Applause -- Beetlejuice, September 5-17, 2023

APPLAUSE

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SIGHTLINE

BY HASSAN SALEM

AAs you join us today, it is clear that theatre builds community. It uplifts and illuminates, educates and entertains. And after the applause fades, it lasts in our collective memory.

During the pandemic, we were among the first to close and the last to reopen. Many of our national peers have scaled back, cut programs, or shut down. But there is something special happening here, something fundamental to what our patrons value — a vibrant region rich with opportunities.

With audiences totaling 850,000 this past season, it is clear that the DCPA is more than a night on the town; rather, it is a treasured part of our community’s rich cultural fabric.

As we enter our 45th season, we have announced an ambitious five-year strategic plan with six goals, the first of which is to create one million engagements annually

The plan will require us to increase participation in existing programs, engage in meaningful ways, and explore new approaches to our work. It will require partnerships with colleagues and schools; investment by donors; and collaboration within our team. Most importantly, it will need your active participation.

As Chair, I am delighted to share my own appreciation of theatre and arts education. It is through hard work and communitybuilding that, by our 50th anniversary, we will be a place where everyone feels welcome…a place where everyone has a story to tell and an audience with which to share it.

Warm regards,

Hassan Salem Head of Commercial Banking, U.S. Bank Chair, Denver Center for the Performing Arts

HONORING OUR ELDERS

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EDITOR: Suzanne Yoe

DESIGN DIRECTOR: Kyle Malone

DESIGNER THIS ISSUE: Brenda Elliott

CONTRIBUTING DESIGNERS: Paul Koob, Lucas Kreitler

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:

Lisa Bornstein, Emma Hunt, Joanne Ostrow

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hassan Salem, Chair

Ruth Krebs, Vice Chair

Robert C. Newman, Secretary/Treasurer

Nicole Ament

Dr. Patricia Baca

Brisa Carleton

Fred Churbuck

Jerome Davis

Navin Dimond

David Jacques Farahi

Kevin Kilstrom

Susan Fox Pinkowitz

Manny Rodriguez

Alan Salazar

Richard M. Sapkin

Martin Semple

William Dean Singleton

Robert Slosky

Ken Tuchman

Tina Walls

Dr. Reginald L. Washington

Judi Wolf

Sylvia Young

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Margot Gilbert Frank

Jeannie Fuller

Daniel L. Ritchie

Cleo Parker Robinson

HELEN G. BONFILS FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Martin Semple President

William Dean Singleton, Vice President

Dr. Reginald L. Washington

Secretar y/Treasurer

Kevin Kilstrom

Ruth Krebs

Robert C. Newman

Susan Fox Pinkowitz

Hassan Salem

Robert Slosky

Judi Wolf

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Janice Sinden, President & CEO

Jamie Clements, Vice President, Development

Chris Coleman, Artistic Director, Theatre Company

John Ekeberg, Executive Director, Broadway & Cabaret

Lydia Garcia, Executive Director, Equity & Organization Culture

Gretchen Hollrah, Chief Operating Officer

Angela Lakin, Vice President, Marketing & Sales

Laura Maresca, Vice President, Human Resources

Charlie Miller, Executive Director & Curator, Off-Center

Lisa Roebuck, Vice President, Information Technology

Charles Varin, Managing Director, Theatre Company

Allison Watrous, Executive Director, Education & Community Engagement

Jane Williams, Chief Financial Officer

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LIFE IS SWEET

LEGACY MONTH

HONORING OUR HISTORY AND THE LEGACIES THAT ENSURE OUR FUTURE

What has the legacy of the DCPA meant to your life?

“From regrettably asking my parents to see Spring Awakening with me as a kid, to convincing my husband to buy me season tickets for every birthday, DCPA has given me the opportunity over the past two decades to share what I love with the people I love.”

– Laura Leonard & Danny Anderson

“As a little girl in Minnesota, I grew up performing in backyard plays. Moving to Denver over 30 years ago, I found the DCPA and immediately made it a priority. It has been a big part of my family’s life. Joining the Encore Society is our way of continuing our legacy and support. For us, it was the next logical step.”

– Ruth Krebs

“We’ve been going to the DCPA since it opened! We support the DCPA as a way to make certain that live theater is always around. It is important to leave a legacy for future generations, for there is nothing better or more immediate than live performance.”

– Jenene & Jim Stookesberry

The DCPA is pleased to announce our inaugural Legacy Month, September 2023! All month long, we’ll be taking time to share DCPA stories, honor our history, and thank patrons who have made the pledge to include the DCPA in their estate plans. These individuals have chosen to make a long-term impact on the theatre — and we couldn’t be more grateful for their support.

By making the pledge to include us in your estate plan, you can make your legacy part of ours. And, as an Encore Society member, you'll receive special event invitation, ticket offers and members-only perks.

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28 YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE, REMAINS RELEVANT

BY LISA BORNSTEIN

TThe call is coming from inside the closet.

It’s where Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody has sought some privacy in a house currently filled with her parents, her husband’s parents, her three kids and their dogs. This scene of abundant domesticity isn’t one often found in her work, which has included Juno, the story of an outspoken teen confronting an unwanted pregnancy; Young Adult, in which Charlize Theron plays an unhappy 30-something who hasn’t left her irresponsible youth behind, and now the musical Jagged Little Pill, in which Cody has married her own iconoclastic sensibility to that of another boundary-breaker, Alanis Morissette.

Morissette was not the only woman in the 1990s shattering the expectations for feminine behavior with her music. So what made her music so indelible? Cody says it lies in Morissette’s very essence.

“There was an embarrassment of riches in the ’90s with confessional female singer-songwriters — you had Liz Phair, you had Courtney Love. The thing that set her apart is she had this extreme vulnerability and sincerity. She was not afraid to howl and bear her soul and just show her pain to the world. And then she could be so gentle and sincere in other songs. And she’s still like that. She’s still just such an angelic person. She’s a true empath, and she was so suited to this medium of theater. No one understands feelings like Alanis.”

Jagged Little Pill was Morissette’s third album, and its combination of sensitivity and rage spoke to an entire generation of young women who helped it become one of

the best-selling albums of all time. Cody was one of those young women, still a teen in the Chicago suburbs when the album came out.

“I’m sure that when her label released that album, they were like, OK, a 16-year-old Catholic girl in Middle America is going to go bonkers for this,” Cody says. Cody, then known as Brook Busey, related to the pressures of trying to be the “golden child,” she says, “which I was – until I went o the rails. To hear a song like ‘Forgiven,’ I was like, this woman understands what I was going through.”

”Forgiven” is now the Act I closer of a show that began when Cody was approached to write the book for an original musical using Morissette’s songs. The only requirement Morissette imposed was that the show not be her own life story.

“It was actually a very unusual process,” Cody says. “Usually when you’re approached to develop something like this, as the writer, you’re one of the first people to be summoned. There was already a producing team, a director, there was an opening date in Massachusetts. I was the last piece of the puzzle, and it was kind of a high pressure situation. There was a ticking clock. We were about a year away from opening, and there was no story to speak of.”

The story Cody developed was one of a family muddling its way through the 21st century: a mother, Mary Jane, addicted to opioids and trying to present a perfect family to the world; a father addicted to pornography; a son expected to excel at all times, and a daughter

Dillon Klena and company of the North American Tour of Jagged Little Pill

Photo by Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade,

struggling with love and sexuality that do not conform to her mother’s expectations. For Cody, the story and the characters sprung from the songs themselves.

“I obviously was a big fan of the album to begin with, otherwise I don’t think I would have said yes. I was an old school Alanis superfan, and I had to reacquaint myself with the album. I very quickly realized that the story was right there in the song. Alanis had created these characters.”

Their stories were written nearly a decade ago, but the issues they face feel breathtakingly of the moment. “I thought, there are some voices that are not being heard in modern theater, and there are some issues that are not being heard. I don’t think all of us predicted that the world would lunge into chaos, but we had a show that didn’t shy away from racism and environmental destruction, and those problems are only getting bigger,” Cody says. “I wish I could say our show wasn’t relevant, that everything was perfect now, but sadly, that’s not the case.”

COMING UP FROM BROADWAY

TINA – The Tina Turner Musical

Tina Turner’s story is currently rolling across North America and TINA – The Tina Turner Musical will be stopping in Denver at the Buell Theatre on October 18 – 29. The musical and powerful comeback story feature’s Tina’s most beloved hits and chronicles her journey as she becomes the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll.

Tina Turner’s contribution as an iconic music artists and performer, her influence on fellow artists and her inspiration to generations who followed her, is legendary. Through her life story and her music, Tina Turner inspired and taught so many people around the world to find the strength from within.

Tina was deeply involved in the crafting of this musical, and TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is a true celebration of this exceptional woman. At every performance, we celebrate her life, her talent and her joy, and bring every ounce of energy, enthusiasm and artistry that she shared with us. Her legacy lives on in so many beautiful ways.

Jagged Little Pill opened on Broadway on December 5, 2019. It was inauspicious timing, with all of Broadway shuttered just three months later due to COVID. “It had been a multi-year, grueling development and rehearsal process. There was a brief moment of triumph. The show was on Broadway, the show was doing well, our company hit their stride, and then suddenly everything comes to a screeching halt,” Cody recalls.

The musical received 15 nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards with Cody winning the Tony for Best Book of a Musical. The next month, Jagged Little Pill reopened on Broadway, but by December, the cast was hammered by COVID, ultimately forcing the show to close.

“Financially, it would have been irresponsible to continue…. It was sudden, it was traumatic. That’s why I think this tour has been so healing for us.”

For Cody, becoming a Broadway creator was a surprising, but fulfilling, twist in her career. “I always loved the theater, and I always specifically loved musical theater,” she says. “I was the kid who would watch Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors every single day. I never thought I would write the book of a musical, and it has been one of the most delightful surprises of my career, because I never saw it coming and I didn’t see where it would go.”

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by the internationally acclaimed Phyllida Lloyd, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical delivers with powerhouse vocals, glittering sets, and show-stopping choreography. Beyond the electrifying music, listen to Tina’s triumphant story as she overcomes obstacles – against all odds.

The thing that set [Alanis Morissette] apart is she had this extreme vulnerability and sincerity. She was not afraid to howl and bear her soul and just show her pain to the world.

— DIABLO CODY, BOOK WRITER

Naomi Rodgers as ‘Tina Turner’ in the North American touring production of TINA –The Tina Turner Musical.

Photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade, 2022.

ROMANCE IS RICH IN SONDHEIM’S A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

BY JOANNE OSTROW

SStephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, a musical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night, was nominated for a dozen Tony Awards, winning six including Best Musical, when it debuted a half-century ago. Set in 1900 Sweden, it remains a sharp commentary on romantic relationships — part witty rom-com, part melancholy sex farce, all framed in angst about the passage of time.

Angst is a Sondheim trademark. The composer’s theme in Company is the loneliness of modern urban living; he contrasted illusion and reality in Follies, and revealed a dark view of an eat-or-be-eaten world in Sweeney Todd. A Little Night Music may be his most obviously romantic show, yet his focus is the ways in which age and social position test and skew romantic relationships. A Little Night Music is a beautiful operetta with a tough undercurrent. The musical’s first producer, Hal Prince in 1973, characterized it as “whipped cream with knives.”

With music and lyrics by Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, it remains a delicious if challenging concoction, as melodically complex as it is emotionally ambivalent. As the song says, “Isn’t it rich?”

“The push-me, pull-you that is always present in Sondheim is very present here,” the Denver Center’s Artistic Director Chris Coleman said. “The joy is always right next to the anguish.”

Coleman finds it interesting that Sondheim’s first mentor was Oscar Hammerstein, who famously brought “an inherent sense of possibility and hope” to his classic musicals. (Think Oklahoma! and South Pacific.) By contrast, he said, “Sondheim doesn’t live there.”

As Coleman explained to the design team of A Little Night Music, this play is about “the relief of authenticity.” That is, “the characters spend much of the action doing what they think they’re supposed to do, when the thing that would bring them happiness is different and sitting next to them the whole time.”

Nothing goes right, yet everyone ends up getting what they want.

“I should never have flirted with rescue when I had no intention of being saved,” the character Fredrik Egerman says sadly, toward the play’s climax. He’s the widowed middle-aged lawyer whose 18-year-old trophy wife is repulsed by his touch. Their marriage remains unconsummated.

Fredrik recalls his past with Desiree Armfeldt, the formerly glamorous actress now living in rather shabby circumstances. Fredrik had wanted to marry Desiree when they were younger but she refused. She still yearns for the romantic connection they shared some 14 years ago, and they sneak a reunion in Act I. She rejected him all those years ago, but now Fredrik is the one who rejects Desiree’s invitation to marriage, saying he is dedicated to his young wife.

The contradictions in this tale of seductions and poignant remembrances beam through in the lyrics. “Sondheim is like Chekov,” Coleman said, “It’s never one thing; it’s this and that.”

by Kyle Malone

“Send in the Clowns,” the ballad that became a pop hit — covered by Judy Collins and endless others — is a mournful expression of regret sung by Desiree. She longs for what she and Fredrik might have had and is angry at her own misspent years.

In Coleman’s view, the song must be seen as helping Desiree hold it together. “The drama of the scene is being fulfilled by this song. It’s [Sondheim] at his very best.”

In his view, the beauty of such moments requires less, not more from the cast.

“In auditions, I found myself often asking actors to simplify, let the words and music do more of the work,” Coleman said. “The lyrics have intensity but what you need to do is lean back away from it. It’s tricky! So tricky, but so fun.”

The trickiness of the emotions is mirrored in the melodies, a sophisticated operetta in waltz-time. There’s a way Sondheim almost dares the vocalists to find their first notes, Coleman said. “The accompaniment often has nothing to do with the melody. It’s deliciously satisfying when it finally resolves.”

While A Little Night Music is in some ways about propriety, it’s also brimming with sexiness.

“There is more sexiness here than in any musical I’ve worked on except Cabaret,” Coleman said.

Where Cabaret offers in-your-face sexiness, A Little Night Music is all repressed lust befitting the period and the clothes. Still, the undercurrent of desire in this weekend in the Swedish country is as apparent as the nightclub raunch of Cabaret ’s 1930 Berlin.

“There’s a reason it’s set in Sweden in the middle of the summer when the sun won’t set,” Coleman said. “People go crazy, drink too much, fall in love with the wrong people…. Everybody’s libido is working at full steam.”

It’s a “grown-up” musical with a “grown-up” cast, Coleman said. “For it to resonate at all it has to be played by people with some miles on them, seasoned, mature folks who still have the musculature to sing it.”

So, did he cast singers who can act, or actors who can sing?

“Yes,” Coleman said, “a combination thereof.”

Some members of the cast have opera on their resumes, notably Zachary James in the role of Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, who sings with The Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera, and Annie Sherman in the role of Mrs. Nordstrom.

This is difficult material with special requirements, Coleman said. “It’s a unique beast.” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

SEP 1 – OCT 8

• WOLF THEATRE

ASL interpreted, Audio-described and Open Captioned performance: Sep 24 at 1:30pm

Performances take place throughout the community Sep – Oct.

…the characters spend much of the action doing what they think they’re supposed to do, when the thing that would bring them happiness is di erent and sitting next to them the whole time.

— CHRIS COLEMAN, DIRECTOR

Photo by McLeod9 Creative

TALKBACKS: An Insider’s Look at a Play

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Since the mid-1980s, the DCPA Theatre Company has offered a series of free post-show discussions called “Talkbacks.” In fact, nearly 320,000 students and patrons have participated in these conversations…yet they remain relatively unknown to our audiences.

As we work to engage our community in a variety of ways, we feel it’s time to draw Talkbacks out of the wings and into the spotlight. These efforts will also contribute to the DCPA’s recently announced goal to have 1 million engagements per year.

Each season as the Theatre Company is considering its lineup of locally produced plays and musicals, the DCPA’s Community Engagement team develops a schedule of Community Talkback discussions. While there are generally one or two scheduled Talkbacks for each show, there are some productions that address thought-provoking topics and themes prompting organizers to offer additional community discussions.

EXTEND YOUR STAY AFTER THE PLAY

DCPA Theatre Company invites ticketholder to enjoy a free post-show discussion with the cast. Talkbacks immediately follow these evening performances:

Talkbacks are always professionally moderated and generally include members of the cast and/or artistic team, so audiences can ask questions about their performance, the staging, costumes, plot, etc.

Those Talkbacks that are planned for plays that warrant a deeper conversation may also include area subject matter experts who can delve into topics such as race, religion, gender identification or the environment.

Discussions are just that — a two-way dialogue in which the audience poses questions and offers opinions as they engage with the Company and experts. These conversations often last 30 minutes and are an excellent opportunity to explore a play firsthand.

We invite you to join us for a Talkback following select DCPA Theatre Company discussions. A full schedule is found in the ad below.

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WARNER BROS. THEATRE VENTURES NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

LANGLEY PARK PRODUCTIONS JEFFREY RICHARDS STEVE TRAXLER

REBECCA GOLD JAMES L. NEDERLANDER WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC INC. in association with

deROY FEDERMAN PRODUCTIONS/42ND.CLUB MARY LU ROFFE MARC BELL & JEFF HOLLANDER

THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION RUTH & STEVE HENDEL

GABRIELLE PALITZ PIERCE FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS present

Music & Lyrics By EDDIE PERFECT

Book By SCOTT BROWN & ANTHONY KING

Based on the GEFFEN COMPANY PICTURE, with a story by MICHAEL MCDOWELL & LARRY WILSON

JUSTIN COLLETTE ISABELLA ESLER

MEGAN McGINNIS WILL BURTON JESSE SHARP KATE MARILLEY

JACKERA DAVIS ABE GOLDFARB DANIELLE MARIE GONZALEZ KRIS ROBERTS BRIAN VAUGHN

MICHAEL BIREN RYAN BRESLIN JULIANE GODFREY MORGAN HARRISON MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE

ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON KENWAY HON WAI K. KUA KATIE LOMBARDO SEAN McMANUS

LEE N PRICE NEVADA RILEY TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT LEXIE DORSETT SHARP CORBEN WILLIAMS

Scenic Design

DAVID KORINS

Puppet Design

MICHAEL CURRY

Additional Arrangements

EDDIE PERFECT

KRIS KUKUL

Physical Movement Coordinator

LORENZO PISONI

Tour Marketing & Press

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING

Costume Design

WILLIAM IVEY LONG

Special Effects Design

JEREMY CHERNICK

Dance Arrangements

DAVID DABBON

Associate Director CATIE DAVIS

Lighting Design

KENNETH POSNER

Magic & Illusion Design

MICHAEL WEBER

Music Producer MATT STINE

Associate Choreographer

MICHAEL FATICA

Digital & Social Media SPOTCO

Sound Design PETER HYLENSKI

Hair & Wig Design

CHARLES G. LaPOINTE

Music Director/Conductor ANDY GROBENGIESER

Production Stage Manager

ALAN D. KNIGHT

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE

RACHEL HOFFMAN, CSA

RASHAD NAYLOR

General Management

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES

GREGORY VANDER PLOEG

Executive Producers

Line Producer

JENNY GERSTEN

WARNER BROS. THEATRE VENTURES

MARK KAUFMAN & KEVIN McCORMICK

Projection Design

PETER NIGRINI

Make-Up Design

JOE DULUDE II

Music Coordinator

KRISTY NORTER

Company Manager

JOEL T. HERBST

Exclusive Tour Direction THE ROAD COMPANY

Production Management NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

WALKER WHITE

Executive Producers

NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

MIMI INTAGLIATA & SETH WENIG

Musical Supervision, Orchestration & Incidental Music

KRIS KUKUL

Choreographed By CONNOR GALLAGHER

Directed By ALEX TIMBERS

THE CAST

Beetlejuice JUSTIN COLLETTE

Lydia ISABELLA ESLER

Barbara MEGAN McGINNIS

Adam WILL BURTON

Charles JESSE SHARP

Delia .......................................................................................................................................KATE MARILLEY

Priest ABE GOLDFARB

Movers ABE GOLDFARB, LEE N PRICE

Maxine Dean KRIS ROBERTS

Maxie Dean BRIAN VAUGHN

Otho ABE GOLDFARB

Girl Scout JACKERA DAVIS

Miss Argentina DANIELLE MARIE GONZALEZ

Census Taker ABE GOLDFARB

Neighbors ......................................................... LEE N PRICE, KRIS ROBERTS, BRIAN VAUGHN

Juno KRIS ROBERTS

Ensemble. MICHAEL BIREN, JACKERA DAVIS, JULIANE GODFREY, ABE GOLDFARB, DANIELLE MARIE GONZALEZ, KENWAY HON WAI K. KUA, SEAN McMANUS, LEE N PRICE, NEVADA RILEY, KRIS ROBERTS, TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT, BRIAN VAUGHN, CORBEN WILLIAMS

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. For Beetlejuice–MICHAEL BIREN, MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE, LEE N PRICE; for Lydia–JACKERA DAVIS, NEVADA RILEY; for Barbara–JULIANE GODFREY, LEXIE DORSETT SHARP; for Adam–RYAN BRESLIN, ABE GOLDFARB, MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE; for Delia–JULIANE GODFREY, KRIS ROBERTS, LEXIE DORSETT SHARP; for Charles–ABE GOLDFARB, MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE, BRIAN VAUGHN; for Otho–MICHAEL BIREN, RYAN BRESLIN, MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE, LEE N PRICE; for Maxie Dean–MICHAEL BIREN, RYAN BRESLIN, ABE GOLDFARB, MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE; for Maxine Dean–JULIANE GODFREY, MORGAN HARRISON, LEXIE DORSETT SHARP; for Juno–JULIANE GODFREY, MORGAN HARRISON, LEXIE DORSETT SHARP; for Girl Scout–MORGAN HARRISON, NEVADA RILEY; for Miss Argentina–JULIANE GODFREY, LEXIE DORSETT SHARP, NEVADA RILEY.

DANCE CAPTAIN: RYAN BRESLIN ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: MORGAN HARRISON

SWINGS

RYAN BRESLIN, MORGAN HARRISON, MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE, LEXIE DORSETT SHARP

VACATION SWINGS

ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, KATIE LOMBARDO

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

FOR THE CAST LIST FOR THIS PERFORMANCE, SCAN THE QR CODE BELOW:

Music Producer–MATT STINE

Music Supervisor–KRIS KUKUL

Music Director/Conductor, Keyboard–ANDY GROBENGIESER

Assistant Conductor/Keyboard–JULIA SUNAY

Reeds–CLAYTON WILLIAMS; Trumpet–ROB SLOWIK; Trombone–JIM LUTZ; Bass–MARK ZIEGLER; Guitars–STEPHEN FLAKUS, MIKE FREDERICK; Drums–TOM JORGENSEN; Violin–MICHALIS KOUTSOUPIDES.

Keyboard and Synthesizer Programmer: Midiomatic, LLC/Taylor Williams

Music Copying: Emily Grishman

Music Preparation

Music Coordinator: Kristy Norter

We want to thank Tim Burton for his imagination, which has inspired us all throughout our many years working on this show. We are grateful that he cleared a path for us to play in the extraordinary world of his creation.

—With much love and appreciation, the Cast and Creative Team of Beetlejuice

THE CAST

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

Justin Collette

Isabella Esler

Megan McGinnis

Will Burton

Jesse Sharp

Kate Marilley

THE CAST

Jackera Davis Abe Goldfarb

Danielle Marie Gonzalez Kris Roberts Brian Vaughn

Michael Biren Ryan Breslin

Juliane Godfrey Morgan Harrison

Matthew Michael Janisse

Eric Anthony Johnson

Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua Katie Lombardo

Sean McManus

Lee N Price

Nevada Riley

Trevor Michael Schmidt

Lexie Dorsett Sharp

CorBen Williams

JUSTIN COLLETTE (Beetlejuice) is an award-winning actor, writer and musician. Broadway: School of Rock (Dewey Finn). Regional: Rock of Ages (Lonny). Netflix: Cupcake and Dino: General Services (Cupcake, NYT Best New Shows 2018) He’s spent years performing sketch/improv at major comedy festivals and has written/ voiced several cartoon shorts for Bite on Mondo, racking up millions of views on YouTube. He’s very happy you’re here and hopes you leave feeling a little more seen and a little less alone. @sorryitsjustin

ISABELLA ESLER (Lydia) is incredibly excited to be making her professional debut! She recently graduated high school in San Jose, CA and grew up in the Bay Area. Many thanks to Telsey Office, the Beetlejuice team, family, and friends. Extra love to mom and dad! @Isabella.esler

MEGAN McGINNIS (Barbara). Broadway: Side Show (revival), Les Misérables (revival, Eponine), Little Women (Beth), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank. National Tours: Come From Away. OffBroadway and London: Daddy Long Legs (available on Broadway HD). TV/ Film: “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Younger,” A Goofy Movie, and more. Recordings: Sutton Foster’s Wish (“Flight”) and Take Me to the World. Graduate Columbia University, faculty at Ball State University. Most proud of my son, Beckett.

WILL BURTON (Adam) is thrilled to be here in.... your town with this incredible company! Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose); Kiss Me, Kate! (Gremio); Holiday Inn; An American in Paris. OffBroadway: Between the Lines (Frump/ Ryan). Other: Young Frankenstein (Igor), Ogunquit; Last Days of Summer (Stuke), George Street; Holiday Inn (Ted), The Marriott Lincolnshire; The Music Man (Tommy), Arena Stage; An American in Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet. TV: The Blacklist. Thanks to Mama, Daddy, Callen, Haley, all of my teachers, and my incredible reps at KMR! @willburtonum

JESSE SHARP (Charles). Tour: The Addams Family (Gomez), Elf (Walter), Grease (Vince Fontaine). Regional: Goodspeed Operahouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, North-shore Music

WHO’S WHO

Theatre, Engeman, Cape Playhouse, The Rev, Theatre by the Sea, The Little Theatre on the Square, Denver’s Lone Tree Arts Center, Human Race Theatre, Antaeus. Film/TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Gilded Age, Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Almost Family, City on a Hill, General Hospital & Mobland. Training: MFA-UC Irvine, BA-UCLA. Love & endless gratitude to my Lexie & our buddy Chip. @mrjessesharp

KATE MARILLEY (Delia) is thrilled to join the Netherworld! Most recently seen on Broadway in Flying Over Sunset. Other Broadway: The Prom, My Fair Lady National Tour: Billy Elliot. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Long Wharf Theatre, Denver Center, The Rev, Pittsburgh CLO, Alliance, The Muny, Pioneer Theatre, Houston TUTS BFA, Carnegie Mellon. Thanks to Megan and Robert at LG Management, Telsey Office, and this stellar creative team! Love to Mom and Dad. www.katemarilley.com, @katemarilley

JACKERA DAVIS (Girl Scout, Ensemble, u/s Lydia) is a recent grad of Sam Houston State University with a BFA in Musical Theatre! She is ecstatic to be making her national tour debut! Huge shoutout to her family, BFFs, The Collective, the LINK Program, and God! @jjackera

ABE GOLDFARB (Otho, Ensemble, u/s Adam, u/s Charles, u/s Maxie Dean) is an actor, writer and director based in Brooklyn, NY. He’s been on Broadway (in Beetlejuice), he’s voiced Pokémon (several), and he’s emceed burlesque shows all over the world (seriously). Deepest love to Mom and Rosebud.

DANIELLE MARIE GONZALEZ (Miss Argentina, Ensemble). Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Clueless: The Musical National Tour: Rock of Ages, Flashdance: The Musical, Saturday Night Fever. Favorites: West Side Story (Anita) at the 5th Avenue Theatre and Radio City Music Hall. TV: Law & Order: SVU, Katy Keane. @daniemariegonzalez

KRIS ROBERTS (Maxine Dean, Juno, Ensemble, u/s Delia). Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (OOBRC). Tours: Beautiful, Fame the Musical (Carmen). Regional: Footloose (Rusty), Once on This Island (Ti Moune).

NYU/Tisch Alum. Thanks to The Mine, Catie, Rashad/Telsey & Mom. Jer 29:11 www.krisroberts.net @krisroberts22

BRIAN VAUGHN (Maxie Dean, Ensemble, u/s Charles). Regional: Denver Center, Chicago Shakespeare, Milwaukee Rep, Utah Shakespeare (Hamlet, Iago, Cyrano, Harold Hill, Javert), South Coast Rep She Loves Me (Georg), Arizona Theatre Company, PCPA, Northlight. Thanks @Hudson Artists. Love to Addie, Scarlett, and Emma. brianvaughnofficial.com, @brianvaughn11

MICHAEL BIREN (Ensemble, u/s Beetlejuice, u/s Otho, u/s Maxie Dean) is thrilled to be on tour with Beetlejuice! New York: Crazy for You (Lincoln Center), Revolution in the Elbow (Minetta Lane). Tours: My Fair Lady, Billy Elliot, Cinderella (with Lea Salonga). Regional: Papermill, Goodspeed, Fulton, MSMT, MUNY, Riverside, Ogunquit. Love to DMRSCKSF+B.

RYAN BRESLIN (Swing, Dance Captain, u/s Adam, u/s Otho, u/s Maxie Dean).

Broadway: Newsies OBC (Racetrack), Beetlejuice OBC, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory OBC, The Book of Mormon. TV/Film: Person of Interest (CBS), Hail, Caesar! (Feature Film).

JULIANE GODFREY (Ensemble, u/s Barbara, u/s Delia, u/s Maxine Dean, u/s Juno, u/s Miss Argentina). Broadway: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (OBC Dance Captain/Swing). National Tour: My Fair Lady (Lincoln Center Theater), Something Rotten! Regional: Holiday Inn, and more at Arena Stage, Goodspeed, Paper Mill, The Muny, Sacramento Music Circus. UCLA grad, lover of CA, maker of Art + Heart. @julianegodfrey

MORGAN HARRISON (Swing, Asst. Dance Captain, u/s Maxine Dean, u/s Juno, u/s Girl Scout) is thrilled to be haunting audiences with Beetlejuice! SUCKSYES! Broadway: Beetlejuice, Mean Girls. National Tour: Mean Girls, Flashdance: The Musical. TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Grateful to God, Mama, Gram, HKA, Captain, and the whole team at BJ! Proverbs 3:5-6 @momoinnyc

MATTHEW MICHAEL JANISSE (Swing, u/s Beetlejuice, u/s Adam, u/s Charles, u/s Otho, u/s Maxie Dean) is Thrilled

Thrilled Thrilled to be a part of this ghoulish company. Off Broadway: Kinky Boots. National Tour: Something Rotten!, Cabaret, Mamma Mia! Regional Theatre: Fulton, VSC, Arsht Center. Thanks to Nicole, Catie, Avalon, DDO, my family, and Carolyn! @matthewnofilter

ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON (Vacation Swing). Broadway/National Tours: Beetlejuice (OBC), R+H Cinderella, Evita, Elf, West Side Story, Miss Saigon. Regional Includes: American Repertory Theater, The Kennedy Center, Sacramento Music Circus, Kansas City Starlight, Lone Tree Arts Center. TV/Film: Spinning Gold, The Gilded Age, Last Week Tonight @ericanthonyjohnson

KENWAY HON WAI K. KUA (Ensemble). Broadway: Wicked, The Frogs (OBC). National Tour: Aladdin (Omar u/s), Mary Poppins, Flower Drum Song. Regional: The King and I (Simon, Kralahome u/s), 9 to 5 (Dance Captain), How to Succeed..., Waterfall, Cinderella, Pacific Overtures, Miss Saigon. @kenwaykua

KATIE LOMBARDO (Vacation Swing)

Broadway: Beetlejuice. Nat’l Tours: Elf, Flashdance (u/s Alex Owens). Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Ogunquit, TBTS, Engeman. TV/Commercial: FBI

Most Wanted, Aldo, DoorDash, Dave & Busters. Love to the Beetlejuice team & family. Extra love to Mom, Dad, Emily, & Nathan. @ktlomb

SEAN McMANUS (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back in the Netherworld. Broadway: Beetlejuice. National Tour: Cats Regional: The Sound of Music (Paper Mill), Newsies and West Side Story (The Lex). Love and enormous gratitude to family, friends, The Collective and Telsey Office. TikTok/Insta: @seany_mac/ @smcmanus3

LEE N PRICE (Ensemble, u/s Beetlejuice, u/s Otho) is ecstatic to be making his national tour debut! Lee is a recent graduate of Baldwin Wallace University’s Music Theatre program. Endless love and gratitude to his family and friends, Jed and the KMR team, Telsey Office, and the Beetlejuice team. IG: @leeprice25

NEVADA RILEY (Ensemble, u/s Lydia, u/s Girl Scout, u/s Miss Argentina) made her Broadway debut in Beetlejuice and is super excited to be continuing her journey with the show on tour! BFA, University of Michigan. Many thanks to the Beetlejuice team, Telsey Office,

Mom, Dad, Chris, and her gal pals. @nevada_riley

TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT (Ensemble). Welcome to the Netherworld! TV: SNL, The Kelly Clarkson Show. National Tour: A Chorus Line. Regional: Signature Theatre (DC), The Muny, Sacramento Music Circus. Florida State Alum. Stephen King fan. Much love to Mom and Dad. @trevormichaelschmidt

LEXIE DORSETT SHARP (Swing, u/s Barbara, u/s Delia, u/s Maxine Dean, u/s Juno, u/s Miss Argentina). National/International Tour: School of Rock (Rosalie), Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth), Elf (Emily), The Addams Family (u/s Morticia/ Alice/ Grandma). CCM graduate. Thanks ATB Talent, Amy Murphy Studio, Telsey Office, her friends and family. Big love to Jesse! LexieDSharp.com @lexiedorsettsharp

CORBEN WILLIAMS (Ensemble). The Little Mermaid (Dir/Choreo), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Asst. Dir.), No Strings (Asst. Choreo/Dance Supervisor) Cinderella (Ens), The Music Man (Ens), Sister Act (TJ), Frozen ‘DCL’ (Grand Pabbie), Golden Mickey’s (Simba).

EDDIE PERFECT (Music & Lyrics) is an Australian composer, lyricist, playwright, musician, and performer. He was recently nominated for a Tony for Best Original Score for his work in Beetlejuice. His works for the stage include Shane Warne the Musical (Token Events), for which he won a Helpmann, a Green Room, and Victorian Premier’s Literary Award; Vivid White and The Beast (Melbourne Theatre Company); Strictly Ballroom (Global Creatures); Songs From the Middle (with the Brodsky Quartet); and King Kong on Broadway (Global Creatures). Eddie’s acting credits include Offspring (Ten), South Pacific (Opera Australia/Lincoln Center Theater), Keating! (Belvoir), and as a regular presenter on Playschool He is currently playing Franklin Hart Jr. in the Australian production of 9 to 5. Eddie dedicates Beetlejuice to his wife, Lucy Cochran, and her long lost mother, Mary.

SCOTT BROWN (Book) has made theatre things with Anthony King since high school; decades later, their two-man musical comedy Gutenberg! The Musical! (dir. Alex Timbers) scored Drama Desk, Lortel and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Scott also writes

TV (HBO’s Sharp Objects, Hulu’s Castle Rock, WGN’s Manhattan, and novels (xL, Knopf). He won the George Jean Nathan Award for his theatre criticism at New York and spent many happy years at Entertainment Weekly. Infinite love to Robbie, Roger, Holland, and Robert, who made everything possible, and to Katie, Zoe and Harry, who make everything worth it.

ANTHONY KING (Book) is an Emmynominated writer, producer, and performer who received a Tony nomination for his work on Beetlejuice Off-Broadway: Gutenberg! The Musical! with Scott Brown (Lortel, OCC and Drama Desk nominations). TV: The Afterparty (Apple TV+), Silicon Valley (HBO), Broad City (Comedy Central), Search Party (HBOMax), Woke (Hulu), Robbie (Paramount+) and more. He also spent many years as the artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC. All the love in the world to his wife, Kate, and their daughters Eleanor and Lydia.

ALEX TIMBERS (Director) is the recipient of Tony, Golden Globe, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and London Evening Standard awards, as well as two Obie and Lortel awards. Broadway: Beetlejuice; Moulin Rouge!; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Oh, Hello with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney; The Peewee Herman Show; Disney’s Peter and the Starcatcher; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (also book writer). TV: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (Netflix), Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon). His debut picture book, Broadway Bird, set in an all-animal version of Broadway, was recently published by Macmillan. @alextimbers

CONNOR GALLAGHER (Choreographer). Broadway: Beetlejuice. Other: The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout, Astaire Award); Beauty and the Beast (Disney Dream, Brass Ring Award); Found (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Elf the Musical (Kennedy Center); The Twelve (Denver Center); Tangled (Disney Magic, world premiere); and productions at The Public Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, A.C.T., Two River, Westport Country Playhouse, Goodspeed, TheatreWorks and Northern Stage. Connor is a graduate of CCM, where in 2021 he received the Young Alumni Award. Spent a year on Broadway as a dancing rug. www.connorgallagher.com, @connorga

KRIS KUKUL (Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Incidental Music). Recent work: Sing Street (Huntington), In the Green (Lincoln Center Theater), David Byrne’s Joan of Arc (The Public Theater), Head Over Heels (Pasadena Playhouse), Runaways (City Center), Jeff Buckley’s The Last Goodbye (The Old Globe), The Heart of Robin Hood (Royal Alexandria Toronto), Songbird (59E59), Liz Swados Project (Ghostlight Records). Williamstown Theatre Festival; resident music director 2005–2014. International work: Greek National Theatre, Epidaurus Festival, Edinburgh Fringe. Composer: Camp Monster, Wing It! (WTF), Oliver Twist (STNJ), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NTG). Adjunct faculty NYU/Tisch

DAVID KORINS (Scenic Design). Recent Broadway: Hamilton (Tony nom), Beetlejuice (Tony nom) Dear Evan Hansen, Mrs. Doubtfire. TV: 94th and 91st Academy Awards, Grease: Live! (Emmy Award), The Big Brunch, Last Week Tonight. Creative director: Immersive Van Gogh, Disney animation immersive experience, Hamilton: The Exhibition, David Blaine, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli. Dad: Stella and Vivian. @davidkorins

WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Design). Beetlejuice is Mr. Long’s 75th Broadway show! In addition to his countless design credits for television, film, opera and ballet, Mr. Long has won six Tony Awards, with 18 nominations. He was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in January 2006. williamiveylong.com

KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Design) designs extensively Off-Broadway, for resident theatres and for touring productions throughout the United States and internationally. His Tony nominated designs include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Coast of Utopia (Shipwreck), Beetlejuice, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Pippin, Kinky Boots, Cinderella, Wicked, Other Desert Cities, and The Merchant of Venice. He has received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and Obie awards.

PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Design).

Tony Award winner, Grammy and Olivier nominated. Selected designs: Moulin Rouge!, Frozen, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, Once on This Island, Something Rotten!,

King Kong, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On a Clear Day, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf. Other: Le Rêve and Lake of Dreams at Wynn Las Vegas.

PETER NIGRINI (Projection Design).

Broadway (selected): MJ: The Musical; Ain’t Too Proud; SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical; Dear Evan Hansen; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Am lie; An Act of God; Fela! Elsewhere: Man in the Ring (Huntington Theatre); Grounded and Here Lies Love (The Public Theater); Real Enemies (BAM); Grace Jones’ Hurricane tour; Lucia di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera); Deep Blue Sea (Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance).

MICHAEL CURRY (Puppet Design) is the founder of Michael Curry Design, a world leader in character and concept design. Michael’s designs for Cirque du Soleil, Metropolitan Opera, Disney Theatrical (The Lion King, Frozen) and Olympics opening ceremonies have gathered multiple awards. Michael works with his long-term team in Portland, Oregon, continuing innovations in visual effects and puppetry.

JEREMY CHERNICK (Special Effects Design) has worked on 50-plus Broadway productions: MacBeth, Search for Signs…, Clyde’s, Hadestown, Oklahoma! Jeremy worked with Disney Theatrical Group creating effects for Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Aladdin, Hunchback… and Tarzan. West End: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Let the Right One In. Emmy Award honoree for work on NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (2018). Jeremy serves as head designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn. jmfx.net

MICHAEL WEBER (Magic & Illusion Design). Weber’s magic has appeared in Broadway productions including Angels in America, The Year of Magical Thinking, Faustus, In and of Itself, On the Stem, Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, Rogue’s Gallery and Topdog/Underdog. Film: Forrest Gump, Oceans 13, Serpent and the Rainbow, Sneakers, The Illusionist, The Parent Trap, The Prestige, and Wolf.

CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair & Wig Design). Broadway, touring, West End and international productions including Hamilton (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award), MJ, The Cher Show

(Drama Desk Award), The Band’s Visit, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (Drama Desk Award), Jersey Boys, Anastasia. TV: The Wiz (Emmy Award nomination), Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (Emmy Award nomination/MakeUp Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award).

JOE DULUDE II (Make-up Design). Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End: Wicked, KPOP, Beetlejuice, MJ the Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants; The Broadway Musical, Anastasia, Sunday in the Park with George, Torch Song Trilogy, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, etc. Film: Black Flame, Don’t Look Up, Ghostbusters. TV: Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (Emmy nomination), Annie Live!, Julia, SpongeBob Live on Stage, The Gilded Age, Castle Rock. Joedulude2.com, @dulude2

CATIE DAVIS (Associate Director). Broadway: Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge!, Company. Other associate: Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall (Netflix), The Public Theater, Roundabout. Catie directs and develops new contemporary musical theatre. catie-davis.com @catie-davis

MICHAEL FATICA ( Associate Choreographer ) has served on the choreography teams for Beetlejuice (Broadway), Matilda (International Tour) and the Radio City New York Spring Spectacular. His own work can be seen on Celebrity and Norwegian Cruise Lines and in the immersive burlesque show Speakeasy in midtown Manhattan. Broadway veteran of 7 shows. @michaelfatica

LORENZO PISONI (Physical Movement Coordinator). Broadway: Beetlejuice, Almost Famous, MJ, Gary, Frozen, Noises Off. As an actor, Lorenzo’s work on and off Broadway has been recognized with Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards. @lorenzopisoni

DAVID DABBON (Dance Arrangements). Emmy nomination: Eat Sh*t, Bob! (composer). Broadway: Funny Girl (additional dance arrangements), Disaster! (dance arranger). HBO’s Six by Sondheim (arranger). Orchestrator: Audra McDonald’s Sing Happy, Go Back Home. Graduate of the Hartt School and Carnegie Mellon University.

MATT STINE (Music Producer) is a Tony Award-winning orchestrator, two-time Grammy-nominated music producer and a Drama Desk, Lucille Little and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated sound designer. Credits: KPOP, Moulin Rouge!, Once Upon A One More Time, Assassins (CSC), Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street), Here Lies Love (The Public Theater). 27sound.com

KRISTY NORTER (Music Coordinator) is a freelance musician and Music Coordinator. Her Coordinator credits include: Some Like It Hot, SIX, New York New York, Back to the Future, SIX National Tours, Merrily We Roll Along, Mr. Saturday Night, Cyrano, Black No More, The Harder They Come, and SUFFS.

MIDIOMATIC, LLC ( Keyboard Programmer ) features electronic music design from Taylor Williams, Dana Haynes, and Ethan Deppe. Credits include King Kong, Be More Chill, Frozen, Moulin Rouge!, The Prince of Egypt, Lempicka, Griswold’s Broadway Vacation, Trading Places midiomatic.com

ANDY GROBENGIESER (Music Director/ Conductor). Thanks to Eddie, Kris, Howie, and Alex for this one. Broadway: Aladdin, King Kong, Groundhog Day, Ghost, The Little Mermaid, Lestat. National Tour: Peter and the Starcatcher, Shrek The Musical, The Lion King. B.M., Millikin University; M.M., UT-Austin. More at grobiemix.com.

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is an integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, sports, consumer, and lifestyle brands, including 80+ Broadway shows over 25 years. Current tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Hadestown, Into the Woods, Mean Girls, Pretty Woman, Tootsie. Upcoming tours: Back to the Future, Funny Girl, The Hip Hop Nutcracker, The Kite Runner, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire.

THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy.

JOEL T. HERBST (Company Manager). Go Goslings!

HILLARY SMITH (Assistant Company Manager) couldn’t be happier traveling the country with Beetlejuice the Musical. Most recently she has spent time as the After School Program Director at Applause NY and the Director of Education at The Broadway Collective. Love to Ryan, Mom and Dad, and thanks to Joel!

ALAN D. KNIGHT (Production Stage Manager). National Tour: Jesus Christ Superstar, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Les Misérables, The Sound of Music, Mamma Mia!, The Book of Mormon, Sister Act the Musical. Lots of love to his family back in Michigan!

STEPHANIE HALBEDEL ( Stage Manager). National Tour: Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Dirty Dancing, Blue Man Group. For my allthings-spooky sister Sarah.

LESLIE S. ALLEN (Assistant Stage Manager). National Tour: Pretty Woman… (1st National); Barney: Let’s Go Live!; Kelly Clarkson’s Addicted; George Strait, 2007. Regional: Philadelphia Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Walnut Street Theatre, Dallas Children’s Theater. Dedicated to my mentor Claude File. Thank you to family and friends for love and support.

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

JENNY GERSTEN (Line Producer) loves to produce. Producer of musical theatre at New York City Center, interim artistic director at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, at sea she’s the creative producer for Virgin Voyages. Other producing projects include The Outsiders (with American Zoetrope) and Born for This. Boards: Ballet Tech, The Debate Society, The Mercury Store.

MARK KAUFMAN (Executive Producer).

As executive vice president, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Kaufman produced the West End, Broadway, first national tour and Australian production of the Olivier Award-winning musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Broadway stage adaptation of

Stephen King’s Misery starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, as well as the Tony Award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Recent and upcoming projects include Dave (Arena Stage), 17 Again (NAMT), Dog Day Afternoon and A Star Is Born. Before joining WBThV, Kaufman oversaw the Broadway productions of Hairspray, The Wedding Singer and Elf for New Line Cinema. Kaufman executive produced the New Line films Secondhand Lions, Hairspray, Four Christmases, 17 Again and My Sister’s Keeper and co-produced Valentine’s Day. Kaufman wrote Toothless for ABC’s Wonderful World of Disney and Just a Walk in the Park for ABC Family. Love to Stacey, Ethan, Spencer and Victoria.

LANGLEY PARK PICTURES (Executive Producer). Kevin McCormick serves as executive vice president production at Warner Bros. Pictures. (Formerly president of production, leaving in 2010 to start Langley Park Pictures). Kevin oversees many films, including Dune 2, Furiosa, The Wise Guys, and The Back Nine for HBOMax. Kevin is also an executive producer on the Broadway hit shows Beetlejuice and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and remains a senior advisor to Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures division.

MIMI INTAGLIATA (Executive Producer) (she/her) has spent 30+ years working in theatrical production as a Stage Manager, Production Manager, and Producer. Credits: Director of Production Operations, Disney Theatrical Group - Beauty and the Beast (Shanghai Disneyland Resort), Frozen (Broadway), Newsies the Musical (national tour, theatrical film), The Lion King (Rafiki tour), developmental productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Shakespeare in Love. Director of Production, Paper Mill Playhouse – over 40 productions including the World Premiere of Newsies the Musical, the North American premiere of the 25th Anniversary tour of Les Misérables (in partnership with NETworks). Production Manager, The Dodgers - 42nd Street (Broadway/Tour), Urinetown (Broadway/Tour), and Bare: A Pop Opera (original off-Broadway), among others. She and her wife, Alicia Duran, are proud parents of their two children, Celeste and Lucas.

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, The Phantom of the Opera tour, Miss Saigon. Currently, Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon, and To Kill a Mockingbird. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.

WARNER BROS. THEATRE VENTURES (Producer) is thrilled to be returning to Broadway with Beetlejuice. Theatre Ventures develops and produces firstclass musicals and stage productions from the company’s expansive catalogue. WBThV was previously represented on the West End, Broadway, Australia and currently on the national tour by Olivier Award-winning musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Broadway stage adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf and by the Tony Award Best Play winner The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Other Broadway credits include Tony Award-winning musical The Bridges of Madison County, and the holiday hit Elf. The division is developing productions of Dave (Arena Stage), 17 Again (NAMT), Dog Day Afternoon and A Star Is Born. Additionally, we oversee and serve as creative consultants on the licensing of third-party stage rights to various properties held within the Studio’s vast media library such as the upcoming Broadway Vacation and Mr. Saturday Night.

NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan and To Kill a Mockingbird. networkstours.com

JEFFREY RICHARDS (Producer) is delighted to continue his association with Beetlejuice and is happy to collaborate again with Orin Wolf and NETworks Presentations, who have

been the producing partners on the acclaimed National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof. Broadway producing musical credits include: Spring Awakening (Tony Award winner-Best Musical), Hair (Tony Award winner-Best Musical Revival), The Gershwins Porgy and Bess (Tony Award winner-Best Musical Revival), and The Bridges of Madison County. Upcoming: Maybe Happy Ending – “the futuristic musical that the theatre has been waiting for” (Broadway’s Best Shows).

STEVE TRAXLER (Co-Producer) cofounded and served as CEO/President of Jam Theatricals for 25 years, selling the company at the end of 2019. During that time, he produced over 60 shows on Broadway earning 13 Tony Awards, multiple national tours, and several West End productions—as well as overseeing the revitalization of the National Theatre in Washington DC hosting preBroadway productions of If/Then, Mean Girls and Beetlejuice

REBECCA GOLD (Producer). Numerous awards on Broadway (Porgy and Bess, All the Way) and off (Sleep No More, Sweeney Todd). Committed to bringing provocative and innovative work to audiences, she is extensively supportive of not-for-profit theatre.

JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer). President of Nederlander Organization. Credits: Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal, Tina—The Tina Turner Musical, The Lehman Trilogy, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Band’s Visit, On Your Feet!, My Fair Lady, The Elephant Man, and many others.

WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC (Producer) is the global music publishing company of Warner Music Group and home to legendary songwriters including Eddie Perfect. With worldwide offices, Warner Chappell provides deep expertise and innovative opportunities for its songwriters.

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42ND.CLUB (Producers). Jamie deRoy: Ten Tony Awards, 150-plus Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Wendy Federman: Thirteen Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards. 42nd.club: Principals include Phil Kenny and Diego Kolankowsky.

MARY LU ROFFE (Producer). Threetime Tony Award winner, has been producing on Broadway, London

and national tours for 30 years. Love Beetlejuice. It’s showtime!!!!

MARC BELL & JEFF HOLLANDER (Producers). Marc is a two-time Tony Award winner (Jersey Boys and August: Osage County). Jeff makes his Broadway producing debut with Beetlejuice

THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Producer) family of companies includes Broadway Across America and Broadway. com, under the supervision of 15-time Tony-winning producer John Gore (chairman and CEO). BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com Broadway.com

RUTH & STEVE HENDEL (Producers). Broadway: Fela! Current tours: Mean Girls, The Band’s Visit, Ain’t Too Proud Upcoming: A Walk on the Moon, Macbeth. Stephen (films): Finding Fela!, Neptune Frost

GABRIELLE PALITZ ( Producer ). Nineteen critically acclaimed shows including Ain’t Too Proud, All the Way (Tony), Bandstand, The Prom, Thoughts of a Colored Man, American Son, Lady Day…. Proud Second Stage trustee.

PIERCE FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Tommy Pierce and Harry Friedman have been involved in entertainment since the late 60s. This wonderful, irreverent production is a perfect continuation of their adventure.

OPENING NIGHT DECEMBER 7, 2022

STAFF FOR BEETLEJUICE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Mark Kaufman Kevin McCormick

Mimi Intagliata Seth Wenig

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES

Gregory Vander Ploeg

Madeline McCluskey Steven Varon-Moore

Heather Moss

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

Jason Juenker

Hector Guivas Shelby Stark Walker White pesci

TOUR MARKETING AND PRESS

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING

Andrew Damer

Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke

Dakota Abell Jessica Cary Adina Hsu Anne Dailey Meyer

Amenkha Sembenu Emily Toppen CASTING

THE TELSEY OFFICE

Rachel Hoffman, CSA

Rashad Naylor

Priya Ghosh Domonnique Aviles

EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION

THE ROAD COMPANY

Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota trc.nyc

Production Stage Manager Alan D. Knight

Stage Manager Stephanie Halbedel

Assistant Stage Manager Leslie S. Allen

Company Manager

Joel T. Herbst

Assistant Company Manager Hillary Smith

Production Supervisor Stage Manager Rachel Bauder, Matt Bur

Assistant Director.................................... Hunter Bird

Assistant Choreographer Nancy Renee Braun

Associate Scenic Design Rod Lemmond

Assistant Scenic Design

Justin West

Associate Costume Design Paul Spadone

Assistant Costume Design Savannah Wetzel

Costume Assistant Dorathy Johnston

William Ivey Long Studio Director

Donald Sanders

Costume Coordinator Kaitlyn Fae Barrett

Associate Hair and Wigs Nicholas Parrish

Assistant Make-up Tishonna Ferguson

Associate Lighting Design Joel Shier

Assistant Lighting Design Samuel J. Biondolillo

Moving Light Programmer David Arch

Associate Sound Design Justin Stasiw

Associate Special Effects Design

Megan Lang

Associate Projection Design Kate Ducey

Projection Animator Lacey Erb

Projection Programmer

Daniel Scully

Head Carpenter................................. Zane Whitmore

Assistant Carpenter Ryan Coon

Flyman Ashton Hill

Head Electrician Adam Lansing

Assistant Electricians Price Foster, Alex Stanley

Head Audio Ryan Gravett

Assistant Audio Madox Herwig

Head Props Cailin Kucera

Assistant Props Ally Olinyk

Head Wardrobe Kaitlyn Barrett

Assistant Wardrobe Emily Staloch

Hair and Wigs Supervisor Brittany Steele

Assistant Hair & Make-up Jakey Hicks

Crew Swing Bianca Dominguez

Production Electricians Olivia R. Doniphan, Justin Petito

Production Sound Mason Wisecup

Production Video Chelsea Zalikowski

Production Properties Dan Brown

Keyboard and Synthesizer Programmer

Midiomatic, LLC/Taylor Williams/Dana Haynes/Ethan Deppe

Touring Physical Therapist Claire Rhode

Physical Therapy NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc.

Production Assistants Carson Gantt, Rodrigo Esquivel Herrera, Emily Huber, Westin Hicks

Safety Consultant Bryan Huneycutt

Production Photography MurphyMade

Video Services HMS Media

Creative Services SpotCo

Website Services/Design SpotCo

Merchandise

Merchandise Manager Jessica Johnson, Brian Gray

Accounting NETworks Presentations LLC

Legal Services F. Richard Pappas, Esq.

HR Services Global Solutions, Inc.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy Production on Deck

Housing Road Rebel

Travel Agency ................................... Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Trucking Clark Transfer

FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

Chief Executive Officer Orin Wolf

Chief Financial Officer Margaret Daniel

Chief Operating Officer Scott W. Jackson

Chief Producing Officer

Seth Wenig

Executive Producers Mimi Intagliata, Trinity Wheeler

Associate Producer Hannah Rosenthal

Executive Assistant Isabella Schiavon

Sr. Director/Finance

Controller

Director of Tour Accounting

Tax Director

Associate Tax Accountant ...................

Sr. Director/Booking and Engagements

Director, Booking and Engagements

Engagement Manager

Director of Sales

Director of Marketing

Sr. Director/General Management

General Manager

Associate General Manager

John Kinna

Jennifer Gifford

Laura S. Carey

Pat Guerieri

Kim Ngan Tran

Mary K. Witte

Colin Byrne

Stacey Burns

Zach Stevenson

Heather Hess

Gregory Vander Ploeg

Madeline McCluskey, Steven Varon-Moore

Sr. Director/Production Management

Financial Services and banking arrangements by Flagstar Bank N.A.

Online: BeetlejuiceBroadway.com

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok: BeetlejuiceBway

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE.

UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

Heather Moss

Jason Juenker

Sr. Production Manager Hector Guivas

Production Managers Shelby Stark, Walker White

Technical Director............................................ pesci

Director of Operations Pearce Landry-Wegener

Resource Director

EVERY PLAY HAS A STORY

Kayla Rooplal

Operations Manager Catherine Logan Blanar

Office Assistant

Music Coordinator

Warehouse Manager

Lisa Loveless

John Mezzio

Joseph Spratt

Warehouse Costume Manager Bobby Maglaughlin

MUSIC CREDITS

“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” Written by Irving Burgie and William Attaway. Published by BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP) obo Caribe Music (ASCAP) and Reservoir Media Music (ASCAP) Reservoir Media Management, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. “Jump in the Line” by Harry Belafonte, Ralph de Leon, Gabriel Oller and Steve Samuel. Published by Clara Music Publishing Corp. (ASCAP). Administered by Next Decade Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

CREDITS

Scenery and scenic effects built, painted, and electrified by Great Lakes Scenic Studios. Show Control and Scenic Motion Control featuring STAGE COMMAND SYSTEMS® by PRG Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG Broadway L.L.C., New Windsor, New York. Lighting equipment and special lighting effects by PRG Lighting. Sound equipment by Masque Sound. Video by PRG Video. Puppets by Symbolic Arts, Jerard Studios, Castelli Models, BB Props, Landmark Creations, and Sam Barnett at Silicone Sound. Props by Bad Monkey Props, Jerard Studio, R Ramos Upholstery, Tom Carroll Scenery, Barrington Brolly, Colonial Braided Rug, Dapper Cadaver, Austin Rodriguez, Rob McFadyen, Arin Pounov, Danielle Moyal, and M Picciuto. Costumes made by Jennifer Love Costumes; Euroco Costumes, Inc; Felsen Tailors; Giliberto Designs; Rachel Ralby; Panzai Boutique; David Dalrymple Studio. Millinery by Arnold S. Levine, Inc. Gloves by Wing & Weft Gloves. Custom fabric painting and printing by Jeff Fender Studio, Dyenamix Inc., Juliann E. Kroboth. Rehearsed at New 42 Studios, New York City.

MAKEUP PROVIDED BY MAC

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Devin Keudell and Michael Demniak, Bespoke Theatricals

The Carson Center, Paducah, KY, Mary E. Katz, Executive Director Insurance Broker Services

Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc. Robert B. Middleton, Sr and Meghan Coleman

The Araca Group

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BEETLEJUICE ILLUSIONIST MICHAEL WEBER

PUTS THE “SUPER” IN SUPERNATURAL

BY LISA BORNSTEIN

BBringing Beetlejuice to the stage was never going to be a simple task. Fans of Tim Burton’s 1988 comedy-horror film are legion and devoted to the work of the visionary artist and director. So when director Alex Timbers assembled his design team for the Broadway musical, he brought in some heavy hitters, including six-time Tony Award-winner William Ivey Long for costume design; Michael Curry, who had created the puppets for The Lion King with Julie Taymor, and Jeremy Chernick, who had created special effects for Frozen and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Beetlejuice, however, was going to take more than the usual visual splendor of a Broadway stage. It was going to require magic. For that, Timbers turned to Michael Weber, an illusionist with deep roots in the magic community. It would fall to Weber to make characters appear and disappear, bringing to the stage the transitions between life and death, real and unreal.

“One of the things I tried to do was that the illusion components would always have some kind of Tim Burton hat tip without mirroring anything that happened in the film,” Weber says. “The show is full of illusions top to bottom. There are remarkable projection effects and those create amazing visual illusions. The lighting also has illusory components.”

Weber came to magic early. As a teen in Southern California, he joined the Long Beach Mystics, a club created

by young magicians. “Most of the magic clubs were run by adults, so there were lots of politics and people with money or power or control, or who wanted power or control,” he says. “But the great thing about the Long Beach Mystics was it was by young people who were serious about magic by and for us. We would meet every other Thursday at a high school auditorium, and the rule was, you had to perform at every meeting. There were people who performed the same thing over and over again and people who weren’t as smart, like me, who tried something different every time.”

By the time he was 14, Weber had auditioned and been accepted by the Junior Society of the Magic Castle, the famed and exclusive Los Angeles magicians’ clubhouse. There, he honed his craft and was taken under the mentorship of the great sleight-of-hand artist, Charlie Miller. Miller introduced Weber to another of his proteges, Ricky Jay. Together, the two formed a business, Deceptive Practice, and Weber by his twenties was making Gary Sinise’s legs disappear in Forrest Gump and creating a ladder of light for the original Broadway production of Angels in America.” That mentorship relationship, shared by Weber and Jay with Miller, is one of the many traditions that the world of magic still maintains.

“I think [it works] when both parties are very fortunate and open to that vulnerability, because the mentor has to

Justin Collette (Beetlejuice) and Tour Company of Beetlejuice

Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2022.

be willing to share, and the mentee, the apprentice, has to be willing to listen,” Weber says. “The internet gives you access to everything. Now that you have access to everything, what are you going to do with it? When you had to earn a secret, you had to think about what you were willing to do to gain access to those secrets.”

The secrets to Beetlejuice, however, cannot be found on the internet, Weber emphasizes. “I’m one of those kind of old-school, hard-and-fast rule magicians who think secrets still work. I think the only magic is what appears live in the room. It’s filled with illusion not to fool you, but to create a convincing alternative reality.”

Going from film to stage required a number of fresh creations, all retaining Burton’s original aesthetic. “When incorporating illusions into a show, all the departments kind of have the same job: to drive the story. Maybe there’s a puff of smoke, or a bolt of lightning, or something that catches on fire. That magic serves a story purpose. So one of the really interesting things about designing bigger illusions — and lots of people appear and disappear onstage in Beetlejuice — is that there’s no stopping the traffic there.”

It’s a bit different from working as a solo magician with an audience. “What makes an illusion for a Broadway show different from a show with one person on stage who is the titular magician, is the person onstage is an actor playing the part of someone who has these powers. There’s ordinarily not a bigger story around it,” Weber says.

For example, the Maitlands, who have died at the beginning of the action, are living in the attic, trying to figure out how to survive as the dead, and how to preserve their beloved home. “Part of their journey is discovering what their powers are in this new state,” Weber says. “How can they use them to get what they want? And it takes them a little while to figure out what they want.

“So what one has to do in terms of the design elements is [determine], where is this character coming from? What are their powers, what is the magic of their character? Can it be quick? Do we have to do it in the middle of nothing? There are one or two moments where characters have to levitate, and that just happens in the middle of everything, there’s no room for wires or anything.”

At its core, though, Beetlejuice is about more than sleight of hand and flash pots. “It’s a show about family,” Weber explains. “It’s a show about the families that we have, the families that we get, the families we wish we had and the secondary families that we build.”

One of the things I tried to do was that the illusion components would always have some kind of Tim Burton hat tip without mirroring anything that happened in the film.

— MICHAEL WEBER, ILLUSIONIST

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For the first time, the DCPA’s Saturday Night Alive gala offered an insider’s look at how its Theatre Company productions are created. Held on March 11, the 42nd annual fundraiser welcomed more than 500 guests and netted $642,000 benefiting theatre and education programs, now totaling $23 million since its inception.

The impact of the community’s investment in the DCPA was on display with costumes, sets, and props from past productions. Following dinner, guests chose between two Theatre Company productions: Hotter Than Egypt and Laughs in Spanish followed by a silent disco afterparty.

During the celebration, former Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock was honored with the Daniel L. Ritchie Spotlight Award for his administration’s support of arts and culture, which allowed the DCPA to renovate its theatres.

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A TIP OF THE HAT TO

The DCPA’s 16th annual Women with Hattitude welcomed 500 ladies and gentlemen to a delightful luncheon and networking event in the Seawell Ballroom on May 4.

With entertainment by Ne’Lashee’ of Theatre Company’s The Color Purple and the audience-favorite fashion show of spectacular hats, the gross proceeds were $65,000 in support of the Women’s Voices Fund.

The Women’s Voices Fund, an endowment fund established in 2005 by the DCPA, creates dedicated opportunities for women artists and leaders in theatre, enabling our Theatre Company to commission, workshop and produce new plays by women.

Special thanks to Jennifer Dechtman and the Denver Center Alliance Hattitude Committee, as well as the event partners: Event Rents, Serendipity Catering, Kendra Scott and Janice Sinden, DCPA President & CEO.

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PPNC aims to strengthen and enrich the lives of our neighbors in the communities where we live and work, and, with funding from PNC Foundation, we are pleased to once again support the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) in this season’s Book Stars program. Since 2004, PNC Grow Up Great, our $500 million, bilingual early childhood education initiative, has helped prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life by supporting programs, resources and experiences that plant the seeds for a lifetime of opportunities. DCPA Book Stars likewise supports early childhood educators to enhance early literacy in pre-K by working with Title I schools throughout metro Denver.

This innovative program encourages children to become characters and solve problems through creative play and theater-based learning, with teaching artists building relationships with students and teachers over time. By offering Book Stars to schools at no cost, in English and Spanish, we can increase accessibility and help eliminate achievement gaps before they start.

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Julie Schumaker Manager, Board Relations & COO Executive Assistant

BROADWAY & CABARET

John Ekeberg Executive Director

Administration

Ashley Brown Business Manager

Alicia Bruce General Manager

Lisa Prater Operations Manager

Garner Galleria Theatre

Abel Becerra Technical Director

Jason Begin+, Anna Hookana+ Core Stagehands

DEVELOPMENT

Jamie Clements Vice President

Connor Carlin Associate Director, Major & Planned Gifts

Caroline Eppers Manager, Corporate Partnerships

Kara Erickson-Stiemke Coordinator

Amanda Gomez Manager, Annual Fund

Kaylie Gro Manager, Grants & Reports

Marc Ravenhill Associate Director, Donor Relations

Megan Stewart Manager, Events

Erin Walker Senior Director

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Allison Watrous Executive Director

Stuart Barr Technical Director

Leslie Channell Director, Business Operations

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Rachel Ducat Executive Assistant & Business Manager

Rya Dyes Registrar & On Site Class Manager

Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski Director, Education & Curriculum Management

Gavin Juckette Teaching Artist & Theatre for Young Audiences Program Manager

Emma Kimball Assistant Registrar & O ce Coordinator

Jesús Quintana Martínez Director, Community Engagement

Timothy McCracken Head of Acting

David Saphier Teaching Artist & Manager, In-School Programming

Charlotte Talbert Librarian

Rachel Taylor Teaching Artist & Manager, Literary Engagement & Resiliency

Justin Walvoord Teaching Artist & Manager, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

Samuel Wood Teaching Artist & District Liaison

FACILITIES

Glen Lucero Director

Dwight Barela, Mark Dill, John Howard, Zak Merten, Bryon Willingham Engineers

Jodi Benavides,

Bryan Faciane Lead Security O cers

Calum Abeywickrema, Brian Adams, Mayte Armendariz, David Bright, Tyler Edwards, Gabe McNally-Nakamura, Isabella Samaniego, Shayne Thullen Security Specialists

Judy Briggs Front Desk

Quentin Crump Manager, Security & Guest Relations

Merry Davis Financial Manager

Jane Deegan Administrator

Michael Kimbrough Manager, Engineering

Brian McClain Manager, Custodial

Jerad Ayala, Steven Bilbao, Abraham Cervantes, Lindsey Cervantes, Carmen Molina, Judith Primero Molina, Juan Loya Molina Custodians

EVENT SERVICES

Daniel Davidek, Arias Goldanloo, Jacob Sorling, Drake Watkins Event Technicians

Samantha Egle, Cody Gocio Senior Sales & Event Managers

Stori Heleen-O’Foley Lighting, Team Lead

Shane Hotle Audio Engineer

David Mandlowitz, Benjamin Peitzer, Will Stowe, Ian Wells Video Engineers

Tara Miller Event Sales & Operations Director

Brook Nichols Event Technical Director

Kate Olsen Event Sales Coordinator

Viktoria Padilla Lighting

Phil Rohrbach, Alex Skaar Event Managers

Brooke Wyatt Event Logistics Manager

MARKETING, SALES & PATRON SERVICES

Angela Lakin Vice President

Marketing

Giorgio Ausenda Media Producer

Heidi Bosk Associate Director, Press & Promotions, Broadway & Cabaret

Erin Bunyard Senior Digital Strategist

Sofia Contreras Graphic Designer

Brenda Elliott, Paul Koob Senior Graphic Designers

TJ Forlenza Copywriter

Michael Garcia Manager, Web Content

Claire Graves Director, Produced Programs

Brittany Gutierrez Manager, Communications

Linda Horan Project Manager

Je Hovorka Director, Sales & Marketing, Broadway & Cabaret

Emma Hunt Coordinator, Communications & PR

Emily Kent Director, Insights & Strategy

Lucas Kreitler Junior Graphic Designer

Michael Ryan Leuthner Director, Digital Marketing

Emily Lozow Assoc. Director, Sales & Marketing, Broadway & Cabaret

Kyle Malone Director, Design

Dan McNulty Marketing Analyst

Hannah Selwyn Manager, Email Marketing

Whitney Testa Executive Assistant, Marketing & Broadway

Kong Vang Coordinator, Social Media

Julie Whelan Associate, Produced Programs

Mikayla Woods Coordinator, Produced Programs

Suzanne Yoe Director, Content & Communications

Ticketing & Audience Services

Jennifer Lopez Director

Christina Adamoli*, D.J. Dennis*,

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Jon Collins Manager, Subscription

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Billy Dutton Associate Director, Operations

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Claire Hayes, Ella Mann, Rocco Williams Managers, Box O ce

Katie Spanos Associate Director, Subscriber Services

Group Sales

Jessica Bergin Associate Director

Blythe Kamin Manager, Audience Development

Brad Steinmeyer Coordinator

Maddie Young Associate, Education & Group Sales

Theatre Services

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Elliot Shields Manager

Kaylyn Kriaski, Leilani Lynch, Aaron McMullen, Stacy Norwood, Valerie Schaefer Assistant Managers

Nora Caley, Teresa Gould, Robin Lander, Myrisa Martin, Selin Ozcelik, Barbara Pooler, Wendy Quintana House Managers

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Jane Williams CFO

Sara Brandenburg Director, Accounting Services

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Jennifer Je rey Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Laura Maresca Vice President

Brian Carter Director

Paul Johnson Payroll Specialist

Monica Robles Supervisor, Mailroom

Kinsey Scholl Operations Specialist

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Lisa Roebuck Vice President

For security purposes, the IT team has been omitted.

OPERATIONS

Vincent Bridgers Senior Analyst

Adam Busch Junior Analyst

Aaron Chavez Lead

Ruben Cruz, Jordan Latouche Engineers

Simone Gordon Associate Director

Kyle Greufe, Tara Perticone Analysts

Brandon LeMarr Manager

Sarah Martinez Administrator

Jacob Parker Associate Director

Joseph Reecher Senior Engineer

Cordelia Taylor Coordinator

OFF-CENTER

Charlie Miller Executive Director & Curator

THEATRE COMPANY

Administration

Charles Varin Managing Director

Madysen Hunter Business Admin/ Assistant Company Manager

Alex Koszewski Company Manager

Ann Marshall General Manager

Artistic

Chris Coleman Artistic Director

Grady Soapes Artistic Producer & Casting Director

Jessica Eckenrod Artistic Associate

Leean Kim Torske Director, Literary Programs

Production Je Gi ord Director

Julie Brou Administrative Assistant/ O ce Manager

Matthew Campbell Production Manager

Peggy Carey Associate Production Manager

Scenic Design

Lisa Orzolek Director

Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud Assistants

Lighting Design

Charles MacLeod Director

Lily Bradford Assistant

Joseph Price+ Production Electrician

Sound Design

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Meagan Holdeman+, Timothy Schoeberl+, Dimitri Soto+ Technicians

Stage Management

Michael Morales Production Stage Manager

Corin Davidson, Wendy Blackburn

Eastland, Harper Hadley, Sage Hughes, Anne Jude, Rick Mireles, Nick Nyquist, Malia Stoner, Kristin Sutter Stage Managers

Claire Dommert, Nia Pitts, Georgia Wood, Rain Young Stage Management Apprentices

Scene Shop

Eric Moore Technical Director

Albert “Stub” Allison, Robert L. Orzolek, Josh Prues Associate Technical Directors

Jeremy Altho , Tyler D. Clark, Amy Wynn Pastor, Kyle Scoggins Scenic Technicians

Louis Fernandez III Lead Scenic Technician

Brian “Marco” Markiewicz Lead Carpenter

Prop Shop

Meghan Markiewicz Supervisor

Sara Puch Associate Supervisor

Georgina Kayes,

Ashley Lawler Artisans

Andrew McGlothen Prop Carpenter

Paint Shop

Jana Mitchell Charge Scenic Artist

Kristin Hamer MacFarlane, Melanie Rentschler Scenic Artists

Costume Shop

Janet Macleod Director/Design Associate

Meghan Anderson Doyle Design Associate

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Costume Crafts

Kevin Copenhaver Director

Chris Campbell Assistant

Wigs

Diana Ben-Kiki Supervisor

Abby Schmidt, Marisa Sorce^ Wig Assistants

House Crew

Douglas Taylor+ Supervisor

James Berman+, Forest Fowler+, William Loving+, Dave Mazzeno+, Kyle Moore+, Matt Wagner+ Stagehands Calli Lavarnway+, Kelley Reznik+ Assistants

Wardrobe

Heidi Echtenkamp Supervisor

Robin Appleton^, Amber Krimbel^, David La Beaux^, Lauren LaCasse^, Lisa Parsons Wagner^, Kami Williams^ Dressers