Program Book Insert - Curious George

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Program Information Barbara Pasternack

Theatreworks USA

Artistic Director

Ken Arthur Producing Director

Presents

CURIOUS GEORGE The Golden Meatball Original Music by John Kavanaugh Book and Lyrics by Jeremy Desmon Based on the books by Margret and H.A. Rey and the play owned by Universal Stage Productions Scenic Design by

Costume Design by

Michael Schweikardt

Tracy Christenson

Casting by

Original Director& Choreographer

Caroline Kaiser

Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Music Supervisor& Vocal Arrangements by

Sariva Goetz Stage Manager Michael Friedlander

Director & Choreographer

Josh Walden

CAST (alphabetical by role)

Drew Helton Max Joseph Emily Nash Dan Beckmann Jackie Nuzzo Steven Harris

Chef Pisghetti & Others Curious George Doorman & Others The Man With the Yellow Hat & Others Netti & Others Phinneas & Others

Copyright © 2014 by Universal Studios. Curious George and related characters, created by Margret and H.A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and used under license. Created and produced by special arrangement with Universal Stage Productions and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Original production of "Curious George Live!: The Golden Meatball" was produced by VEE Corporation in association with Universal Stage Productions and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

The character Curious George, including without limitation the character’s name and any variations, translations or local versions thereof and the character’s likenesses, are registered trademarks of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

“Curious George: The Golden Meatball” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International, New York, NY Please check the houseboard for any program changes.

This program from Theatreworks USA is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

As a courtesy to the artists and for the uninterrupted enjoyment of your fellow patrons, please turn off all cell phones, pagers, beepers and other electronic devices. Please unwrap any lozenges before the performance begins. No portion of this performance may be photographed, recorded, filmed, taped, broadcast or mechanically reproduced without the written consent of the Artist and/or the Presenter. Mayo Performing Arts Center is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS "Curious George Theme Song" "Special Delivery" "A Dash of Joy" "Who's Got Time?"

"Special Delivery Reprise #1" "Golden Meatball" "Special Delivery Reprise #2" "George Goes to Rome/Curious George Theme Song Reprise #1" "That's How You Know You're in Rome" "Go, Monkey, Go" "A Buddy Like You" "The Contest Part 1" "The Contest Part 2/Keep Your Eye On the Ball" "Judging (That's A Meatball)" "Finale"

Company Delivery Trio Chef, Netti, Cooks Phinneas, Chef, Netti, Crowd Delivery Duet Man With the Yellow Hat, Netti Delivery Solo Company Italian Painters/ American Tourist Company Man With the Yellow Hat, Chef Company Company Company Company

WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST (alphabetical by role)

DREW HELTON (Chef Pisghetti & Others) is elated to be touring with Theatreworks’ Curious George!

Regional Credits include: Seussical, the Musical (Horton, the Elephant), Fiddler on the Roof (Motel Kamzoil), Into The Woods (The Baker), Hairspray (Edna Turnblad), Spring Awakening (Moritz), Les Miserables (Grantaire), …Howard Barnes workshop (Fitz/Ensemble). BFA Acting/Musical TheatreWright State University.

MAX JOSEPH (Curious George) Selected credits: Sweeney Todd (Cain Park); High School Musical (Enlightened Theatrics), Peter Pan (Mercury Summer Stock), Shrek (Mercury Summer Stock), Tommy (BC/EFA), as well as many concerts around New York City. TV: “Royal Pains” (USA). BFA from Boston Conservatory. For my dad, always. www.

MaxJoseph.net; Twitter: @Maxwell_Joseph EMILY NASH (Doorman & Others) NYC: The Mysteries (The Flea; Drama Desk Award, NYTimes Critics’ Pick), Emily Dickinson OUTER SPACE (Bushwick Starr), Simon the Invisible Boy (tour), The Cherry Orchard (Theaterlab). Regional: Shrek, Spelling Bee, Mary Poppins (Grandstreet Theatre). New Media: We Are Stars (web series). Training: BA, Vassar College; Moscow Art Theatre School.www.emilyknash.com DAN BECKMANN (Man With The Yellow Hat) is an actor freshly transplanted from Minneapolis to NYC. He is honored to be a part of this production, bringing these immortal characters to life all across the United States (and Canada!) Enjoy the show!

JACKIE NUZZO (Netti & Others) is excited to be back on the road after last traveling the country with the national tour of Elf the Musical and cruising to Alaska and Hawaii as a Mainstage Performer with Disney Cruise Line. Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, James, TPG and friends! www.jacquelinenuzzo.com STEVEN HARRIS (Phinneas & Others) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Curious George! He recently finished a run of the national premiere of The Boy From OZ at Theatre Memphis in Tennessee. He also

received a degree in makeup artistry from The L. A. Academy of Creative Arts in Dublin, Ireland. Enjoy the show!!

JEREMY DESMOND (Book & Lyrics) is an awardwinning musical theatre bookwriter whose stories have played to audiences around the world. The Girl in the Frame, seen in over a dozen productions, earned him the prestigious Edward Kleban Prize as America’s most promising Musical Theatre Bookwriter. Pump Up The Volume, his adaptation of the 1990 film, has been developed at Goodspeed Musicals and The Human Race Theatre. He is also known for the high-school jukebox musical, Cyrano de BurgerShack, the wildly imaginative comedy I See London, I See France: The Underwear Musical and the topical Virtually Me, recently on tour with TheatreworksUSA. In addition, Jeremy has written “family theatrical” touring arena shows for some of the world’s most recognizable characters, including Disney Live’s Mickey’s Music Festival!, Universal’s Curious George Live! and Sesame Workshop’s Elmo Rocks! He’s written multiple editions of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and recently completed new adaptations of Disney’s Tangled and Pixar’s Brave for Disney On Ice’s worldwide tour.

JOHN KAVANAUGH (Original Music) is currently serving as songwriter/musical director for Disney’s brand new princess, Sofia The First. He took home the Daytime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Song: Main Title” for “Sofia The First”. His music can also be heard in several animated features - Disney’s hit Winnie The Pooh movie, Springtime with Roo, and the Nickelodeon musical Globe Hunters, an Around the World in 80 Days Adventure which includes the song "Be Where You Are" featuring Chaka Kahn.

With lyricist Marcy Heisler, John wrote "Joseph’s Lullaby" especially for Michael Crawford, featured on Crawford’s album ON EAGLE’S WINGS for Atlantic Records. He wrote music and lyrics to the theme for the 2003 Special Olympics, "You’re The Dream" recorded by the Walt Disney Records star

Myra, and has written songs for the award winning television show Sesame Street.

JOSH WALDEN (Director & Choreographer) was the Associate Director/Choreographer for TheatreworksUSA's production of Seussical, under the direction of Tony nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge. He recently directed/ choreographed The Rocky Horror Show for The University of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY, Legally Blonde for Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY and A Chorus Line for Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Jupiter, FL. On Broadway, Josh was the Associate Director/ Choreographer for the Tony nominated revival of Ragtime. As a performer, Josh has been in the Broadway revivals of 42nd St, La Cage aux Folles, A Chorus Line and Ragtime.

MARCIA MILGROM DODGE (Original Director & Choreographer) is a highly acclaimed director & choreographer, whose work has been seen throughout the United States, in Canada, England, Asia, Denmark and the Middle East. Dodge’s celebrated 2009 Kennedy Center revival of Ragtime moved to Broadway after its sold-out run in Washington, DC (Tony® Award Nomination for Best Director of a Musical and she won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Resident Musical.) Also at the Kennedy Center: Concert versions of Children of Eden, Camelot starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and My Fair Lady starring Jonathan Pryce. Off-Broadway: Seussical The Musical (Theatreworks USA/Lortel Award nomination/National Tour), Venus Flytrap (The Active Theater), Cookin’ (Minetta Lane), Radio Gals (John Houseman), Maltby & Shire's Closer Than Ever (Cherry Lane; choreographed original production) and William Finn's Romance In Hard Times (The Public Theater.) Regional: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Cabaret), Bucks County Playhouse (Really Rosie), Denver Center Theatre Company (Sense & Sensibility The Musical), Glimmerglass Festival (The Music Man), many shows at Bay Street Theatre (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum starring Peter Scolari; Ain’t Misbehavin’; The Who’s Tommy; Once On This Island; Hair; Fit To Print and Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror, co-written with her husband Anthony Dodge/Edgar Award nomination for Best Play), Reprise Theatre Company (Cabaret, How To Succeed…), Maltz Jupiter Theatre (The King & I; Hello, Dolly!/ Carbonell Award for Direction; Anything Goes/Carbonell Award for Choreography and Master Class). Dodge is also a teacher, a wife, a mother, a proud executive board member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society and a published and produced playwright. For more, visit www.marciamilgromdodge.com.

SARIVA GOETZ (Music Supervisor/ Vocal Arrangements) has played keyboards for and/ or conducted over 17 Broadway shows including 10 years as the assistant conductor and keyboard player for the original Broadway production of Les Miserables. Other Broadway credits include

Aladdin, Sister Act, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, City of Angels, The Secret Garden, Once On This Island, and the first revival of Sweeny Todd. Off-Broadway and Regional credits include Splendora, The Jerusalem Syndrome, and 2 productions of Really Rosie, one directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge and the other by Maurice Sendak.

Sariva has conducted shows at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Opera House, and Bucks County Playhouse and served as pianist for many Broadway pops concerts, most notably with the Long Island Philharmonic. She has coached hundreds of musical theatre performers for auditions, shows, and cabaret, including Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) and Holland Taylor (2½ Men).

As an educator, Sariva has taught at American University in Washington, DC, and New Jersey City University. She holds a masters degree from New York University and a Bachelors of Music from the University of Arizona.

MICHAEL FRIEDLANDER (Production Stage Manager) Michael is excited to be working on Curious George. Michael has worked on numerous Off-Broadway plays as well as Broadway Benefits in NYC, and is a TACT adjunct company member.

Michael would like to thank his family and friends for supporting him in such a rewarding career. Stay Curious!

THEATREWORKS USA (Producer) founded in 1961, is America’s foremost professional theatre for young and family audiences. Its mission is to create imaginative and thought-provoking shows that are educational, entertaining and thoughtprovoking. Their 2014-2015 touring repertoire includes Charlotte’s Web; A Christmas Carol; Click, Clack, Moo; Curious George; Fly Guy & Other Stories; Freedom Train; Junie B. Jones; Skippyjon Jones; The Lightning Thief; The Teacher From the Black Lagoon & Other Story Books and We The People.

Theatreworks’ honors include a Drama Desk Award, Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Award, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the William M. Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence given by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and the Medal of Honor from the Actors’ Fund of America. www.TWUSA.org UNIVERSAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS is the live theatre division of the world-famous motion picture studio. Universal’s record-breaking musical phenomenon Wicked will celebrate its twelfth smash-hit year on Broadway this Fall. With its current national tour and multiple international productions, Wicked has been seen by more than 42 million people worldwide, making it one of the most successful theatrical ventures of all time.

In 2008, Universal’s critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Billy Elliot opened on Broadway and went on to win ten Tony Awards® including Best Musical. It will soon celebrate its tenth year on London’s West End. Recently, Universal produced the Tony-nominated Broadway production of Bring It On: The Musical and the acclaimed revival of The

Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, winner of the 2012 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical. Additional credits include the blockbuster revival of Glengarry Glen Ross starring Al Pacino and the star-studded Broadway production of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. Upcoming projects include a national tour of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and a musical adaptation of Universal Pictures’ October Sky set to premiere in Chicago in August of 2015.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org

THE STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY (SDC), founded in 1959, is the theatrical labor union that unites, empowers, and protects professional stage Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States. SDC’s mission is to foster a national community of professional stage Directors and Choreographers by protecting the rights, health, and livelihoods of all of its Members.

SDC seeks to facilitate the exchange of ideas, information and opportunities while educating current and future generations about the role of Directors and Choreographers and providing effective administration, negotiations and contractual support for over 2000 Full Members and over 800 Associates.

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