Blue Man Group by Lied Center of Kansas

LIED CENTER PRESENTS

MON & TUE

7:30 p.m.

SEP

16 &17

Sponsored by Sept. 16 This event is sponsored, in part, by the Lied Performance Fund. This event is also made possible through the generous support of Louis L. & Adelaide C. Ward.

Please be mindful of the following in the auditorium: • Please silence cellular phones and electronic devices • No food or drink • No cameras or recording devices • No smoking

Sept. 17

LIED CENTER PRESENTS

Sponsored by

Sept. 17

There is no intermission during this performance.

NETworks Presentations, LLC presents

MATT GOLDMAN

Created, Written and Directed by

PHIL STANTON

CHRIS WINK

Artistic and Musical Collaborators CHRIS DYAS, LARRY HEINEMANN, IAN PAI, TODD PERLMUTTER, JEFF TURLIK Blue Man KALEN ALLMANDINGER MIKE BROWN BENJAMIN FORSTER KIRK MASSEY PATRICK NEWTON RUSSELL RINKER BHURIN SEAD BRIAN TAVENER Musicians JERRY KOPS JESSE NOLAN ANTHONY RISCICA TERRY TUNGJUNYATHAM CLEMENT J. WALDMANN, III Production/Lighting Design by Video Design by Sound Design by JOEL MORITZ CARYL GLAAB MATT KOENIG and BLUE MAN GROUP Additional Lighting Design Blue Man Character Costume Recorded Sound Design & by by Music Supervisor KEVIN ADAMS PATRICIA MURPHY TODD PERLMUTTER Associate Creative Production Supervisor Music Director Associate Director Director KORI PRIOR BYRON ESTEP MICHAEL DAHLEN MICHAEL QUINN General Management Tour Press and Marketing Production Manager GENTRY & ASSOCIATES ALLIED LIVE JASON JUENKER ANGELA ROWLES BEN NEAFUS Company Manager Production Stage Manager Head Carpenter JACK STEPHENS LIZZ BENDER CHRIS WEBER Consultant to Producer LAURA CLEMENT Executive Producer KEN GENTRY Directed by

MARCUS MILLER and BLUE MAN GROUP Original Direction by Blue Man Group and Marlene Swartz Original Executive Producer - Maria Di Dia Original Associate Producers - Akie Kimura Topal & Broadway Line Company Original New York production presented in a workshop production at La MaMa E.T.C. blueman.com

Who’s Who in the Cast KALEN ALLMANDINGER (Blue RUSSELL RINKER (Blue Man). Born Man Swing) has performed with Blue and raised in rural Virginia, Russell is a Man Group all over the world. He graduate of The College of William and studied acting at Chicago College of Mary. As a Blue Man he has performed Performing Arts, where he worked with all over the U.S. and the world, and Lookingglass, About Face, and Chicago on TV including “The Tonight Show,” Shakespeare theater companies. “Arrested Development,” and “Shake It Up!” Other credits: Chicago Shakespeare MIKE BROWN (Blue Man) has been Theater, Los Angeles Opera, indie films. Blue for over a decade. Hailing from Russell is a classically trained pianist, Virginia, Mike has performed as a singer and an accomplished lumberjack. Blue Man in New York City, Boston, His true loves are ice cream and flea Chicago, Toronto, Berlin, Oberhausen markets. On Twitter: @russellrinker and on Norwegian Cruise Lines. He’s thrilled to now be here performing in BHURIN SEAD (Blue Man Swing) BMG’s National Tour. For him this is a has performed with Blue Man Group dream come true. He wouldn’t be here since 2008. He attended the University without the love and support from his of Texas at Austin where he received family and friends. He thanks you and a degree in human biology and an hopes you enjoy the show. insatiable thirst to do something else. He loves eating his ma’s home cooking, BENJAMIN FORSTER (Blue Man) biking and popping bubble wrap. His graduated with honors from New best friends are his wife, Bonnibel, and York University with a double-major their cat, Manny. in Drama and Urban Design. Theater credits include John Jesurun’s Liz One BRIAN TAVENER (Blue Man) from and Shadowland, Richard Foreman’s Asheville, NC, has performed as a Astronome and two grants from the Blue Man for over six years, mainly in Incubator Arts Project to self-produce. Boston, MA. While not bald and blue, Film and television credits include: Satan Brian writes, engineers, and produces Hates You, Hypothermia, Automatons his own music as “Tav.” He also has and HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” his own record label, Carrot Policeman Records. Brian would like to thank his KIRK MASSEY (Blue Man Swing) is family, friends, and you for making life stoked to be a part of the North American so great. Tour of Blue Man Group. Has been with Blue Man Group since 2005 and has JERRY KOPS (Strings Swing) is a New performed in New York, Boston, Orlando York-based musician who is extremely and all over the world as a part of Blue grateful to be a part of the Blue Man Man Group’s “How to be a Megastar” Group family. He has been a Chapman World Tour. Currently performs full stick sub in the NYC production of Blue time in Blue Man Group’s Orlando Man Group since Fall 2006 and has production when not on tour. Kirk also had the good fortune of performing would like to thank God for His many as a rhythm guitarist in the Broadway blessings, his friends and family for all musical Rock of Ages. Thank you to my of their love and support and everyone beautiful wife Katie, mom, dad and our at Blue Man Group and NETworks who little four-legged boy Ziggy. I wouldn’t made this dream possible. be anywhere without all your love and support! PATRICK NEWTON (Blue Man Swing) is ecstatic to be a part of Blue JESSE NOLAN (Music Director, Man Group NAT! Western Michigan Percussion/Kit). M.M. in Jazz Studies (BFA). Love to my family!! and B.A. in Music Education (Indiana

University). Three years with Blue Man Group in the Chicago, Norwegian Epic and North American Tour casts. Performance credits include West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, James Moody, David Baker, and the BuselliWallarab Jazz Orchestra. Currently Director of Education for MashPlant and member of the Jazz Education Network Committee and Vic Firth Education Team. Love and thanks to my family and incredible wife Amy! ANTHONY RISCICA (Percussion/ Kit) has written and recorded for both screen and television playing for clients such as VH1, Nickelodeon, and National Geographic. He has also recorded with such artists as Prince Paul, Shock G (aka Humpty Dumpty), and Newkirk. His touring experience has brought him everywhere from Brazil to Berlin and back. Anthony currently lives in New York City where he writes for Modern Drummer Magazine, teaches, and DJs. Anthony would like to give a special thanks to his super supportive family. TERRY TUNGJUNYATHAM (Strings) joined Blue Man Group Boston in 2007 as a Chapman Stick and Zither player. He has also performed with Blue Man Group on Norwegian Cruise Line. In his spare time, Terry designs and builds his own line of guitar effects pedals called Push+Pull Pedals. CLEMENT J. WALDMANN, III (Percussion/Kit Swing) has been performing with Blue Man Group since October of 1995. He is very fortunate to have performed with many artists in numerous venues all over the world. Many thanks go out to family and friends for all their love and support. JACK STEPHENS (Company Manager) has kept the show on the road as Company Manager for tours of, among others, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, A Chorus Line, Annie, Sweeney Todd, Rent, and Dora the Explorer LIVE!. Producer: Masters of Magic.

LIZZ BENDER (Production Stage Manager) has been a member of the Blue Man Family since 2007. She worked at the New York Astor Place Production as a Stage Manager and lead deck crew member for three years, and has been on tour with this show since 2010. Special thanks to her family and especially her husband for all of their support. ANNA K. RAINS (Assistant Stage Manager) hails from Raleigh, NC, and is thrilled to join the BMG tour. Recent work includes North Carolina Theatre: Altar Boyz, The Drowsy Chaperone, Nerds; NC State University Theatre: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, RENT; NCT Conservatory: In The Heights, The Who’s Tommy. Love to my family for their support. CHRIS WINK, PHILIP STANTON, MATT GOLDMAN (Creators) Longtime friends Chris Wink, Philip Stanton, and Matt Goldman founded Blue Man Group as a way to celebrate the human spirit through music, science, art, and theatre. After giving more than 1,000 performances in New York, the original three Blue Men stepped off-stage to focus on building Blue Man Productions into a successful global creative company. What started as a threeperson operation has expanded into a decades-long partnership encompassing live theatre, Grammy Award® -winning original music, two rock concert tours, various children’s educational offerings including the founding of the Blue School, and multiple appearances on major television shows. CHRIS DYAS (Artistic and Musical Collaborator) has been performing and writing music with Blue Man Group since 1997. Before that he played in too many bands to mention. His current NYC based project is the Lingering Doubts. LARRY HEINEMANN (Artistic and Musical Collaborator) has worked with Blue Man Group since its inception in 1988 in a variety of capacities including musical director, composer, performer, instrument

designer, recording engineer and recording producer. Outside of Blue Man Group, Larry has worked with Caroline Records recording artists Springhouse as both bass player and producer, Point Music recording artists Code Mesa as musician and producer and his latest project is playing bass for NY-based band Donkeys, whose first CD was recently released. IAN PAI (Co-composer and Artistic Collaborator) is Blue Man Group’s original drummer, co-composer and artistic collaborator. He is also the Musical Director and drummer for the art-pop group Fischerspooner. As a composer and musician he has done work for theatre, film, dance, performance and rock in general. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a B.F.A. in Painting. MARCUS MILLER (Director) has been with Blue Man Group since 1995. During that time he’s helped create and direct 16 shows with them including the London, Tokyo and Berlin versions. They’re all a little different but this one’s the best. He lives in Brooklyn where he practices telepathy with his pit bull, Brooklyn. His other gig is as a Canadian. JEFF TURLIK (Associate Creative Director) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter began his life’s journey on the wings of the bird we call music. Through many pathways and skyways he learned and performed, listened and expressed, and lived and loved, occasionally making a little scratch. In Boston, 1999, he began his collaboration with Blue Man Group. He currently resides in New York City. Together they have seen many places around the globe. Shared many experiences. Rocked many houses. Tore the roofs off the suckers. JOEL MORITZ (Production and Lighting Designer). This is Joel’s third Production Design for Blue Man Group which have also included Zurich and one aboard the NCL ship Epic. He has designed lights for Blue Man Group’s international productions in Tokyo, Berlin, Oberhausen, Stuttgart, Amster-dam and Basel as well

as at Universal Studios Orlando. Recent New York/Off Broadway work includes productions at: NYTW, Rattlestick, The Public, Ma-Yi, The Culture Project, Rising Phoenix and Juilliard. Joel’s regional theater and opera lighting design has been seen across the nation in theatres such as Arena Stage, Long Wharf, The Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Lookingglass Theatre, The Goodman, Steppenwolf and Kansas City Rep. International theatrical productions at: The Traverse Theatre, Assembly Theater in Edinburgh and productions in Buenos Aires, Lima, Hong Kong, Paris, Prague, Taipei and Cairo. Joel is an avid snowboarder and photographer. CARYL GLAAB (Video Design) began working with the founders of Blue Man Group in 1989 and continues to enjoy the collaboration. MATT KOENIG (Sound Design) has been working with Blue Man Group since 2000 and is known as Monitor Matt and Chef. KEVIN ADAMS (Additional Lighting Design). Broadway: American Idiot (Tony Award), Spring Awakening (Tony Award), Next To Normal (Tony nom), Hair (Tony nom), The 39 Steps (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Everyday Rapture, Passing Strange, one person shows by Eve Ensler and John Leguizamo. Off-Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Carrie, Rent, The Scottsboro Boys. Blue Man Group (Las Vegas Monte Carlo show, Hollywood Bowl). www.ambermylar.com PATRICIA MURPHY (Blue Man Character Costume) has worked on the Broadway productions of Black and Blue, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Dracula and Wicked, among others. She has worked with many ballet companies, on several movies including the features Dracula and Far From Heaven and on Bette Midler’s Kiss My Brass tour. Other credits: Tick, tick...BOOM!; Once Around the City; The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin; Bright Lights, Big City.

TODD PERLMUTTER (Recorded Sound Design and Musical Supervisor) Credits with Blue Man Group include performing in shows, sound design, music direction, and composition. Todd produces all of Blue Man Group’s music output including their 2 full length albums, “Audio” and “The Complex.” He has the pleasure of working out of the newly renovated Loho Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Todd has recently started a record label called L.E.S. Recs. He will have 2 releases by 2011, one of which will be a record with longtime Blue Man Group music collaborator Chris Dyas and another with country legend Greg Garing. Look for them at lesrecs.com. BYRON ESTEP (Music Director) started playing Chapman Stick in the Blue Man Group band in 1994 as part of the “TUBES” show at the Astor Place Theater in New York City. Since then, he has been involved in the opening and direction of many Blue Man Group shows throughout the world. He currently works as a Music Director for Blue Man Productions and plays both Chapman Stick and Zither in the band. He has also played guitar and/ or banjo on numerous recordings outside of Blue Man Group and composed several movie and video game soundtracks. MICHAEL DAHLEN (Associate Director). Off-Broadway: The New Bozena, Cherry Lane Theatre, Hudson Theater (L.A. Weekly Award, Nominated for Best Ensemble Performance, Winner for Best Direction, Rainn Wilson). Regional: Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Film: How the Grinch Stole Christmas dir. Ron Howard, Men In Black II dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. Television: “Law & Order” (NBC), “Viva Variety” (Comedy Central).

ALLIED LIVE (Marketing and Press) is a full-service marketing and advertising agency representing Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities. Current clients include: The Book of Mormon, A Christmas Story, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf, Ghost, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Motown, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, Stomp, We Will Rock You, West Side Story and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer) Since 1995, NETworks has produced and managed over 55 touring productions in the US, UK and internationally. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Billy Elliot the Musical, Blue Man Group National Tour, Elf The Musical, Flashdance the Musical, The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Shrek The Musical and National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of War Horse. Future productions include Memphis the Musical, We Will Rock You, the musical by Queen and Ben Elton, and Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.

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ATTENTION Strobe lights and other atmospheric effects will be used during this performance. Please be aware that certain physical elements of the show, including paint and other non-toxic materials, may reach some members of the audience. Audience interaction is also part of this production. Speak to any staff member if you have any questions about this performance.

STAFF FOR Blue Man Group Executive Producer Ken Gentry General Management Gentry & Associates Scott W. Jackson, Angela Rowles Blue Man Productions Consulting General Manager Christian Chenier Company Manager Jack Stephens Tour Marketing and Publicity Allied Live Laura Matalon Andrew Damer Anne Dailey Meyer Production Stage Manager...........................Lizz Bender Ass’t. Stage Manager.............................. Anna K. Rains Head Carpenter............................................ Chris Weber Flyman............................................... Garrett Schnathorst Assistant Carpenter....................................Corwin Scites Head Electrician.............................Adam T. Cavanaugh Ass’t. Electrician.......................................... John Stinson Head Audio......................................................Scott Dahl Ass’t. Audio...................................Maximillian Peterson Head Video.................................................... Eric Geiger Video System Technician........................ Christian Lind Head Props...................................................Emily Steger Ass’t Props.................................................Aaron Gilman Head Wardrobe...................................... Alex M. Bender Instrument Tech......................................Jordan Wesolek Ass’t. Set Designer........................................ Ann Bartek Assistant Lighting Designer.................Tabitha Rodman Sound Supervisor........................................Marcus Ross Lighting Programmer.............................Benny Kirkham Assistant Video Designer.............................Matt Tennie Video Control Programmer..........................Josh Fleitell Video Studio.................. Zarah Cabanas, Luke Schantz, Patricio Harris, Lauren Kushner, Tae Gook Ahn, John Richard Sanchez, Nico Sarudiansky, Jon Knight Assistant Sound Designer.......................... Matt Werden Sound System Engineer/Assoc. Sound Designer ..........................................................................David Lee Sound Consultant................................... Shannon Slaton Video & Interactivity Consultant...............Bob Bonniol Print Design, Radio and Television Spot Production ..........................................Blue Man Group and SpotCo Website.....................Story Worldwide/Mess Marketing Merchandising..................Creative Goods Merchandise Merchandise Manager.....................................Jeff Shenk Accounting ....................NETworks Presentations, LLC Legal.......... Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C. HR & Payroll Services............... Human Resources Inc. Insurance..........................................DeWitt Stern Group Tax Consultant.........Brent A. Turner, One Source PSG IT Services..........George W. Wilson, One Source PSG Housing Coordination......Lisa Morris, Road Concierge Travel Agency...........................................Janice Kessler Carlson Wagonlit Travel Trucking.................................................... Clark Transfer Bus Services...............................................Clarion Coach Financial Services.............................. George W. Wilson One Source PSG Banking Services........................................... M&T Bank NETworks Staff Chief Executive Officer...................Kenneth Gentry Chief Operating Officer.................Scott W. Jackson President.................................................... Orin Wolf Director of Finance................................. John Kinna Executive Vice President Production.....Seth Wenig Executive Producer......................... Kary M. Walker Associate Producer........................... Angela Rowles Director of Booking................Charmaine McVicker

Senior General Manager........ Gregory VanderPloeg General Manager...............................Dawn Kusinski General Manager................................ Mary K. Witte Assistant to the CEO/Associate General Manager.... Curt Owens Assistant General Manager..............Penelope Lopez Assistant General Manager....... Bobby Maglaughlin 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 Assistant Controller.........................Jennifer Gifford Accounts Payables.................................Laura Carey Office Manager...............................Buddy Piccolino Administrative Assistant..........Esther Schwarzbauer Office Assistant..................................... Carol Jewell

Credits

Scenery Fabrication provided by PRG-Scenic Technologies a division of Production Resource Group, LLC., New Windsor, NY and Daedalus Design and Production. Show control and scenic motion control feature stage command systems® by PRG-scenic technologies, a division of Production Resources Group, LLC., New Windor, NY. Stage Construction performed by TAIT Towers, Inc. Video equipment provided by Nocturne Productions. Lighting equipment provided by Epic Productions. Sound system provided by Sound Associations. Blue Man instruments provided by Polyphonic Workshop and Bill Swartz. Props & special effects provided by Practical Props and Van Adams Technologies. Zygote Interactive Balls provided by Tangible Interaction. Puppet provided by Michael Curry Design. Additional props provided by Square Root Studios, Three Byte Intermedia, Raphael Abrams, digiLED, Jerard Studios, Chase Tyler Designs, Dana Burkart. Makeup provided by Alcone Paramount. Company Shipping Provided by Airways Freight. Reusable Seat Covers provided by “Sit-At-Ease” Rehearsed at The Pullo Center in York, PA Special Thanks to Laura Clement Barbara Darwall, Paul Ackerman, David Baker, Leslie Case, Lydia Cheuk, Carol Chiavetta, Bizzy Coy, Melody Easton, Lloyd Edelman, Carl Flanigan, Max Frey, John Hickey, Clista Jarrett, Elizabeth Kandel, Tom Kingsley, Jon Knight, Tahra Millan, Rachel O’Connor, David Russo, Steven Varon EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION BY: Columbia Artists Theatricals Music Credits “Free Bird” written by Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant All rights owned or administered by © Songs Of Universal, Inc. on behalf of itself and Longitude Music Co. (BMI) Used by permission. “Bad Romance” written by S. Germanotta. All rights owned or administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Used by permission. “Crazy Train” written by Robert Daisley, Randy Rhoads, and John Osbourne. Used by permission of Blizzard Music Limited. Visit the Blue Man Group website at www.BlueMan.com All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE.

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Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Original Broadway production by Randy Adams, KU alumnus

THU | NOV 14 | 7:30 p.m.

The Addams Family

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LIED CENTER PRESENTS

2013–2014 Calendar

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of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen

SEPTEMBER 2013 25 Omar Faruk Tekbilek Turkish folk musician 25 Omar Faruk Tekbilek

FEBRUARY 12 The Addams Family A magnificently macabre musical comedy

28 Fables on Global Warming Armitage Gone! Dance 29 Hermès Quartet

OCTOBER 24 AnDa Union: The Wind Horse Mongolian music ensemble 25 Hal Holbrook in

Mark Twain Tonight!

27 Naoko Takada Marimba soloist

18 The Peking Acrobats® 26 The Cleveland Orchestra

MARCH 9 Gleb Ivanov Piano soloist 29 Soweto Gospel Choir

APRIL 3 & 4 Broadway’s Next H!T Musical An improvised musical comedy

NOVEMBER 9 red, black & GREEN: a blues A hybrid-theater production about race, class, culture and the environment

12 The Chamber Music

Society of Lincoln Center

14 MEMPHIS Tony Award-winning Broadway musical

DECEMBER 13 Turtle Island Quartet with special

guest vocalist Tierney Sutton

Holiday traditions from around the world

8 Gold Medal Winner

Vadym Kholodenko, 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 11 The Cashore Marionettes Simple Gifts and Life in Motion 12 The Cashore Marionettes Simple Gifts and Life in Motion

17 Serkan Çağri Band Spirited Mediterranean folk band