Program Book Insert: Sid the Science Kid

Sunday, April 27, 2014 Michael Lewis, Michael Mills, and John Tartaglia presents

JIM HENSON’S SID THE SCIENCE KID LIVE! Book by Joe Purdy Music by Mike Himmelstein, Danny Jacob, Bradley George Zweig, Michael Tavera, Dena Diamond, Craig Safan, Megan Cavallari, Jeff Bova, Arthur Butler and Terry Sampson PUPPETEERS Emily Derrick (Sid) Angelina Leis (Teacher Susie) Eva Richards (Teacher Susie Understudy, Swing) Carolyn Wells (May) Michelle West (Gerald) Sherrell Whitmire (Gabriela)

Stage Manager/Technical Coordinator BJ Marchini Assistant Stage Manager/Technical Coordinator Nick Ligon Dance Captain Sherrill Whitmire

VOICES Julianne Buescher (May) Alice Dinnean (Gabriela) Drew Massey (Sid) Victor Yerrid (Gerald) Puppet Design & Fabrication Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Scenic Design Ken Goldstein

Puppet Captain Emily Derrick Press Representative Joanna Brumley Executive Producer/Tour Booking The Brad Simon Organization Associate Producer Simone Gianfrancesco

Lighting Design Annmarie Duggan Casting Melanie Lockyer and Arnold Mungioli Production Manager Emilie Bray Schoenfeld Tour Manager/Company Manager Troy Mitchell

Choreographer/Associate Director Shannon Lewis

Director John Tartaglia Producers Michael Shawn Lewis, Michael Mills and John Tartaglia Media Partner

FM KIRBY FOUNDATION

Sid the Science Kid Live!

MUSICAL NUMBERS “Checking Out Charts” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Danny Jacob “Detective Story” Composed by Mike Himelstein “I Love My Mom/I’m Looking for My Friends” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Bradley George Zweig “I Magnify” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Michael Tavera “It Feels Good to be a Snake” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Dena Diamond “My Best Guess” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Craig Safan “Rug Time” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Bradley George Zweig “Ruth’s Tooth” Composed by Mike Himelstein, Megan Cavallari and Jeff Bova “Do the Look Around” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Arthur Butler “Sid the Science Kid Theme” Composed by Dena Diamond and Mike Himelstein “Waves of Sound” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Terry Sampson “Work Your Body” Composed by Mike Himelstein and Danny Jacob

CAST (in alphabetical order) EMILY DERRICK (Sid puppeteer) is thrilled to be back on the road and share the joy of exploration! National/ International Tours: Disney Live, Phineas and Ferb (Isabella). Puppetry: Disney’s Celebrate the Season, Croods (Lincoln Center).

Other selected credits: Bowen’s Satire OffBroadway, Oklahoma!, Seussical, High School Musical, Wizard of Oz, Block Party Bash, Dr. Oz Players. Founding member of Street Beatz and creator of TuTu Tango’s Tap Experience.

Commercials: AT&T, Degree, Special K. Graduate of OCU. Special thanks to Mom and Dad for your unconditional love and support!

“Take your passion and make it happen!” www.EmilyDerrick.org ANGELINA LEIS (Teacher Susie) Regional credits: Hello, Dolly! (Irene Molloy u/s) Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, International credits: The Diamond Horseshoe (Slue Foot Sue) Tokyo Disney Resort, Japan. Television: “Clash of the Choirs” on NBC with Blake Shelton. Angelina is a proud member of the USO Show Troupe and received a double

degree in Musical Theater and Opera from Oklahoma City University. Thank you to all my teachers and family! www.angelinaleis.com EVA RICHARDS (Teacher Susie understudy, Swing) is an alumnus of SUNY Fredonia from which she graduated with honors.

She holds a BA in Vocal Music and a BS in Business Administration. Eva most recently completed a six month contract performing as the Nickelodeon Show Captain on the Norwegian Jewel. Other credits include: The Wiz (Dorothy), Ellis Island Natl. Tour (Ninya Petrova), Parade (Monteen), A Little Night Music (Fredrika), Spelling Bee (Schwarzy) and a national TV commercial for Special K. Eva would like to thank her wonderfully supportive family and friends and her amazing cast-mates! www.Eva-Richards.com CAROLYN WELLS (May puppeteer) graduated from American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City as a Dance Theatre Major.

National Tours: Fisher Price’s Little People (Koby) Super Why Live (Pig) Entertainment: Glen Burtnik’s Xmas Xtravaganza, Glen Burtnik’s Beatles Bask, Pride and Nvy Cabaret,

Our Mission

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2013-2014 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and other numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.

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.

RWS Entertainment (Jesse Flynt/Valley Gril), Corner of Chaos. Carolyn is excited to be a part of the Sid the Science Kid Live tour!

MICHELLE WEST (Gabriela puppeteer) Michelle is excited to be joining Sid the Science Kid Live! team. Michelle has most recently appeared in the original musical of Flash of Time!

The Musical; directed/composed by Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan. Other musicals include; Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle), Copacabana (Lola Lamar), Bells Are Ringing (Eileen), Thoroughly Modern Millie (The Pearl Lady), Kiss Me Kate (Lead Dancer). Professional Dance Companies/Works include; The Lady Hoofers Tap Company (Principle Dancer), The Gjeilo Project by Ola Gjeilo and Jillian Harris (Principle Dancer), Breaking the Surface by Kyle Abraham (Principle Dancer) and Beyond the Bones by KunYang Lin (Principle Singer). Michelle holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Temple University. Thank you to my parents, brother, fiancé, family and friends for your love and continuous support throughout my journey of dance and performing.

SHERRELL WHITMIRE (Gabriela puppeteer) Originally from Columbus, OH, Sherrell is thrilled to be joining the tour of Sid the Science Kid LIVE! She is a graduate of the Professional Semester Program at Broadway Dance Center in New York City and holds a BFA in Dance and a BS in Social Work from Ohio State University.

VOICE ACTORS JULIANNE BUESCHER (voice of May) is an award-winning actor, improvisor, voiceover artist, indie filmmaker, illustrator and writer. Performance credits include: “The Middle,” “Criminal Minds,” “Robot Chicken,” “The Simpsons,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Supernatural, “24,”“Angel,”“Naruto,” “E!” (narrator/host), Mr. & Mrs. Smith and “Sid the Science Kid” (as Grandma and May). Stage credits: Second City Improv/Sketch comedy, Kate in Old Times, Velma Kelly in Chicago, Helen in Baby with the Bathwater, and original cast member of Jim Henson’s Puppet Up: Uncensored (aka Stuffed and Unstrung in NYC). Julianne also has a freakish ability to voice match most celebrities and singers such as Angelina Jolie, Joan Cusack, Naomie Harris, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Lopez, Alyson Hannigan, Jodie Foster, Rosie O’Donnell, Lady Gaga, PJ Harvey, Lily Allen, Gwen Stefani, Marilyn Monroe, Cher and Keely Smith.

ALICE DINNEAN (voice of Gabriela) has been performing puppets, voices, animatronics, and digital characters for the Jim Henson Company since 1993, when she joined the cast of “Sesame Street” in its 25th season. A native of Oakland, California, Alice began her puppetry career at Children’s Fairyland, then headed to Oberlin College in Ohio, where she studied art, music, and theater. An internship at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia cemented her career path; within a year, Alice was meeting puppeteers from all over the world, attending conferences, and writing for the Puppetry Journal, as well as learning the beginnings of the Henson style of puppetry. Credits: Ten seasons of “Sesame Street”, the preschool shows “The Puzzle Place” and “Jack’s Big Music Show”, the feature films “The Country Bears”, “Team America: World Police”, and “The Muppets”, and some not-for-kids work on shows including “Crank Yankers”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Community,” and “Glee.” Her work on “Sid the Science Kid” has been one of the most rewarding and challenging projects she’s taken on: the use of digital motion-capture puppetry, as well as the close collaboration with the rest of the cast, has made “Sid” a unique and joyful addition to Alice’s body of work.

DREW MASSEY (voice of Sid) is an actor, puppeteer, and voice-over artist for whom the sciences hold a special place in his heart. When he was fifteen, he co-wrote and illustrated a comic book for a government laboratory that explained the inner workings of their laser fusion facility. He was on his way to a degree in industrial design before getting the call to participate in a Jim Henson Company training workshop under master puppeteers Brian Henson and Kevin Clash. After that, his career path was set. Film credits include Batman Returns, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Hangover, The Flintstones, Men In Black, Muppets From Space, The Producers, Doctor Dolittle, and Team America: World Police, among others. Drew has also performed on many TV series, including “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Muppets Tonight,” “Cousin Skeeter,” “Crank Yankers,” “Community,” “Greg the Bunny” (Count Blah), “Angel” (puppet Angel), and in commercials for Foster Farms, Radio Shack, Sony, and Levi’s. Drew stars as Sid in the PBS television series “Sid the Science Kid” and is a core member of the Jim Henson Company’s “Puppet Up: Uncensored” improv comedy troupe. When he is not puppeteering,

he is hard at work writing and drawing for comics and animated television shows. He is a habitual doodler, and has trouble accepting that candy is a “sometimes food.”

Company. In a former life, Joe wrote for a few sit-coms and also directed plays in New York and Los Angeles, and has had his own plays performed in both those cities.

VICTOR YERRID (voice of Gerald) has been a principle puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company for over 15 years. His work with the company includes “Sid The Science Kid,” “Hannah Montana,” “The Pajanimals,” “Bear in the Big Blue House,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “The Hangover,” “2010 Grammy Awards,” “Celebrity Apprentice,” “Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge,” “No You Shut Up,” “That Puppet Gameshow,” “Late Night Liars,” “Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars,” “The Producers,” and “Neil’s Puppet Dreams.” He is also a founding member of the Henson Company’s puppet improv troupe, Puppet Up. Victor has worked both as a puppeteer and voice-over artist on numerous other TV & film projects including Team America, Men In Black II, “Community,” “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “Robot Chicken,” “Angel,” “MADD,” “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Warren The Ape,” “Greg The Bunny,” and “Sesame Street.”

He enjoys most berry-based smoothies and thinks his wife and three daughters are pretty neato!

MIKE HIMELSTEIN (Music) Three-time Emmy nominated Mike Himelstein’s songs have appeared in everything from “Shrek” to “Winnie The Pooh,” from the “The Sopranos” to Jim Henson’s “Muppets.” He is the Music Director and songwriter/composer of the worldwide hit Disney Channel shows “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,” “Special Agent Oso,” “Minnie’s Bow Toons,” and “Sheriff Callie’s Wild West.” He is the Music Director and wrote all the songs for the hit preschool show Jim Henson’s “Sid the Science Kid” on PBS.

CREATIVE TEAM AND CREW JOE PURDY (Book) is proud to be involved with Sid the Science Kid Live! Joe has worked extensively in children’s television, writing and producing TV series at Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC, The Jim Henson Company, Cartoon Network and PBS. He is the story editor on the PBS/ Jim Henson Co. hit series, Dinosaur Train, and was also the story editor on the other PBS/ Henson hit, Sid the Science Kid. Along with Craig Bartlett, Joe co-created the current PBS web-series Wilson and Ditch – Digging America. Joe won an Emmy Award as the head writer on PBS’ Arthur. At Nickelodeon, he was co-head writer and a co-producer on Hey Arnold! Joe has written episodes for numerous TV series in the US and abroad, including, most recently, Doc McStuffins, Sheriff Callie’s Wild West, and Olivia. Joe has developed and co-developed original series for Nickelodeon, the Jim Henson Company, Cartoon Network, SpikeTV, Disney Channel and Tokyo Pop. In addition, he co-wrote the movie Unstable Fables: Three Pigs and a Baby for Henson/Weinstein

JOHN TARTAGLIA (Director/Producer) is best known to families as Johnny from the eight time Emmy Nominated television series “Johnny and the Sprites” (Disney Junior, currently airing internationally) for which he was nominated as Outstanding Performer in a Preschool Series. John made his Broadway Debut in Avenue Q, originating the roles of Princeton and Rod (TONY nomination for Best Actor in a Musical). Other Broadway roles include originating Pinocchio in Shrek the Musical and Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. John has been a Sesame Street Muppeteer for over 18 years, beginning at the age of 16. He can currently be heard every Sunday afternoon on Sirius XM Radio On Broadway’s Sunday Funday with John Tartaglia. Next, John will be directing the upcoming premiere productions of Jim Henson’s Sid the Science Kid: Live on Tour and Because of Winn Dixie, a Broadway bound musical by Duncan Sheik and Nell Benjamin, based on the classic children’s novel. Other directing credits include Shrek the Musical at the MUNY and resident directing Avenue Q Off Broadway at New World Stages. As a writer, John created ImaginOcean, which is currently being developed for television with The Jim Henson Company following two successful seasons Off Broadway and two seasons on National Tour. John is thankful to be a part of the incredible magic that Jim Henson and The Jim Henson Company have brought and continue to bring to the world. To Mom, for letting me cut up your dresses to make puppets.

KEN GOLDSTEIN (Scenic Design) is the Assistant Professor of Set Design at SUNY at New Paltz, and Resident Set Designer

at Northern Stage. He has also designed at numerous regional theatres including: Baystreet Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Barrington Stage Company, The Skylight Music Theatre, The Hangar Theatre, CPS in Potsdam NY, and Orlando Rep. Ken holds an MFA in Set Design from Brandeis University, and is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. Ken is thrilled to be working with this great creative team on this exciting show!

ANNMARIE DUGGAN (Lighting Design) Off-Broadway: Sphinx Winx (Theatre Row) Jolson & Co. (Century Center) Syria America (Greenwich Street Theatre), Clue The Musical (Players Theatre). Regional: American Girl Place Theatre, Chicago, LA, and New York, Cumberland County Playhouse, Capital Repertory Theatre, Foothills Theatre, Northern Stage, Cortland Rep, Seaside Music Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, Lycian Centre, Florida Rep., Seacoast Rep. Dance: Navidad Flamenca (NJPAC) and Mujeres y Hombres (New Victory Theatre). Ms. Duggan is an Associate Professor and Chair at the University of Pittsburgh, teaching Lighting Design and Stage Management. www.amddesignonline. com SHANNON LEWIS (Choreographer/Associate Director) joins the team straight from appearing as “Fraulein Schweiger” in NBC’s “The Sound of Music LIVE!” As a performer, she is a veteran of 10 Broadway shows including originating I Gotcha in Fosse. CHOREOGRAPHY: Film/TV: RedRum; BustleFluffah; “All My Children” (A. Choreographer). Theatre: Somewhere in Time (Pre-Bway A. Choreographer); Leap of Faith (Broadway-dance/yoga coach). Shannon is a Guest Choreographer for the world renowned Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and her works Trust in Me and That’s All premiered in the 2012 & 2013 seasons. She is a Resident/Guest Choreographer of Destination Broadway, Quest Intensive, Stage Door Connections, CAP 21, Broadway Triple Threat and AMDA NY. www.shannonlewis.net MICHAEL NAYLOR (Creative/Website) has worked in New York City as the Art Director for a New York based Arts Marketing company, writing and designing educational study guides for Broadway productions. He has worked with Gables Grove Productions on the off-Broadway hit, John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean. Prior to that, he spent 20 years with the historic Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA as Director of Marketing and

Public Relations. Today he serves as the media representative for New Jersey’s Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre and the Memorable Affairs Dinner Theater in Pennsylvania and as the web designer for the New York Children’s Theater Festival. In his spare time, he is busily shopping around his television comedy about a fictional regional theatre.

JIM HENSON’S CREATURE SHOP™ (Puppet Design & Fabrication) provides performed digital visual effects, animatronic creatures, animation and soft puppets to the international film, television and advertising industries. Based in Los Angeles and New York with satellite shop capabilities internationally, the Shop is known for designing and building some of the world’s best-known characters including the Sesame Street puppets, the classic Muppets, the dinosaurs from Dinosaurs, the aliens from Farscape and the fantastical creatures from The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Other features credits include Where the Wild Things Are, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Five Children and It. The Shop is also known for its live performance work with artists like Cee Lo Green, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Deadmau5. A recipient of more than 9 Emmy Awards for its outstanding work building puppets for Sesame Street, the Shop also received an Academy Award for its visual effects work on the film Babe. Other awards include a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for the Henson Performance Control System, a powerful custom-based interface for puppeteers, and an Emmy Award for its work in developing the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio, a patented control system technology that enables puppeteers to physically perform a computer generated (CG) character in real time.

EMILIE BRAY SCHOENFELD (Production Manager) serves as the Production Manager for Gables Grove Productions and Company/ Production Manager for John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean.

Select credits include Production Manager, French Woods Festival; Production Stage Manager, Huntsville Ballet; Production Manager, New Haven Ballet; Production Stage Manager, Yale Opera; Assistant Stage Manager, American Girl Theatre, NYC; Production Coordinator; New York Children’s Theater Festival and Project Coordinator, Circus Nexus. Alumna of NCSA. To my sweet little girl—thanks for letting Mom have fun with puppets!

TROY MITCHELL (Tour Manager) is originally from Niagara Falls, NY and graduate of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Production Management.

Among his numerous concert and theatrical international tours including Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live!, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues Live!, he has been associated with John Scher/Metropolitan Entertainment, Universal Studios, Clear Channel Theatrical Entertainment, Alan Wasser Associates, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Disney on Ice, Cirque du Soleil and most recently, Norwegian Cruise Line. Now from the Orlando, FL area, he enjoys being a part of Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live! and introducing live theater and all of its possibilities into young lives.

BJ MARCHINI (Stage Manager/Technical Coordinator) is a theatrical technician and manager from the Hudson Valley region of New York State. Tours include: Clifford the Big Red Dog™ – Live!, Spank! The Fifty Shades of Grey Parody, and The Hungry Hungry Games - The Unauthorized Parody.

NICK LIGON (Assistant Stage Manager/ Technical Coordinator) Nick Ligon is excited to begin his professional career with this amazing tour of Sid the Science Kid LIVE! He is a recent graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz with a BA in Theatre Arts - Design and Technology with a concentration in Lighting Design. Nick would like to thank his family and friends for giving the support and guidance to pursue his passion.

The Entertainer (E!); As an Author: www.

LiveTheQuestionsNow.com. Arnold is a Member of the Casting Society of America, and has been honored with two Artios Awards and the CSA Media Access Award. www. mungiolitheatricals.com JOANNA BRUMLEY (Press Representative) is the Marketing and Publicity Coordinator at Mills Entertainment. She has worked on Mills’ exciting roster of shows including Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live!, FX’s Archer Live!, Theresa Caputo Live, The Cake Boss: Bakin’ with the Boss Tour, Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live!, Cesar Millan Live! and America’s Test Kitchen Live with Christopher Kimball.

THE BRAD SIMON ORGANIZATION (Executive Producer/Tour Booking) is the leading North American booking agency specializing in live branded entertainment for family audiences.

Current and past tour highlights include: Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live!, Clifford The Big Red Dog Live, Scholastic’s The Magic School Bus Live, John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean, The Magic Tree House: The Musical, Mad Science Presents: CSI LIVE! and Star Trek Live!, Arthur Live, Franklin The Turtle Live, Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear Live, Calliou Live, A Garfield Christmas, and The Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences productions: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, The PhantomTollbooth and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

MELANIE LOCKYER (Casting) is a NY casting director who works with Arnold Mungioli (Broadway: Fela! Super Fly) and Stuart Howard Assoc. She recently cast for the Omaha Symphony, Ivoryton Playhouse’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean, Because of Winn Dixie.

SIMONE GIANFRANCESCO (Associate Producer) is an Associate Producer with Mills Entertainment. Select Mills credits: Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live!, FX’s Archer Live!, Clifford the Big Red Dog Live! and The Daily Show Live. Prior to Mills, she has worked in Los Angeles and Chicago in theatre production.

Select credits: Universal Studios, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Pavement Group and A Red Orchid Theatre.

MUNGIOLI THEATRICALS, INC. (Casting) Arnold J. Mungioli, C.S.A. Broadway/ Nat’l Tour: Bill T. Jones’ Super Fly and Fela!; Little House on the Prairie starring Melissa Gilbert, Ragtime, Fosse, Show Boat, Candide, Sunset Boulevard, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Joseph… with Donny Osmond; OffBroadway: Richard Maltby Jr.’s Closer Than Ever and The Sixties Project; Jewtopia, Evil Dead The Musical, Marko The Prince; Disney: High School Musical, The Lion King, Aladdin, When You Wish; Regionally: Trinity Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville; Pittsburgh CLO; North Shore Music Theatre; TV/film: Nickelodeon,

MICHAEL SHAWN LEWIS (Producer) is coowner of Gables Grove Productions, through which he creates and produces multi-media international family entertainment. In addition to developing original shows, Gables Grove currently works to develop entertainment for Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Place, Carnival Cruise Lines, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

He received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his work as Producer on the Off-Broadway production of ImaginOcean and is currently working as Executive Producer to adapt that magical underwater world into a television

series with the Jim Henson Company. Current touring productions include: Dinosaur Train LIVE!, Sid the Science Kid LIVE! and ImaginOcean. His performing credits include the Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera (Raoul) and The Woman in White.

In Europe he starred in Elisabeth: The Musical, Les Miserables and many productions of Phantom. Michael works in association with Artists Striving To End Poverty (ASTEP) and The George Foundation as an educator/ instructor with the extremely impoverished.

Michael is co-founder and President of The New York Children’s Theater Festival, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization created to support artists in the development and presentation of new theatrical works for young audiences www.nyctfest.org MICHAEL MILLS (Producer) is President of Mills Entertainment based in Saratoga Springs, NY, a leading producer of live tours of branded and alternative entertainment.

Current tours include Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live!, Theresa Caputo Live, FX’s Archer Live, The Cake Boss: Bakin’ with the Boss Tour, Cesar Millan Live and Jack Hanna Into the Wild Live. www.millsentertainment.com About The Jim Henson Company The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and digital animation. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets, Henson has received over 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Recent credits include the Emmy® nominated “Sid the Science Kid,” and “Dinosaur Train” as well as “Wilson & Ditch: Digging America,” “Pajanimals” and “Doozers.”

Features include “The Dark Crystal,”“Labyrinth,” “MirrorMask,” and “Unstable Fables” and television productions include “Fraggle Rock” and the sci-fi cult series “Farscape.”

Independently owned and operated by the five adult children of founder Jim Henson, the Company is also home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent characterbuilding and visual effects group with international film, television and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry’s top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state-of-the-art and vintage equipment. www.henson.com.

About Mills Entertainment: Mills Entertainment is a leading producer and promoter of branded live entertainment. Mills collaborates with top brands and personalities to develop, market and produce live theatrical events throughout the U.S. and worldwide.

Current projects include Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live!, Theresa Caputo Live, The Cake Boss: Bakin’ with the Boss Tour, Cesar Millan Live, FX’s Archer Live, and Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live.

About Gables Grove Productions: Gables Grove Productions is a multimedia family entertainment company, co-founded

by Drama Desk Award nominated producers, Michael Shawn Lewis and John Tartaglia, in 2009 with the vision of developing, creating and producing exciting, innovative, original material for live stage and television in the U.S. and abroad. The company is currently working with The Jim Henson Company, Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, Walt Disney Imagineering, Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Sesame Place, as well as other independent producers and writers to develop several exciting productions.

Gables Grove Productions is a producer and the creator of Off-Broadway and National Tour productions, including John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean and Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live! Buddy’s Big Adventure.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org Sid the Science Kid Live! is a professional production employing members of Actors’ Equity Association. Please check houseboards for any program changes. Taking pictures and/or making visual or sound recordings is expressly forbidden.

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