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Dear Friends, Welcome to the opening show of our 2017-2018 Broadway Season! This lavish Lincoln Center production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I is sure to please with familiar songs and characters reimagined as never before. Thank you for attending. Presenting touring Broadway shows is the bread-and-butter business of the Orpheum Theatre Group. Our largest audiences come for Broadway. Our most dedicated patrons are Broadway fans. But the Orpheum and Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education are so much more than the great Broadway shows you see on our stage. We are an important arts education provider in a city that desperately needs arts education. We serve over 50,000 students, teachers, and parents through our annual education programs. They run from a camp for children who have experienced the death of a parent to the High School Musical Theatre Awards. We bring shows just for young people and teach highschoolers how to prepare for college level auditions. We are proud of the impact our education programs have on our city. We provide space for community groups and corporations. Our boardroom in the Halloran Centre is used by non-Orpheum groups 90% of the time, while the Orpheum only uses it 10%. Our stage in the Halloran Centre is perfect for dance companies and theatre groups that need an intimate place to perform. Our historic Orpheum Theatre hosts weddings, annual meetings, community events, and more. We feel we have the best facilities in downtown Memphis for many purposes, and are happy to share them with the community. We bring major rock, country, comedy, and family shows to our city. We show fun summer movies that allow parents and grandparents to show young people what a special experience going to the movies was when they were kids, before the mall multiplex took over. We collaborate with other arts and civic organizations to help improve the quality of life for all Memphis citizens. All of this is to say, we appreciate your support of the Orpheum Theatre Group. Your support makes all this possible. This institution is so much more than any single play or musical. So much more than any single movie or concert. So much more than any single evening of entertainment on the calendar. Thank you for supporting all of what comprises our non-profit organization. We could not do what we do without you. With gratitude,
Brett Batterson President & CEO Orpheum Theatre Group
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UPCOMING EVENTS
An Evening with JD Souther September 23 • Halloran Centre
The Weight is Over! Full-Figured Fashion Show September 24 • Halloran Centre
Hansel & Gretel September 26 • Orpheum Theatre
Trevor Noah September 29 • Orpheum Theatre
Ryan Adams & Band September 30 • Orpheum Theatre
Peppa Pig Live! October 3 • Orpheum Theatre
Wilco Orpheum Theatre
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses October 7 • Orpheum Theatre
The Mersey Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary Show October 11 • Halloran Centre
The Head and the Heart October 11 • Orpheum Theatre
Peter Cincotti October 13 • Halloran Centre
John Mulaney October 17 • Orpheum Theatre
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This year, our biggest and most exciting fundraiser expands to include the Halloran Centre. Two venues, twice the fun.
DELICIOUS FOOD • OPEN BAR • LIVE ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC & DANCING ON THE ORPHEUM STAGE LIVE & SILENT AUCTION • PLUS MUCH MORE...
TICKETS: $125 • (901) 529-4230 ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM/AUCTION
Proceeds benefit the Orpheum Theatre Group’s community and education programs.
THE 2017 ORPHEUM RAFFLE
ST P L AC E
Classic 1970 Mercury Cougar Convertible
ND P L AC E
Broadway Luxury Suite Tickets
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Broadway Evening
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A Night at the Movies
Two tickets to The Phantom of the Opera, Finding Neverland, The Color Purple, Wicked, and Something Rotten!
Four luxury suite tickets to any Broadway show in the 2017-2018 season.
Movie party for 20 to the 2018 Summer Movie Series. Includes popcorn and soft drinks.
$100 per entry (901) 525-7800 • Orpheum-Memphis.com Drawing will take place at Soiree in the Spotlight: The Orpheum Auction Reimagined on Saturday, November 11, 2017. You do not have to be present to win. Proceeds benefit the Orpheum Theatre Group’s community and education programs.
Enjoy a haunted evening at the historic Orpheum
Just in time for Halloween, view the Orpheum Theatre through a haunted lens and dine with the spirits. Learn all about the paranormal activity that has haunted the Orpheum since the 1920’s. The evening will include a cocktail reception, a tour of the theatre and backstage, a three-course meal with wine, haunted trivia, and more. You may even experience one of our special Orpheum Ghosts for yourself.
Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:00pm
$75 per person, $50 for current season ticket holders, or $550 for a table of 8. Space is limited. Visit Orpheum-Memphis.com or call (901) 525-3000 for tickets. Sponsored by Cheryl and William Stegbauer
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS A round of applause to the following individuals, foundations, and businesses for their generous support of the Orpheum Theatre Group. $40,000 + The Mustang Fund BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation Memphis Area Honda Dealers SunTrust
Necy & Ben Livingston Menard, Gates & Mathis Moore Management Nina & Jerry Patton Susie & Kirk Peters Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ring Ring Container Technologies Whit Greenway & Linda Sena Pat & Ron Solberg Southland Park Gaming & Racing The Hand Family The Hankins Family The Hieatt Family WREG
$25,000 - $39,999 Sedgwick Tennessee Arts Commission nexAir Cheryl & Bill Stegbauer $10,000 - $24,999 ArtsMemphis Bank of America Betsy & Kinzie Bird Dean Film & Video First Tennessee First Tennessee Foundation ArtsFirst Gant Systems Greenway Home Services Scott & Carol Hennessy Sarah Ranson & Mike Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. McEniry Miles Mason Family Law MMF Consulting Orion Federal Credit Union Pickler Wealth Advisors Restoration Systems, Inc. Ring Container Technologies Roadshow BMW/MINI South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Swain Wealth Partners The Barnett Group Ticketmaster Steve & Lura Turner Wade & Company Catering Winston E. Wolfe Wolfchase Honda $5,000 - $9,999 AutoZone Ted & Jan Donaldson FedEx Karen Fields-Isaacman & Ken Isaacman Anne & Pat Halloran Horseshoe Tunica Kroger Suzanne & William J. Landers Joanna & Jason Landrum Laurelwood Shopping Center
$1,000 - $4,999 Elizabeth & Bo Allen Patty & George Alvord Armstrong Relocation Vincent Astor John & Wanda Barzizza Anne Wulff & Brian Bendersky Scott & Rachel Bendure Lisa & John Bobango Jerry & Penny Bower Debbie & Homer Branan Doug Browne Ricky & Florence Busey Dr. Noelle Chaddock Mandy & Chirag Chauhan Holly Hawkins Clark & Trey Clark Dr. & Mrs. George A. Cook Leslie Cooper Crye-Leike, Inc. Cumberland Partners Kay & Scott Dawson Happy & Babs Deas Amy, Maggie & Floyd Dixon Carolyn & Mike Edwards Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation Farris Bobango PLC Rick & Kim Fogelman Jennifer L. Futch Jennifer Gilbert Jim & Lucia Gilliland Dr. & Mrs. Barry Gilmore Philip Gould Grinder, Taber, & Grinder, Inc. GS Automation Suzanne & Frank Guarino Dr. Randall & Ellen Holcomb Johnny & Connie Jackson Alex & Amy Knight
Drs. Rande & Linda Lazar Suzanne & Paul Lazarov Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lightman, Sr. John & Bettye Claire Lynn Melissa & Kevin McEniry Diane K. Vescovo & Michael G. McLaren Natalie & Jim Meeks Robin & Billy Orgel Lori Patton Tony & Tracie Powers Realty Capital Management Mr. & Mrs. William R. Reed, Jr. Drs. David & Loretta Rudd Gail & Karl Schledwitz Dr. Thomas J. Schroeppel Wendi Shoffner Nancy Welsh Smith Stefan & Barbara Smith Mr. & Mrs. Ham Smythe III Uma & Rajesh Subramaniam Brian & Kate Sullivan Teresa & Andrew Taylor The Conrad Pearson Clinic The Crump Firm, Inc. The Landers Firm The Terral Family David Thornton Ann & Jim Vining Watkins Uiberall Dr. Danny Weiss Anne & Jim West Alyson & Brad Whitaker Kimberlee & Kyrne Whitehead Marty & Page Wick Gay & Mike Williams $500 - $999 Joe & Janie Albright Johnnie & Rex Amonette APG Office Dr. & Mrs. Philip Aronoff Mr. & Mrs. Bob Batson Brett & Veronica Batterson Beale Sweets Sugar Shack Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. Bluff City Dental Gay Daughdrill Boyd Hays & Judy Brantley David Martin Cashbaugh Deweese Howell & Associates, PC Dr. & Mrs. Tony Eldridge Fidelity Offset, Inc. Final Source
For more information on how to support the Orpheum Theatre Group, please contact Charlene Honeycutt at (901) 529-4280. Fogelman Properties Daniel Green Jack Pirtle’s Chicken Betty Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Derek Kelly Lenny’s Grill & Sub Doug & Lynne Morgan Debra Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Bob Nance Northwestern Mutual Otolaryngology Consultants of Memphis/ENT Memphis Pyramid Electric Safelite Auto Glass Philip Schaefgen Jan & Jack Scharff, Jr. Southeastern Coatings, Inc. Dr. Paula Spence-Evans The Wells Firm David A. Tipton Linda & Bill Woodmansee $100 - $499 Patricia G. Allen Anonynous Susan Arrison Rebecca & John Bakke Andrew Balaity Shirlee Clark-Barber Scott & Amy M. Beatty Michael & Katie Beery Andy & Becky Burkeen Cynthia L. Nash & Angela Cabrera Mary Anne & Rowell Cardosi Bill Carkeet Cheryl Diane Carter Rachel Claiborne Kimberly P. Coryat Sam & Barbara Creekmore James Dalton Samantha & Charles Dean Donna DiPaolo JJ & Dick Doughtie Steve W. Edwards Shepard M. Fargotstein Hal Fogelman Terri Fox Gavion John Glynn Clifton Godbold Glenn E. Goerke Louise Gray Glendora Greenway Rocky & Cynthia Gresham Mr. & Mrs. Warren Haggard
Rob & Mary Hansom James L. Holt Carroll Hoselton Katharine Huffman John & Nancy Iovinelli Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Kirkland Martin Kocman Janette & Bobby Krauch Art & Susan Kunkle Ronald Land Bill & Pam Lawhead Mr. & Mrs. Sam Lipe George & Elizabeth Lofton Carissa Hussong & David Lusk Mollie & Jesse Mann Craig & Karen Marshall Jan P. McElroy Judith McGuire Karen K. Meeks Debbie & Stephen Meyer Mimi & Robert Mehrle Nancy H. Miller Lisa Mitchell Susan & Greg Morgan James Moton Bob Owens Linda & William Payne Rochelle & Frank Perlman Rebecca Perry Van Phillips Shelly Pierce Bobby Prince Rebecca Regen Kerry S. Regen Lee & Dawn Roberts Dr. James D. Russell Chrisann Schiro-Geist Billy & Brenda Schnell Dr. Monica Schoknecht James & Nancy Segars Alexis Simmons David Jay Smith Gary K. Smith Dr. Mark & Pat Smith Elizabeth Stewart James F. Swindle Phyllis G. Taylor Brian E. Thomas Charles Trammell Jr. Zannette & Mark Uriell Bobbie & Jo VanCleve Anna M. Vescovo Mike & Nancy Walczyk Melinda & William Watt Betty Westmoreland
Duncan Wharff Kay Whittington Paul Wilson Richard Wiseman Joanne H. Woody Judy & Fritz Workman Elizabeth R. Wright Pam & Terry Zubrod In-Kind Donors directFX Franklin-Baber Hicks Convention Services Memphis Audio Memphis Funeral Home Nolan’s Audio & Visual Paulsen Printing Memorials Frank Marion Bizzel by the Ricky Leigh Family Madge & Tom Gallo by Van Phillips Robert J. Paradis by Kimberly P. Coryat Debbie Reinach by Vincent Astor Ollie Lee Williams by Cheryl Diane Carter Marcie Lee Workman by Judy & Fred Workman Honorariums Vincent Astor by Brother Joel W. McGraw Brett Batterson by Michael & Katie Beery by Anise & Ron Belz by Elvis Presley Enterprises Kristin Bennett by Debbie & Ken Bennett Trenton Edward Carter by Cheryl Diane Carter Roger and Donna Clement by Dr. Thomas Schroeppel Elton Holland by Vincent Astor Ruby Martin & Liam Martin by Dr. Mike Martin & Sarah Ranson Reva Williams by Van Phillips Fritz Workman by Judy & Fred Workman
Gifts received between September 1, 2016 and September 1, 2017. like to thank those individuals in the The Orpheum Theatre Group would also VIP/Gold Circle seating areas who contribute as part of their season ticket purchase.
Orpheum Theatre Group BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair.................................................................................................................................Robert Cox Treasurer................................................................................................................... Bill Stegbauer Secretary............................................................................................................. Robert DelPriore
Bo Allen
Scott Bendure
George Alvord
President First Tennessee
Managing Director, Senior VP SunTrust Bank
CEO AEGCorp
John Bobango
Debbie Branan
Chief Manager/Partner Farris Bobango PLC
Owner/Attorney Branan Law Firm
Dr. Noelle Chaddock
Holly Hawkins Clark
Holly Hawkins Clark SunTrust Banks, Inc, SunTrust Investment Services 999 S. Shady Grove Rd, Ste 202 Memphis, TN 38120 Doug Browne President Peabody Hotels & Resorts
Robert Cox Shareholder Glassman, Wyatt, Tuttle, & Cox, PC
Ricky Busey holly.clark@suntrust.com Vice President of Human Resources Caesars Entertainment
Chirag Chauhan Partner/Director of Finance The Barnett Group
Vice President of Wealth Management Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for Diversity & Inclusivity Regions Private Wealth Management Rhodes College
Holly Clark is a High Net Worth Client Advisor for SunTrust Private Wealth Management. She offers business owners, executives and other high net worth individuals more than 19 years of experience working in the Private Wealth Management space. Holly joined SunTrust in 2006. Holly started her financial career in 1994 with Boatmen’s Bank, currently known as Bank of America, where she was a Relationship Manager in the Premier Banking & Investment Group for 12 years.
Holly works with clients to develop and implement strategies which address the client’s immediate and future financial goals and objectives. SheLee partners Wealth Terri Freemanwith her Private Rick Fogelman Robert DelPriore Keri Gage President President & CEO Vice President Senior Vice President TeamExecutive and follows a disciplined process of assessing a client’s financial situation, determining National Civil Rights Museum Fogelman Properties MAA UBS risk tolerance, and understanding their individual needs and priorities in order to formulate and execute an appropriate strategy. In conjunction with the team, she consults on investments, loans, risk management, retirement planning, estate planning, charitable planning, gifting and other financial strategies relevant to Private Wealth clients. Holly Clark, a native of Memphis, resides in Midtown Memphis, enjoys travel, tennis, Memphis Tiger Basketball / Football, and spending time with her husband Trey Clark and two sons Sam (3yrs) and Ben (18mos).
Philip Gould President Gould’s Salon/Spas
Scott Hennessy Chairman True Temper Sports, Inc. (retired)
Karen Fields-Isaacman Co-Chair Armstrong Relocation
C. Suzanne Landers Senior Lawyer The Landers Firm
University of Memphis, Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology Alumni Board of Grace St. Luke’s Episcopal School Series 7 and Series 66 Registrations Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Variable Annuity licensee
Jason Landrum EVP, Chief Information Officer Sedgwick CMS
Kevin McEniry CEO nexAir
Jim E. Meeks Jr.
Scott Morris, M.D.
Managing Partner Northwestern Mutual
CEO Church Health
Dr. Loretta Rudd
Karl Schledwitz
Associate Professor University of Memphis
Chairman & CEO Monogram Foods
Brian Sullivan
Andy Taylor
Principal/CEO Sullivan Branding
Partner Gerber/Taylor
Dr. Andrea Lewis Miller
Robin Orgel
President LeMoyne-Owen College
Community Volunteer
Bill Stegbauer Local Business Owner
Lura Turner President Turner Marketing
Rajesh Subramaniam EVP of Marketing/Communications FedEx
Marty Wick COO, Terminix A ServiceMaster Company
PAST CHAIRS COUNCIL George Alvord Anise Belz Steve Black Jack Blair Tony Bologna Jerry Bower Henry Brenner Karen Fields-Isaacman Lucia Gilliland
Mason Granger Allen Israel C. Suzanne Landers Rande Lazar Ann McRae Mike Pera Jack Soden Andy Taylor Mike Williams
the club of G. Lawson Albritton David L. Allen Harriet Allen Bruce Alpert Patty and George Alvord Donald and Susan Angel Neil Arnold Lawrence E. Baer Linda and Steve Baggett John and Rebecca Bakke Grant and Mary Ruth Bales Bruce and Cindy Barney Linda M. Barrett Marsha Barrom John and Wanda Barzizza Vickie Baselski Ann T. Baxter Faye Beckett Charles Bedwell Robby Bellamy Marilyn and Jack Belz Anise and Ron Belz Anne Wulff and Brian Bendersky Cheryl R. Bensky Sheila C. Bentley Stanley Bilsky Richard D. Blalack Benard Blasingame Jay Bobo Percy R. Boggan Jr. Deanna and Antonio Bologna Donna and Barry G. Bouchillon Penny and Jerry Bower Patricia and Charles Brand Ray Brandon Denby Brandon III J. Allen Brasfield Jr. Jerry Brasher Philip Breazeale Robert H. Buckman Becky and Andy Burkeen Johnny Burns Jr. Tony Burriss Linda Busby Kathy Campbell Dee Cannell Joyce A. Carter Richard Carver Dr. Nancy A. Chase Michael L. and Roberta Christensen Rachel Claiborne Gregg A. Coats and Mark Harris
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Dr. Marc A. Cohen Shirley Connealy Mike Conway Dr. and Mrs. George A. Cook Jennifer Cook Arie J. Cooper Sandra Cooper Paul Cooper Harriett Crews A. B. Crofford Pat Crouse Larry Crum Diana Crumpler Mr. and Mrs. John Hall Dalton Bernard Danzig Doris I. Davis Joan Dermon Anne Desaix Mark D. Dessem Vicki and Bill Deweese Jan and Ted Donaldson Jim Dorman Michael Dragutsky Ms. Regina Duberstein Elizabeth Durham Gail and Alex Duron Gerald and Lynn Eisenstatt Jerry M. Ellis Graves Enck Glenn Everton Kathleen Fatolahi Carol A. Feather Dan and Judith Felkner Robert and Brenda Ferralasco Dr. and Mrs. William Fesmire James Fickle Craig Fienup Kent D. Fisher Holly Fleming George Flinn Jr. Lassie and Harry Flowers Houston L. Freeburg Flo and Richard Gadomski Steve Galella Leslie and Charles Gallagher Gerald and Linda Geddes Mary Ellen Gehring Dave and Pat Gesell Wilma and William R. Gibbs Bettye Gibson Robert Gilbert Bobbi and Jerry Gillis
Howard Gish Richard Glassman Carole Goddard Kathy S. Goldate Kathy Gomes William Gotten Philip Gould Margaret Gray E. Dianne Greenhill Mimi Grossman Sue and Frank Guarino John Gyetvay Cindy and Everett Hailey Rommy Hammond Jerry and Carol Harber Larry J. Hardy Barbara Harrington John J. Harris Leslie Y. Hays Jane S. Hester Leslie Heun Linda K. Hill Susan and David Hoback Rebecca Hogan Brenda G. Holmes Faydette Holmquist Donna Holton Gene and Kathy Horner Dr. Lawrence and Anita Hsia John and Nancy Iovinelli Allen and Jeri Israel Theresa P. Jacques Steve and Pam Johnson Larry W. Johnson Betty Johnson Horace Jones Charles and Penny Jones Robert and Laura Keeton Rosalind Kimmelman Michael King Carla Kirkland Lloyd Kirkland Frances Kitterman Arlene Kleiman Russell Knox Janice Knecht Kolb Dr. Roger Labonte Elizabeth Landers Sharon S. Langley Rachel Laughlin Dr. Edward H. Lazar Linda and Rande H. Lazar
The Orpheum Theatre Group would like to recognize the following Season Ticket Holders who have subscribed to the Orpheum’s Broadway Series every year for the past 20 or more years! These dedicated subscribers are the core of our annual patrons and allow us to continue to bring the best of Broadway to Memphis year after year. Please join the Orpheum in thanking the members of THE CLUB OF 20 for their loyalty and enthusiasm for our historic theatre.
Suzanne Lazarov Barney and Jan Lee Patrice Lenahan Elaine and David Levine Mark Lindsey Mathew Lipscomb III John and Mary K. Logan Diane Long Jeffrey H. Lowrey M.D. Robert and Heather Lundy Mark Luttrell John and Bettye Claire Lynn Tobin Maginnis Sandra Marbry Sammy A. Marshall Craig Marshall Thomas R. McCalla Bill McCann Mrs. Paul McCutchen Keith McDaniel Suzanne McDonald Joseph and Nancy McGarry Michael McGee Steve E. McGuire Margaret McKee Denice and Jim McMahon Jean Mercer and Breen Bland James and Kathy Meredith Maxine Middlecoff Pam Montesi Dolores M. Morganti Marlin L. Mosby Sandy Moss and Lynette Maw Judy Moss Ginny Mount William Seldon Murray Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nance Vicki Noble Robert C. Owens Joy J. Ozbirn J. T. and Connie Page Karen Parker Martha Parker Rodney Parks Jim Paulsen Frank and Rochelle Perlman
Charles and Carole Plesofsky Chuck Porter Brenda and Terry Poteet Sara Power Bonida and Brian Poynor Ron Privette Eddie and Sally Ramsey Karen Richmond John Rimmer Dee Dee Rives Meryl Rosen Susan Ross Carmine Ruggiero and David van Isaks Louis A. Sampson Philip Schaefgen Jack Scharff Jr. Raymond E. Schultz Eric and Constance Scott Carolyn B. Sechrest Robbie, Sally and Carey Segal Nancy and James Segars Angie S. Segui Sidney Seligstein Rachel and Stephen B. Shankman Alan Shinosky Debra Shirley Jim Shoemaker David Simpson Marye Lee Sims Rogers Smith Bethany Smith and Joe Larkins Jack Soden Rita T. Sparks Townsend Sparks Dr. Paula Spence-Evans Leslie Spengler J. W. Stafford Jr. William and Cheryl Stegbauer Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stein Elizabeth Stewart Charles and Mary Stewart James F. Swindle Teresa and Andrew Taylor Laura J. Thompson Susan Thompson David Thornton
Kathy C. Thurmond-Edwards Charles S. Tipton Dr. David A. Tipton Danny L. Todd Virginia F. Trenham Tommy Trout Ronald Underberg Rita Vasilyev Jennifer Beggs Vescovo Louis Vescovo Dianna Voyles Hazel Waggener Ceil Walker Janice Wall Lee Wardlaw James C. and Ann Warner Charles Warner John and Betty Weiman Danny Weiss Peggy and James White Jr. Gil Whitlock Kay Whittington Emelda L. Williams Thomas A. Williams Michael C. and Gay Williams Jane C. Williamson Les and Nancy Willingham Jim D. Wirski William and Sandy Wolfe Cheryl Wood William D. Woodmansee Joanne H. Woody and Jo Ann Owen Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wooldridge Sr. Larry Wright Terri Wright Elizabeth R. Wright Linda Yates Harry and Karan Zepatos Bennett Zinn Terry Zubrod
If you would like to change the way your name is recognized or if you qualify for The Club of 20 but have been inadvertently omitted from this list, please call (901) 525-3000 so we may correct our oversight.
PURE JOY!
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—The New York Times
ONCE YOU’VE SEEN IT, YOU’LL FIND IT HARD TO SETTLE FOR LESS EVER AGAIN.” —The Wall Street Journal
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
GEORGE GERSHWIN AND IRA GERSHWIN BOOK BY
CRAIG LUCAS DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
OCTOBER 24-29 ORPHEUM THEATRE
Orpheum-Memphis.com or (901) 525-3000
Sponsored by
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO RESTORE THE ORPHEUM THEATRE’S MIGHTY WURLITZER ORGAN TO ITS ORIGINAL 1928 SPLENDOR. The Mighty Wurlitzer organ, which celebrates its 90th birthday alongside the theatre in 2018, was built in North Tonawanda, New York, in 1928 and was shipped to the Orpheum on September 25 of that same year. The $19,000 instrument was originally purchased to play for vaudeville shows and silent movies and is now enjoyed by patrons during our annual Summer Movie Series. However, time has taken its toll on this precious instrument. A recent study of the organ, commissioned by the Orpheum Theatre Group and completed by JL Weiler, Inc. of Chicago, the nation’s most noted restorer of theatre organs, showed approximately $500,000 worth of rebuilding is needed to fully restore the instrument. They estimate that without major improvements the organ will be inoperable within the next year and a half. We invite the entire community to help us save this important piece of the Orpheum’s history. Multiple generations of patrons have enjoyed the Mighty Wurlitzer organ, and we want to ensure that future generations continue to experience it. The restoration process will involve sending the organ to JL Weiler’s shop in Chicago where it will be rebuilt, and then returning it to its place of importance at the historic Orpheum Theatre.
HOW YOU CAN HELP: •
Make a donation at Orpheum-Memphis.com/Wurlitzer
• Donate while you’re at the theatre. Ushers will be collecting donations before and after every Orpheum Theatre event.
Ambassador Theatre Group
present
NETworks Presentations LLC
Music
Book and Lyrics
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II
Based upon the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon with
Laura Michelle Kelly Jose Llana Joan Almedilla Manna Nichols Kavin Panmeechao Patrick Boll Anthony Chan Brian Rivera Rhyees Stump and
Jaden D. Amistad Kayla Paige Amistad Heather Botts Adriana Braganza Amaya Braganza LaMae Caparas Andrew Cheng Michelle Liu Coughlin Nicole Ferguson Marie Gutierrez Rie Hatanaka Darren Lee Q Lim Stephanie Lo Michael Lomeka Saki Masuda Rommel Pierre O’Choa Yuki Ozeki Emilio Ramos Kevin Schuering Marcus Shane Atsuhisa Shinomiya Rylie Sickles Sam Simahk Ryan Stout Michiko Takemasa Noah Toledo CJ Uy Jeoffrey Watson SETS
COSTUMES
Michael Yeargan
LIGHTING
Catherine Zuber
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
WIG AND HAIR DESIGNER
Sari Ketter
Greg Zane
ORCHESTRATIONS
MUSIC COORDINATOR
MUSIC CONDUCTOR
Robert Russell Bennett
David Lai
Gerald Steichen
CASTING
DANCE & INCIDENTAL MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS
Trude Rittmann
TOUR BOOKING, ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT, PRESS & MARKETING
Telsey + Company Abbie Brady-Dalton, CSA GENERAL MANAGER GENTRY & ASSOCIATES
Scott Lehrer ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
Tom Watson
Gregory Vander Ploeg
SOUND
Donald Holder
Broadway Booking Office NYC
COMPANY MANAGER
Steve Varon
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Paige Grant
PRODUCTION MANAGER NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
Hector Guivas
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Seth Wenig
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Ted Sperling
CHOREOGRAPHER
BASED ON THE ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY
Christopher Gattelli
Jerome Robbins
DIRECTED BY
Bartlett Sher Produced by Special Arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization: An Imagem Company TheKingandITour.com
National Tour Premiere: October 30 - November 6, 2016
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Anna Leonowens..............................................................................LAURA MICHELLE KELLY King of Siam.............................................................................................................. JOSE LLANA Lady Thiang.................................................................................................... JOAN ALMEDILLA Kralahome..............................................................................................................BRIAN RIVERA Tuptim...............................................................................................................MANNA NICHOLS Lun Tha.................................................................................................... KAVIN PANMEECHAO Prince Chulalongkorn........................................................................................ANTHONY CHAN Louis Leonowens................................................................................................. RHYEES STUMP Captain Orton / Sir Edward Ramsey.................................................................... PATRICK BOLL Phra Alack................................................................................................................. DARREN LEE Princess Ying Yaowalak....................................................................................... RYLIE SICKLES Royal Court Dancers.......................................................SAKI MASUDA, JEOFFREY WATSON Fan Dancers................................................................................RIE HATANAKA, YUKI OZEKI Royal Wives, Townspeople....................................AMAYA BRAGANZA, LAMAE CAPARAS, MICHELLE LIU COUGHLIN, NICOLE FERGUSON, MARIE GUTIERREZ, RIE HATANAKA, Q LIM, SAKI MASUDA, YUKI OZEKI, MICHIKO TAKEMASA Guards, Monks, Townspeople...............................................ANDREW CHENG, DARREN LEE, MICHAEL LOMEKA, ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA, KEVIN SCHUERING, ATSUHISA SHINOMIYA, SAM SIMAHK, JEOFFREY WATSON Royal Children.............................................JADEN D. AMISTAD, KAYLA PAIGE AMISTAD, ADRIANA BRAGANZA, AMAYA BRAGANZA, RIE HATANAKA, RYLIE SICKLES, NOAH TOLEDO, CJ UY THE SMALL HOUSE OF UNCLE THOMAS (BALLET) Eliza................................................................................................................. LAMAE CAPARAS Uncle Thomas..............................................................................................AMAYA BRAGANZA Angel/George.............................................................. MICHAEL LOMEKA, ANDREW CHENG Topsy.......................................................................................................................... YUKI OZEKI Simon of Legree............................................................................... ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA Little Eva................................................................................................... MICHIKO TAKEMASA Propmen.................................................. DARREN LEE, KEVIN SCHUERING, SAM SIMAHK Dogs.................................................MARIE GUTIERREZ, RIE HATANAKA, SAKI MASUDA Guards........................................................................ ANDREW CHENG, MICHAEL LOMEKA, ATSUHISA SHINOMIYA, JEOFFREY WATSON Royals Singers.............................MICHELLE LIU COUGHLIN, Q LIM, NICOLE FERGUSON SWINGS
HEATHER BOTTS, STEPHANIE LO, EMILIO RAMOS, MARCUS SHANE, RYAN STOUT
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies and Standbys never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For Anna Leonowens: HEATHER BOTTS For Anna Leonowens: NICOLE FERGUSON; for King of Siam: DARREN LEE, BRIAN RIVERA; for Lady Thiang: MICHELLE LIU COUGHLIN, NICOLE FERGUSON; for Kralahome: ANDREW CHENG, DARREN LEE; for Tuptim: MICHELLE LIU COUGHLIN, Q LIM ; for Lun Tha: KEVIN SHUERING, SAM SIMAHK ; for Prince Chulalongkorn: KEVIN SHUERING, MARCUS SHANE; for Louis Leonowens: AMAYA BRAGANZA, RYAN STOUT ; for Captain Orton/Sir Edward Ramsey: DARREN LEE, ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA; for Phra Alack: ANDREW CHENG, MARCUS SHANE; for Princess Ying Yaowalak: ADRIANA BRAGANZA; for Eliza: STEPHANIE LO, SAKI MASUDA, MICHIKO TAKEMASA; for Uncle Thomas: RIE HATANAKA, STEPHANIE LO; for Angel/George: ANDREW CHENG, MICHAEL LOMEKA; for Topsy: RIE HATANAKA, STEPHANIE LO; for Simon of Legree: ATSUHISA SHINOMIYA, JEOFFREY WATSON; for Little Eva: RIE HATANAKA, STEPHANIE LO,
Dance Captain............................................................................................................. YUKI OZEKI Assistant Dance Captain........................................................................................STEPHANIE LO Fight Captain......................................................................................................ANDREW CHENG
MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENES ACT I Scene 1: Scene 2:
Scene 3: Scene 4:
Scene 5: Scene 6:
Overture......................................................................................................................Orchestra Deck of the Chow Phya and Docks of Bangkok “I Whistle a Happy Tune”............................................................................... Anna and Louis The King’s Throne Room “My Lord and Master”................................................................................................... Tuptim “Hello, Young Lovers”..................................................................................................... Anna “The March of Siamese Children”.............................................................................Orchestra On the Palace Grounds “A Puzzlement”.................................................................................................................. King The Schoolroom “The Royal Bangkok Academy”.................................................... Royal Children and Wives “Getting to Know You”....................................................... Anna, Royal Children and Wives The Garden “We Kiss in a Shadow”............................................................................Lun Tha and Tuptim A Palace Corridor “A Puzzlement” (Reprise)................................................................. Chulalongkorn and Louis Anna’s Bedroom “Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?”........................................................................ Anna “Something Wonderful”....................................................................................... Lady Thiang The King’s Study Final Act I...................................................................................................King and Company ACT II
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The Schoolroom “Western People Funny”........................................................... Lady Thiang and Royal Wives Dining Room and Garden “I Have Dreamed”..................................................................................... Lun Tha and Tuptim “Hello, Young Lovers” (Reprise).......................................................................................Anna Theater Pavilion “The Small House of Uncle Thomas” (Ballet)...................................... Tuptim, Royal Singers and Dancers The King’s Study “Song of the King”............................................................................................Anna and King “Shall We Dance?”.............................................................................................Anna and King Outside the Gates of the Palace The King’s Study “I Whistle a Happy Tune” (Reprise)..................................................................................Anna There will be one 20-minute intermission
ORCHESTRA Conductor: GERALD STEICHEN, Associate Conductor/Synthesizer: TIM LACIANO Acoustic Bass: CHIHO SAEGUSA, Drums/Percussion: MARK O’KAIN Flute/Piccolo: BRUCE ERSKINE, Oboe/English Horn: KATY HOPKINS-PIECUCH, Clarinet: GARY BUSS, Bassoon: MICHAEL SCOTT, French Horns: ROBERT GILBERT, JARON KLOAP, Trumpet: DAVID SPENCER, Trombone/Contractor: WILLIAM A. FLORES JR. Harp: JULIA SHAFFER ATKINSON, Concertmaster: DANIEL GILBERT, Violin : JESSE MUNSON, Viola: BETH LUSCOMBE,Violoncello: MARK WALLACE The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular pones, beepers and watches.
LAURA MICHELLE KELLY
MANNA NICHOLS
KAVIN PANMEECHAO
JOSE LLANA
JOAN ALMEDILLA
ANTHONY CHAN
PATRICK BOLL
GRAHAM MONTGOMERY
RHYEES BRIAN STUMP RIVERA
HEATHER BOTTS
JADEN D. AMISTAD
KAYLA PAIGE AMISTAD
ADRIANA BRAGANZA
AMAYA BRAGANZA
LAMAE CAPARAS
ANDREW CHENG
MICHELLE LIU COUGHLIN
NICOLE FERGUSON
MARIE GUTIERREZ
RIE HATANAKA
DARREN LEE
EMILIO RAMOS
ATSUHISA SHINOMIYA
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST LAURA MICHELLE KELLY (Anna Leonowens) Broadway: Finding Neverland, Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof (2004). West End: Mary Poppins (Olivier Award) My Fair Lady, Speed-the-Plow, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Lord of the Rings: The Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Whistle Down the Wind, Peter Pan, Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!. Film: Sweeney Todd (Lucy/Beggar Woman; dir. Tim Burton) and Goddess (2012 Cannes Film Festival). Album: The Storm Inside. Recipient: Awarded Voice of Musical Theatre. Numerous radio, TV, concert appearances including Albert Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Royal Opera House, Millennium Stadium, Buckingham Palace and Performed for President Obama for the 4th of July celebrations. lauramichellekelly.net JOSE LLANA (King of Siam) returns to the role of the King of Siam after two starring engagements in the Tony-winning Lincoln Center Theater revival. Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Drama Desk Award), Wonderland, Flower Drum Song, Rent, Street Corner Symphony and the 1996 Revival of The King and I (Lun Tha). Off-Broadway: Twelfth Night, Here Lies Love (Lortel nom.), Falling For Eve, On the Town and Saturn Returns. Regional: Poster Boy, Oliver!, Martin Guerre, Ballad of Little Jo (Jefferson nom.) and Candide (Barrymore nom.). TV/ Film: Sex and the City and Hitch. Albums: VIVA Philippines label and Altitude based on his concert for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series. www.josellana.com @thejosellana JOAN ALMEDILLA (Lady Thiang). Broadway/ National Tour: Miss Saigon (Kim), Les Misérables (Fantine), Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional: Chess, Criers for Hire, Once Upon A Play Date, It’s Only Life, Songs for a New World, Here Lies Love (Carnegie Hall). She has performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall. She was discovered while performing on Showtime at The Apollo. She’s a member of the Mama Bares. joanalmedilla.com MANNA NICHOLS (Tuptim). Broadway: Allegiance. Regional: My Fair Lady (Arena Stage), South Pacific (Guthrie), Guys & Dolls (Goodspeed), Miss Saigon (KC Starlight, Walnut St, Fulton), The King and I (Walnut St, North Shore), Les Misérables (Pioneer, Maine State). Film: studio vocals on Disney’s LiveAction Beauty and the Beast. OCU Alumna. Thanks to BRS/Gage, Bart, and Telsey. For nephew, Jonah. Praise to God. www.MannaNichols.com KAVIN PANMEECHAO (Lun Tha). National Tour: …Spelling Bee (Chip). Regional: A Chorus Line (3-D Theatricals), Into the Woods (Lucas
Theater), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Their Eyes Saw Rain, Miss Saigon (Ogunquit Playhouse). UK: Romeo and Juliet (Nuffield Theater). BA, UCLA; MFA, SCAD. Love and thanks to mom, dad, friends, my team at Semler Entertainment and Bret Adams Agency, and especially Bartlett and Ted. Twitter/IG: @kavindpan PATRICK BOLL (Captain Orton, Sir Edward Ramsey). Broadway: Old Times, Mamma Mia!, Faith Healer, Twentieth Century, Hedda Gabler, Death of a Salesman, Tom Sawyer. Off-Broadway: much. Regional: Baltimore Center Stage, Pittsburgh CLO, Goodspeed, Shakespeare Theatre NJ, Williamstown. Film: How to be Single, Burn After Reading. TV: Odd Mom Out, Quantico, Madam Secretary, Veep, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, Gossip Girl and many Law & Order’s. www.patrickboll.com ANTHONY CHAN (Prince Chulalongkorn). Bay Area native. National Tour: Anything Goes (John). Off-Broadway/NYC: Manuel vs. Statue of Liberty (NYMF), Allegiance (Pre-Broadway workshop), Hesitation Waltz (Comic). Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ching Ho), Valley of the Heart (Calvin), Avenue Q (Princeton), … Spelling Bee (Chip), Ching Chong Chinaman (Upton), All Shook Up (Dennis). Love to family, friends, Nicola, FFAM/RFUFAM, TKAI team, and Rachelle. BA: UCI; OΔH. @chanttt BRIAN RIVERA (Kralahome). Broadway: The King and I. Regional: The Orphan of Zhao, Major Barbara (American Conservatory Theater), American Night, Hamlet (California Shakespeare Theater), Yellowjackets (Berkeley Rep), Posibilidad (San Francisco Mime Troupe), Fukú Americanus, Alleluia: The Road (Campo Santo), Rashomon, The King and I (Sierra Repertory Theatre). TV: Trauma, Cuff Me If You Can. RHYEES STUMP (Louis Leonowens) is thrilled to return to The King and I. Regional: The Music Man (Winthrop), Cabaret (Young Nazi), and Oliver! (Oliver). He enjoys traveling, singing, dancing, electric guitar, piano and baseball. Much Love to mom, dad, three older sisters and grandparents for their support, his wonderful tour family, along with Nancy Carson and Bartlett Sher for this amazing opportunity! rhyeesstump.com HEATHER BOTTS (u/s Anna). Broadway: Doctor Zhivago. Regional: Austen’s Pride, a new musical (Elizabeth), The Light in the Piazza (Clara), Les Misérables (Cosette), South Pacific (Nellie), Miss Saigon (Ellen), Tarzan (Jane), Grease (Sandy), Into the Woods (The Baker’s Wife). Love to family and friends. Thanks to
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST CGF, Telsey + Co. and this incredible team. www. heatherbotts.com JADEN D. AMISTAD (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his national tour debut with The King and I. Other credits: La Folia (Short Film). A special thanks to his teachers and friends. Love to Mom, Dad, Kayla, Shorty, and family. Instagram: @ jaden_dex KAYLA PAIGE AMISTAD (Ensemble) is honored to join the national tour of The King and I. National Tour: Matilda! (Amanda). Other credits: Purpose World Tour “Children” Dancer for Justin Bieber in Philadelphia. Thanks to teachers, mentors, family, and friends, especially Mom, Dad, Jaden, and Shorty for all the continued love and support. Instagram: @kkstylz ADRIANA BRAGANZA (Ensemble) is excited to be joining The King and I national tour after being in the Broadway production. She also has performed in productions at The Center Stage Studio (Aliso Viejo, CA). Special thanks to Bartlett Sher, Sabina Kalfa and Barry Kolker. Lots of love to Papa, mom and sister Anika. AMAYA BRAGANZA (Uncle Thomas, Ensemble) is happy to be part of The King and I after performing at Lincoln Center. Broadway: Annie (July). Other credits: The Center Stage Studio (Aliso Viejo, CA), Brea Curtis Theatre. So much love and thanks to Bartlett Sher, Sabina Kalfa and Barry Kolker. Love to dad, mom and sister Anika. LAMAE CAPARAS (Eliza, Ensemble). Broadway: The King and I (Uncle Thomas), South Pacific, The Lion King. First National Tour: Fosse (Lead). Other: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Karate Girl), Miss Saigon, The Knocks, Six Scents Parfum. Film/TV: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Ahsoka Tano), Across the Universe, Chappelle’s Show. Mahal & inspiration! Instagram: @lamazing ANDREW CHENG (Ensemble) made his Broadway debut in Lincoln Center’s The King and I. A native New Yorker and graduate of NYU, he has performed all over the U.S. and Europe. Credits include West Side Story, Chicago and several productions of The King and I. Thanks and love to Mom, Dave and John. MICHELLE LIU COUGHLIN (Ensemble) is a New York City based actress, singer, and filmmaker. Theatre: Avenue Q, Barrio Grrrl!, A New Brain, Miss Saigon and The King and I. TV/Film: Hostages, Limitless, Allegiance, It’s Complicated and a new Netflix series. Filmmaker: Jane!, 2B (Asian American Film Lab Top 40), Left Behind (in development). www. michelleliucoughlin.com
NICOLE FERGUSON (Ensemble). National Tour: Sister Act (Swing). Favorite credits: The Pajama Game, The Light in the Piazza, and The Full Monty. Thanks to Bart, Telsey + Co., Abbie, and all mentors. Proud OCU graduate. Lots of love to family, friends, and Eric. For Grammy Sumiko. MARIE GUTIERREZ (Ensemble). National tour debut! Regional: The Producers, How To Succeed…, Sweet Charity, Guys and Dolls, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The King and I, In the Heights, Hello, Dolly!, Miss Saigon. Marie is a Los Angeles native and a CSU, Northridge graduate. Love to her friends, family and Orbs. RIE HATANAKA (Fan Dancer, Ensemble). National tour debut! Rie graduated from The Ailey School certificate program. Regional: Waterfall (5th Avenue Theatre). Dance companies: Faune Dance Troupe (Don Quixote, Spring Water), Life Dance Company. Thanks to my family, Gregg and my husband for your unconditional support and love! DARREN LEE (Phra Alack, Ensemble). Broadway: Allegiance, Pacific Overtures, Thoroughly Modern Millie, On the Town, Kiss Me, Kate, Seussical the Musical, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Miss Saigon, Shogun the Musical, Victor/ Victoria. Film: Sisters (Salon Owner), Chicago, Hackers (Razor). Director/Choreographer: Broadway Associate, Off-Broadway, Regional, International, Holland America Cruise Line, Disney Cruise Line. www.darrenlee.com Q LIM (Ensemble). National tour debut! Broadway: The King and I (Tuptim u/s). Regional: The King and I (Tuptim), The Fantasticks (Luisa), Miss Saigon (Ogunquit Playhouse, Riverside), Disenchanted (Mulan). Concerts/other: Broadway’s Rising Stars (The Town Hall, NYC), Disney Cruise Line (Jasmine, Mulan, Pocahontas). Huge thanks to Telsey, Bart, mom, dad, and my hubby. STEPHANIE LO (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing). NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regional: The King and I (Dallas Summer Musicals, Carousel Dinner Theater), Miss Saigon (Flat Rock Playhouse), Flower Drum Song (AMTSJ), A Chorus Line (Lees-McRae Summer Theater). Dedicated to my Ank Ank. MICHAEL LOMEKA (Ensemble). The Juilliard School (BFA), Jacksonville University (MFA). Broadway: The King and I. Off-Broadway: A Christmas Carol (MSG). Concert Dance: Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. Las Vegas: Celine Dion’s A New Day (Caesars Palace), Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis (Aria Resort).
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST SAKI MASUDA (Royal Court Dancer, Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Regional/Favorite Credits: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, Cats (Victoria), Sayonara, Sheherazade. Dance Companies: Heidi Latsky Dance, General Mischief Dance Theatre, Catskill Ballet Theatre. Assistant Choreographer for Debbie Roshe. Gratitude and love to my family, friends, Telsey and TKAI team. ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA (Simon of Legree, Ensemble). Fresh off the Broadway company of The King and I, he is excited to bring this wonderful show on the road. He’s performed globally with musicals such as Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Hello, Dolly! and The King and I. He’s also an accomplished competitive pole artist/ athlete. YUKI OZEKI (Topsy, Fan Dancer, Ensemble, Dance Captain) Broadway: The King and I (Dance Captain/Swing) at LCT. Her long association with the show includes national and international tours, and regional productions including Paper Mill, Zach Theater, LTOK (Associate Choreographer), Lyric Opera VA (Choreographer). Other credits: Miss Saigon (national tours, NSMT), A Chorus Line and Hello, Dolly! BS: NYU. www.yukiozeki.com EMILIO RAMOS (Swing). Broadway: The King and I (2015 Lincoln Center Revival). Off-Broadway: West Side Story (Carnegie Hall’s Somewhere Project). National Tours: West Side Story, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Regional: Mary Poppins, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seven Brides…, Cats. Thanks to the whole King and I team, Greg, Yuki and Lucille. @lilporkbunz KEVIN SCHUERING (Ensemble). National tour debut! Regional: Disney’s When You Wish (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma), Miss Saigon (Ogunquit Playhouse), Disney’s Aladdin (Chicago Shakespeare). NYC: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (NAAP), Wearing Black (NYMF). BFA Music Theatre, Illinois Wesleyan University. Love to the fam, Smalls, and the three amigos! MARCUS SHANE (Swing). Broadway: Mamma Mia!. National Tours: Anything Goes (Roundabout Theatre Company). NYC/Regional: Oklahoma! (NAAP), Sacramento Music Circus, Pittsburgh CLO, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre Aspen, TUTS, Dallas Summer Musicals, MT Wichita, Cape Playhouse. Love to Mom and Dad, The Mine, Britney Spears, and all The King and I family! ATSUHISA SHINOMIYA (Ensemble). Broadway/National Tour: The King and I. International: West Side Story (Switzerland), Coin of Vows (Russia/Japan). Regional: Thoroughly
Modern Millie, Miss Saigon, La Cage Aux Folles, Peter Pan, Universal Studios Hollywood. Japanese: Pirate Queen, Miss Saigon, Buddha, Trails. BM Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo); AMDA. @atsuhisa1204 RYLIE SICKLES (Princess Ying Yaowalak, Ensemble). National tour debut! Credits: The Wizard of Oz (Matthews Playhouse) and Beauty and the Beast Jr. (CPCC Summer Theater). Thanks to God, Mom, Dad, Caylie, Andrew, Grandma & Pop Pop, and dance family at Steps N Motion for all their love and support. SAM SIMAHK (Ensemble). First national tour! Credits: The King and I (Lyric Opera of Chicago), A Little Night Music (Huntington Theatre Company), Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods (Lyric Stage Company), Big Fish (Speakeasy Stage Company), Miss Saigon (Starlight Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse). Son of Ashburnham MA, graduate of Emerson College, five-year member of AEA. RYAN STOUT (Swing) is honored to make his professional stage debut with The King and I. Credits: The Finger (Short Film), Mother Goose, Club Playhouse (Johnny, Papa), Dryden (Marc). Community: The Little Mermaid (Sebastian). Love and thanks to Dad, Mom, Sophie, my extended family, John Shea, Telsey + Co. and teachers! MICHIKO TAKEMASA (Little Eva, Ensemble). Broadway: The King and I (Little Eva). National Tour: The King and I. Regional: Big River (Gallery Players), Miss Saigon (NSMT), The King and I (Sacramento Music Circus, Casa Mañana, Arkansas Rep, Harbor Lights Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, Mountain Playhouse, Shawnee Playhouse), Sayonara (La Comedia). Ballet: The Nutcracker, Don Quixote. NOAH TOLEDO (Ensemble), AKA Nono, is excited to make his national tour debut with The King and I. A 3rd grader who loves basketball (St. Anthony’s MVP), baseball, and karaoke, Noah would like to thank his teachers at The OLC School, mom, dad, and extended family for their continued love and support. CJ UY (Ensemble). This is CJ’s first Broadway national tour. When not performing, he is interested in filmmaking, stop motion animation, golf and robots. Credits: Untitled MTV Pilot (Little Tony), Tosh.0 (Little Orphan), SXSW 2014 Industrial (Christian LaBlanc), Virginia529 (Little Monster). Love to Mama & Papa and Baby Bares. strawrats.com
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST JEOFFREY WATSON (Royal Court Dancer, Ensemble) is Professional Performing Arts School at Alvin Ailey graduate. Performed Ulysses Dove’s Bad Blood (Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater), for Blue Man Group, and New York’s Fashion Week. J has also performed in The Aluminum Show in Canada. Television: America’s Got Talent and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Instagram/Facebook: JeoffreyWatson RICHARD RODGERS (Music) & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (Lyrics and Co-Author). Composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (18951960) joined forces in 1942 and created the most successful partnership in the American musical theater. Their output included Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945), the movie State Fair (1945, remade 1962, Broadway premiere 1996), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Me and Juliet (1953), Pipe Dream (1955), the TV musical Cinderella (1957, remade 1965, 1997, Broadway premiere 2014); Flower Drum Song (1958) and The Sound of Music (1959). Their shows have received several dozen major awards, including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys. Lincoln Center Theater has presented Tony Award®-winning productions of Carousel (1994) and South Pacific (2008). BARTLETT SHER (Director). LCT: Golden Boy (Tony nom.), Blood and Gifts, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (also current London production), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony nom.), Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics awards, London and Australia), Awake and Sing! and The Light in the Piazza (Tony nom.). Recent New York: Fiddler on the Roof, The Bridges of Madison County (Schoenfeld), Prayer for My Enemy (Playwrights Horizons), Waste (Best Play Obie Award), Cymbeline (Callaway Award, also at Royal Shakespeare Company), Don Juan and Pericles (TFANA, BAM). Artistic director of Seattle’s Intiman Theater (2000-2009). Previously company director for the Guthrie Theater and associate artistic director at Hartford Stage. Opera: Faust (Baden Baden), Two Boys (ENO, Metropolitan Opera), Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Le Comte Ory, L’Elisir d’Amore (Metropolitan Opera), Romeo et Juliette (Salzburg, Milan, Chicago), Mourning Becomes Electra (Seattle Opera, New York City Opera). Upcoming productions include Otello (Metropolitan Opera) and Adam Guettel’s new musical Millions.
CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI (Choreographer). LCT: The King and I (Tony nom.), South Pacific (Tony, OCC noms.) and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Broadway: Newsies (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC awards for Best Choreography), Sunday in the Park with George, Casa Valentina, 13, The Ritz, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and High Fidelity. West End: Silence! The Musical, Sunday in the Park with George and tick, tick…BOOM!. Sydney Opera House: My Fair Lady with Julie Andrews. Film: Hail, Caesar! Upcoming: War Paint, The SpongeBob Musical and Frozen on Broadway. JEROME ROBBINS (Original Choreography, 1918-1998) is world-renowned as choreographer/ director of ballets, theater, movies and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Peter Pan, The King and I, West Side Story, Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Among his more than 60 ballets are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, In the Night and Glass Pieces, which are in the repertories of a New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world. Mr. Robbins’ numerous awards include Tonys, Oscars and Emmys. TED SPERLING (Music Supervisor). Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, The Light in the Piazza (Tony and Drama Desk awards), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Titanic (actor), Kiss of the Spider Woman, How to Succeed…, My Favorite Year, Drood, Sunday in the Park with George. OffBroadway: Red Eye of Love, The Other Josh Cohen, Striking 12 and See What I Wanna See (all as director); A Man of No Importance, Saturn Returns, A New Brain, Floyd Collins, Romance in Hard Times (as music director). Artistic Director of MasterVoices, Principal Conductor of Westchester Philharmonic. Creative Director, the 24 Hour Musicals. www.tedsperling.net MICHAEL YEARGAN (Sets). LCT: Golden Boy (Tony nom.), Blood and Gifts, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony nom.), South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk awards; Outer Critics Circle nom.), Cymbeline, Awake and Sing! (DD Award, Tony nom.), Edward Albee’s Seascape and The Light in the Piazza (Tony, DD awards). Broadway: The Ritz, Bad Habits, A Lesson from Aloes and The Road to Mecca (Roundabout). Also credits Off-Broadway, regional theater, London, ten productions at the Metropolitan Opera and work at major opera companies throughout the United States, Europe and Australia.
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST CATHERINE ZUBER (Costumes). LCT: The King and I (Tony Award, OCC Award), South Pacific (Tony Award), Awake and Sing! (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award), Macbeth, Golden Boy (Tony nom.), Edward Albee’s Seascape (Tony nom.), Dinner at Eight (Tony nom.) and Twelfth Night (Tony nom.). Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Gigi, The Royal Family (Tony Award), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Born Yesterday (Tony nom.), Doubt and The Father. TV: NBC’s The Sound of Music Live! and Peter Pan Live! DONALD HOLDER (Lighting). Broadway: Fifty productions, two Tony awards (The Lion King and South Pacific) and eleven Tony nominations. Recent projects include The Cherry Orchard, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The Father, On the Twentieth Century, The Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, Ragtime, Movin’ Out, Bullets Over Broadway, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boy From Oz and many others. Television: Smash Seasons 1 and 2 (NBC-Dreamworks). Education: Yale School of Drama SCOTT LEHRER (Sound) received the first Tony awarded to sound for the Lincoln Center Theater revival of South Pacific directed by Bartlett Sher. Recent Broadway: The Front Page, Shuffle Along, Fiddler on the Roof, Dames at Sea, The King and I, Living on Love, Honeymoon in Vegas, A Delicate Balance, Love Letters, A Raisin in the Sun, Betrayal, Lucky Guy, Chaplin (Drama Desk), Death of a Salesman (Tony nom.), the revival of Chicago and over 50 City Center Encores!. Recording projects include the Broadway cast recording of An American in Paris (Grammy nom.), Loudon Wainwright III’s Grammy-winning High Wide and Handsome, Bebe Neuwirth’s Porcelain and Meredith Monk’s mercy. TOM WATSON (Wig and Hair Designer). LCT: OSLO, The King and I, The City of Conversation, Act One, South Pacific, Belle Epoque and A Man of No Importance. Tom is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 70 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include Wicked, Rock of Ages, Dames at Sea, Fiddler on the Roof, Bright Star, Long Day’s Journey into Night and Falsettos. GREG ZANE (Associate Choreographer). Broadway: The King and I at Lincoln Center Theater. Direction/Choreography: Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Peter Pan,
Suessical, Elf. Performance: The King and I (1996 Broadway revival and 2000 West End revival), A Chorus Line, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Ballet faculty at Broadway Dance Center. SARI KETTER (Associate Director). Select Assistant/Associate Directing: Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Lincoln Center Theater. Regional: The Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage, Denver Center Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Acting Company, Playwrights Horizons, Hartford Stage, Manhattan School of Music. Select Directing: The Guthrie Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theater, Great Lakes Theater, Portland Stage, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The History Theatre, Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. KATHY FABIAN/PROPSTAR (Props Supervisor). Recent Broadway: Falsettos, Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, On Your Feet, An American In Paris, The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses, If/Then, Rocky, The Bridges of Madison County, I’ll Eat You Last, Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Chaplin, Nice Work If You Can Get It, A Streetcar Named Desire, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Stick Fly, Relatively Speaking, The Normal Heart, House of Blue Leaves, Anything Goes, A Life in the Theatre, Fences, A Behanding in Spokane, Race and Fela! Off Broadway: Tamburlaine, (TFANA); Piece of My Heart and Appropriate, (Signature Theatre). ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT (Orchestrations, 1894-1981) orchestrated more than 300 Broadway musical scores, including Show Boat, No, No, Nanette, Of Thee I Sing, Face the Music, Oklahoma!, Carmen Jones, Finian’s Rainbow, Kiss Me, Kate, South Pacific, The King and I, My Fair Lady and Camelot. His arrangements for the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned him an Academy Award. He also orchestrated and arranged Rodgers’ TV documentary score for Victory at Sea. A classically trained composer, Bennett’s prolific output of original compositions includes symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto and an opera. TRUDE RITTMANN (Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements, 1908-2005) amassed more than 50 Broadway credits as a choral and dance arranger, including The Sound of Music, The King and I, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Finian’s Rainbow, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and Peter Pan. A composer in her own right, she provided music for such television shows as Omnibus and The Seven Lively Arts.
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/ Tours: Anastasia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hello, Dolly!, War Paint, Present Laughter, Come from Away, Waitress, On Your Feet!, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Wicked, Something Rotten!, An American in Paris, The Sound of Music. OffBroadway: Sweeney Todd, Atlantic, Classic Stage, MCC, Second Stage, Signature. Film: Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, Margin Call, Rachel Into the Woods, Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married, Across the Universe, Camp, Pieces of April. TV: “One Day at a Time,” “Time After Time,” “Hairspray Live!,” “Conviction,” “This Is Us,” commercials. www. telseyandco.com DAVID LAI (Music Coordinator). Broadway music coordinator/piano credits include The King and I, Come From Away, South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Riverdance, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera (conductor). Grammy Award for West Side Story; Grammy nominations for The King and I, South Pacific, Promises, Promises and Eldar. Record producer credits include Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, Josh Groban, Itzhak Perlman, Placido Domingo, Lang Lang and Herbie Hancock. GERALD STEICHEN (Music Conductor). Broadway/National Tours: Cats, Master Class with Dixie Carter, The Phantom of the Opera, The Secret Garden, Peter Pan. New York City Opera: La Bohème, Dead Man Walking, The Little Prince, L’elisir d’amore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Cinderella. Boston Pops, Principal Pops Conductor - Utah Symphony and New Haven Symphony, Hong Kong, New Jersey, Indianapolis, Detroit, Hartford, Macon, Wichita Falls, Longview, Ridgefield; Utah Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera East Texas, Anchorage Opera. www. geraldsteichen.com PAIGE GRANT (Production Stage Manager). National/International Tours: Jersey Boys 1st National Tour, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella 1st National Tour, War Horse North American Tour and Japan. New York and regional credits as well. BFA CCM. Love and thanks to Mom in Washington and friends across the country. PEYTON TAYLOR BECKER (Stage Manager). Broadway: School of Rock, Something Rotten! National Tours: Dirty Dancing. Select Off-Broadway/Regional: Sunday in the Park… (Encores!), Our New Girl (Atlantic Theatre), The Prom (Alliance Theatre), Far From Heaven, A Doll’s House, You Better Sit Down (Williamstown),
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (La Jolla). UNCSA. For Leslie, Brian, Brian Jr., and Tony. MARGOT WHITNEY (Assistant Stage Manager). Credits: Sweat (Broadway), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1st National Tour), War Horse (National Tour), The Public Theater, Signature Theatre Company, NY Stage and Film, La Jolla Playhouse, Virginia Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet. B.F.A. University of Cincinnati - College Conservatory of Music. Love and thanks to family and friends! STEVE VARON (Company Manager). National Tours: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, War Horse, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Wicked, Traces, Xanadu and The Acting Company. Off-Broadway: Venice (The Public Theater), Bare (New World Stages) and Traces (Union Square Theatre). Other work includes general management for NETworks Presentations and five years with Blue Man Group. BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press and Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company representing awardwinning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, A Bronx Tale, Falsettos, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, Fun Home, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, Bright Star and Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes. www.bbonyc.com AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP (Producer), founded in 1992, is an extraordinary success story and the world’s number one livetheatre company with more than 40 venues in the U.K., U.S. and Australia. New York: Lyric Theatre (home to Cirque du Soleil), Kings Theatre (Brooklyn), and the soon to re-launch Hudson Theatre. North America: Saenger Theatre (New Orleans), Majestic Theatre (San Antonio). Producing credits include West End: The Spoils starring Jesse Eisenberg, Doctor Faustus starring Kit Harington and The End of Longing starring Matthew Perry. Broadway: The King and I, Constellations starring Jake Gyllenhaal, The Mountaintop starring Samuel L Jackson. With group partner Sonia Friedman Productions: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Farinelli and the King starring Mark Rylance, Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch. www.atgtickets.com, www.atg.co.uk
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer), from its inception over 20 years ago, has been an industry leading producer and manager of touring musical theatre productions and remains committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide. Having toured over 60 productions throughout North America, NETworks is now expanding its tours into international markets including South America, Greece, Italy, Turkey and South East Asia. Current touring productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Dirty Dancing, Elf the Musical, Finding Neverland, Into The Woods, Once the Musical, The Sound of Music and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I. SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has produced the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and the National Theatre production of War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as Executive Producer for both the U.S. and U.K. tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th Anniversary U.S. Tour of Les Misérables and the new The Phantom of the Opera tour. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.
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STAFF FOR The King and I General Management Gentry & Associates, Inc. Gregory Vander Ploeg, Jamey Jennings, Brad Broman, Kevin Persaud Production Management NETworks Presentations LLC Jason Juenker, Hector Guivas, Cody O’Dell, Emma Downey Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing Broadway Booking Office NYC Steven Schnepp Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, David Freeland Zach Stevenson, Sean Mackey, Stacey Burns Danny Knaub, Rachel Peterson, Phil Della Noce _________________________________________________ Casting Telsey + Company: Bernard Telsey CSA, William Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Adam Caldwell CSA, Josh Einsohn CSA, Conrad Woolfe CSA, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Rikki Gimelstob, Rachel Dill, Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Rebecca Scholl, Scott Galina, Madison Sylvester, Lauren Harris, Laura Wade, Ally Kiley, Rose Bochner, Jaime Jaget, Kristian Charbonier, Julia Torres Company Manager Steve Varon Assistant Company Manager Laura Quintela Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Grant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton Taylor Becker Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margot Whitney Associate Scenic Designer . . . . . . Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams Assistant Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Libby Stadstad Associate Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Bevilacqua Assistant Costume Designers . . . Wilberth R. Gonzalez, Ryan Park Associate Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Spahn Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Levy Associate Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Neumann Props Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Fabian Associate Props Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Estep Make-up Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tommy Kurzman Head Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David “Pfish” Terry Assistant Carpenter/Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Comito Deck Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy Bergstrom Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Strickland Head Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Charles Hrinko Asst. Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Lopez, Barrett Roberts Production Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Rimes Head Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy K. Schmidt Assistant Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Spigner Production Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dillon Cody Head Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Howie Assistant Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chrissie Kramer Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laci Bradshaw-Roberts Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . Lyndsi S. Sager Star Dresser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Season Joy Saulet Hair and Makeup Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Young Dialect Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristin Flanders Fight Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Schall Orchestral Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Clayton Children’s Tutoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Location Education Tutor/Child Wrangler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Osborn-Schulte
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Rehearsed at Gibney Dance Studios, NYC. Special Thanks to Providence Performing Arts Center; Norbert Mongeon, J.L. “Lynn” Singleton
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Orpheum Theatre Group Staff Brett Batterson..................................................................................................................President & CEO Paulette Luker..................................................................................Executive Vice President & COO Leanne McQuown..................................................................................Vice President of Development Ron Jewell....................................................................Vice President of Halloran Centre Operations Teresa Ward..................................................................Vice President of Ticketing & Patron Services Christina Torres..............................................................................................Vice President of Marketing Lindsay Krosnes..........................................................................................................Director of Education Box Office Marilyn 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