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Theatres throughout the Arts Complex are teeming with excitement. Families with eager children are bustling through the Galleria to celebrate old holiday traditions including our 22nd staging of A Christmas Carol. Others are discovering new traditions with that scruffy green character whose heart doubles in size in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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Located at 2771 E. 1st Ave. in Cherry Creek North, kids’ activities, photo opportunities and Grinch sightings offer an unexpected treat to your holiday plans.

Our Theatre Company is busily preparing for our 10th Colorado New Play Summit (Feb 14-21)— an exhilarating chance to marry the words of a script with your own mental picture. Now with the Summit doubled in length to meet growing demand, audiences anxiously await that moment on a bare stage with only the actors, a music stand and a script. Guided by simple stage directions, the audience conjures up the set, scores the music, sets the lights and strikes the mood. It’s invigorating. It’s challenging. It fully engages our imagination.

The big payoff comes next season when we return to see if our vision is realized in a full staging. It’s an exciting glimpse into the development of a new play that you don’t want to miss.

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On December 19, 1843, Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol. Now, 171 years and 22 Theatre Company productions later, audiences continue to fill the theatre making it our most popular and most produced show. But what drove Dickens to write this “ghostly little book” and why has it become essential to the holiday season? He wanted to utterly transform the lives of those who read it. You see, England was in a state of economic depression.

There was little regard for the plight of one’s fellow man. Social injustice was epidemic. Children labored under appalling conditions, and, for the most part, mass society lived in abject poverty.

Instead of merely writing a pamphlet that was to be entitled “An Appeal to the People of England on Behalf of the Poor Man’s Child,” Dickens launched upon a work about which he stated: “You will certainly feel that a sledgehammer has come down with 20 times the force—20 times the force—I could exert by following my first idea.”

Dickens believed that societal ills could be cured by a profound revolution within the human spirit. So, Ebenezer Scrooge came to be. Aptly named (an old vulgarization of “squeeze”), Scrooge was a shrewd businessman whose heart shriveled up so tightly that all impulses of joy, empathy and mercy dried to a gray paste.

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He embodied the indifference of upper classes who were defined by wealth and believed that their responsibilities toward others stopped with their taxes.

“The dark side of life is very important,” said Laird Williamson, adaptor and director of the Theatre Company’s first productions of A Christmas Carol (1990-2004). “We must, like Scrooge, acknowledge it in order to get to touch all aspects of human nature.” The redemption of the seemingly irredeemable Scrooge signaled the possibility of redemption of the human spirit.

We cannot gauge to what degree the book assuaged the ills of early Victorian society. We do know, however, that 6,000 copies were sold by Christmas Eve and eight competing stage versions were produced within a few months of its publication. It remains the best-selling Christmas book of all time, next to the Bible, and easily the most popular Christmas play.

“There’s something really special about this current adaptation,” said director Bruce Sevy. “It manages not to be just sentimental—there are dark elements in the play: poverty, loneliness, death, greed, disappointment—yet the story holds out the promise that it’s never too late to make a new start.”

But the lasting power of A Christmas Carol may well be the characterization of the holiday itself. At a time when traditional festivities were on the

decline, Dickens resurrected and reshaped the holiday with sparkling merriment, warm openheartedness, piping hospitality, dazzling generosity and even a white Christmas. The first Christmas card appeared just after the book’s publication. The cozy holiday glow was painted by his words. And even the existence of Christmas fiction, previously so saccharine sweet that it was declining in popularity, was rejuvenated by marrying it to its opposite—the tale of terror. By rekindling an almost extinguished flame, Dickens’ name forevermore was made synonymous with Christmas.

Based on the original 1990 Applause article by Laird Williamson with contributions by Dr. Elliot Engel, Chad Henry, Marilynne Scott Mason, Jay Novick, Dan Sullivan and Suzanne Yoe.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL NOV 28 – DEC 28 STAGE THEATRE ASL & Audio-described Performance: Dec 20, 1:30pm Tickets: 303.893.4100 | denvercenter.org 800.641.1222 | TTY: 303.893.9582 Groups (10+): 303.446.4829

FUN FACTS

In its 35-year history, the Theatre Company has presented two different adaptations of A Christmas Carol—the first by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers (1990-2004) and the second

by Richard Hellesen (2005-present). In those years, we’ve had:

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JUDI WOLF’S COSTUME COLUMN The Theatre Company’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol, returns to the stage for its 22nd time in the Company’s 35-year-history. Designed by resident costume designer Kevin Copenhaver, the large ensemble production is filled with lavish period pieces denoting an unmatched Victorian elegance.

The style of the era can be seen in both the men’s and the women’s costumes.

Dresses of the time were adorned with increased sleeve detail and included layers of starched petticoats creating full, heavy skirts. These would later lead to the development of the crinoline.

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Ever dashing, the men’s fashion, particularly that of upper class gentlemen, followed the trend of earlier decades with full shoulders and chest, and tightly cinched waist. Shirts of linen or cotton were accented with wide cravats or neckties that offered several different looks.

Color, fabric and style all played a part in distinguishing the upper classes from the lower ones, which is particularly evident at the festive Fezziwig party, full of ornate details, lush fabrics and rich colors. Just watching this vivid and colorful merriment on stage will put you in the right mood and fill you with holiday cheer.

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REDISCOVER THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS

Every Year on the telly Children gather around…

To watch the Grinch STEAL Christmas From his very own town.

The furry green creature with little beady eyes, Hates Christmas, but no one really knows WHY. They say that his heart is two sizes too small, And that’s saying a lot, ’cause he’s really quite tall.

As you watch this musical, it’s likely you’ll find, That the Grinch who hates Christmas is really quite KIND. So GATHER Horton, Sam-I-Am and that Cat in the Hat, Bring The Lorax, Sally and those two Things to bat, Tell the fifer-feffer-feffs, the Guff, and the Snuvs, That ’ol Grinch is in the Buell with a heart full of LOVE.

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Theodor Seuss Geisel—“Ted” to his friends—began his career as a cartoonist in the 1920s after one of his fellow Oxford students noticed him spending more time doodling in class than taking notes. Not long thereafter, his work began appearing in magazines under the name “Dr. Theophrastus Seuss,” which he soon shortened to “Dr. Seuss.”

His first children’s book, And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was published in 1937, but it wasn’t until 1957 that two of his most-loved stories were published.

First up was The Cat in the Hat, which stemmed from reports of declining literacy among children.

When William Spaulding of Houghton Mifflin publishers challenged him to “write me a story that first-graders can’t put down,” Geisel was very nearly stumped. Known for his nonsense words, he was tasked with using only 225 words from the grade school vocabulary list. “I read the list three times and almost went out of my head,” he was quoted as saying in The Annotated Cat by Philip Nel. “I’ll read it once more and if I can find two words that rhyme, that’ll be the title.” Thus The Cat in the Hat was born, selling more than one million copies in three years and serving as a prototype for Random House’s Beginner Books division, of which Geisel was named President.

Geisel often said that the inspirations for his stories were mysteries to him, with the exception

of The Cat In The Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. “I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noted a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror,” commented Geisel in a 1957 Redbook interview. “It was Seuss! Something had gone wrong with Christmas, I realized, or more likely with me. So I wrote the story about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I’d lost.”

What resulted was a rejuvenation of Christmas for generations to come. The book was an immediate hit. It was adapted into an animated special in 1966 and a feature film starring Jim Carrey in 2000.

But in between, the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company brought the story to life on stage, complete with “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” from the original television special.

Following its debut in 1994, the musical eventually made its way to Broadway where it ran in the Hilton Theatre (2006) and the St. James (2007).

Though Geisel found popularity in many other children’s books including Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, Fox in Socks, The Foot Book and who can forget Green Eggs and Ham, each year when Christmas comes around, generations gather together to read, watch and now attend Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.

Upon his death in 1991, Geisel had written 44 children’s books with more than 200 million copies in print, received the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, three Academy Awards and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his stories have received three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys and a Peabody Award. And he even coined his own entry into Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: “Grinch: noun an unpleasant person who spoils other people’s fun or enjoyment.”

We couldn’t think of a term less likely to describe Theodore Geisel, our beloved Dr. Seuss. Instead, we’ll defer to Bennett Cerf, Geisel’s publisher, who said that of all the distinguished authors he had worked with, only one was a genius: Dr. Seuss.

DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL DEC 17 – 28 BUELL THEATRE ASL, Open Captioning & Audio-description Performance: Dec 27, 2pm Tickets: 303.893.4100 denvercenter.org 800.641.1222 TTY: 303.893.9582 Groups (10+): 303.446.4829

Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes from the Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA Original Broadway Company

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“Something had gone wrong with Christmas, I realized, or more likely with me. So I wrote the story about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I’d lost.”

COMING UP FROM BROADWAY:

CINDERELLA One of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most beloved scores was originally written for television: Cinderella (playing The Buell Feb 3–15). First aired in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, it features such songs as “Ten Minutes Ago” and “In My Own Little Corner.”

Ted Chapin, President of Rodgers + Hammerstein, asked Robyn Goodman (Avenue Q, In the Heights) to produce a new version of Cinderella. She agreed but with a caveat: Only if Cinderella “can save the Prince as much as he saves her.

She’s gotta be a more active character.”

Goodman hired playwright Douglas Carter Beane (The Little Dog Laughed, Xanadu) to adapt.

While critics have commented that Beane’s humorous script is revisionist, he was inspired by Charles Perrault’s 1697 fairy tale. It was a thinly veiled satire of French politics, says Beane: “The court was overwhelmed with ridicule and sarcasm, and Cinderella was kind and brought kindness to the court.” But Beane knew, “It had to have a little snark to it.”

Since Rodgers and Hammerstein had only written songs for a 90-minute TV musical, Beane scoured their catalogue for material to fill out the score for the stage version. He found several little-known gems: “Me, Who am I?” a cut song from Me and Juliet, and “There’s Music in You” from the film Main Street to Broadway.

Goodman thinks this melding of traditional songwriting and a playful new script resonates with contemporary families: “I want those mothers out there to know that it is the classic Cinderella; the glass slipper is there and he has to find her, and the Fairy Godmother and the Wicked Stepmother are there. It just has a slight modern spin on it, so girls feel that princesses can save the world; they are proactive, they’re compassionate and that the basic theme of the show is kindness.”

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LOGO WITH SUBDIVISIONS

Kent Thompson, Producing Artistic Director

Charles Dickens ADAPTED BY Richard Hellesen MUSIC BY David de Berry BY

With Colin Alexander*, Leslie Alexander*, Leonard E. Barrett Jr.*, Benjamin Bonenfant, Michael Bouchard, Courtney Capek*, Stephanie Cozart*, Allen Dorsey, Michael Fitzpatrick*, Ella Galaty, Elias Harger, Edwin Harris, Ben W. Heil, Nathaniel Kissingford, Charlie Korman, Daniel Langhoff, Kyra Lindsay, Brody Lineaweaver, Mark Lively, Rodney Lizcano*, Emma C. Martin, Timothy McCracken*, M. Scott McLean*, Anabelle Meyers, Leslie O’Carroll*, Kellan Oliver, Philip Pleasants*, Max Raabe, Augie Reichert, James Michael Reilly*, Jeffrey Roark*, Shannan Steele*, Olivia Sullivent, David Tomczak*, Jackie Vanderbeck*, Erin Willis*

SET DESIGN BY Vicki Smith

COSTUME DESIGN BY Kevin Copenhaver

MUSIC DIRECTION & ORCHESTRATIONS BY Gregg Coffin

LIGHTING DESIGN BY Don Darnutzer

CHOREOGRAPHY BY Christine Rowan

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford

SOUND DESIGN BY Craig Breitenbach

VOICE AND DIALECT COACHING BY Kathryn G. Maes Ph.D

STAGE MANAGER Christopher C. Ewing*

DIRECTED BY Bruce K. Sevy

Sponsored by

HealthONE F A M I LY P R O D U C T I O N

Producing Partner Isabelle Clark

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

THE STAGE THEATRE | NOVEMBER 28 – DECEMBER 28, 2014

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CAST

(in order of appearance) Ebenezer Scrooge......................................................................................................................................................PHILIP PLEASANTS* Bob Cratchit........................................................................................................................................................JAMES MICHAEL REILLY* Fred, Scrooge’s Nephew..........................................................................................................................................M. SCOTT MCLEAN* Subscription Gentlemen.........................................................................................................................................COLIN ALEXANDER* RODNEY LIZCANO* A Beggar Child.............................................................................................................................................. NATHANIEL KISSINGFORD Tailor....................................................................................................................................................................................... DAVID TOMCZAK* Tailor’s Wife.......................................................................................................................................................................... EMMA C. MARTIN Ghost of Jacob Marley................................................................................................................................................... JEFFREY ROARK* Ghost of Christmas Past.......................................................................................................................................STEPHANIE COZART* Schoolmaster.................................................................................................................................................................DANIEL LANGHOFF Schoolboys.....................................EDWIN HARRIS, BEN W. HEIL, NATHANIEL KISSINGFORD, CHARLIE KORMAN, BRODY LINEAWEAVER, KELLAN OLIVER, MAX RAABE, AUGIE REICHERT Their Parents...................................................................................................LEONARD E. BARRET JR.*, COLIN ALEXANDER*, TIMOTHY MCCRACKEN*, MARK LIVELY, LESLIE ALEXANDER*, JACKIE VANDERBECK*, SHANNAN STEELE*, ERIN WILLIS* Ebenezer the Child........................................................................................................................................................CHARLIE KORMAN Fan, Scrooge’s Sister.................................................................................................................................................ANABELLE MEYERS Ebenezer the Young Man.........................................................................................................................................M. SCOTT MCLEAN* Dick Wilkins............................................................................................................................................................................. ALLEN DORSEY Fezziwig...................................................................................................................................................................MICHAEL FITZPATRICK* Mrs. Fezziwig................................................................................................................................................................. LESLIE O’CARROLL* Fezziwig Daughters......................................................................KYRA LINDSAY, EMMA C. MARTIN, SHANNAN STEELE* Their Suitors.......................................................BENJAMIN BONENFANT, MICHAEL BOUCHARD, DANIEL LANGHOFF A Fiddler...............................................................................................................................................................JAMES MICHAEL REILLY* Belle.................................................................................................................................................................................... COURTNEY CAPEK* Belle’s Husband...........................................................................................................................................................................MARK LIVELY Ghost of Christmas Present................................................................................................................... LEONARD E. BARRETT JR.* Mrs. Cratchit.................................................................................................................................................................LESLIE ALEXANDER*.

Martha..........................................................................................................................................................................................KYRA LINDSAY Peter.................................................................................................................................................................................................... BEN W. HEIL Belinda........................................................................................................................................................................................... ELLA GALATY Edward...............................................................................................................................................................................................MAX RAABE Tiny Tim....................................................................................................................................................................................... ELIAS HARGER Fred’s Wife................................................................................................................................................................JACKIE VANDERBECK* Topper.................................................................................................................................................................................... JEFFREY ROARK* The Wife’s Sister.......................................................................................................................................................STEPHANIE COZART* Fred’s Party Guests................................................................................................ MICHAEL BOUCHARD, LESLIE O’CARROLL* Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come................................................................................................................................. ALLEN DORSEY. Want......................................................................................................................................................................................OLIVIA SULLIVENT Ignorance................................................................................................................................................................................AUGIE REICHERT Old Joe..................................................................................................................................................................... TIMOTHY MCCRACKEN* The Undertaker’s Man..................................................................................................................................... BENJAMIN BONENFANT The Laundress............................................................................................................................................................... LESLIE O’CARROLL* The Charwoman........................................................................................................................................................STEPHANIE COZART* Merchants from the Exchange.........................................MICHAEL BOUCHARD, DANIEL LANGHOFF, MARK LIVELY Street Singer..................................................................................................................................................................................ERIN WILLIS* Boy in the Street.....................................................................................................................................................................EDWIN HARRIS

ENSEMBLE Londoners, Carolers, Fezziwig Party Guests and Phantoms COLIN ALEXANDER*, LESLIE ALEXANDER*, LEONARD E. BARRETT JR.*, BENJAMIN BONENFANT, MICHAEL BOUCHARD, COURTNEY CAPEK*, STEPHANIE COZART*, ALLEN DORSEY, MICHAEL FITZPATRICK*, ELLA GALATY, ELIAS HARGER, EDWIN HARRIS, BEN W. HEIL, NATHANIEL KISSINGFORD, CHARLIE KORMAN, DANIEL LANGHOFF, KYRA LINDSAY, BRODY LINEAWEAVER, MARK LIVELY, RODNEY LIZCANO*, EMMA C. MARTIN, TIMOTHY MCCRACKEN*, M. SCOTT MCLEAN*, ANABELLE MEYERS, LESLIE O’CARROLL*, KELLAN OLIVER, MAX RAABE, AUGIE REICHERT, JAMES MICHAEL REILLY*, JEFFREY ROARK*, SHANNAN STEELE*, OLIVIA SULLIVENT, DAVID TOMCZAK*, JACKIE VANDERBECK*, ERIN WILLIS*

COLIN ALEXANDER* (Fezziwig, Ghost of Christmas Present), LESLIE ALEXANDER* (Mrs. Fezziwig), BENJAMIN BONENFANT (Ebenezer the Young Man, Fred’s Party Guest), COURTNEY CAPEK* (Street Singer, The Wife’s Sister), ELLA GALATY (Fan), CHARLIE KORMAN (Ignorance, Edward, Tiny Tim), DANIEL LANGHOFF (Fred, Subscription Gentleman, Belle’s Husband), BRODY LINEAWEAVER (Ebenezer the Child, Beggar Child), MARK LIVELY (Bob Cratchit, Schoolmaster), RODNEY LIZCANO* (Ghost of Jacob Marley, Old Joe), EMMA C. MARTIN (Martha), KATHLEEN MCCALL* (Ghost of Christmas Past, Fred’s Wife, The Charwoman), TIMOTHY MCCRACKEN* (Ebenezer Scrooge, A Fiddler), ANABELLE MEYERS (Want, Belinda), KELLAN OLIVER (Peter, Boy in the Street), SHANNAN STEELE* (Mrs. Cratchit, The Laundress), DAVID TOMCZAK* (Dick Wilkens, Suitor, Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, Merchant from the Exchange), JACKIE VANDERBECK* (Belle), ERIN WILLIS* (Hortense, Fezziwig Daughter, Fred Party Guest)

Place & Time: London, 1840s There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Production Stage Manager...................................... CHRISTOPHER C. EWING* Assistant Stage Manager........................................................PAUL BEHRHORST* Assistant Stage Manager................................................ MATTHEW CAMPBELL* Production Interns....................... SHAD SUTTON II, NATALIE KRATOCHVIL Rehearsal Room Assistant.....................................................................DANIEL RIOS Children’s Performance Supervisor.....................................LAUREN LACASSE Dance Captain...............................................................................SHANNAN STEELE*

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

WHO’S WHO ACTING COMPANY COLIN ALEXANDER (Subscription Gentleman/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Tarzan, Curtains, Miracle on 34th Street, Chess, The Mousetrap, Importance of Being Earnest, A Christmas Carol (Arvada Center); Guys & Dolls (Lonetree Arts Center); Scarlet Letter (PACE Theater); 1776 the Musical (Fine Arts Center); Sweet River County (National Tour). Marriage of Figaro, Merry Widow, Elijah (London). TV/ Film: Emmy-nominated “The Hiding Place.” Special/Awards/Training: Henry Award, True West Award, Marlow Award and Silver Angel Trophy Winner. Training: Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK.

LESLIE ALEXANDER (Mrs. Cratchit/ Ensemble) At the Theatre Company: The Taming of the Shrew, Sense & Sensibility, A Christmas Carol. Broadway: The Boy From Oz, Mamma Mia!. National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof (with Harvey Fierstein, Theodore Bikel, and Topol).

Off-Broadway: The Audience (Ruth - The Transport Group), The Travels (Mrs. More – NYMF). Other Theatres: Steel Magnolias (Ouiser), A Murder Is Announced (Leticia Blacklock) (both at Arrow Rock Lyceum); Hello Dolly!

(Dolly - Gateway Playhouse); Gypsy (Rose – Forestburgh Playhouse). TV/ Film: HBO’s “The Leftovers,” “One Life To Live,” “Grand Theft Auto V,” “The One O’Clock.” Concerts: “The Music of Jerry Herman”. www.leslie-alexander.com

LEONARD E. BARRETT JR. (Ghost of Christmas Present/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: The Color Purple, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Once on this Island (Aurora Fox Theater); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (PHAMALy Theater Company); Ragtime, The Producers, Nunsense Amen, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Boulder’s Dinner Theater); Angels in America, The Dresser (Bas Bleu Theater).

Narration: Lincoln Portrait, Holts the Planets, Colorado Symphony.

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UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

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BENJAMIN BONENFANT (Undertaker’s Man/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Hamlet, A Christmas Carol, When We Are Married. Other Theatres: Henry IV i & ii, The Tempest, Merry Wives, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); The Lion in Winter (Arvada Center); Ambition Facing West, And the Sun Stood Still (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company); Red (Curious Theatre); Love’s Labor’s Lost, Salome, The Seagull, The Inspector General, The Bacchae, Our Town, Cyrano de Bergerac (TheatreWorks); A Tempestuous Noise, Marisol, Troilus and Cressida THEATREdART).

TV/Film: Strapped. Awards: Best Supporting Actor in a Play (Red), Henry Award and True West Award.

STEPHANIE COZART (Ghost of Christmas Past/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: 20 productions, including Hamlet, Shadowlands, Sylvia, Arcadia, Plainsong, Amadeus, A Flea in Her Ear, The Skin of Our Teeth, King Lear, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway: Lost in Yonkers (TACT), Seven Rabbits on a Pole (Urban Stages). Regional: The Syringa Tree (Portland Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Capitol Rep, Lizard Head Theatre). Other Theatres: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Adirondack Theatre Festival. TV/ Film: “The Good Wife,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Reflection.” Training: MFA, National Theatre Conservatory.

MICHAEL BOUCHARD (Suitor/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: The Cripple of Inishmaan (Creede Rep), Camelot (Arvada Center), Bach at Leipzig (Boulder Ensemble Theater Company), Avenue Q (Vintage Theater), Spamalot (Aurora Fox). TV/ Film: Charles Manson in The CREEP behind the Camera. Special/Awards/ Training: Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. 2009 Best Season by an Actor (Denver Post); 2011 Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (Denver Post and Westword); 2012 Westword Best on Stage Couple.

ALLEN DORSEY (Dick Wilkens/Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Lord of the Flies. New York: Molly Bloom-Lately (Awaken Productions), Almira Von Castille (Operamission), and the first staged reading of the musical The Better Part. Regional: Into the Woods (Jack), Spamalot (Historian/Not Dead Fred), White Christmas (Mike Nulty).

COURTNEY CAPEK (Belle/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol, Five Course Love.

Other Theatres: OffBroadway: Hereafter (The Snapple Theatre). Other New York Credits: Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project (Jerry Orbach Theatre).

Special Awards/Training: Ovation Award nomination for The Spitfire Grill. BFA, Metro-politan State University of Denver. Courtney resides in New York.

MICHAEL FITZPATRICK (Fezziwig/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol, Animal Crackers.

Other Theatres: 42nd Street (national tour); Beauty and the Beast (Atlanta TOTS); Gross Indecency (Off-Broadway and Theatre in the Square in S.F.); Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night (Great River Shakespeare); A Christmas Carol (Geva); Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest, Forever Plaid, The Compleat Wks of Wm Shkspr (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Willamette Rep); Tommy, The Lion in Winter, Henry II (PCPA). TV/Film: “Six Degrees,” Remission, Scarry

Larry. Training: American Conservatory Theatre Masters Program. Michael lives in Los Angeles.

ELLA GALATY (Belinda/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Debut.

Regional Credits: Annie in Annie (BVC Actors Company), Chip in Beauty and the Beast (DSA Mainstage), Gingy in Shrek The Musical (Northglenn Youth Theatre), Mushu in Mulan (Kids Theatre West), Fleance in Macbeth (Three Leaches). Training: Shawn Hann (Acting), Brandon Becker (Acting), Megan Kelley (Vocal).

Awards: National ThesCon, Colorado ThesCon, DPS Shakespeare Festival.

Education: Theatre major at Denver School of the Arts (DSA).

ELIAS HARGER (Tiny Tim). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus (Parker Arts Council); Shrek The Musical (Inspire Creative); Jet and the Giants (Buggily Group). TV/ Film: “Ghost Inside My Child,” Popsy: A Short Film, The Giving Tree, Riviera, Neverland. Commercial: Country Buffet, Doritos, Sleep Shepherd. Training: DCPA Education, Colorado School of Acting.

EDWIN HARRIS (Boy in Street/ Ensemble). At Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: School plays and liberty bells choir.

Training: Singing, dancing, piano training with DCPA Education.

BEN W. HEIL (Peter/Ensemble) At the Theatre Company: Debut.

Regionally he has performed as Michael Darling in Peter Pan and Young Shrek/Baby Bear in Shrek The Musical (Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre). He also has performed in many Youth Theatre roles including Rooster Hannigan in Annie Jr. and

NATHANIEL KISSINGFORD (Beggar child/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Miracle on 34th Street (Tommy), Arvada Center.

Nate is a third grade student living in Ouray, CO. While he loves living in the mountains, he is very excited to be back on the Denver Center stage.

Special Awards: Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Best of Denver, Westword).

CHARLIE KORMAN (Ebenezer the Child/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Lord of the Flies, Shadowlands, A Christmas Carol (four seasons), and Ed, Downloaded.

Other Theatres: Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, Matchmaker in Mulan (Kids Theatre West); Daddy Warbucks in Annie Jr. (Catchpenny Theatre).

Training: Dance Conservatory of Denver, vocal training with Bob Downard.

DANIEL LANGHOFF (Schoolmaster/ Ensemble). At DCPA Cabaret: Five Course Love; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Other Theatres: Spamalot, See What I Wanna See, Annie, Ragtime, Schoolhouse Rock LIVE!, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Man For All Seasons, Batboy! The Musical, Les Misérables, Assassins, Deathtrap, Company, The Boys Next Door and Lucky Stiff.

KYRA LINDSAY (Martha/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Death of a Salesman, A Christmas Carol, Shadowlands. Other Theatres: The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Colorado Shakespeare

Festival); Harry the Great, The Drowsy Chaperone (Creede Repertory Theatre); White Christmas (Starkey Theatrix); Annie Warbucks (Candlelight Dinner Playhouse); The Taming of the Shrew, Love, Sex, and the I.R.S., Little Shop of Horrors (Shuler Theatre); Tomato Plant Girl (Denver Children’s Theatre); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Town Hall Arts Center); Nunsense, Baby (Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre).

BRODY LINEAWEAVER (Schoolboy/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: Gavroche in Les Misérables (Rocky Mountain Repertory), Randy in A Christmas Story, Shrek The Musical, Beauty and the Beast and Backstage to Hollywood (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre).

Training: Kidsplay at the Breckenridge Backstage Theatre, and DCPA Education. Brody is a fourth grader at Upper Blue Elementary who loves to ski and play soccer.

MARK LIVELY (Belle’s Husband/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Favorite roles: Luke in Next Fall, John in John & Jen, Huck Finn in Big River, Young Scrooge in Scrooge the Musical, Leo in The Producers, Mark in RENT, Bat Boy in Bat Boy: the Musical, and Freddy in My Fair Lady. Education: BA Musical Theatre, UNC. Happy holidays.

RODNEY LIZCANO (Subscription Gentleman/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Hamlet, Just Like Us, American Night, The Merchant of Venice, Spinning Into Butter, Inna Beginning, The Tempest, Gross Indecency, The Rivals, Kingdom, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, A Winter’s Tale, A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Dallas Shakespeare Festival (Twelfth Night, Macbeth), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2),

Arvada Center (The Crucible, A Man For All Seasons, End of the Rainbow), Stories on Stage, Theatre Aspen and Off-Broadway with Actors Ensemble Theater and DreamScape Theatre Company.

TV/Film: Silver City and “Stage Struck.” Training: Southern Methodist University; National Theatre Conservatory.

EMMA C. MARTIN (Tailor’s Wife/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Theatre credits: Tarzan, Lyle the Crocodile, Dividing the Estate (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities); Barefoot in the Park, Grease!, West Side Story, Spamalot, The Rocky Horror Show (Forestburgh Playhouse); Cinderella (Studio Tenn); Swing! (Town Hall Arts Center). Last seen at the Arvada Center as White Teen Girl in Memphis. Education: Belmont University, BFA Musical Theatre, minor in Music Business.

KATHLEEN MCCALL (Female Understudy). At the Theatre Company: 10 seasons.

Kathleen has been a professional actress for over 25 years working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, and at regional theatres throughout the country, as well as in television and film. She is an inductee of Marquis Who’s Who of American Women in the Arts and a Lunt/Fontanne Fellowship Rec-ipient. Training: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. www.kathleenmccall.net TIMOTHY MCCRACKEN (Old Joe/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Jackie and Me, The Giver, When We Are Married, Reckless, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. New York Credits: Troilus and Cressida (NYSF), My Neoptolamus (NYTW), The Dining Room (Keen Co), The Sea (TACT) and many others. Regional Theatres: Curious Theatre, Arvada Center, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Rep Theatre of St. Louis, Studio Arena, GeVa, Portland Stage

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Prince Percy in Twinderella. Training: Jazz at Elevation Dance, vocal training with Stephanie Blake, and Denver School of the Arts vocal intensive with Brian Stinar.

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and many others. TV/Film: “Law and Order,” “Small Beautifully Moving Parts”, “Fishing Naked” and many others. Special Awards/Training: MFA, National Theatre Conservatory, Drama Desk Award.

M. SCOTT MCLEAN (Fred/Ebenezer the Young Man/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Animal Crackers, Death of a Salesman, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, When Tang Met Laika, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Grace, or The Art of Climbing. Other Theatres: Sense and Sensibility (TheaterWorks), The Unexpected Guest (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), The Rover (New York Classical Theatre). Training: Graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the National Theatre Conservatory.

ANABELLE LANE MEYERS (Fan/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: A Christmas Carol (Aurora Fox Theatre). Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls (MACC/JCC Denver). Training: Dance Conservatory of Denver; Kristi Stice/ voice; Diana Dresser/acting.

LESLIE O’CARROLL (Mrs. Fezziwig/ Laundress/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: 18 seasons, including When We Are Married, Reckless, Eventide, Plainsong, The Diary of Anne Frank, All My Sons, Wit, Life is a Dream. Other Theatres: Good People (Curious Theatre); Blithe Spirit, The Crucible, Moonlight and Magnolias, The Heiress (Arvada Center); Noises Off, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Grapes of Wrath, Our Town (Theatreworks). Regionally: Northern Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, San Diego Rep, Missouri Rep. TV/ Film; “Breaking Bad,” Footloose.

Awards/Training: Best of Westword, Denver Post Ovation Award; MFA, National Theatre Conservatory.

KELLAN OLIVER (Schoolboy/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: u/s Dill Harris in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Other Theatres: Lost Boy in Peter Pan (Candlelight), Gavroche in Les Misérables (Midtown Arts Center), Dill Harris in To Kill a Mockingbird, Urchin in La Boheme (The Rialto) and several other regional plays. TV/ Film: “Unwrapped,” “It’s a Wonderful Loan” and Art Instititute Independent Film Showcase.

PHILIP PLEASANTS (Ebenezer Scrooge).

At the Theatre Company: Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, The Giver, Heartbreak House, The Taming of the Shrew, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol, Othello, Plainsong, The Voysey Inheritance, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Richard III, Noises Off, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Diary of Anne Frank, Third, A Funny Thing…Forum, Pure Confidence, King Lear. Other Theatres: Alabama Shakespeare Festival (20 seasons), Amadeus (Broadway, national tour), Treason (Off-Broadway), Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Huntington, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Cleveland Play House. TV/Film: “Another World,” “All My Children,” “Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys.”

MAX RAABE (Edward/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Shadowlands (Understudy), A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Oliver in Oliver! (Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatre), Thorin the Dwarf in The Hobbit, Charlie in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Wolf Theatre Academy). Training: DCPA Education. Max is in the fourth grade at Christ the King Roman Catholic School.

AUGIE REICHERT (Ignorance/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Augie attended DCPA’s Twisted Tales summer camp this past July and studies piano. He is currently in first grade at University Park Elementary School.

JAMES MICHAEL REILLY (Bob Cratchit/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Dan Needham in A Prayer for Owen Meany, Lingk in Glengarry Glen Ross, Paul Sycamore in You Can’t Take It With You, Jim Bayliss in All My Sons. Other Theatres: West Side Story (International Tour), Comedy of Errors (Off-Broadway), Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Geva Theatre, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Human Race Theatre Company. TV/Film: “Unforgettable,” “The Blacklist,” “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Commercials: Macaroni Grill, Coke, McDonald’s, NY Lotto, Lays (Europe). Training: Cornell, Indiana University.

JEFFREY ROARK (Ghost of Jacob Marley/Topper/ Ensemble) At the Theatre Company: To Kill A Mockingbird, Trip to Bountiful, King Lear, White Christmas, Merry Wives of Windsor, Gross Indecency, Hamlet, The Tempest, Dracula.

Other Theatres: The Crucible, Evita, Curtains, Legally Blonde, Cabaret, A Man For All Seasons, Big River, Camelot (Arvada Center); An Ideal Husband (Papermill); My Fair Lady, HMS Pinafore (Berkshire); Sorrows of Stephen (Off-Broadway); Drood, Life is a Dream (Creede); My Way, The Doyle and Debbie Show (DCPA Cabaret); The Last Five Years (Modern Muse). Training: BFA (Miami University), MFA (NTC).

OLIVIA SULLIVENT (Want/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Debut.

Other Theatres: Oliver in Oliver!

(The Avenue Theater), Baby Bear in Shrek The Musical (CCA Theater), Frodo in The Hobbit (Su Teatro Theater), Lady-in-waiting Lucille in Once Upon a Mattress (Su Teatro Theater), Ensemble in Narnia (King PAC), Mermaid Sister in The Little Mermaid (Colorado Heights Theater), Mowgli in The Jungle Book (DU Byron Theater). Training/Awards: Denver Shakespeare Festival Spirit Award. Olivia is a member of Colorado Children’s Theater Company and studies voice, piano and dance.

DAVID TOMCZAK (Tailor/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Debut.

Other Theatres: Platonov (Columbia University), Supersoldier (NYTB), Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More (Supporting Cast). Film: Birdman.

Training: Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

JACKIE VANDERBECK (Fred’s Wife/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: Oklahoma!, The Music Man (PCPA Theaterfest!); The Belle of Amherst, It’s A Wonderful Life, Dial

‘M’ For Murder, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Christmas Carol (Sacramento Theatre Co.); Passion (New Helvetia Theatre); You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Hello Dolly, A Chorus Line (Hot Summer Nights), Guys & Dolls (Shawnee Playhouse); Beauty and the Beast in Concert, The Music of Alan Menken (The Tokyo Philharmonic). Training: BFA, The University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music.

ERIN WILLIS (Street Singer/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Debut.

Erin is thrilled to take part in A Christmas Carol and return to The Denver Center! Erin was most recently seen in Memphis (Arvada Center). Other Credits: Ain’t Misbehavin (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); My Fair Lady (Cameron Mackintosh first national tour); Ragtime (Cohoes Music Hall); Dreamgirls (Asbury Park). NY Workshops: Amazing Grace and My Heart is the Drum. TV: “Celebrity Ghost Stories”. Erin also provides vocals and keyboards for the Indie Rock Band Kenji Urada. Graduate of Training: The Boston Conservatory.

Thanks to Denver Center, Family and Friends, Radical, and John!

PLAYWRIGHT DAVID DE BERRY (Composer/ Lyricist). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Composer/lyricist – A Cappella, Sisters: A Legend, original scores for Twelfth Night, The Good Person of Setzuan, All My Sons, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, ’Night Mother, The Time of Your Life (Sacramento Theatre Company).

Composer: The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, The Glass Menagerie, King Lear, Betrayal, Our Country’s Good, The Recruiting Officer, Terra Nova, The Miser (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Romeo and Juliet (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival); M. Butterfly (Arizona Theatre Company). Actor: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Theatre Company, PCPA, Pennsylvania State Theatre, Charles Playhouse, Sacramento Theatre Company.

RICHARD HELLESEN (Playwright/ Adaptor). Richard Hellesen is pleased to be returning to the DCPA Theatre Company, where his play Kingdom premiered in 1999. His other plays include Moonshadow, Once in Arden, the book for David de Berry’s musical A Cappella, and two recent works for Ford’s Theatre in Washington, One Destiny and The Road From Appomattox.

Among his two dozen shorter plays are five finalists in Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Ten-Minute Play Contest; his one-act Dos Corazones appears in the collection of Best Ten-Minute Plays for Two Actors by Smith & Kraus. His work for young audiences includes adaptations of The Emperor’s New Clothes and the novel Johnny Tremain, both for B Street Theatre in Sacramento, and (with composer Michael Silversher) musical versions of The Wind in the Willows and Lois Lowry’s young adult novel Gathering Blue, as well as 11 school tour productions, for South Coast Repertory in Southern California. Nationally, his work has been seen at such theatres as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Sundance Children’s Theatre, City Theatre in Miami, Sacramento Theatre Company, and HERE in New York City, as well as The Shakespeare Company in Calgary, Canada. A member of the Dramatists Guild, Richard has received awards from the National Theatre Conference and PEN USA-West.

DIRECTOR BRUCE K. SEVY (Director) has directed such memorable Theatre Company productions as Animal Crackers, When We Are Married, Heartbreak House, Mariela in the Desert, The Voysey Inheritance, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Doubt, All My Sons, Master Class, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Christmas Carol, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Foxes, Molly Sweeney, Amy’s View, Valley Song, Pierre, Dinner With Friends and The Cripple of Inishmaan.

As Director of New Play Development, he oversees both the artistic and practical components of the Theatre Company’s successful Colorado New Play Summit, including commissions from outstanding American playwrights.

He has directed for Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Play

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SHANNAN STEELE (Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Animal Crackers (understudy). At DCPA Cabaret: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Colorado Theater Guild Henry Award Nomination); The Last Five Years; My Way. Other Theatres: Tarzan (Kala); The 1940s Radio Hour (Ginger Brooks - CTG Henry Award Nomination), Cabaret, Nine, Les Misérables, Violet, and others all at the Arvada Center; Baby the Musical (Pam, True West Award nomination) at Cherry Creek Theater; Church (Theaterworks). Film: Ink.

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House, Lark Play Development Center, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Northlight Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space and Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, and Utah Shakespearean Festival.

His popular production of 2 Pianos, 4 Hands has been seen at more than 20 theatres nationally, including the Theatre Company’s successful 2003 production.

ARTISTIC STAFF CRAIG BREITENBACH (Sound Designer). At the Theatre Company: Just Like Us, Sense & Sensibility The Musical, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, A Raisin in the Sun, Quilters, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Noises Off, Third, A Funny Thing…Forum, King Lear, Amadeus, Crowns, The Clean House, Measure for Measure, A Flea in Her Ear, Fire on the Mountain, The Misanthrope, The Three Sisters, Love’s Labor’s Lost, The Skin of Our Teeth, Betrayal, Spinning Into Butter, Dinner With Friends, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Laramie Project, The Little Foxes. Awards: 2008 Henry Award for Plainsong.

GREGG COFFIN (Music Director and Orchestrator). At the Theatre Company: Composer – Heartbreak House, The Taming of the Shrew, The Liar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mariela in the Desert, Othello, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pride and Prejudice, King Lear, Measure for Measure. Musical Director/ Orchestrator – Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, A Funny Thing…Forum, A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Stratford Festival of Canada, CanStage, Tarragon Theatre, National Arts Centre (Canada); Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana Rep, PCPA TheatreFest, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the Utah, California, Alabama, Great River and Georgia Shakespeare Festivals.

KEVIN COPENHAVER (Costume Designer). At the Theatre Company: (23 seasons) Just Like Us, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, The Whale, Dracula, Mama Hated Diesels, A Christmas Carol, Noises Off, A Funny Thing…Forum, Living Out, Crowns, Fire on the Mountain, Boston Marriage, Oedipus Rex, Dirty Story, Blithe Spirit, Lobby Hero, Blue/ Orange, Almost Heaven, Scapin, The Miser, Jesus Hates Me, Bernice/ Butterfly, Pierre, Inna Beginning, Elevation of Thieves, Servant of Two Masters, Tantalus. Other Theatres: Smokey Joe’s Café; Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dream a Little Dream; Love, Janis; regional premiere Peter and the Starcatcher (USF). Training: BA in Theatre Design, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Centro Maschere e Strutture Gestuali, Padua, Italy.

DON DARNUTZER (Lighting Designer). At the Theatre Company: When We Are Married, Heartbreak House, Mariela in the Desert, Fences, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, Quilters, Richard III, The Trip to Bountiful, Plainsong, Dracula, You Can’t Take It With You, A Funny Thing…Forum, A Christmas Carol and 40 others. Other Theatres: Broadway: It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues. Off-Broadway: Hank Williams: Lost Highway, The Immigrant, Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America.

Lighting designs for: Portland Opera, Guthrie Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Alley Theater, Cleveland Play House, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

KATHRYN G. MAES Ph.D (Voice and Dialect Coach). At the Theatre Company: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Animal Crackers, Shadowlands, Hamlet, black odyssey, A Christmas Carol, Jackie & Me, The Most Deserving, Just Like Us, Death of a Salesman, When We Are Married, Fences, The Three Musketeers, Heartbreak House, Great Wall Story. Other Theatres: Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre (Arthur Miller’s American Clock). Special/ Training: Voice and Dialect Coach for numerous professional theatre companies in the United States, Head of Voice at DCPA Theatre Company and the National Theatre

Conservatory 1989 to 1992. Ph.D. in Theatre Arts, University of Pittsburgh; Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies, Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England.

CHRISTINE ROWAN (Choreographer). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol, Animal Crackers. As a performer at the Theatre Company: Arabella/ Mrs. Whitehead (Animal Crackers).

Ensemble in Quilters; Fezziwig’s Daughter, Wife’s Sister, Street Singer in A Christmas Carol; Tessie in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Essie in You Can’t Take It With You; Philia in A Funny Thing Happened…

Forum. Other Theatres: Reluctant Pilgrim - the Lesser Known Songs of Stephen Schwartz (New York Musical Theater Festival), FLOPZ (Joe’s Pub), Embrace! (Westside Theatre), Interborough Repertory Theatre, The Duplex, Don’t Tell Mama, Sacramento Music Circus, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Barter Theatre, Sierra Rep, Seaside Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Ryman Auditorium, toured nationally.

Awards: 2014 Best Supporting Actress Henry Award for Animal Crackers.

VICKI SMITH (Set Designer). At the Theatre Company: When We Are Married, Fences, Heartbreak House, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Dracula, Mariela in the Desert, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, Plainsong, Christmas Carol, 29 others. Other Theatres: Children’s Theatre Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Penumbra Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre Louisville, Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Geva Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and others. Awards: Bay Area Critics Awards – Kite Runner, Execution of Justice; Dramalogue Award – Cyrano; Colorado Theatre Guild Award – Mariela in the Desert; Ovation Awards – Pierre, I’m Not Rappaport; Prague Exposition 2007.

EXECUTIVE STAFF

PAUL BEHRHORST (Assistant Stage Manager). At the Theatre Company: Lord of the Flies, Jackie & Me, Reckless, The Catch, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Two Things You Don’t Talk About At Dinner, Other Desert Cities and Grace, Or the Art of Climbing. Other Theatres: Phamaly Theatre Company, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Avenue, TheatreWorks, Curious Theatre, Aurora Fox. Awards/Training: Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award for special achievement in stage management, BFA in Applied Theatre Technology and Design, Metropolitan State University of Denver.

KENT THOMPSON (Producing Artistic Director) is in his tenth season as Producing Artistic Director of the Theatre Company. In Denver he directed productions of Hamlet, Just Like Us, Other Desert Cities, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Plainsong, Eventide, Amadeus, The Liar and Measure for Measure, among others.

Two of Kent’s major accomplishments since moving to Denver have been the establishment of the Colorado New Play Summit, a premier national festival for new American plays, and the Women’s Voices Fund, an endowment that supports the development of new plays by women.

Prior to moving to Denver he was Producing Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for 16 years. In 1991 Kent created the Southern Writers’ Project (SWP), designed to commission and develop new plays that presented 16 world premieres during his tenure.

He served for eight years on the Board of Directors for Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and as its president for three years. He has served on peer review panels for the NEA (also chair), TCG, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Fulbright Scholars Program, The Wallace Funds, The Doris Duke Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among others.

MATTHEW CAMPBELL (Assistant Stage Manager). At the Theatre Company: Lord of the Flies, Hamlet, Just Like Us, Other Desert Cities, Romeo & Juliet, When We Are Married, The Three Musketeers, Heartbreak House, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dracula. Other Theatres: Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Arvada Center, Cleveland Play House, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Michigan; Colorado Festival of World Theatre, Country Dinner Playhouse, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Omaha Symphony. Served as Assistant Professor of Technical Theater at Brooklyn College.

Training: MFA, University of Iowa; BA, University of Northern Colorado.

CHRISTOPHER C. EWING (Production Stage Manager).

At the Theatre Company: (28 seasons) Animal Crackers, Death of a Salesman, Sense & Sensibility The Musical, When We Are Married, Fences, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dracula, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, A Raisin in the Sun, Quilters, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Noises Off, Plainsong, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Funny Thing…

Forum, The Clean House, Gem of the Ocean, A Flea in Her Ear, Crowns, Fire on the Mountain, John Brown’s Body, The Skin of Our Teeth, Almost Heaven and 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Other Theatres: Colorado Ballet, DCPA Broadway, Bonfils Theatre. Training: BFA in Theatre Design/Technology from Loretto Heights College.

CHARLES VARIN (Managing Director) and his team are responsible for administrative, financial and business operations related to producing the Theatre Company’s season of productions and other artistic and educational initiatives. Prior to DCPA, Charles was General Manager for Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY and also has worked at Glimmerglass Opera, Asolo Repertory Theatre and Florida Studio Theatre. Charles serves on the board of the Mile High Freedom Band and plays tuba with the organization.

BRUCE K. SEVY (Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development). See Bio under Director.

JEFF GIFFORD (Director of Production) is in his second season at the DCPA and oversees every­ thing you see on stage except the actors. Guiding world premieres to their first opening night is especially gratifying and Jeff has worked on more than 35 of them. Among his favorites are Dinner with Friends, The Violet Hour, The Beard of Avon, Mr. Marmalade, and the new musical FLY. Jeff holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts.

MATTHEW LOPEZ (Denver Center Playwriting Fellow) is the author of The Legend of Georgia McBride, which premiered last season at the DCPA Theatre Company and The Whipping Man, also seen last season at Curious Theatre Company.

Since its debut at Luna Stage Company and its New York premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Whipping Man has become one of the most widely produced new American plays of the last several years, with productions in more than 50 US cities and abroad. His play Somewhere premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and recently completed a successful run at Hartford Stage, where his newest work, Reverberation, is set to premiere in the winter of 2015. Other plays include Zoey’s Perfect Wedding and The Sentinels, which premiered in London.

Matthew currently holds new play commissions from Hartford Stage, Manhattan Theatre Company, Roundabout Theatre Company, and South Coast Rep. He was a staff writer on the HBO series “The Newsroom” and is currently adapting Javier Marias’ “Your Face Tomorrow” trilogy for Brad Pitt’s Plan B film company.

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STAFF EXECUTIVE Kent Thompson, Producing Artistic Director Charles Varin, Managing Director Bruce K. Sevy, Associate Artistic Director Jeff Gifford, Director of Production

ARTISTIC Kent Thompson, Producing Artistic Director Bruce K. Sevy, Director of New Play Development Douglas Langworthy, Literary Manager/Dramaturg Chad Henry, Literary Associate Emily Tarquin, Artistic Associate/New Play Coordinator Grady Soapes, Artistic Coordinator Matthew Lopez, Denver Center Playwriting Fellow

PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford, Director of Production Melissa Cashion, Associate Production Manager Julie Brou, Production and Artistic Office Manager Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek, Director of Scenic Design Scenic Design Assistants: Matthew Plamp, Nicholas Renaud Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod, Director of Lighting Lighting Design Assistant: Lily Bradford Multimedia: Charlie I. Miller, Resident Multimedia Specialist Multimedia Assistant/Operator: Topher Blair Sound Design John E. Pryor, Director of Sound Sound Designers: Craig Breitenbach, Jason Ducat, Tyler Nelson Sound Intern: Elizabeth Jamison Stage Management Christopher C. Ewing, Production Stage Manager Stage Managers: Paul Behrhorst, Matthew Campbell, Rachel Ducat, A. Phoebe Sacks, Kurt Van Raden Production Assistant: D. Lynn Reiland Stage Management Interns: Natalie Kratochvil, Anna Davis, Julian Ramirez Scene Shop Eric Rouse, Technical Director Robert L. Orzolek, Associate Technical Director Josh Prues, Assistant Technical Director Lead Technicians: Albert “Stub” Allison, Louis Fernandez III Scenic Technicians: Mike Hamer, Justin Hicks, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Ross Wick

Prop Shop Robin Lu Payne, Properties Director Eileen Garcia, Assistant Properties Director Props Artisans: Jamie Stewart Curl, Charles Dallas, Georgina Kayes, David Hoth, Katie Webster Paint Shop Jana L. Mitchell, Charge Scenic Artist Lead Scenic Artist: Melanie Rentschler Scenic Artists: Kristin Hamer, Brian Proud, Jeni Raddatz Paint Intern: Wren Nunns Costume Shop Janet S. MacLeod, Costume Director/ Costume Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle, Costume Design Associate Drapers: Stephanie Cooper, Jane Nelson-Rud, Carolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott First Hand: Cathie Gagnon Tailor: Sheila P. Morris Stitchers: Belinda Haaland, Kelly Jones, Kaylyn Kilkuskie, Teresia Larsen, Jeanne Legrand, Jenny Milne, Sereena Ojakian, Zoe Pielsticker, Barb Shively, Brooke Valasich Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver, Costume Crafts Director Costume Crafts Artisans: Judy Craigo-Robb, Karen King Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki, Wig Master House Crew Doug Taylor*, Supervising Stagehand Stagehands: Mariah Becerra*, Jim Berman*, Nina Bluewaters, Jennifer Guethlein*, Frank Haas, Andrew Hamer, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Dana Nelson, Miles Stasica*, Tyler Stauffer, Mike VanAartsen, Matt Wagner* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands) Production Electrician: Reid Tennis Wardrobe Brenda Lawson, Director Wig Assistants: Jocelen Barnett, Maria Y. Davis Dressers: Robin Appleton, Amber Donner, Kelly Jones, Kaylyn Kilkuskie, Amoreena Kissel, Teresia Larsen, Anthony Mattivi, Tim Nelson, Alan Richards, Brooke Vlasich

ADMINISTRATION Charles Varin, Managing Director Ryan Meisheid, Associate Managing Director Alyssa Stock, Company Manager Allison Taylor, Assistant Company Manager Cassie Brown, Business Administrator

PLEASE BE ADVISED LATECOMERS are seated at designated breaks.

PHOTOS & VIDEO RECORDING are prohibited.

TURN OFF cell phones and alarm watches.

CHILDREN 4+ are welcome in our theatres.

COUGH DROPS are available at Patrons Services.

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

The actors and stage managers employed in these productions are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Backstage and Ticket Services Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. (or I.A.T.S.E.) Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE Member of the Colorado Theatre Guild

The Theatre Company is grateful for the funds provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Special thanks also to grants from Arts & Venues Denver; the Helen G. Bonfils Foundation; and contributions from corporations, foundations and individuals.

The Theatre Company is a division of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization serving the public through the performing arts.

The Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. The Theatre Company also operates under an agreement with Denver Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local No. 7 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada.

The Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

MARKETING Brianna Firestone, Director of Marketing Hope Grandon, PR & Events Manager Emily Kent, Marketing Associate

The costumes, wigs, lighting, props, furniture, scenic construction, scenic painting, sound and special effects used in connection with this production were constructed and coordinated by the Theatre Company’s Production Staff.

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THE FOUR SEASONS

TEN SEASONS LATER

BY DIANE SNYDER

“We all know what it’s like to want acceptance, to want respect and to try to find a sense of home with people that are not just the family we’re born into, but the family that we choose.”

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Forget about show-stopping finales.

In Jersey Boys, the smash-hit musical about the rise and fall of the Four Seasons, the pinnacle of excitement comes about 45 minutes into the first act. That’s when back-to-back presentations of three of the group’s biggest hits—“Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Walk Like a Man”—are greeted with enough thunderous applause to start a downpour.

“At that moment the audience has forgotten they’re watching four actors, and they root for these four guys as though they really are the Four Seasons in their youth,” says Rick Elice, one of the show’s Tony-nominated book writers.

“The response is so sincere and enthusiastic and over the top that it’s impossible to believe anything else.”

It’s also somewhat surprising. After all, the Four Seasons may have been one of the most successful groups of the 1960s, but history hasn’t institutionalized them the way it has the Beatles.

Elice thinks that’s one reason why even now, fans are still hungry for their music and the incredible story of four ItalianAmerican kids from the wrong side of the New Jersey tracks who could just as

easily have ended up in prison as on the pop charts.

“In many ways the band was a reflection of the people who were buying their records,” notes Elice. “They didn’t have long hair or accents. There was no glamour quotient to them at all. These weren’t the people who went down to Washington and marched against the war; these were the guys who shipped out and went to Vietnam. And the respect that the band is getting all these years later somehow feels like respect for them too.”

Elice and his Oscar-winning co-author, screenwriter Marshall Brickman, probably were more familiar with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons than pop music when they began work on Jersey Boys—a first musical for them both. Des McAnuff, on the other hand (director of Jesus Christ Superstar and The Who’s Tommy), was a huge fan and helped to shape the show from its early stages.

Jersey Boys was born when Elice, for many years the creative director of Broadway advertising agency Serino Coyne, was contacted by a former client who had the option on the Four Seasons catalogue. He’d written a couple

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group of Tommy, Nick and Frankie together when they were a cover band. Then Bob, this new, young talent came on the scene, and Frankie turned away from Tommy and turned toward Bob because Frankie and Bob were simpatico.”

Valli and Gaudio saw in each other what the group needed to succeed. Gaudio, already a songwriting protégé when he joined the group, wrote or co-wrote many of the group’s signature songs. DeVito, meanwhile, piled up a huge debt.

But by then the Seasons were more than just a group. They’d become a family, and that put their loyalty to the test.

“Tommy gave Frankie and Bob an opportunity to do what families always do,” Elice says. “No matter what kind of betrayals occur, you always stand up for another person in the family because the ties that bind are so strong.”

And for Elice, that’s the essence of the show—family.

“That was a very powerful hook,” he says. “We all know what it’s like to want acceptance, to want respect and to try to find a sense of home with people that are not just the family we’re born into, but the family that we choose.”

Diane Snyder is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Time Out New York, The Wall Street Journal and American Theatre.

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1) Who was the first ever professional dancer winner of “Dancing with the Stars”? a. Derek Hough b. Alec Mazo c. Karina Smirnoff 2) On “Dancing with the Stars,” in what place did Edyta Sliwinska finish with Jason Taylor? a. 1st b. 2nd c. 3rd 3) Which had more seasons on television in the U.S.? a. “American Idol” b. “Dancing with the Stars” c. “So You Think You Can Dance” 4) Which show did Chelsie Hightower perform in first? a. “So You Think You Can Dance” b. “Dancing with the Stars” c. “America’s Got Talent” 5) Which of the three dances has the fastest tempo? a. Waltz b. Rumba c. Jive 6) In partner dancing, who is responsible for the lead? a. The man b. The woman c. Both 7) When learning how to dance, the most important attribute is _____________. a. Smile b. Leg strength c. Attitude 8) What dancer from “Dancing with the Stars” went on to star in the Broadway-turned-movie Rock of Ages? a. Ashly DelGrosso b. Julianne Hough c. Kym Johnson

ANSWERS: 1) Alec Mazo, 2) 2nd, 3) “Dancing with the Stars”, 4) “So You Think You Can Dance”, 5) Jive, 6) The man, 7) Attitude, 8) Julianne Hough

of plays and always wanted to work with Brickman, who was a poker buddy. But as they interviewed the three surviving Seasons, they faced a predicament over how to tell the group’s “true” story when they couldn’t even figure out what it was.

Elice and Brickman met with Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli, the two Seasons who, way back when, formed a business partnership with a handshake that still stands. “They started to describe what it was like to be blue-collar kids, first-generation Americans, Roman Catholic, high school dropouts who were flirting with careers in crime in an environment where people had two pictures on the living room wall: the Pope and Frank Sinatra,” Elice recounts. “It was the archetypal American rags-to-riches story. You start with nothing, achieve success and then try to navigate your life through the waters of success.”

But when they contacted Tommy DeVito, the initial driving force behind the group until gambling debts put him on the outs with the mob, “he said, ‘Don’t listen to them, I’ll tell you what really happened,’” Elice recalls. That’s when they decided to structure the show by letting each character tell his own account. As Tommy says at the beginning of the show, “You ask four guys, you get four different versions.”

Each “Season” narrates a portion of the story, including bass player Nick Massi, who died in 2000 and left the group at the height of its popularity. Brickman and Elice drew their portrait of him from the memories of the other survivors.

That gave them the chance to focus on the Tommy-Frankie-Bob dynamic that first propels the Four Seasons to the top of the charts.

“This was really a love triangle— without any sexual component,” Elice observes. “There was Tommy, who discovered Frankie when he was a teenager and held the trio

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The turnout for a memorial celebration honoring Denver Center for the Performing Arts President Randy Weeks made his legacy plain: Weeks made Denver one of the strongest Broadway touring markets in the nation.

In his 25 years as the Executive Director of the DCPA’s Broadway division, Weeks presented more than 400 shows that served 11.6 million patrons. In his tenure, Denver hosted the launches of 10 national touring productions, including The Lion King, The Book of Mormon and, most recently, Pippin. His efforts led The Buell Theatre to be the highest-grossing theatre of its size in the nation.

Representatives from those shows and many more were among the 1,500 who attended a classy afternoon of poignant remembrances and show-stopping musical numbers in celebration of Weeks, who died October 9 in London. He was 59.

Attendees included family and friends, more than 100 fraternity brothers, DCPA employees past and present, and members of the local and national theatre communities. They represented theatre owners, producers, presenters, booking agents, press agents and members of both The Broadway League and the Independent Presenters Network.

The Pippin tour has dedicated its entire tour to Weeks. Honoring him, national press rep Anita Dloniak said, was one way for the Pippin family to cope with their grief over his sudden death.

“He was so clearly willing to take risks here, and over time, he developed an audience that was willing to take risks with him,” added The Book of Mormon General Manager David Turner.

“That combination is very rare.”

Dean Singleton, chairman of The Denver Post and a member of the DCPA’s Board of Trustees, said, “We have lost one of the greatest minds in theatre. Not only did Randy bring Broadway to Denver, but he made Denver the first stop for some of the greatest productions leaving New York.”

In 2012, Weeks inaugurated the Bobby G Awards, which honor achievements in Colorado high school theatre. Monday’s program culminated with Grandview High School’s Abby Noble, recently named the Bobby G’s Outstanding Actress, singing “One” from A Chorus Line alongside nearly 30 students from Denver School of the Arts, where Weeks served on the Friends Foundation.

“Randy led with his heart, and he put his heart into everything,” said John Ekeberg, Weeks’ protegé and successor.

Read John Moore’s complete report on the celebration, including photos and video, at our new DCPA News Center: www.denvercenter.org/news-center Memorial gifts can be made to the Randy Weeks Memorial Fund for The Bobby G Awards at denvercenter.org/weeks-memorial.

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Jarrod received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and also is well known for playing Frankie Valli in more then 1,500 performances of Jersey Boys.

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Larimer Square has come a long way in 50 years. In 1955, a once-charming block had fallen into disrepair. Demolition crews were just weeks away from scrubbing buildings that had stood since before the turn of the century. Today, due to intense preservation efforts, Larimer Square is recognized as Denver’s most beautiful and historic block, a premier shopping and dining district that is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2015.

Larimer Associates CEO, Jeff Hermanson, has taken great care to make it that way, spending the past 20 years attracting locally-owned, independent boutiques, clubs and restaurants to the block while preserving its beauty and charm. Larimer Square provides visitors a unique experience that complements the cultural offerings of its neighbor, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA).

“Larimer Square has found the perfect partner in the DCPA,” said Hermanson. “The unique combination of theater, music, nightlife, dining and shopping that our two special places provide is unrivaled.”

Larimer Square and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts share a strong commitment to the arts. The Square has distinguished itself from other districts by creating a place for independently minded shops and restaurants, giving entrepreneurs the artistic freedom and support they need to make their business dreams a reality. At the same time, Larimer Square offers an experience that complements the artistic and creative sensibilities of the DCPA and hosts multiple events each year to promote the arts including the popular Denver Chalk Art Festival and Art of Winter.

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Fidelity has a long history of supporting the communities where it operates and where its employees work and live. In partnership with well-established national and local nonprofit organizations, Fidelity creates volunteer activities for employees to share their time as well as insights and expertise with the community. The focus of the DCPA sponsorship is on strengthening arts education and appreciation.

Supporting both education and the arts is an ongoing commitment for Fidelity. Last year almost 40,000 students and 676 teachers in 35 communities across the country were supported by the efforts of Fidelity volunteers. Here in Denver, Fidelity has established ongoing partnerships with two local schools in conjunction with the Denver Public Schools’ School Partners Program.

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FaegreBD partner and leader of the Denver office, Heather Perkins said, “We want to help the DCPA educate our community about theatre in hopes of enabling them to experience it differently—with more depth and appreciation.”

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