Girls Night: The Musical by Mayo Performing Arts Center

Thursday, September 14 , 2017

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GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL

Entertainment Events, Inc. present

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL Written by LOUISE ROCHE Original U.K. production by GOODNIGHTS ENTERTAINMENT LTD Adaptation by BETSY KELSO Featuring DINA DESMONE KATHERINE CARDIN SARAH MCSHANE ALISSA SALVATORE ALEX TRIPP Musical Director JOSEPH THALKEN

Technical Advisor / PSM JENNIFER KULES

Production Consultant KURT STAMM

Sound/Track Designers STEVE BRIGHTWELL DOUGLAS OBERHAMER

Associate Choreographer EMILY MORGAN

Associate Music Director AMY JONES

Stage Manager ALICIA THOMPSON Directed by SONYA FLAHERTY

There will be one 15-minute intermission. A recording of GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL featuring the cast will be available in the lobby at intermission and following the performance the cast will be available to sign copies.

THURSDAY, SEPTMEBER 14, 2017 CAST SHARON............................................................................................... DINA DESMONE ANITA.......................................................................................... KATHERINE CARDIN KATE.............................................................................................................ALEX TRIPP CAROL...............................................................................................SARAH MCSHANE LIZA................................................................................................. ALISSA SALVATORE DINA DESMONE (Sharon) Dina has been a part of Girls Night: The Musical since 2012 and has gotten to travel all over the country and internationally with the production. Previous and favorite credits include Portia in Merchant of Venice, Cinderella in Into the Woods and Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress. She received her BFA in Acting from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA and is an avid fan of the city's sports teams. Massive love goes out to her parents who constantly support her in all her endeavors. Yinz are the best! KACEY CARDIN (Anita) Kacey Cardin has performed internationally as a versatile singeractress whose voice shines equally in operatic, musical theater, country, and soul repertoire. Encore Michigan said of Kacey’s Violetta in Arbor Opera’s La Traviata that her “...soprano vocals evoked just the right mix of moods and emotions…” and that “...her acting is strong on top of her vocals, from soaring to poignant.” Kacey has sung with the Center for Contemporary Opera, Syracuse Opera, Nashville Opera, Ryman Auditorium, Pine Mountain Music Festival, among others. Her alter ego, Dixie DeLight, has performed on America's Got Talent and all over NYC and Europe with international sensation L’Opera Burlesque, and she wrote, coproduced, and performed in Off-Broadway musical Knockers at NYC's Elektra Theater. Quarterfinalist in the 2014 and 2015 American Traditions Competition, and 2015 "People's Choice" Winner. Off-Broadway and International Tour of Girls Night: The Musical. TV: CMT's Redneck Rehab and Married

at First Sight. Corrine in groundbreaking Virtual Reality opera The Parksville Murders. Kacey is also a certified professional Life and Business Coach. www.kaceycardin.com ALEX TRIPP (Kate) Alex Tripp is proud to be touring with her second family, Girls Night: The Musical! She graduated from The Hartt School with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Off Broadway credits include: Cuff Me! The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody (Anastasia Steele) and Girls Night: The Musical (Kate/ Liza.) Other favorite roles include Snookie in 110 in the Shade, Camden in Hello Out There, and Molly in Band Geeks! Love to Mom, Liv, and my guy, J. Namaste. @sneakygirl14 SARAH MCSHANE (Carol): Sarah has been with Entertainment Events since October 2012 and has loved every minute of it. A Chicago native, Sarah currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where she works as an Emergency Medical Technician for the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY). Sarah would like to thank her family, friends, and fiancé Marc for all their love and support. ALISSA SALVATORE (Liza) Alissa Salvatore is an actress and host from NYC. She has appeared in numerous productions, her favorite role to date being Maureen in Rent at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center. She has hosted spots for TV Land and was most recently featured in a hilarious Peeps commercial! Follow her eating adventures on Instagram @starvingactressNYC and @alissasalvatore20. Thanks for the support!

CREATIVE STAFF SONYA FLAHERTY (Director) has been with Entertainment Events, Inc. since 2007. She originally performed the role of Liza in the US premier of Girls Night: The Musical in Scottsdale, AZ in May of 2007. After touring for two years in Girls Night: The Musical and still working full-time in International Risk Management at American Express, EEI brought Sonya Carter and her 12 years of experience at American Express on board as its production supervisor in 2009. In 2010 she was promoted to Chief Operating Officer. In addition to her responsibilities as the COO of Entertainment Events, Inc., she continues to supervise all production aspects from casting

to closing night for all EEI productions. She still performs in Girls Night: The Musical. She has played three of the five roles in the show and has amassed over 400 performances on tour and Off-Broadway. Sonya has directed several of the touring companies of Girls Night: The Musical and originated the role of co-host Janice and directed the world Premier of WPMS: The Musical at the DuPont Theater in Wilmington, DE on June 29, 2010. Sonya Carter directed, co-authored and performed the role of Janice in the Off-Broadway premiere of WPMS: The Musical in January of 2011. Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades Of Grey Musical Parody is the third Off- Broadway production she has directed.

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS, INC. (Producer) is based in New York City. EEI has made its mark on the theatrical touring industry by offering a variety of new and exciting plays and musicals to an ever-growing list of professional presenting organizations throughout the country. In addition EEI has performed over 1500 fundraising events for schools, church groups, and private parties. EEI brings all aspects of producing under one roof: sales, production, casting, creative and technical. EEI productions have been produced and presented in all 50 states as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. Since 1999 EEI has produced; Late Nite Catechism: The Series, Maybe Baby, It’s You, The Yiddish Are Coming, The Yiddish Are Coming!, Shout! The Mod Musical, Tony N Tina’s Wedding, Defending the Caveman, We’re Still Hot! The Musical and are former producers of Jeanie Linders' Menopause The Musical. EEI is now proud JENNIFER KULES (Technical Advisor) is proud to present Girls Night: The Musical, Name The Show: to be a part of the GNTSHM family. She returns The Musical, Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical to her summer home at Mason Street Warehouse, Parody, Help! My Husband Is Missing, My Daughter’s where she has been the resident Lighting Designer Getting Married and I’m Having Hot Flashes, Panties for 15 years. Thanks to her family for allowing her in A Twist, Late Nite Catechism, Sister Strikes Again!: to follow this crazy path, thanks to Tim for giving Late Nite Catechism 2, ’Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite me the opportunity to take this crazy journey, Catechism 3, Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery and thanks to Fred for all the love & support to of the Magi’s Gold, Sister’s Easter Catechism: Will My keep going on this crazy ride. Jennifer is ecstatic Bunny Go To Heaven?, Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: to have recently gained her Scouting Badges for Sister Rolls the Dice!, Sister’s Back to School Catechism: being a gypsy, and sushi appreciation. Next up, her The Holy Ghost and other Terrifying Tales and Sister’s spelunking emblem. Summer School Catechism: God Never Takes a Vacation! KURT STAMM (Production Consultant) Off ROBERT DRAGOTTA (Producing Partner) is a Broadway: Director, Our Sinatra (winner, 2000 producing partner with EEI on Shout! The Mod M.A.C Award for Best New Musical Review), Below Musical, The Yiddish Are Coming...The Yiddish Are the Valley of the Dolls, Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love. Coming!, We’re Still Hot and The Great American Trailer Choreographer, They Wrote That. National Tours: Park Musical. He was a producer with The Culture Director, Leader of the Pack, Our Sinatra. Regional: Project for the award winning hit Sarah Jones: Bridge and Director/Choreographer, Chicago, Our Sinatra (13 Tunnel and White Chocolate. Broadway credits include productions,) Baby, Little Shop of Horrors, Guys & Grey Gardens, Bombay Dreams, Flower Drum Song, Dolls, West Side Story, Girls Night The Musical, The World Noises Off, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Elephant Goes Round, Anything Goes, Oklahoma, Cole, Damn Man, Electra and Epic Proportions. He produced Lorna Yankees, and Starting Here, Starting Now. Broadway: Luft’s Songs My Mother Taught Me, a tribute to Judy Associate Director, Fosse (winner, 1999 Tony Award, Garland, at the Savoy Theater in London and the Best Musical); Current Artistic Director of Mason Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Street Warehouse (MSW). At MSW: Director/ Dragotta produced the national tour of Some Like Choreographer, Altar Boyz, Evita, Cabaret, Hunka It Hot, starring Tony Curtis. Robert produced Kathy Hunka Burnin’ Love, Lucky Stiff, The Thing About Buckley’s Obie Award winning one-woman show Men, Honky-Tonk Highway, Smokey Joes Café, and Das Now Hear This! at the Lamb’s Theater and Bruce Barbecü. Director, Dirty Blonde, Our Sinatra, and Bright Graham’s Minor Demons at the Century Center for Ideas. The Full Monty and The 25th Annual Putnam the Performing Arts, where he served as President County Spelling Bee. Cum Laud Graduate, University of the Board. of Utah. LOUISE ROCHE (Author) to date, has written and produced nine plays: Girls Night (Milton Keynes, 2007; U.K. tours, 2003, 2004, 2006), Bobby and Johnny (U.K. tour, 2005), Girls Behind (U.K. tour, 2005), Checkout Girls (Milton Keynes, 2005), Lucky Balls (Milton Keynes, 2002), Milton Keynes The Musical (Milton Keynes, 2002), Frankie’s Game (Milton Keynes, 1999) and Happy Christmas Shirley (Milton Keynes, 2006). Her writing for television includes work for the BBC and ITV. She also has a novel, Glutton for Punishment, published in paperback by Pan Books. Previously, she worked in television production as a researcher and producer of factual programs. Credits include: Where There’s Life, First Tuesday and the drama documentary Shoot To Kill. Two more plays – True Love and Finding Daddy – are in development. Louise became co-director of Goodnights Entertainment in 2003.

THURSDAY, SEPTMEBER 14, 2017

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL STAFF Alicia Thompson............................................................................................................Stage Manager Travis Woods...............................................................................................................Sound Engineer Shaun L. Motley...........................................................................................Original Scenic Designer Kark Ruckdeschel............................................................................ Original US Costume Designer

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS, INC. STAFF Tim Flaherty............................................................................................................................President Robert Dragotta...................................................................................................... Producing Partner Ken Flaherty.............................................................................................................Business Manager Sonya Flaherty.............................................................................................. Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Kules......................................................................................................Technical Supervisor Julie Galorenzo.......................................................................................................... Director of Sales Amy Payne......................................................................................................... Senior Booking Agent Donald Faber.................................................................................................................Booking Agent Daniel Gonzalez................................................................................................ Marketing Supervisor David Gersten & Associates................................................................General Press 212-575-0263 Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP..............................................Legal 212-254-3550 Dewitt Stern Group, Inc....................................................................................................... Insurance

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GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL

The Songs of GIRLS NIGHT YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE By Dave Crawford © Ghatti Music, Inc.

AT SEVENTEEN By Janis Ian © Emi April Music Inc. O/B/O Mine Music Ltd.

LADY MARMALADE By Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan © Jobete Music Co Inc, Kenny Nolan Publishing Co, Tannyboy Music Co, Stone Diamond Music Corp.

DON’T CRY OUT LOUD By Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager © Irving Music, Inc. O/B/O Woolnough Music, Songs of Universal Inc O/B/O Begonia Melodies, Inc.

WE ARE FAMILY By Nile Gregory Rodgers & Bernard Edwards © Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Warner-Tamerlane Pub. O/B/O Bernard’s Other Music