Putting It Together

Words & Music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Devised by STEPHEN SONDHEIM & JULIA MCKENZIE

C AYLEIGH CAPALDI T YRICK WILTEZ JONES JUDY MCLANE

NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ

BRENT THIESSEN

Scenic & Costume Design

YOON BAE

L ighting Design

HERRICK GOLDMAN

Sound Design Wig & Makeup Design

A ARON S AMANTHA M.

Production Stage Manager

EMILY NACRISSA

HUBBARD WOOTTEN GRIFFITH

Musical Director/Conductor

PHIL RENO

Director/Choreographer

GERRY MCINTYRE

Casting by BOB CLINE CASTING

The Husband

A Young Associate

His Date

The Observer

Production Stage Manager

Stage Manager

Dance Captain

THIESSEN*

WILTEZ JONES*

EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH*

SARAH HUDSON*

TYRICK WILTEZ JONES*

*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Pioneer Theatre Company

gratefully acknowledges the following businesses and individuals for their contributions to this production:

Alan Sedgley, Riverton Music

Chloe Mathews & Carter Rojecki, U of U Covid Testing

Matt Bello, Good Things Utah

Laura Durham, PBS Utah

Brent Uberty, BW Productions

Jay Perry, JP Productions

Unmatched Academic Results

Act One

“INVOCATION & INSTRUCTIONS” (The Frogs)

“PUTTING IT TOGETHER” (Sunday in the Park with George)

“RICH AND HAPPY” (Merrily We Roll Along)

“DO I HEAR A WALTZ?” (Do I Hear a Waltz?)

“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG” (Merrily We Roll Along)

“LOVELY” (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)

“HELLO LITTLE GIRL” (Into the Woods)

“MY HUSBAND, THE PIG” (A Little Night Music)

“EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH” (A Little Night Music)

“EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID” (...Forum)

“HAVE I GOT A GIRL FOR YOU” (Company)

“PRETTY WOMEN” (Sweeney Todd)

“SOONER OR LATER” (Dick Tracy)

“BANG!” (A Little Night Music)

“COUNTRY HOUSE” (Follies)

“UNWORTHY OF YOUR LOVE” (Assassins)

“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG” #2 (Merrily We Roll Along)

“COULD I LEAVE YOU?” (Follies)

“RICH AND HAPPY (REPRISE)” (Merrily We Roll Along)

Act Two

“ENTR’ACTE”

“BACK TO BUSINESS” (Dick Tracy)

“IT’S HOT UP HERE” (Sunday in the Park with George)

“THE LADIES WHO LUNCH” (Company)

“THE ROAD YOU DIDN’T TAKE” (Follies)

“LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT” (Dick Tracy)

“MORE” (Dick Tracy)

“THERE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN” (Anyone Can Whistle)

“BUDDY’S BLUES” (Follies)

“GOOD THING GOING” (Merrily We Roll Along)

“MARRY ME A LITTLE” (Company)

“GETTING MARRIED TODAY” (Company)

“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG” #3 (Merrily We Roll Along)

“BEING ALIVE” (Company)

“LIKE IT WAS” (Merrily We Roll Along)

“FINALE/OLD FRIENDS” (Merrily We Roll Along)

When Stephen Sondheim passed away in November 2021, at age 91, theatre lovers worldwide mourned the revered composer and lyricist who re-invented and re-invigorated the American stage musical . For over half a century, the New York City native was a relentlessly innovative theatrical force, even if his shows were not always commercially successful . His celebrated career included eight Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, an Oscar, eight Grammys, and the Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement .

On a more personal note, my very first job in New York was an off-Broadway revival of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music . My two fellow musicians and I were extremely nervous the evening that the legendary composer came to see the show . Luckily, his encouragement of young artists was well known, and right after the performance, he bounded down the aisle to shake our hands and exclaim, “The score has never sounded better!” An inspiration and a kindness never to be forgotten . This evening you will hear some of Mr . Sondheim’s most well-known songs, and some of my personal favorites .

Please enjoy our loving tribute to a theatrical master .

Phil Reno

Musical Director & Conductor

Show Staff

Gomez, Michael Hartman, Madison Treadway

JUDY MCLANE* (The Wife) is thrilled to be back at Pioneer where she played Diana in Next to Normal . Broadway credits include starring in Mamma Mia! as Donna and Tanya (over 4000 performances), Kiss of the Spider Woman—performing duets with Chita

Rivera, Aspects of Love, and Chess . O ff-Broadway: Romeo & Bernadette (Outer Critics Circle Award) and Johnny Guitar (Drama Desk Nomination and Drama League Honor) . National/ International

Tours: Into the Woods, Side By Side By Sondheim (dir . by Rob Marshall), Joseph…Dreamcoat (with Donny Osmond), Big . Select Regional: LaChiusa’s Los Otros (World Premiere), Follies (Helen Hayes nomination), Master Class, Sunset Boulevard, Evita, Victor/Victoria, Man of La Mancha . Film: Were the World Mine, Hiding in Daylight (Cannes Film Festival, Southampton International Film Festival Nomination) . T V: Madam Secretary, Elementary, The Blacklist, Showtime series The Loudest Voice . Instagram: @Judy .McLane

NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ* (The Husband) most recently appeared in the Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company on Broadway opposite Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk . O ther Broadway/National Tour credits include: Tarzan (Tarzan) and The Sound of Music (Captain von Trapp) directed by Jack O’Brien . He is perhaps best known for his role as Nick Chavez on ABC’s One Life to Live (GLAAD Award) . His other television credits include Tommy (CBS) and Madam Secretary (CBS) . Film: Sex and the City II (also soundtrack), Still Here, and Double Exposure . O ff-Broadway: Toxic Avenger, Almost Heaven, Death For Five Voices, Collette Collage, and Bajour . He has been a soloist with many symphonies across the world and serves as Artistic Director for the Broadway Dreams Foundation . His debut CD The First Time… is available at PSClassics .com TheNickRod com

BRENT THIESSEN* (A Young Associate) was born in Thunder Bay, Canada—a winter sports town . He loves to travel and, having been to more than 275 cities in over 30 countries, is excited to be in Salt Lake City for the very first time . The work of Stephen Sondheim has had an indescribable impact on Brent’s life and he is honored to make his PTC debut with Putting It Together . In recognition of this production and Mr . Sondheim’s legacy, Mr . Thiessen has made a donation to the Jonathan Larson Grants, which aim to support and cultivate the work of new musical theatre composers, lyricists, and librettists . Instagram: @BrentThiessen

CAYLEIGH CAPALDI* (His Date) is thrilled to be making her PTC debut! She is an NYC-based actor, singer, and content creator .

Regional credits: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins); Into the Woods (Cinderella); Little Women (Jo March); The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet Van de Graff); Macbeth (Lady Macbeth); and Our Town (Emily Webb) . T V: Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) and Mrs. Fletcher (HBO) . Her short film The Trail premieres later this year . Cayleigh has reached over 275K followers and 35 million video views across all social media platforms with her singing, harmony, riff challenge, and lifestyle content . Recent magna cum laude graduate of Columbia University and Berklee College of Music, and fluent Mandarin speaker . A universe of love to M+D, Nana, Banjo & Ori, Angie, and Kimberly! @Cayleigh .Capaldi | CayleighCapaldi .com

TYRICK WILTEZ JONES* (The Observer) Broadway/NY credits include: Jagwire in Bat Out of Hell, Howard in Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray . Broadway National Touring credits include: Bat Out of Hell, Miss Saigon, Seussical, Fosse, and Show Boat . Regional credits include: Smokey Joe’s Cafe,

Ain’t Misbehavin, Stick Fly, Mom’s Gift w/Cindy Williams, The Wiz, Once On This Island, Witness Uganda, From My Hometown (WILDE Award), and many others . O ther credits include: Grammy Awards ‘Sam Smith Performance’, PHISH 2011 New Year’s Eve concert at Madison Square Garden, Mary Wilson of the Supremes Motown/Rock and Roll North America Tour, and US Premiere of Sacred Ellington starring Jessye Norman with the Carnegie Hall ‘HONOR’ Series . Some Film Credits include: Fresh Kills (upcoming), Back to Me (Independent Short), Joyful Noise (Assistant Choreographer), and Nickelodeon’s Shimmer and Shine (Choreographer) . IG: @tyrickwjones . LOVE

GERRY MCINTYRE (Director/Choreographer) is acclaimed for his choreography in the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Godspell . A ssociate Artistic Director of the York Theatre in NYC . Director: Hallelujah Baby at The York; Kinky Boots at The Hangar Theatre; Once on this Island at Martin Beck Theatre, Virginia Stage, Pioneer Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, La Mirada Theatre (Robby Award, Best Director; Ovation nom , Best Choreography and Best Musical) . Choreographer: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Anything Can Happen in the Theatre. Side by Side, Tommy, and My Fair Lady at the Berkshire Theatre Festival; Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog, The Color Purple at Broadway Sacramento, and The Wiz . Performer: OBC of Once on This Island, Anything Goes with Patti LuPone, and one of three Americans cast in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond .

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PHIL RENO (Musical Director/Conductor) has been Musical Director/Conductor for numerous Broadway shows: Something Rotten!; Elf!; Promises, Promises; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Producers; Thou Shalt Not; Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Back With a Vengeance; Cats . Phil also conducted the Rockettes for six seasons at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National

Tours: Joseph… (with Donny Osmond); original company Music of the Night; Starlight Express; Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity . O ff-Broadway: A New Brain; Nightmare Alley; Enter Laughing; Chess. Phil has conducted seven original cast albums and is a two-time Grammy nominee as producer of the Something Rotten! and The Drowsy Chaperone cast recordings . Previously at PTC: Sweet Charity, Chess, The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sweeney Todd, and Hello, Dolly!.

YOON BAE (Scenic and Costume Design)

Previously for PTC, Bae designed costumes and set for The Messenger, the sets for Scapin and Once, and costumes for Once On This Island . Other credits include Don Giovanni (Welsh National Opera), Candide (Tokyo), Closer (Seoul), Oedipus El Rey, The Great Gatsby, Three Sisters, The Importance of Being Earnest, Emma, The Sunshine Boys, Evita, Murder on the Orient Express, The Magic Flute, Anything Goes, As You Like It . UK world premieres include Running the Silk Road (Barbican), Three Thousand Troubled Threads (Edinburgh International Festival), Bedevilled (Crucible), Disconnect, Caridad Svich’s Archipelago, and Howard Barker’s Wounds To The Face . She is a professor at the UNCSA, and a member of Local USA 829 and Wingspace . YoonBae .com

HERRICK GOLDMAN (Lighting Designer) Designs

theater, dance, events, film, architecture Honored with 2020 Drama Desk Nomination (Best Lighting, Musical): Einstein’s Dreams; Redden Award (Excellence in Theatrical Design); Henry Hewes nominations: Rooms and Falling for Eve; Big Apple Award (Best Event Lighting); The Live Design Excellence Award (Best Theatrical Lighting Design) . Dozens of Off-Broadway and regional shows . Former instructor at MIT, designed Madame Tussauds, and Saxony Nightclub in Miami . Recent: Puffs, Indecent (Cape Rep); Tinga Tinga (New Victory NYC); Alice (Pittsburgh Ballet); Wizard of Oz (Syracuse Stage); and Twitter Up

Front . Corporate clients include: Booz Allen Hamilton; Camp Stores; eBay; Johnson Controls; Rolex; Chrysler; and more . Herrick has designed on every continent except Antarctica . His work can be seen at HGLightingDesign .com . Principal designer: EvokeCollaborative .com . Member, USA/ IATSE 829

AARON HUBBARD (Sound Designer) is enjoying his 18th season with Pioneer Theatre Company in sound mix and design . His favorite productions have been Sting’s The Last Ship, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Next to Normal, and One Man, Two Guvnors . A aron teaches sound production and recording at Weber State University, and in his spare time he records and produces music . His favorite star is his wife, Melissa, who puts up with all the late theatre nights .

SAMANTHA M. WOOTTEN (Hair and Makeup Design) is excited to continue another season with PTC and the University of Utah as Wig Master . Previous career highlights include Wig Designer for the Utah Opera and Santa Fe Opera, Wig Master for the Washington National Opera, Wig and Makeup Designer for Glimmerglass Opera, Associate Wig Master for Los Angeles Opera, and Wig Master for the Repertory Theatre of St Louis .

STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Music & Lyrics) wrote the music and lyrics for SATURDAY NIGHT (1954), A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (1962), ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (1964), COMPANY (1970), FOLLIES (1971), A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (1973), THE FROGS (1974), PACIFIC OVERTURES (1976), SWEENEY TODD (1979), MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (1981), SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (1984), INTO THE WOODS (1987), ASSASSINS (1991), PASSION (1994) and ROAD SHOW (2008) as well as lyrics for WEST SIDE STORY (1957), GYPSY (1959) and DO I HEAR A WALTZ? (1965) and additional lyrics for CANDIDE

(1973) . Anthologies of his work include SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM (1976), MARRY ME A LITTLE (1981), YOU’RE GONNA LOVE TOMORROW (1983), PUTTING IT TOGETHER (1993/99) and SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM (2010) He composed the scores of the films “Stavisky” (1974) and “Reds” (1981) and songs for “Dick Tracy” (1990) and the television production “Evening Primrose” (1966) . His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: “Finishing the Hat” (2010) and “Look, I Made A Hat” (2011) . In 2010 Broadway’s Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed The Stephen Sondheim Theatre in his honour; in 2019, London’s Queens Theatre was also renamed the Sondheim .

EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH* (Production Stage Manager) This is Emily’s seventh season with Pioneer Theatre Company . She graduated from UVU with multiple awards for her work, including the Kennedy Center’s Meritorious Achievement Award . She has also managed Sundance’s Summer Theatre for the past two seasons .

SARAH HUDSON* (Stage Manager) hails from Austin, TX and is pleased to be returning to Pioneer Theatre Company for a second season . Previous engagements with PTC include Something Rotten!; Hello, Dolly!; and the 2022 Play-by-Play series . Favorite past credits include: Gold Mountain with Utah Shakespeare Festival and work with The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Summer Stock Austin, ZACH Theatre, Texas Performing Arts, and Zilker Theatre Productions . Proud Equity member .

BOB CLINE (Casting) is the founder of Bob Cline Casting in New York . He has cast film, TV, commercials, over 75 national tours, and numerous regional theaters across the country and has been associated with the casting for PTC for many years . Cline is currently a proud faculty member in Pace University’s theatre program, in charge of the senior BFA musical theatre majors .

He is the Associate Director of Broadway Artists Alliance, enjoys working with The Open Jar Institute, and often teaches through The Growing Studio and The Actor’s Loft .

PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY (PTC) Now celebrating its 61st season, the award-winning PTC is Utah’s premiere professional theatre company and leading arts organization of the West . Led by Artistic Director Karen Azenberg and Interim Managing Director Diane L . Parisi, PTC presents world-class productions that celebrate diversity in culture and society and serve as the connecting bridge between art and scholarship as an affiliate of the University of Utah .

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond . Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form . MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide . MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences . MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students . MTI maintains its global headquarters in New York City with additional offices in London (MTI Europe) and Melbourne (MTI Australasia) .

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) Founded in 1933, AEA represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers nationwide . Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans . Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions . #equityworks