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WHO’S WHO ISSIE SWICKLE (Annie) from Davie, FL. National tour debut as Annie! Huge thanks to Broadway Kids Studio, Michelle Ameerally, Broadway Artists Alliance, Jennifer Johns, Jonathan Brenner, Nancy Carson, Joy Dewing, Verna and family. Mom, Dad, Max this is for you! LYNN ANDREWS (Miss Hannigan) Favorite credits: Chicago (Mama Morton), Romeo & Juliet (Nurse), 30th Anniversary tour of Annie (Miss Hannigan). Lynn would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support despite, you know, all those funny things that happen. lynn-andrews.squarespace.com. GILGAMESH TAGGETT (Oliver Warbucks) is thrilled to reprise Daddy after two seasons in Cleveland. Other favorite roles: Father (Children of Eden), Franz Liebkind (The Producers), Billy Flynn (Chicago) and Jud Fry (Oklahoma). Thanks to Martin, my road family and love to Allison. ASHLEY EDLER (Grace Farrell) Thrilled to be a part of this amazing production! OffBroadway/Theatre: Amanda (It’s Just Sex), Sharon (Girl’s Night the Musical), Nanette (No No Nanette) and Connie (1940’s Radio Hour). Thanks family and friends for your continuous support and belief in me. brnashle.wix.com/ashleyedler. GARRETT DEAGON (Rooster Hannigan) is a Southern California native who’s cockadoodle-doin’ it. Favorite roles: Burrs (The Wild Party), Perchick (Fiddler on the Roof), Macheath (The Threepenny Opera) and Jesus (Reefer Madness). BFA: University of California, Irvine. Thanks and love to my familyMDCMD. garrettdeagon.com. LUCY WERNER (Lily, U/S Miss Hannigan) is thrilled to travel on her first tour! Favorite credits include Logaine (Spelling Bee), Queenie (Wild Party), Carmen (Fame), and Hershey Park. Huge thanks to her beautiful family and family at Elon University! ALLAN BAKER (FDR, U/S Oliver Warbucks) appeared as FDR in the 30th Anniversary national tour. When not performing, Allan is a comedy writer, correspondent, photojournalist, BBQ aficionado—all exploits just happen to be on display in his book Slightly Askew, available at amazon.com. AMY BURGMAIER (Mrs. Pugh, Ensemble, U/S Miss Hannigan) Favorite credits: Catch Me If You Can 1st National Tour (Carol 12

Strong), Legally Blonde (Paulette), Reefer Madness (Mary Lane), Chicago (Roxie), Hairspray and Forbidden Broadway. ISU: Advertising (BA) and Journalism (MS). Gratitude to Joy Dewing Casting, coaches and family! amyburgmaier.com. CAMERON MITCHELL BELL (Bert, Ensemble) is thrilled to be fully dressed with a smile. Off-Broadway: Time to Kill. National Tour: Clifford the Big Red Dog LIVE, Disney Cruise Line. Regional: Chicago, Disney’s Aladdin, Candide, Oklahoma, Thoroughly Modern Millie, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. cameronmitchellbell.com. ANGELINA CARBALLO (July, U/S Molly) is a fun-loving nine year old who is thrilled to be in this amazing production. Thanks to Actor’s Playhouse, BAA, Nancy Carson, Troika Entertainment, Joy Dewing, STA, PPDC, Encore, family and friends for fueling her passion in musical theater. JOHN CORMIER (Ickes, Ensemble, U/S Rooster Hannigan) Favorite credits: Jesus Christ Superstar twice (Jesus, Judas); Songs for a New World (Man 1); Al Carmine’s Bonus Army (Flint); Proof (Hal); Of Mice and Men (George); Twelfth Night (Aguecheek); Macbeth (Banquo); and Hamlet (Hamlet). 2013 MFA New School for Drama. johncormier.net. BRIAN COWING (Bundles, Ensemble, U/S FDR) First National Tour. Originally from Madison, WI and a proud graduate of Oklahoma City University. Regional credits include: Spamalot, The Producers, 25th... Spelling Bee and Drowsy Chaperone. He would like to thank his friends and family for all their love and support. ADIA DANT (Pepper, U/S Annie) is excited to make her Broadway Tour debut at age 9. Regional: Eastside Story, Peter Pan, Annie. Special thanks to God, my Family, Nancy Carson, Walker Clark, Bob Marks, Karen Dryer, Lynne Mlott, Julie Bandy, Lynn Herrick, Joy Dewing. TODD FENSTERMAKER (Drake, Ensemble, U/S Warbucks, FDR) National/International Tours: West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music, and The King and I. Regional: Annie (Warbucks), Showboat (Steve), 1776 (Rutledge), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney). Love and thanks to my family! CHLOE HORNER (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to be making her tour debut! Graduate of Orange County School of

the Arts. Pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre at Emerson College. Love and thanks to family and friends for their unconditional support. LILLYBEA IRELAND (Tessie) from Evansville, Indiana; enjoys singing, golf, and snuggling her dog Sweetie. Love and thanks to friends, family, parents & siblings (Andrew, Maddie, & Nick) who said dream BIG and follow it! Send smiles and follow her journey Twitter@lillybeaIreland. :) EVAN MAYER (Dance Capatin, Swing, U/S Rooster Hannigan, Bert) National Tour debut! Regional: Music Theatre of Wichita— Fiddler on the Roof (Motel), Les Miserables (Joly), Legally Blonde (Kiki); Westchester Broadway Theatre—Mary Poppins, Ragtime. B.F.A. Indiana University. Love to family and friends across the country! evanmayer.net JAKE MILLS (Lt. Ward, Ensemble, U/S Bert) National tour debut! Favorite performances include: Avenue Q, Spamalot, The Last 5 Years and Urinetown. He thanks his wife and family for their constant prayer and support. Jer. 29:11. jakemills.me. MEGHAN SEAMAN (Ensemble, U/S Lily, Star to Be) National Tour debut! Favorite credits: Chicago (Roxie), Thoroughly

Modern Millie (Millie) and 25th Annual.. Spelling Bee (Olive). BFA University of the Arts. Thanks Joy Dewing Casting, Troika and entire Creative Team. Dreams do come true. Love to Family and Braxton. meghanseaman.com. HANNAH SLABAUGH (Star to Be, Ensemble, U/S Lily) is thrilled to be a part of the Annie national tour! Regional credits: Next to Normal (Natalie), Les Miserables (Eponine), Greta (Annie) and The Truman Show (Tina). BFA Musical Theatre, Indiana University. Mom, Dad, Ben, Luke—I love you! hannahslabaugh.com. SYDNEY SHUCK (Kate, U/S Annie) 11 years old, from New York. Stage: School House Rock, Jr.; The Little Mermaid, Jr. (Ariel) Film: Live a Little (Haley). I want to thank GOD, my famcharily, Nancy Carson, Peggy Stamps and Joy Dewing. LILY EMILIA SMITH (Ensemble, U/S Grace Farrell) is thrilled to be performing in her first National Tour! Regional: Jellylorum in Cats (PCLO), Ensemble in White Christmas (Syracuse Stage), and young artist with the 2013 Glimmerglass Festival. A Pittsburgh, PA native and a proud Syracuse University drama graduate.

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his could be considered the time that Oz took hold of Detroit. The recent movie Oz the Great and Powerful was filmed in the area, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new Wizard Of Oz played at the Detroit Opera House in June, and the Broadway blockbuster Wicked returns to the city for a big four-week holiday engagement December 10–January 4. Despite its familiarities to its Ozian contemporaries, from the very beginning, Wicked set out to defy the way audiences saw the world of Oz, taking them on a new journey with new perspective. “For me, if you take a familiar story… and you come at it from another point of view, the tension between the audience’s preconception and the approach you’re taking adds an extra level of response,” states composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz. “The idea of taking what is one of the iconic villains of American culture, the Wicked Witch of the West, and looking at the story from her point of view, that seemed to me a brilliant concept.” Wicked writer Winnie Holzman agrees, “It’s the whole idea that things are not as they seem. What you think you know you don’t really know. I was so intrigued by what the book was about—taking this extreme figure of iconic wickedness and making her the heroine. I just love that she behaves in a hu-

Above: the Broadway musical Wicked. Inset: Kara Lindsay. Photos by Joan Marcus.

man wicked way, and not in a wicked witch way.” Comparing Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz with Elphaba in Wicked, author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Gregory Maguire, reflects “When Elphaba sings the bridge in ‘I’m Not that Girl,’ she is offering the more seasoned rebuttal to Dorothy’s lovely fanciful desires. ‘I’m Not that Girl’ isn’t cynical, but it is mature: ‘Ev’ry so often we long to steal/ To the land of what-might-have-been/ But that doesn’t soften the ache we feel/ When reality sets back in.’ This is the sadder-but-wiser girl’s sung response to Dorothy’s request to go abroad and find the grass over there— well, to find it greener.” Perhaps that’s why Detroiters have fallen in love with Elphaba and the story of Wicked. The city continues to grow, to mature, and to defy how the world sees it, continually adding depth to its long and inspiring story. Tickets are on sale now to Wicked at the Detroit Opera House Dec. 10–Jan. 4 at Fisher & Detroit Opera House box offices, ticketmaster.com/wicked & 800-982-2787. Info: BroadwayInDetroit.com, 313-872-1000. Groups (20+): Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com (subject: Wicked) or 313-871-1132. Open Captioned performance December 14, 7:30PM.

WHO’S WHO LILLY MAE STEWART (Molly) Lilly Mae’s making her National Tour Debut! Showboat (Asolo Repertory), Whistle Down the Wind (Theatre Zone), Fiddler on the Roof (Free Fall), Entertainment Revue, Les Miserables, Annie. Kisses to Kathryn Mitchell, Cynthia Ashford, Trapper Felides, family & friends! backstage.com/kathryndutton-mitchell. CHLOE TISO (Swing, U/S Grace Farrell, Star to Be) Regional: On the Town at Barrington Stage, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with Prather Entertainment, White Christmas at Northern Stage, and Drowsy Chaperone (Janet) at New London Barn. Sending love/thanks to my family, HD, 9Muse and Joy Dewing Casting! ISABEL WALLACH (Duffy) is delighted to make her professional debut in Annie at 10! Special thanks to the Annie creative team, Joy Dewing Casting, Kristen, Amelia, Sue, Erin, and my Kidz Theater family. Much love to my amazing family and friends—especially Emma! SUNNY (Sandy) is a 4-year-old terrier mix, discovered by guardian and trainer William Berloni at BARC Municipal Animal Shelter in Houston. Berloni found Sunny’s soulful eyes reminiscent of the Sandy from the original Broadway production. Sunny starred on Broadway in Annie, loves toys that squeak and all children, especially red-headed little girls. MACY (U/S Sandy) was adopted from Rocky Spot Rescue of Oklahoma City, OK in Dec 2009 by guardian and trainer William Berloni at the age of 18 months. Her journey is truly inspiring. Her first production of Annie was in the summer of 2010 and since she has starred in over two dozen productions nationwide. DONAVAN DOLAN (Production Stage Manager) National Tours: GHOST, Catch Me if You Can, Grease, Peter Pan 360, Jesus Christ Superstar, RENT, Mame, Barbie Live, Oklahoma!, A Chorus Line, Copacabana. Asia Tours: 42nd Street, The Sound of Music, and Thomas & Friends. SARA JANE BALDWIN (Company Manager) is thrilled to return to Annie after touring with the 30th Anniversary production. Other company management credits include: Hot Feet (Broadway) and Show Boat (national tour). Proud graduate of Georgetown Law (JD) and Macalester College (BA, Music).

MARTIN CHARNIN (Director, Lyrics) is celebrating his 57th year in the entertainment industry, which began in 1957 when he created the role of Big Deal (one of Jerome Robbins’ authentic juvenile delinquents) in the original company of West Side Story. He played the role for exactly 1,000 performances. Since then, he has been involved in over 140 theatrical, television, film, and night club productions as a director, producer, composer, or lyricist. He is one of the dozen people who have won Emmys, Tonys, and Grammys, and the Peabody Award for Broadcasting. Annie, which came to Broadway in 1977, originally ran for 2,377 performances, and has been revived there three times. He has directed Annie 19 times (after directing the original production in New York), in London, Montreal, Amsterdam, and Melbourne as well as Annie’s 14 national U.S. companies. He has collaborated with Charles Strouse, Vernon Duke, Marvin Hamlisch, Mary Rodgers, and twice with Richard Rodgers on I Remember Mama and Two by Two. He has written for, or directed, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margaret, Jack Benny, Anne Bancroft, Betty Hutton, Sutton Foster, Sarah Jessica Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Jane Lynch, Tony Bennett, Jason Alexander, and Jay-Z, among countless others, and for his wife, Shelly Burch (who originated a leading role in the original company of Nine), and who opened her new one-woman-show at the famed Broadway Bistro, 54 Below, this past October. He currently has three new musicals (Love Is Love, Robin Hood, Something Funny’s Going On) that are “circling over Kennedy” getting ready for production in 2014 and 2015, in New York, including a revival of Annie Warbucks, which opened Off-Broadway in New York in 1993 and will move to Broadway in 2015. This year, “Tomorrow” from Annie became one of the 100 most performed musical numbers in the last century. THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) is a threetime Tony Award-winning book writer for the Broadway musicals Annie, The Producers and Hairspray. In addition, he has written the books of a dozen or so other Broadway musicals, including Richard Rodgers’ I Remember Mama, Cry-Baby, Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, Elf, Chaplin and most recently Rocky (with Sylvester Stallone). A long-time contributor of humor pieces to The New Yorker magazine and an Emmy Awardwinning TV comedy writer, he has also writ15

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WHO’S WHO ten a number of screenplays, most notably for To Be or Not to Be and Spaceballs. He is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. CHARLES STROUSE (Music) A graduate of New York’s P.S. 87, Townsend Harris H.S., and the Eastman School of Music, Charles has studied composition with Aaron Copland, Arthur Berger, and David Diamond in the US and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Charles has composed copious chamber music, two piano concertos, a string quartet and two operas. After which, being broke like most composers, he was a rehearsal pianist and dance arranger for many shows, played in bar rooms, ballet classes, at weddings and strip joints (a particular boon for one who was to write the music for the film The Night They Raided Minsky’s). One morning in 1960 he awoke to find he had written (with Lee Adams and Mike Stewart) Bye Bye Birdie (Tony Award), which is still among the most performed musicals in America, followed by Golden Boy with Sammy Davis, Jr. (Tony Nomination). Then came, Applause (Tony Award), It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, Rags (Tony Nomination) and Annie (Tony Award). In between, there have been scores for movies including Bonnie and Clyde and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Throughout his career, Charles has received the Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Frederick Lowe and the Leonard Bernstein Awards for musical achievement. He is married to director/choreographer Barbara Siman and is the father of Benjamin (attorney, author, composer), Nicholas (psychotherapist), Victoria (screen writer) and William (also a screen writer). LIZA GENNARO (Choreographer) choreographed the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of The Most Happy Fella directed by Gerald Gutierrez, and the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress starring Sarah Jessica Parker. She has choreographed OffBroadway and in regional theaters across America including: Roundabout Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Guthrie Theater, The Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Paper Mill Playhouse and The St. Louis “Muny” Opera. She collaborated with Stephen Flaherty and Frank Galati on their chamber musical Loving, Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein for the About Face Theater in Chicago.In 2014, she choreographed Elf: The Musical at Pioneer Theatre, the

20th Anniversary Concert of Titanic: The Musical at Avery Fisher Hall, and she created a dance-pantomime of A Charlie Brown Christmas for the New York Pops Christmas Concert at Carnegie Hall. She is a member of the Tony Award Nominating Committee and on the Executive Board of the Stage Director and Choreographers Society. Liza has taught at Barnard College, Princeton University, Yale University and is currently on faculty at Indiana University. Her essay, “Evolution of Dance in the Golden Era of the American ‘Book Musical’ ” appears in The Oxford Handbook of the American Musical. BEOWULF BORITT (Scenic Design) Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), ...Spelling Bee, Rock of Ages, Sondheim on Sondheim, LoveMusik, Bronx Bombers, Chaplin, Grace, and The Two and Only. Off-Broadway: more than 50 shows including The Last Five Years, Toxic Avenger, Miss Julie, Little Miss Sunshine, Roundabout, Public, MTC, Second Stage, Vineyard, MCC, Primary Stages, and The New Group. Other Designs: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City ballet), Reel to Real (Beijing), Chaplin (Russia), Rock of Ages (London, Toronto, Australia), and The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He received a 2007 Obie Award for sustained excellence. SUZY BENZINGER (Costume Designer) Broadway and Nat’l Tours include Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Saturday Night Fever, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Some Like it Hot and Miss Saigon. Her film design work includes Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchett, for which she won the Costume Designer’s Guild Award for Best Contemporary Film Design of 2013, Whatever Works, Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity; and Don’t Drink the Water as well as the films Club Paradise and Walking the Dog. Dance includes The Joffrey Ballet and A.B.T. She designed two currently running Water Spectacular’s for Franco Dragone: The House of Dancing Water in Macau and Le Réve at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. Her commercial work includes designs for Elton John, Whitney Houston, Gloria Estefan and Paula Abdul. She is the proud recipient of the Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Designer) has 98 Broadway shows to his credit including such theatre milestones as Sweeney Todd and the current production of Chicago. Many touring productions over the years including Chicago (worldwide), Riverdance (lighting 19

WHO’S WHO supervisor) Fiddler on the Roof (from 1976 till 2012), White Christmas, 9 to 5, High School Musical, and The Drowsy Chaperone to name a few. Other projects include Hugh Jackman in Concert, for SeaWorld Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio “The Shamu Shows” and from 1979 to 2006 the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Ken’s many awards include the Tony, NY Drama Desk, Outer Critics Awards, and the Ace Award for Television Lighting and the Lumen for his architectural work. PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Designer) Grammy, Tony and Olivier award nominated. Selected Designs include: Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, After Midnight, Motown, Shrek the Musical (New York, US Tour, London), Rock of Ages (New York, London, Toronto, Australia, Las Vegas, US Tour), The Scottsboro Boys, On a Clear Day, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry Baby, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn. Other credits: Le Réve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Musical (Hamburg), King Kong (Melbourne), How to Train Your Dragon (International Arena Tour), Walking with Dinosaurs (International Arena Tour), Mame. CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Hair, Wigs & Makeup Design) Broadway: The Last Ship, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Les Miserables, Betrayal, Matilda, Ghost, One Man Two Guvnors, Private Lives, Spiderman, La Bête, Mary Stuart and Billy Elliot. London: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Bodyguard, Matilda, Ghost, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Peter and Alice, Passion Play, Old Times, A Chorus of Disapproval, The Kings Speech, Hay Fever, Private Lives, Priscilla, Oliver!, Billy Elliot and An Inspector Calls. Opera: Anna Nicole (BAM), Elektra (Aix-en-Provence), L’enfant et les sortilèges (Bolshoi), Einstein on the Beach (international tour) and Prima Donna (Manchester International Festival) TV: “The Americans,” “House of Cards,” “Downton Abbey” and “Smash.” WILLIAM BERLONI (Animal Trainer) 2011 Tony® Honoree for Excellence in Theatre. Recipient of 2014 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award. Broadway: Annie (original Sandy, 20th, 30th and 35th Anniversary revivals), Bullets Over Broadway, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, 20

A Christmas Story, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Legally Blonde, Camelot, Frankenstein, The First, Alice in Wonderland, Oliver!, Anything Goes, Nick and Nora, La Bete, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz, Dinner at Eight, Double Feature (NYCB), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Woman in White, Awake, Sing, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Animal director for Because of Winn Dixie at the Delaware Theater Company March 2015. Hundreds of Off-Broadway, regional productions, tours, movies and television shows. Trained the new Sandy for the upcoming “Annie” film starring Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis. Author of “Broadway Tails.” Mr. Berloni owes his career to ANNIE creators Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse and Thomas Meehan and is thrilled to be back with them. theatricalanimals.com. KEITH LEVENSON (Music Supervisor, Music Director, Additional Orchestrations) Broadway: Annie, She Loves Me, Dreamgirls, Peter Pan, The Flowering Peach, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. National Tours: Annie, Annie Warbucks, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, Big River, Dreamgirls, Godspell, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Music Director and arranger for The Who, Roger Daltrey, KISS, Meatloaf, Alice Cooper, Peter Frampton, Nigel Kennedy, YES and others. Libretto and lyrics for Starcrossed with Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge. Composer of Winchell with Martin Charnin. TALITHA FEHR, TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (Music Coordinator) strives daily to carry on the contracting traditions of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya. Broadway: A Christmas Story. National tours: Sister Act, The Wizard of Oz, Ghost The Musical, West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Come Fly Away, Mamma Mia!, A Christmas Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera A Dancer’s Life, Movin’ Out, and 101 Dalmatians. International tours: West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella, The King and I. Other: The Pirate Queen, 2010 winter Olympics Ceremonies. JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting Director) Broadway: Soul Doctor, Wonderland. Off-Broadway: 50 Shades!, Til Divorce Do Us Part, Forever Dusty, The Voca People, Dear Edwina. Current/recent tours: Joseph and the Amazing… (starring Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young), Mamma Mia, West Side Story and Bring It On. Dance companies: Rasta Thomas, Elizabeth Streb. Past tours:

In the Heights, Fiddler on the Roof (starring Topol/Harvey Fierstein), Cats, 42nd Street, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley) and Movin’ Out. TOWNSEND TEAGUE (General Manager) received a B.A. in Arts Management from Indiana University’s Individualized Major Program and is a member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. As General Manager he oversees Annie and Dancing Pros Live, and previously Ghost (1st nat’l), Bring it On (nat’l & Japan), West Side Story, and Priscilla QOTD (1st nat’l). Townsend was Company Manager for tours of Catch Me If You Can (1st nat’l), Cats, Les Misérables (25th anniversary), Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (1st nat’l), and The Producers (1st nat’l & Las Vegas). Broadway credits include The Norman Conquests, Gypsy, Radio Golf, and The Producers. @townsendteague. RYAN P. MUPRHY (Production Manager) is currently in his seventh season with Troika Entertainment, having worked on over 40 national and international tours with a wide range of amazing artists. Current projects include the first national tours of Sister Act, Ghost: The Musical, and Evita, as well as

tours of West Side Story, Bring It On, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz. Prior to joining Troika, Ryan spent time as a Production Supervisor, Stage Manager, and Executive Producer. Originally from Buffalo, NY, Ryan would also like to thank his family, friends, and husband, Joe, for all their love and support. MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (mtimusicalworlds.com) is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, protecting the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists and book writers and supplying scripts and musical materials and other theatrical resources to theatres around the world. With over 250 titles in its catalogue, MTI has been the driving force in perpetuating great musicals such as Guys And Dolls, West Side Story, and Fiddler On The Roof, as well as many fine family musicals such as Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Seussical, Shrek and Annie. Additionally, MTI is the home of The Broadway Junior CollectionTM, 70-minute adaptations of Broadway musicals designed for middle school children to perform (Annie, Jr, The Music Man, Jr, Disney’s Aladdin, Jr and many others) and the Kids Collection, 30-minute musicals for performance by el-

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ANNIE TOUR STAFF EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Randall A. Buck GENERAL MANAGER Townsend Teague Assistant General Manager.........Brian Schrader TOUR MARKETING & PRESS Amy Katz, Courtney Davis PRODUCTION MANAGER Ryan P. Murphy TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Randy Moreland COMPANY MANAGER Sara Jane Baldwin EXCLUSIVE TOUR BOOKING THE ROAD COMPANY Stephen Lindsay, Brett Sirota www.theroadcompany.com CASTING JOY DEWING CASTING Joy Dewing, CSA, Holly Buczek, CSA PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER .................... DONAVAN DOLAN Asst. Company Manager/Asst. Stage Manager......Veronica Graveline Assistant to the Director..................................................Shelly Burch Assistant to the Choreographer.................................Carrie VanDoren Animal Handler...........................................................Dustin J. Harder Associate Scenic Designer.........................................Jared Rutherford Production Properties.....................................................Clista Jarrett Assistant Production Properties............................ Andrew Butkovich Associate Costume Designer.............................. Martha Bromelmeier Hair, Wigs and Makeup Designer................................ Luc Verchueren for Campbell Young Associates Assistant Hair and Wig Designer.................................. Annalisa Proto Associate Lighting Designer...............................................Mike Riggs Assistant Lighting Designer........................................... John Demous Moving Light Programmer.................................................David Arch Production Electrician................................................ Stephen Atwell Associate Sound Designer.........................................Simon Matthews Production Sound.............................................................Colle Bustin Production Sound Assistant............................................ Chris Powell Synth Programmer...................................................... Keith Levenson Rehearsal Piano................................................................Adam Jones Dance Captain....................................................................Evan Mayer Assistant Dance Captain................................................. Chloe Horner Production Associates........................... Rebecca Shield, Eric P. Vitale HEAD CARPENTER ................................................................ JAMIE KURTZ Assistant Carpenter...................................................Matthew Cowles Assistant Carpenter.....................................................Stephen Ehrlich Head of Properties...........................................................Clista Jarrett Assistant Properties........................................................ Abby Powers Head Electrician............................................................Adam Lansing Assistant Electrician........................................ Mark “Sparky” Mallory Assistant Electrician......................................................... Brandi Fucci Head of Sound................................................................Marc Rongere Assistant Sound Engineer......................................Heather Augustine Head of Wardrobe...........................................................Brigid Brown Assistant Wardrobe......................................................Meredith Scott Head of Hair and Makeup.............................................. Patty LaRocco Physical Therapy......................................NEURO TOUR, Physical Therapy, Inc. Medical Director................................................... Thomas Myers, MD Tutoring....................................................... ON LOCATION EDUCATION Tutor................................................................................Jessica Balun

Accounting......................................................................Zwick & Banyai, PLLC Employee Benefits.................................................. The Capital Group Insurance............................................. Maury, Donnelly and Parr, Inc. Legal........................................................................S. Jean Ward, Esq. B-roll..................................................................................HMS Media Creative Services....................................... Cosmic Designs, Rich Stein Production Photography................................................. Joan Marcus Merchandise Provider..................................................Creative Goods Merchandise Manager........................................................Tracy Moss For TROIKA Entertainment Chief Executive Officer................................................ Randall A. Buck Chief Operating Officer.............................................Michael J. Orsino Chief Financial Officer..................................................... Donald Kindl Associate Producer............................................................ Jaime Prine General Managers........................ Townsend Teague, Joe Christopher Assistant General Managers..Brian Schrader, Abram Best Production Manager................................................... Ryan P. Murphy Marketing Manager.....................................................Courtney Davis Marketing Consultant...........................................................Amy Katz Booking Associate.......................................................Doria Montfort Budgeting & Forecasting Manager.........................George Lamberty Controller.....................................................................Ryan Rudzinski Staff Accountant.........................................................Colin Djieugoue Staff Accountant........................................................ Lourdes Castillo Accounting Clerk........................................................ Marite Espinoza Warehouse Manager....................................................... Scott Garrish For TROIKA Costumes Costume Director.....................................................Michelle Harrison Assistant Costume Director.............................................Alison Smith Work Room Manager........................................................Helen Jones Lead Stitcher.............................................................. Laura Browning Craft Manager........................................................................ Risa Ono Crafts..............................................Mary Elise Collier, Naomi Davidoff, Izzy Lawlor, Eliza Vlasova Project Assistant........................................................ Katherine Kraus Stitchers........................ Kristin Czako, Daniel Duda,Suzanne Herbert, Sharon Landrum,Marla Parker, Mary Miles, Karen Murphy CREDITS Production travel by ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING, San Diego, CA. Scenery fabricated and painted by GLOBAL SCENIC SERIVES, INC., Bridgeport, CT. Custom painted drops by SCENIC ART STUDIOS, Newburgh, NY. Soft goods by I. WEISS, Fairview, NJ. Lighting equipment from PRG LIGHTING, Secaucus, NJ. Motors provided by CHRISTIE LITES, Orlando, FL. Sound by MASQUE SOUND, East Rutherford, NJ. Costumes by TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT COSTUME SHOP, Glen Burnie, MD. Tailoring by GILBERTO DESIGNS, New York, NY. Undergarments by BRA*TENDERS. Custom Hats by ARNOLD LEVINE. Backline by JONAS PRODUCTIONS, Fountaintown, IN. Trucking by JANCO, LTD., Wayne, NJ. Rehearsed at RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS, New York, NY. Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at the STANLEY THEATRE in Utica, NY Wigs made by: CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees represents technicians, artisans, and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, film, and television production. The Director-Choreographer is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

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BROADWAY IN DETROIT The Program for the Fisher Theatre Volume 53, Number 2 Sept. 26–Oct. 4, 2014 Fisher Theatre • Fisher Building 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202 BroadwayInDetroit.com Under the Management of Nederlander Detroit, LLC Executive Director............................................. Alan N. Lichtenstein Assistant to Mr. Lichtenstein.......................................... Nancy King Director, Corporate Sales/Marketing..............................Scott Myers Senior Director, Marketing........................................... Alyssa Cohen Advertising Director.....................................Debbie Michelson, SMZ Press Agent................... Brendy Barr, Brendy Barr Communications Program Design................................Frank Bach, Bach & Associates THE FISHER THEATRE Business Office Staff Accounting................................................................. Barbara Jones House Staff Theatre Manager.....................................................James Manduzzi House Manager............................................................Reuben Perez Box Office Treasurer...................................................... Marc Roland Group Sales Manager........................................................Amy Yokin Subscription Manager..................................................Gwen Harden Lost and Found........................................................... Robin Teachey Production Staff Head Stage Technician............................................ Robert Hayward Head Lighting Technician.................................................. Sam Aluia Head Propman................................................................. Joe Achatz Head Sound Technician..............................................J. B. Ralbovsky Head Scenery Technician................................................Ronald Ivey Wardrobe Supervisor........................................ Kristyn Pinky Mahle Musical Director...............................................................Alice Sauro The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theater without the written permission of the management is prohibited by law. Violations may be punishable by ejection and may render the offender liable for money damages.

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The musicians employed in this production are members of the Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local 5. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E).

AGE LIMIT As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of Broadway In Detroit not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on Shows and Show content. You will be made aware of particular age restrictions during your purchase. Some shows make further age appropriate recommendations and Broadway In Detroit will provide those on its website; however, judgment of the content for each show should be made on an individual basis prior to purchase. When available, Broadway In Detroit provides links to show websites for further information. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. 30

Articles found in the theater will be held for 30 days only. Lost article inquiries should be made by phone to (313) 872-l000 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Fisher Theatre Offices................................................ (313) 872-1000 Broadway In Detroit Season Ticket Office & Subscription Information...........................................(313) 872-1180 Group Sales Information............................................(313) 871-1132 If you expect emergency phone calls please leave your seat location with the ticket taker. For emergencies only during performances.............. (313) 872-1111 New handicap (wheelchair) facilities now located in the main floor lobby near elevators.

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