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Welcome to The Buell Theatre. We are happy to have our The Book of Mormon friends back in Colorado. The Denver Center Attractions (DCA) season is in full swing. The national tour opening of Peter and the Starcatcher was a great success followed by Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Sister Act. December brings a new attraction to the roster: Cirque Dreams Holidaze. It will be an interesting addition to the usual holiday fare. There is much more to come in the DCA season. Evita, Million Dollar Quartet and last but not least the 2012 See you at the theatre, Tony® Award-winning Best Musical once. Subscriptions are still available. Check out The Denver Center website at www.denvercenter.org. This is an Randy Weeks, opportune time to join our Denver DCPA President Center Attractions family. Executive Director, Denver Center Attractions

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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 coauthored the puppet sensation Avenue Q some years back, 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 in a recent interview from his home in Brooklyn. “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.” ndeed, the initial Lopez/Stone/Parker summit is by now the stuff of musical theatre legend, on a par with the night Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins stitched together “Rose’s Turn” out of bits and pieces of Gypsy’s score. When Stone and Parker went to see Avenue Q on Broadway in 2003, while in the midst

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of working on their own puppet-centered project (the film Team America), 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. he 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. In fact, Sondheim himself has gone on record to call that profane but tuneful film the best musical of its decade. “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 used the optimism of musicals as a metaphor for the optimism of childhood, against the backdrop of the satire. It was really about the eyes of a child.” 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, who met Marx in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and continues

to moderate sessions there. “In Avenue Q, it was about education, about learning life lessons—it was a musical children’s show for grownups. 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.” ut 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 Smith, Mormonism’s founding prophet, in parallel flashbacks with the story of a present-day Mormon family newly arrived in South Park. 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.

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— Robert Lopez, co-author, The Book of Mormon 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.” hile Parker and Stone knew Mormons from their Colorado upbringing, New York native Lopez’s fascination was more literary (Avenue Q’s Marx left the project fairly early in its development). In scholar Harold Bloom’s comparative-literature class at Yale, Lopez recalled, Bloom favorably compared Smith’s fantastical Mormon scriptures to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. “The thing about the Mormonism that

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“We discovered that we all had the same feelings about religion and God— that God doesn’t exist and yet somehow he does, and that even though the stories are made up, the leap of faith that people make makes them better people.”

I’ve always been interested in,” Lopez explained, “is the way you can talk about all religion through it. You don’t even have to make fun of it. You just tell an audience what Mormons believe and people get the idea: This is a fully functioning religion, it’s real, it does change people’s lives—and they believe all these stories that sound ridiculous. Since it’s so recent, it doesn’t have all the respect that we give the Judeo-Christian traditions; with those, since our mind can’t stretch back that far, we can almost believe that somehow God walked the earth back then. With Mormonism, you can see, ‘Oh, this is how religions start.’ ” If Lopez’s interest in Mormonism in particular 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, as they do for many, though not quite for the usual reasons. While many drift away from religion as they explore their sexual identity or are confronted with radically different points of view, it was in fact up-close exposure to religious practice that soured Lopez. “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.” or 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? I started to look at the way people behave when they do think there’s a God versus the way people behave when they think they’re forsaken, in a cold, empty universe with only science. 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 actu-

ally 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. n Rob Weinert-Kendt is associate editor at American Theatre and has written about theatre and the arts for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Guardian and The San Francisco Chronicle.

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Cast (in order of appearance) Mormon............................................................................................................................... HARDY WEAVER Moroni................................................................................................................................ PIERCE CASSEDY Elder Price.................................................................................................................................NIC ROULEAU Elder Cunningham...................................................................................................................... A.J. HOLMES Missionary Voice........................................................................................................ CHRISTOPHER SHYER Price’s Dad................................................................................................................. CHRISTOPHER SHYER Cunningham’s Dad...........................................................................................................J. CASEY BARRETT Mrs. Brown.....................................................................................................................MONICA L. PATTON Guards............................................................................................ ERIC JACKSON, WILL LEE-WILLIAMS Mafala.............................................................................................................JAMES VINCENT MEREDITH Nabulungi........................................................................................................................SYESHA MERCADO Elder McKinley...................................................................................................................PIERCE CASSEDY Joseph Smith.............................................................................................................. CHRISTOPHER SHYER General......................................................................................................................DAVID ARON DAMANE Mission President....................................................................................................... CHRISTOPHER SHYER Ensemble............................................ Gilbert L. Bailey II, J. CASEY BARRETT, TALLIA BRINSON, PATRICE COVINGTON, JAKE EMMERLING, MIKE EVARISTE, BRADLEY D. GALE, ERIC HUFFMAN, COREY HUMMERSTON, ERIC JACKSON, WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, MONICA L. PATTON, JOHN PINTO JR., JON-MICHAEL REESE, CESSALEE STOVALL, HARDY WEAVER UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Elder Price: BRADLEY D. GALE For Elder Cunningham: NICK LAUGHLIN For Mafala Hatimbi: MIKE EVARISTE, ERIC JACKSON For Nabulungi: TALLIA BRINSON, CAMILLE EANGA-SELENGE For McKinley/Moroni: ERIC HUFFMAN, HARDY WEAVER For Price’s Dad/Joseph Smith/Missionary President/et al: J. CASEY BARRETT, HARDY WEAVER For General: MIKE EVARISTE, ERIC JACKSON Standby for Elder Price: Ryan Bondy, Stephen Mark Lukas Standby for Elder Cunningham: ROB COLLETTI SWINGS MELANIE BREZILL, CAMILLE EANGA-SELENGE, DONELL JAMES FOREMAN, ERIC GIANCOLA, JEFF HEIMBROCK, EMILY JENDA, NICK LAUGHLIN, PARIS ALEXANDER NESBITT, TRAVIS ROBERTSON DANCE CAPTAIN ERIC GIANCOLA ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN Emily Jenda THE BOOK OF MORMON ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard 1—Susan Draus; Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—Chris Sargent; Drums—Jeff MacPherson; Guitar—Tim Morey; Keyboard Programmer—Randy Cohen DENVER LOCAL ORCHESTRA Violin/Viola—Rob Taylor; Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet/Alto and Tenor Sax/Oboe—Art Bouton; Trumpet/Flugel Horn/Piccolo Trumpet—Terry Sawchuck; Bass—Brian Knott; Keyboard Substitute—Boko Suzuki THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

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Nic Roleau

A.J. Holmes

Syesha Mercado

Pierce Cassedy

James Vincent Meredith

Christopher Shyer

David Aron Damane

Gilbert L. Bailey II

J. Casey Barrett

Ryan Bondy

Melanie Brezill

Tallia Brinson

Rob Colletti

Patrice Covington

Camille Eanga-Selenge

Jake Emmerling

Mike Evariste

Donell James Foreman

Bradley D. Gale

Eric Giancola

Jeffâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Heimbrock

Eric Huffman

Corey Hummerston

Eric Jackson

Emily Jenda

Nick Laughlin

Will Lee-Williams

Stephen Mark Lukas

Paris Alexander Nesbitt

Monica L. Patton

John Pinto Jr.

Jon-Michael Reese

Travis Robertson

Cessalee Stovall

Hardy Weaver

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Who’s Who NIC ROULEAU (Elder Price) is thrilled to join the National tour of The Book of Mormon directly from the Broadway cast, where he also starred as Elder Price. National tours: Legally Blonde (Emmett), Toy Story: The Musical (Woody). New York: Floyd Collins (Homer), King David (Jonathan) at the Skirball Center. Regional: Les Misérables (Marius), …Forum (Hero), Cabaret (Cliff). Education: Bachelor’s of Music from NYU Steinhardt. Much love to my family and many thanks to The Mine. For Lynn.

(CCM). Thank you to the “Mormon” team and About Artists Agency. My heart goes to my friends and especially to my family for their endless love and support. JAMES VINCENT MEREDITH (Mafala Hatimbi). Broadway: Superior Donuts. Off Broadway: The Bluest Eye (Duke and Steppenwolf). Chicago: The Pain and the Itch, The Crucible, Carter’s Way, Tempest, Clybourne Park, The March (Steppenwolf, ensemble member), Othello, Dutchess of Malfi (Writers’), Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing (Chicago Shakespeare), Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Lookingglass), Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, King Lear (ensemble member). TV: “Law and Order SVU,” “Prison Break,” “Detroit 187,” “Chicago Code,” “The Mob Doctor” and Alderman Ross on “Boss.” Love to Cathy.

A.J. HOLMES (Elder Cunningham) is thrilled to be joining the Book of Mormon family. Credits include Frederick in Young Frankenstein (national tour), and Henry in Next To Normal (Arizona Theatre Co. & SJ Rep.). A.J. composes for the Chicagobased theater group StarKid Productions (A Very Potter Musical, Me And My Dick, Twisted). Proud University of Michigan graduate. Thanks to BRS. CHRISTOPHER SHYER (Price’s Love to Mom, Dad, Kellyn and the rest Dad and others). Broadway: Mamma Mia!. Off-Broadway: Going Down of my incredibly supportive family. Swingin’ (NYMF). Regional: Lend Me Syesha Mercado (Nabulungi) a Tenor (Hangar Theatre). L.A. recently appeared as Ti Moune in the premiere: The Good Life (NOHO Arts revival of Once on This Island at the Center). Canadian premieres of Night Paper Mill Playhouse. Best-known for of the Iguana (Playwrights Theatre her showing on season seven of Fox’s Center), El Salvador (Jessie Nom.), “American Idol,” finishing as second Assassins (CanStage), Les Misérables, runner-up, Syesha went on to perform Miss Saigon (Mirvish Pro.), Phantom in the 2008 American Idols Live! Tour, of the Opera and Sunset Blvd. and later played “Deena Jones” in the (LIVENT). Television: “V,” “The national/international tour of Dreamgirls Practice,” “Phenomenon II,” “The Good in which she was nominated for the Wife,” “NCIS,” “Lights Out” and Ken Chicago’s Black Theatre Alliance Finkleman’s “Good God.” Film: Clint Award. In 2011, she made her feature Eastwood’s J. Edgar, Fierce People, film debut in Dreams and recorded her and Maybe Tomorrow (Winner, Best first, self-titled extended-play release. Feature, Golden Door Int’l Film Syesha is grateful to her family and Festival). friends for their continued support. DAVID ARON DAMANE (General). Pierce Cassedy (Elder McKinley). Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Don’t National tour debut! Favorite roles Dress For Dinner, Big River, The Life, include Will Parker in Oklahoma! Riverdance. National tours: The Color (LTOTS) and Che Guevara in Evita Purple, The Who’s Tommy, Riverdance,

Big River. Regional: Porgy & Bess (NYC Opera), Macbeth (Stratford Shakespeare Festival), Dinah Was, A Christmas Carol (MSG), Titus Andronicus, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, The Point (Dublin), Paper Mill Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Avery Fisher Hall, North Shore Music Theatre. Film/TV: “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “All My Children,” “One Life To Live,” “Hope & Faith,” “Guiding Light.” GILBERT L. BAILEY II (Ensemble). National tour debut. NYC: Young Max, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, (Madison Square Garden). Regional: Ozie Powell/Ruby Bates, The Scottsboro Boys (The Ahmanson Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company), Chad, High School Musical 2 (Music Theatre of Wichita). Much love to my family. J. CASEY BARRETT (Ensemble) is so thankful to be a part of this amazing cast. Before moving to New York City, Casey spent three years in residence at the Barter Theatre. Regional: Sweeney Todd (Anthony), The Fantasticks (Matt), Violet (Monty), Xanadu (Euterpe), The Full Monty (Ethan). Much love to Mom and Dad. Enjoy! Ryan Bondy (Standby for Elder Price). National tour debut. Ryan has appeared in many productions all across Canada. Credits include: Yorkville the Muscial (world premiere), Prairie Nurse, Innocence Lost, Hometown (Blyth Festival), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Neptune), Ring Round the Moon (Soulpepper), Les Feux Follet (Charlottetown Festival). Ryan sends love to his family and friends. MELANIE BREZILL (Swing). Broadway: The Book of Mormon. National tours: Mamma Mia! Regional:

CAMILLE EANGA-SELENGE (Swing) is elated to be part of The Book of Mormon. Hailing from Ontario, Canada, she is a proud graduate of Sheridan College’s musical theatre program. Theatre highlights include RENT, High School Musical (Taylor McKessie), Queen for a Day (Felicia), and Hairspray (Lil’ Inez). A big mahaneibu to Talent House, the creative team, crew and fabulous cast. Love to TALLIA BRINSON (Ensemble) is so my fam and Mom. excited about joining the “Mormon” family. She received her B.F.A. in JAKE EMMERLING (Ensemble). musical theater from The University National tour debut! B.F.A. music of the Arts. Credits include RENT theater Shenandoah Conservatory. national tour (Mimi); Caroline, or Regional: South Pacific (Cable), West Change (Radio); High School Musical Side Story (Snowboy), Much Ado About (Taylor) at The Muny and North Shore; Nothing (Claudio), and performing with Xanadu first national tour (Erato); the Washington Chorus in the U.S. Dreamgirls national tour; and Ruined premiere of LOTR: Fellowship of the (Sophie) at DCTC. Biggest thanks to Ring at Wolf Trap. He wouldn’t be here my family for their love and support. without the love and support of his amazing friends and family. Thanks to ROB COLLETTI (Standby for Elder the Book of Mormon creative team. Cunningham). National tour debut. Regional: Rob played Roger in MIKE EVARISTE (Ensemble) is American Theater Company’s 40th ecstatic to be joining the Book of Anniversary Revival of The Original Mormon family. Broadway/NY: Hair Grease (2011 Jeff Award—Best revival, South Pacific revival (original Musical). Also, The 25th Annual…Bee cast), Les Misérables revival (Barfée), Blithe Spirit (Dr. Bradman), (Montparnasse), Motown (Lab), Bliss 100% Rocketships (Second City). (The Public Theater). National tours: Education: Columbia College (B.A. Hair (Hud), South Pacific, RENT, Acting), The Second City (Comedy Smokey Joe’s Café and Fame. Regional: Studies). Thanks to the Book of Mormon Goodspeed premiere of Amazing Grace creative team for this amazing (Thomas). Bachelor of Music from Florida State University. Thanks and experience. For mom. Love to Nanny, Maya, my family, PATRICE COVINGTON (Ensemble). Tiffany, the Posse, the FAME-ly, and 2010 Grammy Award nominee: 30th The Mine. Anniversary cast recording of Ain’t Misbehavin’ in the category of Best DONELL JAMES FOREMAN Musical. Credits: Broadway tour: (Swing). National tours: Hairspray Dreamgirls (Effie), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Seaweed) and Mamma Mia!. NYC: with “American Idol” winner Ruben Myths and Hymns, Measure of Success, Studdard (Armelia), Beehive (Wanda), Walker in Babylon, and his all-Prince Sistas The Musical (Tamika). Her full- one-man show Sign o’ the Times at The length debut album is expected in 2013. Duplex. Regional: 1776, South Pacific, Don’t be a star…be a galaxy. and The Wiz. Donell is also a featured Caroline, or Change (Jeff nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical); The MLK Project: A one woman show; Yeast Nation; Crowns; A Christmas Carol; Aida; High School Musical; and Living Green. She was recently nominated for a 3Artist Award and is the recipient of a BTAA Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Love to my Chicago family and friends!

soloist with Symphony Pops in their Disney in Concert series. B.F.A., Pace University. Thanks to The Mine. BRADLEY D. GALE (Ensemble) is beyond stoked to be joining the “Mormon” family. Favorite credits: East Coast premiere Summer of Love (Ogunquit) and world premiere Gay Bride of Frankenstein (Seacoast Rep, Off-Broadway lab). Endless love and gratitude to Judy Boals, Tracey Grimaldi, Megan, Diana, Andrea and Ally, Andrew, Heather, Jim, Marie, Carol, Lara, and Brandon. Aunt Colleen and Aunt Cathy: this one’s for you. ERIC GIANCOLA (Swing/Dance Captain) is so excited to share this incredible show with people across the country! Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Swing), Mamma Mia! (Swing). Nat. Tours: Mary Poppins (u/s Robertson Aye, Valentine), Mamma Mia! (Swing/Adc). Regional faves: Goodspeed and MSMT. NYU grad. Thanks to CarrieG, Luedtke, COA, family and friends for love and support. Jeff Heimbrock (Swing) is ecstatic to be joining the Book of Mormon family! Regional: A Chorus Line (Mark), 42nd Street. Many thanks to Mom, Chad, Bonnie, Karl, Emily, BXJ, Tatiana, Tory, the Dame, and RSO. Pace University B.F.A. musical theatre class of 2015. For Jack. ERIC HUFFMAN (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his touring debut in The Book of Mormon. Credits include Dames at Sea (Dick) with Randy Skinner, Oklahoma! (Will Parker), Out of this World (Mercury), Hello Again (Young Thing), Stages St. Louis, North Shore Music Theatre, West Virginia Public Theatre and Surflight Theatre. Eric is a recent graduate of CCM, winning two Cincinnati Acclaim Awards. Much love to Debbie and Jeff for their support.

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Who’s Who in the Cast COREY HUMMERSTON (Ensemble) is proud to become a part of the Book of Mormon family. Credits: Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse), Damn Yankees, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He would like to thank the creative team for the opportunity to be part of such a special show, CESD, family and friends. ERIC JACKSON (Ensemble). Broadway: Young Frankenstein, Thoroughly Modern Millie. National tour: Dreamgirls, Ragtime, Chicago. Off-Broadway: Howard, Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Rep). Some regional: Clarence Norris, The Scottsboro Boys (The Old Globe, A.C.T., P.T.C.); Paul, Kiss Me, Kate (Weston Playhouse); Mereb, Aida (Westchester); RENT, Les Misérables (Pioneer Theater), The Wiz, Xanadu (Maine State). B.F.A., University of Michigan. Love to my family. EMILY JENDA (Swing/Assistant Dance Captain) is overjoyed to join the Book of Mormon company. Credits include: Lost in the Stars (City Center Encores!); Beauty (Roundabout, the Regina Spektor project); Caroline, or Change (Syracuse Stage); Independents (NY Times Critics’ Pick), The Riverkeeper Beneﬁt (with Lenny Kravitz). Emily was also featured in Backstage’s Memorable NY Performances for her performance in Drat! The Cat! B.A.: Yale University 2010. Love to Talent House, her family, and Vicki Clark. NICK LAUGHLIN (Swing) is overjoyed to be making his touring debut. Regional: Life Could Be A Dream (Denny) at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati; Wagon Wheel: Big River (Huck), All Shook Up (Dennis), Spelling Bee (Chip). CCM alum: Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim), A Little Night Music (Henrik). Big thanks to

Peter Strain & Associates. For family, friends, my neens, and teachers for all of their support and encouragement along the way.

Narrator, Joseph…Dreamcoat. City Center Encores!: On The Town, Pipe Dream, Fanny, Anyone Can Whistle, and Applause.

Will Lee-Williams (Ensemble) is beyond grateful to be joining the Book of Mormon family. Originally from Peoria, IL. Off-Broadway: Seussical. National tour: Miss Saigon. NYC/Regional: Philly in From My Hometown (Wilde Award winner), Mereb in Aida, Tommy, Rent, A Day In The Life. Recordings: Seussical: Original Off-Broadway Cast. This is for my Roxana. All my love to Dad, Mom, TIC, family and friends. Chris@ Prestige, YOU ROCK.

JOHN PINTO Jr. (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be a part of The Book of Mormon. Other credits: First national tour of Lincoln Center’s South Pacific. Doody in Grease at Sacramento Music Circus. Joseph in Joseph… at The Maltz Jupiter Theater (Carbonell Nomination). Mark in Altar Boyz at Arvada Center; Riverside Theater; Bristol Riverside Theater (Barrymore Nomination). Love and thanks to family and friends. Live your dreams. Dass it. JON-MICHAEL REESE (Ensemble) Favorite theatrical experiences include Matt in The Fantasticks, Paul in When Last We Flew (GLAAD Award for Best Off-Off Broadway Play), and Cordelia in King Lear (with Billy Porter), in addition to various workshops at New Dramatists, MTC, and The Public. He has a B.F.A. in Drama from CMU. All thanks to PSA and his very supportive parents.

STEPHEN MARK LUKAS (Standby for Elder Price) is pleased to come directly from the Broadway company of The Book of Mormon. Off-Broadway: My Big Gay Italian Wedding. National tour: Little Women (Laurie). Regional theater: Curly in Oklahoma! (IRNE and Broadway.com award noms.), Link Larkin in Hairspray, Cable in South Pacific. TV: “Gossip Girl,” “Empire Falls.” Thanks to Abrams, Nina. Love TRAVIS ROBERTSON (Swing). to my family. Broadway: Hairspray (Duane, u/s PARIS ALEXANDER NESBITT Seaweed), The Book of Mormon (Swing) is thrilled to be a member of (Swing). Tours: South Pacific (Lincoln this company. A graduate of Penn State Center Theater), Hairspray (Vegas), University, he has performed all over Mamma Mia! (Eddie, u/s Sky), Fame the U.S. and much of Europe. Many (Europe). Love to my family, especially thanks to Dad, Mom, the Price Group, Danika for taking this crazy ride with all family and friends. This one’s for me. Thankful every day. Laish. CESSALEE STOVALL (Ensemble) MONICA L. PATTON (Ensemble) is grateful to be a part of this journey understudied Eartha Kitt in Rodgers to Uganda. Favorite regional credits: and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Credits Kala (Tarzan), Sour Kangaroo Broadway: Charlotte, Finian’s (Seussical), Sarah (Ragtime), Cindy Rainbow; Leah, Abby’s Song; Sarah (Hairspray). Love and gratitude to the (u/s), performed the role countless best family and friends in the world times, Ragtime. Off Broadway: Tiny and special shout out to her students. Lee, Little Ham. National tours: Shenzi Hi Gareth. Indianapolis native, FSU the Hyena, Disney’s The Lion King; graduate, owner Music Dance Theatre Star To Be, Annie 30th anniversary; Workshops. Proud Equity.

HARDY WEAVER (Ensemble) is so grateful to be a part of the Book of Mormon family. National tours: A Chorus Line (Bobby), Cats (Skimbleshanks). Regional credits include Pittsburgh CLO, Seaside Music Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, Le Petit Theatre, and Tulane Summer Lyric. FSU B.F.A., NOCCA, and proud NOLA native. As always, BIG love and thanks to family and friends. This one is for Bea and Lucille. TREY PARKER (Co-Director, Book, Music, Lyrics) wrote and directed his first feature film, Cannibal! The Musical, while attending the University of Colorado in Boulder. A few years later, Trey co-created the hit animated series “South Park” with Matt Stone (his college friend and Cannibal! producer). Debuting on Comedy Central in 1997 and currently in its sixteenth season, “South Park” has won four Emmy Awards as well as the coveted Peabody Award. The same year “South Park” debuted, Parker wrote, directed and starred in the film Orgazmo. Two years later, Parker and Stone released the critically acclaimed feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The musical, which Parker directed and co-wrote, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song and the first ever New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film. In 2004, the pair returned to movies with Team America: World Police, an action movie co-written and directed by Parker starring a cast of marionettes. It has been a long-time dream of Parker’s to write a musical for Broadway. Trey Parker is originally from Conifer, Colorado. ROBERT LOPEZ (Book, Music and Lyrics) is the Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winning co-creator of the smash hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon. With wife Kristen

Anderson-Lopez, he co-wrote songs for Winnie the Pooh (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 2011) and Finding Nemo: The Musical (playing at Walt Disney World since 2006). They are currently writing the songs for the upcoming Disney animated feature Frozen, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, and a forthcoming original stage musical called Up Here. He shared two Emmy Awards for his music for “The Wonder Pets” and an Emmy nomination for the “Scrubs” musical episode. His work has been seen on “South Park,” “The Simpsons” and “Phineas and Ferb.” Member of the BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild Council, WGA, AEA, Yale grad, native NY’er. Thanks Buzzetti, Mom, Dad, Billy, Katie, Annie and especially Kristen for all the love and support.

The Book of Mormon. Other Broadway credits: Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations) and Monty Python’s Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Choreography). Additional New York credits: for City Center Encores!, the highly acclaimed productions of Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (direction and choreography), Bye Bye Birdie (choreography) and Can-Can (musical staging); for NY Philharmonic—Candide; South Pacific at Carnegie Hall (also on PBS “Great Performances”), Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way at Radio City Music Hall starring the world-famous Rockettes. He directed and choreographed the world premieres of Minsky’s at Center Theatre Group, MATT STONE (Book, Music and Robin and the 7 Hoods at the Old Globe Lyrics) met Trey Parker at the and Disney’s Aladdin at the 5th Avenue University of Colorado, and together in Seattle. they made a short animated piece called The Spirit of Christmas. This launched SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design). their most recognized work, the Selected Broadway: The Book of critically acclaimed and award-winning Mormon (Tony); The Pillowman television show, “South Park.” The (Tony); The House of Blue Leaves, A animated series is in its sixteenth season Steady Rain; A Behanding in Spokane; on Comedy Central and has won Stone Promises, Promises; Hair; The Coast four Emmy Awards and the coveted of Utopia (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Peabody Award. South Park: Bigger, Critics Circle and Hewes Awards); Pal Longer & Uncut, which Stone produced Joey (Tony nom.); Les Liaisons and co-wrote, earned an Oscar Dangereuses (Tony nom., Drama Desk nomination and the New York Film Award); Nine; The Lieutenant of Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Inishmore; Speed-the-Plow; November; Film. In addition to “South Park,” Stone Cry-Baby; Take Me Out; Martin has partnered with Parker on the low- Short…; The Vertical Hour; Sweet budget Cannibal! The Musical, the Charity; Urinetown. London: The superhero comedy Orgazmo and the Playboy of the Western World, The marionette action thriller Team Country Girl, Love Song, On an America: World Police. Matt Stone is Average Day (all West End); Tales originally from Littleton, Colorado. From Hollywood (Donmar); Bash (Almeida); Albert Herring (Opera CASEY NICHOLAW (Co-Director North). Also Peter Grimes (Metropolitan and Choreographer) won 2011 Tony, Opera), Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna. Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work as co-director of

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Who’s Who in the Cast ANN ROTH (Costume Design). Theatre includes Hurlyburly, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Singin’ in the Rain, Purlie, The Odd Couple, Waiting for Godot. Tony nominations: The Crucifer of Blood, The Royal Family, Present Laughter, The House of Blue Leaves. Films include: Midnight Cowboy, Klute, The Day of the Locust (BAFTA), The Goodbye Girl, Coming Home, Hair, Working Girl, Sabrina, Silkwood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Mambo Kings, The Birdcage, The English Patient (Oscar), The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Hours, Cold Mountain, Angels in America, The Way Way Back, The Stepford Wives, The Village, Closer, Evening, The Way Way Back. Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award (2000). BRIAN MacDEVITT (Lighting Design). The Book of Mormon (Tony award). Recent NYC: Death of a Salesman directed by Mike Nichols, The Mountaintop with Samuel L. Jackson, Chinglish on Broadway and The Enchanted Island at the Metropolitan Opera. Last season he designed Le Compte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera. Dance: American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nancy Bannon, et al. Director: Proof, Theater Three. Awards: five Tonys, Obie, Bessie, Outer Critics’, Hewes Awards, Drama Desk, et al. Member: Naked Angels. Faculty: University of Maryland. Father: Jake and Georgie. BRIAN RONAN (Sound Design) has designed the sound for more than 20 Broadway musicals and plays. Some recent designs include Bring It On; Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tony nomination); The Book of Mormon (Tony Award); Anything Goes (Drama Desk); American Idiot; Promises, Promises; Next to Normal (Tony nomination); Grease; Curtains; Spring

Awakening; as well as Grey Gardens and The Pajama Game, which both earned Drama Desk nominations. OffBroadway designs include RENT, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 Million Miles, and Bug (Obie and Lucille Lortel awards). Regional designs include Giant (Dallas Theater Center), Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla), Dancing in the Dark (Old Globe), A Christmas Carol (McCarter). His career has spanned 25 years, taken him across America, Europe and Asia and afforded him the opportunity to work with the most talented composers, directors, designers, actors, musicians and stagehands in the world, for which he is eternally grateful. STEPHEN OREMUS (Music Director/Vocal Arranger/ Co-Orchestrator). Broadway: Tony and Drama Desk awards for co-orchestrating The Book of Mormon and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Worldwide music supervisor/arranger of Wicked; music supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator: Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5; co-producer with Dolly Parton of the Grammy-nominated 9 to 5 Broadway cast recording. Music supervisor/arranger of Kinky Boots. Other credits: Music supervisor, vocal arranger and orchestrator; tick, tick… BOOM! Music director: Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party. Music director: Jerry Springer—The Opera at Carnegie Hall; music director: Rufus Wainwright’s concerts at London’s Royal Opera House and his re-creation of Judy Garland’s legendary concert at Carnegie Hall. Susan Draus (Music Director). Broadway/National Tours: The Book of Mormon, Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, Good Vibrations. Regional: Jerry Mitchell’s Peepshow in Las Vegas, winner of several LA DramaLogue Awards, Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards, and Denver Drama

Critics Awards for Best Music Director. Susan has arranged for Henry Mancini, orchestrated for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and served as an arranging consultant for Walt Disney Imagineering. Her original musical, VICES: A Love Story was recently voted Best Production and nominated for several awards, including Best Musical and Best New Work. All my love to my amazing girls, Foster and Greyson! JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Design). Broadway/Off-Broadway: Dogfight, The Best Man, The Book of Mormon, Elf, The Drowsy Chaperone (and West End), To Be Or Not To Be, Pig Farm, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz, Mamma Mia!. West Coast: Aladdin, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Other NY: Show Boat at Carnegie Hall, No, No, Nanette and Follies at Encores! Numerous productions at Juilliard. National Tours: Drowsy Chaperone, Barbie Live! Television: “30 Rock.” RANDY HOUSTON MERCER (Makeup Design). Broadway designs include Crybaby, Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, La Boheme, Flower Drum Song, Cabaret, The Producers, Follies, Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe’s Café, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Christmas Carol, Titanic, Big, Major Barbara, Films: The Crazies, Little Children, Spider-Man 2, Company Man, Runaway Bride, Meet Joe Black, Hearts in Atlantis, Mirror Has Two Faces. CARRIE GARDNER, C.S.A. (Casting) also serves as casting director for the Roundabout. Broadway: Cyrano De Bergerac, Importance of Being Earnest, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Mrs. Warren’s Profession,Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Off-Broadway: Sons of The Prophet, Look Back In Anger,

Girl Crazy (Encores!). Directing credits include NYC: I Got Fired, Two Rooms; Regional: The Full Monty, The Buddy Holly Story, Little Shop of Horrors; and for NYU: Urinetown, Bye-Bye Birdie. Thanks to Casey, Trey, Jen, and GLEN KELLY (Dance Arrangements). the entire BoM team. Music supervisor and arranger for The Producers and Young Frankenstein. JENNIFER WERNER (Broadway Other Broadway credits include Death Associate Director). Associate Director: of a Salesman, Scottsboro Boys, Follies (Encores!), Robin & The 7 Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Hoods (Old Globe), Winnie the Pooh Beauty and the Beast, Death of a (Int’l Tour). Choreography: ABC’s Salesman, The Frogs, High Society, “Upfronts”; As Long As (Roundabout), Steel Pier, Dance a Little Closer and NFL national commercials; Drama A Christmas Carol. For NYCB, he League Awards. Regional: Ogunquit, arranged the music and co-wrote the TriArts, Engeman and NC Theaters. libretto for Double Feature. Other ballet Off-Broadway choreography: credits: Thou Swell (for NYCB) and Bloodsong of Love, (ArsNova), The But Not for Me for the Martha Graham Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lortel/ Company. TheatreworksUSA), ReWrite (Urban Stages), Things to Ruin (Second Stage); MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway: The Book of and The Black Suits (The Public Mormon, Memphis, Wicked, Mamma Theatre/SPF). Suicide Incorporated, Dream of the Burning Boy, Tigers Be Still, Ordinary Days, The Understudy, The Language Of Trees, Distracted, Speech & Debate, Marriage of Bette & Boo.

Mia!, The Lion King. Television: “The Celebrity Apprentice,” “Smash.” Concert: Barbra Streisand (1994–2012). Pamela, Zachary and Alexis make it all worthwhile.

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MARC BRUNI (Associate Director). Director: Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside), Pipe Dream (Encores!), Fanny (Encores!), Ordinary Days (Roundabout), In the Mood (Berkshires), Spelling Bee (Paper Mill/ PTC), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Paper Mill), Such Good Friends (NYMF Directing Award), six shows at St. Louis MUNY including Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Music Man, Sound of Music (both Kevin Kline A U R O R A P R O D U C T I O N S Nominations). Associate: 15 Broadway (Production Management). Current projects: The Addams Family (national shows. tour), The Book of Mormon, Anything STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director) Goes (national tour), Sister Act, also served as Associate Director of Clybourne Park, Ghost, Once, If There The Addams Family (Broadway, Tour, Is…, and Cyrano de Bergerac. Past Brazil, Australia), Sister Act projects include more than 150 (Broadway), 101 Dalmatians (Tour), Broadway shows and their tours.

G l y nn D avid T urner (Production Stage Manager). Broadway/National Tours: How to Succeed in Business… (2011), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, La Cage aux Folles, Kristina (Carnegie Hall), Dirty Dancing, The Color Purple, Mamma Mia!, The Full Monty, Annie Get Your Gun, Victor/Victoria, How to Succeed in Business… (1996). Off Broadway: Jar the Floor, When Pigs Fly. Upcoming: Michael West’s Almost Live. M.F.A. from UCSD. Joyce Davidson (Stage Manager) is happy to be a part of The Book of Mormon. National tours: Billy Elliot and Mamma Mia! Commercial: Blue Man Group (Live at Luxor). Regional: productions for Theatreworks in Northern California, workshops for Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles and eight seasons with La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. Neveen Mahmoud (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Lysistrata Jones, La Cage aux Folles, The Color Purple, August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean, The Graduate, Mamma Mia!. National tours: Dirty Dancing, Chicago, The Graduate. LARRY HOCHMAN (Co-Orchestrator). Tony Award (The Book of Mormon). Tony nominations: Fiddler on the Roof, A Class Act, Spamalot. Four Emmy Awards as composer of “The Wonder Pets!” (Nickelodeon). Other Broadway includes The Addams Family, The Scottsboro Boys, Jane Eyre. OffBroadway: 28 shows including The Visit (Kander & Ebb). Seventeen films including multiple Disney films and Marvin Hamlisch’s The Informant! Composer: Little Mermaid II (add’l music), Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories,” In Memoriam (symphonic, publ. E.B. Marks). Recordings, concerts: Sir Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Not the

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ANNE GAREFINO (Producer) is the executive producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television series, “South Park.” She has produced two critically acclaimed films with Trey Parker and Matt Stone: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Team America: World Police. Before moving to Los Angeles, she lived in Washington, DC, and worked for the public television station WETA-TV. During her tenure at WETA, she co-produced the “In Performance at the White House” series. The Tony and Grammy Award-winning production of The Book of Mormon marks Anne’s Broadway debut. She began her career in entertainment at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre on Capitol Hill and is thrilled and honored to be working in theatre once again! Anne attended Boston College and the American Film Institute and is originally from Lambertville, New Jersey.

Chairs; The Blue Room; Closer; Amy’s View; Copenhagen; The Designated Mourner; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Caroline, or Change; The Normal Heart; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Doubt; Faith Healer; The History Boys; Shining City; Stuff Happens; The Vertical Hour; The Year of Magical Thinking; Gypsy; God of Carnage; Fences; The House of Blue Leaves; Jerusalem; The Motherf**ker With the Hat; One Man, Two Guvnors, Death of a Salesman. Television includes “The Newsroom.”

ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Recent productions include Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Proof; Medea; Anna in the Tropics; Caroline, or Change; Wonderful Town; Doubt; The History Boys; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Faith Healer; Deuce; The Year of Magical Thinking; Curtains; Rock ’n’ Roll; Is He Dead?; Gypsy; 13; Equus; Ragtime; A Little Night Music; A Behanding in Spokane; SCOTT RUDIN (Producer). Films Driving Miss Daisy; La Bête; Arcadia; include Moonrise Kingdom; The Girl Jerusalem. With the Dragon Tattoo; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Moneyball; SCOTT M. DELMAN (Producer) has Margaret; The Social Network; True previously co-produced Arcadia, That Grit; Greenberg; It’s Complicated; Championship Season, All My Sons, Fantastic Mr. Fox; Julie & Julia; Speed-the-Plow, Blithe Spirit, Mary Doubt; No Country for Old Men; There Stuart (Tony nominee), Reasons to Be Will Be Blood; Reprise; The Queen; Pretty (Tony nominee), Hamlet, Margot at the Wedding; Notes on a Ragtime (Tony nominee), The Addams Scandal; Venus; Closer; Team America: Family and American Idiot (Tony World Police; I Heart Huckabees; nominee). School of Rock; The Hours; Iris; The Royal Tenenbaums; Zoolander; Sleepy JEAN DOUMANIAN (Producer). Hollow; Wonder Boys; Bringing Out Tribes (Drama Desk Award); Cock; the Dead; South Park: Bigger, Longer The Mountaintop (Olivier Award); & Uncut; The Truman Show; In & Out; Death of a Salesman (Tony Award); Ransom; The First Wives Club; The Motherf**ker With the Hat; The Clueless; Nobody’s Fool; The Firm; House of Blue Leaves; August: Osage Searching for Bobby Fischer; Sister County (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize); Act; The Addams Family. Theatre Our Town (Lortel, Obie awards); as includes Passion; Hamlet; Seven well as upcoming film adaptations of Guitars; A Funny Thing Happened on August: Osage County, Blackbird, and the Way to the Forum; Skylight; The Galveston.

SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (Producer) has initiated and produced more than 130 new productions in the West End and on Broadway. ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on Broadway: The Heiress, Annie, War Horse (Tony), Nice Work If You Can Get It, Evita. Other productions include: The Addams Family, Seminar, West Side Story, Spamalot (Tony), Gypsy, The Color Purple, The History Boys (Tony). Co-founded investment firm Furman Selz, now vice chairman of Jefferies & Company and chairman of Jefferies Capital Partners, its private equity arm. Vice chairman of Lincoln Center and chairman emeritus of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. STEPHANIE P. MCCLELLAND (Producer). Founder, Green Curtain Productions (GCP). Ms. McClelland has six Tony and Drama Desk Awards and more than 50 theatrical productions worldwide. Credits include: Testament of Mary, I’ll Eat You Last, The Heiress, Evita, One Man Two Guvnors, Jerusalem, Arcadia, La Bête, Red, The Addams Family, A Behanding in Spokane, Ragtime, Hamlet, All My Sons, Sunday in the Park With George, Cyrano de Bergerac, Journey’s End, Coram Boy, History Boys, Butley, Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, Spamalot, Glengarry Glen Ross, Pillowman, Democracy, Jumpers, Flower Drum Song. Boards: The Juilliard School and American Associates of the National Theatre. Love and gratitude to my family. KEVIN MORRIS (Producer). Proudly Trey and Matt’s lawyer and friend since they slept on his couch. Producer of the documentary, Hands on a Hardbody. Author of op-eds for The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. In addition to running his law practice, he now writes fiction. Thanks

to Gaby. Their beautiful kids, Rocky and Dulcie, who won’t be allowed to see this production for a long time. JON B. PLATT (Producer). Tony Awards: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Pulitzer Prize) and Perestroika; Clybourne Park (Pulitzer Prize); Copenhagen; God of Carnage; The Book of Mormon; Death of a Salesman. Nominations: Wicked, A View From the Bridge, The Motherf**cker With the Hat, Jerusalem, Venus in Fur, Nice Work If You Can Get It. Off-Broadway: C*ck. STUART THOMPSON (Executive Producer). Of the more than 20 Broadway shows he has produced, recent credits include The Testament of Mary, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013), Death of a Salesman (2012), Jerusalem, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, A View From the Bridge (2010), Exit the King and God of Carnage; also the recent Off-Broadway production of Cock. His general management company has been responsible for more than 60 productions.

STAFF FOR THE BOOK OF MORMON GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUART THOMPSON PRODUCTIONS Lily Alia Michael Bolgar Megan Curren Kevin Emrick James Lawson Nick Lugo Adam Miller Marshall Purdy Jillian Ruben Julie Schneider Zachary Spitzer Caitlyn Thomson Brittany Weber Matthew Wright ASSOCIATE GENERAL MANAGER Gregg Arst COMPANY MANAGER Shaun Moorman SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Andrew Coles Peter Cron Taylor Hess Robert Hoffman David Rogers Jason Sack Chelsea Salyer Dan Sarrow Jason Shrier Noah Stahl Christopher Verone PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS Gene O’Donovan, Ben Heller, Chris Minnick, Jarid Sumner, Anita Shah, Anthony Jusino, Liza Luxenberg, Rachel London, David Cook, Bridget Van Dyke, Melissa Mazdra, and Cat Nelson TOUR BOOKING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, President Kara Gebhart, Vice President Operations Tour Press & Marketing ALLIED LIVE Laura Matalon Marya Peters John Gilmour Meghan McDonald BROADWAY PRESS OFFICE BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Chris Boneau Jim Byk Christine Olver MAKEUP DESIGNER Randy Houston Mercer ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Marc Bruni Steve Bebout BROADWAY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Jennifer Werner ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER John MacInnis LOGO AND ARTWORK DESIGN BLT Communications, Inc. WEBSITE DESIGN South Park Digital Studios Production Stage Manager.Glynn David Turner Stage Manager.............................. Joyce Davidson Assistant Stage Manager.............Neveen Mahmoud Assistant Company Manager.......Michele Haberman Dance Captain...................................Eric Giancola Assistant Dance Captain.......................Emily Jenda Associate Scenic Designer........... Frank McCullough Assistant Scenic Designers..............Lauren Alvarez, Christine Peters Associate Costume Designer...... Mathew Pachtman Assistant Costume Designer.............. Irma Brainard Costume Shoppers.....................Summer Lee Jack, Isabelle Simone Associate Lighting Designers.....Benjamin C. Travis, Jennifer Schriever

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staff Assistant Lighting Designer..................... Carl Faber Associate Sound Designer................. Cody Spencer Production Carpenter........................ Mike Martinez Production Electrician.............................. Dan Coey Production Sound Engineer.................... Chris Sloan Production Props................................Peter Sarafin Moving Light Programmer............... David John Arch Keyboard Programmer....................... Randy Cohen Drum Programmer........................... Sean McDaniel Head Carpenter.................................Martin Blacker Advance Carpenter.......................... Tom Bertino Jr. Deck Carpenter..................................Cory Schmidt Automation.............................................. Tony Ball Flyman............................... Brent “Squatch” Jahnke Head Props............................. Anmaree Rodibaugh Assistant Props.................................Jill B. Gounder Head Electrician.................................. Bruce Tyrrell Deck Electrician................................. Mike Novosel Followspot..........................................Mike Holmes Head Sound........................................ Mike Farfalla Assistant Sound........................... Matt Raudabaugh Wardrobe Supervisor............................. Eva Maciek Assistant Wardrobe.......................... Jeff McGovney Stitcher........................................... Michael Harrell Hair Supervisor......................................Debra Parr Assistant Hair Supervisor...............Roger Thompson Associate Musical Supervisor.................Brian Usifer Assistants to Anne Garefino.............. Jack Zegarski, Carly J. Price Production Assistants....................... Alan D. Knight, Katrina Olson, Lori Byars Company Management Assistant..... Allison Tiagonce Casting Associates..... Kate S. Boka, Rebecca Scholl Casting Consultant...............................Jeremy Rich Rehearsal Pianist............................ Kathryn Sherrell Rehearsal Drummer........................... Gary Seligson Banking.....................................City National Bank/ Erik Piecuch, Michele Gibbons Payroll...............................Castellana Services, Inc. Accountant................... Fried & Kowgios CPAs LLP/ Robert Fried, CPA Controller............................................. J.S. Kubala Insurance.................................. DeWitt Stern Group Legal Counsel....................... Lazarus & Harris LLP/ Scott Lazarus, Esq., Robbert C. Harris, Esq. Assistant Marketing Director.............Chelsea Salyer Advertising...................................... Serino/Coyne/ Greg Coradetti, Caroline Thompson, William Bell, Jason Zammit The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The musicians, conductors, music preparation personnel and librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The press agents and company managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

Digital Outreach................ BLT Communications, Inc. Production Photographer..................... Joan Marcus Travel Agent....................Tzell Travel/The “A” Team Company Housing............. Chris Renzulli/Tourwerks Transportation....................... Pontarelli Car Service Physical Therapy..........Neuro Tour Physical Therapy CREDITS Scenery fabrication by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Groups, LLC, New Windsor, NY. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Lighting, Secaucus, NJ. Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound. Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc; Gilberto Designs, Inc.; Katrina Patterns; Izquierdo Studios, Ltd; Studio Rouge, Inc. Millinery by Rodney Gordon, Inc. Custom fabric printing by First 2 Print LLC.; Jeff Fender Studios; Eyewear provided by Dr. Wayne Goldberg. Custom footwear by LaDuca Shoes, Inc., Props executed by Cigar Box Studios, Tom Carroll Scenery, Jerard Studios, Deadalus Design and Production, Joe Cairo, J&M Special Effects, Jeremy Lydic, Josh Yoccom, Anna Light. Wigs made by Hudson Wigs. Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics. Keyboards from Yamaha Corporation of America. THE BOOK OF MORMON: THE TESTAMENT OF A BROADWAY MUSICAL In celebration of the making of The Book of Mormon, the authors, production team, and entire original cast recount their experiences as they grew their show from the initial idea to opening night on Broadway. With the complete book and lyrics annotated by the full creative team and cast, along with more than 700 photographs and illustrations, they share the journey that began one night in a Manhattan bar and culminated seven years later in the achievement that is The Book of Mormon. SPECIAL THANKS John Barlow, Lisa Gajda, Angela Howard, Bruce Howell, Beth Johnson-Nicely, Sarah Kooperkamp, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Katie Lopez, Annie Lopez, Kathy Lopez, Frank Lopez, Billy Lopez, Brian Shepherd, Eric Stough, Boogie Tillmon, The Vineyard Theatre, Darlene Wilson. Souvenir merchandise designed and created by The Araca Group. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios.

Denver Center Attractions gratefully acknowledges the following support in its 2013/14 season

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Denver Center Attractions Staff D. Randall Weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Director/President Jeff Hovorka . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media and Marketing John Ekeberg . . . . . . . Director of Programming & Operations Heidi Bosk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PR & Promotions Manager Alicia Giersch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager Emily Lozow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator

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Jackie & Me Nov 15 – Dec 22, Space Theatre Illustration by Kyle malone

In this engaging play by Steven Dietz, based on the novel by Dan Gutman, a rare baseball card is young Joey Stoshack’s ticket back in time, where he meets Jackie Robinson on the day he is signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Thrust into a racial pressure-cooker, Joey learns about courage and grace from one of America’s legends, warming hearts of all ages. ASL interpreted and Audio Described performance Dec 8 @ 1:30pm, Perspective on the play Nov 15, 6pm, Jones Theatre. FREE.

What makes Scrooge’s story so ripe for dramatic transformation? Indelible characters, an emotion-packed story with a killer ending, special effects, music and, of course, the festive Christmas setting. This poignant, joyous and redemptive story delivers on all scores. It’s a touching human drama, a bold morality tale and a scary ghost story with humor, spectacle, song, dance and a cast of thousands (well, a very large cast). Join us for this inspiring Christmas ritual, whether for the first time or the tenth. ASL interpreted and Audio-Described performance Dec 15 @ 1:30pm.

Illustration by Kyle malone

A Christmas Carol Nov 29 – Dec 29, Stage Theatre

And more holiday shows to satisfy every palate! From David Sedaris’ true adventures working as an “elf” at Macy’s SantaLand Diaries (see local favorite Matt Zambrano don the candy-cane tights again in this cherished Boulder Theatre Ensemble comedy, Nov 29 – Dec 24, Garner Galleria Theatre) to the distinctive holiday music of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas (Nov 30 – Dec 1, Buell Theatre), to Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host: Ira Glass (host of “This American Life,” Dec 7, Buell Theatre), to the circus extravaganzas of Cirque Dreams Holidaze (Dec 10 – 22, Buell Theatre), we hope to ensure that all your holiday wishes will come true.

By David Sedaris

Matt Zambrano • Photo by Michael Ensminger

Adapted by Joe Mantello

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