Monday, April 23, 2018
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Theatreworks USA Michael Harrington
Barbara Pasternack Artistic Director
Managing Director
Presents
Book and Lyrics by
Music by
Sarah Hammond
Will Aronson
Based on the PETE THE CAT series of books by
Kimberly and James Dean Used with permission
Scenic Design
Rob Odorisio
Orchestrations
Frank Galgano & Matt Castle
Music Direction by
Costume Design
Jen Caprio
Casting by
Miriam Daly
Jason Blitman
Stage Manager
Director/Choreographer
Caitlin A. Kellermeyer
Andrew Rasmussen
CAST (alphabetical by role) Dad & Others.................................................................................................................................... Kyle Van Zanten Jimmy Biddle.............................................................................................................................................. Terry Lee III Mom & Others........................................................................................................................ Madelyn Claire Lego Olive Biddle & Others..........................................................................................................................Nikki Stewart Pete the Cat.............................................................................................................................................. Mike Dorsey
The taking of pictures and/or makking of visual or sound recording is expressly forbidden. 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 by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Support for this tour of "Pete the Cat" is provided, in part, by the Abrams and Ray Kaplan Foundation Production originally directed and choreographed by
Dan Knechtges
The actors and stage manager employed in this production are members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
MUSICAL NUMBERS Life is an Adventure.................................................................................................... Pete the Cat and Company Happy Roommates..............................................................................................Jimmy Biddle and Pete the Cat Painting..................................................................................................Pete the Cat, Mrs. Creech and Company The Sneezing Song.................................................................................................Olive Biddle and Pete the Cat Happy Housecat (Happy Roommates Reprise)..............................................................................Pete the Cat Under the Couch............................................................................ Pete the Cat, Jimmy Biddle and Company It's a VW Bus............................................................ Pete the Cat, Jimmy Biddle, Olive Biddle and Company Magic World........................Pete the Cat, Gus the Platypus, Grumpy Toad, Jimmy Biddle, Olive Biddle A Cat Named Pete.....................................................................................................Jimmy Biddle and Company
WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST (alphabetical by role) KYLE VAN ZANTEN (Dad & Others) recently graduated from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee with an MFA in Musical Theatre Performance, having previously attended Santa Clara University where he double majored in Political Science and Theatre. Special thanks to his family, friends, and teachers for their invaluable guidance and support!
Theatre Co.), Urinetown (11th Hour Theatre Co.), Avenue Q (Mazeppa Productions), Forever Plaid (Montgomery Theatre Co.).
MIKE DORSEY (Pete the Cat) is excited to hit the road with Theatreworks USA once again, having previously performed as Thomas Jefferson in We The People: America Rocks! Other Favorites: Evita (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Aladdin: A Musical Panto (People’s Light &
and nice guy. Original productions include The Wild Party, Rent, Rocky Horror Show, When A Man Loves A Diva (Cardinal Theatricals), She Loves Me (Infinity Theatre). His original work has been seen Off-Broadway, Berkeley Rep, A.R.T./American Repertory Theatre, and internationally across
WILL ARONSON (Music) wrote the music and co-wrote the book for Maybe Happy Ending (2017 Richard Rodgers Production Award), The Trouble With Doug (NAMT; Fredericia Teater), and Bungee Jump (multiple Seoul productions; Best TERRY LEE III (Jimmy Biddle) is thrilled to be Score, Korean Musical Awards). He also wrote making his TWUSA debut. Favorite credits the music for My Scary Girl (Best Musical, NYMF include: He Said/She Said: An Election Musical 2009), Mother, Me & the Monsters (Barrington (Connor Valentine), The Berenstain Bears LIVE! Stage; Boston Globe Critic’s Pick), Wind-Up Girl (Cousin Freddy), A Year with Frog and Toad (Ars Nova Uncharted), and Hansel & Gretl & Heidi (Snail), and Avenue Q (Rod). Love to family and & Günter (NAMT development grant). Caitlin! Thanks to everyone at TWUSA! SARAH HAMMOND (Book & Lyrics) is a MADELYN CLAIRE LEGO (Mom & Others) is Brooklyn-based writer originally from South jazzed to be performing in Pete the Cat! Credits: Carolina. She has written the plays Green Girl Dames at Sea, [title of show], The Murder Room (SPF ’08 at The Public), House on Stilts (South (SCRT); The 25th Annual...Bee, and The Wild Party Coast Rep Commission), Kudzu (Trustus), and (WIU). Love to Mom, Dad, Dustin, and the fam. also the book for String (Richard Rodgers Award, Thanks to Prevail Artist MGMT and TWUSA. Village Theatre World-Premiere March 2018). @maddielego Honors include a New Dramatists residency, NIKKI STEWART (Olive Biddle & Others) is a sun- Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Heideman Award, lovin’, spontaneously-singin', jibberish-speakin’ and a residency at The Royal National Theatre in performer originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. London. Her current musical projects are WindShe ADORES cats and only eats plants. She’s Up Girl with Will Aronson (Ars Nova Uncharted) very grateful to be a part of Pete The Cat and and a commission for EST Sloan. MFAs: U. Iowa extends immense gratitude toward the entire Playwriting and NYU Musical Theatre Writing. team at Theatreworks USA for keeping the ANDREW / RASMUSSEN (Director magic alive! Choreographer) is a New York-based director
PETE THE CAT Europe and Asia. Recent creative adventures include the Off-Broadway production of: Mrs. Smith’s Broadway Cat-tacular! (hailed as “Purrfect!” by NY POST), and Associate Director for Joseph/Dreamcoat (Tokyo), Siddhartha (Milan),and the pre-Broadway premiere of The Honeymooners at Paper Mill Playhouse. www.AndrewRasmussen.com MIRIAM DALY (Music Director) was a long time music director of the Off-Broadway smash, Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding and has also worked in many other NYC venues. She was a recipient of The York Theatre’s “New Emerging Outstanding Artist” award and is a graduate of Eastman School of Music and NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. miriamdaly.com CAITLIN A. KELLERMEYER (Stage Manager) is a proud alumnus from Sam Houston State University. Post college she worked for various theatres and companies including The Walt Disney Company, La Jolla Playhouse and Forestburgh Playhouse. Most recent tours include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Skippyjon Jones; Snow What!?, and Berenstain Bears LIVE! Much love to the #kellermeyerkids and TL3! 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. THEATREWORKS USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Michael Harrington, Managing Director) is America’s foremost professional not-for-profit theater company dedicated to producing new works for young and family audiences. Since 1961, Theatreworks USA has developed more than 130 entertaining and thought-provoking original plays and musicals, and presented them to over 98 million people in 49 states and Canada. Honors for excellence include recognition from the Drama Desk Awards, Lucille Lortel Awards, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, and the Medal of Honor from the Actors’ Fund of America. The company’s award winning alumni have gone on to write, direct, design or perform in Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, Ragtime, Legally Blonde, Disney’s Frozen- to name a few- in addition to the television shows Friends, Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Grey’s Anatomy, and more. www.twusa.org
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