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Hello and welcome to the DCPA. Whether you are joining us for the hilarious antics in The Play That Goes Wrong or for the legendary Hello, Dolly!, we are delighted you are here. Our Broadway touring shows play a significant role in the success of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Therefore, it is my pleasure to share with you the highlights from our recently released 2017/18 Community Report. Thanks to the generosity of our community which gave nearly $22 million through donations, support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and gifts to our capital campaign, we were able to provide: • 43 productions • 246 classes • 2,517 ticket vouchers • 36,989 student discounts • 20,588 free and discounted admissions • Rental space valued at more than $30,000 Through these endeavors, we welcomed nearly 30,000 subscribers, distributed more than 850,000 tickets and engaged with more than 144,000 students. Through your patronage and giving, we had a $193.4 million economic impact on our local economy. Broadway does mean big business and next season is no exception. I invite you to review our 2019/20 season announcement on pages 18-19, which includes Escape to Margaritaville, Mean Girls and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical as well as the return engagement of Hamilton. While we are in the throes of one season and planning for another, it is always our great pleasure to consider the future of our industry and there is no better way to see its potential than through our annual Bobby G High School Musical Theatre Awards. Now in its seventh year, this statewide competition is our chance to see Colorado’s up-and-coming talent. We review 45 school productions and, ultimately, nominate schools and students in 15 categories. Students are then honored for their creativity, versatility and talent at an awards ceremony complete with student performances. Two students are awarded Best Actor and Actress in a Musical and go on to represent us at the national Jimmy Awards in New York City. We hope you can join us for this celebration on May 23 in The Ellie. In closing, I am honored and humbled by the generosity of our community, inspired by our artists, proud of our talented youth and enthusiastic about the season to come. We hope to see you again soon at the theatre! Warm regards,
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FIDDLER ON COSTUME COLUMN THE ROOF In 1961, writers Joseph Stein (book), Jerry Bock (music), and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) set out to adapt three stories from Sholem Aleichem’s “Tevye’s Daughters” into a Broadway musical. The result was Fiddler on the Roof (Jun 11-16), which opened on September 22, 1964, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and starring Zero Mostel as Tevye. It won nine 1965 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score. The show has enjoyed five other Broadway revivals, several U.S. tours, countless productions around the world, and a successful film. Many of the show’s songs have gone on to become standards, including “To Life (L’Chaim!),” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “Tradition.” Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher reunited his creative team from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific and The King and I to bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece. The new revival also features stunning choreography from acclaimed Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, based on the original Jerome Robbins staging. A wonderful cast and a lavish orchestra tell this heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and the timeless traditions that define faith, family, and community.
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also incorporated into his set design. “You just pull references from what you’ve seen and what you wish would happen sometimes,” he says. Hook recalls attending an “incredibly dull Charley’s Aunt,” which was unwittingly improved when, “on the first night literally the furniture started falling apart.” So watch for the same kind of mayhem to ensue in The Play That Goes Wrong when the characters onstage least expect it. There’s quite an art to making things appear to be broken, says Hook. “Basically, you don’t make it so it will break, you make it broken,” he explains. “And you make it very well, so it will go back together again very quickly.” Without trying to give away too many trade secrets, the designer says much of what “goes wrong” involves magnets, hooks, levers and “the forces of gravity.” Part of the fun of the set is that, at times, what happens onstage looks genuinely perilous. “We’re really, really precise with all the slapstick,” says co-author Henry Shields. “We want it to look dangerous, but be absolutely safe for the actors doing it. It’s all about making sure all the precautions are in place and making sure that things are cued at the right time.” To achieve that, the actors rehearsed on the set for the original production, says Hook. “We had a period of time where we could pidge and fiddle with things, and it went up in the rehearsal rooms.” And that has been the protocol for every production since. So “that when we do hand it over to people, you know, we all sleep easily,” says co-author Jonathan Sayer. The set itself gets quite a workout during every show. Hook says after each performance there’s “about half an hour’s work, sort of settling things; putting flaps back up, cleaning…the rug gets very wet, so that has to be put into a position where it can dry out, without causing any problems.” Before each performance, there’s at least another hour of getting the set and props ready to go: “They do lists and they double check and they check themselves and somebody else does a shout round of what has to be where.” When The Play That Goes Wrong opened on Broadway, Hook’s set design was singled out in most of the reviews. Jesse Green, in Vulture, wrote: “Nigel Hook’s booby-trapped set should get either a Tony Award or a cease-and-desist order from OSHA.” And when the Tony Awards were handed out a couple of months later, Hook received the Tony for Best Scenic Design of a Play. “It was just extraordinary,” Hook remembers of attending the ceremony in the 6,000 seat Radio City Music Hall. “I made the foolish mistake of putting my pathetic little speech in my back pocket. I never use a back pocket! And then couldn’t find it once I got up there. So, I winged it. Fortunately, I think everybody thought I was making a big joke! But I was terrified.” A little bit like the seemingly hapless actors who get conked on the head and buffeted about on his brilliant set.
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HISTORY There are some roles on Broadway that draw December 28, 1938 December 5, 1955 an actor like a moth to a flame. Dolly Gallagher 30OCT 21 •thePLAYHOUSE LeviSEPT is one such role. Consider star-studdedSQUARE • 216.241.6000 • PLAYHOUSESQUARE.ORG • list of actresses who have appeared in Hello, Dolly! — Carol Channing, Bette Midler, Betty Buckley, Pearl Bailey, Barbra Streisand, Mary ASSIGNMENT: CLIENT: HELLO, DOLLY! Wilder’s TRIM: 10" W x 5.25" H The MerchantNEWSPAPER of Yonkers opens Wilder revises the unsuccessful The Merchant Martin, Ethel Merman, Betty Grable, Phyllis Diller TEMPLATE DATE: 8.29.18 SAFETY: N/A it as The Matchmaker. on Broadway. The author bases his farce of Yonkers and reopens and Ginger Rogers just to name a few. QTR PAGE HORZ BLEED: N/A hit on Broadway, with 486 on Nestroy’s Einen Jux will er sich machen; It becomes a major But the role would be inconsequential if it were it fails after 39 performances. performances. Merrick — who embarks on not for the musical and the musical may never full-scale producing, with as many as three have been conceived of had it not been for a oneBroadway openings in a single week — act farce written by John Oxenford entitled December 16, 1948 ponders turning the play into a musical. A Day Well Spent. Read on for a history of the one, the only Hello, Dolly!
April 4, 1835
THE MERCHANT OF YONKERS
THE MATCHMAKER
LEND AN EAR
April 13, 1961
FROM LONDON…
The musical revue Lend an Ear opens. Actress Carol Channing attracts major notice as a flapper-like “Gladiola Girl” and features choreography by newcomer Gower Champion.
A Day Well Spent opens at London’s Theatre Royal, English Opera House. It was seemingly forgotten.
December 8, 1949
March 10, 1842
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Einen Jux will er sich machen (“He Will Go on a Spree”) opens at the Theatre an de Wien. Written by Johann Nestroy, with music by Adolf Müller, it is based on A Day Well Spent.
April 17, 1897
ENTER THORNTON WILDER Thornton Wilder is born in Madison, Wisconsin. His second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, earns him the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES Channing returns to Broadway as Lorelie Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She becomes an instant celebrity thanks to her rendition of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.”
November 4, 1954
DAVID MERRICK’S FANNY When Fanny opens on Broadway, it marks the debut of producer David Merrick, who is determined to not only conquer Broadway but vanquish all competitors.
CARNIVAL! Merrick hires director / choreographer Gower Champion and librettist Michael Stewart, from the 1960 sleeper-hit Bye Bye Birdie to mount Carnival! which goes on to a 719-performance run. Merrick is so pleased that the morning after the show’s opening, he invites Champion and Stewart to work on a musical version of The Matchmaker.
October 10, 1961
MILK AND HONEY Milk and Honey opens with music and lyrics from first-time-on-Broadway composer, Jerry Herman. Stewart — already working on The Matchmaker — suggests Herman as composer. He writes four songs “on spec” and the job is his.
January 16, 1964
THE NEW MUSICAL COMEDY Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing opens and is immediately hailed as the biggest hit in a decade.
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December 27, 1970
A NEW RECORD
2,844 PERFORMANCES
Hello, Dolly! sets a new record for most Tony Awards won by a show with 10 honors: Best Musical, Best Composer and Lyricist, Best Author, Best Direction, Best Choreography, Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Conductor, Best Producer and the Best Actress.
Hello, Dolly! closes after 2,844 performances, having shattered the record for the longest-running musical in Broadway history formally held by My Fair Lady.
October 10, 1965
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT Hello, Dolly! makes front page news when the touring company headed by Mary Martin begins a State Department tour of U.S. military bases in Saigon, Tokyo, Korea and London.
February, 1967
THE DIVINE MISS M 22-year-old Bette Midler takes over the role of Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof. The young singer records her breakthrough album “The Divine Miss M” in 1972. She returns to Broadway in 1973 with her concert Bette Midler, for which she receives a special Tony Award.
November 12, 1967
HELLO, PEARLIE Pearl Bailey, Broadway’s sixth Dolly, takes over the Broadway production with a cast including Cab Calloway as Horace Vandergelder (and a young actor named Morgan Freeman as Rudolph).
March 28, 1970
SING OUT, ETHEL Ethel Merman takes over the starring role in Hello, Dolly! The show had originally been offered to Merman, who begged off having just finished three years in Gypsy. Composer Herman brushes off two songs he had written when it was expected that Merman would originate the role, and they are inserted into the show.
July 1994
DENVER launches NATIONAL TOUR Denver is chosen to launch the revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing.
April 20, 2017
BACK WHERE THEY BELONG Hello, Dolly! opens at the Shubert Theatre starring Better Midler, heading a cast that includes David Hyde Pierce, Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin. The artistic team is Jerry Zaks, Director; Warren Carlyle, Choreographer; Santo Laquasto, Set & Costume Designer; Natasha Katz, Lighting Designer, and Andy Einhorn, Musical Director.
June 11, 2017
TONY AWARDS The 2017 revival wins four Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Featured Actor in a Musical and Best Costume Design of a Musical.
October 5, 2018
NATIONAL TOUR BEGINS Betty Buckley stars in the touring production of Hello, Dolly! which opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
March 27 – April 7, 2019
Hello, Dolly! reappears in The Buell Theatre. ASL Interpreted, Audio Described and Open Captioned performance: Apr 7, 2pm.
UPCOMING
SHOWS The Play That Goes Wrong Mar 5 – 17 Hello, Dolly! Mar 27 – Apr 7 Powered By Off-Center Mar 31 & Apr 12 – 14 The Illusionists Apr 12 – 14 Cats Apr 24 – 28 Sweat Apr 26 – May 26 Wicked May 8 – Jun 9 Between Us Mar 23 – May 26 Fiddler on the Roof Jun 11 – 16 Rain – A Tribute to the Beatles Jun 23 Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Jul 9 – 28 Anastasia Aug 7 – 18 It’s Not You, It’s Me The Second City Jul 31 – Aug 25 Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End Sept 4 – 22 Miss Saigon Sep 10 – 22 Blue Man Group Oct 22 – 27 The Phantom of the Opera Nov 6 – 17 The Improvised Shakespeare Company Oct 15, 2019 – Mar 22, 2020 Jesus Christ Superstar Nov 26 – Dec 1
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Dolly Gallagher Levi............................................................................................................................... BETTY BUCKLEY Ambrose Kemper........................................................................................................................................GARETT HAWE Horace Vandergelder.........................................................................................................................LEWIS J. STADLEN Ermengarde..............................................................................................................................................MORGAN KIRNER Cornelius Hackl............................................................................................................................................... NIC ROULEAU Barnaby Tucker..........................................................................................................................................JESS LePROTTO Minnie Fay.......................................................................................................................................................KRISTEN HAHN Irene Molloy........................................................................................................................................... ANALISA LEAMING Mrs. Rose................................................................................................................................................BETH KIRKPATRICK Ernestina................................................................................................................................................ JESSICA SHERIDAN Rudolph..............................................................................................................................................................WALLY DUNN Stanley................................................................................................................................................ SCOTT SHEDENHELM Judge.............................................................................................................................................................. TIMOTHY SHEW Court Clerk.................................................................................................................................................DANIEL BEEMAN TOWNSPEOPLE, WAITERS, ETC.................................................................MADDY APPLE, DANIEL BEEMAN, GIOVANNI BONAVENTURA, ELIZABETH BROADHURST, JULIAN DeGUZMAN, ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER, DAN HORN, COREY HUMMERSTON, MADISON JOHNSON, BETH KIRKPATRICK, BEN LANHAM, IAN LIBERTO, KYLE SAMUEL, SCOTT SHEDENHELM, TIMOTHY SHEW, MARIA CRISTINA SLYE, CASSIE AUSTIN TAYLOR, DAVIS WAYNE, BRANDON L. WHITMORE, CONNOR WINCE UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. For Dolly Gallagher Levi—BETH KIRKPATRICK, JESSICA SHERIDAN; for Ambrose Kemper— GIOVANNI BONAVENTURA, COREY HUMMERSTON; for Horace Vandergelder—WALLY DUNN, TIMOTHY SHEW; for Ermengarde—BRITTANY BOHN, ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER; for Cornelius Hackl—DANIEL BEEMAN, IAN LIBERTO; for Barnaby Tucker—JULIAN DeGUZMAN, SCOTT SHEDENHELM; for Minnie Fay—ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER, MADISON JOHNSON; for Irene Molloy—MADDY APPLE, ELIZABETH BROADHURST; for Ernestina—ELIZABETH BROADHURST, BETH KIRKPATRICK. SWINGS BRITTANY BOHN, WHITNEY COOPER, NATHAN KEEN, IAN LIBERTO DANCE CAPTAIN IAN LIBERTO ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN BRITTANY BOHN
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CAST
BETTY BUCKLEY
LEWIS J. STADLEN
NIC ROULEAU
ANALISA LEAMING
KRISTEN HAHN
GARETT HAWE
MORGAN KIRNER
JESSICA SHERIDAN
JESS LePROTTO
MADDY APPLE
DANIEL BEEMAN
BRITTANY BOHN
GIOVANNI BONAVENTURA
WALLY DUNN
ELIZABETH BROADHURST
WHITNEY COOPER
JULIAN DeGUZMAN
ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER
DAN HORN
COREY HUMMERSTON
MADISON JOHNSON
NATHAN KEEN
BETH KIRKPATRICK
BEN LANHAM
IAN LIBERTO
KYLE SAMUEL
SCOTT SHEDENHELM
DAVIS WAYNE
BRANDON L. WHITMORE
CONNOR WINCE
TIMOTHY SHEW
MARIA CASSIE AUSTIN CRISTINA SLYE TAYLOR
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SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE Overture............................................................................................................................................................ Orchestra Scene 1: Along Fourth Avenue, New York City Scene 2: Grand Central Station “I Put My Hand In”.............................................................................................................. Dolly and Company Scene 3: A Street in Yonkers Scene 4: Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers “It Takes a Woman”..................................................................Vandergelder and the Instant Glee Club “Put on Your Sunday Clothes”................Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ambrose, and Ermengarde Scene 5: The Yonkers Depot “Put on Your Sunday Clothes”................................................................................The People of Yonkers Scene 6: Outside Mrs. Molloy’s Hat Shop—Water Street, New York City Scene 7: Inside the Hat Shop “Ribbons Down My Back”.................................................................................................................Mrs. Molloy “Motherhood”.............................................................................................Dolly, Vandergelder, Mrs. Molloy, Minnie Fay, Cornelius, and Barnaby “Dancing”...................................... Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Minnie Fay, Mrs. Molloy, and Dancers Scene 8: A Quiet Street Scene 9: 14th Street “Before The Parade Passes By”................................................................................... Dolly and Company ACT TWO Scene 1: From 42nd Street to 14th Street “Penny in My Pocket”.....................................................................................................................Vandergelder “Elegance”.................................................................... Mrs. Molloy, Cornelius, Minnie Fay, and Barnaby Scene 2: Outside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, on the Battery Scene 3: Inside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant “The Waiters’ Gallop”.....................................................................................................Rudolph and Waiters “Hello, Dolly!”........................................................................................ Dolly, Rudolph, Waiters, and Cooks “The Contest”.......................................................................................Ambrose, Ermengarde, Mrs. Molloy, Cornelius, Minnie Fay, Barnaby, and the Contestants Scene 4: A Courtroom on Centre Street “It Only Takes a Moment”.....................................Cornelius, Mrs. Molloy, Prisoners, and Policemen “So Long Dearie”............................................................................................................................................... Dolly Scene 5: Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers “Hello, Dolly!”................................................................................................................ Dolly and Vandergelder Scene 6: The Hudson River Valley Finale..............................................................................................................................................................Company THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION. ORCHESTRA Conductor—ROBERT BILLIG Keyboard 2/Associate Conductor—TIM LACIANO Keyboard 1—MAX MAMON Percussionist—RICHARD ROSENZWEIG First Trumpet—JEFFREY WILFORE Music Coordinator—SEYMOUR RED PRESS Associate Music Coordinator—KIMBERLEE WERTZ Music Copying—EMILY GRISHMAN MUSIC PREPARATION LOCAL MUSICIANS Trombone—ROB OLDS Trumpet 2—JAKE BOLDMAN Keyboard Sub—CATHERINE SAILER Reed 1—ART BOUTON Violin 1—NAOMI SUE SMITH Violin 2—PHYLLIS CARLSON Cello—JEFF WATSON Violin 3—LIAN EMMERLING Reed 4—SAM WILLIAMS Reed 3—ERIC ERHARDT Reed 2—DREW ZAREMBA Bass Trombone—JAMES GRAY Contractor—JIM HARVEY Acoustic Bass—BRIAN KNOTT Trumpet 3—DAWN KRAMER
BETTY BUCKLEY (Dolly Gallagher Levi) called “The Voice of Broadway” by New York Magazine, a legendary, Tony Award Winning performer, 2012 Theatre Hall of Fame inductee and a 2017 recipient of the Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement, given by The Actors Fund. Broadway: Triumph of Love (Tony Award nomination), Sunset Boulevard, Carrie (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Cats (Tony Award), Pippin, 1776. London: Dear World; Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination); Promises, Promises (Evening Standard Award nomination). Off-Broadway: Old Friends (Drama Desk Award nomination), White’s Lies, Elegies, The Eros Trilogy, Juno’s Swans, I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road. Regional: Grey Gardens (Ovation Award nomination), Old Friends, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Threepenny Opera, Buffalo Gal, Camino Real, Gypsy. Film: Split (Saturn Award nomination), The Happening, Wyatt Earp, Another Woman, Frantic, Tender Mercies, Carrie. Television: “Preacher,” “Supergirl,” “Getting On,” “The Leftovers,” “Chicago Med,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “The Pacific,” “OZ,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Without a Trace,” “Eight Is Enough.” Recordings: 18 solo albums (two Grammy Award nominations), most recently Hope released on Palmetto Records in June 2018. Teacher of scene study and song interpretation for over 45 years. Two Honorary Doctorates for her contribution to musical theater from The Boston Conservatory and Marymount Manhattan College. L E W I S J . S TA D L E N ( H o r a c e Vandergelder) is the recipient of the Irish Times Award for his performance at Dublin’s Gate Theatre of Arthur Miller’s The Price. Broadway: The Front Page, Fish in the Dark, The Nance, The Producers, 45 Seconds from Broadway, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Tony Award nomination), The Female Odd Couple, Candide (Tony nomination), The Sunshine Boys, Minnie’s Boys (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Theatre World Award). He starred in the national tours of The Producers, Guys and Dolls, The Time of Your Life,
Fiddler on the Roof, and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. His film credits include The Verdict, Serpico, To Be or Not to Be, and In & Out. Television: Dr. Fried on “The Sopranos.” NIC ROULEAU (Cornelius Hackl) recently finished a record 2,500 performances in The Book of Mormon. He has performed in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, in Chicago (original cast), on the national tour, and on the West End. Television credits include Daddy’s Boy in Tina Fey’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix) and the 2012 Tony Awards (CBS). Other credits include Legally Blonde (U.S. national tour) and Toy Story: The Musical (Disney). B.M. New York University—Steinhardt. ANALISA LEAMING (Irene Molloy). Broadway: School of Rock (Rosalie Mullins); The King and I (Anna); Hello, Dolly!; On the Twentieth Century. New York: Pipe Dream, Where’s Charley? (Encores!); The Mikado (Carnegie Hall). National/international tours: Annie, The Sound of Music. Regional: The Muny, Kansas City Starlight Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Magic Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Infinity Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company. Leaming is a Lotte Lenya Competition winner. Creator of “A Balancing Act” podcast. B.M. Eastman School of Music. JESS LePROTTO (Barnaby Tucker). Broadway: Carousel; Hello, Dolly!; Cats; On the Town; Newsies; Bye Bye Birdie; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; The Boy from Oz. Regional: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Grand Ole Opry), American Dance Machine (Joyce Theater), A Bronx Tale (Paper Mill Playhouse), In Your Arms (Old Globe), Freddie Falls in Love (Signature Theater). Television: “So You Think You Can Dance.” B.F.A. musical theater, Pace University. KRISTEN HAHN (Minnie Fay). Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder; Our Town starring Paul Newman. National tour: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Phoebe). Regional: Guys and Dolls (Maine State Music Theatre), Death Takes a Holiday (Arvada Center). Film: 5 Flights Up, Our Town (PBS Masterpiece Theatre). B.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University.
GARETT HAWE (Ambrose Kemper). Broadway: Carousel, Newsies, Matilda, Mary Poppins. National tours: Wicked, Mary Poppins. Regional: Gypsy (The Cape Playhouse), Bye Bye Birdie (Sacramento Music Circus), Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse). Television: “Peter Pan Live!,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Tony Awards.” B.F.A. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. MORGAN KIRNER (Ermengarde). Regional: The Little Mermaid (Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Kansas City Starlight Theater, Theatre Under the Stars, The Fox Theatre Atlanta). Huntington Theatre: A Little Night Music (Anne), Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste 1), Merrily We Roll Along. The Boston Conservatory. JESSICA SHERIDAN (Ernestina, u/s Dolly Gallagher Levi). Broadway/NYC: Hello, Dolly!; Sister Act; Follies; Mary Poppins; Les Misérables; Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National tours: The Bridges of Madison County, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, How to Succeed…, Footloose. Film: The Producers. Television: “Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall.” Award nominations: Ovation Award (Lead Actress in a Musical) and LA Weekly Award (Best Musical Performance). WALLY DUNN (Rudolph, u/s Horace Vandergelder). Broadway: Spamalot, Gypsy, One Mo’ Time, Master Class. National tours: West Side Story, Spamalot, All Shook Up, Master Class. Off-Broadway: BAM, Roundabout. Regional: Goodspeed, Hangar, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cleveland Play House, Hartford Stage, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public Theater, McCarter Theatre. Film: School of Rock, In & Out. Television: “Madam Secretary,” “30 Rock,” “Law & Order MD.” Proud Equity member. MADDY APPLE (Ensemble, u/s Irene Molloy). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!. National tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Regional: Goodspeed Opera House, Finger Lakes Musical Theater Festival, Ogunquit Playhouse, Riverside Theater. B.F.A.: New York University— Tisch School of the Arts.
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
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DANIEL BEEMAN (Court Clerk, Ensemble, u/s Cornelius Hackl). National tour: Something Rotten! (u/s Shakespeare). Regional: Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, Kansas City Starlight, Ogunquit Playhouse, Spinning Tree Theatre. BRITTANY BOHN (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Ermengarde). National tour: An American in Paris. Regional: Anything Goes, Mame (Goodspeed); Kiss Me, Kate (Barrington); Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera). Point Park University. GIOVANNI BONAVENTURA (Ensemble, u/s Ambrose Kemper). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. National tours: Wicked, Elf. Regional: The Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse. B.F.A. University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. ELIZABETH BROADHURST (Ensemble, u/s Irene Molloy, Ernestina). National tours: Mary Poppins (Mrs. Banks, u/s Mary), Annie (Grace) 30th anniversary tour and at Madison Square Garden. Regional: Denver Center, The Guthrie Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival. B.F.A. The Boston Conservatory. WHITNEY COOPER (Swing). OffBroadway: Trip of Love. Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, New York Spectacular. National tours: Memphis, Flashdance, The Music Man (Zaneeta). Regional: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (The Muny), Carousel (Louise, Music Theatre Wichita). Other: Shaun T’s “CIZE” dance workout video. JULIAN DeGUZMAN (Ensemble, u/s Barnaby Tucker). Broadway: Newsies; Miss Saigon; Hello, Dolly!. National tour: Newsies. Regional: I Only Have Eyes for You, West Side Story, The King and I. B.F.A. dance and B.A. sociology, University of California, Irvine. ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER (Ensemble, u/s Ermengarde, Minnie Fay). Broadway: Soul Doctor. National tours: West Side Story, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. OffBroadway: Amerike—The Golden Land (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Drama Desk nomination). Regional: The Pajama Game (Arena Stage); Gypsy, Mamma Mia! (Sacramento
Music Circus). B.F.A. The Boston Conservatory. DAN HORN (Ensemble). Broadway: Miss Saigon, Allegiance, Bullets over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Other credits: First Wives Club (Chicago), The Merry Widow (Metropolitan Opera). COREY HUMMERSTON (Ensemble, u/s Ambrose Kemper). Broadway: The Book of Mormon; Hello, Dolly!. National tour: The Book of Mormon. Regional: Newsies, Damn Yankees (Paper Mill Playhouse). B.A. James Madison University. MADISON JOHNSON (Ensemble, u/s Minnie Fay). Regional: Mary Poppins (Paper Mill Playhouse); A Chorus Line, Grease, Meet Me in St. Louis, 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast, The Addams Family, and Shrek (The Muny). B.F.A. musical theater, Elon University. NATHAN KEEN (Swing). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Les Misérables. National tours: Finding Neverland, Chicago, We Will Rock You, West Side Story, Ragtime, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast. International/regional: West Side Story (Centennial international tour); Kiss Me, Kate (RTC benefit concert); Spring Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall). BETH KIRKPATRICK (Mrs. Rose, Ensemble, u/s Dolly Gallagher Levi, Ernestina). Broadway/New York: Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary, Jerry Springer: the Opera (Zandra). National tours: Les Misérables (Madame Thenardier), The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess). Regional: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse), Sweeney Todd (Geva). BEN LANHAM (Ensemble). National tours: An American in Paris (u/s Henri), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Swing), West Side Story (u/s Riff, u/s Action). Regional: The Muny, North Carolina Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, Lyric Theatre Oklahoma, Wick Theatre. B.F.A. Oklahoma City University. IAN LIBERTO (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Cornelius Hackl). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; How to Succeed…; Promises, Promises; Billy Elliot; Chaplin. National tours: The Book of Mormon, Evita, A Chorus Line (Bobby). Regional: The
Hollywood Bowl, Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre Under the Stars, Sacramento Music Circus, Marriott Lincolnshire, Ravinia. B.F.A.: Millikin University. KYLE SAMUEL (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (The Muny), Newsies (The Fulton and Maine State Music Theatre), Mike in A Chorus Line (directed by Baayork Lee). B.F.A. musical theater, Pace University. SCOTT SHEDENHELM (Ensemble, u/s Barnaby Tucker). Regional: Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse), West Side Story (Riverside/Westchester/Engeman), A Chorus Line (Riverside), The Little Mermaid (North Shore Music Theatre). TIMOTHY SHEW (Judge, u/s Horace Vandergelder). Eleven Broadway shows, including Les Misérables (Jean Valjean), Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie, The Visit. National tours: The Light in the Piazza, Les Misérables. Films: Tangled, Chicago, Shaggy Dog. Television: “Madam Secretary,” “Law & Order.” Proud AEA member for 40 years. MARIA CRISTINA SLYE (Ensemble). National tours: The Bodyguard, Ghost, Elf. Regional: West Side Story (Anita, Virginia Repertory Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (The Muny), The Bodyguard (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Diana Morales, Engeman Theater), Seven Brides… (Dorcas, Ogunquit Playhouse), In the Heights (Carla, Hanger Theatre), Cats (Rumpleteaser, Cortland Repertory Theatre). CASSIE AUSTIN TAYLOR (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: Eileen Evergreen in Nice Work if You Can Get It, Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Katherine u/s in Newsies (Music Theatre Wichita), Singin’ in the Rain (The Muny). B.F.A. musical theater, Brigham Young University. DAVIS WAYNE (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: Riff in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (The Muny), Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz (world premiere), Pittsburgh CLO, Pioneer Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre By The Sea. B.F.A. musical theater, Pace University. BRANDON L. WHITMORE (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: The Muny, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, North
CONNOR WINCE (Ensemble). National tour: Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Regional: world premiere of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Sacramento Music Circus, Maine State Music Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre. MICHAEL STEWART (Book) was still relatively early in his theatrical career when he had his first smash hit in 1960 with Bye Bye Birdie, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book. His subsequent Broadway shows include Carnival! (Drama Critics Circle Award); Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award, Drama Critics Circle Award); George M! (with Francine and John Pascal); Mack & Mabel (Tony nomination); The Grand Tour; 42nd Street (with Mark Bramble; Tony Award); and Harrigan and Hart (Tony nomination). He is also the lyricist of Barnum (music by Cy Coleman, Tony nomination) and I Love My Wife (Tony nomination). Mr. Stewart died in 1987. JERRY HERMAN (Music & Lyrics) remains one of the most iconic and beloved composers in the American theater. His legendary scores have spawned such standards as “I Am What I Am,” “The Best of Times,” “Mame,” “If He Walked into My Life,” “We Need a Little Christmas” and “Hello, Dolly!” His first Broadway musical, Milk and Honey (1961), ran for 543 performances. He made history in 1964 with Hello, Dolly! (10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, a Broadway record held for 37 years), which was followed by yet another smash, Mame, in 1966. With Dolly! and Mame still running, Herman had the rare distinction of having three Broadway shows playing simultaneously when Dear World opened in 1969. In 1974, Mack & Mabel opened (and remains one of his best-loved scores) and was followed by 1979’s The Grand Tour. Herman’s most recent Broadway show, La Cage aux Folles, became another phenomenon, winning the Tony Award in 1984 for Best Musical. It was successfully revived in 2004 and 2010, winning the Tony for Best Revival each time. Two of Herman’s most cherished songs from Hello, Dolly! are the emotional highlights of the Disney-Pixar classic Wall-E, cementing Herman’s place in American popular culture. His countless awards and honors include multiple Tony Awards,
Grammy Awards, Olivier Awards, Drama Desk Awards, the Johnny Mercer Award, the Richard Rodgers Award, the Oscar Hammerstein Award, the Frederick Loewe Award, membership in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Theater Hall of Fame and most recently, The Kennedy Center Honor. GOWER CHAMPION (Original Director and Choreographer) is a name synonymous with some of the greatest musicals in Broadway history. In addition to Hello, Dolly!, which cemented his reputation as a legendary theater artist and garnered him Tony Awards for both Direction and Choreography, he directed and choreographed Bye Bye Birdie (Tony Awards for Direction and Choreography), Carnival! (Tony nomination for Direction), I Do! I Do! (Tony nomination for Direction), The Happy Time (Tony for both Direction and Choreography), Sugar (Tony nominations for Direction and Choreography), Mack & Mabel (Tony nominations for Direction and Choreography), and 42nd Street (Tony for Choreography, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography, Tony nomination for Direction). His first Broadway credit as choreographer, Lend an Ear, won him his first Tony Award for Choreography in 1949. He studied dance from an early age and, at the age of 15, toured nightclubs with his friend Jeanne Tyler and later with Marge Belcher, who eventually became his wife. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Champion worked on Broadway as a solo dancer and choreographer. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, the team of Gower and Marge Champion became one of the most popular attractions on television variety shows, appearing on “Jack Benny,” “Garry Moore,” “Dinah Shore,” “The Ed Sullivan Show,” and in their own series, “The Marge and Gower Champion Show,” in 1957. The pair also appeared in several film musicals with Bing Crosby (Mr. Music, 1950), Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel (Show Boat, 1951; Lovely to Look At, 1952), Debbie Reynolds (Give a Girl a Break, 1953), Betty Grable (Three for the Show, 1955), Esther Williams (Jupiter’s Darling, 1955) and occasionally earned their own top billing (Everything I Have Is Yours, 1952). Gower Champion died in 1980 on the day that 42nd Street, his last great hit, opened on Broadway. He was awarded the last of his eight Tony Awards posthumously.
JERRY ZAKS (Director) was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for this production. Credits include Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Shows for Days, Sister Act, The Addams Family, Guys and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation, Lend Me a Tenor, The House of Blue Leaves, The Front Page, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Anything Goes, La Cage aux Folles, Little Shop of Horrors, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Foreigner, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sister Mary Ignatius…, Beyond Therapy, Baby with the Bath Water, and The Marriage of Bette and Boo. He has received four Tony Awards and eight nominations, and has also received four Drama Desk Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and an Obie Award. He directed the film Marvin’s Room. Zaks is a founding member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. He received the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society’s George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Dartmouth College, his alma mater. He is a 2013 inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame. WARREN CARLYLE (Choreographer). Broadway: directed and choreographed After Midnight (Tony Award for Choreography), Chaplin, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Finian’s Rainbow, and A Tale of Two Cities. He choreographed She Loves Me, On the Twentieth Century, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Christmas Story, and Follies. He directed and choreographed the 2015 Radio City New York Spring Spectacular starring the Rockettes. Additional New York/international credits: directed and choreographed On Your Toes (City Center Encores!); choreographed “Carousel” (New York Philharmonic, Emmy Award nomination); Girl Crazy, On the Town, Finian’s Rainbow, Juno, Stairway to Paradise (City Center Encores!), and 101 Dalmatians (Madison Square Garden/ national tour). Directed and choreographed the sold-out Australian arena tour, Hugh Jackman: Broadway to Oz. Television: staging of the 68th and 69th annual Tony Awards (CBS), “So You Think You Can Dance” (Fox). ST E P H E N E D LU N D ( A ss o c i ate Director). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Meteor Shower; A Bronx Tale; Sister Act. National tours: A Bronx Tale, Sister Act. Regional/NYC: Shows for
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Days (Lincoln Center Theatre), Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels (Center Theatre Group) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Center Theatre Group). S A R A E DWA R D S ( A s s o c i a t e Choreographer). Broadway: She Loves Me, Follies, Chaplin, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. New York City Center Encores!: No, No Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; On Your Toes; Me and My Girl. Associate Choreographer for Hello, Dolly! on Broadway with Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, and Donna Murphy. Other associate credits include After Midnight, Follies, The Sting with Harry Connick Jr., Radio City Rockettes Spring Spectacular, and NYC Ballet Something to Dance About: Jerome Robbins Broadway to Ballet. SANTO LOQUASTO (Scenic and Costume Design) received the 2017 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Hello, Dolly!. Broadway: Cafe Crown (Tony Award for set design), The Cherry Orchard (Tony for costume design), Grand Hotel (Tony for costume design). Total of 22 Tony nominations, among them The Iceman Cometh, Shuffle Along, Bullets Over Broadway, and Fences. Loquasto has collaborated with Woody Allen on 30 films. Film credits include Radio Days (Academy Award nomination for production design), Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for production design) and Zelig (Academy Award nomination for costume design). He received the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Breukelein Institute Gaudium Award in 2013. NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) is a New York-based lighting designer and was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for this production. She is a six-time Tony Award winner who has designed extensively for theater, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her recent Broadway credits include Frozen, Meteor Shower, Springsteen on Broadway, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Cats, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight,
The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida. SCOTT LEHRER (Sound Design). Recent credits: Carousel, The Front Page, The Gabriels, Shuffle Along, Fiddler on the Roof, Dames at Sea, The King and I, Living on Love, Honeymoon in Vegas, A Delicate Balance, Love Letters, A Raisin in the Sun, Betrayal, Lucky Guy, Chaplin (Drama Desk Award), Death of a Salesman (Tony Award nomination), over 50 City Center Encores! revivals and South Pacific (first Tony for Sound Design). Record production includes An American in Paris (Grammy Award nomination), Loudon Wainwright’s High Wide and Handsome (Grammy), and Meredith Monk’s mercy. LARRY HOCHMAN (Orchestrations) won the 2017 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for Hello, Dolly!. Sixteen Broadway shows, including The Book of Mormon (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk), and Spamalot. Seven Tony nominations. Television: composer of “Wonder Pets!” (five Emmy Awards). Twenty-five regional and Off-Broadway shows. Seventeen films including The Informant! Arrangements: Paul McCartney, Eric Idle, Barbra Streisand, Audra McDonald, Boston Pops, NY Philharmonic. ROBERT BILLIG (Music Director) Broadway credits include Wicked, Chicago, Song and Dance, and the original productions of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Singin’ in the Rain, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. National tours: Wicked, The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein, Les Misérables (25th anniversary), Chicago. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Intimate nightclubs to international symphony orchestras and everything in between. ANDY EINHORN (Music Supervision). Broadway: Carousel; Hello, Dolly!; Holiday Inn; Bullets Over Broadway; Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Sondheim on Sondheim; Brief Encounter; Evita. National tours: The Sound of Music, The Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd, The Lion King. Regional: Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Théâtre du Châtelet, Houston Grand Opera. Symphonic work: New York Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony. Audra McDonald’s music director. Television: “Six by Sondheim”
(Peabody Award), “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy” (Peabody). B.A. Rice University. DON PIPPIN (Vocal Arrangements) is among the most revered and honored arrangers and conductors in Broadway history. His countless credits include such classics as Irma La Douce, Oliver! (Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director), 110 in the Shade, Mame, Dear World, Applause, Seesaw, Mack & Mabel, A Chorus Line, The Grand Tour, Cabaret, and La Cage aux Folles. Also, Ankles Aweigh, Foxy, Ben Franklin in Paris, A Broadway Musical, and Woman of the Year. Pippin was the longtime musical director for New York’s famed Radio City Musical Hall and has also been special guest conductor for many major symphony orchestras throughout the world. DAVID CHASE (Dance Arrangements). Thirty-five Broadway shows as dance arranger, music director, and/or music supervisor. Also West End, Radio City Music Hall, Boston Pops, Lyric Opera of Chicago. Two Emmy Award nominations. Grammy Award nomination. SEYMOUR RED PRESS (Music Coordinator) received a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre in 2007. Credits include more than 100 shows, from the original Gypsy through An American in Paris. Film credits include Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mike Nichols’ The Birdcage, and Paramount’s In & Out. An ASCAP composer whose compositions have sold over 100,000 records, his playing career has segued from Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman to Leonard Bernstein. This season on Broadway: Chicago. CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Hair, Wigs & Makeup Design). Broadway: Groundhog Day, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Front Page, The Crucible, Misery, Sylvia, A Delicate Balance, The Last Ship, It’s Only a Play, Betrayal, Les Misérables, SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, American Psycho, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Matilda, Ghost, Mary Stuart, Billy Elliot. Television: “The Americans,” “House of Cards.” TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway: Network, The Cher Show, The Prom, American Son, Torch Song, Pretty Woman, My Fair Lady, Mean Girls, Frozen, Once on This Island,
WILLIAM JOSEPH BARNES (Production Supervisor) has been the Production Stage Manager of over 25 Broadway shows, most recently Hello, Dolly! and Three Tall Women. Previous Broadway productions include the Best Play Tony Award-winning productions of Love, Valour, Compassion; Master Class; Art; Take Me Out; and The Humans and the Best Revival Tony Award-winning productions of Assassins; Glengarry Glen Ross; Boeing, Boeing; Skylight; and Hello, Dolly!. BRIAN J. L’ECUYER (Production Stage Manager). National tours as PSM: The Humans; Fiasco Theatre’s Into the Woods, La Cage aux Folles with George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber; Lincoln Center’s South Pacific, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Deaf West’s Big River; and began his touring career with John Astin’s one man show, Edgar Allan Poe—Once Upon a Midnight across the U.S., Ireland and Australia. Brian recently completed a long run in Las Vegas with Jersey Boys. AEA member for over 20 years. ERIC H. MAYER (Stage Manager). Tours: Hamilton, Bat Out of Hell, Love Never Dies, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Sister Act, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat. Off-Broadway: 39 Steps, Strawberry and Chocolate, North. Regional highlights: The Tempest (RSC); Five Guys Named Moe, The Story of My Life (CATCO); The Secret Garden (CAPA). The Ohio State University. AMY RAMSDELL (Stage Manager). National tours: Hamilton, Les Misérables, Elf, Dreamgirls, Once. Past credits include Hamilton (Chicago), Marvin’s Room, God Looked Away (with Al Pacino), Billy Elliot, First Date, Bad Jews, Barcelona, Choir Boy, The Country House, Slowgirl, as well as Geffen Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse. ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press). is a full-service engagement
management agency representing Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America. Current tours: The Book of Mormon; Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Hello, Dolly!; Kinky Boots; The Play That Goes Wrong; Rent; Rock of Ages; School of Rock; Something Rotten!; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Bandstand, Clue—Live on Stage, The Lightning Thief, Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas, Mean Girls, The SpongeBob Musical. AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Manager). Credits include Anastasia (Broadway and tour); Beetlejuice; Bernhardt/Hamlet; The Book of Mormon (Broadway and tour); Carousel; Frozen; Head Over Heels; Hello, Dolly! (Broadway); Mean Girls; School of Rock; Springsteen On Broadway; The Ferryman; The Waverly Gallery; Tootsie. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. NEUROSPORT (Physical Therapy). Leaders in entertainment and performing arts medicine. “We are honored to be part of the amazing company of Hello, Dolly!.” Highlights: Broadway: The Lion King; Hello, Dolly!; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Waitress. Tours: Movin’ Out, Billy Elliot, Hamilton. Concerts: P!NK, Bette Midler, Katy Perry. ROY FURMAN (Producer). Current productions: Mean Girls, Pretty Woman, King Kong, Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award), The Book of Mormon (Tony), The Band’s Visit (Tony). Other Tony winning productions include The Color Purple, The Humans, A View from the Bridge, Spamalot, War Horse, The Curious Incident…, A Raisin in the Sun, and The History Boys. Vice Chairman Jefferies LLC, Vice Chairman Lincoln Center. JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer) is the president of the Nederlander Organization and son of the late James M. Nederlander (Chairman). Credits include The Present, War Paint, On Your Feet!, The Humans, The Elephant Man, An American in Paris, Kinky Boots, I’ll Eat You Last…, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, West Side Story, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee, Movin’ Out, Million Dollar Quartet, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, among many others. UNIVERSAL THEATRICAL GROUP (Producer), the live theater division of Universal Pictures, is currently represented on Broadway by Wicked and Mean Girls. Additional Broadway credits include Billy Elliot, Bring It On, Shrek, and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn. ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Recent productions include Dear Evan Hansen; The Book of Mormon; One Man, Two Guvnors; Twelfth Night; Richard III; This Is Our Youth; The Curious Incident…; Fish in the Dark; An American in Paris; and A View from the Bridge. WILLIAM BERLIND (Producer). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, Skylight, Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, The Realistic Joneses, All the Way, Lucky Guy, Grace. Off-Broadway: The Flick, Cock. J O H N G O R E O R G A N I Z AT I O N (Producer). This family of companies includes Broadway Across America and Broadway.com, under the supervision of John Gore (Chairman and CEO). Productions include Beautiful, Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, Fiddler on the Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Groundhog Day, Indecent, On Your Feet!, and The Present. LEN BLAVATNIK (Producer) is the founder and chairman of Access Industries, a privately held U.S. industrial group with global strategic investments in various industries. An active philanthropist, Blavatnik provides significant support to the arts and leading educational, cultural and medical institutions throughout the world and has co-produced numerous Broadway and film productions. PETER MAY (Producer) is President and Founding Partner of Trian Partners. Broadway: The Humans (Tony Award), A View from the Bridge (Tony), The Elephant Man, Cinderella, Waitress, The Crucible, Passing Strange. THE ARACA GROUP (Producer). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, the Araca Group produces and merchandises live entertainment and theatrical events on Broadway and around the world.
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INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK (Producer) includes 40 of America’s leading Broadway presenters whose subscription base totals 475,000. Broadway/London/national tours: War Paint, Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, Groundhog Day, On Your Feet!, Waitress, The Color Purple, Shuffle Along…, An American in Paris, Kinky Boots, Matilda, The Red Shoes. JAY ALIX & UNA JACKMAN (Producer). Broadway: The Front Page, The Humans (Tony Award), Blackbird, Bright Star, A View from the Bridge (Tony), The Crucible, Fish in the Dark, Skylight (Tony), A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Awards). Documentaries: “Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance,” “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” for PBS. SCOTT M. DELMAN (Producer) is a theater enthusiast and leading investor in entertainment content. He has coproduced or produced more than 50 Broadway and West End dramas and musicals, earning nine Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards along the way. S T E P H A N I E P. M c C L E L L A N D (Producer). Founder, Green Curtain Productions. Ms. McClelland is a multiaward-winning producer with 13 Tony Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, 10 Drama League Awards, 10 Outer Critics Circle Awards, and one Olivier Award. Credits include more than 80 theatrical productions worldwide. Recent credits include 1984, The Book of Mormon, The Front Page, Present Laughter, and Groundhog Day. AL NOCCIOLINO (Producer) is President of NAC Entertainment, a theatrical company specializing in the presentation of touring Broadway shows in the Northeast. For more than 30 years, he has been investing, producing and co-producing Broadway tours and Broadway shows, including, most recently, The Band’s Visit, The Front Page, Cats, On Your Feet!, and Kinky Boots. W E N DY F E D E R M A N & H E N I KOENIGSBERG (Producer). Tonywinning productions include Angels in America; Dear Evan Hansen; The Band’s Visit; Hello, Dolly!; A View from The Bridge; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Skylight; A Raisin in the Sun; All the Way; A Gentleman’s
Guide…; Pippin; The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess; Hair. Thirty additional Tony Award nominations. PATTY BAKER & GOOD PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is a Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Tony winner. Co-producer of Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh, Carousel, Memphis, Beautiful, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Fiddler on the Roof, among others. BENJAMIN LOWY (Producer) produces and develops theater for Broadway and stages worldwide. Last season: Angels in America (Tony Award), Carousel, Mean Girls, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh, all five Tony-nominated. Selected previous: Sunday in the Park with George (revival); A Doll’s House, Part 2. Benjamin also produces theater for The Lowy Salpeter Company. ERIC CORNELL & JACK SENNOTT (Producer) operate Cornice Productions, a theatrical investment and production company. Eric has worked on numerous Broadway producing and management teams since 2005. ericcornell.com. Jack’s production credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Anastasia and The Best Man on Broadway, and Murder on the Orient Express at Hartford Stage. DAVID MERRICK (Original Producer) claimed to be born on November 4, 1954, the night his first Broadway musical Fanny opened. His second production, in 1955, was Thornton Wilder’s comedy The Matchmaker. He immediately determined it would make a brilliant musical—which, in 1964, turned out to be Hello, Dolly!. At a time when few producers managed more than one production a year, he stunned Broadway in 1957 with three hits in one month (including John Osborne’s ground breaking Look Back in Anger). The following November, he opened three shows in a single week. At the height of his activity, he had eight productions running simultaneously on Broadway. His musicals included Jamaica with Lena Horne; Destry Rides Again with Andy Griffith and Dolores Gray; Gypsy with Ethel Merman; Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason; Irma La Douce; Do Re Mi with Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker; Carnival! with Anna Maria Alberghetti and Jerry Orbach; I Can Get It for You Wholesale with
Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand; Stop the World—I Want to Get Off and The Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd with Anthony Newley; Oliver!; 110 in the Shade; I Do! I Do! with Mary Martin and Robert Preston; The Happy Time with Robert Goulet; Promises, Promises with Orbach; Sugar with Robert Morse and Tony Roberts; Mack & Mabel with Preston and Bernadette Peters; and the legendary 42nd Street with Orbach and Tammy Grimes. Notable plays included The Entertainer with Laurence Olivier; The World of Suzie Wong; A Taste of Honey with Angela Lansbury; Becket with Olivier and Anthony Quinn; Sunday in New York with Robert Redford; Luther with Albert Finney; Arturo Ui with Christopher Plummer; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with Kirk Douglas; Inadmissible Evidence with Nicol Williamson; Cactus Flower with Lauren Bacall and Barry Nelson; Peter Weiss’ Marat/Sade; Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come!; Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water and Play It Again, Sam; Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Travesties; Forty Carats with Julie Harris; Child’s Play; and Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to name a few. An 11-time Tony Award winner, Merrick (1911–2000) produced more than 80 plays and musicals. JOEY PARNES (Executive Producer). Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Waverly Gallery; The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along…; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia… (Tony); Hair (Tony); among others. SUE WAGNER (Executive Producer). Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Waverly Gallery; The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along…; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); Fish in the Dark; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia… (Tony); End of the Rainbow; Hair.
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CREDITS Scenery and scenic effects built, painted and automated by ShowMotion Inc. Lighting equipment from PRG. Sound equipment from Masque Sound. Props fabricated by Behind the Mule Studio, Jerard Studio, Tom Carroll Scenery. Costumes by Costume Armour, Inc., Euro Co Costumes, Inc., Giliberto Designs, Inc., Lynne Baccus, Malabar Ltd., Seamless Costumes Ltd., Timberlake Costumes, Inc., Tricorne, Inc. Hosiery and undergarments provided by Bra*Tenders. Millinery by Albertus Swanepoel, Bee Festival Hats & Bonnets, Kaz Maxine, Rodney Gordon. Custom Footwear by Capezio, LaDuca Shoes, Worldtone Dance. Custom Parasols by Barrington Brolly. Custom Gloves by Wing & Weft Gloves. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios. HelloDollyonBroadway.com/Tour 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 Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. Th e P re s s Ag e n t s a n d C o m p a n y Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees. The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.
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JOHN JOHNSON (Executive Producer). Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Waverly Gallery; The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along…; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony); Vanya and Sonia… (Tony). Graduate: Fordham University at Lincoln Center.
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Maggi Quinn..............Director, Capital Projects Peter Sifter.......Facilities Operations Manager Janice Sinden..............................President & CEO Madison Stout......................Reception/Security Maggie Lamb........................Executive Assistant Dawn Williams................................Director, Event to the CEO Sales & Marketing Cesar Carillo, Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, BROADWAY & CABARET Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Angeles Reyes Soto.............................Custodians ADMINISTRATION John Ekeberg.........................Executive Director MARKETING, SALES & Alicia Bruce................................. General Manager PATRON SERVICES Ashley Brown...........................Business Manager Lisa Mallory........................................Vice President Patrick Berger.............Audience Development GARNER GALLERIA THEATRE Manager Abel Becerra.............................Technical Director Anna Hookana+..........................Core Stagehand Heidi Bosk.................................Associate Director, PR & Integrated Marketing Casey Eickhoff, DEVELOPMENT Brenda Elliott..........Senior Graphic Designers Brianna Firestone..........Director of Marketing, Shelley Thompson.........................Vice President Insights & Strategy Rebecca Clark.......................................Coordinator Rachel Garn..................................Email Developer Megan Fevurly.......................Associate Director, Jacquelyn Glover.......Junior Web Developer/ Individual Philanthropy Administration Alicia Higginbotham..............Manager, Special Brittany Gutierrez.................... Communications Events Associate Ariel Keener.........Coordinator, Special Events Donna Hendricks................Executive Assistant Marc Ravenhill....................Director, Individual & Jeff Hovorka......... Director, Sales & Marketing Institutional Philanthropy Emily Kent................................Director, Marketing David Lenk.......................................Video Producer EDUCATION Emily Lozow......Marketing & Digital Manager Allison Watrous..................... Executive Director Adam Lundeen...........Marketing Technologist Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski.....Associate Director, Kyle Malone.....................................Design Director Education & Curriculum Management Helen Masvikeni..........................Project Manager Stuart Barr..................................Technical Director Carolyn Michaels....................................Copywriter Claudia Carson.....Teaching Artist & Program Cheyenne Michaels.........Marketing Associate Manager – Playwriting & Bobby G John Moore....................... Senior Arts Journalist Leslie Channell..............................Senior Business Joseph Schurwonn.................Financial Analyst Operations Manager Austin Walker.................Marketing Coordinator Linda Eller........................................................Librarian Suzanne Yoe...........Director, Communications & Cultural Affairs Timothy McCracken...................Head of Acting Andre Rodriguez......................Teaching Artist & Program Manager – Shakespeare TICKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES David Saphier.......Teaching Artist & Program Jennifer Lopez....................Director, Ticketing & Audience Services Manager – In School Programming Elizabeth Schmit..........................Office Manager Ticketing Services Melissa Sumner............................................Registrar Kirk Petersen...........................Associate Director, Patron Relations Rachel Taylor...............................Teaching Artist & Program Manager – Literacy Engagement Micah White.............................Associate Director, Subscription Services and Resiliency Programming Justin Walvoord........................Teaching Artist & Billy Dutton....Associate Director, Operations Program Manager – Teacher Katie Clow.........................Subscription Manager Professional Development Amanda Gomez...........VIP Ticketing Manager Chloe McLeod, Maggy Stacy, Malcolm Brown, Christina Gesford, Robyn Yamada............................Teaching Artists Tristan Jungferman.......Box Office Managers D.J. Dennis, Edmund Gurule, Roger Haak, FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICES Rebecca Hibbert, Hayley Solano, Mariah Thompson..............................Show Leads Clay Courter.......................................Vice President Kirsten Anderson, Keenan Coke, Scott Lix, Brad Steinmeyer, Manuel Asem, Quentin Crump.......................Security Specialist Gregory Swan.....................Subscription Agents Rena Bugg, Adam Busch, Dwight Barela, Mark Dill, Kelcee Covert, Jennifer Gray, Eric Farrell, Clint Flinchpaugh, Michael Kimbrough................................ Engineers Kristina Guarriello, Noah Jungferman, Cecillia Kim, Gustavo Márquez, Danielle Bell, Savanna Campbell, Matt Leaver.................................Events Managers Frank Millington III, Clayton Nickell, Timothy Courson.....................Director, Facilities Hayley Obremski, Gunnar Reinig, Management Becca Saunders, Liz Sieroslawski, Andrew Sullivan, Jane Deegan................................. Office Manager Emmalaine Wright.........................Ticket Agents Colin Dieck, Stori Heleen, Will Stowe, Theatre Services Ian Wells.............Event Technology Specialists Carol Krueger............................................... Manager Tom Duffin...........Manager, Event Technology Ethan Aumann, Nora Caley, Ann Fitzgerald.....Event Specialist Technician Samantha Egle, Jahnice Jones, Cody Gracio...........................................Dock Master LeiLani Lynch, Aaron McMullen, Dan Havens................................Security Manager Stacey Renee Norwood, Margaret Clint King.................................Security Supervisor Ohlander, Dylan Phibbs, Brian McClain.....................Custodial Supervisor Valerie Schaefer, Elizabeth Schreffler, Tara Miller......................................... Senior Manager Elliot Shields, Lauren Veselak, Brook Nichols......Director, Event Technology Mica Ward..................................Theatre Company House Managers
Volunteer Ushers................................................305+ Group Sales Jessica Bergin................Groups Sales Manager Jonalyn Bradshaw.............................Coordinator, Education Sales Patrick Naughton...Group Sales Coordinator SHARED SERVICES Vicky Miles........................Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Jeffrey........................Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Julie Schumaker..................Executive Assistant to the CFO & Board Liaison ACCOUNTING Jennifer Siemers...........................................Director Sara Brandenburg.......... Accounting Manager Michaele Davidson, Linda Erickson.....................Senior Accountants Valerie Lingbloom...................Staff Accountant HUMAN RESOURCES Brian Carter, Karen Jewell.......................Director Jamie Hawkins..............................HR 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, Adam Smith.......................IT Analyst; Help Desk 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 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 of Production Kate Coltun..........................Production Manager Matthew Campbell....... Associate Production Manager Julie Brou..............................Production & Artistic Office Manager Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek....... Director of Scenic Design Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud.....Scenic Design Assistants Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod..........Director of Lighting Lily Bradford............Lighting Design Assistant Reid Tennis+......................Production Electrician Multimedia Gregory W. Towle..........Projection Supervisor
Sound Design Craig Breitenbach..................Director of Sound Alex Billman+, Frank Haas+, Tyler Nelson+...........................Sound Technicians Stage Management Kurt Van Raden.....Production Stage Manager Christoper C. Ewing....Senior Stage Manager Heidi Echtenkamp, Corin Ferris, Rick Mireles, Michael Morales, Kristen O’Connor, 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 Brian “Marco” Markiewicz.... Lead Technician 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.................Costume Director/ Costume Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle......................Costume Design Associate Carolyn Plemitscher, Jackie Scott..... Drapers Cathie Gagnon..........................................First Hand Sheila P. Morris..................................................... Tailor Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver....Costume Crafts Director Chris Campbell.......Costume Crafts Assistant Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki........................................Wig Master House Crew Doug Taylor+.................Supervising Stagehand Jim Berman+, Jennifer Guethlein+, Stephen D. Mazzeno+, Miles Stasica+, Tyler Stauffer+, Matt Wagner+......Stagehands Kyle Moore+.........................Assistant Stagehand Wardrobe Brenda Lawson............... Director of Wardrobe Taylor Malott^, 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 7 ^Member, I.A.T.S.E. Local 719
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F CURRENT FUNDERS List as of December, 2018 Theatre Forward and its theatres are most grateful to the following Educating Through Theatre funders: ($50,000 - $99,000) AT&T The Hearst Foundations The Schloss Family Foundation ($25,000 - $49,999) The Augustine Foundation Wells Fargo
Founded by its member theatres more than 40 years ago, Theatre Forward helps theatres and communities come together to improve lives. Major programmatic initiatives include Advancing Strong Theatre and Educating Through Theatre, which break down barriers of entry allowing everyone to come together and engage with theatre. Theatre Forward is thrilled to partner with The Denver Center for the Performing Arts on its Staging Success program, assessing high school student engagement in relation to theatre education exposure. Theatre Forward is devoted to advancing the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to its 19 member theatres across the country, including DCPA. Through its network of leading corporate, foundation and individual funders, as well as regional theatres, Theatre Forward aims to increase access and opportunity and advance equity, diversity and inclusion efforts at its theatres to build stronger communities. In addition to its programmatic initiatives, as a benefit to donors and patrons, Theatre Forward also offers a wide range of events and engagement opportunities throughout the year in New York City. From the Annual Chairman’s Awards Gala the National Society Patron evenings, Theatre Forward supporters have exclusive access to theatre all year long. www.theatreforward.org
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Women of Rock APR 4 THU 7:30
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY HalfNotes MAY 2-3 THU-FRI 7:30
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in Concert with the Colorado Symphony MAR 23-24 SAT-SUN 2:00
Colorado Symphony Ball APR 6 SAT 6:00
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Danny Elfman Violin Concerto featuring Sandy Cameron MAY 17-19 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 ■
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EDUCATING FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH INNOVATIVE ENERGY CURRICULUM
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“We’re proud of our partnership with the DCPA because it encourages innovative ways of learning and makes learning about earth science fun.”
For the past three years, Noble Energy and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) have partnered on an innovative curriculum that supports Colorado State Standards for more than 2,333 students in 45 schools across the state. As a new component to its popular Dramatic Learning Program™, DCPA teachers work hand in hand with Noble Energy employees to bring the subject of energy to life for students. The program is presented to fifth grade students as part of their earth science curriculum and uses dramatic learning techniques to help them understand the geology and technology behind oil and gas development and production. The students get out of their seats and act as rocks, plants and animals, allowing themselves to become immersed in the material and internalize the lesson. They even dance, mimicking the flow of water. “We learned about weathering, erosion, earth sciences, tectonic plates and resources. The acting reinforced our learning and helped put visuals to the learning,” said a teacher from Bel Mar Elementary regarding her school’s participation in the DCPA Dramatic Learning Program™ with Noble. Noble Energy has more than 700 employees who live and work in Colorado, so the company feels very strongly about educating future generations and providing learning opportunities for all children. Isaiah Flores, a lease operator for Noble Energy and regular classroom volunteer with DCPA teachers, says the program is a great way to give back to the community. “We’re proud of our partnership with the DCPA because it encourages innovative ways of learning and makes learning about earth science fun,” he said. Noble Energy’s support for Colorado’s public schools is a fundamental part of the company’s commitment to Colorado and the company intends to grow the partnership with the DCPA, reaching more students across the state. This year Noble was honored as the National Philanthropy Day’s Outstanding Large Business for its contribution and involvement in the philanthropic process. With energy playing such a vital role in Colorado’s past, present and future, it is critical that the workforce of tomorrow have a strong understanding of the underlying technology that powers our energy economy.
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