Little Shop of Horrors
Book and Lyrics by
Howard Ashman Music by
Alan Menken Directed by
Mark Waldrop
This production is made possible in part by contributions from
Season Sponsor, Robert Dohmen and
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From Martin and Amy
Dear Friends, Welcome to Olney Theatre Center’s summer musical, Little Shop of Horrors! This is an exciting time for our theatre as we not only look toward celebrating our 75th Anniversary in 2013, but also reflect on the history of what Olney Theatre Center means to so many generations. Little Shop of Horrors, a musical favorite, is the perfect summer show that brings our past and our future together – what better way to beat the Maryland heat than with a singing man-eating plant? We last produced Little Shop of Horrors in the summer of 1986 – and we are so happy to be able to bring it back a quarter of a decade later under the direction of an Olney favorite, Mark Waldrop (Annie, The Sound of Music). Mark’s production of The Sound of Music last winter was one of the most successful productions in Olney Theatre Center history. Little Shop of Horrors wouldn’t be possible without the gracious support of our 2012 Season Sponsor, Mr. Robert Dohmen; our show sponsors, the Carl M. Freeman Foundation, Cafe Rio Mexican Grill and Enterprise Rent-A-Car; and of course, you. In addition to Little Shop of Horrors, August brings our National Players back home, celebrating our 23rd year of Free Summer Shakespeare Under the Stars with Romeo & Juliet. Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers is set to the pulsating rhythms of contemporary digital society, where everything is shared and nothing connects. This sneak preview of the 64th annual National Players production will take place on the Root Family Stage at Will’s Place, August 24 – 25 at 8:00 PM. Many thanks and enjoy the show! And don’t forget to subscribe early for our exciting 2013 75th anniversary season!
Martin Platt,
Artistic Director
Amy Marshall,
Managing Director
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Opening Night: August 4, 2012
Martin Platt, Artistic Director
Amy Marshall, Managing Director
presents
Music by
Book and Lyrics by
Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith
with Matthew Schleigh Stephawn Stephens Bobby Smith
Carolyn Agan Leayne C. Freeman James Gardiner Tina Ghandchilar
Russell Sunday Shaunte Tabb Ethan Watermeier Kara-Tameika Watkins
Set Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
James Fouchard
David Kaley
Charlie Morrison
Jeffrey Dorfman
Production Stage Manager
Puppeteers
Wig Design
Renee E. Yancey
Eric Brooks & Elliott Davis
Rob Greene & J. Jared Janas
Production Manager
Technical Director
Company Manager
Costume Shop Manager
Renee E. Yancey
Eric Knauss
Mackenzie Douglas
Jeanne Bland
Musical Director/Conductor
Ross Scott Rawlings
Choreographer Director
Vince Pesce
Mark Waldrop This production is made possible in part by contributions from
Season Sponsor, Robert Dohmen and Originally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director) Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City by the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization Little Shop of Horrors is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International [MTI]. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684. Fax:212-397-4684. www.MTIShows.com
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Cast
(in order of appearance)
Chiffon.............................................................. Kara-Tameika Watkins* Crystal.................................................................................. Shaunte Tabb† Ronnette.....................................................................Leayne C. Freeman† Mushnik..................................................................... Ethan Watermeier* Audrey ............................................................................... Carolyn Agan* Seymour...........................................................................James Gardiner* The Voice of Audrey II, Derelict.............................. Stephawn Stephens* Orin, Bernstein, Luce, Snip, and Everyone Else..................... Bobby Smith* Ensemble.......................Tina GhandchilAr†, Matthew Schleigh*, Russell Sunday*
Understudies
Understudies never appear for a listed player unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. For all female roles – Tina Ghandchilar†; for Mushnik and for the Voice of Audrey II – Russell Sunday*; for Seymour and for Orin – Matthew Schleigh*. Dance Captain: Kara-Tameika Watkins* *Member, Actors’ Equity Association
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Musical Numbers Act I “Little Shop of Horrors”............................................Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “Skid Row”...........................................................................................Company “Da–Doo”..................................................Seymour, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “Grow for Me”.......................................................................................Seymour “Ya Never Know”..................... Mushnik, Seymour, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “Somewhere That’s Green”..................................................................... Audrey “Closed for Renovation”.......................................... Seymour, Audrey, Mushnik “Be a Dentist”...................................................Orin, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “Mushnik and Sons”..............................................................Mushnik, Seymour “Sudden Changes”.................................................................................Seymour “Git It”.....................................Audrey II, Seymour, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “Now (It’s Just the Gas)”..............................................................Seymour, Orin Coda...........................................................................Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette
Act II “Call Back in the Morning”..................................................... Audrey, Seymour “Suddenly Seymour”...................Audrey, Seymour, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “Suppertime”............Audrey II, Mushnik, Seymour, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “The Meek Shall Inherit”................ Bernstein, Mrs. Luce, Skip Snip, Seymour, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette “Suppertime” (Reprise)........................................................... Audrey, Audrey II “Somewhere That’s Green” (Reprise)..................................................... Audrey Finale.....................................................................................................Company
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Little Shop of Horrors Orchestra
Conductor – Ross Scott Rawlings Keyboard I – Ross Scott Rawlings; Keyboard II – Aaron Broderick; Guitar – Will Brumbach, Greg Land; Bass – Frank Higgins; Drums – Tom Harold
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Audience Services
Theater Policies
Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. Please do not bring food or drink into the theater (bottled water is allowed) and all buildings are smoke-free. The use of recording or photographic equipment during the show is prohibited. Olney Theatre Center is not responsible for any items left on our campus. All children, including babies, require a ticket. We will ask parents to take their children to the lobby if their behavior is disturbing patrons. Please turn off your cell phone in the theaters.
Sign-Interpreted Performances
Sign interpretation is available for the third Thursday evening during a show’s run. The service must be reserved two weeks in advance and is based on the availability of qualified interpreters.
Audio-Described Performances
Audio-described performances are offered on the third Wednesday evening during a show’s run, which include pre-show program notes, descriptions of the action, scenery and costumes during pauses in the dialogue. Metropolitan Washington Ear can provide an escort to audio-described performances for patrons who are visually impaired.
Listening Assistance
We offer devices that amplify sound free of charge in exchange for identification. Please ask the house manager for assistance. (This service is not available on the third Wednesday evening of a show’s run.)
Post-Show Discussions
Join the artistic staff and/or invited guests after the first Saturday matinee for AfterWords. The cast holds a talkback after the third Wednesday evening performance. Please call the Box Office at 301.924.3400 for more information on these events.
From the Director
The night I saw the original production of Little Shop of Horrors was one of the great theater-going nights of my life — and not just because it combined two of my favorite entertainment genres, musical comedy and B-movie horror. The performances were great, and Alan Menken’s tunes were catchy and period-perfect. But, for me, the hero of the evening was Howard Ashman, Little Shop’s lyricist, librettist, and original director. His wit and craft radiated through every aspect of his work and elevated the cheesy source material in a spectacular way. (When you hear “shang-a-lang” rhymed with “sturm and drang” in the opening number, you know you’re in the hands of a seriously smart and playful lyricist.) Perhaps Ashman’s most amazing achievement in Little Shop is how very funny and frightening and genuinely heartbreaking it can be — sometimes all at once. It’s my goal to give audiences here at Olney Theatre Center a production that captures the spirit of the show I fell in love with and delivers on all of its levels. I hope you enjoy it. — Mark Waldrop, Director About The play
If Roger Corman’s black comedy film, The Little Shop of Horrors, hadn’t been turned into a popular musical in 1982, it would be remembered for little more than a cameo by a young Jack Nicholson. But Oscar-winning composers Alan Menken and Howard Ashman saw something ripe and universal in the story of Seymour, a nerdy flower shop clerk whose apparent ticket out of Skid Row is a bloodthirsty talking plant, Audrey II. There’s one minor catch: the plant requires human victims. Or, as Seymour describes the plant’s food to an interviewer, “It’s a secret formula, but it’s not hard to come by.” Today, the idea of a stage musical based on an unlikely or semi-obscure movie, even a Grade-B horror film, has become commonplace. In 1982, however, Little Shop of Horrors was something of a freak occurrence. People were not used to stage musicals based on somewhat disreputable old movies. But Menken and Ashman’s show had more than novelty appeal going for it. The songs were catchy and fun pastiches of early 1960s rock and soul, the staging incorporated clever puppeteering, and the whole production had a spirit of infectious anarchy which set it apart from its Off-Broadway competition. Suffice it to say, the show was an immediate hit. Like the original, the play is a satire of science fiction B-movies with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor. By emphasizing the Faustian sub-theme, Charles Griffith, the screen-writer, had loosely sketched into his script, Ashman’s adaptation takes on a more serious and emotional tone. In the original, the plant, though just as vocal, brings fame and fortune to the shop merely because of its existence. In the musical, however, the plant becomes a genuine character, a seductive Mephistophelian weed that pointedly spells out the riches it can bring to Seymour. In the tradition of punishing all who let greed consume their more noble instincts, Little Shop of Horrors is a gory fairy tale without possibility for a happy ending. Look beneath the campy, cartoony implausibility, and you will find the dark realities that lie ahead for those who fully succumb to their desires and, doing so, check morality at the door. — Meghan Twible, Education Intern 301.924.3400
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Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Aug 24-25 8:00 pm Root Family Stage Free summer shakespeare under the stars! This rendering of star-crossed lovers set to the pulsing rhythms of contemporary digital society, where everything is shared and nothing connects, takes the play back to its source, while bringing it viciously into the here and now.
Animal Farm
by George Orwell Adapted by Ian Wooldridge
Sept 12-13 7:30 pm Historic Stage
About National Players Founded in 1949, National Players is America’s longest-running touring company. Founded on the principle of working with underserved communities, National Players travels across the country teaching theatre-related subjects and performing works of Shakespeare and other classics. Though they travel thousands of miles and serve tens of thousands each year, they develop and open every show at their home base in Olney. Please come and join us for the opening of their 64th season!
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN Revolution has broken out of Manor Farm — the humans are banished! As the farm animals diligently build their new utopia, can they resist the corruption that led to the human’s downfall? A cautionary tale that remains relevant to this day, National Players’ focused production of Orwell’s novel makes use of an empty space, a handful of storytelling tools, and the audience’s imagination to bring the chilling allegory of the Animal Farm to life.
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Who’s who in the Cast Carolyn Agan (Audrey) is excited to get out of the city to be “somewhere that’s green” at Olney Theatre Center for the first time! National Tour: The Phantom Tollbooth (Princess Rhyme). DC Area: Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Belle), Parade (Monteen), 1776, Liberty Smith; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Two Gents: the Rock Opera (Female Bird); Theatre J: David in Shadow and Light; The Keegan Theatre: Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), 1776 (Martha Jefferson), The Hostage (Theresa), Bold Girls; Adventure Theatre: Winnie-thePooh; Washington Savoyards: Babes in Toyland. Carolyn is a teaching artist with Ford’s Theatre Society, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and The Smithsonian Associates. Upcoming: A Christmas Carol and Hello! Dolly at Ford’s Theatre. Leayne C. Freeman
(Ronnette) is excited to make her Olney Theatre Center debut. Regional: Hangar Theatre: The Piano Lesson (Grace). DC Area: African Continuum Theatre Company: Old Settler (Lou Bessie); Studio Theatre: All That I Will Ever Be (Cynthia); Arena Stage: Skin Diver Staged Reading (Chip/Hair Dresser); Active Cultures Theatre Company: Medley Relay (Butterfly Stroke); The Kennedy Center: Unleashed! TYA (Alastair Understudy). Education: BA in Theatre and English from University of Maryland; M.Ed. from University of Maryland.
James Gardiner (Sey-
mour) is excited to return to Olney Theatre Center after appearing as Snoopy in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown earlier this season and in Call of the Wild. Broadway: Glory Days (Book). Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival: Home Free!, This is A Chair. DC Area: Signature Theatre: The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, I Capture the Castle, [title of show], Chess, Les 301.924.3400
Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Merrily We Roll Along, Witches of Eastwick, Saving Aimee; Ford’s Theatre: Liberty Smith, A Christmas Carol (Associate Director); Folger Theatre: Taming of the Shrew; Arena Stage: Red Hand Guitar; Library of Congress: West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Concert; Everyman Theatre: Tribute to Dorothy Fields, Irving Berlin; Woolly Mammoth/UM: The Distance From Here; The Kennedy Center: The Phantom Tollbooth, The Brand New Kid; Round House Theatre: A Prayer for Owen Meany; Studio Theatre: Dog Sees God. Teaching: Adjunct Faculty at George Mason University. Upcoming: Signature Theatre: Crimes of the Heart, Company.
Tina Ghandchilar (En-
semble, Female Swing) is happy to be making her debut at Olney Theatre Center. Regional: The Keegan Theatre: Working, the musical (Housewife); The 26th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Marcy Park). Forum Theatre: Scorched (Sawda); Adventure Theatre: The Happy Elf (Gilda). The Kennedy Center: 2012 Kennedy Center Honors (Background gospel choir singer, honoring Paul McCartney). Education: MS in Communicative Disorders from University of Louisiana at Monroe, BA in Musical Theatre, BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders from James Madison University.
Matthew Schleigh (En-
semble, u/s Seymour and Orin) appears for a second production with Olney Theatre Center, having previously attempted to prolong his youth as the Lost Boy, Curly, in Peter Pan. Regional: Everyman Theatre: You Can’t Take It With You (Tony Kirby), Our Town (George Gibbs), Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio), A Concert Tribute to Rodgers and Hart; Rorschach Theatre: The Gallerist (Roger); Imagination Stage: Wind in the Willows (Chief Weasel), Perseus Bayou (Hermes), Looking for Roberto Clemente (Joe); Toby’s Dinner OLNEYTHEATRE.ORG
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Who’s who in the Cast Theatre: The Buddy Holly Story (Buddy) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Musical], Cinderella (Prince Christopher), Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), West Side Story (Tony), Grease (Kenickie), Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik), It’s a Wonderful Life (George Bailey), Ragtime (Younger Brother), Annie (Rooster); Folger Theatre: Hamlet (Ensemble). Education: BM in Musical Theatre from The Catholic University of America; The London Dramatic Academy.
Bobby Smith (Orin, Bernstein, Snip, Luce) Olney Theatre Center: The Sound of Music (Max Detweiler) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Resident Musical], Grease (Director), Annie (Rooster Hannigan) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Musical], Forever Plaid (Director). Broadway: Crazy for You. Off Broadway: Forever Plaid (original cast), Kander and Ebb’s The World Goes ‘Round, and the revival of George Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing. National tours: Brigadoon, The World Goes ‘Round. DC Area: Studio Theatre: A Class Act, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Caroline or Change, Grey Gardens; Studio 2ndStage: Reefer Madness, Jerry Springer: The Opera; Ford’s Theatre: 1776, Elmer Gantry, Liberty Smith; Round House Theatre: A Year with Frog and Toad; MetroStage: Girl in a Goldfish Bowl, Musical of Musicals; The Kennedy Center: The Happy Prince, The Flea and the Professor; Signature Theatre: See What I Wanna See, Showboat. He has performed with The Richmond Symphony under the direction of George Manahan, The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Jack Everly Conductor and can be heard on recordings of Ben Bagley’s Rodgers and Hart Revisited and Resnois’ Gershwin. Bobby has received nine Helen Hayes nominations for excellence in Washington theater. 301.924.3400
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(Audrey II, Derelict) Olney Theater Center: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. DC Area: Round House Theatre: Once On This Island [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical]; Arena Stage and Hartford Stage Company: Crowns [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Musical]; The Kennedy Center: Barrio Grrrl! [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Production for Theatre for Young Audiences], Color Me Dark, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (the first national tour), Alexander Who Is Not, Not, Not, Not Going To Move, Carmen Jones featuring Vanessa Williams, Debbie Allen’s Soul Possessed featuring Patti LaBelle and Aurturo Sandoval; Signature Theatre: Grand Hotel; H Street Playhouse: Gospel at Colonus; African Continuum Theater Company: Amen Corner and Spunk [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical]; Regional: Karamu House Theater: The Black Nativity directed by Vinette Carol, The Swing Mikado, Once On This Island, Runaways; The Cleveland Opera Company: Die Meistersinger, The Russian Project, Die Flaudermeuse; Other credits include The Wiz, Working, Bye Bye Birdie, The Roar of the Grease Paint the Smell of the Crowd, Westside Story. Education: Karamu House Theater and Cleveland State University where he majored in Music and English. In February 2000, He was ordained an Elder in the Ministry of the Gospel, his greatest accomplishment. He is excited for the opportunity to return to Olney Theater Center for Little Shop of Horrors.
Russell Sunday (En-
semble, u/s Mushnik and the Voice of Audrey II) is pleased to be returning to Olney Theatre Center, having been last seen here as the Pharoah in Joseph an the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional credits include: Signature Theatre: Les Miserables (Jean Valjean & Ensemble) [Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble], Chess (Walter), Sweeney Todd (Ensemble and SweeOLNEYTHEATRE.ORG
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Who’s who in the Cast ney u/s), The Hollow (Ellis), The Boy Detective Fails (Detective Brown), Brother Russia (Viktor and Tsar Nicholas); Studio Theatre: Jerry Springer the Opera (Chucky) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble]; Theatre J: David in Shadow and Light (Goliath); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Jekyll & Hyde (Jekyll and Hyde) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical], Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), Carousel (Billy), Miss Siagon (Chris), Aida (Radames), Damn Yankees (Young Joe), Beauty and the Beast (Gaston and The Beast); and his favorite role of Father to his son, Russell the III, Trey. Carpe Diem!
Shaunte Tabb (Crystal) is absolutely thrilled to be back at Olney Theater Center, where she was last seen in Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlaine). International tour: Aida (Aida U/S). Regional: Signature Theater: Hairspray (Little Inez U/S), Showboat (Swing); Studio Theater: Pop the Musical (Viva U/S), Passing Strange (Sherry, Mariana U/S), In the Red and Brown Water (Nia); Imagination Stage: Perseus Bayou (Athena); Toby’s Dinner Theater: All Shook Up (Lorraine), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Ensemble); Winter’s Lane Productions: Once on This Island (Timoune), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Brenda), Dreamgirls (Lorrel); Arts Centric Productions: The Children’s Hour (Martha). Education: BA in Theatre from Bowie State University. Ethan Watermeier (Mush-
nik) Baritone Ethan Watermeier’s favorite opera and theatre credits include: Broadway National Tour of Les Misérables (Javert and Factory Foreman/Combeferre). Regional: Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Aspen Music Festival, Olney Theatre Center, Urban Arias (DC), Shakespeare Theatre Company, Bailiwick Repertory, and Little Theatre on the Square. An active advocate and performer of new works, Ethan has worked with and premiered compositions by Mark Adamo, Tom Cipullo, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jake Heggie, John Musto, and Rachel Portman and was winner of the 2002 Kurt Weill Interna-
tional Competition. Education: BM from Northwestern University; MM from Manhattan School of Music; currently completing doctorate in voice/ opera at UMD. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, and artist roster of Sing for Hope.
Kara-Tameika Watkins
(Chiffon) is happy to be at Olney Theatre Center again after appearing in Camelot, Peter Pan and Eubie! Other DC Area credits include: Signature Theatre: Hairspray [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Musical and Ensemble], Sunset Boulevard, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Ford’s Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, Children of Eden; Arena Stage: Crowns; Studio Theatre: Caroline or Change; Roundhouse Theatre: Once on this Island. Regional: Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera: Hairspray; Northshore Music Theatre: Hairspray; Las Vegas: Hairspray; Reno: Smokey Joe’s Café.
Who’s who in the Cast Howard Ashman (Book and Lyrics) wrote the lyrics for the Disney animated films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast and Aladdin (three songs) and served as producer on The Little Mermaid and Executive Producer on Beauty and The Beast. With composer Alan Menken, he received two Academy Awards® and two Golden Globes® for Best Song (“Beauty and the Beast” and “Under the Sea”) and four Grammy® Awards. He received an Academy Award® nomination with Mr. Menken for “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin. As Author, Lyricist and Director for the stage musical Little Shop of Horrors, which ran for five years in New York and has been produced worldwide, Mr. Ashman received two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a London Evening Standard Award and a Drama Desk Award. For his screenplay version of Little Shop of Horrors, Mr. Ashman received a nomination from the Screen Writers Guild, and “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” was nominated (with Mr. Menken) for an Academy Award® for Best Song. He was Author, Lyricist and Director of Smile for which he received a Tony® nomination for Best Book. His other credits include: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; The Confirmation (his only full-length play); Artistic Director: WPA Theatre (1976-1982). Born on May 17, 1950 in Baltimore, Mr. Ashman died at age 40 of complications due to AIDS on March 14, 1991 in New York City. Alan Menken (Music) Stage credits include
Little Shop Of Horrors; Beauty And The Beast; A Christmas Carol; King David; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Real Life Funnies; The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz; Weird Romance; and Der Glocker Von Notre Dame. Film credits include: The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin, Newsies, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules and Home On The Range. Other achievements: A Billboard #1 album (Pocahontas) and #1 single (“A Whole New World”). Awards include 8 Academy Awards®, 7 Golden Globes®, 10 GRAMMYS®, the London Evening Standard Award, the Olivier, the New York Drama Critics Award, the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Stage adaptations : The Little Mermaid and Leap of Faith. Live-action film adaptations: A Christmas Carol and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame plus the film Noel.
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Mark Waldrop (Director) returns to
Olney Theatre Center, after directing last year’s Sound of Music [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical] and Annie [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical]. He directed Bette Midler’s 1999 Divine Miss Millennium Tour. Broadway: Bea Arthur, Just Between Friends (2002 Tony Award nomination, Special Theatrical Event.) Off-Broadway: Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly, (1997 Drama Desk Award, 1997 Outer Critic’s Circle Award, OBIE;) Newsical, Game Show, Pete ‘n’ Keely, Listen to My Heart, Inventing Avi, My Deah, and Capitol Steps. Also: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (City Center Encores;) Hey, Love! the Songs of Mary Rodgers, starring Faith Prince (Rainbow & Stars.) Regional: Into the Woods (Seattle’s 5th Avenue,) Souvenir (Greenville, SC CentreStage,) Russian on the Side (Chicago’s Royal George,) and Cinderella (Olney Theatre Center.) At New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse: Gypsy starring Betty Buckley, Little Shop of Horrors, Romeo & Bernadette, and Forum. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Ross Scott Rawlings (Musical Director/ Conductor) was last seen at Olney Theatre Center in the early nineties. DC Area credits include: Rep Stage and Toby’s-The Dinner Theatre of Columbia. A veteran of the road, he has traveled the world with over twenty two musical tours such as: Damn Yankees, Show Boat, Cabaret, Fosse (starring: Ben Vereen, Ruthie Henshall, and several U.K. stars); Sweet Charity (starring: Molly Ringwald, and later Paige Davis); Little Women (starring: Maureen McGovern); and most recently has toured with Hairspray. In the summer of 2009, he Musically Directed/Conducted Hairspray for the MUNY stage in St. Louis starring: Paul Vogt, in which he received a Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding Music Direction. He also traveled to Charlottetown, PEI Canada doing another production of Hairspray (starring: George Wendt). An accomplished pianist, arranger/ orchestrator and conductor, he holds over three hundred professional credits since the age of fifteen. Mr. Rawlings resides in Columbia, Maryland where he serves as Director of Vocal Music and Piano at Glenelg High School. OLNEYTHEATRE.ORG
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Who’s who in the Cast Vince Pesce (Choreographer) had the pleasure of
choreographing the Paper Mill Playhouse productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Little Shop of Horrors under the direction of Mark Waldrop. He directed/choreographed the National/International tours of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Victor/Victoria, and ‘S Wonderful as well as choreographed the National/ International tours of Cinderella starring Lea Salonga, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Oliver!. Off Broadway: Abraham Lincoln’s BGDP (Tina Award), Dancing With Abandon (FringeNYC), Lucky Break (Pre Broadway workshop). Television: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed (HBO), Clash of the Choirs starring Patti Labelle (NBC), Grease: You’re The One That I Want (NBC); Associate Choreographer to Kathleen Marshall on the Broadway productions of Anything Goes (Tony Award for choreography), The Pajama Game (Tony Award for choreography), Wonderful Town (Tony Award for choreography), and Little Shop of Horrors. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
James Fouchard (Set Design) previously created sets for Olney Theatre Center’s productions of The Sound of Music, Dames At Sea and Oh, Coward!. Other design credits include the national tours of CanCan (starring Chita Rivera), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starring Patrick Cassidy), The Show-Off (starring Jean Stapleton), 42nd Street (Asia Tour), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phantom, Little Shop of Horrors, South Pacific, Sound of Music (USA and Asia), Crazy For You, Grease!, Oklahoma!, Singin’ In The Rain and the Charleston production of Porgy and Bess. He has also served as Scenic Supervisor for tours of Will Rogers Follies, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Evita (supervised by Harold Prince). Other designs include productions for Papermill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, American Musical Theater, Ford’s Theater, Walnut Street Theater, The Kennedy Center, Peabody Conservatory, Syracuse Stage, Everyman Theatre, Theatre of the Stars, Rep Stage, OperaDelaware, Summer Opera Theater, Opera Columbus, Feld Entertainment, and Harrah’s (Atlantic City and Lake Tahoe). He has also served as resident scenic designer for the past 31 summers at Pennsylvania’s Totem Pole Playhouse. His work has also been featured in gallery exhibitions at Georgetown University, the Smithsonian Institution and the Washington, D.C. Theatre Design exhibit “It’s Only A Paper Moon.” He is a member of United Scenic Artists.
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David Kaley (Costume Design) Broadway:
The Addams Family, La Cage aux Folles, The Normal Heart (Associate Designer). OffBroadway: PS 122: Silence! The Musical; NYMF: Rio; NY Fringe Festival: Yeast Nation; Kirk Theatre:NEWSical, The Musical. Regional: Adirondack Theatre Festival: Hello Out There; Charlottetown Theatre Festival: Hairspray. Additional associate design credits include: Dreamgirls (Korea), Ragtime (The Kennedy Center), Disney’s High School Musical (US, UK, Spain). David is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a member of United Scenic Artists 829.
Charlie Morrison (Lighting Design)
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Who’s who in the Cast Renee E. Yancey (Production Stage
Manager/Production Manager) is in her seventh season stage managing at Olney Theatre Center, and Little Shop of Horrors marks her 25th production as PSM. Recent Olney Theatre Center credits include The 39 Steps, Grease, Farragut North, Annie, The Savannah Disputation, Triumph of Love, and Bus Stop. Renee began her stage management career in Olney Theatre Center’s Internship Program as a stage management intern. She is currently the Production Manager for Olney Theatre Center. DC Area: The Studio Theatre: Stoop Stories (PSM), The Internationalist (PSM). Events: 25th-28th Annual Helen Hayes Awards (ASM), AFI Silverdocs (SM). Education: BFA in Theatre Arts from Texas State University-San Marcos. Renee is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
Eric Brooks (Puppeteer, Audrey II) is ever inspired by constantly changing forms of Life and hopes to unify higher grounds of understanding and perception for the creative table. He is an alumni of both The Eugene O’Neill Puppetry Conference and the University of Connecticut’s Graduate Puppet Arts Program. He is thrilled to be a among this talented group of performing artists for Little Shop of Horrors and has taken on a variety of classic puppet characters on his way to Olney Theatre Center. He is also a collaborator, designer and performer for many DC Area children’s and adult theatres, including Synetic Family Theatre, the Puppet Co., Adventure Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company. Elliott Davis (Puppeteer, Audrey II) DC Area credits include: Young Republicans (Caleb). Richmond, VA: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Ensemble), Take Me Out (Toddy), All That I Will Ever Be (Bart/Eddie), Altar Boys (Matthew). Education: Elliott is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. Rob Greene & J. Jared Janas (Wig
Design) Recent Broadway designs and consultations include The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Peter and the Starcatcher, All About Me, and Next to Normal. Other productions include By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (world
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Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. Martin Platt (Artistic Director) Mr. Platt is a
native of Beverly Hills, California and attended Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU). After graduating from CMU, Mr. Platt founded the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF), where he served as Artistic Director for eighteen years. After leaving ASF, Mr. Platt served two years as General Director of Birmingham Opera Theatre, where he directed productions of Puccini’s Tosca and Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. His other opera work has included productions of Daughter of the Regiment, La Traviata, the US premiere of Verdi’s Stiffelio, and the Bizet/ Constant/Brook La Tragedie de Carmen. Mr. Platt later served as Artistic Director of the New Mexico Repertory Theatre and founded Santa Fe Stages, an international performance festival in Santa Fe. In London, Mr. Platt has directed The Free State by and starring Janet Suzman, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and Miss Evers’ Boys. In Spain, he directed El Flameco es Vida and Don Juan Flamenco for the Bienale de Flamenco in Sevilla. In Vienna, he has directed John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt and Donald Marguiles’ Time Stands Still. OLNEYTHEATRE.ORG
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Who’s who in the Cast Mr. Platt has also directed at many of America’s leading regional theatres, including The Huntington Theatre Company (Boston), Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pioneer Theatre Company (Salt Lake City), Asolo Theatre (Sarasota), Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell), Playmakers Repertory Theatre (Chapel Hill), and Meadowbrook Theatre (Detroit). In New York, he has directed D.H. Lawrence’s The Daughter in Law, Tolstoy’s The Power of Darkness, Sallie Bingham’s Treason, and Jon Marans’ musical, The Irrationals, among other productions. As a producer, his work has included the five year international tour of the South African dance show Gumboots; West End productions of Nixon’s Nixon, A Woman in Waiting, in addition to last year’s Olivier nominated Lend Me a Tenor the Musical; New York productions include Here Lies Jenny with Bebe Neuwirth; the Obie and Drama Deskwinning productions of In The Continuum and An Oak Tree; as well as the National Theatre Guild of Uganda’s Mother Courage at the Kennedy Center. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
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STAFF
Artistic/Production Artistic Director
Martin Platt
Associate Artistic Director
John Going
Resident Musical Director
Christopher Youstra
Administration Managing Director
Amy Marshall
Finance Director
Pauline Mendo
Finance Office
Nene Keita Chyeslan Buso
Business Assistant
Michael Silard
Business Manager
Kynda Reid
Howard Vincent Kurtz
Facilities Manager
Mark Quackenbush
Resident Lighting Designer
Daniel MacLean Wagner
Assistant to Managing Director Maureen Estrin
Production Manager
Renee E. Yancey
IT Manager
Assistant to Artistic Director
Maureen Estrin
Company Manager
Mackenzie Douglas
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Eric Knauss
Graphic Designer
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Jameson Shroyer
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Master Electrician
R. S. Buck
Sound Engineer
Max Krembs
Scenic Charge Costume Shop Supervisor Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor
Patron Services Manager
Michael R. Burgtorf
Betsy Muller
Rentals Coordinators
Dan Van Why Willow Grey
Jeanne Bland
Box Office Manager
Henriette Mendo
Seth Gilbert
Assistant Box Office Manager
Marie Henry
Production Interns Elizabeth Breen, Nicholas Broten, Samantha Jarrett, Christopher Mollen, Michelle Muntifering, Fred T. Paul, Alicia Sells, Ben Walsh,Daniel Woods
Show Staff
Box Office Supervisor Stephanie Boyle House Managers Cindy Collier, Lina Al Dajani, Megan Eng, Seth Ghitelman, Brittany Graham, Joy Hugo, R. Wesley Meekins, Anna Perritt, Will Richardson, Khris-Ann Small
Assistant Lighting Designer
Brian Allard
Assistant Stage Managers
Alicia Sells Ben Walsh
Production Assistant
Grace Murrin
Costume Assistant
Matthew Griffin
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Dramaturg
Meghan Twible
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Kevin Hasser
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Meghan Twible Little Shop of Horrors was originally Directed by Howard Ashman with Musical Staging by Edie Cowan.
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