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Welcome to the theatre! Last month we joined Arts in Action by celebrating the importance of Arts Education, which contributes to better grades, fewer dropouts and higher graduation rates. We are proud to engage nearly 150,000 students each year when our programming is in full swing. The DCPA partners with school districts statewide to support the full arc of a student’s academic experience. We start with Book Stars, a literacy program for pre-K through kindergarten. Equipped with props and loads of creativity, Teaching Artists invite kids to actively participate in the story. The program is so popular that we have 15 teachers in up to four schools a day. The mainstay of our Education programs is Dramatic Learning. This program works with educators to develop a customized workshop that bolsters curriculum. It is dynamic, versatile and suitable for nearly any subject and grade. We also offer Theatre for Young Audiences, which focuses on performances tailored for pre-K through 3rd grade audiences, welcoming children to their first theatre experience and sparking their wonder. As students move into middle and high school, we offer Student Matinees to both Broadway shows and Theatre Company productions, and when we host the Colorado New Play Summit, we offer workshops and a must-see playwrighting competition. When the weather is warm enough, we welcome students and our broader community to join us for abridged versions of iconic plays through Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. So many choices! The pinnacle event of the year is the Bobby G High School Musical Theatre Awards, which includes master classes, professional evaluation of school productions, and a full-ﬂedged awards ceremony, much like the Tony Awards in New York. In partnership with Denver Public Schools and its Foundation, we present the DPS Shakespeare Festival, in which students rehearse scenes, sonnets and swordplay (with pool noodles). The festival is a highlight every spring when 5,000 children fill the Arts Complex. Educational opportunities continue for lovers of lifelong learning. Whether it’s an acting class, article, post-show discussion, study guide or video, the DCPA — led by its dedicated, artistic and passionate Education team — seeks to foster learning, spark creativity and enrich your theatre experience. To learn more, visit denvercenter.org/education. Join us!

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You may find that it takes a few minutes to adjust to the language, form and plot of Choir Boy, the Tarell Alvin McCraney play you’re about to watch. You scoop story developments by the earful, rather than following them as a straight line, so listen up, because the transitions are subtle and stitched together by, of all things, some impressive choral singing. That singing takes care of any plot synapses and, by paying attention, you will have it all pieced together by play’s end. In short, you have to do a little work to fully absorb the range and delicacy of this enterprising play. But if its form is novel as well as alluring, the basic tale is not impenetrable. It tracks events at Drew, a prestigious prep school for African American boys famous for its choir. Pharus Jonathan Young is the supersmart and sassy current leader of that choir and happens also to be Drew’s only overtly effeminate student. He doesn’t mind ﬂaunting it as an edgy form of self-defense, as he maneuvers the twists and turns of school protocol, with its firmly supervised old-school, all-male environment. McCraney is one of those bright, young and challenging playwrights who surprises audiences with almost every new piece he delivers. He kick-started his playwriting career while still a student at Yale, with a trilogy (or triptych, as he prefers to call it) titled The Brother/Sister Plays. It explores the African Yoruba culture and religion while set in Louisiana housing projects, presumably similar to the ones in which McCraney grew up. This shot out of the gate brought him attention that has never let up. In spite of being, by his own admission, quite shy and extremely private, he’s an unavoidable beacon for up-and-coming young playwrights. In a single year, he received two highly prestigious and remunerative prizes: a MacArthur “Genius” grant and the Windham-Campbell Prize, part of an enviable growing list of achievements and awards. He’s also worked with some major national and international companies, and the theatrical heavy-hitters who run them and recognize his work and its value. Popular recognition caught up with McCraney in 2016 when he co-wrote the film script for the Oscar-winning Moonlight with the film’s director Barry Jenkins. Based on one of McCraney’s plays (In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue), it won them a joint Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and for McCraney, the kind of broader acknowledgement that a well-regarded film can bring. Choir Boy was originally commissioned by New York’s Manhattan Theatre Club and had its initial staging in 2012 as a co-production with English Stage Company at London’s Royal Court Theatre. Because it is such an idiosyncratically ensemble piece, in which every actor/ singer has his moment, as well as joint ones in the choral pieces, the search for the right performers narrows down to a coterie of singer/actors with the ability to do both things well. We get to know the boys at Drew through the usual in-house sparring and rough-housing and we learn to distinguish the traits that bind or separate them. Racial and identity issues are subliminally always present, emerging now and then in Mr. Pendleton’s class. Pendleton is a white teacher enticed out of retirement and enlisted to share his knowledge and experience with the boys in an unusual “life” class. Specifically: how to

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navigate the complexities of the adult world these boys are soon to enter. He approaches the task with directness and tentative care, mindful of the fact that he’s both a lot older than they are — and in the minority here. He needs to earn these boys’ respect by delivering the right healthy stimuli to their evolving minds. What he may not have expected is what he gets to learn from them in return. The morality tale embedded in this plot, has scenes of considerable muscular frankness, touching on African American history, identity politics, sexuality and spirituality. Because leading this choir is a coveted hallmark of Drew’s reputation as an elite school, friction simmers then erupts between choir leader Pharus and the bully-prone Bobby, the headmaster’s nephew who feels that his family connection should buy him privilege when it comes to who gets to lead the choir. This rivalry in this play is its most memorable wrinkle: the seamless beauty of the connective singing, choral and solo, that links one scene to the next. It also is the feature that provides continuity, sharpens differences, expounds emotion, brings the boys together — and moves the story along.

Given that the world we’re in is post-George Floyd and post-Ahmaud Arbery, a world that has seen black masculinity so openly attacked, what I love is that the play creates a space that doesn’t feel voyeuristic. — JAMIL JUDE, DIRECTOR

Jamil Jude, the Artistic Director at the Kenny Leon Theatre in Atlanta, GA, and the director of this Choir Boy in Denver, had staged the play at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis in 2014. He therefore had an earlier experience locating performers able to handle these roles. “It’s challenging,” he said, when we had a chance to talk, “because the show requires a lot of acting chops, so it needs strong actors who also can sing.” Casting for this Denver production had not been completed at the time we had this conversation. Was he looking for actor-singers who might have been in some previous productions of the play? “Kind of,” he said. “We’re casting out of Denver and since the play has been around for a while, and the roles are so rich, young black artists are aware of it and, to some degree, search out the opportunity to be cast. “Given that the world we’re in is post-George Floyd and post-Ahmaud Arbery, a world that has seen black masculinity so openly attacked, what I love is that the play creates a space that doesn’t feel voyeuristic.” Then as an afterthought, “I’ve been in that crucible, so I’m very much invested. My generation was not kind. “This play shows us another way to be.” SYLVIE DRAKE is a former theatre critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. She is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association, a contributor to culturaldaily.com and occasional contributor to American Theatre magazine and the Los Angeles Times. She also served as the DCPA’s Director of Media Relations & Publications.

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The Broadway presentation of Tootsie marks the first time that the musical has stopped in Denver, but it certainly may not be the first time that movie fans have seen it. Tony Award®-winning Book Writer Robert Horn gives us his insight into the differences, similarities and the unexpected elements in this production that separate it from the beloved 1982 movie. APPLAUSE (APP): What are the biggest differences between the film and the Broadway musical, and would you like to explain why you made some of these choices? ROBERT HORN (RH): A shift that needed to happen was the point of view of the female characters in the story. It was important they reﬂect the impact and progress women have made in society and art since the days of the original film. There is both a strength and vulnerability to the women portrayed in the musical that I think, sadly, might not have resonated back in the early 80’s…but again, as we progress culturally, so must our art. When a future society looks back at a certain time in history, it will be able to define that moment in time by the art that was created. In our show, Julie does not grow by virtue of being around Michael; Michael changes and grows because of his experience of being with Julie – a woman who navigates her own obstacles with determination and confidence.

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APP: What is the intended impact of Michael Dorsey disguising himself to act in a Broadway show (rather than a soap opera), and how did it feel writing that from the perspective of a member of the theater industry? RH: Again, I like a story where the protagonist isn’t always a great character at first, but you relate to their journey, their desperation, their desires and wants, so you follow them to watch them grow and change. We are living in ever shifting times and there is a social responsibility on all of us to adapt to changes and learn to grow from what we might not have understood just a short time ago. Also, I relate to Michael’s reasons for being desperate, and the mistakes he makes on his journey to enlightenment…though I try not to emotionally injure people along the way as he does. Thankfully, his life is probably a much better drama than mine. And most of all, I loved the idea of writing a musical that celebrates musical theater, its quirks and ﬂaws and stunning comradery. The sacrifices we make just for the opportunity to do what we love most. The family we create along the way. Theater is a unique culture that brings people together in a way very few others do.

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APP: What would you say are the greatest highlights of the show?

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RH: The real commerce of this show is its comedy. Its tone. And of course, the clown car of actors that brings it to life every night. The comedy comes at you with such love, then there are these hysterical songs by David Yazbek that at once have you laughing and moments later thinking. Add to that the way Denis Jones uses dance to forward the action with such humor and style, and David Solomon recreating Scott Ellis’ staging but adding his own comedic sensibility and timing that keeps the show moving like a bullet train, and it adds up to a glorious night of musical comedy.

Inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film Moulin Rouge, get ready to enter a world of splendor and love with Moulin Rouge! The Musical, coming to The Buell Theatre for the first national tour this summer. Get to know Moulin Rouge! The Musical before you see the show with three fun facts!

APP: Why do you think the story of Tootsie remains so beloved worldwide, decades after the film came out? RH: I think comedies have a longer shelf life than certain other genres of film. And I think the film was masterful and so even though it becomes problematic as we shift culturally, there’s no denying its craft. I also think somewhere in us all there is desperation, and also hope – hope that we can be better, that we can change, that we can walk in someone else’s shoes and be part of a community. This is a story of community – of a group of people who love each other and just want to do what they love most, even if the world might have other plans for them!

1. Choreographer Sonya Tayeh did not stick to one dance style when creating the choreography for the show. From the historical can-can to contemporary dance, the production will have various elements that are high energy and will grab audiences’ attention. 2. Baz Luhrmann approached Director Alex Timbers to direct the musical adaptation with the guidance to not duplicate the film, but reinvent with the spirit of the film at the base.

“When I watch audiences watch the show and hear that tsunami of communal laughter... writing the show was that exact same experience. Constant laughter, community, self-reflection, joy, friendships, and a love of this artform.”

3. Although some of the original music from the film is in the musical, the creative team looked at modern inspiration as well. Director Alex Timbers and Book Writer John Logan collaborated to create a character and lyric-driven approach to song selection. With an iconic love story at the core, the music had to fit the characters and their stories. Do not miss this spectacular production coming to Denver June 9 – 26.

RH: When I watch audiences watch the show and hear that tsunami of communal laughter that just builds and builds throughout the night and lifts the ceiling, I wish I could let audiences know that writing the show was that exact same experience. Constant laughter, community, self-reﬂection, joy, friendships, and a love of this artform. Also, supporting the arts SAFELY right now is a vital step in creating a new normal and getting back to our lives. And what better way to come out of the cave of isolation we’ve all been in, than with laughter!

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American Fast In American Fast, Khady Salama is a 21-year-old college basketball sensation, ready to compete in March Madness, which falls during Ramadan. Her religious mother expects her to fast — even on game days. As the tournament unfolds, Khady becomes a role model for young Muslim women everywhere, except she’s secretly breaking her fast. Pressures mount, her lie comes to light, and the story quickly unfolds, examining how the practice of faith and the practice of sport are intertwined. Playwright Fahmy said the story is somewhat autobiographical “in the sense that I was inspired by my experience. I’ve been intrigued by how that generational shift occurs between first-generation immigrants, like myself, and my parents’ generation, who grew up in Egypt, a Muslim-majority country.”

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Jamie Ann Romero – Cebollas. Photo by Michael Martin Photography.

Someday there will be costumes, props, scenery and lighting. But first, the messy process of shaping and fine tuning a play, hearing what works and what doesn’t, requires a series of bare-bones public readings like those at the recently completed Colorado New Play Summit. It’s an exciting and, for some, excruciating process. Denver has a reputation for nurturing new play development, and some of the plays incubated here have gone on to national acclaim. Because the highly competitive process draws both established and emerging playwrights, a number of respected directors, actors and dramaturges traveled from across the country to attend. Industry onlookers, serious theater geeks and the merely curious enjoyed readings of four scripts in development plus two fully produced Summit graduates — the world premieres of Rattlesnake Kate (music and lyrics by Neyla Pekarek, book by Karen Hartman) and Beaufield Berry’s In the Upper Room. This year’s Summit featured a diverse crop of playwrights and varied types of storytelling — from absurdist dark humor to heroic biography, from a rumination on religious identity to a meditative abstraction. The four 2022 Summit plays were:

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Cebollas Cebollas by Leonard Madrid (which he subtitled “The Onion Play” for the benefit of non-Spanish speakers) is an absurdist comedy that includes a dead body in every scene. When odd circumstances force three sisters to take an unexpected road trip from Albuquerque to Denver, they bicker, sing and share secrets while illuminating Latina culture. “Humor is a major part of my life,” New Mexican playwright Leonard Madrid said. “It’s intentionally about sisterhood,” he said, “about the lengths we will go to to protect the ones we love.” Rubicon In Rubicon, based on a true story, a woman overlooked by history finally gets her due. Elizabeth “Betty” Pack, a society wife and mother, makes the transition to seductive spy as a continent-hopping agent for British and American intelligence operations in the years before World War II. Though left out of the historical record, she played a role in helping to crack the Enigma code, smuggling secret plans in her underwear. Betty is clever and beautiful, but she’s also a complicated woman who was both celebrated and denigrated for abandoning family and weaponizing her sexuality. Playwright Kirsten Potter said she was angry when she first read an article about Betty and wondered why we hadn’t heard about her exploits. “I got all self-righteous about it.” She started researching in 2017. “I worked hard at times to suspend my own judgment about her,” Potter said.

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Theatre Company Artistic Director Chris Coleman said the Summit, the DCPA Theatre Company’s signature festival, not only allows the company to nurture new playwrights, but also keeps it alert to the future through some of the country’s most exciting writers. “When selecting a play for the Summit,” Coleman said, “we don’t stick to a theme but find selections that are different and engaging. saturday feels contemplative and meditative, Cebollas feels wacky and at warp speed, Rubicon is sexy and suspenseful, and American Fast feels amped and spiky.” For Lee, “my goal for these two weeks is that the actors, director, dramaturg, the team enjoy working, enjoy doing this thing we haven’t been able to do for so long. I love that we get to be here, that’s the gift.”

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saturday (DCPA Theatre Company commission) saturday by Kimber Lee imagines two women in a boat on a mountain lake, adrift in time and place, laughing and arguing through currents of memory. It’s at once theatrical and self-aware: “Like a bad play about a mother and daughter in a boat on a lake, pretending to fish. What are we even doing?” the daughter asks. “I have an interest in poking at the artifice,” Lee said. Hers is the most dream-like of the four plays, addressing the artifice of the theater while prodding the audience to think about the underlying emotional structures. “The surface is deceptively simple,” Lee said. But themes of physics and quantum theory, plus issues of transracial adoption, are “the tracks that those things kind of run on,” Lee said.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “Ces Soirées-La (Oh, What a Night)” – Paris, 2000................................. French Rap Star, Backup Group “Silhouettes”...................................................Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito, Frankie Castelluccio “You’re the Apple of My Eye”............................................................. Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”....................................................................................Frankie Castelluccio “Earth Angel”..................................................................................................................Tommy DeVito, Full Company “Sunday Kind of Love”.................................................Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick’s Date “My Mother’as Eyes”..........................................................................................................................................Frankie Valli “I Go Ape”......................................................................................................................................................The Four Lovers “(Who Wears) Short Shorts”................................................................................................................The Royal Teens “I’m in the Mood for Love/Moody’s Mood for Love”.........................................................................Frankie Valli “Cry for Me”.................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi “An Angel Cried”.........................................................................................................................Hal Miller and The Rays “I Still Care”........................................................................................................ Miss Frankie Nolan and The Romans “Trance”........................................................................................................................................Billy Dixon and The Topix “Sherry”....................................................................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry”............................................................................................................................. The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man”.................................................................................................................................. The Four Seasons “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”...................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Full Company “My Boyfriend’s Back”........................................................................................................................................The Angels “My Eyes Adored You”............................................................ Frankie Valli, Mary Delgado, The Four Seasons “Dawn (Go Away)”................................................................................................................................ The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (reprise)........................................................................................................................Full Company THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION ACT TWO “Big Man in Town”.................................................................................................................................. The Four Seasons “Beggin’”..................................................................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Stay”................................................................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)”......................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)”........................Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli and The New Seasons “Bye Bye Baby”................................................................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “C’mon Marianne”..............................................................................................Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”.......................................................................................................................Frankie Valli “Working My Way Back to You”.................................................................Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Fallen Angel”.......................................................................................................................................................Frankie Valli “Rag Doll”................................................................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Who Loves You?”..................................................................................................The Four Seasons, Full Company

THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY “Ain’t That a Shame” (Domino/Bartholomew) • “Candy Girl” (Santos) “Don’t Think Twice” (Dylan) • “Girl Come Runnin’” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Grease” (Gibb) • “I Make a Fool of Myself” (Gaudio/Crewe) “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Porter) • “Marlena” (Gaudio) “New Mexican Rose” (Crewe/Calello) • “Our Day Will Come” (Hillard/Garson) “Ronnie” (Gaudio/Crewe) • “Save It For Me” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Silver Star” (Gaudio/Parker) • “Swearin’ to God” (Crewe/Randall) “Tell It to the Rain” (Petrillo/Cifelli) “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (Gaudio/Crewe) “To Give (The Reason I Live)” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Watch the Flowers Grow” (Brown/Bloodworth) “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Goffin/King)

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ERIC CHAMBLISS (Bob Gaudio) is honored to return to this tour and get back to theatre! Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha, u/s Perchik). Regional: Gypsy (Tulsa), All Shook Up (Chad), The Full Monty (Ethan), The Music Man (Harold), and Altar Boyz (Matthew). He is originally from Ottawa, IL. Go Cubs, go! Special thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, Dustin and Marc, and Nomi Tichman. Love to Mom and Dad, family, friends, Kona The Wonder Dog (Korean K9 Rescue), and his partner in crime and fiancé Nicole Ferguson. For Nani and Grandma. @tallboy_chambliss

duction. Broadway: Jersey Boys (Joey, u/s Frankie Valli). Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys (Joey, u/s Frankie Valli). National Tour: Newsies (Oscar Delancey, u/s Jack Kelly). Regional: From Here to Eternity (Ogunquit Playhouse & NYC Debut). Les Misérables (Weathervane Playhouse), Next to Normal (Human Race Theatre). BFA, Wright State University. Thanks to Dodgers, Tara Rubin Casting and the entire creative team. Also, big thanks to Dustin, Marc and the Daniel Hoff Agency. To my wife, Taryn, this one (again) is for you. Instagram: @jonhacker_

MATT FAUCHER (Nick Massi) is honored to now be a member of the Jersey Boys family. A Graduate of The Hartt School with a BFA in Acting and a CT Critics Circle Award winner. Broadway: Beautiful - The Carole King Musical. National Tour: Beautiful. Off – Broadway: The Threepenny Opera (Macheath, Drama Desk nomination), I Am Harvey Milk at Avery Fisher Hall, Chekhov Dreams (Eddie). Regional: The Muny, Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Asolo Rep, Northern Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Flat Rock Playhouse and The Monomoy Theatre. TV: FBI: Most Wanted - CBS. Love to Brit. Follow: @the_fauch, mattfaucheractor.com.

JUSTIN ALBINDER (Joey and others) NYC Actor and Dialect Coach. Recent: Jersey Boys (Frankie, Phoenix Theatre Company), Jersey Boys NCL, The Drowsy Chaperone. Film: The Cathedral. Thank you to the Albinder clan, Aaron, Pecoo, Julie & Pro PT, Jason, Nyle, Merri, JB team, & Katie Agresta. Ithaca College BFA. www.justinalbinder.com

DEVON GOFFMAN (Tommy DeVito) is grateful to be back in Jersey Boys. Favorite role, an amazing company, and bringing back LIVE theatre strong around the country. National Tours: On Your Feet! (Phil), Motown, Jersey Boys, Titanic (Barrett), Grease (Vince Fontaine) and Buddy. Vegas: Jersey Boys. TV: NBC’s Lincoln Rhyme (Amelia’s Father). Taught/directed amazing theatre kids during the pandemic. Thank you to EVERYONE on the Jersey Boys creative team. Thanks, Judy Boals. Thank you, family. Love to my Mom, and my sister, Dena. Most important “THANK YOU” to my castmate/soulmate, Katie Goffman - you are my everything. GO BILLS! Insta: @DevonBulldog Twitter: @DevonGoffman JON HACKER (Frankie Valli) is thrilled to be joining the JB family again, after closing the show on Broadway and moving on to the Off-Broadway pro-

AMY COELHO (Francine and others) is overjoyed to return to Jersey Boys! Favorite credits include Forum (Philia), The Addams Family and The Sound of Music. International: Mickey & the Wondrous Book at Hong Kong Disneyland. Thanks to Tara Rubin Casting and Bloc! Love to my husband, family, and God! For your daily dose of magic @dreamweaver90210 KENNETH QUINNEY FRANCOEUR (Swing) is elated to be back with Jersey Boys! Selected credits: Memphis the Musical (Huey u/s; Nat’l Tour), West Side Story (Tony; MMT), A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Man, Irish Rep Theatre), Hair (Berger; Woodstock), Gypsy (Tulsa; OPTC), She Loves Me (Kodaly; BCT). BFA Elon University. Special thanks to Merri, the JB team, Katie Murphy, Mom, Dad, Gail and Ben. @kfrancoeur SAMANTHA GERSHMAN (Mary Delgado and others) Samantha is incredibly grateful to join the Jersey Boys National Tour! Select credits: A Chorus Line (Diana Morales/Helen Hayes Award Winner), Jekyll & Hyde (National Tour, u/s Lucy), Evita (Eva Peron alternate) and The Who’s Tommy (Kennedy Center). Endless thanks to

Merri, DGRW, Mom, Blake and Jeff. For dad. KATIE GOFFMAN (Dance Captain, Swing). Off-Broadway: Clueless (Standby Cher) National Tours: Ghost (Molly), Rock of Ages (Regina). Katie created the web-series, Wisco Queens, streaming now on Broadway OnDemand! Thanks JB team, the Dodgers, and Tara Rubin Casting! Much love to Danny, Devon, her coaches/brothers, and parents! Follow @katiegoffman www.katiegoffman.com ANTONIO KING (Berry Belson and others) King’s making his National Tour debut in Jersey Boys. Favorite Credits: Little Shop of Horrors, Elf, Hairspray. King thanks God, his family, and FSE Agency for their constant support. “Trust Your Gift.” IG/TikTok: @a.king_32 CONNOR LYON (Lorraine and others) is thrilled to join the Jersey Boys family! Other credits include: Rocky Horror (Theatre Under the Stars), Rock of Ages (Norwegian Cruise Line), Little Women (A.D. Players), Sam Houston State University ‘15. Endless gratitude to the JB family. Love to Mom, Marissa and Cara! IG: @connorslyon KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN (Hank Majewski, Norm Waxman and others, Fight Captain) is thrilled to return to the stage with Jersey Boys, having done over 600 performances since joining the company in 2017! Television: Food Network’s Bakers vs. Fakers. Training: Rhode Island College. Thanks to TRC, ATB and Mom & Dad. Love to his future husband, Alex! Follow: @kevinpatrickmartin www.KPMVO.com SEAN MCGEE (Bob Crewe and others). Regional: Reefer Madness (Jimmy, TUTS), Cry-Baby (Cry-Baby, Tent Theatre), Xanadu (Sonny, WaterTower Dallas), Oklahoma! (Will Parker, Pennsylvania Shakespeare, Lyric Stage), My Fair Lady (Freddy, CityRep). BFA University of Oklahoma. Thanks Merri & ATB. Love to friends & E+M+D+D+C. For Mom & Dad. I did it. Glory to God. Instagram: @veryseanmcgee HAMILTON MOORE (Swing) is excited to be swinging for Jersey Boys and making his tour debut with this incred-

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ible production. Hamilton is a recent graduate of UC-College Conservatory of Music. Huge thanks to the JB creative team/cast, everyone at Tara Rubin, teachers past and present, family and friends. IG: Jeanclaudevanham ALEC MICHAEL RYAN (Gyp DeCarlo and others) is thrilled join the Jersey Boys family. NYC/Readings: Harmony (NYTF). Regional: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, From Here to Eternity (Ogunquit), Catch Me If You Can. BFA, Elon University. Much love and thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, DGRW, creative team, family and friends for constant love and support. Instagram: @alecmichaelryan BRUNO VIDA (Swing) previously toured with Jersey Boys in 19/20. Born and raised in Cuiabá, Brazil. Many thanks to the Dodgers, Merri & TRC, and the entire JB team for giving me the job of a lifetime. This one is for my family. Te amo Mãe & Vicky. IG: @1brunovida STACY N. TAYLOR (Production Stage Manager) is ecstatic to be traveling the country with this show. Previous Credits: Tours: Spring Awakening, South Pacific, Beauty and the Beast, Annie, Bodyguard, Waitress, and School of Rock. Other: Weston Playhouse, Blue Man Group – Orlando. Proud graduate of the SM program at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music (CCM.) LIA JENNINGS (Stage Manager) is pleased to return to the Jersey Boys family! Previous credits: TheatreSquared, Weston Playhouse, Norwegian Cruise Line, Cirque du Soleil. Carnegie Mellon University: MFA. Thanks to the Dodgers. Love to friends, family and God. PAULINE HUMBERT (Assistant Stage Manager) Touring: An American in Paris (France, Taiwan, China), Monty Python’s SPAMALOT (USA), Dialogues of the Carmelites (Italy). Other: Maverick City Music’s Welcome to Maverick City: Tour. BFA: University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music (CCM). Thank you to Dodgers, friends, and family, for the endless support. NOAH TURNER (Music Director) is excited to join the Jersey Boys team! MD credits include Altar Boyz, The World Goes ‘Round, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Babes in Arms

(Assoc.), Songs For A New World (Assoc.), Wonderland (Assoc.), Gypsy (Assoc.), Darling, Hairspray (Assoc.), and The World According to Snoopy (Assoc.). He did the arrangements and orchestrations for Dating 2020, an online musical by Isabel Stein created during the pandemic. www.noahturnermusic.com MARSHALL BRICKMAN (Book). Films (author or co-author): Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, For the Boys, Intersection; (as writer/ director): Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, Sister Mary Explains It All. Television: “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” (head writer), “The Dick Cavett Show” (head writer/ co-producer). He has published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy and other periodicals and was the 2006 recipient of the Writers Guild of America’s Ian McClellan Hunter Lifetime Achievement Award. Jersey Boys, his first venture into musical theatre (with co-author Rick Elice), won four Tony Awards including Best Musical. The Addams Family, his second theatrical venture (also with Rick), ran over 700 performances on Broadway and had national and international tours. Upcoming projects include musicals about Roy Rogers and the Woodstock Festival of 1969. RICK ELICE (Book) co-wrote Jersey Boys (winner 2006 Tony Award, 2007 Grammy Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with the great Marshall Brickman. His play, Peter and the Starcatcher, won five 2012 Tony Awards and is one of the most produced plays in North America. Also on Broadway, The Addams Family and The Cher Show. Coming soon: The Princess Bride for Disney; Water for Elephants, with the acclaimed theater collective, Pig Pen; Monopoly for Hasbro; Mad Season, with Rob Thomas and Schele Williams; Treasure, with 2021 Ed Kleban Award winner, Benjamin Scheuer. Rick’s book, Finding Roger, An Improbably Theatrical Love Story, is published by Kingswell. Heartfelt thanks to those whose theatre work makes him grateful for the day he was born: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, David, Strong, Gaudio, Valli, McAnuff, Trujillo, Timbers, Coyne, Brickman, and, eternally, Roger Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He

never thought about Jersey much. He does now. BOB GAUDIO (Composer) wrote his first hit, “Who Wears Short Shorts,” at 15, for the Royal Teens, and then went on to become a founding member of the Four Seasons and the band’s principal songwriter. He also produced the hit “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” for Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand (Grammy nomination, Record of the Year) as well as six albums for Diamond, including The Jazz Singer. Other producing credits include albums for Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and the soundtrack for the film of Little Shop of Horrors. Several songs co-written with Bob Crewe have been cover hits for such artists as the Tremeloes (“Silence Is Golden”), the Walker Brothers (“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”) and Lauryn Hill (“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”). With his wife, Judy Parker, Gaudio produced and co-wrote the Who Loves You album for the Four Seasons and one of Billboard’s longest-charted singles (54 weeks), “Oh, What a Night.” A high point in his career came in 1990 when, as a member of the original Four Seasons, Gaudio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which hailed him as “a quintessential music-maker.” Gaudio is currently co-producing the Jersey Boys film with Nick Jonas as Frankie Valli, the upcoming Neil Diamond musical, A Beautiful Noise and developing Frank Sinatra’s Watertown. To this day, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli still maintain their partnership...on a handshake. BOB CREWE (Lyricist). “New York was pregnant in the fifties,” says Bob Crewe, “gestating with possibilities.” Crewe and music partner Frank Slay became independent writer-producers when the category hadn’t yet been invented. In 1957 they wrote and produced “Silhouettes” for The Rays, which skyrocketed to #1. Suddenly, producers in demand, they launched Freddie Cannon’s “Tallahassee Lassie” and Billy & Lillie’s “Lah Dee Da.” Crewe’s 1960’s unprecedented producing success with The Four Seasons birthed a new sound, striking a major chord in American pop. “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Candy Girl,” “Ronnie” – all smashes! When lead Frankie Valli demanded a solo turn, Crewe and Bob

DES McANUFF (Director) is a twotime Tony Award-winning director and former artistic director of Canada’s Stratford Festival. He is also Director Emeritus of La Jolla Playhouse, where as Artistic Director he staged over 30 productions of classics, new plays and musicals. He’s co-founder of Broadway’s Dodgers. Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud. Past Broadway: Summer, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys (Tony and Olivier Awards: Best Musical), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award: Best Special Theatrical Event), Dracula the Musical, How to Succeed…, The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards: Best Director), A Walk in the Woods, Big River (Tony Awards: Best Director, Best Musical). Selected New York: Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW), multiple productions at The Public and BAM. Stratford highlights: Twelfth Night (with Brian Dennehy), A Word or Two, Caesar and Cleopatra, The Tempest (all with Christopher Plummer). Opera: Faust (The Met, ENO). TV: 700 Sundays (HBO). Film: Cousin Bette (with Jessica Lange, director), The Iron Giant (producer, BAFTA Award) and Quills (executive producer). In 2011, he was honored with a doctorate from Ryerson University where he attended theatre school. In 2012, he was awarded Canada’s Governor General’s National Arts Center Award and the Order of Canada. SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer). Ain’t Too Proud (Tony Award Winner), On Your Feet (Tony Award Nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys (Drama Desk/

OCC/Greenroom/Dora nominations), Summer (Chita Rivera Award), A Bronx Tale (Chita Rivera Award Nomination), The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls (Astaire Award nomination), and All Shook Up. Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Choreography for NBC’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center. Director/choreographer: Arrabal (ARTElliot Norton Award), Gloria Estefan On Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (National Tour), Cirque De Soleil’s Paramour (Stage Entertainment). Other Theatre: Invisible Thread (Second Stage- Astaire Award Nomination), Carmen: An AfroCuban Musical (Olney Theatre- Helen Hayes Award nomination), Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre), and The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). International credits: Tarzan (Disney), Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), West Side Story (Stratford Festival). RON MELROSE (Music Supervision, Vocal/Dance Arrangements and Incidental Music). Forty-six years of arranging, music direction and supervision, including eighteen Broadway shows and productions spanning the world. Helpmann Award (Australia’s Tony) for music direction on Jersey Boys, music supervisor of Jersey Boys streaming and film, associate producer of Jersey Boys cast and Christmas albums. Music supervisor and arranger, A Bronx Tale (Broadway), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla Playhouse). Composer: Fourtune (Off-Broadway), The Silver Swan (NEA Fellowship), The Missing Peace (Washington’s Capitol Fringe), Early One Morning (liturgical one-woman musical, two Harvard Hasty Pudding shows, a gospel Requiem, songs for Saturday Night Live. Education: Harvard (philosophy), Westminster (choral conducting). Thanks to Alexandra. KLARA ZIEGLEROVA (Scenic Design). Broadway: Sister Act, The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Ms. Zieglerova designed numerous productions in the United States, Europe and Asia. Awards: The Green Room Award Australia, Theatregoers’ Choice Award London for Best Set Design; Lumen Award for the design of The New World Stages in NYC; Drammy Award for Best Set Design,

Carbonell Award for Best Set Design, and designed sets for Best Touring Production of the L.A. Ovation Awards. www.klarazieglerova.com. JESS GOLDSTEIN (Costume Design): Selected NY credits include Disney’s Newsies, On the Town, Proof, The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino, Henry IV with Kevin Kline, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Take Me Out, How I Learned to Drive, Buried Child, Tintypes, Enchanted April, The Most Happy Fella, Il Trittico for the Metropolitan Opera and a 2005 Tony Award for Lincoln Center Theatre’s The Rivals and Lortel and Hewes Awards for The Mineola Twins. Film designs include A Walk on the Moon, The Substance of Fire, Talking With and Far East. A Yale grad, he has taught design at the Drama School since 1990. 2015 Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. www.jess-goldstein.com HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud (2019 Tony nom.), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Come From Away (2017 Tony nom.), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier Award winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nom.), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nom.), West Side Story (2009 Tony nom.), In the Heights (2008 Tony nom.), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nom.) Co-Founder/Original Resident Lighting Designer Parsons Dance. 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton. STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound Design) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include Ain’t Too Proud, On Your Feet, Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can (Tony Nomination), Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Rent, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel and The Who’s Tommy

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Gaudio wrote (and Crewe produced) “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” which eventually became the century’s fifth most-played song. Crewe ran hot with artists from Vicki Carr, Oliver and Lesley Gore to Mitch Ryder, co-writing with Charles Fox the soundtrack for Jane Fonda’s film, “Barbarella.” Then his own Bob Crewe Generation exploded with Music to Watch Girls By. In 1972 Bob was in L.A., where he revived Frankie Valli with “My Eyes Adored You” by Crewe and Kenny Nolan. They also cowrote Patti LaBelle’s “Lady Marmalade” (#1, July ’75), which was a hit again on the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge (#1, June ’01)...David Ritz

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(Drama Desk Award). MICHAEL CLARK (Projection Design) Elephant Man, Dracula The Musical, Lennon, 700 Sundays, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire (Broadway), Domesticated, Frankenstein the Musical, Burleigh Grimes (Off-Broadway), Heidi Chronicles, My One and Only, Big Maybelle, The Breakup Notebook, Villains Tonight, Sondheim Celebration (Regional and Cruise Lines) Le Denier Judgement (Cannes) Ghost The Musical (UK tour). Over 30 other productions as Associate Designer and currently forming new curriculum in Projection, Augmented and Virtual Reality at the University of Florida. CHARLES G. LAPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design) is an award winning Wig and Hair Designer on stages throughout the United States and abroad. Theatre: Numerous Broadway; Touring; Regional Theatre; West End and International productions including Hamilton (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award); Ain’t Too Proud; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Beetlejuice; The Cher Show (Drama Desk Award); The Band’s Visit; Anastasia; SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Award); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; The Color Purple; Newsies; In the Heights. Television: The Wiz Live! (Emmy Nomination); Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (Emmy Nomination and Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award); Bluebloods; American Crime; Maddoff; Hairspray. STEVE RANKIN (Fight Director). Broadway: Jersey Boys, Ain’t Too Proud, Memphis, Summer, Carousel (Drama Desk Outstanding Fight Choreography), Henry IV, Guys and Dolls, Doctor Zhivago, The Farnsworth Invention, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Dracula, Bonnie and Clyde, Two Shakespearean Actors, Anna Christie, The Real Inspector Hound, The Who’s Tommy. Off-Broadway: The Third Story, Pig Farm, The Night Hank Williams Died, Below the Belt. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Henry V, The Who’s Tommy, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra. Metropolitan Opera: Faust, Rodelinda, Iphigénie en Tauride, Boris Godenov. STEVE ORICH (Orchestrations) Broadway: Jersey Boys (Tony Nomination - Best Orchestrations), The Cher Show,

Priscilla Queen of the Desert. OffBroadway: Snoopy, Personals, A Good Swift Kick. Tours: Annie, Godspell, A Class Act. Regional Theatre: Musical Director and/or Orchestrator at Pasadena Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Hollywood Bowl, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatreworks, Goodman Theatre, Goodspeed, Asolo Rep, Dorset Theatre, Northlight, Pioneer Theatre. TV: Composer, Arranger & Conductor for documentaries, sitcoms, movies and specials. Recordings: 20 albums, including the Grammy-winning Jersey Boys cast album. His orchestrations have been performed by the National Symphony, the Boston Pops, at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House and around the world. JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway (over 140 shows, including): MJ; Mrs Doubtfire; Waitress; Tina; Ain’t Too Proud; Summer: The Donna Summer Musical; Oklahoma; Once On This Island; Miss Saigon, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Indecent; The Great Comet of 1812; A Bronx Tale; Hairspray; Holiday Inn; Waitress; Something Rotten; Les Miserables; Beautiful; Pippin; Once; Newsies; Rock of Ages; Elf; Porgy and Bess; Jesus Christ Superstar; Godspell; Follies; Priscilla; Sister Act; Catch Me If You Can; Xanadu, Grey Gardens, Drowsy Chaperone; Beauty and the Beast; Lennon; Sweeney Todd. Studio Musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Tommy Flanagan, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. www.johnmillerbass.com TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway: Six, Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Aladdin, How To Succeed…, Jesus Christ Superstar, Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, The Heiress, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys, TREVOR the Musical, Here Lies Love, Love, Loss and What I Wore. Regional: Six, North American Premiere, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse The Old Glove, Berkeley Repertory Theatre. MICHAEL BELLO (Associate Director)

is a Cuban American director of musical theater. Alongside director Des McAnuff, he was recently the Associate Director to the Stage for the upcoming film of Jersey Boys and is now the Associate Director off-Broadway and for the US and UK tours. Also with Mr. McAnuff, he was the Associate Director for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway, at the La Jolla Playhouse, and on its first national tour. As a director, his work on new musicals has led him to direct world premieres across the country including We Are the Tigers, cast album now available on Broadway Records. BFA Emerson College. www.MichaelBello.com DANNY AUSTIN (Associate Choreographer). Credits include: Jersey Boys Trafalgar Theatre London (US Creative Coordinator), Jersey Boys (Associate Choreographer- Broadway, US National Tours, Chicago, Toronto, Las Vegas, London’s West End, Australia, South Africa, Netherlands and Norwegian Cruise Lines); Hairspray (Associate Choreographer- London’s West End, UK Tour and NETworks International tour); Hairspray (Resident Director/ChoreographerOriginal Canadian Company); Charlottetown Festival & Young Company (Resident Director/Artistic Director); The Stratford Festival Canada (Seven seasons Acting company – three Tyrone Guthrie Awards). BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press and Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company representing award-winning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Les Misérables, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Hairspray, To Kill a Mockingbird, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish), Potted Potter, The Crown Live!, and the new Broadway-bound musicals That’s Broadway! and Little Dancer. bbonyc.com THE DODGERS (Producer) is a producing partnership hatched at BAM in 1978 by six friends. Migrated to NY Shakespeare Festival, then off and on Broadway. Over 200 productions in North America, London, Europe and Australasia; blessed by Broadway’s Tonys (56), London’s Oliviers, Australia’s Helpmanns and the like.

JOSEPH J. GRANO, JR. (Producer) is Chairman/ CEO of JJG Family Office. Mr. Grano was Chairman of UBS Financial Services Inc. (formerly PaineWebber). While at PaineWebber, Mr. Grano chaired the Board of Governors of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD). In 2002, Mr. Grano was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. He proudly served his country as a Captain in the U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets). Mr. Grano holds 6 Honorary Doctorate Degrees. Due to his commitment to education, Mr. Grano received the Corporate Leadership Award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Other awards include the USO Gold Medal for Distinguished Service and The Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Grano is also a member of the Council for the United States and Italy, a member of both the City University of New York’s Business Leadership Council. KEVIN J. KINSELLA (Producer). Kevin Kinsella has been investing in earlystage technology companies for over forty years, through Avalon Ventures, a venture capital fund he founded. These companies have been responsible for bringing to market several multi-billion dollar drugs for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis; and also the Apple iPhone touch-screen, Big Data software for discovering oil and gas, cloud computing and AI and Zynga.

Mr. Kinsella is a MIT Life Sustaining Fellow and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kinsella Estates winery produces the highest rated Cabernet in Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley, regularly receiving high ninety point scores from The Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator. For Jersey Boys, Kevin won the Tony, the Olivier, Green Room, Helpmann and Naledi Awards. Its Grammy-winning CD is now Double Platinum. Kevin received his second Tony nomination for the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. He is also an investor in the London production of the Book of Mormon. THE PELICAN GROUP (Producer), a San Diego production company, is enthusiastic about supporting this production of Jersey Boys. The Group, assembled by Ivor and Colette Royston, consists of Todd and Debby Buchholz, Edward and Martha Dennis, Cam and Wanda Garner, Richard and Patricia Harmetz, Irwin and Joan Jacobs, Hal and Debby Jacobs, Paul Jacobs, Stacy Jacobs, Jeff Jacobs, John and Angie Longenecker, Rao Makineni, Nevins and Margaret McBride, Ray Mirra, Jeffrey Platt, Edward Richard, Drew and Noni Senyei, Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson. Past Broadway productions include Jersey Boys, Cry-Baby, The Farnsworth Invention, Jesus Christ Superstar (2012), Memphis and Doctor Zhivago. LATITUDE LINK (Producer) Four time Tony Award winning producer of 35+ Broadway, Off Broadway, touring & int’l shows including Come From Away, Jersey Boys, Fun Home, Hedwig, and Memphis, Latitude Link shows have been nominated for a total of 53 Tony Awards® and have won 22--as well as Olivier, Dora, Green Room, and Helpmann Awards. www.latitudelink.com RICK STEINER (Producer). Of the eleven Broadway musicals Rick coproduced, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, The Producers and Big River won Tony Awards for Best Musical. In 1954, at age eight, Rick made his stage debut opposite Gene Lockhart in On Borrowed Time and then promptly retired. Rick won six poker championships including the 1992 World Series of Poker 7-Stud Hi-Lo event. He resided in Cincinnati, Ohio with his children, Ace and late son Duke, and sat on the ownership bench of his beloved Cincinnati Reds until his

untimely death on November 3, 2016. His nephew Joey now runs operations for his ongoing company Rick Steiner Productions, which specializes in producing and the merchandising side of the business. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Blue Man Group, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Misérables, The Prom, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Waitress. www.networkstours.com LAUREN MITCHELL (Associate Producer). As producer, on Broadway: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, A Bronx Tale, Jersey Boys, Matilda, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Farnsworth Invention, Urinetown, Into the Woods (‘02 revival), Wrong Mountain and High Society. As actress, on Broadway: The Boys From Syracuse, Me and My Girl, Nine, Annie, City of Angels (L.A.), Into the Woods (original cast and PBS American Playhouse) and numerous Off-Broadway, regional, television and concert appearances. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Original Producer) The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse is internationallyrenowned for creating some of the most exciting and adventurous work in American theatre through its new play and musical development initiatives and innovative Without Walls series. Led by Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Debby Buchholz, the Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, and reborn in 1983 under the artistic leadership of Des McAnuff. The Playhouse has mounted 105 world premieres, commissioned 60 new works and sent 33 productions to Broadway, garnering 38 Tony Awardsincluding the currently-running hit musical Come From Away- as well as Jersey Boys, Memphis, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, The Who’s Tommy, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife. Visit lajollaplayhouse.org.

JERSEY BOYS

Broadway: Jersey Boys, Matilda, A Bronx Tale, 42nd Street, Urinetown, Groundhog Day, The Farnsworth Invention, Dracula, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods (original ’87 and ’02), The Music Man, Titanic, Wrong Mountain, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Footloose, Mandy Patinkin, High Society, 1776, ... Forum, The King and I, The Who’s Tommy, Ralph Fiennes’ Hamlet, Guys and Dolls, Once Upon a Mattress, How to Succeed..., Jelly’s Last Jam, The Secret Garden, Prelude to a Kiss, Gospel at Colonus, Big River, Pump Boys and Dinettes. The original producers of Jersey Boys, with current productions in New York, London, on tours of North America and the UK and Ireland, and aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines. Offices in Times Square and Covent Garden, London. Their president is Michael David, who is also the Executive Producer of MJ The Musical.

JERSEY BOYS

STAFF FOR JERSEY BOYS General Management DODGER MANAGEMENT GROUP Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC Steven Schnepp Kent McIngvale Jenny Bates David Freeland Stacey Burns N. Meredyth Davis Allison Engallena Phil Della Noce COMPANY MANAGER Deborah Barrigan National Press Representatives BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Adrian Bryan-Brown Susanne Tighe Kenya Williams Production Stage Manager...............................STACY N. TAYLOR Stage Manager ................................................................... Lia Jennings Assistant Stage Manager......................................Pauline Humbert Assistant Company Manager ................................ Caroline Knapp Company Management Assistant ................. Anna Cortabitarte Production Management .....................NETworks Presentations, Hector Guivas Music Technical Design....................................Deborah N. Hurwitz Associate Director ...........................................................Michael Bello Associate Choreographer ........................................... Danny Austin Dialect Coach .................................................................Charley Layton Associate Scenic Designer............................................. Nancy Thun Associate Costume Designer ......................................Lee J. Austin Assistant Costume Designer ............................................Julie Thiry Costume Assistant.................................................................. Emily Fox Associate Lighting Designer ..................................Patricia Nichols Assistant Lighting Designer ...................................... Nikki Belenski Assistant Sound Designer......................................Walter Trarbach Associate Wig Designer .......................................... Elizabeth Printz Story Board Artist ..............................................................Don Hudson Tara Rubin Casting .....Tara Rubin CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Laura Schutzel CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Claire Burke CSA, Peter Van Dam CSA, Felicia Rudolph CSA, Xavier Rubiano CSA, Louis DiPaolo, Kevin Metzger-Timson, Juliet Auwaerter Automated Lighting Programmer ........................... Brad Gray Projection Programmer.............................................Paul Vershbow Head Carpenter..............................................................Scott Halstead Automation Carpenter....................................................... Josh Myers Assistant Carpenter .............................................................Cody Kane Production Electrician .............................................. Cory Kalkowski Head Electrician ................................................................... Riley Wood Assistant Electrician ..................................................... Joseph Fisher Production Sound .......................................................Matthew Walsh Production Mix Engineer ..............................................Jillian Walker Head Sound .............................................................................Alec Harris Assistant Sound ...........................................................Amanda Hanna Production Props...........................................................Emiliano Pares Head Props .......................................................... Stephanie Malaspina Assistant Props .................................................................... Kyle Gosley Interim Wardrobe Supervisor...............................Matt Daugherty Head Wardrobe ....................................................................Albert Paez Assistant Wardrobe .................................................Tatyana Hilsman Hair/Wig Supervisor .........................................................James Scott Crew Swing................................................................Jennings Leonard COVID Safety Manager..............................................Melissa Richter Associate COVID Safety Manager............................Lyla Bartman Production Assistants ...................Kyle Dannahey, Audrey Lang Assistant to John Miller ................................... Jennifer Coolbaugh Synthesizer Programming........... ...............Deborah N. Hurwitz, Randy Cohen Music Copying ......................................Anixter Rice Music Service Rehearsal Conductor.....................................................Michael Kaish Dramaturg ....................................................................... Allison Horsley Advertising ................................................................Serino Coyne, Inc. Hotel Booking ....................................................................... Road Rebel Banking ............................... Signature Bank: Barbara von Borstel Payroll ...........................................Checks and Balances Payroll Inc. Accountants.........................................Schall and Ashenfarb C.P.A. Insurance .............................................................AON/Albert G. Rubin Insurance Services, Inc./ George Walden, Claudia Kaufman Counsel............................................................................ Nan Bases, Esq. Information Technology Management...................ITelagen, Inc. Production Photographer ............................................. Joan Marcus Theatre Displays .............................................................. King Displays DODGERS Dodger Theatricals President ............................................................................ Michael David Secretary/Treasurer ....................................................Edward Strong Executive Vice President, Content...................... Lauren Mitchell Executive Vice President, Governance ................. Pamela Lloyd Executive Producer ......................................................Dana Sherman Vice President, Marketing ........................................Jessica Ludwig Vice President, Finance ........................................ Paula Maldonado Associate General Manager .................................... Kelly Ann Gray General Management Assistant ...........................Baily Blanchard Senior Manager, Production Finance..............Mariann Fresiello Grant Manager ................................................................Penny Daulton Office & Atelier Manager ....................................... Shelby Gerweck Executive Assistant .................................................... Hayley Watkins Special Events ....................................................................... John Haber

Consultant..........................................................Sally Campbell Morse Dodgers-at-Large Benjamin Brooks, Samuel Burgess, Sandra Carlson, Richie Kester, Alex Parker, Maureen Rooney, Linda Wright CREDITS Scenery by ShowMotion, Inc., Norwalk, CT and Proof Productions, Sewell, NJ. Video wall construction performed by Tait Towers, Inc. Sound equipment by Masque Sound. Video equipment by Sound Associates. Costumes executed by Tricorne, Inc., Saint Laurie Merchant Tailors and Maria Ficarola Knitwear Ltd. Specialty dying and printing by Gene Mignola, Inc. Dance Shoes by Worldtone Dance. Hosiery and undergarments by Bra*Tenders. Props provided and executed by The Spoon Group and BrenBri Props. Special effects provided and executed by Jauchem and Meeh, Inc. Keyboards by Yamaha. Scenic drops adapted from George Tice: Urban Landscapes/W.W. Norton. Other photographs featured are from George Tice: Selected Photographs 19531999/David R. Godine. (Photographs courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery/Santa Monica.) IN MEMORY It is difficult to imagine producing anything without the presence of beloved Dodger family members James Elliot Love and Jean-Michel Quincey. Friends to everyone they met, James and Jean-Michel stood at the heart of all that is good about the theatrical community. They will be missed, but their spirits abide. FOR JUDY PARKER A rolling ball of thunder BOB CREWE Forever a silhouette on the shade HOWELL BINKLEY Pharaoh of the photon And TOMMY DEVITO Eternally our springtime SONG CREDITS “Ces Soirées-La (“Oh, What a Night”)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker, Yannick Zolo, Edmond David Bacri). Jobete Music Company Inc., Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “Silhouettes” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), Regent Music Corporation (BMI). “You’re the Apple of My Eye” (Otis Blackwell), EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI). “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), EMI April Music Inc., Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing (ASCAP). “Earth Angel” (Jesse Belvin, Curtis Williams, Gaynel Hodge), Embassy Music Corporation (BMI). “Sunday Kind of Love” (Barbara Belle, Anita Leanord Nye, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima), LGL Music Inc./Larry Spier, Inc. (ASCAP). “My Mother’s Eyes” (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert), Abel Baer Music Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP). “I Go Ape” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “(Who Wears) Short Shorts” (Bob Gaudio, Bill Crandall, Tom Austin, Bill Dalton), EMI Longitude Music, Admiration Music Inc., Third Story Music Inc., and New Seasons Music (BMI). “I’m in the Mood for Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Moody’s Mood for Love” (James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Cry for Me” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “An Angel Cried” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI). “I Still Care” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Trance” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Sherry” (Bob Gaudio), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Walk Like a Man” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), Gavadima Music, MPL Communications Inc. (ASCAP). “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “My Boyfriend’s Back” (Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). “My Eyes Adored You” (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan), Jobete Music Company Inc, Kenny Nolan Publishing (ASCAP), Stone Diamond Music Corporation, Tannyboy Music (BMI). “Dawn, Go Away” (Bob Gaudio, Sandy Linzer), EMI Full Keel Music, Gavadima Music, Stebojen Music Company (ASCAP). “Big Man in Town” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Beggin’” (Bob Gaudio, Peggy Farina), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Stay” (Maurice Williams), Cherio Corporation (BMI). “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)” (Bob Crewe, Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), EMI Longitude Music, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ’Bout Me)” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer) Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Everybody Knows My Name” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Bye Bye Baby” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “C’mon Marianne” (L. Russell Brown, Ray Bloodworth), EMI Longitude Music and Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Working My Way Back to You” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), Screen Gems– EMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Fallen Angel” (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett), Chrysalis Music (ASCAP). “Rag Doll” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Who Loves You?” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP).

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. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. The Theatre Managers, Press Agents, and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. Dramatists Guild of America - the professional association of playwrights, composers and lyricists.

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT IN ITS 2022/23 BROADWAY SEASON

PLEASE BE ADVISED • LATECOMERS and those exiting the theatre are seated at predetermined breaks in designated areas. • PHOTOS, RECORDING & CELL PHONE USE are prohibited. • CHILDREN 6+ are welcome in our theatres and must be ticketed. • DRINKS are allowed in provided containers. • ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS & BOOSTER SEATS are available in most theatres. Ask an usher to direct you. • BRAILLE PROGRAMS are available with 2 weeks’ notice to amcmullen@dcpa.org or 303.446.4836. Members of Denver Theatrical Wardrobe, Wigs, Hair and Make-up, Union 719 Linda Ackerschott Robin Appleton Julie Bassignani Carrie Breidenbach Vonnie Clough Craig Cory Cyndie Cory Laura Cotugno Steve Davies Anne Davis Amber Donner Carolyn Dore Deborah Guess AnnSue Gunter Judy Holabird Amoreena Knabb

Leslie Lambert Taylor Malott Anthony Mattivi Sharon Millikan-Hale Callie Morrow Tim Nelson Lisa Parson Laura Payne Yolanda Pollock Dave Poole Alen Richardson Liz Spadi Amy Tepel Marybeth Tscherpel Eliza Vlasova Barb Wilson

DPAC House Crew Mark Anthony Perry Elliot James R. Gralian Allen Olmstead

EJ Posselius Albert Sainz, Sr Derek Tovar David A. Wilson

THE BUELL THEATRE is part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, owned and operated by the City and County of Denver, Arts and Venues. CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER Michael Hancock, Mayor ARTS AND VENUES Ginger White-Brunetti, Executive Director For information call: 720.865.4220

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SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKING LOT! Abridged versions of some of the Bard’s most beloved plays performed in and around a pick up truck “set.” Mark your calendars to enjoy free live theatre.

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TIME SHOW

4/9/22

Anythink Library 7185 Monaco St., Commerce City, CO 80022

12PM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

4/16/22

Denver Public Library – Green Valley Ranch Branch 4856 Andes Ct., Denver, CO 80249

2PM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

4/23/22

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2PM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

4/30/22

Thornton Arts & Culture Center 9451 Dorothy Blvd. Thornton, CO 80229

12PM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

5/7/22

Cook Park Recreation Center 7100 Cherry Creek S. Dr., Denver, CO 80224

12PM 2PM

Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream

5/14/22

Denver Public Library – RiNo ArtPark 1900 35th St., Suite A, Denver, CO 80216

2PM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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(l to r) Eric Chambliss, Jon Hacker, Devon Goffman, Matt Faucher and the Company of Jersey Boys. Photo: Joan Marcus.

JERSEY BOYS:

A SHOW FOR EVERYBODY

B Y D AV I D F R E E L A N D

Kara Tremel, who has performed several roles in the Jersey Boys has been seen by over 24 million people, all national tour of Jersey Boys, credits multiple Tonyof them captivated by the recreations of classic 1960s hits Award winning director Des McAnuff (Big River, The such as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Can’t Take My Who’s Tommy, The Farnsworth Invention) with creating Eyes Off You.” But for many, the show’s most unforgettable a fast-paced, visually engaging production that attracts moment comes when Frankie Valli, as lead singer, decides theatergoers who were not born when The Four Seasons’ to enter into a business partnership with the group’s hits dominated the airwaves. keyboardist and songwriter, Bob Gaudio. “For young people it’s an exciting “So should we have somebody draw type of show to see,” Tremel observes. up a contract?” Gaudio asks. Frankie “The way Des directed it is so quick: responds by offering his hand. the set moves with the actors, lighting “You want a contract? Here – a Jersey shoots over to another side of the contract.” Their handshake becomes a stage, and we’re in a totally different pact, cementing a relationship that has scene in a matter of seconds. It’s good endured for close to 50 years. for a younger generation that needs “The story of the friendship between that kind of quick pace. And whatever Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio is your age, you can’t not like this music.” something that just makes my heart “There’s so much going on that you melt every time I think about it,” says need to see it at least two or three Pat Prescott, popular radio host on Los times, just so you don’t miss anything,” Angeles’ 94.7 The Wave and a longtime — KARA TREMEL, ACTRESS Prescott believes. “I wish everybody Jersey Boys fan. could see it. This show is really, really “When I think about that handshake special.” and what it has meant,” Prescott observes, “how we as a society have so much gotten away from those values of real friendship, of loyalty, of consistency in relationships – it stands out to me READ THE tremendously.” JERSEY BOYS FULL ARTICLE In Jersey Boys, four young men persevere against APRIL 15 – 17 incredible odds to fight their way to the peak of stardom. BUELL THEATRE Later, they stand together through high times and ASL Interpreted, Audio Described devastating lows. The show’s universal themes of courage, and Open Captioned performance: April 16 at 2pm friendship and survival have inspired a diverse legion of new Broadway fans.

“…whatever your age, you can’t not like this music.”

APPLAUSE • MAR – MAY 2022 • 303.893.4100 • DENVERCENTER.ORG

DCPA DCPATEAM TEAM

DCPA Janice Sinden..........................President & CEO Gretchen Hollrah..............................................COO Lydia Garcia .........................Executive Director, Equity & Organization Culture Donna Hendricks..................President & CEO Executive Assistant Julie Schumaker...................... Manager, Board Relations & COO Executive Assistant BROADWAY & CABARET John Ekeberg...................... Executive Director

Merry Davis ..........................Financial Manager Jane Deegan ..................................Administrator Michael Kimbrough....Manager, Engineering Brian McClain .....................Manager, Custodial Casey Meschievitz ...................................Manager, Environmental Health & Safety Steven Bilbao, Lindsey Cervantes, Ken Long, Carmen Molina, Judith Primero Molina, Juan Loya Molina, Jermaine Parker .................................Custodians EVENT SERVICES

Savanna Campbell, Administration Samantha Egle........................Event Managers Ashley Brown.......................Business Manager Colin Dieck, Anne Fitzgerald, Alicia Bruce ............................. General Manager Hunter Premschak, Seth Miller..............................................Technicians Garner Galleria Theatre Thomas Duﬃn .........................................Manager, Abel Becerra......................... Technical Director Event Technology Anna Hookana+ ...................Core Stagehands Cody Gocio .......................... Event Coordinator Stori Heleen-O’Foley ....Lighting, Team Lead DEVELOPMENT John Hess.............Manager, Sales & Business Jamie Clements...........................Vice President Shane Hotle.................................Audio Engineer Megan Fevurly..........................................Manager, Tara Miller........... Manager, Event Operations Grants & Reports Brook Nichols ...................... Technical Director Amanda Gomez.......Manager, Annual Fund Will Stowe ....................Audio/Video Engineer Kaylie Groff..........................................Coordinator Ian Wells ........................................Video Engineer Marc Ravenhill ....................Associate Director, Brooke Wyatt........Manager, Event Logistics Donor Relations Whitney Staloch................Associate Director, MARKETING, SALES & Major Gifts PATRON SERVICES Megan Stewart........................Manager, Events Lisa Mallory.....................................Vice President Erin Walker ...................................Senior Director Marketing EDUCATION & Heidi Bosk ...........Associate Director, Press & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Promotions, Broadway & Cabaret Allison Watrous ................. Executive Director Sofia Contreras .................... Graphic Designer Stuart Barr ............................. Technical Director Emmy Cook.......................................Coordinator, Broadway & Cabaret Claudia Carson.......................Teaching Artist & Brenda Elliott, Manager, Playwriting & Bobby G Paul Koob..............Senior Graphic Designers Leslie Channell .......................................... Director, TJ Forlenza ............................................Copywriter Business Operations Claire Graves............................................... Director, Emily Doherty.... Teaching Artist & Manager, Produced Programs Theatre for Young Audiences Programming Brittany Gutierrez...................................Manager, Communications Rya Dyes ................................Assistant Registrar Jeff Hovorka .... Director, Sales & Marketing, Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski........................ Director, Broadway & Cabaret Education & Curriculum Management Emma Hunt........................................Coordinator, Linda Eller.....................................................Librarian Communications & PR Jesús Quintana Martínez ....................... Director, Emily Kent........Director, Insights & Strategy Community Engagement Lucas Kreitler .........Junior Graphic Designer Timothy McCracken................Head of Acting Linda Lang.................................Project Manager David Saphier .... Teaching Artist & Manager, In-School Programming Michael Ryan Leuthner ........................ Director, Digital Marketing Elizabeth Schmit.........Executive Assistant & Community Engagement Manager Emily Lozow ..............................................Manager, Broadway & Cabaret Melissa Sumner...................................Registrar & On Site Class Manager Kyle Malone................................Director, Design Charlotte Talbert ......................................Librarian Katie Mount..........Manager, Email Marketing Rachel Taylor.... Teaching Artist & Manager, Whitney Testa..................Executive Assistant, Marketing & Broadway Literary Engagement & Resiliency Justin Walvoord ....................Teaching Artist & Janelle Vargas...........Manager, Web Content Manager, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Austin Walker............................................Manager, Growth & Acquisition Samuel Wood.........................Teaching Artist & District Liaison Juliana Whelan.................................Coordinator, Produced Programs Suzanne Yoe.......................Director, Content & FACILITIES Communications Glen Lucero..................................................Director Ticketing & Audience Services Dwight Barela, Mark Dill, Jennifer Lopez ...........................................Director Colton Ebersole, John Howard.......................................... Engineers Christina Adamoli*, Jon Collins*, D.J. Dennis*, Edmund Gurule*, Abeywickrema, Jodi Benavides, Elias Lopez*, David Bright, Calum, Benjamin Koenig, Hayley Solano* .............Counter/Show Leads Gabe McNally-Nakamura, Anthony Saavedra, Kirsten Anderson*, Scott Lix*, Madalaine Welch ............Security Specialists Brad Steinmeyer*, Judy Briggs...........................................Front Desk Greg Swan* ..................... Subscription Agents Quentin Crump........................................Manager, Luis Bordoy*, Eli Davis*, Shay Goddard*, Security & Guest Relations Jen Gray*, Chántel Healy,

Natalie Jaramillo*, Noah Jungferman*, Michael Mathey*, Lane Randall*, Liz Sieroslawski*, Sam Stump*, Andrew Sullivan*, Emmalaine Wright*....................Ticket Agents Billy Dutton...........................Associate Director, Operations Roger Haak .................VIP Ticketing Manager Danielle Freeman, Kassandra Lopez, Ella Mann..........................Box Oﬃce Managers Kirk Petersen .......................Associate Director, Patron Relations Katie Spanos .......................Associate Director, Subscriber Services

Production Jeff Gifford ...................................................Director Julie Brou................Administrative Assistant/ Oﬃce Manager Matthew Campbell......Production Manager Peggy Carey................. Associate Production Manager Scenic Design Lisa Orzolek .................................................Director Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud..................................Assistants

Lighting Design Charles MacLeod......................................Director Group Sales Lily Bradford..............................................Assistant Jessica Bergin..................... Associate Director Reid Tennis+.................Production Electrician Maddie Young ...................................Coordinator Sound Design Theatre Services Alexander Billman..............................Supervisor Aaron McMullen ........................Interim Theatre Wesley Halloran+, Meagan Holdeman+, Services Manager Timothy Schoeberl..........................Technicians Bryan Faciane.........................Interim Assistant Theatre Services Manager Stage Management Michael Morales ..................................Production Nora Caley, Jacob Foster, Stage Manager Teresa Gould, Kaylyn Kriaski, Corin Davidson, Heidi Echtenkamp, Robin Lander, Myrisa Martin, Anne Jude, Maggie Kayes, Rick Mireles, Margaret Ohlander ..............House Managers Kristen Mun, Malia Stoner, Aaron McMullen, Kristen Sutter ...........................Stage Managers Leilani Lynch, Stacy Norwood, Katy Gentry, Harper Hadley, Valerie Schaefer, Elliott Shields, Mathew Strika...................Assistant Managers Sage Hughes....................Stage Management Apprentices ACCOUNTING & FINANCE Jane Williams......................................................CFO Sara Brandenburg................................... Director, Accounting Services Michaele Davidson .....Treasury Accountant Jennifer Jeffrey....................Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Valerie Lingbloom...................General Ledger Accountant Jennifer Siemers ...........Director, Accounting

Scene Shop Eric Moore.............................. Technical Director Albert “Stub” Allison, Robert L. Orzolek, Josh Prues ....Associate Technical Directors Tyler Clark, Amy Wynn Pastor, Kyle Scoggins .....................Scenic Technicians Louis Fernandez III ... Lead Scenic Technician Brian “Marco” Markiewicz ....Lead Carpenter

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The core concepts of well-being really come down to consistently nailing the basics — eat well, sleep well, move your body, get fresh air, foster meaningful connections and laugh, a lot.

Laughing isn’t just a sign of feeling good; laughing is actually good for you too. “We’ve all heard some version of the expression, ‘Laughter is the best medicine,’ and intuitively we know this makes sense,” says Dr. Justin Ross, a clinical psychologist at UCHealth. “Laughing really is one of the best mindbody-social connectors we have. It is a physical expression of connection and shared experience.” The Science Behind Laughter Laughter, says Dr. Ross, has been demonstrated to help manage anxiety, pain, stress, and sadness. There are a number of studies helping us understand what’s happening physiologically and neurologically when we laugh. This includes hormonal, neurochemical and psychological components. “Laughing helps stimulate endorphin release, promotes oxygenation throughout the body’s organs, relieves muscular tension, strengthens the immune system and lowers blood pressure,” he says. “The core concepts of well-being really come down to consistently nailing the basics—eat well, sleep well, move your body, get fresh air, foster meaningful connections and laugh, a lot.” Learn to Laugh While laughing is a natural action, sometimes we need to find ways to learn to laugh better. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts offers improv classes each season for a wide range of ages starting a kindergarten through adult. The impact of improv is never ending. “Improvisation is basically recreating life under theatrical circumstances,” said actress and DCPA Teaching Artist Jessica Austgen. “Everything we look at in class illuminates a vital life-skill: listening, agreement, communication, specificity.”

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Where to Laugh Lucky for us, ways to laugh occur all over. Start by taking in a comedy. Upcoming shows at the DCPA include The Other Josh Cohen and the classic Tootsie. Plus, Denver hosts a handful of local comedy clubs including Comedy Works in downtown Denver, Rise Comedy in LoDo featuring improvised Broadway musicals, or The Denver Comedy Lounge, which does Saturday night stand up. Overall, Dr. Ross prescribes laughing as many times a day as you can. “Too often we are plagued by the stresses, anxieties and diﬃculties in our lives to the point that our concerns take up the majority of our thoughts,” he says. “When we adopt a mindset to ‘hunt the good stuff,’ we actively work to see the positive unfold in front of us. This includes actively seeking humor, joy, moments to laugh and moments to savor.” With that, laugh long and hard and as often as possible. It’s good for your own self and the people around you.

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“Live theater is a powerful experience — one that can inspire, transform, and bring people together. Transamerica is proud to support DCPA and the next generation of gifted young playwrights. We believe Denver’s diverse artistic community is a big part of what makes our city so special.” — RON WOOD, HEAD OF PEOPLE SOLUTIONS AT TRANSAMERICA

Transamerica offers solutions that help people achieve financial security throughout their lives, whether it’s saving and investing for the future or protecting themselves and their loved ones. The people of Transamerica bring expertise, creativity and heart to everything they do — and to the communities where they live and work. The company’s charitable giving and volunteerism in Denver includes a wide range of causes, with particular focus on youth and families. This reﬂects a belief that supporting and educating young people helps set them on the path for the kind of future they want. Contributing to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is consistent with Transamerica’s desire to underwrite programs that foster creativity in the areas of music and performing arts for youth and the underserved. Transamerica looks forward to continuing to support programs such as the DCPA’s Middle and High School Playwriting Competition. The company is pleased to play a role in advancing literacy, creativity, writing and communication for these talented young individuals.

(L-R): A snow leopard sculpture dedicated to Transamerica is featured at the Denver Zoo. | Transamerica employees volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. | Students participate in Young AmeriTowne, sponsored by Transamerica.

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“SOMETHING [FANTASTIC] THIS WAY COMES”

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKING LOT RETURNS WITH MACBETH AND MORE!

BY EMMA HUNT

DCPA Education’s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot program has returned for its seventh season. This spring, three Shakespeare productions will go on tour throughout the community and visit area schools. And these aren’t your typical performances. Shakespeare in the Parking Lot is exactly what it sounds like — stripped-down, abridged versions of Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Macbeth centered around a pickup truck “set” in the middle of a parking lot. The cast members are local actors and DCPA teaching artists, including Shannon Altner, Grant Bowman, Iliana Lucero Barron, Chloe McLeod, Camryn Nailah Torres, Christian Ray Robinson, Ryan Omar Stack and Justin Walvoord. Shakespeare can be confusing for students half-heartedly reading a script in English class. “Thee” and “thou” can often sound like a foreign language. To make theatre not only accessible, but also exciting, the productions travel to area schools and facilitate interactive workshops with students. These workshops break down elements of the plays and transform them into modern day situations, relating to issues students face every day such as peer pressure and loyalty. By bringing these plays to life and engaging the students in discussion, debate, and games, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot is an invaluable resource for area educators. From April 4 through May 15, the program will go on tour throughout the community. This season, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot will be visiting six community partners. Attend a performance near you this spring! The tour will stop at several Denver Public Library locations as well as cultural centers in the metro area. These performances are free and open to the public. Visit denvercenter.org for more details. You can also download an audio version of Romeo and Juliet and watch a behind-the-scenes video of the recording studio on the DCPA website. Dive into this immersive audio recording and get hooked on Shakespeare! This program is made possible through the generous support of the Morgridge Family Foundation, Isabelle Clark, Oxy Occidental, and the Riverfront Park Community Foundation. It is also part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

APPLAUSE • MAR – MAY 2022 • 303.893.4100 • DENVERCENTER.ORG

SUMME R THEATRE CLASSES Weeklong theatre day-camps for children and teens Adult classes on weeknights All skill levels welcome

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An Evening with Ben Folds and your Colorado Symphony

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Colorado Symphony & Chorus

APR 23

MAY 27-29

April An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr. and your Colorado Symphony APR 2 SAT 7:30

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

APR 8-10 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✣ SUN 1:00

Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” APR 16 SAT 7:30

An Evening with Ben Folds and your Colorado Symphony APR 23 SAT 7:30

May With a Voice of Triumph - European Tour Preview Performance MAY 7 SAT 7:30

Mahler Symphony No. 5

MAY 13-15 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✣ SUN 1:00

Cleo Parker Robinson Celebration with your Colorado Symphony

MAY 20 FRI 7:30

Colorado Symphony Gala

MAY 21 SAT 6:00

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Colorado Symphony & Chorus MAY 27-29 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✣ SUN 1:00

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