberry Playhouse (The Full Monty, Oklahoma!, Clue: The Musical, and Into the Woods), and Gretna Theatre in central PA (Cole, Big River, The Fantasticks, A Grand Night for Singing, The Robber Bridegroom, and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change). Nathan holds a degree in Film Scoring from Berklee College of Music, which immediately landed him a job as a pizza deliveryman, and has been seen tickling the ivories at sea from Halifax to Hong Kong. Originally from Rochester, NY, he now resides in Pittsburgh. ANDREW J WHITE (Tour Manager/ Production Stage Manager) is back on the road again after an amazing time working with the hippies as a Producing & Management Assistant for the musical HAIR on Broadway. He has also recently toured with the East Village Opera Company as Lighting Designer and with The Great American Trailer Park Musical as Tour Manager. MATTHEW S. KARR (Company Manager/ Asst. Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with the entire company of ’S Wonderful! Following business school, Matt received a Graduate Degree in Theatre specializing in Stage Management from Michigan State University. He has worked with companies such as The Virginia Opera,
Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Fringe NYC, 86thegroove.com, Michigan Shakespeare Festival, and the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS organization. Most recently, he worked on the OffBroadway show Circumcise Me in NYC. He would like to thank his family and friends for their constant enthusiasm and support. He would especially like to thank his always supportive parents, to whom he dedicates all of his achievements. EVA PRICE/MAXIMUM ENTERTAINMENT (Producer/General Manager) is a producing, developing, and general management company in NYC stretching across Broadway, Off-Broadway and the touring spectrum founded by Avram Freedberg, Mary Beth Dale and Eva Price. Credits: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Addams Family, Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking, A Life in the Theatre. Off Broadway: Circumcise Me, Colin Quinn’s Long Story Short directed by Jerry Seinfeld, The J.A.P Show: Jewish American Princesses of Comedy, Marga Gomez’s Los Big Names (Drama Desk Nomination), Private Jokes Public Places,
“Sexy, daring, and fluid. They lit up the stage.” -The Dallas Morning News
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W H O ’ S W H O ; C A S T & C R E AT I V E T E A M ( c o n t .) Joy. Touring: Ella, a bio-musical about the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald, Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona The Musical. www.maximumcompany.com TODD GERSHWIN (Producer) Todd has a diverse background in theater, live events, music, and marketing. Todd handles numerous marketing, management and publishing opportunities for the George Gershwin music business, including musical theater, symphonic, motion picture, and television projects. Todd has also worked with a diverse group of corporate clients such as Reebok, Pepsi, Geico, TIAA-CREF, Allstate Insurance and Nike. Todd’s experience with not-for-profit organizations includes extensive work with the Boys Club of New York and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Todd’s live event background includes managing numerous events at venues such as Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum, and the Waldorf Astoria. Previously, Todd was a founding partner at Clutch Media and Marketing as well as Worldwide Marketing & Media Group, two leading New York marketing agencies. Todd holds a B.A. in Management & Communications from the University of Michigan, where he was recently awarded an alumni career achievement award. DAN CHILEWICH (Producer) has a diverse background in international trade, business, law and entertainment development. Having spent years developing complex joint venture projects with partners in China, Russia and Europe, he has most recently been concentrating on development, production and marketing of live events, theatrical performances and recorded media projects with various artists and music catalogs. Dan is a founding partner of Premiere Media, LLC, an events marketing and production company located in Westchester County, New York. Formerly, Dan was a partner at Clutch Media and Marketing, a leading New York media and marketing agency. Dan holds a B.S. in Economics from the Boston University School of Management and a J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law where he graduated with high honors and received the award for best writing in the Administrative Law Journal. OFF BROADWAY BOOKING (Booking Agent) The Off Broadway theatre scene has revamped its image over the past several 14 Young Auditorium
years from inexpensive and experimental theatre to a vibrant and exciting form of commercial entertainment that has attracted Broadway producers and notable celebrities. Off Broadway Booking is dedicated to the promotion and awareness of Off Broadway as a brand of excellence in theater to audiences outside of New York City. Off Broadway Booking creates an economically viable model of success for each touring production and successfully fills the void of quality commercial theater that can tour at an affordable rate. By doing this, Off Broadway Booking opens up the touring markets to small and mid-size theaters that otherwise cannot afford commercial productions, while still providing quality Broadway level programming to the larger markets across the country. Whether you are looking for a single night engagement or a headliner for your series, Off Broadway Booking is ready to meet all your creative and financial needs by bringing you the very best in theatrical entertainment. PITTSBURGH CLO (Van Kaplan, Executive Producer) has been a driving force behind the preservation, creation and promotion of live musical theater since 1946. As one of the largest regional musical theater organizations in the country, Pittsburgh CLO is fortunate for the yearly support of nearly 200,000 patrons. In addition to producing fresh new productions of Broadway classics, the non-for- profit’s mission is to develop new works and showcase new talent. The organization’s dedication to musical theater extends beyond its six-show summer season to year-round programming at its 250 seat CLO Cabaret Theater, which this summer saw the world premiere of ‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical. Ongoing initiatives are the Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theater, CLO Mini Stars, the Construction Center for the Arts, The Richard Rodgers Award, and the acclaimed Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, a 20 year-old program and first of its kind in the country. It is also a founder and co-producer of the National High School Musical Theater Awards. In 1997, the organization expanded its mission to include developing and producing new musicals for touring and Broadway, where it is represented this season by Come Fly Away and The Addams Family. Please visit PittsburghCLO.org.
YO U N G AU D I TO R I U M M E M B E R S Director’s Council James R. Connor David & Lolita Kachel Francine L. Pease Director’s Circle Ron & Ann Abele James & Julie Caldwell David & Kathy Granum H. Gaylon & Hannah Greenhill John & Sandra Heyer Mitzi Joseph Ken Kohberger Craig Matzinger Julian & Anne Stinson Chuck & Barb Taylor Richard & Veronica Telfer Joyce Vande Bunt Ambassador Richard & Kathy Haven Dawn & Lyle Hunter Ken & Susie Kidd Rudy & Patti Korsmo Mark McPhail Kenneth & Dorothy Otting Earl & Susan Paddock Dennis & Margaret Rohrs Carole Scharinger William & Marlyne Seymour Richard & Judy Triebold Elmer Werhane Patron Dr. L. C. Allenstein Craig & Bonnie Anderson Forrest Bright Robert & Marion Burrows Winona Campbell James Carlson Rollin & Nancy Cooper Jo Coulthart Jack & Betty Frawley Thomas Grotelueschen Ginny Hall Glenn & Christine Hayes Jean J. Hermsen John & Nancy Hoffmann Geraldine & Robert Jennings Dale & Janice Johnson Doris Jones Mary Kenne Arthur Kopp Dr. Beverly Kopper Orville & Carol Larson
Everett & Ellen Long Nels & Gloria Madsen Rowland & Audrey McClellan Michael & Jean Morrissey Margaret Mueller Terry & Arlene Ostermeier Jerry & Jan Palzkill Anthony & Lenore Pavlick Lyn & Mary Kay Piatt Mary Hill-Roth & Ted Roth Rod & Sue Scherer Jim & Sue Schlough Jerry & Bunny Schoen Betty Schoonover Lewis & Kathleen Scott Cynthia Smith Joel Socwell Ben Strand & Kari Borne Dean & Shirley Taylor 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 Steve & Pam Barnes Bob & Cindy Barry Patricia & Thomas Bauhs Thomas & Christine E. Beckman Dale Benson Frank & Steph Beran Bruce Bertelsen James & Ginger Best Lynn & Cheryl Binnie Ron & Marilyn Binning Bryan Bishop Elizabeth Blumberg Bill & Karen Bohn Jean Bourenske Cindy Bowen Paul & Nancy Breitsprecher Myra Brien Merrilyn Britzke James Bronson & Peggy Kuchen Kevin Brunner & Nancy Blake Brunner Dorothy Bruno Susan Burkhardt
James Bushelle Gerald & Lois Caslavka Thomas Cheesebro Peter & Ann Chester Steve Cline Craig & Carol Cobb Marilyn & Richard Coogan Lou Ann Covi Antionette Czebotar Dean & Bonnie Dahnert Jacqueline Dailey Corey Davis Joan Dedolph Larry & Sue Ferry Donald & Barbara Foth Donna G. Fox Audrey & Christian Gatz Nancy & Leo Geidel Mary Godfrey Norm & Polly Godfrey Kathy & Jim Gross Robert Gruber Carol Guequierre Mark Gustafson & Su Ash Gustafson Elizabeth Haenisch Hans & Carla Hahn Michael F. & Sharyn L. Hahn Margaret Hancock Diane Hanson Marian A. Hanson* John & Jean Henderson Susan Hiscox John & Ann Hough Gene & Charlotte Huntley Helene Hurdis Martha Johnson Richard & Susan Kaja Debra & Ken Kirkeby Sybil Klug Sharon & Jeff Knight Bob & Gloria Knipschild Arthur Kolb & Dorothy Kopp Paul & Sue Kremer Irene Labonne David & Nancy Lader John & Catherine Lader Steven Landfried Leota & Steve Larson Laura Lester Jean Lewis Luann Livingston Don Maasz Connie & Alan Marshall Edwin Mathews Sandra Matson Young Auditorium 15
YO U N G AU D I TO R I U M M E M B E R S ( c o n t .) Jeffrey McKinney Rosemary Metzdorff Dan & Jodi Miller Jim & Carol Miller Bob Mischka Charles & Carolyn Mowbray Barry Mullen John & Arlene Newhouse Marie Northey Lois O’Brien Kim & Denise O’Keefe Michael Olson Richard & Judy Owens Larry & Mary Peiffer Astrid Peterson Kirke & Elaine Plank Donna Rice Dale & Colleen Riggs John & Julie Ripley James Rogers James & Alice Rogers Dick & Julie Ruhe Daniel Sable Dennis & Mary Salverson Kathleen Salzwedel Doug & Karen Saubert Alice Scherer Judith Schinneller Ervin Schlepp Jean Schollmeier Faye Schouten Dennis & Evelyn Schulz Robert & Sharon Schweitzer Roger & Helen Shimon Tom & Sue Short Larry & Edie Simons Patrick & Frances Snyder Thomas Spiegelhof Barbara Stallman Dave & Bonnie Stanley Dennis & Eva Stanton
David & Cheryl Stedman Ann & Howie Stiff David & Merri Stoneman Richard & Arlene Trewyn Fred & Jeanne Triebold Angel & Chris Tullar Marc & Nancy Turner Ron & Sandra Van Able Carleen & Arthur VanderKoy John & Darlene Varnes John & Lila Waldman Vivian & Fred Welch Donald Werdin & Carol Christ Oneida L. Wheeler Eda Wilson Rod & LaVonne Wittwer Jack & Ella Woodbury James & Mary Jo Wooldridge Mark & Peggy Wuenstel Wally & Joan Yandel June Yantis Charles & Barbara Zidek Contributor Jackie Amundson & Dean Zweifel Julia Armstrong Michael & Karen Atwood George & Susan Bauer Donald & Constance Brick George & Harriet Christopherson Mr. & Mrs. Cohen John Finney Margaret & Dale Fose Barry & Margo Goldberg Edward Groshan Richard Haney Donna J. Heid Carolyn Heisey
Kathy Helgeson Kristin Koeffler Caroline Kreinz Pete & Carol Kumlien Nancy Leinius Dr. Steven & Larissa Lyon Tom Marshall Marie Martin Susan Mealy Gilbert Myers Dan & Gloria Navarre Tom & Mary Oehler Thelma Robbins James & Cheral Sadler Merle & Mary Lou Schinke Susan Sims Steve & Linda Steinhoff Miles A. & Nancy Stejskal Patricia Townsend Yvonne Treiterer Karolyn & Hugo Tscharnack Mary Ulrich Stan & Val Vesely Mary Lynn Vogel Paul Woodard & Jan Burandt Daniel Yeazel Student Kevin Hardwick Margaret Janovetz-Casey Owen Kirkeby Gerald Roche Lisa Tessene-Martin Matching Gift USG Foundation, Inc. Wisconsin Energy Corporation *Deaceased
John McGivern’s Home for the Holidays
Friday, December 3 - 7:30 pm Dinner 6 pm Kachel Center
A hilarious holiday trip through the McGivern family archives!
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