Fiddler on the Roof program

THURSday, OCT. 21 — 7:30 p.m.

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Nicholas Howey for Matchmaker Touring, LLC presents

Based on Sholem Aleichem’s stories by special permission of Arnold Perl.

Book By JOSEPH STEIN

Music By JERRY BOCK

Lyrics By SHELDON HARNICK

Original New York Stage Production Directed and Choreographed by

JEROME ROBBINS Produced on the New York Stage by HAROLD PRINCE

Dave Adamick Frank Calamaro Jake Delaney Jason Garrison Julianne Katz Megan Mekjian Bob Pritchard Sarah Sesler Clay Smith Lighting Design by Ken Billington and Jason Kantrowitz Orchestrations Larry BLANK

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Kirk Bixby Andrea Spencer Christensen Aaron Dore Thomas Hallett Birdie Newman Katz Ben Michael Liam Quealy Dennis Setteducati Kevin Stangler Costume Design by Tony Ray HICKS

Andrew Boza Patrick David Nancy Evans Kimberly Hirst Chelsey LeBel Lauren Nedelman Matthew Rickard Melanie Siegel Gerri Weagraff

Scenic Design by Steve Gilliam

Musical Coordinator Talitha fehr TL music internationaL

On-Line Producer Randall a. buck

Sound Design by Duncan ROBERT Edwards

Music Director David Andrews Rogers Casting by JOY DEWING DAVE CLEMMONS CASTING

Assistant Director/Choreographer Ken Daigle

Mr. Robbins’ Original Choreography Reproduced by SAMMY DALLAS BAYES Directed by SAMMY DALLAS BAYES Exclusive Tour Direction The Booking Group Meredith Blair

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Tevye.................................................................................................. JohN Preece Golde................................................................................................ Nancy Evans Tzeitel.....................................................................................Lauren Nedelman Hodel................................................................................................ Julianne Katz Chava.............................................................................................. Chelsey L e Bel Shprintze..................................................................................................... Kimberly Hirst Bielke.. .......................................................................................... Melaine Siegel Yente, The Matchmaker........................................................Birdie Newman katz MoteL, the TAILOR........................................................................................Andrew Boza Perchik, THE STUDENT......................................................................... KEVIN STANGLER Lazar Wolf, the butcher.............................................................. FRANK CALAMARO Mordcha, The Innkeeper.................................................... DENNIS SETTEDUCATI Rabbi..............................................................................................................THOMAS HALLETT Mendel,The Rabbi’s Son...............................................................MATTHEW RICKARD Avram, THe bookseller..........................................................................DAVE ADAMICK Nachum, The Beggar................................................................................Jake DELANEY Label.......................................................................................................................... Clay SMITH Grandma Tzeitel...................................................................................Melaine Siegel Fruma-Sarah............................................................................................ Megan Mekjian Constable....................................................................................................BOB PRITCHARD Fyedka...................................................................................................................Ben Michael Sasha..................................................................................................................... Liam Quealy Boris.................................................................................................................. Patrick David The FIDDLER.............................................................................................Jason garrison Son-Schlome.........................................................................................................Kirk Bixby Yussel................................................................................................................... Aaron Dore MAMA-SHANDEL....................................................................................... Gerri Weagraff MAMA-Surcha........................................................ Andrea spencer christensen DAUGHTER-Rivka...........................................................................................Sarah SeSLer DAUGHTER-BLUMA................................................................................... Megan Mekjian

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific notice is posted at the time of the performance.

Dave Adamick • Kirk bixby • frank calamaro Andrea Spencer christensen • JAKE delaney • aaron dore Kimberly hirst • Megan mekjian • Liam quealy matthew rickard • sarah sesler • clay smith gerri weagraff SWING Patrick david lied.ku.edu

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SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE

PROLOGUE Tradition....................................................................................Tevye, The Company Scene 1. Kitchen of Tevye’s House MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER.. ................................................ Hodel, Chava, Tzeitel Scene 2. Outside Tevye’s House IF I WERE A RICH MAN.......................................................................................Tevye Scene 3. Inside Tevye’s House SABBATH PRAYER........................................................... Tevye, Golde, The Company Scene 4. The Inn, the following evening TO LIFE............................................................................... Tevye, Lazar, The Company Scene 5. Street Outside the Inn Scene 6. Outside Tevye’s Barn MIRACLE OF MIRACLES......................................................................................Motel Scene 7. Tevye’s Bedroom The DREAM............................................................................. Tevye, Grandma Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah, Golde, The Company Scene 8. Village Street and Motel’s Tailor Shop Scene 9. The Wedding Ceremony SUNRISE, SUNSET.......................................................... Tevye, Golde, The Company Scene 10. Tevye’s Yard BOTTLE DANCE, WEDDING DANCE.................................................... The Company ACT TWO PROLOGUE Scene 1. Outside Tevye’s House, afternoon NOW I HAVE EVERYTHING.................................................................. Perchik, Hodel DO YOU LOVE ME?.................................................................................. Tevye, Golde Scene 2. Village Street Scene 3. The Railroad Station FAR FROM THE HOME I LOVE........................................................................... Hodel Scene 4. Village Street, some months later Scene 5. Tailor Shop Scene 6. A Road, late afternoon CHAVA SEQUENCE.....................................................................Tevye, The Company Scene 7. Outside Tevye’s Barn ANATEVKA............................................................................................... The Company Scene 8. Outside Tevye’s House FINALE..................................................................................................... The Company

MUSICIANS

Music Director, Conductor David Andrews Rogers Associate Music Director Nathan Thomas Violin Susan Cosco • Flute, Clarient David d’Angelo Trumpet I Jonathan challoneR Guitar, Mandolin Tom Goslin • Bass Michael Epperhart Drums/Percussion christian dionne Keyboard Programmer Nathan Thomas Music Coordinator talitha fehr (tl music International) Fiddler on the roof

Who’s Who in the Cast John preece (Tevye) With this his ninth national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, Preece has performed in the show more than 3,100 times with more than 1,500 of those performances as Tevye. Preece has been involved in theatre for the past 40 years. Other roles he has enjoyed performing are Ben Franklin in 1776 and The Devil in Damn Yankees. Preece just completed a successful run as Quixote in The Man of La Mancha at the Candlelight Theatre in Wilmington, Del. But Preece still remains best known throughout the United States and Canada for his portrayal as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Preece has also been involved in producing and directing more than 35 productions ranging from the classics to musical theatre.

He has produced such shows as Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music, and 42nd Street as well as the successful tour of Norman, Is That You? starring Don Knotts. Having spent most of his life in the Baltimore area, Preece and his wonderful wife Susie now reside in Springfield, Ill. Dave Adamick (Avarm, U/S Lazar Wolf) Credits include: national tour: Bye Bye Birdie.

Regional: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (William Barfee), The Fully Monty (Dave Bukatinsky), The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion), Forever Plaid (Sparky) and Grease (Roger).

Kirk Bixby (Son-Schlome, U/S Mendel) is a true variety entertainer. Credits include: contemporary dance, party clown/magician, sound engineer, color guard, voice overs, student films, children’s assembly programs, regional theatre, and a current interest in fire dancing.

ANDREW BOZA (Motel) is elated to be making his national tour debut! Credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Motel, Olney Theatre), The Secret Garden, The Fantasticks, Baby, Into the Woods, 1776, Hello Dolly and Godspell.

FRANK CALAMARO (Lazar Wolf) national tours: Victor/ Victoria (Cassell/Toddy). Regional: Cabaret (Herr Schultz); Zorba (Zorba); and Two

by Two (Shem) directed by Martin Charnin to name a few. Thanks to God for his blessings, family and friends for their encouragement, especially his wife, Charlene, and children, Brendan and Aubree for allowing him to “LIVE THE DREAM.” L’CHAIM! Andrea Spencer Christensen (Mama-Surcha, U/S Yente) is a graduate of the American Musical & Dramatic

Academy in New York, and this is her very first national tour! She is excited and thankful to be involved in this wonderful show.

Patrick David (Boris, Swing) is a graduate from Wagner College. Credits include: Sugar (WBT); 42nd Street (Billy); Cats (Skimbleshanks); Fame (U/S and Nick Piazza); On the Town (Chip); Cabaret (Surflight). Love to his family. Fight the “R” word!!!!

Jake Delaney (Nachum, U/S Perchik) loves his classical musicals! Past favorites: Carousel (Billy Bigelow), Little Women (Laurie) and Meet Me in St. Louis (John Truett). A graduate of the Hartt School, he thanks everyone who gets him through the day.

Aaron Dore (Yussel, U/S Motel, U/S Perchik, U/S Mendel) is a recent graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Favorite regional credits include Tick Tick Boom and Summer of ’42. Thanks to his friends and family for their support.

Nancy Evans (Golde) is thrilled to be on her first national tour. Regional: Showboat, God’s Favorite, Something’s A Foot, Church Basement Ladies Second Helping, White Christmas, Meet Me in St. Louis, Steel Magnolias, Henry IV, Sound of Music, and a Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. Off-Broadway: Affluenza. TV: Cash Cab. One woman show: Psychobabble.

Jason Garrison (Fiddler) is so thankful to be part of this company! Credits: The Who’s Tommy (Tommy), Rent (Mark), Sweeney Todd (Tobias) and Les Misérables (Marius). Much love and thanks to his family for their undying support.

Tom Hallett (Rabbi) Regional/tours: Oklahoma! (first national), Baby, Titanic, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Two From Galilee. West Point graduate and proud husband of Karen who is serving in Afghanistan.

Love to TJ, Tom and the VCA family. Jer. 29:11.

Kimberly Hirst (Sprintz, U/S Chava) recently toured in AIM Management’s Fiddler on the Roof and American Family Theatre’s Wizard of Oz (Dorothy). Love and thanks to cast and crew, family and friends for your love and support!

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Julianne Katz (Hodel) is making her national tour debut! Credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Chava) (Sacramento Music Circus); All Shook Up (Artpark); The Who’s Tommy (Lois) (Arkansas Rep); Kiss Me, Kate and Crazy for You (Polly).

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Elon University.

Birdie Newman Katz (Yente) from Augusta, Maine, has been in Fiddler on the Roof productions since 1974. Favorite role: Peter Pan. TV/Film: HBO’s Empire Falls.

National anthems: Red Sox, Celtics; At Home with the Singing Chefs. Loves Roger, Jonathan, Shari, Mom, Noodle and Pupcorn.

Chelsey LeBel (Chava) is pleased to make her national tour debut with Fiddler on the Roof. Bachelor of Fine Arts musical theatre, Emerson College. Credits include east coast premiere of Esperanza Rising into the Woods, John & Jen and Bare.

Megan Mekjian (Fruma Sarah, DaughterBluma, U/S Tzeitel) Tour debut! Favorite roles include: Peter Pan (Peter), Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy) and West Side Story (Rosalia/Soloist). Recent NYU Tisch/CAP 21 graduate. Endless thanks to my family, friends and teachers.

Ben Michael (Fyedka), a Philadelphia native, has appeared in: Fiddler on the Roof, Walnut Street Theatre; Little Women (John Brooke), Syracuse Stage; Carousel (Billy Bigelow), Theater at Monmouth. Bachelor of Fine Arts Syracuse University. Love and thanks to his family.

Lauren Nedelman (Tzeitel) would like to thank her family and friends for all their support.

She would also like to thank Dave Clemmons Casting for the opportunity to be a part of this beautiful production. L’Chaim!

Bob Pritchard (Constable) Regional: Side Man (Gene), ART (Sergel), It’s a Wonderful Life. Other: Company (Larry), The Pirates of Penzance (Sergeant), Annie (Daddy Warbucks), Deathtrap (Sydney), Frankie and Johnny (Johnny) and Tally’s Folly (Matt).

Liam Quealy (Sasha, U/S Fyedka) OffBroadway: Dear Edwina (Bobby); Other: Pippin (Pippin), The Magic Flute (Papageno) and Reasons to be Pretty (Ken). To my fam, my friends and everyone else: Thanks.

Matthew Rickard (Dance Captain, Mendel, U/S Motel) is thrilled to be joining Fiddler on the Roof for his first national

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tour! Credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Benjamin), A Chorus Line (Paul), I Love a Piano (Jim). Bachelor of Fine Arts Syracuse University. Many thanks to mom, dad and the class of ’09!

Sarah Sesler (Daughter-Rivka, U/S Hodel) from Erie, Pa., is making her touring debut.

Credits: The Wild Party (Queenie), Show Boat (Julie) and Kiss Me, Kate (Lois/Bianca). Bachelor of Fine Arts: Shenandoah Conservatory. Love to mom, dad, Michael and Dr. Jones.

Dennis Setteducati (Mordcha) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Fiddler on the Roof having last appeared in the national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone as Gangster #1. Other favorite roles include Sancho in The Man of LaMancha, Marcellus in The Music Man and The Cowardly Lion.

Melanie Siegel (Bielke, Grandma Tzeitel) is excited to be making her national tour debut.

She is a graduate of NYU Tisch/Stella Adier Studio. Thanks to teachers, family and friends for their love and support.

Clay Smith (Label, U/S Constable) holds a doctorate of musical arts in vocal performance from LSU. Roles include: The Sound of Music Asian tour (Franz), Assassins (John Wilkes Booth), Urinetown, the Musical (Officer Lockstock), Sweeney Todd, Ragtime (Father) and Peter Pan (Captain Hook).

Kevin Stangler (Perchik) is happy to have wandered in to Anatevka. House Theatre of Chicago, Marriott Theatre, Metropolis, Connecticut Free Shakespeare and The New Colony (company member). Bachelor of Fine Arts, UW-Stevens Point. To my loves, love.

Gerri Weagraff (Mama-Shandel, U/S Golde, U/S Yente, U/S Fruma Sarah) is thrilled to be on her first national tour, after 37 years of performing in the Delaware/Pennsylvania region. Much love to Paul, Bekah, Jordan, Mom and Dad! SAMMY DALLAS BAYES (Director, Choreographer) has staged and directed successful productions of numerous musicals in London’s West End, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia the Far East, as well as Europe.

Credits at home and abroad include: Fiddler On The Roof starring Chaim Topol (Tony Award best revival), West Side Story, Chicago, Oliver, Pippin, Annie, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Grease, Nunsense, Man of La Mancha,

Canterbury Tales (Tony Award nomination) Lend Me a Tenor, I Hate Hamlet, Broadway Bound, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You and Last of the Red Hot Lovers. He has been recognized for his contributions to theatre abroad and at home, and has received numerous awards for outstanding work in the theatre. Bayes has written three theatre pieces, two musicals and one dramatic play. One Man’s War, a dramatic play based on the true-life story of one of the first Marines to land in Vietnam in 1965 was mounted in the New Play Festival at the University of Hartford in May of 2003 and had a two-month engagement at the Triad Theater in New York City. The musical Two Ladies On Stage, which received a top Japanese Theatre award was based on the lives of two female Japanese film stars, and was produced for the KOMA Theater in Tokyo, Japan. Another musical currently in progress, Radio U.S. of A. Countdown, is a musical extravaganza centered around music, events and true life stories from the 1950s and 60s, and is laced with powerful and dramatic episodes of the human experience. Bayes just returned from Dublin, Ireland where he staged a Christmas special for television for the renowned Irish vocal group ANUNA which has just completed a successful presentation at PBS Television stations across the United States. Bayes dedicates his work on this production to the memory and life of a dear friend and actor who he knew for more than 40 years, David Masters...This one’s for you David.

Ken Daigle (Assistant Director/ Choreographer) had the extreme pleasure of learning Fiddler on the Roof from Sammy Bayes and Jerome Robbins while performing in the 1990 Broadway revival. Daigle has since worked with the Robbins Trust, directing and choreographing Fiddler on the Roof around the country. Other credits include Damn Yankees, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Forum, Show Boat and Evita.

Daigle is currently studying ministry at Unity Institute in Kansas City, Mo. He and his husband JD Schramm make their homes in New York City and San Francisco.

Ken Billington (Lighting Designer) has 93 Broadway shows to his credit including such theatre milestones as Sweeney Todd and the current production of Chicago. Current touring productions include Dreamgirls, Chicago (worldwide), 9 to 5 and the seasonal White Christmas.

Past touring productions have included High School Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Doctor Doolittle and Riverdance (lighting supervisor) to

name a few. Other projects include New York’s Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular from 1979 to 2005, the Las Vegas spectacular Jubilee!, and Shamu Rocks! for Seaworld Orlando and San Diego. Billington is the recipient of Tony, NY Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Ace Awards for television lighting and the Lumen for his architectural work.

JASON KANTROWITZ (Lighting Designer) has designed for Broadway/New York productions of [title of show], Dame Edna, Starmites, The Syringa Tree and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National tours of Phantom of the Opera (associate designer), Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol and Harvey Fierstein, Annie, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the Olympic figure skating show, Stars On Ice. International shows include Sweet Charity, The Producers, Besame Mucho, Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Caravan and for London’s Royal National Theatre, The Syringa Tree. As a preeminent designer of award-winning themed attractions, his work includes Fantasmic!

(Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Sea), Finding Nemo (Disney’s Animal Kingdom), Lion King (Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Hong Kong Disneyland), Playhouse Disney, Voyage of the Little Mermaid (Disney’s Hollywood Studios), Shamu Rocks!

(SeaWorld Orlando & San Diego), Shamu Miracles and Believe (SeaWorld Orlando), IllumiNights, Emerald Beat, Irish Thunder, Kinetix (Busch Gardens Williamsburg).

Duncan Robert Edwards (Sound Designer). Selected theatre designs include Bounce, Three, Cinderella, Parade, The Civil War, The Sound of Music, Floyd Collins, the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, High School Musical for Disney Theatricals, the Broadway production of LoveMusik for which he was a Drama Desk nominee and Miss Saigon for which he received a Jeff Award for outstanding sound design in Chicago. Some of his New York theatre designs include I Love You, You’re Perfect...Now Change, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare For My Father starring the late Lynn Redgrave, The Food Chain and The Last Five Years. In addition to theatre, Edwards has designed many broadcast and special event systems including the studio sound systems for Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. One of his most challenging projects was the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics for which he was grateful for the opportunity to design.

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He thoroughly enjoyed Andrea Bocelli’s South American and east coast U.S. tour. And one of his favorite ongoing projects has been the worldwide presentations of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich.

Steve Gilliam (Scenic Designer) is a professor of drama at Trinity University who owes his design career to a chemistry class he dropped in college. He changed his major and found his passion. Years ago and along the way to this production of Fiddler, Gilliam met his spouse, Sam, also on the faculty at Trinity, an Equity actress and visual artist. The Gilliams now partner as a husband and wife theatrical design team, having designed throughout the United States for more than 25 years. Steve has been a resident scenic designer for the St. Louis MUNY for the past 17 years. The Gilliams have designed several national tours of Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Sammy Dallas Bayes, and starring Theodore Bikel, Topol and Harvey Fierstein in the role of Tevye. Other notable associations include Chicago’s Light Opera Works, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, SeaWorld, Six Flags and the New York Toy Fair. The design you are seeing tonight stands on the shoulders of artist Marc Chagall and designer Boris Aronson. Steve and Sam thank Mr. Bayes for his continued support of the work they do, and his inspired collaboration with this production of Fiddler on the Roof, truly an American classic.

DAVID ANDREWS ROGERS (Music Director, Conductor) is pleased to continue his association with Troika and Fiddler on the Roof, having been music director and conductor for its 2009-10 tour starring Topol, Theodore Bikel and Harvey Fierstein. Rogers was previously music director and conductor for the Broadway national tours of Les Misérables and Show Boat, and his other conducting experience includes the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Broadway national tour of Phantom of the Opera, the North American tours of Chicago and Cats, the ABCTV special In a New Light, and more than 150 hit productions in stock and regional theatre as well as numerous readings and workshops of new musicals. Rogers’s concert appearances include New York’s Lincoln Center, Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theatre, and with recording artist Deborah Gibson. Educated at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Oxford University in England, Rogers is originally from Texas and now makes his home in New York City.

Larry BLANK (Orchestrations) did the Tony-nominated orchestrations for The Drowsy Chaperone and White Christmas as well as

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Martin Short’s Fame Becomes Me for composer Marc Shaiman. Blank is co-orchestrator with Shaiman for Catch Me If You Can. Blank has been orchestrator on many films for Shaiman, has been arranger on four Academy Awards shows and most recently was conductor for Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli at the Grammy Awards. Blank has had the pleasure of arranging/conducting for Barbra Streisand, Betty Buckley, Michael Crawford, Michael Feinstein and many others. He arranged/orchestrated Barbara Cook’s Count Your Blessings, John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter and for Barry Manilow’s album Greatest Hits Of The 50s, the song Rags To Riches. Blank was musical director/conductor for They’re Playing Our Song on Broadway as well as several other far less successful musicals. In Los Angeles, Blank was the musical director/conductor for Sugar Babies, La Cage Aux Folles, Evita and Phantom of the Opera. Blank was also music director and conductor for Michael Crawford’s tours of Australia.

Dave Clemmons CASTING (Casting) is Dave Clemmons, CSA, Joy Dewing and Alan Lane. Current projects include: the Broadway premiere of Driving Miss Daisy starring James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave, Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland, the new musical Grumpy Old Men; national tours: Legally Blonde, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, ‘Swonderful, Wizard of Oz; Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, Drury Lane Theatre and Casa Mañana. Previous credits: Broadway: The Boy From Oz, Brooklyn, The Civil War, Dracula, Ring of Fire; Off-Broadway: Bare, Bat Boy, Dear Edwina, Zanna Don’t!. Tours: Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Movin’ Out, Sound of Music and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

TALITHA FEHR TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (Music Coordinator) was founded by Talitha Fehr in 2010 to carry on the musical contracting traditions of her mentor Sam Lutfiyya. Fehr has worked on national tours of Mamma Mia!, Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol and Harvey Fierstein, Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera A Dancer’s Life, Movin’ Out and 101 Dalmatians. International and Asian tours of West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella and The King and I. Fehr has also had the privilege of working on Broadway’s The Pirate Queen, pre-production and development of Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.

ROBERTA ROBERTS (General Manager) is excited to be embarking on her ninth year with Troika Entertainment. Prior to her current position, Roberts was producer for the cruise line entertainment division of Paramount Show Services International where she produced and managed entertainment programs for numerous clients including Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Renaissance Cruises, Orient Lines and Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth II. A graduate of James Madison University, Roberts is grateful for a career that has taken her to more than 45 countries. Her most exciting production to date was her recent Panamanian wedding to her husband, Yiannis Gianareas.

GeoffREY Quart (Technical Supervisor).

Prior to his current position, Quart spent three years as project foreman for Showman Fabricators, where he managed the build and installation of countless projects including the studio sets for CNN’s American Morning, Paula Zahn Now and ABC Nightly News. Quart began his career in Toronto, Canada as an assistant production manager and assistant technical director for Livent, Inc. and Parallel Productions on productions such as Ragtime, Jane Eyre, The Vagina Monologues and The Lion King. Quart and his wife Anne are enjoying life in blissfully suburban New Jersey with their daughter Madelyn and their dog, Tucker.

G CREATIVE ADVERTISING & DESIGN (Creative Services). Founded by Christopher and Gabrielle Howey in 2002, G Creative has grown into a full-service agency specializing in print design and broadcast production. Located in Las Vegas, Nev., G Creative produces materials for clients in various industries including entertainment, real estate, automotive, gaming and consumer products. The Howeys are celebrating the success of their most ambitious project to date, Mimi-Charlotte.

THE PRODUCERS are in their third decade of producing touring shows of all sizes throughout North America and the world.

Nicholas Howey (Executive Producer) has a doctorate in theatre arts and studied repertory theatre in Prague. Together with Kary Walker he founded the Harlequin Theater outside Washington D.C., which enjoyed a 20-year run. Howey and the late Larry Shue were subjects of the play Wenceslas Square written by Shue, directed by Jerry Zaks and produced at The New York Shakespeare Theater. Together with Kenneth Gentry and Dallett Norris, Howey founded Troika Entertainment. He is happily

married to actress-turned-real estate agent, Mary Ellen Nester, is the father of two grown kids “in the biz” (Jennifer and Christopher) and soon-to-graduate high-schooler Florin- all of whom remind him daily that life and the theatre are as good as it gets.

RANDALL A. BUCK (Chief Operating Officer) has produced more than 50 productions as Troika Entertainment’s chief operating officer all over the world. Before rejoining Dr. Howey at Troika in 1999, Buck was vice president and general manager for Livent in Toronto. While working for Livent, Buck managed productions such as Fosse, Ragtime, Show Boat, Music of the Night and Kiss of the Spider Woman. He was a stage manager for more than 20 years, opening the Phantom of the Opera Music Box tour and Show Boat! on Broadway. Since beginning as an apprentice with The Kenley Players in the late 1960s, Buck has had the privilege of working with directors such as Hal Prince, Joe Layton, Josh Logan and hundreds of stars. Buck had the privilege of recently serving on the board for the National Alliance of Music Theater. He is currently living happily-ever-after in southern Maryland with his wife Angela and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck. .

Donald Kindl (Chief Financial Officer) graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1982 and a master’s degree in business administration in 1988. He began his career with Combustion Engineering in Windsor, Conn. in 1982, and moved to Maryland in 1992 to assume the position of comptroller for various theatrical productions in association with Mr. Howey. In his current position, he oversees the daily operations of all aspects of management information systems, finance and accounting.

Kindl and his lovely wife, Cindy, are the proud parents of three wonderful children: Stephen, Stacey and Scott.

JENNIFER HOWEY (Chief Strategy Officer) is proud to be working in the family biz beside her father Nicholas and brother Christopher. A graduate of Madonna University in Livonia, Mich., Howey attended graduate school at The University of Detroit-Mercy and studied advertising and marketing at Oxford University. As a press representative, Howey has worked with Michael Bolton, Barry Williams, Patrick Cassidy and Gladys Knight to name just a few. Previous positions include brand manager for Feld Entertainment and producing associate for Starlight Vegas Company. She is very proud to be the mother of Nicholas Anndrej Joseph Howey.­

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STAFF FOR

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MATCHMAKER TOURING, LLC

General Manager Roberta Roberts COmpany Manager Nicole McClendon PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Suzayn MacKenzie Head Carpenter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron A. Levy Associate Scenic Designer.. . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Gilliam Assistant Scenic Designer.. . . . . . . . . . . Michael Riha Assistant Lighting Designer. . . . . . Brandon Mitchell Production Electrician / Programmer. Michael Brown Production Electrician.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Brown Additional Programming.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Rembert Production Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colle Bustin Assistant Production Sound.. . . . . . . . . Elle Xu Bustin Production Sound Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mark Norfolk, SAVI USA Production Properties.. . . . . . . . . . . . Paige J. Zaloudek Assistant Carpenter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Jordan Assistant Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Townsend Head Electrician.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie McFarland Assistant Electrician.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kurt Krohne Head of Sound.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deniz Akyurek Assistant Sound Engineer.. . . . . . . . . Crystal Edwards Head of Properties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy L. Hogue Head of Wardrobe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay R. Cole Assistant Wardrobe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonya Reynolds

PRODUCERS

Nicholas Howey......Executive Producer, CEO Randall A. Buck...........Chief Operating Officer Don Kindl........................ Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Howey...............Chief Strategy Officer

COSTUME SHOP STAFF

Costume Director: Tony Ray Hicks Project Assistant: Alison Smith Work Room Manager: Helen Jones Lead Stitcher: Laura Browning Stitchers: Melanie Lester, Risa Ono, Pauline Senk, Kristina Lambdin, Kristen Czako, Melissa Daum Fitting Assistant: Ryan Richardson

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PRODUCTION STAFF Associate General Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaime Prine Technical Supervisor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoffrey Quart Production Coordinator.. . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan P. Murphy Production Carpenter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Mahan Project Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Orsino Assistant to the General Manager.. . . . . Steve Lisciani Accounting. . . . . Thomas J. Lydon & Associates, P.A. Accounting Clerk.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marite Espinoza Senior Booking Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . . McKenna Kelly Booking Associate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Keenan Budgeting and Forecasting Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

George Lamberty Comptroller.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Rudzinski Creative Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

G Creative, Inc., Christopher Howey Employee Benefits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Capital Group Insurance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lowe•Tillson Insurance & Associates, Inc. Legal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Jean Ward, Esq. Marketing Associate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Davis Office Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anissa Hartline-Orsino Production Photography.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Marcus Staff Accountant.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lourdes Castillo Warehouse Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Garrish

Tour Direction The Booking Group Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart, Laura Kolarik Mollie Mann, Brian Brooks, Richard Rundle www.thebookinggroup.com

CREDITS Hotel booking and bravel by Road Rebel Entertainment Touring.

Scenery modifications by SHOWMAN FABRICATORS, Long Island City, N.Y., Elliot Bertoni; Original scenery by GREAT LAKES SCENIC STUDIOS, Burlington, Ont., Dave Stevens; Additional scenic painting by JAMES FOUCHARD; Tevye’s cart provided by THE MUNICPIAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS, Dennis M. Reagan; Soft goods by I. WEISS & SONS, Fairview, N.J., Jennifer Tankleff; Lighting by CHRISTIE LITES ORLANDO, Orlando, Fla., Larry Thomas; Audio services by SPECIALIZED AUDIOVISUAL, INC., Clifton Park, N.Y., Mark Norfolk; Backline by JONAS PRODUCTIONS, Indianapolis, Ind.; Footwear by LaDUCA SHOES, NYC; Trucking by JANCO, LTD., Wayne, N.J., Rick Rosenthal; Rehearsed at NOLA REHEARSAL STUDIOS and RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS. Merchandising

by CREATIVE GOODS MERCHANDISING, Pete Milano, 212-643-6535.

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.

The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel, and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

2010-11

Friends of the Lied Update This list includes individuals and businesses that have initiated or renewed their Friends of the Lied membership since the original list was published.

BUSINESS FRIENDS Benefactor ($1,000+) Bigg’s Barbecue Patron ($500+) The Chiropractic Experience Sponsor ($250+) Dr. Jim & Vickie Otten

INDIVIDUAL FRIENDS Benefactor ($1,000+) Keith & Karen Ely Becky & Harry Gibson Patron ($500+) Francois Henriquez & Laura Stephenson Charlotte A. Mueller Sponsor ($250+) Steve & Bobbie Gish Charlotte A. Mueller Lucy Price G.E. & Ruth Rutledge Contributor ($100+) Doug & Becky Eason Alice Clayton & Bob Honea Sharon Graham & Anthea Scouffas Kristin & Blake Hedges Russ & Jackie Hilton C. Shaffia Laue Jesse & Kitty Pacheco Mary Miller Ross Mary Ann & Norman Saul Barbara & Richard Schowen Fred & Lilian Six Steve & Jung Spooner Steve & Pat Sublett Judy & Jack Wright Friends ($50+) Elaine & Virgil Brady Rex Buchanan Cheri Esmond Ellen Loomith Charles & Laurie McLane-Higginson Terry & Mary Beth Miller Carol Thompson Sarah Trulove & James Woelfel lied.ku.edu

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