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Welcome to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. We are so glad you’re here! This holiday season is a bit unusual for us. Our annual production of A Christmas Carol is on hiatus while the 40-year-old Stage Theatre is renovated. Plus two productions are not located under the glass canopy of the Arts Complex. Camp Christmas is Off-Center’s newest offsite, immersive experience. Located in The Hangar at Stanley Marketplace, this over-the-top holiday extravaganza showcases yuletide traditions of the past and present. Designed by local artist Lonnie Hanzon, Camp Christmas features built-in photo opportunities for the whole family and is sure to be Denver’s new favorite holiday experience. Across the street from the Arts Complex, our Education and Theatre Company production team is delighted to entertain tiny tots ages Pre-K through third grade with a musical adaptation of the beloved children’s book, Goodnight Moon. While Broadway delights audiences with the return of Jesus Christ Superstar and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, not everything is holiday fare. We’re presenting a one-night engagement of John Leguizamo in Latin History for Morons, Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville and the always unexpected antics of The Improvised Shakespeare Company®. Just because Dickens’ famous ghost story is taking a break does not mean our Theatre Company is resting on its laurels. Instead, we’re presenting Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night under the direction of our own Artistic Director, Chris Coleman. Plus we’re gearing up for two all-new productions just after the first of the year with twenty50 and You Lost Me. With so many activities, it’s hard to choose just one…so we hope you come for them all. Your support, both in person and through your generosity, makes the work on our stages, in our classrooms and throughout the community possible. As we reach the end of our calendar year, please consider a donation. Your gift can help us send a child to their very first performance at Goodnight Moon, place a chair in a renovated theatre in time for the return of A Christmas Carol next season, or make sure we can continue to attract top shows and talent from across the country. Thank you for being with us today. To you and yours, have a very happy holiday season. Warm regards,
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Among his many achievements, William Shakespeare is also known for something slightly less laudable: the habit of stealing and adapting plots rather than inventing them. It was a shortcut, practiced also by fellow playwrights. Why bother to invent when so many were there for the taking? It saved time and you could improve on them. Or not. When it came to characters and imagery though, Shakespeare excelled. And, as with the other playwrights of his day, his refashioned plots indulged in elaborate deceit and vindication in all its forms while his subplots usually involved comic rubes and fools who dispensed malapropisms and sly wisdom by the mouthful. His best comedies are the fuel of great fun, propelled by lust, swept away by giddy humor, always dabbling in music while devolving into repeated antics that lead to happy endings. Consider A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It and Twelfth Night. Check out the variations on favorite themes: lovers in distress, disguises, mistaken identities, soldiers and sages, sisters and brothers, lofty peers and silly peons — and, in The Comedy of Errors, more than one set of twins. Twelfth Night has all of these elements and, if not identical twins, then a brother and sister separated by shipwreck and reunited when, thanks to the sister’s decision to disguise as a man, the two are mistaken for one another and revealed to be who they really are. Joy ensues because in Shakespeare’s comedies, joy always ensues.
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These are some of the reasons why Chris Coleman, the DCPA Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, not only chose to do Twelfth Night but also to direct it. “I knew I wanted Shakespeare to be part of this season,” he wrote in an informal exchange of emails. “Having the opportunity to continue exploring his work was one of the draws of this job. I also knew that our last outing was with Macbeth, so it made sense for it to be a comedy. Twelfth Night is among his very best writing in terms of fun of plot, richness of characters and delicious confusion of desire. “Everyone is falling for the ‘wrong’ person in this play. Some kind of desire gets awakened [that] is not aligned with the individuals’ sense of identity or history. The tension around that is very interesting, and very current. I also think there’s a great sense of music and mayhem in the piece that [is] fun to try and capture.” Music opens and ends the play, with plenty of room to add as much or as little of it as you wish, and mayhem influences all of the action in between. “There is both delightful humor and depth of feeling,” Coleman added. “It begins with heartache: Viola thinks her brother is drowned; Olivia grieves the loss of her father and brother; Orsino aches for Olivia’s love, which is scaldingly unreturned. The emotional layers feed the comedy, but also give it resonance.” Good point. The everpresent clowns in these comedies also have a serious function. They counteract the cloying
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potential of all that unrequited loopy love. And the ragged bunch of hangers-on in Twelfth Night are at once more closely related to the primary characters and considerably more cruel than his usual clowns. The moocher, Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s uncle or cousin (he’s mentioned as both), is a layabout in the household who has no trouble inviting her clown Feste and her attendant Fabian or his own nebbishy friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek to join him in abusing Olivia’s largesse. They’re a roguish crew, aided and abetted in their games by Maria, Olivia’s “gentlewoman,” an elevated title for a housekeeper with a sense of humor who’s the mastermind behind the mischief, especially the nasty prank they play on her stuck-up steward, Malvolio. The entire action takes place in a period Coleman loosely calls “Renaissanceish Mediterranean,” circa 1500, a decent match for Shakespeare’s Illyria, vaguely assumed to be Croatia’s enchanting Dalmatian coast. So the mood for romance is all there. In tune with our times, the cast is a stew of ethnicities, including four actors who also play musical instruments and several artists with lengthy ties to the Denver Center: Larry Hecht, Kim Staunton, Larry Paulsen, Rodney Lizcano and Sam Gregory. Stalwarts Charles MacLeod designed the lighting and Kevin Copenhaver the clothes.
Twelfth Night is among his very best writing in terms of fun of plot, richness of characters and delicious confusion of desire. — CHRIS COLEMAN, DIRECTOR
“My intentions with Shakespeare,” Coleman said, “are always to try and uncover the fundamentals of the language first: get to the heart of the sense of the language and why these humans need to speak these words. Then it’s about helping the actors fully inhabit the truth of the story’s circumstances and fully honor what the characters are up against.” A final footnote: Perhaps to make up for the thread of maliciousness in Sir Toby and friends or the mean trick played by them on the hapless Malvolio or perhaps simply because the words came to him at that moment, one of Shakespeare’s most astonishing rhymed couplets is in this play, only to go largely unheard. Why? Because the words are spoken by Antonio, a peripheral character, in the midst of a heated argument. In Nature there’s no blemish but the mind. None can be called deform’d but the unkind. Words to live by, yet their throwaway spot in the scheme of things underscores how guilelessly Shakespeare squandered his eloquence. There are almost no lines of his you can dissect that don’t possess pith or elegance. Which explains why, after more than 400 years, his works are still with us and likely to remain with us for another 400. SYLVIE DRAKE is a translator, writer, and former theatre critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. She is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association, a contributor to culturalweekly.com and occasional contributor to American Theatre magazine and the Los Angeles Times.
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COSTUME COLUMN When DCPA Theatre Company Artistic Director Chris Coleman arrived in Denver, a member of his new staff asked him to describe his artistic tastes. One of the things he responded with: “Wouldn’t it be radical to set a Shakespeare play in Shakespearean times?” Following up on that promise, Twelfth Night (Coleman’s first presentation of Shakespeare at the DCPA) is set in roughly the same location and time period that the Bard intended. Ancient Illyria was located in modern-day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina where trade routes from the Far East ended, making it a multicultural marketplace. It is fitting, then, that costume designer Kevin Copenhaver’s costumes are a melting pot themselves: “I’m borrowing a little Spanish influence, French influence, of course Italian,” with additional traces of Romani and German. Theatre Company regulars may recognize Copenhaver’s distinguishable work for its bold patterns, lush colors and exaggerated silhouettes. Now in his 30th season with the Theatre Company, he has designed such recognizable shows as A Christmas Carol, Crowns, Animal Crackers, Sweeney Todd, and The Who’s Tommy. After Coleman began conversations with Copenhaver about Twelfth Night, he used two words to describe Kevin’s aesthetic: “Renaissance Copenhaver.”
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The first time Jimmy Buffett saw a rehearsal of Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical based on his songs, it was pretty obvious that he was having a good time. “He was smiling and laughing,” recalls Greg Garcia, co-writer of the musical’s book, who was sitting just in front of Buffett. “I kept looking back at him, and he was just loving it. Afterward, I go, ‘That’s the first Jimmy Buffett concert that you’ve ever been to, isn’t it?’ And he looked at me and smiled and said, ‘Yeah, man! I see what the fuss is all about!’” Of course, Escape to Margaritaville isn’t exactly a Jimmy Buffett concert. But its creators say that it does have a tropical party vibe similar to the festive mood at Buffett’s rollicking live shows. Like other so-called jukebox musicals, it takes a set of popular songs and constructs a story around them. Just as Mamma Mia! concocted a plot to connect the hits of Abba, this new show celebrates Buffett’s greatest hits while telling a romantic-comedic story — about a character who’s a bit like Buffett in his younger days as a busker singing songs on the beach. What’s the secret to making a jukebox musical feel more like a real musical, and not just a string of hit tunes? “Every song has to feel inevitable and necessary to the story,” says original Broadway director, Christopher Ashley. “Or it has to be such a pleasurable left turn that you say, ‘Wow, I didn’t see that coming, but I’m so happy about how they used that song.’ Nothing can ever feel shoehorned.” Ashley (who won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his work on Come From Away) is the artistic director at La Jolla Playhouse near San Diego, which staged the first production of Escape to Margaritaville in May 2017 before heading on to Broadway in February 2018. San Diego Union-Tribune critic James Hebert wrote that the show “delivers just about every bit of what the phrase ‘Jimmy Buffett musical’ promises, from the splashy colors to the steel-drum beats to the palm-fronded beach bar slinging fruity cocktails.” But he also noted that the musical smartly taps into “the undercurrent of wistfulness and regret that runs through even some of Buffett’s more upbeat story-songs.” The depth of those songs attracted Garcia and cowriter Mike O’Malley. The Emmy Award-winning Garcia, creator of television shows such as the TBS series The Guest Book, says he grew up listening to Buffett’s records. “I was always drawn to songs that told stories,” he says. “Jimmy’s songs, a lot of them tell stories. They have characters within them. Certainly, some of them also have a humorous vibe.” Garcia became something of a Parrothead, as Buffett fans are known, and Buffett later became a fan of Garcia’s NBC series My Name Is Earl. O’Malley — who starred in Garcia’s sitcom Yes, Dear from 2000 to 2006 — says listeners are attracted by the “spirit of fun” in Buffett’s songs. “But there’s also this real depth in other parts of his songs,” O’Malley observes. Buffett has an “ability to write songs about what people yearn for, what they regret in their own behavior, and what they strive for in friendships and relationships,” he says.
When Garcia and O’Malley started working on a script four years ago, they knew they’d have to include certain Buffett hits. “You don’t have to be a genius to figure out which ones have to be in it,” Garcia says. “Jimmy says there are ten songs he plays or gets killed.” Those include “Come Monday,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and, of course, Buffett’s breakthrough hit from 1977, “Margaritaville.” As Garcia explains, “It was pretty easy to compile the list. But then what do you do? You’ve got this big list of songs. How do you get them in? The trick for us was, we listened to the songs and we started creating characters based on the songs.” The central character they came up with is Tully, a bartender and singer at an island resort (played by Chris Clark). “A guy who lives on the beach,” Garcia says. “A carefree, fun-loving guy. He has relationships that last a week. But then somebody comes into his life that’s a little bit more of a challenge.” That somebody is Rachel, played by Sarah Hinrichsen. She’s “an ecological scientist who has a real career drive, and is not interested in hanging out and getting drunk,” Ashley says. “We created her as the un-Jimmy Buffett character.” And when these two characters fall in love, it pushes them to rethink their attitudes about life.
Buffett has an “ability to write songs about what people yearn for, what they regret in their own behavior, and what they strive for in friendships and relationships.” — MIKE O’MALLEY, CO-WRITER
“When I look at the TV shows that I do, there’s a theme of personal growth,” Garcia relates. “My Name Is Earl was about a guy who wanted to be a better person. And this is a show where you watch these two people help each other become better.” Buffett’s songs take on new meanings when we see these characters singing them. Now, they’re stories about these people. “‘Margaritaville’ is a great song if you’re not the person singing it,” O’Malley muses. “There’s great regret and sadness in that song. How did this woman get away? What did I do in terms of the choices that I made that caused me to be sitting here, wasting away in Margaritaville? When you put yourself in the point of view of a character singing that song, there can be a different emotion than when you’re just shouting it to the rooftops.” In addition to Buffett’s vibrant music, the show draws energy from the choreography of Kelly Devine, who worked with Ashley on the Tony-winning Broadway show Come From Away, and earned a Tony nomination herself. “The dance vocabulary is surprising and athletic and sexy and rock ’n’ roll and imaginative,” Ashley says. “We have real triple threats—people who really can act, really can sing, and really can dance.” The show’s creators often talked with Buffett, seeking his advice and feedback. Garcia says it’s been a “real thrill” to watch Buffett whenever he lights up with joy during a performance. “When you sit down to write the Jimmy Buffett musical — I’ll be honest with you — there’s really only one audience member I care about at the end of the day,” he says. “And it’s Jimmy Buffett.”
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WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS presents
REGENT’S PARK THEATRE LONDON PRODUCTION OF
LYRICS BY
TIM RICE MUSIC BY
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Starring
AARON LaVIGNE JAMES DELISCO BEEKS JENNA RUBAII ALVIN CRAWFORD TOMMY SHERLOCK TYCE GREEN ERIC A. LEWIS PAUL LOUIS LESSARD TOMMY McDOWELL DAVID ANDRÉ SARA ANDREAS WESLEY J. BARNES DEREK FERGUSON BRIAN GOLUB BRITTANY ROSE HAMMOND GARFIELD HAMMONDS KEIRSTEN NICOLE HODGENS SHEILA JONES REBECCA KRITZER JACOB LACOPO CHARLES McCALL DANNY McHUGH PEPE NUFRIO SARAH PARKER ERICK PATRICK SANDYREDD JASMINE SCHMENK CHELSEA WILLIAMS Scenic, Hair and Costume Design
Music Supervision
TOM SCUTT
TOM DEERING
Associate Scenic Designers
Associate Costume Designer
DAVID ALLEN DAVID ARSENAULT Casting
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ARTHUR J. M. CALLAHAN
POPPY HALL
Associate Director
Lighting Design
LEE CURRAN
Co-Sound Design
KEITH CAGGIANO NICK LIDSTER
Associate Music Supervisor
Associate Lighting Designer
Associate Choreographer
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GINA RATTAN
ASHLEY ANDREWS
General Management
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WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS
PORT CITY TECHNICAL
RYAN O’GARA
BOND THEATRICAL GROUP Production Stage Manager
ALAN D. KNIGHT
Choreographed by
DREW MCONIE Directed by
TIMOTHY SHEADER
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CAST
AARON LaVIGNE
JAMES DELISCO BEEKS
JENNA RUBAII
PAUL LOUIS LESSARD
ERIC A. LEWIS
TOMMY McDOWELL
DEREK FERGUSON
BRIAN GOLUB
BRITTANY ROSE HAMMOND
REBECCA KRITZER
JACOB LACOPO
ERICK PATRICK
ALVIN CRAWFORD
TOMMY SHERLOCK
TYCE GREEN
SARA ANDREAS
WESLEY J. BARNES
GARFIELD HAMMONDS
KEIRSTEN NICOLE HODGENS
SHEILA JONES
CHARLES McCALL
DANNY McHUGH
PEPE NUFRIO
SARAH PAKER
SANDYREDD
JASMINE SCHMENK
CHELSEA WILLIAMS
DAVID ANDRÉ
Jesus......................................................................................................................................AARON LaVIGNE Judas...................................................................................................................... JAMES DELISCO BEEKS Mary............................................................................................................................................ JENNA RUBAII Caiaphas..........................................................................................................................ALVIN CRAWFORD Pilate.................................................................................................................................TOMMY SHERLOCK Annas.............................................................................................................................................TYCE GREEN Simon..........................................................................................................................................ERIC A. LEWIS Herod.........................................................................................................................PAUL LOUIS LESSARD Peter............................................................................................................................... TOMMY McDOWELL Riot Girl..................................................................................................................................SARAH PARKER First Priest.................................................................................................................................BRIAN GOLUB Second Priest......................................................................................................GARFIELD HAMMONDS Third Priest......................................................................................................................CHARLES McCALL Soul Girls..................................................................................................KEIRSTEN NICOLE HODGENS, SANDYREDD, JASMINE SCHMENK Peter’s Accusers....................................................................................................................BRIAN GOLUB, GARFIELD HAMMONDS, SANDYREDD Ensemble........................................................................................... DAVID ANDRÉ, SARA ANDREAS, WESLEY J. BARNES, BRIAN GOLUB, BRITTANY ROSE HAMMOND, GARFIELD HAMMONDS, KEIRSTEN NICOLE HODGENS, SHEILA JONES, JACOB LACOPO, ERIC A. LEWIS, PAUL LOUIS LESSARD, CHARLES McCALL, TOMMY McDOWELL, PEPE NUFRIO, SARAH PARKER, ERICK PATRICK, SANDYREDD, JASMINE SCHMENK, CHELSEA WILLAMS Pepe Nufrio and Tommy Sherlock are appearing with the permission of the Actors’ Equity Association.
SWINGS DEREK FERGUSON, BRITTANY ROSE HAMMOND, REBECCA KRITZER, DANNY McHUGH DANCE CAPTAIN REBECCA KRITZER ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAINS CHARLES McCALL, DEREK FERGUSON FIGHT CAPTAIN CHARLES MCCALL VOCAL CAPTAIN KEIRSTEN NICOLE HODGENS UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific posting or announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Jesus: PEPE NUFRIO, GARFIELD HAMMONDS; For Judas: PEPE NUFRIO, ERIC A. LEWIS; For Mary: CHELSEA WILLAMS, JASMINE SCHMENK; For Caiaphas: CHARLES McCALL, JACOB LACOPO; For Pilate: GARFIELD HAMMONDS, BRIAN GOLUB; For Annas: BRIAN GOLUB, WESLEY J. BARNES; For Simon: WESLEY J. BARNES, ERICK PATRICK; For Herod: JACOB LACOPO, DANNY McHUGH; For Peter: PEPE NUFRIO, BRIAN GOLUB
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MUSICAL NUMBERS Overture Heaven on their Minds What’s The Buzz Strange Thing, Mystifying Everything’s Alright This Jesus Must Die Hosanna Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem Pilate’s Dream The Temple I Don’t Know How To Love Him Damned For All Time / Blood Money The Last Supper Gethsemane The Arrest Peter’s Denial Pilate and Christ Herod’s Song Could We Start Again, Please Judas’s Death Trial By Pilate / 39 Lashes Superstar Crucifixion John 19:41
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR runs 90 minutes without an intermission. ORCHESTRA Music Director, Keyboard I: SHAWN GOUGH; Assistant Conductor, Keyboard II: MATTHEW CROFT; Bass: RANDALL KLITZ; Guitar I: MICHAEL FREDERICK; Guitar II: NICK DICKERSON; Drums: TONY DE AUGUSTINE; French Horn: ANSON CARROLL; Trumpet I: JOEY PERO; Trumpet II, Keyboard III: EMMA STANLEY; Woodwinds: JOE LaROCCA; Trombone/Tuba: CRAIG WATSON Electronic Music Design: KEYBOARDTEK, LLC - ETHAN DEPPE Music Coordinator: JOHN MILLER
AARON LaVIGNE (Jesus) is honored to be playing the iconic role of Jesus in the 50th Anniversary Production of Jesus Christ Superstar. He is also a songwriter originally from Cincinnati and based in New York City. (Instagram:@aaron_lavinay). Theater highlights include: Broadway: SpiderMan: Turn Off The Dark. Off-Broadway: RENT. National Tour: RENT. Regional Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar, Civil War, tick,tick…BOOM!, Concerts: symphonic soloist, and guest artist with various cruise and land based companies. Aaron writes, performs, and tours his original music. His EP, Call Your Mom, is available on iTunes & all streaming services. He is a founding member of Here Comes The Sun, celebrating the greatest music of all time, The Beatles (@HCTSband). Telling this amazing story wouldn’t be possible without the help of his family, friends, and teammates. Thanks to all! aaronlavigne.com B.F.A. Northern Kentucky University.
ALVIN CRAWFORD (Caiaphas). Broadway: The Lion King, Lost In The Stars, Candide, Miss Saigon and The Buddy Holly Story. Regional credits: A Raisin In the Sun at Westport Country Playhouse, The Odyssey at The Old Globe. National Tours: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (Crown) and Martin Guerre (Andre). Film / TV appearances include Blue Bloods “Law & Order SVU,” “Nurse Jackie,” And So It Goes, It Runs in the Family, Clarence, Pray For Me Paul Henderson, PBS Live From Lincoln Center’s Production of Show Boat and PBS Live from Carnegie Hall’s production of South Pacific. Alvin is a graduate of The Juilliard School. TOMMY SHERLOCK (Pilate). Training: Liverpool Theatre School. Credits include: Matilda, Footloose, Wicked (West End), Fame, Fiddler on the Roof, (UK Tour), Hair! (Germany), MAMMA MIA! (international tour). TV/Film: “The League of Gentlemen” (BBC), Dead Drunk (BBC/Hurricane Films). From Up Here (Wilde theatre/digital theatre/ iTunes). Tommy is a member of the Tenors of Rock who are resident headliners at planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
JAMES DELISCO BEEKS (Judas) is grateful and honored to join the cast of the 50th Anniversary tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. Bway: Kinky Boots, Aida, Ragtime, Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Off Bway: The Wild Party (Andrew Lippa), TV: “The Entertainer,” “The Deuce.” Las Vegas Headliner, Recording & critically acclaimed Michael Jackson tribute artist, James ‘Delisco’ Beeks is dubbed “The Entertainer.” James is also an author with published poems and currently working on his new book entitled ‘HisStory’. Thanks to Ann Steele Agency, casting, Grandma and all who stuck in there with me. Follow @jamesdbeeks on social media platforms. Original music available online and on website: www.jamesdbeeks.com
TYCE GREEN (Annas) has opened and toured with bands Heart, Air Supply, and Berlin. His album, HERO, is written and produced by Jim Steinman (available on Spotify). In 2018, he was featured on the new Season 1 of “American Idol” on ABC. Fav theatre credits: Rock of Ages (Franz), Altar Boyz (Mark), Hands on a Hardbody (Chris), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (John Calhoun). Tyce is also a runway model and can currently be seen on Season 18 of “Project Runway” on Bravo. Social media: @tyce. tyceofficial.com
JENNA RUBAII (Mary). Originated the role of “Joelle” in the original Broadway cast of Groundhog Day. Recent theatre credits include “Amneris” in Aida at John W. Engeman Theater, “Extraordinary Girl” in the International/Nat’l tour of American Idiot, “Stephanie Mangano” in the International tour of Saturday Night Fever, “Marty” in Grease at Theatre By The Sea and the world premiere of Eat the Devil with One Year Lease Company at The Tank. Insta:@jrubaii www.JennaRubaii.com. For Dad Mom & Zane.
PAUL LOUIS LESSARD (Ensemble, Herod). National tour debut! Okemos, Michigan native. Favorite Regional: Frank Wildhorn’s US premiere of The Count Of Monte Cristo (Albert De Morcerf, Pioneer Theatre Co) Palm Beach Dramaworks, North Shore Music Theatre, Portland Center Stage, The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Penn. Shakes, MSMT, Northern Stage, MTW. Film: Easter Mysteries. Lincoln Center: I Am Harvey Milk. NYC: NYMF award winner. University of Michigan BFA. Interlochen Arts Academy. London Dramatic Academy. Thanks
to WLP and WS Casting. For Mom, Dad, my sisters, friends and mentors. paullouislessard.com ERIC A. LEWIS (Ensemble, Simon, u/s Judas) is glad to be in the number with the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar. Other credits include the off-Broadway hit Spamilton; Jimmy Early in Dreamgirls at Porchlight Music Theatre, which earned him a Jeff Award; Five Guys Named Moe at Court Theater; Jim Conley in Paradeat at Boho Theater; Jesus Christ Superstar at Lyric Opera; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; All Shook Up and That’s What I Call Rick n Roll at Fireside Theater; Ragtime and Sister Act at Marriott Theater. Eric would like to thank God, and his family for their continued love and support for which he is immensely grateful. TOMMY McDOWELL (Ensemble, Peter). National Tours: Roundabout Theatre Company’s Cabaret (Max, Herman, Cliff u/s), American Idiot [1st National] (Swing); Regional: Jersey Boys (Nick Massi), Hairspray (Link Larkin), Grey Gardens (Joe Kennedy, Jr), Urinetown (Bobby Strong), The Who’s TOMMY (Tommy), Once (Eamon) IG: @tommy_mcdowell. So many thanks to Eddie and Steve, and all the love and appreciation to my ever-supportive family. And speaking of family, thank you to Steve and Nancy at Work Light Productions for keeping me in theirs. DAVID ANDRÉ (Ensemble) is thrilled to be on the Jesus Christ Superstar 50th Anniversary Tour. He is a NYC based actor, born and raised in Miami, FL. Past credits include Into the Woods (Jack, Theater 2020), HAIR (Geva Theater Center), Ragtime on Ellis Island (Directed by Sammi Cannold), We Are Here (Jerome, NYC Workshop, directed by Steven Hoggett). Big thanks to Gayle and Scott. And lots of love to his family, Phil, Mommy and Kapi. Instagram: @da_go SARA ANDREAS (Ensemble) is thrilled to be touring with this iconic show. Broadway/Off-Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville (Female Tourist, u/s Rachael) Catch Me if You Can, Clueless The Musical (Heather, u/s Mrs. Geist/ Ms. Stoeger) National Tour/ Las Vegas: Rock of Ages (Regina), Anything Goes, Addams Family (u/s Morticia), Legally Blonde (u/s
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Brooke, Serena, Margot, Pilar). Love and thanks to Mikey, Mom, Dad and The Mine. Instagram @Sara.Andreas. www.glitterartbysara.com WESLEY J. BARNES (Ensemble, u/s Annas, u/s Simon) is a Los Angeles Native/NYC Transplant. Received a BA in theatre performance from Concordia University Irvine. Favorite credits include Magic of the Dance (Germany and Taiwain), The Scottsboro Boys, Newsies, Sophisticated Ladies, Hairspray, Pamelas First Musical, Songs for a New World, Choir Boy, In the Heights, etc. Wesley is excited to be a part of the Jesus Christ Superstar family. Special thanks to his family, friends, and his love. Jer29:11. Insta-@mistahwes DEREK FERGUSON (Swing, Assistant Dance Captain). Derek hails from Kansas City, MO! Theatre: Wonderland (Broadway), We Will Rock You (Vegas), LA’s For The Record series; BAZ (Scott Hastings), Boogie Nights (Dirk Diggler) and Zemekis (Marty McFly). Film: No Strings Attached (Benji), Behind the Candelabra. T.V.: “The Marvelous Ms. Maisel,” “The Tick,” “Trueblood” and both seasons of NBC’s “SMASH.” Derek has backup danced for Ne-Yo, Miley Cyrus, Paula Abdul, Jordin Sparks, The Pussycat Dolls and Betty White! BRIAN GOLUB (Ensemble, First Priest, Peter’s Accusers, u/s Pilate, u/s Annas, u/s Peter) is thrilled to be a part of Jesus Christ Superstar! Film: When In Rome (Kristen Bell’s Secretary) National Tours: School of Rock (Gabe/Jeff, u/s Ned), Joseph… Dreamcoat (Reuben) International: Jekyll & Hyde. Recording: HAIR (Actors Fund- Grammy Nominated). Carbonell Award Winner- Best Actor (Memphis) and Best Supporting nominee (Fiddler on the Roof, The Full Monty), Zoni Supporting Nominee (Altar Boyz). NYC: Standard time, Flloyd Collins, Caligula. Select Regional: Walnut St, Maine State, Gateway, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Phoenix Theatre. Brian is a NYC Yoga Teacher & Reiki Healer. MANY Thanks to Gayle, Scott, WLP, Mikey and my amazing family and friends! Namaste Y’all. BrianGolub.com. @Brigolub BRITTANY ROSE HAMMOND (Ensemble, On-Stage Swing). OffBroadway: Me and My Girl (Encores!). National Tour: HAIR. Regional: Singin’
in the Rain (Kathy Selden; San Diego Musical Theatre, John W. Engeman Theater). Dance teacher/choreographer and wife to Gretchen Dawson. Big thanks to RKS Management. BrittanyRoseHammond.com GARFIELD HAMMONDS (Ensemble, Second Priest, Peter’s Accusers, u/s Jesus, u/s Pilate). Broadway/ Nat’l Tours: Motown The Musical, Kiss Me, Kate. Fave credits: PMJ, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, 25th Annual... Spelling Bee, Big River, Smokey Joe’s Café. Opera: Metropolitan Opera Competition (Distr. Winner), La Traviata, L’Elisir d’Amor, Cosi Fan Tutte, La Cenerentola, Porgy & Bess. Love to Chris, the fam and my agents at About Artists! Follow me on Instagram:@gfield3 KEIRSTEN NICOLE HODGENS (Ensemble, Soul Girl, Vocal Captain) is elated to be joining the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar! Selected Regional credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Master Class (Timeline Theater), Ragtime (Marriott Theater Lincolnshire), Jesus Christ Superstar (Paramount Theater) and Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Drury Lane). She is an Indianapolis native and is proud to now be a New York resident! Much thanks to her girlfriend, friends, family, agents and anyone who has helped along the way! Remember that everything is just information. Instagram: @shespeaksmusic SHEILA JONES (Ensemble) is a Florida native who is grateful to be a part of this production and cast. Her favorite credits include Oklahoma! (Denver Center), Dreamgirls (TUTS), Swing! (NCL), Ragtime (Lees McRae), and Once On This Island (Lakeland Center). Shout out to her family and friends! Insta: @jo.sheila REBECCA KRITZER (Swing, Dance Captain) a New Yorker by way of Miami, is thrilled to be a part of this iconic show! Tours/International: Wicked (1st Nat’l); In the Heights (1st Nat’l/original cast); Soul Doctor (Israel). Regional: In the Heights (Theatre Under The Stars/ Olney Theatre Centre/ The Actors’ Playhouse); West Side Story (Maltz Jupiter Theatre). B.A. in Journalism/Religious Studies from NYU, magna cum laude. Props to my amazing team at The Hybrid Agency. Forever for mom and my abuelos. www.rebeccakritzer.com @reberoad
JACOB LACOPO (Ensemble, u/s Caiaphas, u/s Herod) is stoked to share this groundbreaking production of Jesus Christ Superstar all across North America! Originally from Troy, Illinois he’s a proud Webster Conservatory grad. Credits: Kinky Boots (regional premiere),WSS, Spamalot, B&TB, Young Frankenstein, My Fair Lady -The Muny; Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka)-Maltz Jupiter; Legally Blonde (Carlos)-NCL; Seven Brides... (Gideon), Grease (Doody)-LTOTS; ACL(Mike), The Sound of Music (Rolf)McLeod; Chicago, Oklahoma -TLP. RYT Yoga to the People, NYC. So grateful to so many! @JacobLacopo CHARLES McCALL (Ensemble, Third Priest, Assistant Dance Captain, Fight Captain, u/s Caiaphas). Born in New Jersey, and having grown up in St. Louis, Chicago, and New York City, Charles is a man of the States. Just off the First National Tour of Aladdin, Charles traces his roots through dancing at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, and Sonia Dawkins and Prism Dance Theatre, training at SAB, to the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis, where his musical journey began. DANNY McHUGH (Swing, u/s Herod) is so thankful to be part of the Jesus Christ Superstar 50th anniversary tour! National Tours: Rock of Ages, White Christmas. Off-Broadway: Blue Man Group. Favorite credits: Floyd Collins (Floyd), BAZ in Las Vegas (Christian) and Singin’ in the Rain (Don). Thanks to WLP, Wojcik/Seay, his family, and Jess for her love and support! PEPE NUFRIO (Ensemble, u/s Jesus, u/s Judas, u/s Peter) is beyond excited to be making his US National Tour debut with Jesus Christ Superstar! Pepe is a New York actor from Madrid, Spain. After 20 years in Spain and halfway through business school, Pepe decided to move to NYC to study acting at AMDA. Favorite credits include: Into The Woods (Barrington Stage), Evita (St. Louis Rep.), West Side Story (Philadelphia Orchestra), From Here to Eternity (NYC’s Jerome Robbins Theater), Grease (Pioneer Theater), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Fulton Theater). Special thanks to ChiChi and The Cooper Company. Papá, mamá, Andrea y Esme, os quiero, vamos a por ello! www.pepenufrioart.com @thepepenufrio
ERICK PATRICK (Ensemble, u/s Simon). From an early age, Erick knew that he wanted to entertain people. His creative journey began in church where he developed his love for music. His passion for acting came a few years later in middle school, where Erick was in his first musical. Erick attended The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts where he studied acting on camera. Since graduating Erick has been in shows both regionally (Mamma Mia) and on tour (Motown the Musical). Erick is incredibly grateful for each and every opportunity. SANDYREDD (Ensemble, Soul Girl, Peter’s Accusers) is a powerhouse singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and a Chicago native performer taking the industry by storm. She recently left the entire world in shock and awe after wowing celebrity judge panelists Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton on NBC’s hit show “The Voice”. However, SandyRedd’s story begins long before her journey to “The Voice”. Honored as a Leading Lady of Success in the field of music by iHeart Radio, nominated for the 2018 Chicago Music Awards R&B Entertainer of the Year & winner of the 2019 Chicago Music Awards Best Female Vocalist, winner of the 107.5 WGCI & Mountain Dew “Next to Blow out of Chicago” contest, Honored for Music Excellence & Community by RollingOut magazine, and the founder of the Mama’s Birds Performing Arts Youth Organization which fosters mentorship through music, SandyRedd is definitely leaving her mark on the world with no plans of stopping anytime soon. Please continue to follow her journey @SandyReddMusic or visit www.sandyredd.com for her Redd Fever tour dates. JASMINE SCHMENK (Ensemble, Soul Girl, u/s Mary) is grateful to join the 50th Anniversary Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. She was previously seen as “Joanne Jefferson” in the 20th
Anniversary Tour of RENT. She thanks WLP and Wojcik|Seay for this opportunity. She thanks her family for their incredible support. CHELSEA WILLIAMS (Ensemble, u/s Mary). Broadway: In Transit, MAMMA MIA! Nat’l tours: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, MAMMA MIA! Regional: Casa Mañana, Maine State Music Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Gloucester Stage. B.F.A. Emerson College. Ever grateful to Steve and Nancy, Wojcik|Seay, my DGRW team, and my family who have always been along for the ride. @chelseawillyums TIM RICE (Lyrics) has worked in music, theatre and films since 1965 when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or pop songs they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession – musical theatre. Their first collaboration (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew) was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist, The Likes of Us. Their next three works together were much more successful – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. Tim has since worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess) and most recently, Stuart Brayson (From Here to Eternity). A new production of From Here to Eternity made its début at the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre, New York, in June 2016, and played in the Fall of 2017 at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. In December 2016 selections from the score were performed at three official events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Further US productions are in the works. In March 2017, two films with new Tim Rice material were released. Disney’s fresh interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon, features three new songs written with Alan Menken, and the latest Roger Goldby film, Time of Their Lives, starring Joan Collins and Pauline Collins, features Morty and Me, a song written with Pete Hobbs, sung by Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Tim is also an executive producer of the latter movie.He formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was President of MCC in
2002. He is a regular broadcaster/ presenter on BBC Radio 2, drawing on his extensive knowledge of the history of popular music since Elvis was a lad. He has won several awards*, mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Music) is the composer of some of the world’s best known musicals including CATS, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera (which celebrates its 30th anniversary on Broadway this year) and Sunset Boulevard. When Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock – The Musical, CATS and Phantom on Broadway in February 2017 he became the only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers and Hammerstein with four shows running concurrently. As well as The Phantom of the Opera and CATS his productions include the groundbreaking Bombay Dreams which introduced the double Oscar winning Bollywood composer AR Rahman to the Western stage. His awards, both as composer and producer, include seven Tonys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, the Kennedy Center Honor and a Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, his setting of the Latin Requiem mass which contains one of his best known compositions, Pie Jesu. He owns seven London theatres including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium. He was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and created a life peer in 1997. He is passionate about the importance of music in education and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has become one of Britain’s leading charities supporting the arts and music. In 2016 the Foundation funded a major new national initiative which endowed the American Theatre Wing with a $1.3 million, three-year grant to support theatre education opportunities for underserved young people and public schools across the U.S. To mark his 70th birthday his autobiography Unmasked was published by HarperCollins in March. TIMOTHY SHEADER (Director) has been Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre since 2007. For Regent’s Park,
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SARAH PARKER (Ensemble, Riot Girl) Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof (2015 Revival). TV: “Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE” on NBC, “Mozart in the Jungle.” Current member of Camille A. Brown and Dancers. Teacher of athletic improvisation and contemporary movement. Thanks to CESD! Endless love to Mom, Dad, and Noah. @sfp9589
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productions include: A Tale of Two Cities, Jesus Christ Superstar (Evening Standard Award winner, Best Musical; Olivier Award winner, Best Musical Revival); Running Wild (also UK Tour); Peter Pan (Olivier Award nominated, Best Family and Entertainment); To Kill a Mockingbird (WhatsOnStage Award Best Play Revival / UK Tour and Barbican); The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Olivier Award nominated, Best Musical Revival); Crazy for You (Olivier Award winner, Best Musical Revival; also at the Novello); Hello, Dolly! (Olivier Award winner, Best Musical Revival; Evening Standard Award winner, Best Musical); Into the Woods (Olivier Award winner, Best Musical Revival/ available on Digital Theatre; also at Public Theater New York, Central Park). Operas: Turn of the Screw (Olivier nominated Best Opera Production) and Hansel and Gretel. Other theatre includes: The Magistrate (National Theatre); Barnum (Chichester Festival); Imagine This (New London); Hobson’s Choice, The Clandestine Marriage, Love in a Maze (Watermill); Arms and the Man (National Tour); Piaf, Sweet Charity (Sheffield Crucible; TMA Best Musical Award); World premiere of the opera The Monstrous Child (Royal Opera House). DREW McONIE (Choreographer) is Artistic Director of The McOnie Company and an Associate Artist at The Old Vic Theatre. As Director/ Choreographer he has created Jekyll & Hyde - BroadwayWorld Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (The Old Vic), Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre- west end), King Kong (Broadway Theatre, Broadway). On the Town - Olivier nomination for best revival (Regent’s Park) and The Wild Party (The Other Palace). Director credit: Torch Song (Turbine Theatre) Choreographer credits: Jesus Christ Superstar - Olivier nomination for Best Theatre Choreography (Regent’s Park); Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith); In the Heights- Olivier Award winner for Best Theatre Choreography (Southwark Playhouse/ King’s Cross Theatre); HairsprayBroadwayWorld Award for Best Choreography (U.K. tour); Oklahoma! (National Tour). TOM DEERING (Music Supervisor). Tom read music at Goldsmiths College (University of London) and the Royal Academy of Music. He was named as
an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in the 2016 honours list. Music Supervisor credits: Standing at the Sky’s Edge (Sheffield Crucible); Little Shop of Horrors (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); On The Town (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyric Opera Chicago, US Tour & The Barbican); The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic); wonder.land (National Theatre); In the Heights (King’s Cross Theatre/Southwark Playhouse) which won the 2016 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Hobson’s Choice (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). Music Director credits: Something Rotten (Wermland Opera, Sweden); Made in Dagenham (Adelphi/Rupert Goold); From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury/Tamara Harvey); The Color Purple (Menier/ John Doyle); West Side Story (NYMT/ Nikolai Foster); The Witches of Eastwick (UK Tour/Nikolai Foster). As a composer: The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Takes Oral Evidence on Whitehall’s Relationship with Kids Company (Donmar Warehouse); Pity (Royal Court); Little Red Riding Hood, a ballet conceived by Drew McOnie commissioned by The National Youth Ballet of Great Britain; Last Night a Killer Saved my Life (French Fancy Films); Lost for Words (Workhouse Films). Film credits as a conductor include: Genius (Michael Grandage/Adam Cork); Richard II, Macbeth (Rupert Goold/ Adam Cork). Albums as Conductor/ Orchestrator: Just Let Go (Hadley Fraser); Terry Pratchett’s Only You Can Save Mankind (Leighton James House); Looking Up (Simon Bailey); Dark Side of the Egg (The Knights of Hyperbole).
KEITH CAGGIANO (Co-Sound Designer). Select credits: Holiday Inn – The New Irving Berlin Musical, The Radio City Spring Spectacular, Himself and Nora, Disenchanted, Bare; Tours: Cabaret, RENT, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes; Regional: The Most Beautiful Room in NY, Austen’s Pride, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors, Guys and Dolls. Keith also designs and engineers live events and consults on professional sound system installations. He is a graduate of Duquesne University.
TOM SCUTT (Scenic, Hair and Costume Design) won the Linbury Biennial Prize in Stage Design (2007), WhatsOnStage Award for Best Set Designer (2013) and 2016 Tony Award nomination for costume design for King Charles III. He was Creative Director for Christine and The Queens, Sam Smith, Ben Platt, and Liam Gallagher, Production Designer for MTV Video Music Awards 2015 & 2016 at Microsoft Theater and Madison Square Garden and for Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up (V&A). Other productions in the U.S. include Constellations (West End/ UK Tour/Manhattan Theatre Club); Les
NICK LIDSTER (Co-Sound Designer) Nick is a senior member of the Autograph design team. Current projects: Jesus Christ Superstar (Olivier nomination, Best Sound Design; RPOAT, Barbican, Lyric Opera Chicago); The Band (UK tour, Berlin); Calendar Girls (UK Tour). Evita (RPOAT): Theatre credits include: Pacific Overtures (Olivier nomination, Best Sound Design; (Donmar Warehouse), Parade (Olivier nomination, Best Sound Design; (Donmar Warehouse), Miss Saigon (UK/Japan/ Sweden); Les Misérables (UK/Berlin/ Scandinavia); Nicholas Nickleby
Liaisons Dangereuses (Donmar/Booth Theatre); King Charles III (West End/ Almeida/NYC Music Box Theatre/ UK Tour/Sydney Theatre Company). Major projects include Summer and Smoke (West End/Almeida); A Very Expensive Poison (Old Vic Theatre); The Weir (& West End); Berberian Sound Studio, Belleville, The Lady from The Sea (Donmar); Outwitting the Devil (Akram Khan Company); Grand Finale (Hofesh Shechter Company). As Director: Berberian Sound Studio (Donmar). LEE CURRAN (Lighting Designer). A lighting designer of theatre, dance and opera, Lee has worked on most of London’s major stages, including the National Theatre, Royal Court, Royal Opera House, Sadler’s Wells, Almeida, Donmar Warehouse, Young Vic, Old Vic, and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. His designs for dance artists such as Hofesh Shechter have toured around the world. He has three Olivier Award nominations, for Jesus Christ Superstar, Summer and Smoke, and Constellations, the latter of which also ran on Broadway. Lee is an Artist Research Fellow of Queen Mary University of London.
ASHLEY ANDREWS (Associate Choreographer) Original Member of The McOnie Company. Broadway: King Kong (Resident Choreographer), Jesus Christ Superstar (Dance Captain). West End: An American in Paris, 42nd Street, Jekyll and Hyde, Mack and Mabel, 9 to 5, Wicked, Billy Elliot, Shoes Chicago, Fame, High School Musical, Never Forget, The Sound of Music, Oliver. TV/Film credits include: “The Entire Universe” (BBC), “Galavant” (ABC Television), Avengers: Age of Ultron. Choreography: Tropic, Master Moley.
POPPY HALL (Associate Costume Designer) Regents Park and Lyric Opera Chicago’s Jesus Christ Superstar. West End: Girl from The North Country (Public Theatre NY / Toronto / Broadway 2020), Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Olivier Award for costumes). National Theatre: Network (Broadway), Amadeus, Hedda Gabler, One Man Two Guvnors (Broadway), James Plays, Mother Fucker with the Hat. Donmar Warehouse: Sweet Charity, City of Angels, Parade, Frost Nixon, (Broadway), RSC’s The History Plays (Olivier Award for costumes).
SHAWN GOUGH (Associate Music Supervisor) has conducted and/or performed over two dozen Broadway musicals including Billy Elliot, Violet, Sunday in the Park with George, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Something Rotten, Into the Woods, The Light in the Piazza and Aladdin. He has also conducted at Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and the National Symphony for the 54th Presidential Inauguration. He has been fortunate to work with Maya Angelou, Carol Channing, Judy Collins, Marvin Hamlish, Jerry Herman, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Susan Lucci, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand and Stevie Wonder, among others. He has also conducted and arranged for Broadway on Broadway, Broadway in Bryant Park and conducted the National Anthem at the New Meadowlands Stadium at a sold-out Jets game, plus several live television performances. Upcoming: music director and conductor for Ahrens & Flaherty’s Marie, Dancing Still, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.
RYAN O’GARA (Associate Lighting Designer) selected work – Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Thoughts of a Colored man, Cesar Millan – Unleashed!, NBC Upfront at Radio City Music Hall, Juke Box Hero, A Night with Janis Joplin and Vocalocity. Various productions for Norwegian Cruise Line, New York City Opera, Paper Mill, Walnut Street, Drury Lane (2019 Jeff Nomination), TUTS, Signature DC, New Victory, Lincoln Center Festival, Capital Repertory and Bristol Riverside Theatre (2016 Barrymore Award). Associate Lighting Designer for over 25 Broadway productions, currently: Aint’ too Proud, Come from Away, and Hamilton. O’Gara graduated from NCSA. www.ryanogara.com RICK SORDELET & CHRISTIAN KELLYSORDELET (Fight Directors) created SORDELET INC, www.sordeletinc.com with 74 Broadway credits, TV: 1,200 episodes for “Guiding Light” and “Kevin Can Wait” starring Kevin James. Film: Ben Is Back starring Julia Roberts. 65 international productions. Rick teaches at Yale School of Drama. Christian at
CUNY Harlem and HB Studio. Both teach for William Esper Studios. K E Y BOAR DTE K (Keybo ard Programmer) specializes in making high quality keyboard programming available to shows of all sizes. Often featuring the original sounds used on first class productions, programming from their catalog has been heard in hundreds of theatres around the world. Learn more at www.keyboardtek.com WOJCIK / SEAY CASTING (Casting) Owners Scott Wojcik and Gayle Seay cast in all mediums with Holly Buczek and Courtney Hammond.National and International tours: Something Rotten!, RENT, Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages, Motown, Jekyll & Hyde-Korea, West Side Story-Tokyo, Dreamgirls-Korea, Vocalosity, Flashdance, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Joseph… Dreamcoat, and A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway includes: Othello: The Remix, Church & State, The Portal, Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play, Handle With Care, Triassic Parq and more. Regional: Multiple seasons/shows for Riverside Theatre, FL; Arvada Center, CO; John W. Engeman Theatre, NY; Theatre Raleigh, NC; Stages St. Louis, MO; Theatre Aspen, CO; Tuacahn Performing Arts Center, UT. www.wscasting.com @WScasting ALAN D. KNIGHT (Production Stage Manager) National tour credits include Les Misérables, The Sound of Music, MAMMA MIA!, The Book of Mormon, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sister Act the Musical. Lots of love to his family back in Michigan! STEPHANIE HALBEDEL (Stage Manager). National Tours: Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Dirty Dancing, Blue Man Group. Regional: Paper Mill, Northern Stage, New London Barn, North Shore, Merry-Go-Round. Shout out to to my rock & roll parents – your kids regret dropping out of music lessons! ALEXANDER PIERCE (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be exploring the country with Jesus Christ Superstar! National Tours include: RENT, MAMMA MIA!. Regional: Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company and Ogunquit Playhouse. Graduate of Emerson College.
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GINA RATTAN (Associate Director) has been the associate director on seven Broadway shows, including the most recent revival of Angels In America. She has also served as the associate director on The Sound of Music Live and Peter Pan Live. Gina has directed three national tours as well as at prominent regional theaters. Graduate of The University of Michigan. She is a champion of the work, thoughts, and the rights of all women and girls. ginarattan.com
DAVID ARSENAULT (Associate Scenic Designer) As as designer and associate, David’s work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally. Recent designs in NYC: #DateMe: An OKCupid Experiment, A Letter to Harvey Milk. Regional: Ogunquit, Weston, Dorset Theatre Festival, George Street Playhouse, Bay Street Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, Geva Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Northern Stage, Gulfshore Playhouse, among others. International: English Theatre Berlin. Broadway Associate: Hillary and Clinton, The Color Purple, and King Charles III. www. DavidArsenaultDesign.com
(Chichester); Mother Courage (Olivier nomination, Best Sound Design; National Theatre); A Chorus Line (London Palladium);
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ARTHUR J. M. CALLAHAN (Company Manager). Recent national/international tours: Something Rotten!, Motown: The Musical, 20th anniversary tour of RENT, Ragtime, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages, The Color Purple, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Grease! with Frankie Avalon. Special thanks to Mom, the Fam and JCB for neverending support. “Happiness is not out there; it’s in you.” JESSICA MORROW (Assistant Company Manager) is excited to bring the Revolution across the country! Recent 1st national tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Something Rotten!. New York City: The Traveling Lady and Out of the Mouths of Babes. Proud graduate of Brooklyn College - MFA Performing Arts Management and West Texas A&M University. Special thanks to my family and the BCMafia. And one more thing, #GoBuffs! PORT CITY TECHNICAL (Production Management) is a production management company based in Charleston, SC. Also referred to as “Work Light South,” PCT was initially started in 1993 as Technical Theater Solutions by Rhys Williams. TTS worked with WLP on many shows, including American Idiot, Nice Work If You Can Get It, In the Heights, and Avenue Q. Since the conception of PCT, tours with WLP have included MAMMA MIA!, Vocalosity, Motown, Cinderella, Something Rotten, and the pre-broadway Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical. Current and upcoming tours include RENT, Jesus Christ Superstar, Bandstand, and White Christmas. BOND THEATRICAL GROUP (Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Direction) is a fully independent booking, marketing and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour marketing and booking projects include Blue Man Group, CATS, Clueless, Girl from the North Country, First Date, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kathleen Turner’s Finding My Voice, Latin History for Morons, An Officer & A Gentleman, Once on this Island and Spamilton. Current marketing and publicity projects include Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, Moulin Rouge!, Oklahoma!, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and The Prom.
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION. Founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks REGENT’S PARK THEATRE LTD. (Original Producer). Established in 1932, the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is one of the largest theatres in London. Situated in the beautiful surroundings of a Royal Park, both its stage and auditorium are entirely uncovered. The theatre is celebrated for its bold and dynamic productions (The Turn of the Screw, The Seagull, Porgy and Bess, The Crucible, Henry V), with audiences of over 140,000 each year during its 18‑week season. Timothy Sheader and William Village were appointed Joint Chief Executives in 2007. During their tenure, the theatre’s productions of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sound of Music won the WhatsOnStage Best Play Revival and Best Musical Revival Awards respectively, Into the Woods won the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and transferred to the Delacorte Theatre, Central Park, New York in 2012, and Hello, Dolly! won the London Evening Standard Award for Best Musical alongside a further three Olivier Awards. Their production of Crazy for You transferred directly to London’s West End, winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and Best Costume Design, and Little Shop of Horrors won three WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best Musical Revival. The theatre’s ambition of reaching new audiences beyond the Park has seen their productions of Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird tour the UK and Ireland, the latter subsequently transferring to the Barbican for a month-long residency, and their co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre of Michael Morpurgo’s Running Wild toured the UK in 2017. The 2016 sell-out production of Jesus Christ Superstar won the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and London Evening Standard Award for Best Musical, and was revived
the following year for an extended engagement ahead of a run at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Spring 2018. The production returned to London in 2019 for a season at the Barbican, running concurrently with the Open Air Theatre’s record-breaking new production of Evita. For more information visit openairtheatre.com WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Dedicated to creating and producing live entertainment. WLP is a full service producing, investment, general management and technical supervision company with offices in Summit, NJ and Charleston, SC. Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud, Jagged Little Pill, Waitress. Current and upcoming touring productions: The Cher Show, Ain’t Too Proud, RENT 20th Anniversary Tour, Bandstand, White Christmas, and the Olivier Award winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Developing Clue, a new comedy based on the Paramount movie, and the new musical An Officer and a Gentleman. Produced Julie Andrews, The Gift of Music at The Hollywood Bowl and London’s O2 Arena. Other recent touring productions include Motown, Something Rotten!, MAMMA MIA!, R+H Cinderella, the Tony Award-winners American Idiot, In the Heights, and Avenue Q. WLP is led by founding partner and President Stephen Gabriel and Vice President Nancy Gabriel. www.worklightproductions.com THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP The Really Useful Group is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatre producing and rights licensing company and controls the theatrical rights for all of Andrew’s works, including The Phantom of the Opera, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Sunset Boulevard and School of Rock - The Musical. The Really Useful Group reached over 20 million people across the globe last year from live theatre and concert audiences, cinema goers, television viewers and music fans, to social media and art lovers. This year The Really Useful Group continues to work across film, television and theatre as it produces and develops new projects and partnerships worldwide alongside its ongoing work in education, amateur licensing and music publishing.
WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS PRODUCER Stephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel GENERAL MANAGEMENT Kevin Greene, General Manager Scott Seay, Director of Tour Finance Courtney King, Associate General Manager Aniele Fortin Carolyn Smith Owen Likely Noelle Hedgcock TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PORT CITY TECHNICAL Rhys Williams, Production Manager Tom Klonowski, Associate Production Manager Hunter Storie, Assistant Production Manager Mackenzie Foster, Director of Production Operations Rossella Human Jeff Human Ryan George Miriam Michaels Austin Darby EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP TOUR BOOKING Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Wendy Roberts Brittany Halberstadt Madison St. Amour MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION DJ Martin Marc Viscardi Matthew Lerner Nicole Musto Phillip Aleman Nicholas Jaech Trish McKeon Benjamin Nissen Tori Viggiano WOJCIK|SEAY CASTING Scott Wojcik and Gayle Seay Holly Buczek (CSA), Courtney Hammond Nick Ferrao LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin Susan Mindell Emily Erstling Production Stage Manager........................ Alan D. Knight Stage Manager......................................Stephanie Halbedel Assistant Stage Manager.......................Alexander Pierce Company Manager............................ Arthur J.M. Callahan Assistant Company Manager...................Jessica Morrow Dance Captain..............................................Rebecca Kritzer Assistant Dance Captains......................... Charles McCall, Derek Ferguson Associate Director.............................................. Gina Rattan Associate Choreographer....................... Ashley Andrews Fight Direction................................................. Rick Sordelet, Christian Kelly-Sordelet Fight Captain.................................................. Charles McCall Associate Scenic Designers............................David Allen, David Arsenault Associate Costume Designer........................... Poppy Hall Assistant Costume Designer..................Rossella Human Associate Lighting Designer..........................Ryan O’Gara Assistant Lighting Designer........................Naftali Wayne Lighting Programmer....................................Jackson Miller Production Carpenter..................................Tom Klonowski Head Carpenter................................................... Noah Smith Assistant Carpenter....................................... Aaron Gilman Production Electrician..................................Dawn Kenseth Head Electrician....................................Zachary Alexander Assistant Electricians.....................................David Salazar, Michael Smith Production Audio.................................................Jeff Human Head Audio.................................................. Anthony Cuozzo Assistant Audio.....................................................David Allen Head Props..................................................... John Mark Zink Head Wardrobe................................................... Cat Lovejoy Assistant Wardrobe.........................................Topher Jones Hair And Makeup Supervisor................ Adrienne Maurer Assistant Hair And Makeup..................... Zachary Maurer RUG Music Consultant................................ Dr. John Rigby RUG Vocal Consultant...............................Fiona Mcdougal Vocal Consultants....................................... Chelsea Wilson, Chris York Keyboard Programmers........................Dustin L. Struhall, Taylor J. Williams Rehearsal Pianist...........................................John Samorian Music Copier.................................................... Mark Dickman Production Assistant......................................... Sarah Azizo Physical Therapy............................................ NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc. Medical Director....................................Leda Ghannad, MD
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CREDITS Mein Roberts, Giliberto Design Inc., Robbie Gordon, Gabrielle Firth, Applied Arts, Laura Whitlock, Deborah Tallentire, Schultz & Wiremu Fabric Effects Ltd., Darcy Clothing, Masque Sound, Lighting Equipment by PRG Lighting, Inc, Applied Arts Limited, Arthouse Interactive Inc. SPECIAL THANKS Brenbri Props, TTS Studios, Creative Connors, Rosebrand, Janco, Marathon Digital, Open Jar Studios, Marc Malsegna, Anthony Rubbo, Simon Hardwick Mark Ciglar & Cinevative, Dan Rudin Recording And Production, HMS Media, Inc., Spoleto Festival USA, Michael Graham, Rock It Cargo USA, LLC , Schultz & Wiremu Fabric Effects LTD., Westward Access Law Group, Susan Mindell & Margaret L. Watson 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. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.
Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E) The Director-Choreographer is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union. The Company Manager employed in this production is represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.
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Actor John Leguizamo grew up in New York City a Colombian immigrant with very few pop-culture role models who looked like him: Ricky Ricardo in “I Love Lucy.” Speedy Gonzales. Freddie Prinze. “They were far and few between,” he said. “Then we had West Side Story, but I feel conflicted about that,” he added of the iconic gang musical that follows rumbling white and Puerto Rican gangs spinning and snapping and stabbing their way through the Upper West Side of Manhattan. “West Side Story was the only Latin representation we had in popular movies back then, but it was all based on very negative information,” he said. “And on the news, you saw yourself constantly portrayed very negatively. Our positive stories were never celebrated.” It was not until Leguizamo became a grown man that his research led him to great Latin writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, Roberto Bolaño, Isabel Allende, Pablo Neruda and others dating back to the 1800s. And that got him wondering what else he wasn’t taught in school about the contributions of Latin leaders, artists and soldiers throughout history. Leguizamo, an amorphous human encyclopedia who absorbs facts as easily as breathing, has since made himself an expert on the subject, and that has led to his latest one-man theatrical production. Latin History for Morons is not only playing in Denver, it was largely developed right here back in 2017. “Comedy Works was great for me because they gave me the opportunity to really workshop this show,” he said. “I went there for four nights doing two shows a night.” But it wasn’t standup comedy. “No, I just read to these poor people from my notes,” he said. “People in comedy clubs are not used to being read to. And it was a 2½ hour show. I think they were drunk out of their minds, because they just kept pouring the alcohol, and it was the longest show they’ve ever had.” But that was part of the genesis of a show that went on to Broadway and won a special 2018 Tony Award. “Denver people are the ones who helped me make this show,” he said, “and now I’m grateful that I can bring it back to them all polished and retooled.” Leguizamo was motivated to develop Latin History for Morons for his son, who was being bullied and racially profiled in his middle school not far from where Leguizamo was raised. Leguizamo also had grown up feeling othered and second-class, and he was done with that. “I was like, wait a minute. How is this possible with all these contributions from Latin people?” he said. “I wanted to give my son facts and information about Latin heroes to empower him.” But Leguizamo was the one who was changed. Or, as he put it: “Un-moronized.” “I was empowered. I was transformed,” he said. “It was like a domino effect. The information I found started to double and triple and quadruple. I couldn’t believe the incredible amount of Latin contributions to America and the world I found.
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Redeem for Musicals • Plays • Classes Subscriptions • Venue Rentals “I started to feel like being Latin was a superpower.” Now Leguizamo is bringing his comic, kinetic, dizzying stage energy into a Denver classroom known as The Buell Theatre. And if he hadn’t already settled on such a provocative title, Leguizamo might have called his production Latin History for all Americans. “If we had a syllabus for this course, it would say that this is not the victor’s version of American history,” he said. “History should include all of the people who helped create America. It should include all of the Black, Latin and Native American contributions to the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the War of 1812. We were there. “That would be a great book, and then these Latinx kids in school would see themselves reflected back and they would feel different about themselves. They would feel like they could project themselves into the future in a successful way. When you don’t see yourself included in all this information, you feel that you have no future. When you constantly don’t see yourself in positive or heroic roles, how do you ever reimagine yourself?” Leguizamo was intrigued to learn that the DCPA Theatre Company will soon be presenting the world premiere of a play called twenty50 that imagines that by the year 2050, the white power structure in this country will absorb Latinx people into its population, in effect preserving a white majority. “That show sounds fascinating,” he said, “because when you look back at World War I, they didn’t separate Latin people from white people. They counted light-skinned Latin people and medium-skin-toned Latin people as white people. So now we’re going back to including Latin people as white people but the thing is: Why can’t we all just be Americans?” For an expanded version of this interview, including John Leguizamo’s Required Reading list, visit denvercenter.org/news-center.
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From blasphemy to Broadway to banned to broadcast television, few pop-culture titles have generated the kind of buzz Jesus Christ Superstar has generated along the road to its current 50th anniversary national touring production. A decade after its last major tour, this iconic musical phenomenon is back, buoyed by a jaw-dropping 2018 reimagination that aired as a live concert on NBC and left many critics saying the high-energy staging had set a new standard for live theatrical broadcasts. “What could have felt like a dated rock opera was more like an uproarious arena concert filled with screaming fans,” wrote Deadline critic Dino-Ray Ramos. That Emmy Award-winning effort essentially cast the live audience as the so-called 50,000 screaming Jesus fans that Simon sings are ready to “ride into Jerusalem” and effect the greatest revolution in world history. That ambience is more in line with the kind of energy composer Andrew Lloyd Webber first had in mind when he and Tim Rice dared to imagine the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ through a decidedly late 1960s rock ’n’ roll lens. “Superstar was written like a radio play, because that was the closest thing we had available to us,” Webber told Rolling Stone magazine. “I think it works best when it’s closer to a rock concert.” The new national tour, helmed by acclaimed director Timothy Sheader and cutting-edge choreographer Drew McOnie, captured a similar live energy as well, and subsequently won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. From the start, Superstar was slammed as blasphemous. Imagine the audacity of a new rock musical that dared to
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tell the story of Christ’s downfall from the sympathetic perspective of his chief betrayer? The writers couldn’t find a producer at first. “We were told it was the worst idea in history,” Lloyd Webber later recalled. So he and Rice transformed their stage musical into a two-record concept album that was released in 1970, just after The Who’s own two-record celebrity opus, “Tommy.” But Rice was more inspired by the Bob Dylan anthem “With God On Our Side,” which features Judas in its penultimate verse. Rice was fascinated by the idea of Judas not as a craven back-stabber but rather a close friend struggling with the implications of Jesus’ growing popularity. “From a very young age, I had wondered what I might have done in the situations in which Pontius Pilate and Judas Iscariot found themselves,” Rice wrote in his autobiography. “How were they to know Jesus would be accorded divine status by millions and that they would as a result be condemned down the ages?” When the legendary concept album hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts behind songs such as “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Gethsemane,” “Heaven on their Minds” and the title tune, a Broadway staging went from impossible to inevitable. American fans had begun staging unauthorized live performances in churches and theaters around the country. But what bowed on Broadway in 1971 was polarizing. Webber himself called that first (of four) Broadway productions “brash and vulgar” — and he was not alone. The show was banned in South Africa and protested by everyone from the American Jewish Committee to the
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“…not only do I appreciate your beautiful rock-opera film, I believe it will bring more people around the world to Christianity than anything ever has before.” — POPE PAUL VI TO NORMAN JEWISON, DIRECTOR THE FILM ADAPTATION OF JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith to evangelist Billy Graham. (Though Graham did acknowledge that “if the production causes young people to search their Bibles, to that extent it may be beneficial.”) One of the major criticisms of Webber and Rice was having Judas come back from the dead to sing the title song, without taking a stand on the possible resurrection of Jesus. But if you look closely at the final shot of the 1973 film, said Ted Neeley, who played Jesus in the film (and on stage for the next 40 years), you can see a mysterious someone walking in the desert. “And let me just say: Those who have eyes to see will see that mysterious someone,” Neeley told The Denver Post during a 2008 tour stop in Denver. “The reason for that shot is that Norman Jewison and myself took issue with the fact that Tim and Andrew felt the piece needed to end with a crucifixion, showing no suggestion of possible resurrection and ascension,” Neeley said. “So when Norman made the film, that mysterious appearance is to suggest that life does go on, that there was resurrection of the spirit.” Ironically, Jesus Christ Superstar has found favor with Catholic popes across the decades. Jewison, who directed the 1973 film, arranged a special screening for Pope Paul VI. Neeley quotes Paul VI as saying: “Mr. Jewison, not only do I appreciate your beautiful rock-opera film, I believe it will bring more people around the world to Christianity than anything ever has before.” And the current Pope Francis said he enjoyed a recent stage production of Superstar in Rome. From its birth, Superstar reflected the rock roots that defined a generation. It has been credited (and blamed) for ushering in Broadway’s decades-long “British invasion” that brought such mega-hits as Cats and Les Misérables. And as time has passed, it has proven to be one of those musicals that demands to be re-interpreted again and again, as it has been for its 50th anniversary tour.
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FAMOUS MARY MAGDALENES Yvonne Elliman: Broadway and 1973 film Sara Bareilles: NBC Live in Concert Jenna Rubaii: 50th anniversary national tour FAMOUS JESUSES Murray Head: 1970 concept album Ted Neeley: 1973 film Billy Lewis, Jr.: 2017 Arvada Center staging John Legend: NBC Live in Concert Aaron LaVigne: 50th anniversary national tour FAMOUS JUDASES Ben Vereen: Broadway originator Carl Anderson: 1973 film Tony Vincent: 2000 Broadway (DCPA Theatre Company’s The Twelve) James Delisco Beeks: 50th anniversary national tour
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR NOV 26 – DEC 1 • BUELL THEATRE ASL Interpreted, Audio-described and Open Captioned performance: Nov 30, 2pm
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Carmen Molina, Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Maria Reyes Soto, Michael Thomas.....................................Custodians Events Dawn Williams.............................................. Director, Event Sales & Marketing Tara Miller......................................... Senior Manager Danielle Bell, Savanna Campbell, Matt Leaver..................................................Managers BROADWAY & CABARET Brook Nichols......Director, Event Technology ADMINISTRATION Tom Duffin...........Manager, Event Technology John Ekeberg.........................Executive Director Colin Dieck, Stori Heleen, Will Stowe, Alicia Bruce.................................General Manager Ian Wells............Specialists, Event Technology Ashley Brown...........................Business Manager MARKETING, SALES & GARNER GALLERIA THEATRE PATRON SERVICES Abel Becerra............................. Technical Director Lisa Mallory........................................Vice President Anna Hookana+, Patrick Berger.............Audience Development Alex Reshetniak+......................Core Stagehands Manager Heidi Bosk.................................Associate Director, DEVELOPMENT PR & Integrated Marketing Shelley Thompson.........................Vice President Rachel Cadden......................... Communications Coordinator Rebecca Clark.......................................Coordinator Megan Fevurly....................... Associate Director Casey Eickhoff, Tamara Fox....................................Manager, Grants Brenda Elliott..........Senior Graphic Designers Marc Ravenhill................Manager, Stewardship Brianna Firestone..........Director of Marketing, Insights & Strategy Megan Stewart..............Events & Development Officer Rachel Garn..................................Email Developer Julie Voorhees....Manager, Capital Campaign Jacquelyn Glover.......Junior Web Developer/ Administration Erin Walker..............Senior Director, Major Gifts Brittany Gutierrez.................... Communications Associate EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Donna Hendricks................Executive Assistant Allison Watrous..................... Executive Director Jeff Hovorka......... Director, Sales & Marketing Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski............................ 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Andrew Sullivan*, Emmalaine Wright*..........................Ticket Agents Theatre Services Carol Krueger...............................................Manager Samantha Egle, LeiLani Lynch, Aaron McMullen, Dylan Phibbs, Valerie Schaefer.......................Assistant Theatre Services Managers Paitra Babb, William Berry, Nora Caley, Kori Hazel, Stacey Renee Norwood, Margaret Ohlander, Elizabeth Schreffler, Shannon Teppert, Lauren Veselak........................Theatre Company House Managers Volunteer Ushers................................................305+ Group Sales Jessica Bergin................Groups Sales Manager Rebecca Hibbert..........................Student Matinee Group Sales Associate Patrick Naughton....Group Sales Coordinator ACCOUNTING & FINANCE Jane Williams.................................. Vice President Jennifer Jeffrey........................Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Jennifer Siemers...............Director, Accounting Sara Brandenburg.......... Accounting Manager Michaele Davidson, Linda Erickson.................... Senior Accountants Valerie Lingbloom...................Staff Accountant Vicky Miles...............Special Projects Associate HUMAN RESOURCES Vera Morales......................................Vice President Brian Carter, Karen Jewell.......................Director Jamie Hawkins......................................Coordinator Paul Johnson...............................Payroll Specialist Monica Robles...................Mailroom Supervisor INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Yovani Pina.........................................Vice President Rick Bennett, David Tschan...................Director Eric Boone.............................Software Developer Vincent Bridgers....Ticketing System Analyst Simone Gordon......................Program Manager Christopher Hoge..................................IT Manager Phillip Johnson, Sarah Martinez ................IT Analyst; Help Desk Jacob Parker........................................BI Developer Joseph Reecher............................Junior Systems Administrator THEATRE COMPANY ADMINISTRATION Charles Varin...........................Managing Director Ann Marshall...............................General Manager Allison Taylor Brinkhoff......Company Manager Katie Grayson.... Assistant Company Manager ARTISTIC Chris Coleman.............................. Artistic Director Rose Riordan......... Associate Artistic Director Charlie Miller.........Associate Artistic Director/ Off-Center Curator Douglas Langworthy............Literary Director/ Director of New Play Development Melissa Cashion.........................Artistic Producer Grady Soapes.....................Associate Producer/ Director of Casting Lynde Rosario.............................Literary Manager PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford...................... Director, Production & Construction Project Management Matthew Campbell....... Associate Production Manager Julie Brou..............................Production & Artistic Office Manager
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Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek...............................................Director Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud...... Assistants Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod....................................Director Lily Bradford..................................................Assistant Reid Tennis+......................Production Electrician Multimedia Gregory W. Towle............................. Projections & New Technology Supervisor Sound Design Craig Breitenbach........................................Director Alex Billman+, Frank Haas+, Pedro Lumbrano+.................Sound Technicians Stage Management Kurt Van Raden.....Production Stage Manager Rachel Ducat, Heidi Echtenkamp, Corin Davidson, Rick Mireles, Michael Morales, D. Lynn Reiland...........................Stage Managers Scene Shop Eric J. Moore............................. Technical Director Josh Prues, Robert L. Orzolek...............Associate Technical Directors Albert “Stub” Allison.........Assistant Technical Director Louis Fernandez III.................Master Carpenter Ian Macleod, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz............... Lead Technicians Tyler Clark, Amy “Wynn” Pastor, Kyle Scoggins, Mara Zimmerman................Scenic Technicians Prop Shop Robin Lu Payne....................Properties Director Eileen S. Garcia...................Assistant Properties Director Jamie Stewart Curl, Tobias Harding, Georgina Kayes, Tony Nguyen, Katie Webster..................................Props Artisans Paint Shop Jana L. Mitchell...................Charge Scenic Artist Melanie Rentschler...............Lead Scenic Artist Kristin Hamer MacFarlane............Scenic Artist Costume Shop Janet S. MacLeod.......................................Director/ Costume Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle......................Costume Design Associate Carolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott, Corrine Serfass................Drapers Cathie Gagnon..........................................First Hand Sheila P. Morris..................................................... Tailor Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver.........................................Director Chris Campbell............................................Assistant Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki........................................Wig Master House Crew Doug Taylor+.................Supervising Stagehand Jim Berman+, Stephen D. Mazzeno+, Kyle Moore+, Miles Stasica+, Matt Wagner+.........................................Stagehands Wardrobe Brenda Lawson..............................................Director Mary Capers^, Jessica A. Rayburn^ ...................Wig Assistants Robin Appleton^, Amber Donner^, Anthony Mattivi^, Tim Nelson^, Lisa Parsons Wagner^, Alan Richards^..............................................Dressers *Member, I.A.T.S.E. Local B-7 + Member, I.A.T.S.E. Local 7 ^Member, I.A.T.S.E. Local 719 As of 10/25/2019
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