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Looking into the heart of an all-new Beauty

By Brendan Lemon

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isney’s Beauty and the Beast, now embarked on a lavish and visually re-imagined new tour presented by NETworks, is one of best-loved of all musicals. It’s easy to understand why. Its classic story—of a beautiful village girl, Belle, who is first repelled by, then attracted to a gruff yet big-hearted Beast—is indeed, as one of the show’s numbers has it, “a tale as old as time.” The songs (music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice) are almost criminally tuneful. And the musical’s appeal crosses age barriers: truly, Beauty is an experience that can be enjoyed by child and adult alike.

Many of the songs—the charming “Belle,” the infectious “Something There,” and the spectacular hospitality anthem “Be Our Guest”—were written for the 1991 animated movie, which was the first—and until 2010, the only—animated film ever to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. The movie’s status not just in cinematic history but in critical lore was cemented when New York Times theater critic Frank Rich called Beauty and the Beast the best musical of the year—in any format.

Disney took the cue, and soon started things rolling for the live adaptation. Several new songs, as well as the book by Linda Woolverton, were written for the stage version, which opened on Broadway at the Palace Theater on April 18, 1994, and went on to become the seventh-longest running production in Broadway history.

Rob Roth, who directed the Broadway premiere and is back at the helm for the new tour, says that the “story of the show is about seeing past the exterior of a person and into his or her heart.” He says that conveying that feeling is key to any production of Beauty.

What’s fresh about the tour, he adds, is not just the timeless moral but a new approach to the visuals.

“So few directors have the opportunity to work on a show several years later in a new form,” Roth says. “I’m lucky that way, and I’m also lucky because I never get bored with Beauty.”

Stan Meyer, the scenic designer both for the 1994 Broadway version and for the new production, says that the former staging was, essentially, the 1991 movie made live. The latter is “a departure from that.” He explains: “We did a lot of research that involved eastern-European wood carving and gilded manuscripts. The new version is an illuminated manuscript come to life.”

Audiences will delight in the eye-popping storybook shapes and colors that Meyer and the other original-version designers—Ann Hould-Ward, costumes and Natasha Katz, lighting—have re-imagined. The production’s look, adds Meyer, “is more evocative of whimsy and very, very romantic.”

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NETworks presents

Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the Book by William Steig

Book and Lyrics by

Music by

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Lukas Poost

JEANINE TESORI WITH AndrÉ Jordan

Liz Shivener

Merritt David Janes

Willie Dee LAUREN DEVINE ERIN EDELLE Annie Fitch Ian Frazier Mara Gabrielle Susan Leilani Gearou NADIA JEWEL Schuyler Midgett Lyonel Reneau Ryan Rubek Laura Smith Adam Steiner Erin Sullivan Chase Todd MAGGIE Tompkins Sarah Tranchina Ryan everett Wood Chris Woods Luke Yellin Original Scenic & Costume Design

Scenic Design Adapter

Costume Coordinator

Lighting Design

TIM HATLEY

James Kronzer

Austin K. Sanderson

Paul Miller

Sound Design

Hair/Wig Design

Make-Up Design

Puppet Design

Shannon Slaton

david brian-brown

Naomi Donne

Tim Hatley

Dance Arrangements

Associate Orchestrator

Incidental Music Arrangements

Matthew Sklar

John Clancy

Tim Weil

Music Coordinator

Vocal Arrangements

Music Director

John Mezzio

Jeanine Tesori & Tim Weil

KEVIN CASEY

Casting

Company Manager

Production Stage Manager

Bob Cline Casting

KRISTIN STEWART

Caroline Walker

Production Manager

General Management

Executive Producer

Jason Juenker

kim reiter gentry & associates

dani davis

Orchestrations

Danny troob Choreography Recreated by

Chris Bailey Original Choreography

Josh Prince Tour Directed by

Stephen sposito Original National Tour Production Directed by

Jason Moore & Rob Ashford

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Cast

(in alphabetical order) Papa Bear, u/s Donkey........................................................................................ WILLIE DEE Ugly Duckling, u/s Princess Fiona.................................................................. ANNIE FITCH Witch.......................................................................................... SUSAN LEILANI GEAROU Mama Ogre, Mama Bear, Dragon................................................................... ERIN EDELLE Lord Farquaad............................................................................... MERRITT DAVID JANES Donkey........................................................................................................ ANDRÉ JORDAN Young Fiona/Young Shrek, Dwarf................................................................. NADIA JEWEL Young Fiona/Young Shrek, Dwarf...................................................... MAGGIE TOMPKINS Sugar Plum, Gingy, Teen Fiona........................................................ SCHUYLER MIDGETT Shrek...............................................................................................................LUKAS POOST Pig, u/s Donkey......................................................................................... LYONEL RENEAU Princess Fiona................................................................................................ LIZ SHIVENER Papa Ogre, Big Bad Wolf, u/s Shrek........................................................... ADAM STEINER Fairy Godmother, u/s Princess Fiona..........................................................ERIN SULLIVAN Peter Pan...........................................................................................................CHASE TODD Shoemaker’s Elf.................................................................................. SARAH TRANCHINA Baby Bear..................................................................................................LAUREN DEVINE Pig, u/s Shrek, u/s Lord Farquaad..................................................RYAN EVERETT WOOD Pig, u/s Lord Farquaad....................................................................................CHRIS WOODS Pinocchio........................................................................................................ LUKE YELLIN UNDERSTUDIES For Shrek—ADAM STEINER, RYAN EVERETT WOOD For Princess Fiona—ANNIE FITCH, ERIN SULLIVAN For Donkey—WILLIE DEE, LYONEL RENEAU For Lord Farquaad—CHRIS WOODS, RYAN EVERETT WOOD SWINGS Ian Frazier, Mara Gabrielle, Ryan Rubek, Laura Smith DANCE CAPTAIN laura smith

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Musical numbers ACT 1 “Big Bright Beautiful World” “Story of My Life” “The Goodbye Song” “Don’t Let Me Go” “Welcome to Duloc”* “What’s Up, Duloc?”

“I Know It’s Today” “Travel Song” “Forever” “This Is How A Dream Comes True” “Who I’d Be” ACT II “Morning Person” “I Think I Got You Beat” “The Ballad of Farquaad” “Make a Move” “When Words Fail” “Morning Person” (Reprise) “Freak Flag” “Big Bright Beautiful World” (Reprise) “This Is Our Story” “I’m a Believer” *“Welcome to Duloc” (2001) Music by Mike Himelstein, Lyrics by Eric Darnell SHREK THE MUSICAL ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard—Kevin Casey Asst. conductor/Keyboard 2—Danny White Guitar/Violin­—Austin Moorhead Reed 1—Mike Livingston Reed 2—Chris Widomski Trumpet—Chris Imhoff French horn—Everett Burns Trombone—James Yardley Drums—Jeffrey Roberts THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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WHO’S WHO LUKAS POOST (Shrek) Favorite credits include: The Crucible (Reverend Hale), The Seagull (Trigorin), Curtains (Aaron Fox), and Bat Boy (Bud).

Graduate of The Brind School at University of the Arts. Hails from Wyalusing, PA. Rise to the Joy! LukasPoost.com LIZ SHIVENER (Princess Fiona) is blessed to be on the road again! She was most recently seen as Belle in the Networks National Tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Otterbein University. Many thanks to friends, the best family on the planet, and Jim at bloc. All her love to Steve, the man she can’t wait to marry.

ANDRÉ JORDAN (Donkey) is beyond stoked to be a part of Shrek. Tours: Legally Blonde (Carlos).

Other credits include Rent, Aida, See What I Wanna See and Toy Story the Musical (Original Cast).

He thanks God for all his blessings. Hi Mom! MERRITT DAVID JANES (Lord Farquaad) UMaine and Circle in the Square graduate from Colchester, VT. National Tours: Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), The Wedding Singer (Robbie Hart). Regional: Little Shop… (The Dentist), Two Gentleman of Verona (The Duke), Grease (Danny), Works of Shakespeare Abridged (Adam). Performed at Carnegie Hall, Bway’s Beacon Theatre and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. merrittdavidjanes.com.

WILLIE DEE (Papa Bear, Dragon Puppeteer #3 (Body), u/s Donkey) originally from Dallas, TX, is blessed to be living a dream in Shrek! National tours: A Chorus Line (Richie), Hairspray (Thad). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse. Thanks God, My Family, Friends, and MSA Agency for always believing in me!

LAUREN DEVINE (Baby Bear, u/s Teen Fiona) is delighted to join the company! She was recently seen on the national tour of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Favorite roles: Amber, Hairspray (MerryGo-Round Playhouse); Anybodys, West Side Story (Gateway Playhouse). Thanks to the creative team, cast, friends, LCLs and family. laurendevine.com ERIN EDELLE (Mama Ogre, Mama Bear, Dragon) is blessed to join this wonderful company of Shrek out on the road. National Tour: The Drowsy Chaperone (Swing/Chaperone u/s). OffBroadway: The Karaoke Show (Lucille). Favorite Regional: The Who’s TOMMY (Acid Queen), Shout (Orange Girl), I Love a Piano (Sadie), Ragtime (Emma Goldman), Parade (Lucille Frank).

Many thanks to everyone, ever. As always, for Mom. “Explore, Dream, Discover”­—Twain.

ANNIE FITCH (Ugly Duckling, u/s Princess Fiona) is thrilled to be making her post-college debut in Shrek! Kansas City native, Roosevelt University graduate. A huge thank you to my 12

family, friends, and mentors—you’re the greatest! Enjoy the show!

SUSAN LEILANI GEAROU (Witch, u/s Dragon) is thrilled to be back on the road! BFA M.T. FSU. National Tour: The Wedding Singer (Imelda Marcos, u/s Holly). Favorites: Fame (Carmen), Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman). Love to my TOTAS, S.S. peeps, and family. This one’s for you mama!

NADIA JEWEL (Young Fiona/Young Shrek, Dwarf). Ecstatic to be living a dream come true on my national tour debut! Thanks to all who have inspired me… Parkside Talent, Our Gang Players, Lisa Carlson, Spotlight, Matarazzo Family, my best friends and incredible family! Especially mom, dad and grammy. Recently in Christmas Under the Sea, Oliver, The AristoCats Kids.

SCHUYLER MIDGETT (Sugar Plum, Gingy, Teen Fiona) National Tour debut! Born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA. Credits: SYTA Broadway Convention in Norfolk, VA and D.C. for Thomas Schumacher; National Pre-Release Little Mermaid JR. (Ariel), Hurrah Players in Norfolk, Va. Thanks to Mom, Chan, Hugh, and Hurrah Family! “Mawmaw and Uncle Rick, I’m really doing it!”

LYONEL RENEAU (Pig, Dragon Puppeteer #2 (Wings), u/s Donkey). National Tour Debut! BFA: Oklahoma City University. Regional favorites: MTW- Finian’s Rainbow (Gospeleer), Xanadu (Hermes); Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma—The Buddy Holly Story (Apollo Performer/Jack Daw); Pollard Theatre—Rent (Benny); OSP—The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio). Thank you God, Mom, and Quan for the support!

ADAM STEINER (Papa Ogre, Big Bad Wolf, u/s Shrek) is thrilled to be a part of this amazing show, and elated to be back on the road! National/International Tours: CATS (Rum Tum Tugger), and Gypsy (Swing).

Much love and thanks to Parents, Brothers, Bob Cline and NETworks! Detroit native/Western Michigan University Grad!

ERIN SULLIVAN (Fairy Godmother, u/s Princess Fiona) is tickled green to be on this magic tour! National Tours: Hairspray (Amber), The Wedding Singer (Cindy Lauper), Grease (Swing).

Regional credits: Chicago (Roxie), High School Musical (Sharpay) and Guys and Dolls (Adelaide).

Special thanks to Sir Bob Cline and the Creative Team. “For Daddy. Thanks to my love, Matt Nolan. I sing, dance and live for you!”

CHASE TODD (Peter Pan, Dragon Head Puppeteer, u/s Pinocchio). National Tour debut. Regional: Hairspray (Link), Batboy the Musical (Batboy), A Funny Thing… Forum (Hysterium), Forever Plaid (Jinx), Into The Woods (Jack), The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), High School Musical 1&2 (Ryan). NYC cabarets: Scott Alan and Thomson & Mann. <3Family!> chasetodd.com

MAGGIE TOMPKINS (Young Fiona/Young Shrek, Dwarf ). Maggie is thrilled to be making her National touring debut with such a fantastic production. Favorite credits: The Sound of Music (Gretl), Annie Jr. (Molly), and Red Mountain Theatre Company’s Sprouts. Thanks to God, family and friends for their support. Special thanks to Amy Murphy Studio and Tina Marie Casamento.

SARAH TRANCHINA (Shoemaker’s Elf, Dragon Puppeteer #4 (Tail), u/s Teen Fiona). Favorite credits include: Waiting for Lefty (Edna), The Wedding Singer (Linda), Robin Hood!: A New Rock Musical (NYMF, Janey), …Charlie Brown (Lucy), Godspell (O Bless the Lord,) and Starmites (Eleanore/Bizarbara). Wagner College Theatre Grad. Many thanks to NETworks!

RYAN EVERETT WOOD (Pig, u/s Shrek, u/s Lord Farquaad). Lyric OK: Hairspray (Corny Collins), The Music Man (Britt), Tommy (Hawker). University: …Forum (Pseudolus), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvelin), Adventures of Pinocchio (Gepetto), A Midsummer… Dream (Bottom).

Other: …Spelling Bee (Barfee), Into the Woods (Baker). Love to Mom, Dad, Sisters and MT’11.

CHRIS WOODS (Pig, u/s Lord Farquaad). National Tour: The Wizard of Oz. NYC: Panama Hattie. Regional: RENT (Mark; Big Easy Award) West Side Story (Anxious) Pal Joey (The Tenor) HAIR (Woof) Li’l Abner (Dr. Krogmeyer) Little Me (Ensemble). AMDA alum. Proud native of New Orleans!

LUKE YELLIN (Pinocchio) is ecstatic to be playing Pinocchio, after spending the last year on the road with Grease. Some credits include Footloose (Ren) and All Shook Up (Dean). Thanks to God, my parents, my Liz, and Bob Cline Casting!

IAN FRAZIER (Swing) is excited to be a part of Shrek The Musical! Favorite credits include: Hairspray (Fender) Joseph… Dreamcoat (Reuben), High School Musical (Jack Scott), A Christmas Carol (Fred Anderson), and Swing! Thanks to my family and friends for their constant support.

MARA GABRIELLE (Swing) is thrilled to be touring with Shrek! Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Credits include: Spelling Bee (Olive), Mack and Mabel (Mabel), Gypsy (Dainty June), 42nd St (Anytime Annie), Prince and the Pauper (Radio City Music Hall). Love to my incredibly supportive family and friends!

RYAN RUBEK (Swing) is thrilled to be a part of Shrek! Nat’l Tours: Hairspray (Link Larkin) and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regional: The Wedding Singer, Cats, Altar Boyz. A big thanks to Mom, Dad, family, friends, and Jill!

LAURA SMITH (Swing/Dance Captain) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut with Shrek! Watertown, New York native and Marymount Manhattan College graduate. Favorite credits include: A Chorus Line (Cassie), Honky

Tonk Angels! (Sue Ellen), and A Chorus Line (Val). So much love and thanks to her family and friends!

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Book & Lyrics), along with composer Jeanine Tesori, was nominated for a Grammy and two Tony Awards for their work on Shrek The Musical: Best Score, and Best Book of a Musical. Prior to that David was awarded the Kleban Award as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. His play Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway, and went on to receive the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, and the Spirit of America Award. His newest play, Good People, recently finished an acclaimed Broadway run, earning him the 2011 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the year. His other shows include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, High Fidelity and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David’s screen credits include his film adaptation of Rabbit Hole (starring Nicole Kidman—Oscar Nomination), as well as the upcoming features Rise of the Guardians (Dreamworks), and Oz: The Great and Powerful (Disney.)

David is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a member of the WGA and the Dramatists Guild Council.

JEANINE TESORI (Music) has written four Tony-nominated scores for Broadway: Twelfth Night (Lincoln Center); Thoroughly Modern Millie (lyrics, Dick Scanlan); Caroline, or Change (lyrics, Tony Kushner); and Shrek The Musical (lyrics, David Linsay-Abaire). The production of Caroline, or Change at the National Theater in London received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Her first musical, Violet, written with Brian Crawley, received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1997. She has been the recipient of many other honors including Drama Desk and Obie Awards, and was cited by ASCAP as the first woman composer to have two new musicals running concurrently on Broadway.

She composed the music for the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Mother Courage, directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. She has written songs for the movie Shrek The Third. Her film scores include Nights in Rodanthe, Winds of Change, Show Business and Wrestling With Angels. She composed songs for the Disney DVD releases Mulan II, Lilo and Stitch II and The Little Mermaid III. She has produced 60 CDs for Silver-Burdeett Ginn’s Making Music and the original cast albums for Twelfth Night, Violet and Caroline, or Change. Ms. Tesori, a Barnard graduate, is on the council of the Dramatists Guild. Her next project is a new musical with the playwright Lisa Kron.

JASON MOORE (Original Director). Broadway: Shrek The Musical, Avenue Q, Steel Magnolias. Carnegie Hall: Jerry Springer: The Opera.

Off-Broadway: Speech and Debate (Roundabout), Avenue Q (the Vineyard), Guardians (the Culture Project), The Crumple Zone. Associate direction: 13

WHO’S WHO Les Misérables (Broadway, national tour), Ragtime (Vancouver). Regional: Tales of the City (American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco). TV directing: episodes of “Dawson’s Creek,” “Everwood,” “One Tree Hill” and “Brothers and Sisters.” Jason has a B.S. in performance studies from Northwestern University.

ROB ASHFORD (Original Director) Broadway as Director and Choreographer; How to Succeed… starring Daniel Radcliffe (Tony nominations for Direction and Choreography), Promises, Promises starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenowith (Tony nomination for Choreography). Other Broadway credits as Choreographer include Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony Award, Best Choreography), The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination), Curtains (Tony nomination), Cry-Baby (Tony nomination).

In London as Director, Anna Christie starring Jude Law, A Streetcar Names Desire starring Rachel Weisz both at the Donmar Warehouse (Olivier nomination, Best Revival), Parade at the Donmar Warehouse (Olivier nominations for Direction and Choreography). As Choreographer: Evita (Olivier nomination), Guys and Dolls (Olivier nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Olivier nomination), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Once in a Lifetime (National Theatre). Other credits include Parade (Mark Taper Forum), Candide (English National Opera, La Scala, Milan, Chatelet, Paris), Tenderloin, Bloomer Girl, A Connecticut Yankee… and Pardon My English (encores!). He provided choreography for the film Beyond the Sea directed by and starring Kevin Spacey. Mr. Ashford won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for his work on the 81st Annual Academy Awards, and is an Associate Director at The Donmar Warehouse in London.

STEPHEN SPOSITO (Director) is the Associate Director of the current Broadway revival of How To Succeed In Business starring Daniel Radcliff.

Other credits include: Promises, Promises (Broadway); Shrek The Musical (Broadway); Leap of Faith (Ahmanson Theatre); Parade (Mark Taper Forum); Jerry Springer: The Opera (Carnegie Hall); Speech and Debate (Roundabout Theatre Company); 81st Annual Academy Awards (Production Coordinator).

Graduate of The University of Michigan.

JOSH PRINCE (Original Choreography). Broadway: Shrek The Musical (Outer Critics Circle nom.). OffBroadway: The Kid (The New Group). New York City: The Bridge Project (BAM/The Old Vic ‘09/’10); The Jerry Springer Opera (with Harvey Keitel) at Carnegie Hall; Camelot (with Gabriel Byrne) with the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center (PBS); and All Singing All Dancing (Town Hall ’09). Josh also recently had the pleasure of choreographing the 2010 Kennedy Center Spring Gala. Additional credits: Tales From The Bad Years (Theater Works Palo Alto, dir.); Calvin Berger (MTC 7@7 Series, Dir.); Cabaret (Dir.); Guys and 14

Dolls; One Way Ticket To Hell (Dir.); The Full Monty; The Big Funk (Dir.); La Boheme; Anything Goes; and Singin’ In The Rain.

CHRIS BAILEY (Choreographer). Seoul Korea: Dancing Shadows (National Korean Theatre Award for Best Choreography 2007), Pyoor Native American. Associate Choreography, Broadway: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Promises Promises, Cry Baby. West End: Guys and Dolls, Evita, Once in a Lifetime, Candide (also Paris) Tours: The Wedding Singer (US), Guys and Dolls (UK, Australia), Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK). Film: Beyond the Sea. Television: The 2011, 2010 and 2009 Tony Awards, 2010 and 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. Upcoming: Evita (Broadway).

TIM HATLEY (Original Set, Costume and Puppet Design). Winner of the 2009 Tony Award & Drama Desk Award for Best Costume & Scenic Design for his work on Shrek The Musical. Winner of 2002 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Private Lives on Broadway. Broadway & West End credits include: Spamalot, Private Lives, Vincent in Brixton, The Crucible, Stanley, Betty Blue Eyes & Endgame. Film credits: Stage Beauty, Closer and Notes on a Scandal. Previous theatre work includes working with Complicite, Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, English National Opera and London’s West End. Graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art, London.

JAMES KRONZER (Scenic Adaptation) Broadway: Glory Days. Off-Broadway: Primary Stages: Opus; Zipper Theatre: Under the Bridge. Regional: Denver Center, Arden Theatre Co, Florida Stage, Pioneer Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Co., The Wilma. Cruise Lines: Disney Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line. Washington, D.C.: Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, The Studio Theatre, The Kennedy Center. Television: Comedy Central and Showtime specials for Whitney Cummings, Nick Cannon, Joe Papa, Josh Blue and Joe Piscopo.

National Tours: Broadway Across America: Backyardigans, Barbie™ Live! In Fairytopia™, NETWorks: Seussical the Musical, Show Boat, Big. Scenic Adapter: Spamalot, Drowsy Chaperone, The Wizard of Oz. Awards: Helen Hayes Award, (8), Barrymore Award (1).

PAUL MILLER (Lighting) Broadway: Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room; Lost in the Stars, Where’s Charley, Of Thee I Sing, Music in the Air (Encores). Off-Broadway: Nunsense, Vanities—the Musical, Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Balancing Act. Regional: Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Bay Street, Lookingglass, Chicago Shakespeare, and Paper Mill.

International: West End, China, Asia, La Scala.

Tours: Storytime Live, Wizard of Oz, Sweeney Todd, Legally Blonde, Nunsense, Scooby Doo. Television: “Camelot” (Lincoln Center), and the

internationally televised “New Year’s Eve Celebration in Times Square.”

SHANNON SLATON (Sound Design) designed the tours for Aeros, Kiss Me Kate, The Full Monty, The Producers, Contact, Tap Dogs, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, The Wedding Singer, The Wizard of Oz, and A Chorus Line. Broadway mixing includes: A Christmas Carol, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sweet Charity, The Drowsy Chaperone, Man of La Mancha, Bombay Dreams, Spring Awakening, Anything Goes, and Legally Blonde. He was also the Production Sound for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and the US national tour and the Advance Contract on Wicked.

TIM WEIL (Incidental Music Arrangements).

Broadway: Rent, Jumpers, Sally Marr… and her escorts (composer). Off-Broadway: Current revivial of Rent at New World Stages, 10 Million Miles (ATC, Drama Desk nomination, Best Orchestrations), The Baker’s Wife (York Theatre).

Film: Camp (IFC), Rent (Sony, Revolution), The Marc Pease Experience (Paramount). Television: “Sheep in the Big City,” “Bear in the Big Blue House” (Nickelodeon, Cartoon Networks), many early-morning and late-night variety shows. Recordings: Rent (Broadway, film soundtracks), Camp (producer, arranger), Adam Pascal’s Model Prisoner and Sherie Rene Scott’s Men I’ve Had (Sh-K-Boom Records). For the past several years, Tim has served on the panel for the Jonathan Larson Foundation, which provides grants to aspiring composers and lyricists.

DANNY TROOB (Orchestrator). His career as a musician includes composing, orchestrating and conducting. Some early credits: Pacific Overtures, The Baker’s Wife (dance music), Big River (music supervision, Drama Desk Award winner).

Orchestrated the animated features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas, where he also conducted the score. Wrote the underscore to The Little Mermaid II (nominated for Annie Award— lost to Shrek!), and the TV musical versions of “Cinderella,” “Annie” and “The Music Man.” He orchestrated the revival of Pajama Game with Harry Connick Jr. and the Sydney stage production of Des McAnuff’s Dr. Zhivago, and Aladdin in Seattle, dir. Casey Nickelaw, along with the upcoming stage version of “Newsies” and a European tour of “The Little Mermaid.”

AUSTIN K. SANDERSON (Costume Coordinator) has designed costumes for Denver Theatre Center, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Trinity Rep, The Big Apple Circus, Ballet Hispanico, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan School of Music, Theatre Virginia, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Primary Stages, The Kirk Theatre, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and many other companies. His set designs

include the Reem Acra Bridal Collection, Capital Rep, Theatre Virginia, Fleetwood Stage, and numerous television commercials and industrials.

He is represented by Barbara Hogenson, The Barbara Hogenson Agency. austinsanderson.com.

DAVID BRIAN-BROWN (Hair/Wig Design).

Broadway: Follies, Sister Act, Arcadia, A Steady Rain, Shrek, The Country Girl, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Butley, Tarzan, Chita The Dancers Life , The Odd Couple, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fiddler on the Roof, Nine, Gypsy, Flower Drum Song, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention Of Love, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago, Sideshow, Steel Pier, Big, Sunset Boulevard. Film credits include: It’s Complicated, Angels In America (Emmy Nominated), Too Wong Foo… NAOMI DONNE (Make-up Design). Film: James Bond—The Living Daylights, License to Kill and The Quantum of Solace; Six Degrees of Separation; The Crucible; The Object of My Affection; A Perfect Murder; Chocolate (BAFTA nomination); Random Hearts; Practical Magic; Little Women; Zoolander; The Royal Tenenbaums (Hollywood Make Up Guild Award); Meet the Fockers; The Producers; Synecdoche, New York; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Theatre N.Y.: Twelfth Night (LCT), Electra, Betrayal, Aida, The Graduate, Nine, Sweet Smell of Success, Tarzan, Mary Poppins, The Year of Magical Thinking, Shrek The Musical (New York Theater Wing design nomination). Theatre West End: Starlight Express, Song and Dance, Children of a Lesser God, Time, Mary Poppins, Love Never Dies.

MATTHEW SKLAR (Dance Music Arrangements) composed the music for the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations). He is a recipient of the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theatre Award, and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award. In addition to his work as a composer/arranger, Matthew has been a pianist and/or conductor for more than a dozen Broadway musicals including Caroline, or Change; Nine; 42nd Street; Titanic; Miss Saigon; and Les Misérables. He has also contributed original music to the hit Nickelodeon television series “Wonder Pets.”

MARSHALL MAGOON (Illusions Consultant) has created illusions for Monty Python’s Spamalot, the revival of Damn Yankees and The Shaw Festival’s Invisible Man. Marshall was featured on NBC television’s “Days of Our Lives” and has created presentations for many Fortune 500 companies. Find out more about him at magoonmagic.com.

BOB CLINE CASTING (Casting Director).

Besides Shrek, Bob has most recently cast the national tours of Young Frankenstein, Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast, The Drowsy Chaperone, 15

WHO’S WHO Annie, Full Monty, Rent, Ragtime, Seussical, Bye Bye Birdie, Music Man, Little Women, 39 Steps + over 30 others. He has also helped to populate nearly 1000 regional theatre productions across the country + tv, film, and commercials. Bob is also a proud professor at Pace University in their BFA Musical Theatre program.

THE BOOKING GROUP. Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group has been considered the most prominent Broadway booking agency in the industry. Their current roster includes: The Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!, The Addams Family, Memphis, Shrek The Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, La Cage Aux Folles, West Side Story, In the Heights, Fiddler on the Roof, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Past shows have included Rent, The Producers, Annie, Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Contact, Cabaret, Evita, Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 12 Angry Men, August Osage County and Fosse, among many others. TheBookingGroup.com KEVIN CASEY (Conductor/Keyboard). Although not currently a member of The Rolling Stones, Kevin remains hopeful that he will eventually be asked to join the band. In the meantime, he is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this production of Shrek, which is clearly the next best thing. Thanks to P & M and Kim & the boys for their support.

KRISTIN STEWART (Company Manager).

Fresh off of the set of the Twilight series (jk), Kristin is excited to be managing the logistics of Shrek the Musical. Previously, she assisted the wonderful Jamey Jennings on Young Frankenstein & The Wizard of Oz National Tours.

Thank you to NETworks, for giving a girl from Iowa a shot. HMMTEMJ. TJAMZSCSJ. Mike, I just wouldn’t have fun without you. Mom & Dad, thanks for reading me stories that started with “Once Upon A Time…”

CAROLINE WALKER (Production Stage Manager) is very excited to be a part of this tour!

Previous credits include: Six Degrees of Separation, Hedwig… Angry Inch, Oklahoma!, and Marriage of Figaro. Special thanks and lots of love to her incredibly supportive family and friends!

DANI DAVIS (Executive Producer) is a Broadway producer, director, and lyricist. On Broadway, she produced Little Women—the Musical (Tony, Drama Desk nominations) and The Lonesome West (Tony, Drama Desk noms/awards). She won a 2010 Emmy Award for writing Handel’s Messiah Rocks (Sony Classical, PBS), which she also directed. For NETworks, she was Executive Producer for Little Women and The Wedding Singer. She is on the board of Duke University’s Women’s Forum and The American Songbook 16

Project. Her songs are published by Cherry Lane Music/BMG. Member: SDC, BMI. DREAMWORKS DreamWorks Theatricals was established in 2007 by DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc (NASDAQ: DWA) to produce stage productions adapted works. Bill Damaschke serves as Chief Creative Officer of DWA. DWA is devoted to producing high-quality family entertainment through the use of computer-generated (CG) animation. DWA’s 2011 film slate features Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss In Boots. The Company has theatrically released a total of 22 animated feature films, including the franchise properties of Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. Shrek was the winner of the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Jeffrey Katzenberg serves as DWA’s CEO and was a co-founder of DreamWorks Studios in 1994. The Broadway production was nominated for eight Tony Awards, including Best Costume Design awarded to Tim Hatley. The production is currently playing in London’s West End. NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer) Since 1995, NETworks has produced and managed over 45 touring productions in the U.S., U.K. and internationally. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Blue Man Group National Tour, La Cage, Shrek The Musical and The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables. Future productions include Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Flashdance the Musical and National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of War Horse touring the U.S. WILLIAM STEIG (Author of the Book Shrek!).

Named the “King of Cartoons” by Newsweek, William Steig remains The New Yorker’s longestrunning contributor, with more than 1,600 drawings and 117 covers to his name. He began writing and illustrating books for children at the age of 60.

His work Sylvester and the Magic Pebble earned him the Caldecott Medal, the highest honor bestowed on children’s picture books, but it was the 1990 fairy tale Shrek! that ultimately brought him his largest audience by inspiring one of the most successful film franchises in motion picture history. William Steig wrote and illustrated children’s books up until the last year of his life and died in 2003 at the age of 96.

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STAFF FOR Shrek The Musical Executive Producer Dani Davis General Management Gentry & Associates Scott Jackson Gregory Vander Ploeg Kim Reiter Dawn Kusinski Bobby Maglaughlin Tour Marketing C Major Marketing Tour Direction The Booking Group Meredith Blair Mollie Mann, Kara Gebhart, Brian Brooks, Rich Rundle thebookinggroup.com Casting Bob Cline Casting Company Manager Kristin Stewart Production Stage Manager........................................ Caroline Walker Head Carpenter...............................................................................Rick Haug Assistant Director.........................................................Sara-Ashley Bischoff Assistant Choreographer.............................................................Krista Saab Assistant Scenic Design................................................................Jeremy Foil Assistant Costume................................................................Meghan Healey Associate Lighting Designer..............................................Anthony Pearson Moving Light Programmer....................................................Tommy Hague Assistant Sound.........................................................................Justin Stasiw Associate Designer: Tour Make-Up & Prosthetic Coordinator.....Angela L. Johnson Assistant Make-Up.............................................................Jorie Mars Malan Flyman...................................................................................................Nicholas Rutz Carpenter................................................................................Caitlin Madden Head Electrician.........................................................................Kaycee Davis Ass’t. Electrician.......................................................................... Matt Hrinko Head Audio................................................................................. Ben Madden Ass’t. Audio.......................................................................... Kate Munchrath Head Props.................................................................................Sean Hulbert Head Wardrobe...........................................................................Kristina May Ass’t. Wardrobe.........................................................................Jocelyn Littel Wardrobe Interns............Isabelle Parzygnat, Liana Beer, Amanda Shafran Head Hair and Make-Up........................................................Michael A. King Ass’t Hair and Make-Up............................................................ Angie Jerbasi Dialect Coach............................................................................Stephen Gabis Production Carpenter.....................................................................Brad Korff Production Assistants.........................Corey Gosselin, Stephanie Halbedel Rehearsal Pianists............................................. Nate Patten, Kasey Graham Print Design.............................................................................Rooney Design Radio Spot Production.................................................................HMS Media Television Spot Design/Video Production.......................................HMS Media Website..............................................................................Pit Bull Interactive Production Photography...........................................................Joan Marcus

Merchandising............................................................................Araca Group Legal...........................................................................F. Richard Pappas, Esq. HR & Payroll Services.................................................Human Resources, inc.

Insurance...............................................................................................Chubb Tax Consultant...........................................Brent A. Turner, One Source PSG IT Services.............................................. George W. Wilson, One Source PSG Financial Services.....................................George W. Wilson, One Source PSG Accounting Services............................................................. One Source PSG Housing............................................................. Lisa Morris, Road Concierge Travel Agency...................................... Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel Trucking.....................................................................................Clark Transfer Cast Bus............................................................................Croswell VIP Coach Crew Bus....................................................................................Clarion Coach For NETworks Presentations Chief Executive Officer....................................................... Ken Gentry Chief Operating Officer............................................. Scott W. Jackson Director of Finance..............................................................John Kinna Executive Producers................................ Seth Wenig, Kary M. Walker Associate Producer........................................................Angela Rowles Assistant Producers......................................Jim Lanahan, Mary Witte Assistant to the CEO...........................................................Curt Owens Senior General Manager...................................Gregory Vander Ploeg General Managers...................................... Dawn Kusinski, Kim Reiter Associate General Manager...............................................Curt Owens Assistant General Manager...................................Bobby Maglaughlin Production Manager......................................................Jason Juenker Associate Production Manager......................................Hector Guivas Assistant Production Manager................................Christian Bottorff Marketing/PR..................................................................Heather Hess Music Coordinator............................................................ John Mezzio Assistant Controller.....................................................Jennifer Gifford Office Manager...........................................................Buddy Piccolino Office Assistant...................................................................Nancy Kerr Credits Sound Equipment by Solotech US Corp Inc; Lighting Equipment by Christie Lights; Scenery Constructed by F&D Scene Changes; Properties

by Spoon Group; Automation by PRG Scenic Technology; Printed Marley by Gerriets International; Prosthetics by Prosthetic Renaissance Inc.; Fiona Dress Effects by Tom Talmon Studios; Dragon puppet built

by Michael Curry Design, Inc.; Costume Shops—Marie Stair, Jennifer Love Costumes, Tricorn Costumes, Eric Winterling Inc, Arnold S. Levine, Inc. Rehearsed at Chelsea Studios, Foxwoods Theater, Alvin Ailey Dance Studios.

Orchestral Enhancement by HalfPint Studios, Jason Howland Special Thanks to The Capitol Theatre and Steve Caffery Financial Services and banking arrangements by M&T Bank Visit the Shrek The Musical website at ShrekTheMusical.com All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

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Guide: $ = <$10, $$ = $10-$25, $$$ = $25-$50, $$$$ = >$50, F=Free Parking, G = Groups, P=Prix fixe packages available, R = Reservations, S = Shuttle Service, V=Valet Parking Andiamo • andiamoitalia.com Warren, Grosse Pointe Woods, Bloomfield, Royal Oak, Sterling Heights, Dearborn, Detroit Riverfront, Novi, Livonia. Type of cuisine: Italian, Price: $$$, Amenities: GRV (F-some locations). This season, enjoy Prezzo-Fisso, a fixed-price Fisher Theatre menu on performance days with tickets. Contact your local Andiamo for reservations and information.

The Capital Grille • thecapitalgrille.com The Somerset Collection—North, 2800 W. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI 48084. (248) 649-5300. Type of cuisine: American, Price: $$$, Amenities: FGPRV. Join us before or after the show for our dry aged steaks, freshest of seafood, award-winning wine list, incredible staff and our special $39 menu especially created for theatre guests.

La Musique • hotelstregisdetroit.com New Center, 3071 W Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202.

(313)873-3000. Type of Cuisine: American, Price: $$, Amenities: GPRV. Eat. Play. Stay. Park and dine at La Musique in the historic St. Regis Hotel and walk to the Fisher Theatre. Contemporary American Cuisine.

Majestic Café • majesticdetroit.com Midtown, 4120 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201.

(313) 833-9700. Type of cuisine: American, Price: $$, Amenities: FGSR. Located in the historic Majestic Theatre Center. The menu is rooted in classic American comfort food with a modern twist. Delicious appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, entrees & desserts are all made fresh daily.

Mario’s • mariosdetroit.com Midtown, 4222 Second St., Detroit, MI 48201.

(313) 832-1616. Type of cuisine: Italian, Price: $$$, Amenities: GPRSV. Complimentary shuttle to & from the Fisher Theatre. Show your tickets and receive 10% off food on your performance date. Afterglow specials too! Party with the people who perform.

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Type of cuisine: American, Price: $$, Amenities: FGR. Featuring an eclectic menu of vegetarian items, burgers, fresh fish, pastas & salads. Decadent house-made desserts.

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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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