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Thank you for joining us at today’s performance. Whether you are attending the final world premiere this season at our Theatre Company’s production of Human Error, performing your best air guitar to the film-turned-musical School of Rock, or enjoying our fourth engagement of The Book of Mormon, your patronage of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts makes an impact. You may have purchased your first ticket or completed your 39th season — that makes you part of our family. Your presence and your gifts help us create an all new generation of theatre lovers. As I write this letter, we are taking Shakespeare in the Parking Lot to high schools statewide. Our actors perform an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet or A Midsummer Night’s Dream for 15,000 students. Then they go into classrooms and apply these 400-year-old stories to situations that teens face every day — peer pressure, drug use, gangs and suicide. It is important work that equips students with tools to have meaningful, open dialogue. The DCPA just hosted the 34th annual DPS Shakespeare Festival (see page 18) and just around the corner is the Bobby G High School Musical Theatre Awards. Between the two programs, we will have provided more than 125 in-school workshops for 4,600 students. These separate initiatives each culminate in performances at the Arts Complex; nearly 7,000 students, teachers and avid fans fill our spaces with enthusiasm, energy and love of theatre. The exuberance these students feel, as well as the artistry and talent before you today, is thanks to you. If you bought your ticket tonight, thank you. If you added a contribution above and beyond your ticket price, thank you. If you subscribe, donate, attend our fundraisers or sponsor a show, thank you for your generosity. As we reach the end of our season and look forward to our 40th anniversary, we invite you to deepen your investment to the DCPA with a gift that supports the work on our stages, in our classrooms and throughout the community. To learn more or make a donation, please visit denvercenter.org/donate or call 303.572.4593. Thank you so much for your commitment to making world-class theatre available to everyone.
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In the new comedy Human Error, a young couple goes to what they think is a routine appointment at a fertility clinic only to discover that their fertilized embryo has been mistakenly implanted into somebody else. So, obviously…it’s a comedy. “You know: Another one of your standard-issue switched-fertilized-embryo farces,” jocular Midwestern playwright Eric Pfeffinger says with a laugh. It’s a funny premise…but you haven’t even gotten to the punchline yet. “So one couple are blue-state, latte-sipping, NPRlistening liberals,” Pfeffinger said. “And the other are NRAcardholding, pickup-truck-driving, red-state conservatives.” That’s the punchline: Two couples who, under normal circumstances, would never choose to be in the same room with each other, now will have to spend nine months building some kind of a family — and hopefully not killing each other along the way. As they say in comedy, your pain is another guy’s pleasure. “Human Error is a comedy about the state of the nation currently and the political polarization we are all grappling with,” Pfeffinger said of his play, which was featured at the Denver Center’s 2017 Colorado New Play Summit only a month after Donald Trump’s inauguration. And, well, there’s been a bit more rancor since then. “If anything, Americans’ inclination to isolate ourselves within comfortable ideological silos has only increased,” Pfeffinger said back on an April day when the national
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headlines were dominated by the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress. The bad news is: Political, social and cultural polarization is just a given in America right now. “But the good news is: The worse things get, the better it is for my play,” Pfeffinger said with a smile. “So…yay?” Geography, technology and social status have made it easy for Americans to isolate themselves from anyone who doesn’t already think the same way they do, Pfeffinger said. That means we are only rarely confronted with contradictory or challenging points of view. But Pfeffinger has the power of the playwright in his fingers: He can put any two people he wants face-to-face on a stage. Or, in this case, he can put any two couples he wants face-to-face in the same bumbling fertility doctor’s office. “None of the people in my play know anybody else like the other couple,” Pfeffinger said. “They don’t have to confront the reality of someone who thinks differently until they are thrown together by this clerical mix-up at the clinic.” The play is not so much about the ethics of fertility technology, Pfeffinger says — as dramatic as that can be. “It’s more about the echo chambers we Americans often find ourselves in, and the defense mechanisms we adopt when we are forced to step outside our comfort zones and acknowledge that there are other people in the world who are not just like us.” But remember, Pfeffinger said his play is not a Lifetime movie event. He said it was funny. And not nasty, David Mamet kind of funny. “It’s BIG funny,” he said. “When I first
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heard about this kind of thing actually happening at fertility clinics, my first response was, ‘Oh that sounds like an episode of Three’s Company: “Wait, that’s not your embryo — that’s my embryo!” And…cut to commercial.’ “Human Error draws explicit connections to various kinds of classic comedy, particularly the TV sitcom, which is what I grew up mainlining.” So really, Pfeffinger had no choice but to take a comic approach to the subject. It’s all he knows. “Everything I write is a comedy. That’s how I function,” said Pfeffinger, who has past lives as both an improv comedian and a newspaper cartoonist. “Let’s take this thing that does not seem particularly funny to the people it is happening to and find the humor in it.” And after all that prolonged division and unrest in the country, he said, now might be a really good time for us to laugh. “A lot of people embrace comedy as an opportunity to escape from what is stressful about the world,” Pfeffinger said. “I happen to believe that comedy is one of the best ways to confront difficult ideas and to examine and articulate those ideas. Comedy lowers your defenses by making you laugh.”
COSTUME COLUMN In DCPA Theatre Company’s Human Error, Madelyn and Keenan are NPR-listening, latte-sipping, blue-state liberals, while Heather and Jim are NRA-cardholding, truckdriving, red-state conservatives. After a mix-up by their fertility doctor, Heather becomes pregnant with the wrong family’s embryo. Through a progression of growing “baby bumps,” the audience moves along with the couples on their ninemonth odyssey of clashing values and unlikely friendships. “We use a couple sizes of silicone bellies and bust pads that we switch out as the pregnancy progresses,” said Costume Designer Sara Ryung Clement. “Several of the scenes involve the characters doing yoga, so we want to fill out Heather’s pregnancy in a way that really adds weight as well as bulk. [Plus] there’s a reason that SNL’s ‘Activewear’ skit is so hilarious.” Clement also had great fun with the stereotypes. “I think there’s definitely humor in the ways that we both fulfill and thwart expectations and assumptions through what we wear,” said Clement. “I also find it helpful to think about the things that the characters love and fear, and how that’s expressed in their clothing choices.” See if you can identify what each character fears — apart from raising a baby — at Human Error playing through June 24 in the Garner Galleria Theatre.
“I happen to believe that comedy is one of the best ways to confront difficult ideas and to examine and articulate those ideas. Comedy lowers your defenses by making you laugh.” — ERIC PFEFFINGER, Playwright of Human Error
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Pfeffinger has continued to hone the play in the 15 months since the Colorado New Play Summit, in close consultation with director Shelley Butler and dramaturg Sarah Lunnie. But not with the intent of either making the play more overtly funny or politically relevant. “Tonally, structurally and thematically, the play is pretty much the same now as it was at the Summit,” he said. “It’s more a matter of helping the play to become more of what it’s already wanting to be. That includes making the funny stuff funnier and the human stuff, uh, human-er.” Human Error will become the first Theatre Company season offering ever staged in the Garner Galleria Theatre, which will provide an intimate, cabaret-like atmosphere that will be new for many Theatre Company audiences. “This is a play where the comedy comes from the audience connecting with these very different, very recognizable people,” Pfeffinger said. “I think where the audience and the performers are palpably sharing the same space and breathing the same air, that’s where comedy thrives.”
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It’s sometimes easy to forget how Andrew Lloyd Webber got his start. After all, with a string of West End/ Broadway hits including The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita and Sunset Boulevard among many, many others, rock and roll seems…well…a bit out of sync. Yet this knighted composer — yes, he does bear the somewhat lofty title of “Sir” — is also considered the father of the rock musical. He actually got his start with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat followed closely by Jesus Christ Superstar. Fitting, then, that School of Rock, the Paramount Pictures film starring then little-known actor Jack Black, caught his attention. When down-on-his-luck rocker Dewey Finn can’t pay the rent, he poses as a substitute teacher at an elite private school. Not exactly the teacher type (and in need of a quick infusion of cash), he transforms these prepschool preteens into confidence-commanding rock stars who compete for $20,000 in the local Battle of the Bands competition. The plot of the musical actually hearkens back to Lloyd Webber’s professional beginnings. “I started with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was a piece written for a school, performed first in a school. And it’s taking me back to something that I really care
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very deeply about, which is the importance of music in schools and education. “It’s really about how music changes the life of the kids in the show, and also changes the life of the leading man, because he finds himself, in a way, through the children and the music that they’re making.” But despite the fact that the movie is about music performed by schoolchildren, there is really very little music in the film itself, which intrigued Lloyd Webber. “Originally, the idea was first mooted to me by my wife, Madeleine, who got the rights to the whole thing. I thought maybe it was something that we would flesh out with existing rock songs, because there were a few in the original movie. But when I got into it…there was only the song we all called ‘Teacher’s Pet’ and then ‘The Legend of the Rent.’ So, I thought that it really did need a score.” In order to fully flesh out the story for the stage, Lloyd Webber realized he needed a dramatist with a major career. Lloyd Webber tapped Julian Fellowes whose career has spanned television (“Downton Abbey”), film (The Tourist) and theatre (Mary Poppins). Moving from what, to some, might seem more classical works into the world of rock, wasn’t an obvious transition. “It’s always good to do something that’s completely outside your kind of tame territory,” said Fellowes. “I was
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thrilled when Andrew asked me if I’d do it.…Sometimes you have to talk yourself into things, or at least research them, to see if you want to do it. But I knew I wanted to do it straight away. “I think my job was to give a kind of emotional imperative, a kind of emotional path, for all of the different characters, which is either suggested or pretty clearly delineated,” continued Fellowes. “And to add that to the central comedy of the situation. But I hope we’ve been very faithful to the film too. I want people who adored the film to have a really good evening in the theater.” Lloyd Webber rounded out the team with Broadway lyricist Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid) and director Laurence Connor (Les Misérables) both of whose credits also might not scream “rock and roll.”
“It’s really about how music changes the life of the kids in the show, and also changes the life of the leading man, because he finds himself, in a way, through the children and the music that they’re making.” — ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, Composer
And while the creative might seem anything but typical, what’s even more surprising is that, ultimately, the show’s success relies almost entirely on the talents of nine to 13 year olds. The 12 children on stage who literally steal the show are required to be a quadruple threat — act, sing, dance and play an instrument. More than 22,000 children responded to the original Broadway casting call. “We watched some incredible kids playing instruments,” said Connor, “but what we didn’t know was whether they would be cohesive as a band. So, in the end, we brought about 24 children into a room, and we set up some amps and plugged in some guitars and set up a drum kit and they just played. And the first band we put together just rocked! And it was emotional. I mean, I think we all had little tears in our eyes. I think it really goes down as my favorite audition of all time.” Lloyd Webber continues, “You know, they really can play. It’s extraordinary for their age, just how great they are and how together they play. I mean, you could close your eyes and say ‘Oh gosh, this is a band that’s played together for years.’ You wouldn’t really think that it’s 10 and 11 year olds!” Despite the old adage from W.C. Fields who remarked, “Never work with children or animals,” Lloyd Webber can say (albeit a bit tongue in cheek) that he’s done both and come out unscathed. First, launching his decades-long career with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, performed by 8 to 12-year-old boys. Then, debuting Cats, which remains the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history. And now, bringing audiences around the country the inspiring, fist pumping, heartwarming story in School of Rock — The Musical.
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There is nothing quite like seeing 5,000 children marching down Curtis Street dressed in Shakespearean attire and proudly raising their school banners high for all to see. They fill the entire block — shoulder to shoulder — overflowing onto the sidewalks and literally stopping traffic. Not your typical school day, but then, there’s nothing typical about the annual DPS Shakespeare Festival. First, it’s the oldest youth Shakespeare Festival in the country at 34 years running. Second, it’s the largest youth Shakespeare Festival in the country. And third, it is presented by three partners who even The King’s Men would envy — Denver Public Schools, Denver Public Schools Foundation and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The DCPA’s full partnership is still relatively new, though it has offered in-school support for decades. DCPA Education provides workshops to each participating school, provides feedback for all entries, presents its own Shakespeare in the Parking Lot performance during the festival, and is onsite throughout the event, serving as adjudicators, staff support and ambassadors. Additionally, working with the Arts Complex, the DCPA opens its doors to host a variety of scenes, songs and sword fights (with pool noodles, no less). Last year’s student essay winner, Vincent Haney from Denver North High School, summed up the importance of the day: “Theatre is the voice of our people,” Haney said. “And today, our message is as strong as ever. Today, we keep the arts alive. Today we triumph over hatred, over grief and over despair. Today we sing, today we dance, today we act.” To see a full recap of the DPS Shakespeare Festival, visit denvercenter.org/news-center.
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BESPOKE THEATRICALS & MADELEINE LLOYD WEBBER CHOREOGRAPHED BY
JOANN M. HUNTER DIRECTED BY
LAURENCE CONNOR SPONSORED IN DENVER BY
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CAST
(in order of appearance)
Dewey................................................................................................................................................................................................... ROB COLLETTI Dewey (at certain performances)............................................................................................................................. MERRITT DAVID JANES Rosalie................................................................................................................................................................................LEXIE DORSETT SHARP Ned........................................................................................................................................................................................................ MATT BITTNER Patty.............................................................................................................................................................................................. EMILY BORROMEO Shonelle.........................................................................................................................................................................................OLIVIA BUCKNOR Katie...................................................................................................................................................................................THEODORA SILVERMAN James................................................................................................................................................................................. CAMERON TRUEBLOOD Marcy................................................................................................................................................................................... ALYSSA EMILY MARVIN Mason............................................................................................................................................................................................ CARSON HODGES Tomika.................................................................................................................................................................................................... GRIER BURKE Freddy................................................................................................................................................................GILBERTO MORETTI-HAMILTON Zack............................................................................................................................................................................................... VINCENT MOLDEN Billy.........................................................................................................................................................................................HUXLEY WESTEMEIER Lawrence....................................................................................................................................................................... THEO MITCHELL-PENNER Summer....................................................................................................................................................................................... IARA NEMIROVSKY Sophie................................................................................................................................................................................................GABRIELLA UHL Doug/Mr. Spencer....................................................................................................................................................................................... TIM SHEA Ms. Sheinkopf/Security Guard #1................................................................................................................................................. DEIDRE LANG Snake/Mr. Mooneyham....................................................................................................................................................... SINCLAIR MITCHELL Stanley/Mr. Williams..................................................................................................................................................................... JAMESON MOSS Gabe Brown/Mr. Hamilton/Jeff Sanderson................................................................................................................... PATRICK CLANTON Bob/Mr. Sandford/Cop........................................................................................................................................................... LIAM FENNECKEN Mrs. Hathaway.................................................................................................................................................................................ELYSIA JORDAN Theo...........................................................................................................................................................................................HERNANDO UMANA Security Guard #2.........................................................................................................................................................................MELANIE EVANS Ensemble............................................................................................................................................ JOHN CAMPIONE, PATRICK CLANTON, CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS, KRISTIAN ESPIRITU, MELANIE EVANS, LIAM FENNECKEN, KARA HALLER, ELYSIA JORDAN, SINCLAIR MITCHELL, JAMESON MOSS, TIM SHEA, HERNANDO UMANA UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. for Dewey—LIAM FENNECKEN, JAMESON MOSS; for Rosalie—MELANIE EVANS, ELYSIA JORDAN; for Patty—KRISTIAN ESPIRITU, KARA HALLER; for Ned—JOHN CAMPIONE, TIM SHEA, HERNANDO UMANA; for Ms. Sheinkopf/Security Guard #1—KARA HALLER, ELYSIA JORDAN; for Mrs. Hathaway—KARA HALLER; for Security Guard #2—KARA HALLER; for Summer—RAYNA FARR, BELLA FRAKER; for Freddy—JACK SUAREZ KIMMEL, CAMERON TRUEBLOOD; for Zack— JACK SUAREZ KIMMEL, JESSE SPARKS; for Lawrence—CARSON HODGES, HUXLEY WESTEMEIER; for Katie—RAYNA FARR, BELLA FRAKER; for Tomika—OLIVIA BUCKNOR, GABRIELLA UHL; for Shonelle—RAYNA FARR, BELLA FRAKER; for Marcy—RAYNA FARR, BELLA FRAKER; for Mason—JACK SUAREZ KIMMEL, JESSE SPARKS; for Billy— JACK SUAREZ KIMMEL, JESSE SPARKS; for Theo—JOHN CAMPIONE, TIM SHEA SWINGS JOHN CAMPIONE, CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS, RAYNA FARR, BELLA FRAKER, KARA HALLER, JACK SUAREZ KIMMEL, JESSE SPARKS DANCE CAPTAIN—CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN—KARA HALLER
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ACT 1 Scene 1: The Olympic Powerhouse “I’m Too Hot for You”.................................................................................................................................................No Vacancy and Dewey Scene 2: Dewey’s Bedroom “When I Climb to the Top of Mount Rock”..........................................................................................................................................Dewey Scene 3: Horace Green—The Assembly Hall “Horace Green Alma Mater”.....................................................................................................................Rosalie, Students and Teachers “Here at Horace Green”..............................................................................................................................................................................Rosalie Scene 4: The Apartment “Variations 7”................................................................................................................................................................................ Dewey and Ned “Children of Rock”...................................................................................................................................................................... Dewey and Ned “Mount Rock” (Reprise) ................................................................................................................................................................................Patty Scene 5: Horace Green—The Hallway Outside the Music Room “Queen of the Night”.............................................................................................................................................. Rosalie, Dewey and Gabe Scene 6: Horace Green—The Classroom “You’re in the Band”..........................................................................................................................................................Dewey and Students “You’re in the Band” (Reprise)......................................................................................................................................Dewey and Students Scene 7: Students’ Homes “If Only You Would Listen”.................................................................................................................................................................... Students Scene 8: Horace Green—The Classroom “In the End of Time”.....................................................................................................................................................................................Dewey Scene 9: Horace Green—The Faculty Lounge “Faculty Quadrille”....................................................................................................................................................................................Teachers Scene 10: Horace Green—The Classroom “In the End of Time” (Band Practice).........................................................................................................................Dewey and Students “Stick It to the Man”..........................................................................................................................................................Dewey and Students Scene 11: Horace Green—The Halls Scene 12: The Palace Theatre—Backstage “In the End of Time” (The Audition)...........................................................................................................................Dewey and Students “Stick It to the Man” (Reprise)......................................................................................................................................Dewey and Students ACT 2 Scene 1: Horace Green—The Classroom “Time to Play”................................................................................................................................................................. Summer and Students Scene 2: Horace Green—The Faculty Lounge Scene 3: Horace Green—The Classroom “Amazing Grace”........................................................................................................................................................................................... Tomika “Math Is a Wonderful Thing”.........................................................................................................................................Dewey and Students Scene 4: The Roadhouse “Where Did the Rock Go?”........................................................................................................................................................................Rosalie Scene 5: The Apartment—The Living Room Scene 6: Horace Green—The Classroom “School of Rock” (Band Practice)...............................................................................................................................Dewey and Students “Dewey’s Confession”.................................................................................................................. Dewey, Rosalie, Patty, Ned and Parents Scene 7: The Apartment—Dewey’s Bedroom “If Only You Would Listen” (Reprise)........................................................................................................................Tomika and Students Scene 8: The Palace Theatre—Onstage “I’m Too Hot for You” (Reprise)..................................................................................................................................................... No Vacancy “School of Rock”................................................................................................................................................................Dewey and Students “Stick It to the Man” (Encore).......................................................................................................................................Dewey and Students “Finale”............................................................................................................................................................................................... Full Company ORCHESTRA Music Director/Keyboards—MARTYN AXE Assistant Music Director/Keyboards—JULIE HOMI Children’s Music Director—BENJAMIN ZOLESKI Guitar 1—ANTHONY RUBBO; Guitar 2—DIEGO ROJAS; Guitar 3—OSCAR BAUTISTA; Bass—LYNN KELLER; Drums—TAURUS LOVELY Band Tech—BENJAMIN ZOLESKI; Librarian—LYNN KELLER Music Coordinator—TALITHA FEHR-TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL Keyboard Programming—STUART ANDREWS
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MUSICAL NUMBERS
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CAST
ROB COLLETTI
LEXIE DORSETT SHARP
MATT BITTNER
EMILY BORROMEO
MERRITT DAVID JANES
OLIVIA BUCKNOR
GRIER BURKE
JOHN CAMPIONE
PATRICK CLANTON
CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS
KRISTIAN ESPIRITU
MELANIE EVANS
RAYNA FARR
LIAM FENNECKEN
BELLA FRAKER
KARA HALLER
CARSON HODGES
ELYSIA JORDAN
JACK SUAREZ KIMMEL
DEIDRE LANG
ALYSSA EMILY MARVIN
SINCLAIR MITCHELL
THEO MITCHELLPENNER
VINCENT MOLDEN
GILBERTO MORETTIHAMILTON
JAMESON MOSS
IARA NEMIROVSKY
TIM SHEA
THEODORA SILVERMAN
JESSE SPARKS
CAMERON TRUEBLOOD
GABRIELLA UHL
HERNANDO UMANA
HUXLEY WESTEMEIER
ROB COLLETTI (Dewey). Broadway: The Book of Mormon. Selected regional: The 25th Annual Putnam… (New Theatre), The Original Grease (American Theater Company, 2011 Jeff Award—Best Musical), 100% Rocketships (Second City). Film: Garlic and Gunpowder opposite Vivica A. Fox, WTF!: World Thumbwrestling Federation. Training: Columbia College, The Second City. “For Ms. Brady, my first music teacher.” LEXIE DORSETT SHARP (Rosalie). National/ international tours: Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth), The Addams Family (u/s Morticia, u/s Alice, u/s Grandma), Elf (Emily). “Thanks to ATB Talent, AM Studio and my family and friends.” Proud CCM grad. “All my heart to Jesse for always helping me see what’s possible.” @lexiedorsettsharp. LexieDSharp.com. MATT BITTNER (Ned). Select credits: The Tony-nominated Broadway play Present Laughter, Up Here (La Jolla); Much Ado (The Public); All Is Calm (Hudson Valley Shakes); As You Like It (Two River); The Pillowman (Thingamajig); Moonlight & Magnolias (Playhouse Tulsa). M.F.A., Rutgers. “All gratitude to my family. For Ruth—I love you.” mattbittner.com. EMILY BORROMEO (Patty). Broadway: School of Rock. Television: Emmy-nominated host/writer “Sunny Side Up” (Sprout/ NBC), “The Sing Off” season 4 (NBC), “Jim Gaffigan Show,” “Sneaky Pete.” Bay Area native and Brown University graduate. Thanks to the SoR family, Tara Rubin Casting, Henderson Hogan. Love to Ellis, Dad, Bri. For Mom. @emilyborromeo. MERRITT DAVID JANES (Dewey at certain performances). Colchester, V.T.; UMaine and Circle in the Square graduate. Broadway: School of Rock (original cast). New album: Waiting in the Wings. National tours: Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), The Wedding Singer (Robbie), Shrek (Farquaad), Catch Me If You Can (Hanratty), The Phantom of the Opera 25th. merrittdavidjanes.com. Instagram:mdjtanner. Twitter: @MDavidJanes. OLIVIA BUCKNOR (Shonelle, u/s Tomika). Thrilled to debut the role of Shonelle in the SoR tour. Featured in the Oscarnominated cartoon “My Life as a Zucchini” as Beatrice. She played young Ranita in the biopic Roxanne, Roxanne. Featured in Pharrell Williams’ book Happy. Thanks to her parents for their support, L’il Angels and Innovative Artists.
GRIER BURKE (Tomika) is excited to join this cast and be in the band! She most recently appeared in the Broadway national tour of Disney’s The Lion King as Young Nala. Regional theater credits: Elf The Musical, A Christmas Story, Annie Warbucks, and Billy Elliot. Many thanks to Gray Talent Group. grierburke.com. @ iamgrierburke. JOHN CAMPIONE (Swing, u/s Ned). National tour: The Bridges of Madison County (Michael). Les Misérables and Moonshine, Dallas Theater Center. Amateur OCR athlete. Thanks Dale, Hank, Merri, The Mine, Mandy and whiskey. Johncampione.com. @campiowningit. PATRICK CLANTON (Gabe Brown, Mr. Hamilton, Jeff Sanderson, Ensemble). National tour: Sister Act. Regional: NSMT, Flat Rock Playhouse, Casa Mañana, Walt Disney World. B.F.A. in music theater—Elon University. “Dedicated to all the teachers in my life! Let’s rock!” CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS (Dance Captain, Swing). Proud AEA member. Broadway/ national tours: Beauty and the Beast, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Ragtime. Thanks to Jay, Roxy, Dad, Family, Avalon Artists, Merri and the SoR family. KRISTIAN ESPIRITU (Ensemble, u/s Patty) is ready to rock! New York: Here Lies Love (The Public), NYMF, Lysistrata, Scorched. Head-banging front-woman of Over the Pass. For Spencer and POC. Mabuhay! Instagram: @kriscendo. MELANIE EVANS (Ensemble, u/s Rosalie). National tours: Motown and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regional: Ragtime, Aida, High School Musical. TV: “NBC Diversity Showcase”, “Blue Bloods”. Thanks to Tara Rubin Casting and Andreadis Talent Agency! Instagram: melevansny. RAYNA FARR (Swing, u/s Summer, Marcy, Katie, Shonelle). Honored to join the SoR national tour! Tour: The Grinch…, A Christmas Carol. Thanks to Nancy Carson, Tara Rubin Casting, SoR creatives, Mom, Dad, Kaiya and family for their love and support! LIAM FENNECKEN (Bob, Mr. Sanford, Cop, Ensemble, u/s Dewey). Singer/songwriter and proud graduate: Penn State, B.A. theater. National tour: Once (Svec), American Idiot (Ensemble, u/s Will), Peter Pan 360 (Smee/Nana). Thanks to family, friends and the SoR team! IG: @Lfennecken. BELLA FRAKER (Swing, u/s Summer, Marcy, Katie, Shonelle) is thrilled to rock
out with the first School of Rock tour. From Atlanta, Ga., giving many thanks to God, family, Nancy, casting, Orbit Arts, Broadway Dreams, Bob and Debbie. KARA HALLER (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Patty, Ms. Sheinkopf). National tours: Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Ahmanson Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse. Proud Belmont grad. “Huge thanks to JoAnn, Eddie, my family, friends and my husband Michael.” CARSON HODGES (Mason, u/s Lawrence) is 9 years old and thrilled to make his debut on the School of Rock tour. Gratitude and thanks to his entire family, Malko Dance Studios, Skips Music, Bach to Rock Music Academy and his agent Nancy Carson for their love, support and mentoring. ELYSIA JORDAN (Mrs. Hathaway, Ensemble, u/s Rosalie, Ms. Sheinkopf). Regional: Billy Elliot (Ogunquit Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre). Concerts: 54 Below, Feinstein’s At The Nikko, MGM Grand. B.F.A. Ithaca College. “You rock, Merri, Anne, Mom, Dad, Marcus!” elysiajordan.com. @lysiejordan. JACK SUAREZ KIMMEL (Swing, u/s Zack, Freddy, Mason, Billy) is thrilled to debut on the SoR tour! N.J. metal-head and multiinstrumentalist, shredding the guitar since age 8. Thanks Mom, Dad, Liana, Bebe and the entire family. Instagram: jkimmel.music. DEIDRE LANG (Ms. Sheinkopf). “Let’s Rock!” Broadway: Ragtime, The Lion King, Tommy. National tours: The Lion King, Hairspray, Tommy, Cats. International tours: Ragtime (Vancouver), Smokey Joe’s Café (Australia). Regional: The Lion King (Las Vegas), Rock of Ages (Las Vegas), Aida (Alliance Theatre). TV: Fly Girl on Fox’s “In Living Color.” Thanks to God, friends and family! ALYSSA EMILY MARVIN (Marcy) is thrilled to rock across the U.S. with the amazing SoR team! Int’l tour: Annie (Molly). Love and thanks: Nancy Carson, Tara Rubin Casting, SoR creative, Bob Marks, Janine Molinari, Denise Simon, Raquel/MVS, Alex, Mom, Dad, Grandma Diane, Andy, Julia, Cookie dog, family and friends! alyssamarvin.com; Insta: @alyssaemmarvin. SINCLAIR MITCHELL (Snake, Mr. Mooneyham, Ensemble). Broadway: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: The Emperor Jones (Irish Rep), Harlem Song. Tours: The Producers, Best Little Whorehouse…. CCM grad. Olympic torch bearer, ’96 Games. Thanks to About Artists Agency. Love to Joey.
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THEO MITCHELL-PENNER (Lawrence). Playing the piano since age 5, Theo is over the moon to be making his touring debut in SoR! Thanks to Nancy Carson, his teachers and the Walnut. Love to his family and friends. Special thanks to Merri Sugarman, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and the cast and creative team. VINCENT MOLDEN (Zack). School of Rock is Vincent’s first theatrical appearance. A sixth-grader in public school in Chicago, Vincent started playing the guitar at age 6. He thanks his family, Little Kids Rock, the Chicago Public Schools All-City Performing Arts program and whoever created Rocksmith. GILBERTO MORETTI-HAMILTON (Freddy) is humbled by the opportunity to tour with SoR. This native New Yorker comes from a musical family with roots in the Caribbean and Italy. He was honored as “Musician of the Year 2017” by the Boys Club of NYC. This multi-instrumentalist also plays piano, bass, xylophone and percussion. Insta: gilbertomorettihamilton. JAMESON MOSS (Stanley, Mr. Williams, Ensemble, u/s Dewey) is excited to be a part of School of Rock! He would like to thank his parents, siblings, the SoR productions team, Jackie Reid, Barry Kolker and his righteousness Mikey Reid. IARA NEMIROVSKY (Summer) is thrilled to make her national tour debut as Summer. A proud member of the country’s youngest Shakespeare troupe (Los Angeles Drama Club), she wishes to thank DDO, Tara Rubin Casting, team SoR. “To my family, friends, teachers, Mama, Papa and Snow—you rock!” @5678iara. TIM SHEA (Doug, Mr. Spencer, Ensemble, u/s Ned). Tour: Rock of Ages. Regional: White Christmas, Best Little Whorehouse…, Evita. Phillips Exeter Academy and NYU. Thanks to TKO, Tara Rubin Casting and family for their love and support. timshea.me. THEODORA SILVERMAN (Katie). “Theo” is thrilled to be playing her dream role of Katie in the national tour of School of Rock! Recent credits: Once national tour, ABC’s “What Would You Do?” Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Hazie, Lisa, Barry, Tara Rubin Casting, Ellyn, Jeff, Dan and Piper! @theosilverman. JESSE SPARKS (Swing, u/s Zack, Mason, Billy). Born a NYC rocker, Jesse grew up attending concerts and listening to all genres of music. Jesse started lessons at age 6, quickly finding his passion for electric guitar! CAMERON TRUEBLOOD (James, u/s Freddy). Born in L.A., long-time drummer
Cameron is honored to join the SoR cast! Love and gratitude to mom, dad, brothers (Dylan, Mason and Ethan), Tonya, Aaron and Tara Rubin Casting. GABRIELLA UHL (Sophie, u/s Tomika). From Cornwall, N.Y., and excited and thankful for this national tour debut “in the band!” “Thanks to my family, my voice coach Ilene Reid, and everyone who’s supported this adventure. HERNANDO UMANA (Theo, u/s Ned). Pumped to join the band directly from the Broadway company of Kinky Boots as the “In This Corner” Angel. Love to family, chosen family, teachers and everyone at CTG. Follow @hernandoumana. HUXLEY WESTEMEIER (Billy, u/s Lawrence). This Minneapolis native is thrilled to play Billy in the national tour of School of Rock! Recent credits: The Guthrie Theater’s Watch on the Rhine, The Ordway’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Special thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, Jeremy, Maggie and Broadway Playground. Love to family, Mom, Dad and Rufus. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Composer). When Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway in February 2017, Andrew Lloyd Webber became the only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers and Hammerstein with four Broadway shows running concurrently. Other musicals he has composed include Aspects of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Love Never Dies. He has co-produced his own shows including Cats and The Phantom of the Opera, and as a solo producer he has presented the groundbreaking Bombay Dreams which introduced the double Oscar-winning Bollywood composer AR Rahman to the Western stage. He owns seven West End theaters, including the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Palladium and most recently the St James, which reopened this year as The Other Palace to provide a unique London home for new musicals in development. 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 theater education opportunities for under-served young people and public schools across the U.S. 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 was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and created an honorary member of the House of Lords in 1997. GLENN SLATER (Lyricist) co-created Disney’s worldwide smash Tangled (2011 Grammy winner, 2010 Oscar and Golden Globe nominee), as well as the international hit musicals Sister Act (2011 Tony nominee) and The Little Mermaid (2008 Tony and Grammy nominee). With composer Alan Menken, he wrote the songs for the ABCTV series “Galavant” (2015–16), Disney’s Home on the Range (2004) and Broadway’s Leap of Faith (Tony nominee, Best Musical 2012). In the West End, Glenn provided book and lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies (2010 Olivier nominee, Best Musical). Other work includes an Emmy-nominated song for ABC-TV’s “The Neighbors” (2013) and Newyorkers at MTC (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations). Glenn lives in NYC with composer/lyricist/wife Wendy Leigh Wilf and future rock stars Benjamin and Daniel. Twitter: @SlaterLyrics. JULIAN FELLOWES (Book Writer) received a Tony nomination for his work on School of Rock—The Musical. He is the creator, sole writer and executive producer of the worldwide hit series “Downton Abbey,” which has received 69 Emmy Award nominations, winning 15, including two awards for Fellowes. Broadway: Mary Poppins (Drama Desk nominee, Best Book). Film writing credits: Gosford Park (Academy Award winner, Original Screenplay), Vanity Fair, Piccadilly Jim, Separate Lies (National Board of Review Directorial Debut Award), From Time to Time (directed), The Young Victoria, The Tourist, Romeo & Juliet. Television writing credits: “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” “The Prince and the Pauper,” “Titanic,” “Doctor Thorne.” Books: Belgravia, Snobs, Past Imperfect, The Curious Adventures of the Abandoned Toys. Fellowes is also a screen and stage actor. He and his wife, Emma, live in London and Dorset, England. They have a son, Peregrine. LAURENCE CONNOR (Director). Directorial credits: Les Misérables (Broadway, U.K. and U.S. tours), Miss Saigon (London), Jesus Christ Superstar (U.K., U.S. and Australian arena tour, cinema streaming worldwide and DVD release), the entirely new stage production of The Phantom of the Opera (U.S. and U.K.), Oliver! (U.K. tour) and Miss Saigon (U.K. tour and worldwide). Laurence directed the 25th anniversary concert of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and the 25th anniversary con-
JOANN M. HUNTER (Choreographer) has 19 Broadway shows to her credit as a choreographer, associate choreographer and performer. Choreography, Broadway: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Broadway Bound. L.A.: Harmony by Barry Manilow/ Bruce Sussman (L.A. Drama Critics, Suzi Bass Best Choreography nom.; BroadwayWorld, Best Choreography). World premiere: The Nutty Professor by Marvin Hamlisch/Rupert Holmes. Off-Broadway: Love/Sick by John Cariani and Dedalus Lounge (Royal Family Prod.); Grease, Oliver! and Curtains (Paper Mill). National tour: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Director: Debra Monk’s one-woman show, Totally Hot and a Little Dirty; Drama League galas honoring Angela Lansbury, Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris. Associate choreographer, Broadway: Spring Awakening, Curtains, The Wedding Singer and All Shook Up. For ABT, Petrouchka. Currently developing Perfect Spiral, about two pro football players and their loss of physical and emotional identity. JOHN RIGBY (Music Supervisor). As a musical supervisor, his credits include The Phantom of the Opera (U.K. and U.S. tours), School of Rock (London), Miss Saigon (London), Jesus Christ Superstar (world arena tour). As a symphony conductor, John continually works with the U.K.’s leading orchestras and has been awarded an honorary doctorate for his services to conducting and musical theater. ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic & Costume Designer). Tony Award nominations: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, In the Heights and High Fidelity. Other original Broadway designs: Dames at Sea, Honeymoon in Vegas, It Shoulda Been You, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Avenue Q, The Performers, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Curtains, Baby It’s You!, All About Me, To Be Or Not to Be, Steel Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony. Off-Broadway/regional: Just Jim Dale, Sons of the Prophet, The Foreigner, Speech and Debate, Crimes of the Heart (Roundabout); world premieres of Altar Boyz (NWS) and Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM! (Jane Street); Goodspeed Musicals; Second Stage; MTC; Dallas Theater Center; Primary Stages; 5th Avenue Theatre. New York City Center Encores! 2014–15 season. Founder of Broadway Design Exchange, an online market for theatrical treasures. broadwaydesignexchange.com.
NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Designer) is a New York-based lighting designer who has had the pleasure to work throughout the world. Recent Broadway credits include An American in Paris (Tony Award), Skylight, Gigi, The Glass Menagerie (Tony Award), Aladdin, Once (Tony Award), Motown, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (Tony Award), Aida (Tony Award), Twelfth Night and Beauty and the Beast. She recently designed The Iceman Cometh at BAM and the Goodman Theatre. Her varied career has led her to design lighting for all aspects of entertainment, including dance and opera companies, concerts, international theaters, regional theaters, Off-Broadway, Las Vegas, TV and permanent lighting installations. MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) has designed more than 100 productions worldwide including these West End and Broadway musicals: Saturday Night Fever, Bombay Dreams, The Woman in White, Zorro, The Wizard of Oz, Sister Act, Evita, Love Never Dies, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Betty Blue Eyes, From Here to Eternity, Miss Saigon. Awards include an Olivier for The Woman in White London 2005, a Parnelli Award for The Phantom of the Opera Las Vegas 2006, a Green Room Award for Love Never Dies Australia 2011, a Tony nomination for Les Misérables on Broadway 2014, a Helpmann Award for Les Misérables in Australia 2015. JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Designer). N.Y./ London: Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, First Date, Elf, Dogfight, The Best Man, Look Back in Anger, Trip of Love, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm, The…Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz, Mamma Mia! West Coast: Robin and the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Other N.Y.: Show Boat at Carnegie Hall; Encores! Most Happy Fella, No, No, Nanette and Follies; numerous Juilliard productions. Television: “The Slap,” “30 Rock,” “SNL.” DAVID RUTTURA (Associate Director). As associate director, Broadway: Spider-Man, Follies, Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, White Christmas, A Man for All Seasons. Tour: The Phantom…. Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Jews Telling Jokes. Directing projects with Gateway Playhouse, Araca Project, Ars Nova, 2g, Joe’s Pub, Fordham University. MARTYN AXE (Music Director) is very happy to be touring with the youngest and best rock band in America. Thanks to John, David and the team. Love as always to Sienna. STUART ANDREWS (Keyboard Programmer). Broadway/West End: The Phantom
of the Opera, Les Misérables, Evita, Mary Poppins, Jesus Christ Superstar. West End: Miss Saigon, Stephen Ward, The Wizard of Oz, Betty Blue Eyes, Love Never Dies, Oliver!, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music. TALITHA FEHR (Music Coordinator). Broadway: A Christmas Story. 2010 Vancouver Olympics ceremonies. National tours: Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Come Fly Away, Fiddler…, JCSS, Cats, Chicago, Movin’ Out. International: West Side Story, Swing!, Cinderella, The King and I. TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway: Dr. Zhivago, It Shoulda Been You, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Les Misérables, Big Fish, How to Succeed…, A Little Night Music, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Guys and Dolls, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, Jersey Boys, … Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love; Old Jews Telling Jokes; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional: Yale Repertory, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe. 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: An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf The Musical, The Humans, Kinky Boots, Motown The Musical, Rent, School of Rock, Something Rotten! and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming tours: Bandstand; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Hello, Dolly!; and The Play that Goes Wrong. THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Direction) (TBG) has represented 24 Tony Awardwinning Best Musicals and Plays since its inception in 1996. In addition to School of Rock, TBG also currently represents the touring productions of An American in Paris; Anastasia; The Book of Mormon; The Color Purple; Come from Away; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime; Dear Evan Hansen; Escape to Margaritaville; Fiddler on the Roof; Finding Neverland; Fun Home; Groundhog Day; Hello, Dolly!; The Humans; On Your Feet!; The Play That Goes Wrong; Something Rotten!; Waitress; and Hamilton. TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT LLC (Tour Management) has been an innovator in touring musical theater productions for over two decades, producing shows throughout North, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. Additionally, the company is experienced in casino and leisure markets. Current and upcoming
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cert of Les Misérables at the O2 in London, both broadcast in cinemas worldwide and released on DVD. Laurence has also been associated with the London productions of The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Oliver! (Drury Lane), The King and I (London Palladium) and A Slice of Saturday Night (Liverpool Empire).
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productions include An American in Paris, The Bodyguard, Love Never Dies, On Your Feet!, School of Rock, The Color Purple, Kinky Boots and the Asian tour of Sister Act. With strong ties to the Broadway community, Troika prides itself on delivering top quality productions to audiences worldwide. Please visit us at troika.com. BRIAN SCHRADER (General Manager) is in his fifth season with Troika Entertainment. Current tours: The Bodyguard (first nat’l), The Color Purple, School of Rock (first nat’l). Previous tours as Associate GM: An American in Paris (first nat’l), 42nd Street, Annie (U.S., Jakarta, Singapore), Dancing Pros Live, Bring It On (U.S., Japan), Ghost (first nat’l), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, Priscilla Queen of the Desert (first nat’l), West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can (first nat’l). Previously, he served as Company/Production Manager for one of Louisiana’s largest non-profit arts organizations. Graduate of Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in theater arts and business administration. Member ATPAM. MAIA SUTTON (Company Manager). Broadway: Baby It’s You, Finian’s Rainbow. OffBroadway: Stomp. National tours: Motown The Musical, Kinky Boots, Million Dollar Quartet. M.F.A. in theater management and producing from Columbia University; B.A. from the University of Kentucky in arts administration. LARRY SMIGLEWSKI (Production Stage Manager). Tours: White Christmas, The Sound of Music (Chinese national tour). Recent regional: The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, The Wizard of Oz (The Muny); The King and I (Dallas Summer Musicals); Ragtime on Ellis Island. Off-B’way: Sex Tips..., Cagney. Always for Nettie and Smigs! AMANDA KOSACK (Stage Manager). Tours: White Christmas, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Fela! Recent Off-Broadway: Old Hats, Cost of Living, Wakey Wakey, Cloud Nine. Regional: Long Wharf Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City University graduate. Love and thanks to Mom and Dad. ABBY L. POWERS (Assistant Stage Manager). Having worked as a performer, stagehand, choreographer and stage manager, favorite credits include Cinderella, Cats, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Ghost, Annie and Joseph and the…Dreamcoat. “Thanks, Mom and Dad for these traveling tootsies!” NEURO TOUR (Physical Therapy) provides performing arts physical therapy and is honored to be part of School of Rock. Neuro has provided backstage treatment to more than 80 musical theater produc-
tions including Broadway: The Lion King, Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Off-Broadway: Stomp!, Sleep No More; Tours: Movin’ Out, Billy Elliot, War Horse; Concert: U2, P!nk and Katy Perry. THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP (Producer) is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theater-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 and Sunset Boulevard. The Really Useful Group reached more than 20 million people across the globe last year from live theater and concert audiences, cinema goers, television viewers and music fans to social media and art lovers. In 2015, the Really Useful Group continues to work across film, television and theater as it produces and develops new projects and partnerships worldwide alongside its ongoing work in education, amateur licensing and music publishing. WARNER MUSIC GROUP (Producer). Beyond producing, Warner Music Group’s involvement with School of Rock includes the release of the cast album via Warner Bros. Records. With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry, including Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, East West, Elektra, Erato, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Bros. Warner Classics, Warner Music Nashville and Word, as well as Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world’s leading music publishers, with a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. ACCESS INDUSTRIES (Producer) is a privately held industrial group with longterm holdings worldwide. Founded in 1986 by Len Blavatnik, an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Access focuses on four key sectors: natural resources and chemicals, media and telecommunications, real estate, and technology and e-commerce. Its media and entertainment holdings include Warner Music Group and AI Film. Access entities have supported numerous film and theatrical productions over the years, including Hamilton and Finding Neverland and the Public Theater. accessindustries.com. THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer) has produced and co-produced hundreds of Broadway plays and musicals, including Cats, Dreamgirls, Sunday in the Park with George, The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Once, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Gin Game and King Charles III. Under the leadership of Philip
J. Smith, Chairman, and Robert E. Wankel, President, the Shubert Organization owns and operates 17 historic Broadway theaters and six Off-Broadway venues. NEDERLANDER PRESENTATIONS, INC. (Producer) is a producing company under the leadership of James L. Nederlander. The company operates a chain of legitimate theaters including the Brooks Atkinson, Gershwin, Lunt-Fontanne, Marquis, Minskoff, Nederlander, Neil Simon, Palace and Richard Rodgers on Broadway, and many landmark venues around the world from Los Angeles to London. Recent credits include the all new Broadway production of Cats, An American in Paris and On Your Feet!—The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan. BESPOKE THEATRICALS (Executive Producer). Partners Amy Jacobs and Devin Keudell manage Broadway musicals, plays and tours. Current/recent productions include The Play That Goes Wrong, Groundhog Day, Present Laughter, Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Cats, The Curious Incident… (Broadway/tour), The Color Purple and Something Rotten! General Managers in the firm include Nathan Gehan, David Roth and Danielle Saks. MADELEINE LLOYD WEBBER (Executive Producer) chased the stage rights of School of Rock from 2006 after watching the film with her children, finally landing them in 2012. She fell in love with the film, finding it hilarious, charming and above all, very touching. The film’s celebration of the transforming power of music on young people was very close to her heart. She is proud to be a trustee of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Program, which promises every child an entitlement to study a musical instrument on entry to school, as well as tuition and the opportunity to play and perform as part of ensemble or orchestra groups. Nearly 3,000 children are now part of that program. She is a director of Really Useful Group and Really Useful Theatres. 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.
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Children’s Services...........................InSite Education Head Tutor..........................................Newsha Tavakoli Head Guardian....................................Melody Harnish Tutors/Guardians...................... Bernadette Jusinski, Kristin Nocero Team Costumes.............................. Courtney Irizarry, Kaitlyn Day, Holly McCaffrey Housing Services....................................... Road Rebel FOR TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT Chief Executive Officer................... Randall A. Buck Chief Operating Officer....................Angela Rowles Chief Financial Officer....................... Michelle Jones General Managers......Karen Berry, Mark Johnson, Brian Schrader Assistant General Manager................. James Carey Assistant to the General Manager........... Madeline M. McCluskey Director of Production.............................. Laura Dieli Production Manager..............................Anna E. Bate Technical Director......................................Dave Burch Marketing Consultant.................................. Amy Katz Booking Manager................................Doria Montfort Budgeting & Forecasting Manager.............. George Lamberty Senior Accountant........................... Lourdes Castillo Accounting Clerks...........................Marite Espinoza, Electra Walker Costume Shop Administrator........Alison M. Smith Warehouse Manager............................. Scott Garrish Operations Manager.............................. James Carey Office Assistant...............................Shaquille Stewart Creative Services......Allied Integrated Marketing/ Debbie Allamong, Doug Blemker, Eric Stormoen THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP President..............................................Jessica Koravos Vice President of Production.....................Tim Leist Marketing & Comms. Director..................... Phil Day Music Manager........................................ David Wilson EA to Andrew Lloyd Webber.................... Jan Eade Executive Producer for North America...........................Ken Davenport Andrew Lloyd Webber would like to thank Rob Cavallo for his fantastic input into our work with his L.A. rock musicians. MUSIC CREDITS All music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Glenn Slater, except: “The Queen of the Night” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. “You’re in the Band” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater with quotes from Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Anderson Paice, Lou Reed and Ludwig Van Beethoven. “In the End of Time” by Jack Black and Warren Fitzgerald. “Math Is a Wonderful Thing” by Jack Black and Mike White. “School of Rock” by Mike White and Sammy James Jr. “Amazing Grace” by John Newton. “Edge of Seventeen” by Stephanie Nicks, with kind permission. Scenery and automation by Show Motion, Milford, CT. Props and additional fabrication by TTS Studios, Charleston, SC and Daedalus Productions, Brooklyn, NY. Custom props by Gerard Studios. Desks by Tom Carroll Scenery. Lighitng equipment provided by PRG, Secaucus, NJ. Audio equipment by sound Associates, Yonkers, NY. Music equipment furnished by Jonas Music, Indianapolis, IN. Custom Knit wear by Marian Grealish. Tailoring by Gilberto Designs. Specialty Costumes executed by John Kristiansen New York. Custom Shirts by CEGO. School of Rock rehearsed at Carroll Music, Inc. SchoolOfRockTheMusical.com
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Songwriter Robert Lopez doesn’t mind that The Book of Mormon, the Broadway juggernaut he co-authored with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, is popularly thought of as the “South Park” musical because of Stone and Parker’s involvement. He knows full well, having co-authored the puppet sensation Avenue Q, what it’s like to introduce a form-breaking original show that’s not a jukebox musical or an adaptation of a movie. “When we did Avenue Q, it was really hard to convey to people what it was supposed to be, and why people should go see it,” said Lopez. “So I understand why the producers used the ‘South Park’ hook to promote this show. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to see a show called The Book of Mormon if it wasn’t by them.” But Lopez isn’t shy about setting the record straight. “It was a show that was my idea,” he said, adding crucially, “and when we met I discovered they happened to have the same idea.” Indeed, the initial Lopez/Stone/Parker summit is by now the stuff of musical theatre legend. When Stone and Parker went to see Avenue Q on Broadway in 2003, they were flattered, if a little puzzled, to see themselves thanked in Lopez’s Playbill bio, since they didn’t know him. That in turn led to an informal post-show meeting and eventually to a collaboration around their shared fascination with Mormonism.
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The Playbill tribute was there, Lopez recalled, because Parker and Stone’s 1999 musical film—South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut—had been an inspiration for Lopez and his Avenue Q co-writer, Jeff Marx. “Well, it was a pretty barren 10 years,” Lopez joked, before explaining his own admiration for the film. “It shows an understanding not only of how musicals are structured and how they work but of the meaning of the form.” It’s important, Lopez continued, that a musical not be simply a play with songs as garnish; form and content should harmonize. “When you’re writing one of these shows, you have to figure out what the music means to the story,” said Lopez. With Book of Mormon it’s a) the naïveté of the missionaries, and b) their beliefs. And music embodies those feelings.” The Mormon-missionaries-abroad premise that gives the musical its shape wasn’t among the initial ideas of any of the authors, said Lopez. “My idea was to read the Book of Mormon and find the epic story that, in telling it, would make fun of itself,” said Lopez. “Their idea was to do the story of Joseph Smith as a musical. Then they suggested we all do it together, which I thought was a great idea.” But in October of that year, that notion seemed to be moot when “South Park” aired the episode “All About Mormons,” which irreverently recounted the story of
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“…any kind of art that tells a story is a form of religious experience—it’s a consciousness-changing endeavor.” — ROBERT LOPEZ, Songwriter for The Book of Mormon “In college I sang in choirs and I started to see the mechanics behind the Mass,” he said. “There is quite literally a backstage, and the Mass is quite literally stagecraft. Where I went they had incense, and there was an organ that had something called a zimbalstern—a wheel that tinkles when you push the key and makes it feel like there are angels in the church. There are stories, there’s a throughline, there’s a snack. It’s everything that theatre does; it’s basically a proto-musical.” He even recalled one priest saying to another, with a knowing sigh worthy of a Broadway hoofer, “Two shows today.” For a while, like many freshly minted non-believers, Lopez said, his attitude was, “Forget about that stuff. It wasn’t until later that I started to think: What is real about it? Science is a kind of religion itself; we don’t all check out every experiment for ourselves. We take a lot on faith.” Though he now stops short of fully re-upping on his childhood faith, Lopez clearly feels, as The Book of Mormon demonstrates, that religion is a part of human experience and that, on balance, it may be a net good. “God, whether he does or doesn’t actually exist, does exist as part of the human experience,” said Lopez. “That’s undeniable.” And if his glimpses behind the curtain of the Catholic Mass first made him question the objective truth of the narrative behind the ritual, Lopez harbors no doubts about the value of stage storytelling. “Any kind of literature, any kind of art that tells a story is a form of religious experience—it’s a consciousness-changing endeavor,” said Lopez. “It transmits spirit through it. In musical theatre, we’re lifting people up, giving them stories and arming them for experiences they encounter in life.” He almost makes it sound like a mission. Rob Weinert-Kendt is Editor-in-Chief at American Theatre.
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Smith, Mormonism’s founding prophet. Lopez wasn’t crestfallen, exactly, but he figured that Parker and Stone had taken the idea and run with it. So he and Marx were pleasantly surprised to get an email from the “South Park” provocateurs, revisiting the idea of their collaboration. “We were like, ‘Oh, we thought you had done that idea already,’” Lopez said. The writers found that not only was there much more to say about Mormons than could be conveyed in a 22-minute TV episode, but that the story of this relatively new religion was an ideal way to treat larger satirical themes. “We discovered that we all had the same feelings about religion and God—that God doesn’t exist and yet somehow he does,” said Lopez. “And that even though the stories are made up, the leap of faith that people make makes them better people.” While Lopez’s interest in Mormonism was secondhand, his own interest in religion is more personal. “I went through my own crisis of faith,” he said. “I went to church; I grew up Catholic-ish. I did believe when I was young.” His beliefs faded in college though not quite for the usual reasons. In fact, it was up-close exposure to religious practice that soured Lopez.
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General Manager Lisa Mallory.......................................Vice President, Marketing & Sales Ashley Brown...........................Business Manager Abel Becerra.........Technical Director, Cabaret Eric Boone...........................Front End Developer Heidi Bosk....................Associate Director, PR & Integrated Marketing DEVELOPMENT Jonalyn Bradshaw.....................Education Sales Shawn Bayer..........................Director, Corporate Coordinator Partnerships Nathan Brunetti.....Email Marketing Manager Megan Fevurly.......................Associate Director, Flora Jane DiRienzo..............Director, Strategic Individual Philanthropy Partnerships Melissa Olson..............Development Associate Casey Eickhoff..........Senior Graphic Designer Marc Ravenhill....................Director, Individual & Brenda Elliott.............Senior Graphic Designer Institutional Philanthropy Brianna Firestone.................Director, Customer Experience & Loyalty David Zupancic............Director, Directed Gifts Hope Grandon................PR & Events Manager EDUCATION Brittany Gutierrez.................... Communications Coordinator Allison Watrous.....................Executive Director, Donna Hendricks..........Executive Assistant to Education Marketing & Broadway Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski.....Associate Director, Jeff Hovorka......... Director, Sales & Marketing Education and Curriculum Management Jennifer Kemps...............Group Sales Manager Stuart Barr.........Education Technical Director Emily Kent................................Director, Marketing Claudia Carson...........................Teaching Artist & David Lenk.......................................Video Producer Education Program Coordinator - Emily Lozow......Marketing & Digital Manager Playwriting & Bobby G Adam Lundeen...........Marketing Technologist Leslie Channell........................Business Manager Kyle Malone.............................................Art Director Melissa Sumner.. 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Marketing Assistant Rachel Taylor......Teaching Artist & Education Suzanne Yoe...........Director, Communications & Cultural Affairs Program Coordinator Literacy Engagement and Resiliency Programming THEATRE SERVICES Justin Walvoord........................Teaching Artist & Education Program Coordinator - Carol Krueger........Theatre Services Manager Teacher Professional Development Ethan Aumann, Nora Caley, Samantha Egle, Jahnice Jones, Chloe McCleod, Joelle Montoya, Maggy Stacy, Robyn Yamada.............Teaching Artists Hadley Kamminga-Peck, LeiLani Lynch, Aaron McMullen, Gregory Melton, Joyce Murphey, Margaret Ohlander, FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICES Dylan Phibbs, Valerie Schaefer, Lauren Clay Courter......................................Vice President, Veselak, Mica Ward..............Theatre Company Facilities & Event Services House Managers Dwight Barela, Zachary Brent, Clint Flinchpaugh, TICKETING SERVICES Michael Kimbrough................................ Engineers Quentin Crump .....................Security Specialist Jennifer Lopez.............................................. Director, Ticketing Services Jane Deegan............................Facilities & Events Office Manager Kirk Petersen.......................Assoc. Dir., Ticketing Services – Patron Relations Tom Duffin...........Manager, Event Technology Colin Dieck.......... Event Technology Specialist Micah White.........................Assoc. Dir., Ticketing Services – Subscription Services Stori Heleen........ 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Gregory Swan.....................Subscription Agents Ally Beacom, Malcolm Brown, Rena Bugg, Keenan Coke, Kelcee Covert, Jennifer Gray, Shari Hansen, Joel Innes, Noah Jungferman, Alia Kempton, Daniel Lindsey, Gustavo Márquez, Clayton Nickell, Zach Page, Gunnar Reinig, Liz Sieroslawski, Brad Steinmeyer, Andrew Sullivan, Tomas Waples, Cindy Yeast......................Ticket Agents SHARED SERVICES Vicky Miles..............................Chief Financial,ficer Jennifer Jeffrey........................Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Julie Schumaker..................Executive Assistant to the CFO & Board Liaison ACCOUNTING Jennifer Siemers...............Director, Accounting Michaele Davidson..............Senior Accountant Linda Erickson........................Senior Accountant Juliette Hidahl............................Accounting Clerk Kim Stewart................................Staff Accountant HUMAN RESOURCES Shaunda Van Wert.......................Vice President, Human Resources Brian Carter..........Director, Human Resources Jamie Hawkins..............................HR Coordinator Karen Jewell.........Director, Human Resources Monica Robles...................Mailroom Supervisor INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Yovani Pina........................................Vice President, Information Technology Rick Bennett..............................................Director, IT Simone Gordon................Program Manager, IT Christopher Hoge...............................................VoIP/ System Administrator Paul Howell..................................................Help Desk Jacob Parker........................Software Developer David Tschan.............................................Director, IT John H. Voorheis..........Manager, Infrastructure THEATRE COMPANY ADMINISTRATION Charles Varin...........................Managing Director Ryan Meisheid.....Associate Managing Director Allison Taylor Brinkhoff.....Company Manager Katie Grayson...Assistant Company Manager ARTISTIC Chris Coleman.............................. Artistic Director Nataki Garrett........Associate Artistic Director Charlie Miller.........Associate Artistic Director/ Off-Center Curator Douglas Langworthy............Literary Director/ Director, New Play Development Melissa Cashion.........................Artistic Producer Grady Soapes.....................Associate Producer/ Director, Casting Chad Henry............................... Literary Associate PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford............................Director, Production Kate Coltun..........................Production Manager Matthew Campbell.........Assistant Production Manager Julie Brou..............................Production & Artistic Office Manager Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek.............Director, Scenic Design Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud..........................Scenic Design Assistants
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