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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson (coincidentally, the central character of our upcoming Theatre Company production of All the Way), the NEA supports the arts in all 50 states through grants and fellowships. Since its inception, the NEA has awarded $5 billion to American creativity. It’s a huge accomplishment that you can celebrate at www.arts.gov/50th. But it’s not nearly enough. The NEA’s 2015 budget was $146 million — a mere 0.004% of the federal budget. That equates to each American paying 46 cents per year to support the NEA. Contrast that with the metro Denver area, where we’ve been investing in arts, science and culture for more than 27 years, through the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and its one-cent sales tax on every $10 spent in a seven-county region. The SCFD distributes nearly $52 million per year throughout the taxing district. This means that just seven counties in a state that barely cracks the nation’s Top 25 by population contribute the equivalent of 1/3 the amount the federal government allocates to the arts in the entire country. It bears repeating: seven Colorado counties fund the arts at a third of the strength of a national arts organization. Amazing and enviable. Be sure to show your support of our nationally recognized arts district at www. UnitedForScfd.com. So, what can our Congressional representatives learn from the citizens of the Denver metro community? First and foremost, we value arts and culture in ways many other states can’t begin to understand. Colorado ranks #1 in per-capita trips to theatres, concert halls and museums. Additionally, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts reports that our cultural sector generates more than $1.85 billion in economic activity, entertains 14.2 million people (of which more than 1/3 attend for free), employs 10,200 residents and educates 4.25 million students. Truly admirable. This is not to say that the NEA has not done wonderful things. To see a great example, watch A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House scheduled this January on PBS. Some national funding is better than none, but Colorado has created an arts ecosystem that supports large regional cultural institutions like the DCPA; mid-size arts organizations like the Colorado Ballet, and more than 200 small neighborhood art makers. We have every reason to be proud — and every reason to expect that this level of cultural investment should be the rule, not the exception. Imagine what our National Arts Scene would look like if every major metropolitan area had its own version of the SCFD. What advice would you give to other cities and government officials about the effectiveness of the SCFD? Should funding the arts be left solely to regional districts, or should the Federal Government allocate more to the NEA to bolster the national arts landscape? Let us know at denvercenter.org/sightline.

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AUGUST 1, 1912 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 Denver Center for the Performing Arts Founder Donald R. Seawell passed away on September 30 at the age of 103. While known locally for his vision in creating downtown’s Arts Complex and our own theatre company, his life before Denver was equally extraordinary.

Aug 1, 1912

Born in Jonesboro, NC

1932

Love at first sight — literally — when he sees actress Eugenia Rawls. They later marry in 1941.

1936

Represents the US on its international debate team, facing off against Winston Churchill. Graduates Law School from the University of North Carolina

1937

Joins the Securities & Exchange Commission at the invitation of then-Chairman Joseph Kennedy

1939

Speechwriter for President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Department and argues veterans’ reemployment rights before the Supreme Court

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Reports to General Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, which oversees D-Day

1945

Enters law practice in New York, ultimately representing the biggest stars of the day — Tallulah Bankhead, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Russel Crouse, Noël Coward, Howard Lindsay and others

1947

Begins producing on Broadway — The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Sail Away, The Affair, A Thurber Carnival, On Your Toes and many others

Transfers to the Judge Advocate General’s

mid-1950s

Meets Denver philanthropist and occasional actress Helen Bonfils with whom he produces on Broadway

1960

Works to protect The Denver Post from a hostile takeover attempt at the request of owner Helen Bonfils. He ultimately moves to Denver and serves as CEO of The Post

1972

Serves as President of the Bonfils Foundation following Helen’s death. Funds are used to fulfill his vision — the creation of the Denver Performing Arts Complex

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“Everyone has had the feeling of wanting something so, so much and feeling like your whole life will change if you get it. Then you find out what is really important in your life, things like family.” — DYLAN BOYD

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A Christmas Story, The Musical chronicles young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder® Carbine–Action 200–Shot Range Model Air Rifle. Dylan Boyd, who plays Ralphie Parker on the 2015 National Tour, talks about his experience with the show. Ralphie Parker is a truly iconic character. What is it like taking on this role? It is the most amazing feeling! I also feel responsible to play the role well so that the audiences get to the heart of Ralphie and learn what makes the character tick. Going off of that, since the character you play is so well known, are you able to also make it your own? I hope so! I actually have not watched the original movie or watched videos of former Ralphie’s because I want my choices to be something that came to me personally in rehearsal and from reading the script. Many people are familiar with the 1983 movie. How do you think the show translates as a Broadway musical? OMG! The musical has the whole story with the same characters with musical numbers that will blow the audience away! There isn’t a split second that there isn’t something exciting going on. You will laugh hysterically and you may just cry too. It is heartwarming! And there are live dogs in the show!!

Susannah Jones as Mother Christopher Swan as The Old Man Joshua Turchin as Randy and Dylan Boyd as Ralphie in A CHRISTMAS STORY. Photo by Jesse Scheve

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The movie is the epitome of a classic that is beloved by so many people around the world, from ages 6 to 106. What do you think it is about the show that transcends generations and makes it relevant to so many different people? Everyone has had the feeling of wanting something so, so much and feeling like your whole life will change if you get it. Then you find out what is really important in your life, things like family. I also find people relate to the bullying theme in this show — bullies have always been around, so people relate to the underdog coming out on top storyline. For a young kid, this has to be a pretty amazing opportunity. What is it like living on the road and traveling with a Broadway show? Well, it is definitely a dream come true! Some people don’t realize that all of the kids in the show still have to go to school every day. That, on top of rehearsals, makes for a pretty busy schedule. But this has been the most amazing opportunity to see new places I have never been and meet new, interesting people along the way. Did you do anything in particular to prepare for this role? Absolutely. I took a weekly voice lesson and took a lot of dance lessons. And I admit, for inspiration I look at my Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun…. Oh yes, I have one that I got last Christmas! So far it’s only been for show. I haven’t even had the chance to use it, but it does help me get into character. What advice do you have for young people like you who dream to be on the Broadway stage? Keep working at it! Don’t give up just because you try out and don’t get chosen. I have gone to audition after audition for so many shows! While I have been lucky enough to be chosen for a few, there were many I didn’t get. I actually auditioned for this show when I was eight and only made it to one callback. Now I just turned 11 and I got the dream part of Ralphie!

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What’s your personal favorite moment in the show? Without a doubt, my favorite is performing Ralphie to the Rescue. The song is a daydream come to life where I’m in my class daydreaming about getting the infamous BB gun and all the amazing things I’ll do when, and if, my dream comes true. There are lots of people on stage singing and dancing…so much fun!

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THE WIZARD OF OZ Test your trivia about all things Oz before the production flies back into Denver February 7 – 13, 2016. 1. What year did the film version of The Wizard of Oz debut? a. 1928 b. 1939 c. 1942 2. Who starred as Dorothy in the film? a. Shirley Temple b. Judy Garland c. Deanna Durbin 3. What breed of Terrier was the original Toto in the film? a. Jack Russell Terrier b. Cairn Terrier c. Yorkshire Terrier 4. What type of bird flies “Over the Rainbow”? a. Sparrows b. Robins c. Bluebirds 5. What kind of flowers put Dorothy and her friends into a deep sleep? a. Sunflowers b. Poppies c. Marigolds 6. What kills the Wicked Witch of the West? a. Fire b. Flying Monkeys c. Water 7. Who wrote the original book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that the film and musical are based on? a. L. Frank Baum b. Harold Arlen c. Victor Fleming 8. What is the name of the Wicked Witch’s castle guards? a. Twinkies b. Winkies c. Munchkins Answers: 1-b; 2-b; 3-b; 4-c; 5-b; 6-c; 7-a; 8-b

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PHILIP PLEASANTS REPRISES A 40-YEAR ROLE ONE LAST TIME BY JOHN MOORE

C It is Pleasants’ unique ability to pull off both extremes of Scrooge — the grinch and the unleashed inner child — that has made the actor himself an indelible part of the Denver holiday season over the past decade.

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CNN may have James Earl Jones, but since 2005, Philip Pleasants has been “the voice” of the DCPA Theatre Company. And anyone who has heard Pleasants revel in the skinflint Scrooge’s dripping, delicious humbuggery knows just what we mean by “the voice” – it’s that deep, distinctive Southern baritone that makes you feel as if you’re in the presence of an American Gielgud. “If they would rather die, they had better do it…and decrease the surplus population!” You can hear it just by reading it. Of course just a short time later, the same Pleasants is onstage kicking up his heels in the utter joy of the miser’s seasonal redemption: “Spirit, I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year!” It is Pleasants’ unique ability to pull off both extremes of Scrooge – the grinch and the unleashed inner child – that has made the actor himself an indelible part of the Denver holiday season over the past decade. By the time the Theatre Company’s 23rd staging of A Christmas Carol passes this season, more than 235,000 will have seen Pleasants playing his signature role in Denver alone.

“I have worked with many Scrooges over the years,” said actor Leslie O’Carroll, who plays the festive Mrs. Fezziwig, “and Phil is the only one who can play both sides with equal aplomb.” But just as all seasons must change, Pleasants is now a spry 78, and he has decided this will be his last run as Scrooge, a role he has played all over the country for four decades. “I want to go back home and just enjoy my life,” he said of his quiet life in Alabama. But this is far from the solstice of Pleasants’ acting career. To the contrary, Pleasants is enjoying a prolific run actors half his age would envy. He just played three distinct and delicious roles in As You Like It – which included being suspended from a flying chair 22 feet above the stage – and he will follow A Christmas Carol with an integral role in Robert Schenkkan’s LBJ drama, All the Way. Pleasants arrived in Denver in 2005 after having worked with Producing Artistic Director Kent Thompson at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He was already at an age when contemporaries typically retire. But for Pleasants, Denver was the start of a fertile new professional

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chapter. He has produced a steady string of remarkable performances, notably his two “roles of a lifetime” – as one of the crusty old Colorado ranchers in the 2008 world premiere of Eventide and raging against the madness of King Lear. “Coming to Denver has been a godsend. I won’t be shy about saying it,” Pleasants said. “Kent has been wonderful to me.” Since he was a boy growing up in Virginia, Shakespeare has been the ongoing joy of Pleasants’ life. “I had the good fortune of having a mother who happened to love Shakespeare,” he said. “When I was very small, she used to read scenes to me. She would explain them in a way that would make sense to an idiot child like me. She helped me to understand these Elizabethan turns of phrases that are hideously difficult for a modern audience to understand.” Pleasants recently spotted a bumper sticker he adored. It was an engraving of Shakespeare with the note: “Providing employment for over 400 years.” He’s been providing Pleasants employment for more than 60. One of his favorites was playing an obviously pregnant female witch in a 1997 Macbeth. “Her doom was she could never give birth,” he said. Pleasants’ other constant companion has been Scrooge, a role he first played in 1978 in the wilds of Alaska. He was not yet 40 and far too young for the role back then. But he says with a wry grin: “Not with this character face. It’s a real antique!” Pleasants played Scrooge in dozens of productions since, and each year he finds the story’s meaning to be poignantly colored by the news of the day. His second time as Scrooge coincided with the mass murder—suicides of 900 under the spell of cult leader Jim Jones in Jonestown, Guyana. “I will never forget that because I was so horrified,” he said. “All those people taking poison and dropping dead.” That horror incident solidified Pleasants’ great and ongoing belief that the true meaning of A Christmas Carol lies less in any specific religious doctrine but rather in a universal belief in the power of renewal. “You find new truths every time you do it,” Pleasants said. “But there’s always that core reality and prudent beauty of the great Dickens fable.” If Pleasants has been a successful and believable Scrooge, he says it’s because he so strongly believes the words that are coming out of his mouth. “I do believe in the redemption of people,” he said. “And I believe that old curmudgeons can be restored to some degree of civility.” Fellow actor Sam Gregory, who has more than 40 Theatre Company credits to his name — including playing Bob Cratchit and six other Christmas Carol roles — says Pleasants is the quintessential Scrooge in part because he approaches Dickens the same way he approaches Shakespeare. “Phil has this ability to replicate elements of a 19th—century acting style which is a little bit florid and a bit little [ornate],” he said. “And it works so well because when Phil adopts a non—naturalistic style, it has great natural heart behind it. Nothing he does looks fake. Only Phil can do that successfully because Phil is not replicable.” And yet, it is Gregory who attempts to replicate Pleasants as his understudy in 2015, before trying to make the role his own in 2016 and moving forward. “Oh, who am I kidding?” Gregory said. “Phil Pleasants is the Peyton Manning of Scrooges. How does anyone follow him?”

The Victorian Era code of fashion was as restrictive as it was ornate. What you wore revealed who you were, what you were worth and whose company you kept. Before a proper Victorian lady could put on her dress, she donned layers of undergarments — loose drawers, slip and a tight corset to achieve a desirable silhouette. Forget about the need to breathe, sit, move an arm or walk up a flight of stairs! Next came a petticoat, camisole, and bustle to give the skirt some lift. All of these layers constituted a formidable amount of fabric, weight and heat. Smelling salts anyone? The dress itself was made up of a jacket and one or two skirts. High, ruffled collars were worn during the day, while more revealing styles were reserved for evenings. Fabric was becoming cheaper to produce, so elaborate tiers of ruffles and shawls were abundant. The 19th century was still a time when shoes were a luxury; it had only recently become acceptable for women to wear them at all. Lace up boots and heels with pointed or boxed toes were the most popular. The wealthiest wore elaborately embroidered designs with bright colors, buckles and bows. An ensemble wouldn’t be complete without an impressive hat. A wire base was covered in finely braided straw or twisted velvet, satin or cotton fabrics. Feathers, birds and layers of cascading silk topped the brim to create unforgettable statement pieces. The Victorian Age had begun to move toward fashion over function, and women would go through pain, time and money to achieve their perfect looks.

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cheerleaders something to root for. He led them in a Bard-inspired “ShakesCheer” to commemorate the Company’s production of As You Like It.

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A Christmas Story, The Musical Book by

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Based upon the motion picture “A Christmas Story” © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros. written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark and “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash” by Jean Shepherd. Produced with permission of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. and Dalfie Entertainment, Inc. Starring

Dylan Boyd Myles Moore Chris Carsten Christopher Swan Susannah Jones Joshua Turchin with

Avital Asuleen Sydney Chan Josh Davis Christian Dell’Edera Elizabeth Flanagan Caroline Howard Tierney Lee Howard Seth Judice Rico LeBron Allison Maldonado Brooke Martino Johnny Marx Michael McClure Deanna Ott Charles Pang Sofia Pargas Nikhil Saboo Daniel Smith Brandon Szep Michael C. Thatcher Scenic Design based on the Original Broadway Scenic Design by

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MATT LENZ Exclusive Tour Direction: L. GLENN POPPLETON Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., of Woodstock, Illinois Originally Produced on Broadway by Gerald Goehring Roy Miller Michael F. Mitri Pat Flicker Addiss Peter Billingsley Timothy Laczynski Mariano Tolentino, Jr. Louise Beard Michael Filerman Scott Hart Alison Eckert Bob Bartner Michael Jenkins Angela Milonas Bradford W. Smith

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CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Jean Shepherd....................................................................................................................................... CHRIS CARSTEN Ralphie (Alternating).............................................................................................. DYLAN BOYD/MYLES MOORE Mother..................................................................................................................................................SUSANNAH JONES Randy.................................................................................................................................................... JOSHUA TURCHIN The Old Man................................................................................................................................ CHRISTOPHER SWAN The Bumpus Hounds............................................................................................................................... HOSS, STELLA Schwartz.....................................................................................................................................................JOHNNY MARX Flick.......................................................................................................................................... CHRISTIAN DELL’EDERA Thor...................................................................................................................................JOSH DAVIS/MYLES MOORE Esther Jane....................................................................................................................................CAROLINE HOWARD Justin..................................................................................................................................................................JOSH DAVIS Mary Beth.................................................................................................................................................. SOFIA PARGAS Scut Farkus............................................................................................................................................. BRANDON SZEP Grover Dill......................................................................................................................................................SETH JUDICE Miss Shields.......................................................................................................................................... AVITAL ASULEEN Fantasy Villain........................................................................................................................................... DANIEL SMITH Bank Manager.........................................................................................................JOHNNY MARX, MYLES MOORE Bank Robbers............................................................................................................NIKHIL SABOO, RICO LEBRON Prisoner.........................................................................................................................................................RICO LEBRON Can Can Girlfriend.................................................................................................................................. SOFIA PARGAS Delivery Men......................................................................... CHRIS CARSTEN, DANIEL SMITH, NIKHIL SABOO Policeman.................................................................................................................................................... DANIEL SMITH Fireman........................................................................................................................................................NIKHIL SABOO Doctor............................................................................................................................................................RICO LEBRON Nurse...............................................................................................................................................................DEANNA OTT Flick’s Mother...........................................................................................................................ALLISON MALDONADO Mobster Tap Specialty..............................................................................................................................SETH JUDICE Santa Claus................................................................................................................................................. DANIEL SMITH Chief Elves....................................................................................................................DEANNA OTT, NIKHIL SABOO Nancy......................................................................................................................................... TIERNEY LEE HOWARD Goggles Kid...............................................................................................................................................MYLES MOORE Waiter........................................................................................................................................................CHARLES PANG Waitress...................................................................................................................................................... SYDNEY CHAN Neighbors, Shoppers, Parents, Students, Townspeople, Elves and Others AVITAL ASULEEN, SYDNEY CHAN, JOSH DAVIS, CHRISTIAN DELL’EDERA, ELIZABETH FLANAGAN CAROLINE HOWARD, TIERNEY LEE HOWARD, SETH JUDICE, RICO LEBRON, ALLISON MALDONADO BROOKE MARTINO, JOHNNY MARX, MICHAEL MCCLURE, DEANNA OTT, CHARLES PANG SOFIA PARGAS, NIKHIL SABOO, DANIEL SMITH, BRANDON SZEP, MICHAEL C. THATCHER DANCE CAPTAIN BROOKE MARTINO ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN MICHAEL MCCLURE SWINGS JOSH DAVIS, BROOKE MARTINO, MICHAEL MCCLURE DENVER ENSEMBLE KADEN HINKLE, KATIE PHIPPS UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Mother – ELIZABETH FLANAGAN; For Old Man – MICHAEL THATCHER; For Scut Farkus – CHRISTIAN DELL’EDERA; For Randy – JOSH DAVIS; For Miss Shields – BROOKE MARTINO; For Mobster Tap Specialty – JOHNNY MARX; For Schwartz – JOSH DAVIS A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL - ORCHESTRA Music Director, Keys 2 —Logan Medland Associate Conductor, Keys 1 — Evan Rees Reed 1 — Tim Abbott Reed 2 — Brett McDonald Reed 3 — Daniel Dorrance Trumpet 1 — Joshua Jern Trumpet 2 — Daniel Wendelken Trombone 1 — Raul Navarrette Trombone 2 — Aaron Hollon Bass — Erik James Alvar Drums — Matt Watson Percussion — Evan Laybourn

ACT ONE Overture .................................................................................................................................................................... Orchestra Prologue: Outside radio station WOR, New York City/the radio studio desk – Christmas Eve, Several Years Ago Scene 1: The Parker Family House and Higbee’s Department Store – December 1, 1940 “It All Comes Down to Christmas”............................................. Ralphie, The Parkers and Ensemble “Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun”............................................................................ Ralphie and Jean “It All Comes Down to Christmas” (Reprise)....................................................Ralphie and Company Scene 2: The Parker Family House – The Next Day “The Genius on Cleveland Street”...........................................................................The Old Man, Mother Scene 3: A Path Leading to School – Soon Afterward “When You’re A Wimp”................................................................................................................................ Kids Scene 4: The Classroom – A Few Minutes Later “Ralphie to the Rescue!”.................................................................Ralphie, Miss Shields, The Old Man, Mother, Randy and Ensemble Scene 5: The Parker Family House – A Week Later “What a Mother Does”.............................................................................................................................Mother “A Major Award”..............................................................................The Old Man, Mother and Neighbors Scene 6: The Parker Family House – Early Evening of December 13 Scene 7: On The Road – Immediately Following “Parker Family Singalong”........................................................................................................... The Parkers Scene 8: The Parker Family House – Late That Night “Act I Finale”................................................................................................................. Ralphie and Ensemble

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION ACT TWO Entr’Acte .................................................................................................................................................................... Orchestra Scene 1: The Schoolyard and The Classroom “Sticky Situation”.................................................Ralphie, Flick, Schwartz, Kids, Miss Shields, Nurse, Flick’s Mom, Fireman, Policeman and Doctor Scene 2: Fantasy 1930’s Speakeasy “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out”..................................................................................... Miss Shields and Kids Scene 3: A Path From School – Immediately Following Scene 4: The Parker Family House – A Few Minutes Later “Just Like That”...........................................................................................................................................Mother Scene 5: Santa’s Station at Higbee’s – Christmas Eve “At Higbee’s”...................................................................................................................................................Elves “Up on Santa’s Lap”.....................................................................Santa, Elves, Ralphie, Randy and Kids Scene 6: The Parker Family House – Christmas Eve “Before The Old Man Comes Home”........................................................................................ The Parkers Scene 7: The Boys’ Bedroom “Somewhere Hovering Over Indiana”............................................................. Ralphie, Randy and Kids Scene 8: The Parker Family House, A Chinese Restaurant and the Town – Christmas morning “Ralphie to the Rescue” (Reprise)....................................................................... Ralphie and Ensemble “A Christmas Story”.................................................................................. The Parkers and Full Company

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST DYLAN BOYD (Ralphie, Ensemble) is beyond thrilled to play this iconic role! At 11 his credits: Hazel: Musical Maid in America (Harold Baxter - Bway Lab), A Time for Singing (Huw, York Theater, Off Bway), Red Eye of Love (Bez, Off Bway). Thanks to Big League, and my family for making a dream happen. MYLES MOORE (Ralphie, Ensemble) is making his national tour debut. Favorite credits include Les Miserables (Gavroche - Greenville Little Theatre) and Pinkalicious the Musical (Peter Spartanburg Youth Theatre.) Thanks to Blair Cadden and DeAna Earl. For Nanny with love. CHRIS CARSTEN (Jean Shepherd) Chris is thrilled to be returning to Big League’s ACS! Recent credits include My Fair Lady (Higgins) national tour and Singapore, WSS 50th Anniversary world tour, Into The Woods and Dogfight. Mr. Carsten would like to thank his family for their love and support and dedicate his performance to them. CHRISTOPHER SWAN (The Old Man) is happy to return to A Christmas Story and one of his favorite roles. Recent credits: Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls (Nat’l tour) and Herbie in Gypsy (Ocean State). Others include Damn Yankees (Nat’l tour), Legally Blonde (NCL Cruiseship Getaway), Clybourne Park (Hippodrome), Angels in America (Ark. Rep), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre-by-the-Sea). Christopher is a Boston Conservatory graduate. SUSANNAH JONES (Mother) is delighted to return to the Parker family this year! Recent credits include: Company (Susan - Bucks County Playhouse), Twelfth Night (Olivia -Mainestage Shakespeare), and PLANT webseries (Gwendolyn – 2014 LA Webfest Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series). www.susannahjones.info. Merry Christmas and Love to Mom, Dad, & Spencer. JOSHUA TURCHIN (Randy) is thrilled to be a part of the A Christmas Story family! Thanks to my family, Big League, Nancy Carson, Dance Molinari, Julia Mendolsohn, Walker Clark, Vanessa/ Rising Starz, and Meg Segreto’s Dance Centre/Jennifer. In memory of MomMom Betty. For my sister ShainaILY. Follow me @joshuaturchin or www.joshuaturchin.com!

AVITAL ASULEEN (Miss Shields, Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to A Christmas Story. Favorite credits include: Backwards in High Heels and White Christmas (Westchester Broadway Theater), and 42nd Street, On Your Toes, and Cabaret (Surflight Theater). Love and thanks to her family, friends, and Dann. www.Asuleen.com SYDNEY CHAN (Waitress, Ensemble) is ecstatic about her professional debut touring with A Christmas Story! Thanks to Devin, Jessica, Kim, Mallory, DMo, Alison, and Big League for making it possible and family/friends/teachers for all their support! @theSydneyChan JOSH DAVIS (Swing, Ensemble) is excited to be in his first National Tour. Josh resides in California. Credits: Peter Pan (Michael - Sacramento Music Circus), Aladdin (Iago - El Dorado Musical Theatre), Bye Bye Birdie (Randolph-El Dorado Musical Theatre), and Seussical (Wickersham Brother - Sutter Street Theatre). Thanks to Big League and my family for this opportunity! CHRISTIAN DELL’EDERA (Flick, Ensemble) is excited to be returning to the ACS family. Christian is based in NYC. Credits: Fun Home (Christian/ John u.s.- The Public Theater), 13! The Musical (Archie - Tarrytown Music Hall). Thanks to my family for their love & support, Nani Saperstein, Dance Molinari, Badiene Magaziner, Alison Franck & Big League! ELIZABETH FLANAGAN (Ensemble) is excited as a kid on Christmas to be back on tour! This year she tackled A Chorus Line (Maggie) and Damn Yankees (Gloria). Other shows include the pre-Broadway run of On The Town at Barrington Stage. elizabethflanagan.com CAROLINE HOWARD (Ensemble) National tour debut! Credits: Fiddler Gala (NYC), Fiddler On The Roof, Grey Gardens, Christmas Carol (freeFall Theatre), Grapes of Wrath (Asolo). Love and thanks to God, Big League, Jody Prusan, Nancy Carson, family, and teachers. TIERNEY LEE HOWARD (Ensemble) is excited to be doing her second national tour reprising the role as Nancy in A Christmas Story! She would like to

thank Nancy Carson, the West Howard family, and Big League Productions. SETH JUDICE (Grover Dill, Tapper, Ensemble) is thrilled to return to A Christmas Story. Credits: A Christmas Story (National Tour/ Dill, Tapper), Billy Elliot (Michael/Playhouse on the Square), The Nutcracker (Fritz/City Ballet of Houston). Many thanks to God, family and friends, production, Alison Frank and Eddie/Take 2 Talent. RICO LEBRON (Ensemble) is thrilled to spend his Christmas season with this amazing cast and crew. Off-Broadway: The Tempest, Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park. Regional: Wagon Wheel Theatre, Post Playhouse. BM Musical Theatre from FSU. Thanks to Broadway Dreams Foundation, Family, and Friends. ALLISON MALDONADO (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back for a second year with The National Tour of A Christmas Story! A proud AMDA alum, her favorite credits include Off Broadway’s Li’l Abner (Stupefyin’ Jones - The Lion Theatre,Theatre Row), Damn Yankees (Gloria Thorpe-Broward Stage Door Theatre), Grease (Lead Competition Dancer, u/s Rizzo - El Dorado Hotel and Casino) and most recently Sweeney Todd (Ensemble- Outdoor Prod. at Brooklyn’s historic Old Stone House) Big thanks to the Big League family! Love to Mom, Dad and Rob. For Betty. www.allisonmaldonado.com BROOKE MARTINO (Swing, Dance Captain, Ensemble) is excited to be returning to this amazing show! Favorite credits: A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, RENT, The Who’s Tommy, and Hairspray. Many thanks to Big League, my friends and family, and especially Jason and John. Much love! Ballchange. JOHNNY MARX (Schwartz, Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to this amazing production! Credits: Off-Bway, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (MSND), Mother Jones, Regional: South Pacific, Music Man, Film: MSND. Big thanks to SGM, Alison Franck, Matt Lenz and the entire creative team. Shout outs to David Hibbard and Josh Bedell. Huge thank you to my supportive and loving family!

DEANNA OTT (Elf, Ensemble) is thrilled to tour again with the Christmas Story family! Recent favorites: West Side Story (Drury Lane Theatre), Into The Woods, Sense and Sensibility (USF), A Christmas Carol, Spamalot (Palace Theatre) Legally Blonde (PCPA). Love to her family! Eucharisteo. CHARLES PANG (Waiter, Ensemble) is thrilled to return to A Christmas Story! Selected credits: A Christmas Story (Waiter - 2014 National Tour), Anything Goes (John - Phoenix Theatre), The King and I (Puppeteer – Maltz Jupiter Theatre), The Story Yu-Huan (The Prince - Theater for the New City). SOFIA PARGAS (Ensemble) is thrilled to have been chosen to perform in her first ever musical, A Christmas Story. Credits: 2013 Sophisticated National Dance overall winner. 2014 Dancers Inc. National divisional winner. Big thanks to Big League for this opportunity and also a big thanks to Dance Enthusiasm for teaching me everything I know about dance. DANIEL SMITH (Santa Claus, Ensemble) is extremely excited to be making his national tour debut with A Christmas Story! His previous credits include A Christmas Carol (Fezziwig/Dollywood), Chicago (Amos/Wagon Wheel), Carousel (Mr.Snow/Wagon Wheel) and 9 to 5 (Dwayne/Wagon Wheel). Thanks to Big League for this great opportunity and my entire family for always believing in me! BRANDON SZEP (Scut Farkus, Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining the ACS tour for a second year! Special thanks to God, Alison Franck, Big League Productions, Matt Lenz, RKS, Carson-Kolker, Julia, and DMO. Much love to all of my family-especially my grandparents for traveling with me! www.brandonszep.com MICHAEL C. THATCHER (Ensemble) is based in NYC. MFA – University of Houston. Credits: National Tour – Guys & Dolls (Brannigan, Nathan/Nicely u.s); Utah Shakespeare Festival – Henry IV p.2, South Pacific, Amadeus;

Sacramento Music Circus – Camelot; Texas Shakespeare Festival – My Fair Lady (Henry Higgins), Noises Off, Cymbeline. NIKHIL SABOO (Ensemble) Beatsville (Claude – Provincetown Playhouse), The Little Mermaid (Flotsam – Sharon Playhouse), Sweet Smell of Success (Club Zanzibar Singer – Skirball Center), Les Miserables (Courfeyrac – Sharon Playhouse). NYU Steinhardt. CTG. Endless love to family and their support! @niksaboo KADEN HINKLE (Ensemble) Colorado native! Regional: Tarzan (Young Tarzan), Christmas Carol (Boy Scrooge), Miracle on 34th Street (all Arvada Center). Mary Poppins (Michael Banks), Wizard of Oz (both BDT stage). Peter Pan (Michael Darling - PACE). BBAJ, OOTI, BIG FISH (Aurora Fox). KATIE PHIPPS (Ensemble) Mary Poppins (Jane Banks - BDT Stage), A Christmas Carol - The Musical (Young Fan/Cratchit Girl/Want - Arvada Center), Grey Gardens (Lee Bouvier Vintage Theater), Red Ranger Came Calling (Ensemble - Aurora Fox), Annie (Molly - Evergreen Players). JEAN SHEPHERD (Originating Author) One of the most nostalgic, humorous storytellers of his day, Shepherd wrote for several magazines and his articles were published in a series of books including The America of George Ade, In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, A Fistful of Fig Newtons and The Ferrari in the Bedroom. Shepherd’s radio broadcasting career began in Cincinnati in 1948. He eventually moved to WOR Radio in New York. He performed entirely without scripts. From 1971 to 1994, Shepherd became a screenwriter, writing and producing numerous television and cinema works. In 2005, Shepherd was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and the Broadcast Cable Hall of Fame. BENJAMIN “BOB” CLARK (Motion Picture Director/Co-Screenwriter) was an actor, director, screenwriter and producer. Mr. Clark directed a diverse collection of both blockbuster and cult hits including Black Christmas, Murder by Degree, Tribute and Porky’s. Working from Jean Shepherd’s book, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, Mr. Clark directed, and co-wrote with Shepherd and Leigh Brown, the motion picture A Christmas Story. Films that followed included Rhinestone, Turk 182!, From the Hip, Loose Cannons, and Baby Geniuses.

JOSEPH ROBINETTE (Book) is a 2013 Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award nominee and the award-winning author of fifty-five published plays and musicals. His works have been produced in all fifty states and in seventeen foreign countries. Twelve of his plays have been translated into foreign languages. His plays have been produced by Lincoln Center, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Barter Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Goodman Theatre and the BBC, among others. Robinette collaborated with E.B.White on the authorized stage version of Charlotte’s Web, and he wrote the musical version with composer Charles Strouse. BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL (Lyrics/Music)Works include: A Christmas Story (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), Dogfight (Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics Circle nomination, Drama League Award nomination), James and the Giant Peach (Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices, Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Children’s Theatre), Edges (licensed by Music Theatre International, 200+ productions worldwide including South Korea, France, Australia, China, South Africa, the Philippines, Denmark and more), NBC’s Smash, Sesame Street, Johnny & the Sprites (Disney TV series), Duck for President and If You Give a Pig a Pancake (Theatreworks USA), a new musical with playwright Steven Levenson and director Michael Greif, and a new musical for Disney Theatricals with playwright Rick Elice. Additional honors include: 2011 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2011 Sundance Institute Fellowship, 2011 ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, 2011 ASCAP Songwriters Fellowship Award, 2007-2008 Dramatists Guild Fellowship, 2007 Jonathan Larson Award, and the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project. BFA, University of Michigan, Musical Theatre. GO BLUE! Benj sends thanks to his loving and supportive parents, brothers and friends, and to the entire ACS family for accompanying him on this incredible journey. Justin thanks God for this amazing opportunity and sends love to beautiful wife Asher and his incredible family. They both wish to thank the dream team at CAA and Mr. David Berlin, Esq. pasekandpaul.com.

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MICHAEL MCCLURE (Swing, Ensemble) TOURS: Ghost The Musical (First National), Jacob’s Phantom of the Opera (International); REGIONAL: Bonnie & Clyde The Musical (Clyde), Road Show (Hollis), Speech & Debate (Solomon), Seven Brides... (Caleb). For Dad & Jonathan. “Have Fun and Learn Something”

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JOHN RANDO (Original Broadway Direction) Broadway credits include the currently highly acclaimed revival of On The Town, A Christmas Story, The Wedding Singer, Urinetown (Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director), A Thousand Clowns and Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. His recent Off-Broadway credits include this season’s Lives of the Saints (Primary Stages), The Heir Apparent (2014 SDCF Calloway Award for Direction – Classic Stage Company), All in the Timing (Primary Stages – 2013 Obie Award for Direction), and The Toxic Avenger, among many others. He directed the Encores! Productions of Little Me, It’s a Bird... It’s a Plane... It’s Superman, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, On the Town, Damn Yankee, Face the Music, Strike Up the Band, Do Re Mi, The Pajama Game and Of Thee I Sing. He also directed the staged performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel at the New York Philharmonic. MATT LENZ (Director) NEW YORK: Pageant: The Musical (2015 Drama Desk Best Musical Nomination), The Irish Curse (Soho Playhouse), Idaho! (NYMF – “Best of Fest” and “Best Director” Awards), The Great Daisy Theory, Fingers and Toes (NYMF) and Alan Ball’s The Amazing Adventures of Tense Guy. NATIONAL TOURS: A Christmas Story: The Musical (2014 and 2015), Hairspray, Catch Me If you Can. INTERNATIONAL: Matt directed Hairspray companies in Johannesburg, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Toronto, and Cologne, Germany. REGIONAL: Numerous plays and musicals at: Paper Mill Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, The Saint Louis MUNY, North Carolina Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Ogunquit Playhouse, Zach Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Casa Manana, Gateway Playhouse, Short North Stage, Forestburgh Playhouse and Stamford Center for the Arts. BROADWAY: Associate Director on original productions of Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, The Velocity of Autumn and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Resident Director). Matt is a member of SDC and a teaching artist with The Broadway Dreams Foundation. www.mattlenzdirector.com WARREN CARLYLE (Choreographer) Broadway: Director and Choreographer for After Midnight (Brooks Atkinson), Chaplin (Barrymore), Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway (Broadhurst), Finian’s Rainbow (St. James) and A Tale of Two Cities (Hirschfeld). Also on

Broadway he provided Choreography for A Christmas Story (Lunt Fontanne), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Studio 54) and the recent revival of Follies (Marriot Marquis). Off-Broadway credits include Cotton Club Parade, Girl Crazy, On The Town, Juno, and Stairway to Paradise (City Center Encores!); Working (Zipper), Slut! (ATA). Regionally, he directed and choreographed Limelight (La Jolla Playhouse), Buddy’s Tavern (The O’Neill Theater Center), and Lucky Guy (Goodspeed). He also choreographed Dancing In The Dark (Old Globe Theater), Randy Newman’s Harps & Angels (Mark Taper Forum), Camelot (Stratford Shakespeare Festival), 101 Dalmatians (Tour/Madison Square Garden), A Christmas Story (Tour), Mame (Kennedy Center),The Pirates of Penzance (Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography), The Baker’s Wife (Goodspeed), and Pageant (Second City Chicago). He is represented on film and television by Deception starring Hugh Jackman (20th Century Fox), “Hope and Faith” (ABC), “An Evening at the Boston Pops” (PBS), and Elton John’s Made in England music video. Warren received a 2013 Emmy nomination for his work on Carousel for Live at Lincoln Center. JASON SPARKS (Associate Choreographer) Selected Broadway and NYC Associate/Assistant Credits: She Loves Me (Spring 2016), After Midnight (Tony Award Best Choreography Warren Carlyle) 68th and 69th Annual Tony Awards, Cotton Club Parade (City Center Encores!). Associate Director/Choreographer After Midnight Norwegian Cruise Lines. Choreographer: Propaganda! (NYMF Best Choreography Award), The Years Between (MTF), Grand Hotel (St. Clements Theatre), Beehive (Pennsylvania Centre Stage). Penn State Graduate. @JasonASparks. MICHAEL RADER (Resident Director) highlights as a director or associate: Off-Broadway: Stalking The Bogeyman (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), The York Theatre, Theatre for the New City, You are Not Alone with Betty Buckley, Elegies: A Song Cycle, The Testament of Mary, Mandela!; National Tours: Varekai (Cirque du Soleil), A Christmas Carol; Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Westport Country Playhouse, The Actors Studio Repertory, The Human Race Theatre, The Engeman Theatre. Artistic Director, Cirque du Soleil. SDC. www.michaelrader.com

WALT SPANGLER (Original Broadway Scenic Design) Walt designed the original Broadway production of A Christmas Story The Musical. Upcoming projects include the Broadway premiere of Natalie Babbitt’s acclaimed Tuck Everlasting, directed by Casey Nicholaw; John Steinbeck’s East of Eden adapted for the stage by Frank Galati for Steppenwolf Theater; and Firefly Field – a New American Circus. Please visit: waltspangler.com ELIZABETH HOPE CLANCY (Original Broadway Costume Design) Broadway: A Christmas Story, Passing Strange, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Bobbi Boland and The Ride Down Mt. Morgan. International: Death of a Salesman (Gate Theatre), A Few Good Men (Theatre Royal, Haymarket). New York: The Lady from Dubuque (Signature Theatre), Measure for Measure (Shakespeare in the Park), The Antigone Project (Henry Hewes nomination) HOWELL BINKLEY (Original Broadway Lighting Design) Hamilton, Allegiance, After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In The Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination.) Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards, Co-Founder and Resident Lighting Designer for Parsons Dance. 1993 Olivier and Dora Awards for Kiss of The Spider Woman. 2006 Henry Hewes Design, Outer Critics Circle and Tony Awards for Jersey Boys. MICHAEL CARNAHAN (Scenic Design Adaption) Off-Broadway: The Skeleton Crew (Atlantic); I and You (59E59); The Happiest Song Plays Last (Second Stage); The Piano Lesson (Signature Theatre); The First Breeze of Summer (Signature Theatre); Life Could Be A Dream; The Marvelous Wonderettes; Three Mo’ Tenors; Pygmalion; Howie the Rookie; Brando. Regional: Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater, McCarter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Pasadena Playhouse, Two River Theater, Cleveland Play House, Laguna Playhouse, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Northlight Theatre, Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), Bucks County Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Arsht Center, Musical Theatre West, San Jose Repertory, Center Rep. Broadway (Associate Scenic Designer): Allegiance; The River, Peter and The Starcatcher; ANN: The

LISA ZINNI (Tour Costume Design) is a New York based costume designer and stylist who’s work includes Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional Theatre. She designed season 3 of the Broadway themed hit web series Submissions Only. She was the Associate Costume Designer for the Tony winning Broadway productions of RENT and HAIR, as well as the national tours and international companies. (UK, Canada, Italy, China) Some of her regional design credits include Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare festival, The Walnut Street Theatre of Philadelphia, The Riverside Theatre, The Arden Theatre company and Theatre Under the stars in Houston Texas. For more info visit LisaZinni.com CHARLIE MORRISON (Tour Lighting Design) National/International Tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (NYC/Tour), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Aida (US, Taiwan, & China), Man of LaMancha, Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo (NYC, LA, Foxwoods, & US Tour), Hello Dolly!, My Fair Lady, The King and I (US Tour & Korea), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street (US & Japan), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Who’s Tommy (Europe & Japan), Titanic, The Music Man, many others. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Rep, Theatre Under the Stars, Dallas Summer Musicals, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO, George Street Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Playmaker’s Rep, Tulsa Opera, many others. Charlie is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design and has been nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards. Website: www.cmlighting.com. ED CHAPMAN (Sound Design) happily returns for another year as part of the design teams of the touring productions of A Christmas Story and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Other notable credits include: The Joker’s Game (World Premiere in China), Off Broadway’s Bedbugs, Walnut Street’s In The Heights, Hunter Foster’s Rocky Horror Show, and American Pops Orchestra in Tokyo. Mr. Chapman sends much love and thanks to his

parents John and Gayle, and family Kate, Mary Ann, Johnny and Eddie. LOGAN MEDLAND (Music Director) was the Conductor of National tours of Cats and Crazy for You, and the Associate Music Director of Chicago and the First National tour of Jersey Boys. In New York he was Associate MD for the workshop of Broadway bound Superfly, directed by Bill T. Jones, and Conductor for A Bronx Tale, directed by Jerry Zaks, and Robert De Niro, headed for Broadway in 2016. Most recently he was the pianist in the Broadway production of Dr. Zhivago. His first musical Fingers and Toes, for which he wrote the book, the music and the lyrics was selected as part of the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) in 2010. From there it has had continuous regional productions: at the Merry-goRound Theatre in Auburn, NY 2012, at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan FL, in 2013, and at the Ivoryton Playhouse in CT, in 2014. GERARD KELLY (Hair & Wig Design) Broadway: Hair. Tour: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Hair, Hello, Dolly!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Musical!, My Fair Lady. West End: Hair. New York: The Public Theater, The Pearl Theater, The Classic Stage Company. Regionally: Westchester Broadway Theater, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Maine State Music Theater, Carousel Dinner Theater, Phoenix Theater, Sierra Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Theater Works, Cape Playhouse, The Allmanson Theater, Sacramento Music Theater, Down Town Cabaret, West-Port Country Playhouse, George Street Playhouse. Shakespeare Festivals: New York, Lake Tahoe, New Jersey, Idaho, San Francisco. Movie: The Conjuring, Transamerica, Girls Will Be Girls, Notorious, The Ten, The Savages, The Other Woman. TV: Law and Order SVU, The Ru Paul Show, Are We There Yet. Others: The b-52’s, RuPaul, Charles Busch, Varla Jean Merman, Lypsinka, Jennifer Holiday, Laura Linney, Felicity Huffman, Marlo Thomas, Whoopie Goldberg, Lesley Mann, and William Hurt. ALISON FRANCK (Casting Director) (CSA) has been working in casting for 20 years. Current projects are national tours of A Christmas Story, The Musical! (2nd year) The Producers, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (for the 6th year in a row). Her recent projects include: National Tours of Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly starring Sally Struthers, Man of La Mancha, tons of commercials and the voice overs..

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STAFF FOR A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Sher GENERAL MANAGER Big League Productions, Inc. Mark Johnson COMPANY MANAGER Andrea Ghersetich EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION L. Glenn Poppleton LGPoppleton@me.com • (212) 840-4393 TOUR PRESS & MARKETING TRUE Marketing Wendy J. Connor Donna Fiegel CASTING Alison Franck, CSA TECHNICAL SUPERVISION Don S. Gilmore BROADCAST ADVERTISING TV & RADIO Frank Basile/Fresh Produce Productions PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.......... Richard Paul Associate Lighting Designer........ Andrew Scharwath Costume Coordinator....................... Michael McDonald Production Electrician........................Brendan Quigley, Nathan Winner Production Sound...................................... Jeremy Oleksa Assistant Stage Manager..................... Shae Candelaria Advance Carpenter...................................Dan Laushman Head Carpenter............................................ Rodney Mann Assistant Carpenter/Flyman................ Todd Whitaker Assistant Carpenter............................... Sam Sedenquist Head Electrician.............................................. Adam Grant Assistant Electrician.................................... Natalie Paige Assistant Electrician....................................... Craig Scurti Head Sound.................................................. Timothy Riggs Assistant Sound............................. Emily Grace Caldwell Head Props....................................................... Mark A. Dahl Assistant Props............................................ Garret Crooks Head Wardrobe........................................... Emily Baldwin Assistant Wardrobe.................................Keshia Marcelle Assistant Wardrobe.........................................Rae Phillips Animal Trainer.......................................... Doug Terranova Education Services................... On Location Education Educators...................Amytza Maskati, Lorene Herzog Child Wrangler................ Jensen Clifford, Eric B. Mota For Big League Productions, Inc. Legal Counsel for BLP, Inc................... Nan Bases, Esq. Operations Manager.................................. Xavier Mazara Accounting for BLP, Inc..................Schall & Ashenfarb Accountant/Business Manager...............Connie Caulo Payroll Services..................................Checks & Balances Banking...................................................J.P. Morgan Chase Insurance..................................................... C & S Insurance Travel/Housing Services....................... Tour Resources Souvenir Merchandise...............Encore Merchandising Joey Boyles Production Assistant.......................... Nathan Anderson

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Serving dinner 7 days a week. lunch and happy hour Mon - Fri & Brunch on Sat - Sun. Baur’s Restaurant & Listening Lounge 1512 Curtis Street Denver, CO 303.615.4000

DCPA TEAM DCPA Scott Shiller..............................................................President/CEO Eve Gordon...........................Executive Assistant to the CEO

BROADWAY & CABARET John Ekeberg........................... Executive Director Broadway Alicia Giersch..................................................... General Manager Alyssa Chacon............. Operations Business Administrator Abel Becerra.................................. Technical Director, Cabaret Anson Nicholson..............................Sound Engineer, Cabaret

DEVELOPMENT David Zupancic.................................Director of Development Shawn Bayer.................................................... Associate Director Chelley Canales...................................Development Associate Megan Fevurly.....................................Development Associate Melissa Olson........................................Development Assistant Marc Ravenhill................................................. Associate Director Valerie Taron.................................................... Associate Director

EDUCATION Allison Watrous........................................Director of Education Jessica Austgen................................................ Teaching Artist & Shakespeare Coordinator Stuart Barr.................................. Education Technical Director Claudia Carson.........................................Bobby G Coordinator Leslie Channell............................................. Education Registrar Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski................................................Education Curriculum Manager Linda Eller..............................................................................Librarian Tim McCracken..................................................... Head of Acting Jannett Matusiak............................................ Business Manager Michelle Patrick...................Corporate Training Coordinator David Saphier..............School Coordinator/Teaching Artist Mackenzie Sherburne, Justin Walvoord, Robyn Yamada.................................................... Teaching Artists

FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICES Clay Courter.....Vice President, Facilities & Event Services James Babcock...................................................................Engineer Dwight Barela......................................................................Engineer Devon Chandler...... Assistant Director, Event Technology Quentin Crump...............................................Security Specialist Clint Flinchpaugh...............................................................Engineer Stori Heleen.................................Event Technology Specialist Michael Kimbrough...........................................................Engineer Jaymes Kimbrough..................Event Technology Specialist Clint King.........................................................Security Supervisor Terry Koch...................................................Director, Engineering John Lower.............................................................. Chief Engineer Brian McClain............................................. Custodial Supervisor Tara Miller, Danielle Porter, Brittany Schoede............................................... Events Manager Brook Nichols................................Director, Event Technology Kassie Sanders...........................Event Technology Specialist Alyssa Stock....................................Assistant Project Manager Dawn Williams.....................................Director, Event Services Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Angeles Reyes Soto, Francisco Trujillo............................................................Custodians

MARKETING & SALES Jennifer Nealson..................................Chief Marketing Officer Heidi Bosk......................... Senior PR & Promotions Manager Nathan Brunetti...................................................Digital Manager Kim Conner.........................................................Graphic Designer Flora DiRienzo........................................ Strategic Partnerships Brenda Elliott......................................Senior Graphic Designer Brianna Firestone....................................Director of Marketing Simone Gordon...................................................Project Manager Hope Grandon..........................................PR & Events Manager Jeff Hovorka............................. Director of Sales & Marketing Jennifer Kemps........................................Group Sales Manager Emily Kent...................................................... Marketing Manager David Lenk............................................................. Video Producer Emily Lozow........................................... Marketing Coordinator Adam Lundeen..................................... Website Administrator

Kyle Malone.................................................................... Art Director Carolyn Michaels...........................................................Copywriter John Moore................................................Senior Arts Journalist Adam Obendorf........................................... Senior Art Director Beth Osolin......................Group Sales Business Coordinator Allison Barber Pasternak..... Executive Assistant to the CMO Donna Rossi............................Customer Experience Director Joseph Schurwonn......................................... Financial Analyst Jill Schwager...............Education Group Sales Coordinator Rob Silk................................................................. Creative Director Suzanne Yoe...........................Director of Marketing Services & Cultural Affairs THEATRE SERVICES Carol Krueger.................................. Theatre Services Manager Adam Alberti, Ethan Aumann, Nora Caley, Hadley Kamminga-Peck, LeiLani Lynch, Gregory Melton, Douglas Murphey, Joyce Murphey, Margaret Ohlander, Dylan Phibbs, Valerie Schaefer, Mica Ward..................... Theatre Company House Managers TICKETING SERVICES Jennifer Lopez.........................Director of Ticketing Services Kirk Petersen...........................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Patron Relations David Smith.............................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Subscription Services Jessica Bergin, Katie Clow-Pollard, Tristan Jungferman, Laura Kirby, Alec Sydlow.....................Box Office Managers Micah White..............................................Subscription Manager Malcolm Brown, William Dutton III, Kevin Dykstra, Elisabeth Link, Molly McDonough......................Show Leads Kirsten Anderson, Ashley Brown, Scott Lix, Gregory Swan.............................................Subscription Agents Maggie Blumer, Rena Bugg, DJ Dennis, Patye Gibbons, Nicole Giordano, Jennifer Gray, Edmund Gurule, Rebecca Hibbert, Joel Innes, Alex Jannen, Noah Jungferman, Megan Kelly, Alia Kempton, Michael Lang, Daniel Lindsey, Brett Martinez, Shane Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Hayley Solano, Ereece Thomas, Tomas Waples....................... Ticket Agents

SHARED SERVICES Vicky Miles................................................ Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Jeffrey...................................Senior Financial Analyst ACCOUNTING Jennifer Siemers........................................ Director Accounting Sara Brandenburg.........................................Senior Accountant Michaele Davidson.......................................Senior Accountant Georgette Maddox...........................................Payroll Specialist Kim Stewart........................................................ Staff Accountant HUMAN RESOURCES Regina Matthews......................... Director Human Resources Brian Carter...................................Human Resources Manager Donald Gabenski.............................................................Reception Jamie Hawkins...................................................... HR Coordinator Monica Robles............................................Mailroom Supervisor INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Rick Bennett.................................................... Network Architect Chris Calenzo...................................................Help Desk Analyst Jayson Cowley......................................Network Administrator Jim Hipp................................................. Associate Director of IT Christopher Hoge.......................VoIP/System Administrator Bobby Jiminez......................... Senior Audienceview Analyst John H. Voorheis............................ Manager of Infrastructure

THEATRE COMPANY ARTISTIC Kent Thompson.............................................. Theatre Company Producing Artistic Director Bruce K. Sevy............... Director of New Play Development Douglas Langworthy ........... Literary Manager/Dramaturg Chad Henry....................................................... Literary Associate Emily Tarquin...................................................Artistic Associate/ New Play Coordinator Grady Soapes.............................................. Artistic Coordinator Eli Carpenter...............................................................Artistic Intern

PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford...............................................Director of Production Melissa Cashion....................Associate Production Manager Julie Brou...................Production & Artistic Office Manager Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek................................ Director of Scenic Design Matthew Plamp, Nicholas Renaud..............................Scenic Design Assistants Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod...................................Director of Lighting Lily Bradford.....................................Lighting Design Assistant Reid Tennis............................................... Production Electrician Multimedia Charlie I. Miller...................... Resident Multimedia Specialist Topher Blair............................Multimedia Assistant/Operator Sound Design Craig Breitenbach...........................................Director of Sound Tyler Nelson.......................................................... Sound Designer Alex Billman, Frank Haas..............................Sound Operators Stage Management Christopher C. Ewing................ Production Stage Manager Jonathan D. Allsup, Matthew Campbell, Rachel Ducat, Aja M. Jackson, Randall Lum, Lyle Raper, Kurt Van Raden..........................Stage Managers D. Lynn Reiland......................................... Production Assistant Corin Ferris, Lexi Holtzer, Kristen Littlepage........... Stage Management Apprentices Scene Shop Eric Rouse.......................................................... Technical Director Robert L. Orzolek..................... Associate Technical Director Josh Prues.................................... Assistant Technical Director Albert “Stub” Allison, Louis Fernandez III.......................................... Lead Technicians Justin Hicks, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Mike Van Aartsen, Ross Wick.........................................................Scenic Technicians Prop Shop Robin Lu Payne.............................................Properties Director Eileen S. Garcia......................... Assistant Properties Director Jamie Stewart Curl, Charles Dallas, David Hoth, Georgina Kayes, Katie Webster......................Props Artisans Paint Shop Jana L. Mitchell...........................................Charge Scenic Artist Melanie Rentschler........................................Lead Scenic Artist Brian Proud...................................................................Scenic Artist Rachael Gibson.............................................................Paint Intern Costume Shop Janet S. MacLeod..........................................Costume Director/ Costume Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle........ Costume Design Associate Carolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott............................................................................Drapers Cathie Gagnon, Belinda Haaland............................First Hand Sheila P. Morris........................................................................... Tailor Kelly Jones, Jenny Milne-Wright, Beth Walker...... Stitchers Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver............................Costume Crafts Director Shirleen DiFonzo.................................Costume Crafts Artisan Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki............................................................... Wig Master House Crew Doug Taylor*..........................................Supervising Stagehand Mariah Becerra*, Jim Berman*, Jennifer Guethlein*, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Miles Stasica*, Tyler Stauffer, Matt Wagner* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands)................................ Stagehands Wardrobe Brenda Lawson........................................Director of Wardrobe Maria Y. Davis, Taylor Malott............................Wig Assistants Robin Appleton, Amber Donner, Kelly Jones, Anthony Mattivi, Tim Nelson, Lisa Parsons, Alan Richards....................................................................... Dressers ADMINISTRATION Charles Varin...................................................Managing Director Ryan Meisheid...........................Associate Managing Director Allison Taylor..................................................Company Manager Kerri Mirtsching.................................... Business Administrator Alie Quistberg...........................Assistant Company Manager

Experience a Divine Culture “It’s wonderful, absolutely wonderful. The dancers are terrific, the colors, the background...” — Richard Chamberlain, Award-winning veteran screen and stage actor

“Very uplifting and inspiring... I enjoyed it so much.”

— David Eaton, composer, music director and conductor at New York City Symphony

“Shen Yun is perfection in everything: the dancing, the songs and the music.”

— Dr. Michael Meister, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany

Let Shen Yun take you on a journey through five thousand years of divinely inspired culture: A journey where the wisdom of ancient China, the world’s finest classical Chinese dancers, gorgeous hand-crafted costumes, and massive animated backdrops come together in one spectacular performance. Enter a world of heavenly wonder, imperial drama, and heroic legends, a world where beauty and purity have never been lost...

“A visually dazzling tour of 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.”

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A CHRISTMAS PUZZLER

A stocking A fullChristmas of trivia from Puzzler A Christmas Carol A Christmas Story, The'AMusical A and stocking full of trivia from Christmas Carol' and 'A Christmas Story'

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YOU’VE WRITTEN YOUR LOVE STORY. LET US DIRECT IT.

ACROSS 2 Young Scrooge was once in love with her 4 Scrooge’s sister 6 The one thing Scrooge finds more ridiculous than a merry Christmas 7 The horse The Lone Ranger’s nephew rode 11 The brand of Mrs. Parker’s soap

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13 The Parkers drove an ___ 16 State where A Christmas Story is set 17 The DCPA’s Scrooge for most of the past 11 years is Philip ____

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18 Something the taciturn Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come never does to Scrooge 19 Dickens wrote “An Appeal to the people of England on behalf of the poor Man’s ____”

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DOWN

1 ____ gets his tongue stuck to the pole

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3 “God bless us ____”

4 Young Scrooge worked as an apprentice for him 5 Ralphie was played in the 1983 movie by ____ Billingsley

8 The BB gun Ralphie wants so badly (two words)

9 The Parkers live on ____ Street (and it’s the city where the film was primarily shot) 10 Bird Scrooge sends to the Cratchit family

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DOWN 1 It's his tongue that gets stuck to the pole 3 "God bless us ______"

12 Marley is as dead as a ____ 14 ____ and ignorance 15 The school bully’s last name

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