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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013 • 7:30 PM NETworks presents
Book and Lyrics by
Music and Lyrics by
JOE DiPIETRO
DAVID BRYAN
Based on a concept by
GEORGE W. GEORGE Starring
JOEY ELROSE JASMIN RICHARDSON with
RaMOND THOMAS
D. SCOTT WITHERS AVOINCE HOYLES
JERRIAL T. YOUNG
PAT SIBLEY
KEELY BEIRNE OYOYO JOI BONNER TAYLOR BROADARD SIDNEY DuPONT KENNY FRANCOEUR LAURIE ELIZABETH GARDNER DANIEL S. HINES KYSHAWN K. LANE JT McKENZIE KAITLIN NIEWOEHNER JONATHAN RAGSDALE JONAS SHUMPERT EDDIE URISH ERIKA CONAWAY JOSE GONZALEZ
Scenic Design DAVID GALLO
Costume Design PAUL TAZEWELL
Lighting Design HOWELL BINKLEY
Sound Design SHANNON SLATON
Hair & Wig Design CHRISTOPHER LaPOINTE
Fight Director STEVE RANKIN
Associate Scenic Design STEVE KEMP
Associate Lighting Design MARK SIMPSON
Casting BOB CLINE
Orchestrations DARYL WATERS & DAVID BRYAN
Musical Director ALAN J. PLADO
Executive Producer KARY M. WALKER General Manager GENTRY & ASSOCIATES MARY K. WITTE
Dance Arrangements AUGUST ERIKSMOEN
Tour Marketing & Press ANITA DLONIAK & ASSOCIATES, INC Production Management HECTOR GUIVAS
Music Coordinator/Consultant JOHN MEZZIO
Tour Booking Agency THE BOOKING GROUP
Production Stage Manager TRAVIS HARTY
Music Producer/Music Supervisor CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE
Original Choreography Recreated by JERMAINE R. REMBERT Original Choreography by
SERGIO TRUJILLO Original Direction Recreated by ADAM ARIAN Original Direction by
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY This Production of Memphis Originally Co-produced by La Jolla Playhouse and 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Originally produced on Broadway by Junkyard Dog Productions, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, and Kenny & Marleen Alhadeff
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Company Manager COLIN BYRNE
CAST (in order of appea rance) Ensemble/White DJ/Perry Como/Buck Wiley/Frank Dryer/Martin Holton.....................DANIEL S. HINES Ensemble/Black DJ/Wailin’ Joe/Reverend Hobson........................................................JT McKENZIE Delray.................................................................................................................................RaMOND THOMAS Gator ................................................................................................................................... AVIONCE HOYLES Bobby..................................................................................................................................JERRIAL T. YOUNG Ensemble/Someday Backup Singer/Teenager ............................................................ KEELY BEIRNE Ensemble/Someday Backup Singer..................................................................... OYOYO JOI BONNER Ensemble/Someday Backup Singer/Ethel..........................................................TAYLOR BROADARD Ensemble/Be Black Trio...................................................................................................SIDNEY DuPONT Ensemble/Be Black Trio............................................................................................... KYSHAWN K. LANE Ensemble/Be Black Trio............................................................................................... JONAS SHUMPERT Felicia...........................................................................................................................JASMIN RICHARDSON Huey..............................................................................................................................................JOEY ELROSE Ensemble/Mr. Collins/White Father/Gordon Grant.......................................................EDDIE URISH Ensemble/Clara/Teenager/White Mother.......................................LAURIE ELIZABETH GARDNER Ensemble/Teenager.................................................................................................. KENNY FRANCOEUR, KAITLIN NIEWOEHNER, JONATHAN RAGSDALE Mr. Simmons...................................................................................................................D. SCOTT WITHERS Mama.................................................................................................................................................PAT SIBLEY SWINGS AND UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performances. SWINGS ERIKA CONAWAY; JOSE GONZALEZ UNDERSTUDIES For Huey—KENNY FRANCOEUR, DANIEL S. HINES, JONATHAN RAGSDALE; For Felicia—KEELY BEIRNE, OYOYO JOI BONNER; For Delray— KYSHAWN K. LANE, JT McKENZIE; For Bobby— SIDNEY DuPONT, JT McKENZIE; For Gator— SIDNEY DuPONT, KYSHAWN K. LANE; For Gladys—LAURIE ELIZABETH GARDNER; For Mr. Simmons— EDDIE URISH Dance Captain—ERIKA CONAWAY Fight Captain, Assistant Dance Captain—JOSE GONZALEZ
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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I “Underground”........................................................................................... Delray, Felicia and Company “The Music of My Soul”...............................................................................Huey, Felicia and Company “Scratch My Itch”...............................................................................................Wailin’ Joe and Company “Ain’t Nothin’ But a Kiss”..................................................................................................Felicia and Huey “Hello, My Name Is Huey”............................................................................................................. ........Huey “Everybody Wants to Be Black on a Saturday Night”......................................................... Company “Make Me Stronger”...................................................................... Huey, Mama, Felicia and Company “Colored Woman”.................................................................................................................................. Felicia “Someday”................................................................................................................... Felicia and Company “She’s My Sister”.................................................................................................................Delray and Huey “Radio”............................................................................................................................ Huey and Company “Say a Prayer”.............................................................................................................. Gator and Company ACT II “Crazy Little Huey”...................................................................................................... Huey and Company “Big Love”..................................................................................................................................................Bobby “Love Will Stand When All Else Falls”.................................................................. Felicia and Company “Stand Up”............................................................Delray, Felicia, Huey, Gator, Bobby and Company “Change Don’t Come Easy”............................................................. Mama, Delray, Gator and Bobby “Tear Down the House”............................................................................................. Huey and Company “Love Will Stand/Ain’t Nothin’ But a Kiss” (Reprise)...............................................Felicia and Huey “Memphis Lives in Me”............................................................................................. .Huey and Company “Steal Your Rock ‘n’ Roll”..............................................................................Huey, Felicia and Company Time—The 1950s THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
THE MEMPHIS BAND Conductor/Keys 1 – Alan J. Plado Associate Conductor/Keys 2 – John Bronston Drums/Percussion – Kevin McNaughton Guitar – Will Yanez Bass – Daniel Durston Trumpet – Patrick Stouffer Trombone – James Yardley Reed – Jason Mink Music Coordinator – John Mezzio
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WHO’S WHO JOEY ELROSE (Huey Calhoun) is a native New Yorker and is thrilled to be touring with the fantastical Memphis! Credits include: Rock of Ages (Nat’l Tour), Grease (Nat’l Tour), RENT (Welk Resort), Pajama Game (Starlight CLO), Babes in Toyland (Lincoln Center). BFAAdelphi U. Thanks to my family. Measure in Love and HOCKADOO!!! JASMIN RICHARDSON (Felicia) is a graduate of Abilene Christian University where she received her B.F.A. in Musical Theater. National/ International tour credits: Dreamgirls (Deena Jones). Regional Credits: Dreamgirls (Michelle), Drowsy Chaperone (Trix). Cruise Lines: Disney, Norwegian and Celebrity Cruise Lines. Some of her theater credits include Aida (Aida), All Shook Up (Lorraine). Catch up with Jasmin on JasminRichardson.com RaMOND THOMAS (Delray). Creative Cauldron: Thunder Knocking On The Door (Thunder), Keegan Theater: Working (Rex/Utkarsh) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney), The InSeries Love Potion #1--L’Elisir D’Amore (The Jock), TheatreWorks Palo Alto Grey Gardens.(Brooks understudy). D. SCOTT WITHERS (Mr. Simmons) is thrilled to travel the country with Memphis! National tours: Catch Me If You Can (Roger Strong). Recent regional: Gypsy (Herbie); Hairspray (Edna); Baby (Alan); Lyle the Crocodile (Victor P. Valenti). BFA - AZ State University. Love to AJP, Childsplay family and Withers clan! AVIONCE HOYLES (Gator) is a Rock Hill, SC naitive and graduate of The American Musical & Dramatic Academy, NY. Avionce is thrilled to be a part of this incredible production! National Tour: Tyler Perry’s The Haves and Have Nots (Wallie u/s), Pippi Longstocking (Larson). Regional: Rent (Angel), Tyler Perry Presents U Don’t Know Me: The Musical (Brent), Songs For a New World (Man 1), Black Nativity (Reuel), Charlotte’s Web (Wilbur). Thank you Jesus for this awesome opportunity and my family for all their support! JERRIAL T. YOUNG (Bobby) is ecstatic to be a part of the Memphis family!! Previous credits include: Off Broadway Joshua Benjamin, Dust and Shadow Husband. National Tours: Smokey Joes café Adrian, Go Diego Go Live! Rescue Pack. Regional: Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. Children of Eden Father, Damn Yankees Applegate, Aint Misbehavin Ken, Parade Jim Conley, Guys and Dolls Nicely Nicely, Full Monty Horse. He is a proud member of the “Equity Membership Candidate Program”! He hopes to grace the Broadway stage someday soon! He would like to thank god, dad, Nik Alexzander, and “mom I love you and this one is for you”! Follow @InDaHeightsFan PAT SIBLEY (Mama). This is Pat’s 9th year of touring having previously been seen as Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, Mrs. Pugh in Annie and Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! Originally from Los Angeles, Pat now resides in Seattle.
KEELY BEIRNE (Ensemble) is thrilled to making her national tour debut as a recent graduate of Penn State University’s B.F.A. Musical Theatre program! Recent Credits: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 42nd Street, and Phantom at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Hairspray at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, as well as numerous productions at Penn State. She also studied dance at Center Stage Dance & Theatre School in New Jersey. Many thanks to Bob Cline, cast, crew, loving family and squad! www.keelybeirne.com OYOYO JOI BONNER (Ensemble) is excited to be on her first National tour with this great musical! “What an amazing opportunity and experience this journey has become, I hope for many more like it!” Studied Music Dance Theatre at Brigham Young University, has enjoyed tours as a featured singer to Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Cuba! Her most cherished roles are “Ti Moune” in Once On This Island, “Melpomene” in Xanadu, “Sarah” in Ragtime, and Ensemble in Hairspray, Aladdin and White Christmas. “Thank you family and friends for your continued support!” TAYLOR BROADARD (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be going Underground in Memphis! Regional: Monty Python’s Spamalot (Ensemble) B.F.A. Musical Theatre, Minor Dance from Pace University. Much love to God, family, friends, & teachers! Couldn’t have done it without you! MT F13RCE! Twitter/Instagram @ TBroadard8 SIDNEY DuPONT (Ensemble) was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some favorite credits (Natl’ Tour) A Chorus Line; (Regional) Hairspray, Cabaret, and Songs for a New World. Thanks to my family, friends, BLOC, BDF, and this fantastic cast of Memphis! UARTS MT13 KENNY FRANCOEUR (Ensemble) is excited to join the cast of Memphis! Theatre- Hair (Berger), Gypsy (Tulsa), Titanic (Jim), Children of Eden (Japeth). BFA Elon University, many thanks to Mom & Dad, Gail, M, Katie, the harem, and my Elon family. www.kennyfrancoeur.com LAURIE ELIZABETH GARDNER (Ensemble) thrilled to be on tour with Memphis! Recently seen creating title role in 50 Shades of Grey, Musical Parody (Ana Steele)! Cabaret (Sally), Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), Lend Me a Tenor (Maggie), Carousel (Carrie U/S, DC), Marriage of Figaro (Barbarina, Susanna U/S), Two Noble Kinsmen (Emilia). Graduated CCM. www.broadwaydemo.com/ lauriegardner Love to Papi! DANIEL S. HINES (Ensemble) is stoked to join the NETworks team in bringing a little soul to your town. Ever the nomad, Daniel has been blessed to perform regionally from Florida to Alaska and everywhere in between. Favorite credits include Miss Saigon (Chris), HAIR (Claude), The Pillowman (Katurian), Carousel (Jigger), and Oklahoma! (Will Parker). Daniel gives thanks to God, family and Timmy for unending love and support. “Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!” www.danielshines.com Young Auditorium
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KYSHAWN K. LANE (Ensemble). From a kid singing with his karaoke to the big stage joining the Memphis family, Kyshawn can not be more excited. Past favorite credits include: Off Broadway: Songs for a New World. Regional: Hairspray (Papermill Playhouse, Coastal Arts) Joseph...;(Arizona Broadway Theatre) A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theater) Rent, All Shook up (Seacoast Rep). Commercial: Verizon, Wendys. Thanks to God for this amazing opportunity, to my parents, family, Dani and friends for their continuous love and support. Special thanks to my family at About Artists and Bob Cline casting. JT McKENZIE (Ensemble) is beyond excited and proud to be part of an amazing show and cast! Favorite credits: The Sizzlin’ Sixties at The Fireside Theatre, 1776 and B Boy Blues. So much love to friends and family. Apt 22! KAITLIN NIEWOEHNER (Ensemble) is elated to join the ensemble of Memphis! She is a gymnast turned dancer with a BS in Architecture. National Tours: A Chorus Line (swing). Regional: Can-can (WBT, Ensemble), Hairspray (Amber), Spelling Bee (Olive). All gratitude to God! www.kaitlinniewoehner.com JONATHAN RAGSDALE (Ensemble). First National Tour! BA in Theatre & Dance from UNM. Favorite roles: PIPPIN (Pippin), Footloose (Ren), Hairspray (Link), Cats (Tugger/Skimble), RENT (Ensemble, Roger u/s). TV: “Breaking Bad”, “In Plain Sight”. Choreography: Legally Blonde, JC Superstar, Joseph...Dreamcoat, 101 Dalmatians, Godspell. Thanks to Mom & Dad, and all of my friends and students for inspiring me every day! Twitter/Instagram: @TheJRags, YouTube.com/ ragsdalejt. JONAS SHUMPERT (Ensemble) is excited to be joining the cast of Memphis. A Graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. The Chicagoland native credits include International tour of Fame - The Musical, Walt Disney World’s Festival of The Lion King, Dance Captain/Dancer for Royal Caribbean and Holland American Cruise lines. He thanks God for the opportunity to share this story, and hopes you enjoy the ride of Memphis! Follow @JonasShumpert EDDIE URISH (Ensemble). Huck in Huckleberry Finn (Nat’l Tour), August: Osage County (The Fulton), Our Town (Steppenwolf), You Say Tomato… (Downstairs Cabaret)…Directed U.S. Premieres of Steve Schalchin’s Amy & Steve (Off-Broadway) & Joe Brooks’ Metropolis. Former CBS Morning Show Host… “Whit, Ellie, ILU!” ERIKA CONAWAY (Swing/Dance Captain) is excited to be joining the Memphis Family! Tours: A Chorus Line (Judy Turner) Regional: Aida (Amneris), Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), and Oklahoma! (Ado Annie). Love my family, friends, and especially AJ and Ricky Kitty. Peace. Love. JOSE GONZALEZ (Swing/Asst. Dance Captain) is very excited for his national tour debut! In 40 words: Oakland, CA —> NYC. Favorite credits - Spring 6
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Awakening (Ernst), A Chorus Line (Richie), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger u/s). Other credits - In The Heights, West Side Story, High School Musical 2, overseas with NICKELODEON. Love you mom! =) TRAVIS HARTY (Production Stage Manager) graduated from Otterbein University with a BA in Stage Management and Music. Regional: Maple & Vine, A Devil at Noon (Humana Festival), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Dracula, Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre). Other: The Woman in Black, and Suds! (Crossroads Rep) JOE DiPIETRO (Book and Co-Lyrics) won two Tony Awards for co-writing Memphis. Memphis also received the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical. He was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award for his book for his current Broadway show Nice Work If You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick. His other plays and musicals include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (the longest-running musical revue in OffBroadway history); The Toxic Avenger and The Thing About Men (both winners of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical); the muchproduced comedy Over the River and Through The Woods; The Art of Murder (Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Play); and the Broadway musical All Shook Up. His work has received thousands of productions across the country and around the world. DAVID BRYAN (Music, Co-Lyrics) recently won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Memphis, as well as Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Orchestrations. Memphis also received 2010 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical. David is the Grammy Award-winning keyboard player and founding member of Bon Jovi. Over the past 26 years the band has sold more than 130 million records and toured the world playing to millions of people. David and Joe DiPietro have also co-written the award-winning musical The Toxic Avenger. Among his work for other charities, David is a national spokesperson for VH1’s Save the Music Program. Much love to Lexi, Colton, Gabby, Lily and my family. CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Original Director) has served as Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse since October 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s world-premiere productions of Arthur Kopit’s A Dram of Drummhicit, Claudia Shear’s Restoration, as well as Glengarry Glen Ross, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the acclaimed musicals Xanadu and Memphis, which went on to win four 2010 Tony Awards on Broadway, including Best Musical. Prior to joining the Playhouse, he directed the Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), as well as the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York credits include: Leap of Faith, Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel and Obie awards), The Most
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Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others. Mr. Ashley also directed the feature film Jeffrey and the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama League Director Fellowship and an NEA/ TCG Director Fellowship. SERGIO TRUJILLO (Original Choreographer). Broadway: Tony and Olivier Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys (Olivier, Drama Desk, Dora, OCC Award noms.), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk, Astaire noms.), The Addams Family, Next to Normal (Lucille Lortel Award nom.), All Shook Up, Guys and Dolls (Astaire Award nom.). Off-Broadway: Saved (Lucille Lortel nom.), The Capeman, Romeo & Juliet (Public), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Kismet (Encores!), Salome (NYC Opera). Regional: White Noise (director/ choreographer), The Wiz, Zhivago (La Jolla), Mambo Kings, The Marriage of Figaro (L.A. Opera), Chita and All That Jazz. International: Disney’s Tarzan (World Theatre Award nom.); West Side Story; The Sound of Music (Stratford); Peggy Sue Got Married (West End); Kiss Me, Kate (Japan). TV: Judging/choreographing on “So You Think You Can Dance: Canada,” “Broadway: The American Musical” (PBS), “The 14th American Comedy Awards” (ABC), “Triple Sensation” (CBC). Ovation Award for Empire: A New American Musical, four Dora Award nominations in Canada. Upcoming: Director and choreographer for the national tour and Broadway production of Flashdance. On Broadway: Hands on a Hardbody. CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE (Music Producer/Music Supervisor). Orchestrations: Porgy and Bess (2012 Tony Nomination—Best Orchestrations), Les Misérables (Broadway, Madrid, Netherlands, London, U.K. tour, U.S. tour, Dutch album, Spanish album, 25th anni versary album, O2 arena concert—also DVD/ Blu-ray), Do You Hear the People Sing? (symphonic tour of Schonberg/Boublil), Dessa Rose, A Man of No Importance, Legally Blonde, Cry-Baby, Grease (2007 revival), Tom Jones (Stiles/Leigh), Chasing Nicolette, Dear World, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Just So. Assistant to William David Brohn: Sweet Smell of Success, Ragtime, The Three Musketeers, The Witches of Eastwick, Mary Poppins, Wicked. ADAM ARIAN (Associate Director) is thrilled to be continuing his five year journey with Memphis, which started as Chris Ashley’s A.D. at the La Jolla Playhouse. He is the winner of San Diego’s Patte Award for Outstanding Direction for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead and his production of Camino Real, landed on several San Diego newspapers’ “best of year” lists. World premieres include works by Kristoffer Diaz, Lucy Thurber, Rachel Axler, Lauren Yee and more. Other work includes: New York Musical Theater Fest: Arnie the Doughnut, 2012; Fantasy Football the Musical, NYMF 2009 - (Audience Favorite Award). Sam French
Festival Finalist 2012. 2010 Geva Theater Center Directing Fellow; Geva Theater; HERE; Prospect Theater Co.; Chalk Rep; Iama Theater Co.; NY Fringe; Reverie Productions; Winnipesaukee Playhouse; Williamstown; and the La Jolla Playhouse. Adam is also an actor, and has appeared in Broadway and Off Broadway productions, as well as several television appearances, Adam has received his MFA in directing from UC San Diego, and his BA from Brown University. JERMAINE R. REMBERT (Associate Choreographer) Credits include: Dance Captain and Assistant choreographer for Broadway and First National tour of Memphis; Assistant Director for Midtown International Theatre Festival in NYC production of “Motel Rasdell”, and choreographer and teacher at Sun Valley Ballet School in Sun Valley, Idaho. Performance credits include: Film/Television as well as the Broadway productions of Memphis, La Cage aux Folles, Oklahoma, Swing, All Shook Up, On the Twentieth Century and Funny Girl. Other credits include The Will Rogers Follies (Gateway Playhouse), Camelot (Lincoln Center w/NY Philharmonic), and a member of Columbia City Ballet in Columbia, South Carolina. DAVID GALLO (Set Design) won the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for The Drowsy Chaperone. A longtime collabo rator of celebrated
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playwright August Wilson, Mr. Gallo’s designs for Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf garnered him two additional Tony Award nominations. His designs may be seen in more than one dozen cities worldwide. Favorite Broadway credits include Memphis; Stick Fly; The Mountaintop; Colin Quinn: Long Story Short; reasons to be pretty; Xanadu; Radio Golf; Company; The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards); Gem of the Ocean; Thoroughly Modern Millie (also London); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; A View from the Bridge; and Hughie. Selected off-Broadway: Evil Dead; The Wild Party; Jitney (also London); Wonder of the World; A New Brain; Bunny Bunny; and Blue Man Group (New York, Boston, Chicago and Las Vegas). Designs for numerous family pro ductions include the very popular Super Why Live, Yo Gabba Gabba Live (Billboard Award for Creative Content), Elmo’s Christmas Countdown, The 135th Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, as well as the national tours of Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues Live, DreamWorks’ Madagascar Live and the current international tour of SpongeBob Squarepants. David was selected to design August Wilson’s Twentieth Century at The Kennedy Center as well as represent American Set Design at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial. His work is part of The National Archive at The Smithsonian. www. davidgallo.com. PAUL TAZEWELL (Costume Design). Broadway: Memphis (Tony nomination); A Streetcar Named Desire; Jesus Christ Superstar; Lombardi; Guys and Dolls; In the Heights (Tony nomination); The Color Purple (Tony nomination); Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (Tony nomination); Caroline or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Drowning Crow; On the Town; Def Poetry Jam; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Fascinating Rhythm. Off Broadway: Ruined, Flesh and Blood; Harlem Song; Dina Was; City Center Encores! The Wiz; Li’l Abner and Purlie. The Met: Faust. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Recent Broadway: A Christmas Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, How to Succeed… starring Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Tony nomination), Million Dollar Quartet, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman, How to Succeed… starring Matthew Broderick. Parsons Dance (co-founder), The Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards, Alvin Ailey, ABT, NYC Ballet and The Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. Fivetime Helen Hayes Award recipient, 1993 Olivier and Canadian Dora Award for Spider Woman; 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle and Tony Award for Jersey Boys. SHANNON SLATON (Sound Design) has designed many national tours including: Shrek, Hairspray, The Producers, Noise/Funk, The Full Monty, Contact, Tap Dogs, Sweeney Todd, Drowsy Chaperone, and Wedding Singer. He has also mixed many shows on Broadway including: Man of La Mancha, Bombay Dreams, Sweet 8
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Charity, Jersey Boys, Spring Awakening, Fela!, Anything Goes, Annie, and Legally Blonde. He was also the Production Sound for Wicked on Broadway and The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and the U.S. National tour. GEORGE W. GEORGE (Story Concept) produced nine Broadway shows including Any Wednesday, the Tony Award-nominated Dylan starring Alec Guinness, and Bedroom Farce written by Alan Ayckbourn. George began his career writing for television: “Bonanza,” “The Rifleman” and “Wanted: Dead or Alive.” His film writing credits include The Navadan, Peggy and Smoke Signal. George produced The James Dean Story, directed by Robert Altman; Night Watch, starring Elizabeth Taylor; Rich Kids, written by Judith Ross; and My Dinner with Andre, directed by Louis Malle. CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design). Broadway: Memphis, The Performers, Bring It On The Musical, The Columnist, A Streetcar Named Desire, Clybourne Park, Magic/Bird, Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde, The Mountaintop, 33 Variations, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Short: Fame…, Good Vibrations, The Apple Tree, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Radio Golf, Sight Unseen, Cymbeline, Henry IV, The Rivals, Xanadu and Superior Donuts. Jersey Boys U.S. tour, Chicago, Las Vegas, Toronto, London and Melbourne; The Color Purple national tour; Xanadu national tour; and In the Heights national tour. Many Off-Broadway and regional credits. Love to James. STEVE RANKIN (Fight Director). Broadway: Memphis, Bonnie and Clyde, Henry IV, Parts I and II; Jersey Boys; The Farnsworth Invention; Dracula; Twelfth Night; Two Shakespearean Actors; Anna Christie; The Real Inspector Hound; Getting Away With Murder; The Who’s Tommy. Off-Broadway: The Third Story, Pig Farm, The Night Hank Williams Died, Below the Belt. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra, Macbeth. Metropolitan Opera: Rodelinda, Iphigénie en Tauride. Mr. Rankin is also a mandolinist with the folk/ bluegrass artist Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band. DARYL WATERS (Co-Orchestrator). Orchestrations: Memphis (Tony Award), Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk; Street Corner Symphony (Broadway). Dance music arrangements: The Color Purple; Jelly’s Last Jam (Broadway). Original music: Noise/Funk (Tony/ Grammy nominations), Drowning Crow (Broadway). Longtime music director for Eartha Kitt. Mr. Waters is a music gradu ate of Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC. JOHN MEZZIO (Music Consultant/Coordinator) has conducted several national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor Victoria starring Toni Tennille, Seussical The Musical starring Cathy Rigby, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, the Royal National Theatre’s revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and The Wedding Singer. Additionally, Mr. Mezzio was Associate Conductor for
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. John was Musical Coordinator for several national tours including Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, Annie starring John Schuck and Mackenzie Phillips, Hairspray, The Producers, and Shrek the Musical. He is currently the Musical Coordinator for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Memphis. ALAN J. PLADO (Music Director) is ecstatic to work on Memphis. National tours: Elf The Musical 1st National Tour, Legally Blonde, Beauty and the Beast. Internationally, he was the music director and arranger for Menopause The Musical on the West End (Shaw Theater) and in Dublin, Ireland (Tivoli Theater). Regional credits: Legally Blonde with Sally Struthers (Ogunquit Playhouse), Chaps, Crazy for You (PCPA), Striking 12 (Capital Repertory), Best Little Whorehouse (Phoenix Theater); Gypsy, Cats, Footloose (Arizona Broadway), as well as appearances at Laguna Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare, Milwaukee Repertory, and Geva Theater. AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Dance Arranger). Broadway: Memphis, The Addams Family, Million Dollar Quartet, Hugh Jackman on Broadway, Ring of Fire, All Shook Up, Rent. Off-B’way: Bare, Romantic Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. First nationals: All Shook Up, The Full Monty.
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Assistant General Manager............. Penelope Lopez Assistant General Manager........ Bobby Maglaughlin Senior Production Manager...............Jason Juenker Associate Production Manager.......... Hector Guivas Associate Production Manager.............. Ben Neafus Assistant Production Manager............ Evan Rooney Intern, Production Department......... Ashley Harman Warehouse Manager.................................Brad Korff Director of Marketing/PR..................... Heather Hess Music Coordinator.................................John Mezzio Controller.......................................... Jennifer Gifford Accounts Payables................................ Laura Carey Office Manager................................ Buddy Piccolino Administrative Assistant..........Esther Schwarzbauer Office Assistant..................................... Carol Jewell Credits Scenic construction Showroom Scenic, Adirondack Studios provided Scenic Services; Properties provided by Prop N and Spoon; Sound provided by Sound Associates; Lighting provided by Christie Lights; Additional tailoring by Jennifer Love Costumes, Inc.; Scafati, Inc.; and D.L. Cerney. Men’s shirts, finale suits, and band suits by Top Hat Imagewear. Additional shirts by Cego. Dance shoes by Worldtone Dance. “Gator” head by Rodney Gordon, Inc Rehearsed at Pearl Studios NYC Special Thanks to
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CAST BIOGR APHIES Rhythmic Circus Productions is proud to have assembled one of the most talented and innovative live performance groups in the nation for their production of Feet Don’t Fail Me Now. Comprised of tap dancers, musicians and vocalists who each have awards, television appearances, performance productions and educational incentives to their individual credit, the Minneapolis-based ensemble has collaborated to create RCP’s premiere show. Ricci Milan (dancer), a proud Minnesotan, has been professionally entertaining audiences for over 15 years. His career has given him the opportunity to perform with Savion Glover, Jason Samuels Smith and Kirk Franklin. He was a featured soloist in ONE at the Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach, SC, and in Tap Happy for Two at Tokyo Disneyland. He has choreographed and performed for the NFL, NBA and NCAA in addition to industrial shows for Best Buy, Target, PBS and Compaq. Ricci was a co-creator and choreographer for the nationally and internationally acclaimed tap dance company Ten Foot Five, which he toured with extensively for 10 years. Nick Bowman (dancer) is one of the dance industry’s finest tap technicians and one of the most sought-after tap choreographers in the U.S. He is currently on faculty with the nation’s premiere touring dance convention West Coast Dance Explosion, for which he has been the master tap teacher for the past 7 seasons. In addition to teaching for WCDE, his energetic and inspirational style of teaching has allowed him to tour extensively guest teaching and choreographing all over the world. His work is featured in nationally distributed educational videos and he recently developed and produced one of his own entitled Cheers! Nick’s performance credits include Caution Men at Work: TAP, Legends of Tap, Disney’s La Feet and Buckets and Tap Shoes as a few of his favorites. He has appeared on many TV shows such as the Rosie O’Donnell Show, the Ellen Degeneres
Show, and Dr. Phil. Nick currently resides in Minneapolis, MN, where he is the lead tap teacher/ choreographer for the national award-winning studio, Northern Force Dance Company, and directs the Sole City Youth Tap Ensemble, which he founded in 2005. Kaleena Miller (dancer) is a Minneapolisbased performer, choreographer and teacher best known for her work in the tap dance genre. She is a founding member of Rhythmic Circus, and currently tours nationally and internationally with their production Feet Don’t Fail Me Now! She is also a former touring member of Ten Foot Five’s Buckets and Tap Shoes. Kaleena has performed in works by Joe Chvala, Roxane Butterfly, Keane Sense of Rhythm, Zoe Sealy and April Sellers. She has shared the stage with the Brass Messengers, Dark Dark Dark/ the Modern Times Spychestra, VocalEssence, Robert Bell, and Lili’s Burlesque Revue, and has performed at the Helsinki Tap Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recently, she was commissioned by the Walker Art Center to choreograph for their Momentum series. In 2011, she choreographed and starred in Untitled, a silent tap film as part of the Dance/Film Project in Minneapolis. For the past four years, she has produced/hosted the live music and tap dancing project The Cutting Board at various venues in Minneapolis. As a solo artist, she is a 2007 SAGE Award recipient for People’s Choice and a 2011 nominee for Outstanding Performer. She graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities with a BFA in Dance, and has received tap training from Char Weiss, Karla Grotting, Heather Cornell and Roxane Butterfly. Galen Higgins (dancer) started dancing at The Dance Shoppe in Plymouth, Minnesota at the age of three. After receiving his early training and graduating from their program, Galen has continued dancing at the University of Minnesota, where he is currently busy pursuing two degrees: a BS in Graphic Design, and a Young Auditorium
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BA in Dance. He has appeared in many music videos dancing for artists including Valencia, Motion City Soundtrack and Mason Jennings. In June of 2009, he performed as a member in the Ensemble of the Ordway Theater’s production of Singin’ In The Rain. He has also performed dance works by choreographers Keri LaGrand, Ray Leeper and Desiree Robins and has toured extensively performing and teaching nation wide. His work as assistant choreographer can be seen in the nationally distributed Kelle Catalog. In his spare time, Galen enjoys photography, art and design, and playing drums for his band A Week Without Jon. Alex Rossi (guitar/vocals) is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Twin Cities’ famous funk, rock, and blues band Root City. An innovative player and a strong vocalist who continually strives to evolve, Alex lends a breath of fresh air to his blues roots and is constantly attracting members of his generation who seem to overlook the blues genre. As well as being the front man and founder of Root City since 1998, Alex was the original guitar player for the nationally acclaimed tap dance company, Ten Foot Five. He has recently released his first solo album Fast Hennepin and currently plays regularly at Glueks in downtown Minneapolis as well as weekly gigs all over the Twin Cities. Aaron “Heatbox” Heaton (vocal percussionist/singer) is a one-man beatboxing sensation from Minnesota who has been singing since the age of ten. He describes his music as sounding like “a funky a’cappella group from outerspace.” He built a reputation for himself while performing with Twin Cities’ band Root City (voted Best Blues Band of the Twin Cities by the readers of City Pages in 2006), as well as a one man band, Heatbox (1st place at the 2007 “Yo! The Music” Minneapolis beatbox battle.) In the last 3 years, he has experienced a new level of success, releasing two solo albums (Entertainment and System) and touring nationally with 14
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top acts, appearing at the most populr musical festivals in the country and opening for famous musicians. Singing, beatboxing, looping and a warm sense of humor leaves the audience captivated time and time again. Heatbox’s songs and sounds range from soulful Motown a’cappella to the fastest mouthful of beats one could imagine. Cornell Blanchard (keys/vocals) is one of the most sought-after performance and studio musicians in the Minneapolis area. He studied music, theatre and dance at the University of Minnesota-Duluth where he directed a handful of productions including Guys and Dolls and Sweet Charity. Cornell is a core member in the popular Twin Cities’ funk, rock, and blues band Root Cityas well as a member of 6 other Minneapolis bands including R Factor, The Dan Kusz Band, The Repair Company, Dan Ristrom and the Big Throw Down, 8 Switch and The House Band. Patrick Nelson (drums/vocals) has gained a reputation as a versatile musician in the Twin Cities area. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and has since maintained a regular performance and recording schedule with various groups as a drummer, bassist, and tuba player all over the Midwest. He has had the privilege to perform alongside of some of Minnesota’s elite, including: Tony Axtell (a prairie Home Companion, Donny Osmond), Sonny Thompson (Prince, Jonny Lang) and Ricky Peterson (David Sanborn, John Mayer). For the Past Six years he has been a member of the ‘Best of the Twin Cities’ award winning group Root City. He currently resides in Minneapolis with his wife, Alex. Dan Ristrom (bass/vocals) Music has been the driving force in Dan Ristrom’s life from a very early age. He began singing and playing electric bass in elementary school and at church. Dan studied piano as well as bass and grew up surrounded by a wide variety of music. Following in the footsteps
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of his parents -son of Jazz guitarist, Reuben, and Music Educator/Choral Director Organist, Diane – Dan pursued Music Education and Performance as his career. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education with a Vocal Emphasis from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Dan returned to the Twin Cities and started his band, “The Throwdown.” As well as performing with his band, Dan substitute teaches at local public schools and works as a free-lance singer and bass player. His musical talent has taken him all over the world. Whether he is playing electric bass, singing, or teaching, music is Dan’s life and passion. Peter Vircks (Saxophone) Minneapolitan saxophonist Peter Vircks is a founding member of the modern jazz group Moveable Feast (voted Best of the Twin Cities by the readers of City Pages in 2002) and works with many of the area’s prominent musicians. He’s also had the great fortune of performing with many national and international artists including Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday, Erick Kamau Gravatte from the band Weather Report, Cuban piano phenomenon Nachito Herrera, The Horn Heads, Togolese legend Jimi Hope, Tommy Barbarella from Prince’s New Power Generation, Devon Evans from the Wailers, Dokun Oke from Femi Kuti’s Nigerian group, Bruce A. Henry, Desdamona, Ethiopian bassist Yohannes Tona and his band, the Kevin Washington quintet, Clementown, and The Capone All Stars. In 2004 he was accepted to attend the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music where he was mentored by Bill Frizell, Dave Douglas, Mark Turner, Han Bennink, Dr. George Lewis and Clarence Penn. He is also a 2007 American Composers Forum Subito Grant recipient and subsequent adjudicator. Vircks is credited as a sideman on dozens of recorded albums. He’s also has performed music on several national TV commercials and independent films.
Aaron Weiner (Trumpet) was born in Eugene, Oregon and grew up in Milwaukee, WI. He earned a degree in classical trumpet from the University of Minnesota, studying under the likes of Craig Kirchhoff, Kaye Berigan, Dr. David Baldwin, and Kelly Rossum among others. Fluently spanning the range of musical genres from hip hop to blues to jazz, orchestral and r & b, he’s had the opportunity to tour the country and abroad. In addition to Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, he can regularly be seen playing with the likes of Root City Band, Solomon Witherspoon, Paola Ancona, the StephDevine Collection and Corey Carlson.
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