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Come From Away
CELEBRATING THE BEST OF HUMANKIND IN COME FROM AWAY
BY JOHN MOORE
OOn one of the most horrible days in human history, pilot Beverley Bass landed her Boeing 777 in what she calls “the most peaceful place on the earth.” It was not at her intended destination of Dallas. It was on the tiny island of Newfoundland. For Bass, September 11, 2001, began “as an extraordinarily beautiful morning” in Paris. She was uneventfully carrying 158 passengers 35,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean when she got the call that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. Concern turned to alarm when the second tower was hit and with that came the word “terrorism.” US airspace was immediately closed and 38 in-bound commercial pilots were ordered to land in the small Canadian town of Gander. Within three hours, this remote town of 9,000 was joined by nearly 7,000 involuntary visitors who would need to be clothed, housed and fed for the next fi ve days. What happened next became the basis for the Tony Awardwinning Come From Away, a musical Bass emphatically says is not the story of 9/11. “It is the story of 9/12. “It is a celebration of the best in humankind,” she said. Bass was the 36th of 38 pilots to land at Gander. Little did she know when she landed after eight hours in the air that no one would be allowed off the plane for another 19 hours because there was simply no place for them to go. But when they fi nally got off the plane at 7:30 the next morning, Gander revealed itself to be a kind of Brigadoon. “I can still remember walking into the terminal and just seeing it lined with tables and tables of food,” Bass said. “The people of Gander had stayed up literally all night cooking. It was incredible.” The spontaneous relief eff ort was called Operation Yellow Ribbon. Because passengers were not allowed to access their luggage, Gander residents brought diapers and baby formula to the airport. They fi lled 2,000 prescriptions. They brought inhalers and insulin needles and anything else they thought might be needed. Local merchants cleared their shelves without taking inventory. One local veterinarian took charge of feeding the hundreds of animals that were locked away in airplane cargo holds. After the fi ve days, she was eager to return to the skies. “I never once thought about not fl ying again,” she said. “But what did happen to me is for 90 nights I woke up in the middle of every night, hoping it wasn’t true,” she said. “Thinking: ‘Please. This did not happen.’ And then, after three months…I was OK. I don’t know why.” What has helped since, she says, has been Come From Away. “It is such a happy show,” she said. “It’s a story that wouldn’t exist without the events of 9/11, but it was really written about the kindness and generosity that was bestowed upon us when we descended into the beautiful town of Gander.”
COME FROM AWAY
OCT 4 – 9, 2022 BUELL THEATRE
ASL Interpreted, Audio Described and Open Captioned performance: Oct 8 at 2pm
READ JOHN MOORE’S 2018 INTERVIEW WITH BEVERLEY BASS
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Present
Book, Music and Lyrics by IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN
Featuring MARIKA AUBREY KEVIN CAROLAN HARTER CLINGMAN NICK DUCKART CHAMBLEE FERGUSON CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON JULIE JOHNSON JAMES EARL JONES II JULIA KNITEL KRISTEN PEACE DANIELLE K. THOMAS JEREMY WOODARD
JENNY ASHMAN JANE BUNTING AARON MICHAEL RAY KILTY REIDY BRANDON SPRINGMAN
Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design
Sound Design BEOWULF BORITT TONI-LESLIE JAMES HOWELL BINKLEY GARETH OWEN
Orchestrations Arrangements
Music Coordinator AUGUST ERIKSMOEN IAN EISENDRATH DAVID LAI
Hair Design DAVID BRIAN BROWN
Casting Dialect Coach
Tour Booking Agency Marketing Strategy and Direction Tour Press and Marketing THE TELSEY OFFICE JOEL GOLDES THE BOOKING GROUP ON THE RIALTO ANITA DLONIAK Rachel Hoffman, C.S.A. Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart MELISSA A. HAZEK
General Management Production Management Company Manager
Production Stage Manager ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS, INC. ERIK BIRKELAND SHAWN PENNINGTON
Music Supervision IAN EISENDRATH
Musical Staging KELLY DEVINE
Directed by CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY
Come From Away was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre Come From Away (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff—Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, Connecticut. The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, also provided development support.
COME FROM AWAY CAST
Bonnie and others....................................................................................................................................KRISTEN PEACE Oz and others ...................................................................................................................................HARTER CLINGMAN Beverley/Annette and others........................................................................................................... MARIKA AUBREY Janice and others.......................................................................................................................................... JULIA KNITEL Bob and others.............................................................................................................................JAMES EARL JONES II Claude and others................................................................................................................................. KEVIN CAROLAN Kevin T./Garth and others ...........................................................................................................JEREMY WOODARD Nick/Doug and others ...........................................................................................................CHAMBLEE FERGUSON Kevin J./Ali and others............................................................................................................................NICK DUCKART Hannah and others .....................................................................................................................DANIELLE K. THOMAS Beulah and others...................................................................................................................................JULIE JOHNSON Diane and others ................................................................................................................CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON
STANDBYS Standbys never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.
Beverley, Diane, Hannah, Janice, Beulah—JENNY ASHMAN Bonnie, Janice, Beverley, Beulah, Diane—JANE BUNTING Kevin T., Oz, Kevin J., Nick, Claude—BRANDON SPRINGMAN Nick, Claude, Bob, Oz, Kevin T.—KILTY REIDY Bob, Kevin J., Kevin T., Oz, Claude—AARON MICHAEL RAY
DANCE CAPTAIN JANE BUNTING
The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device or such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages.
MARIKA AUBREY
KEVIN CAROLAN
HARTER CLINGMAN
NICK DUCKART
CHAMBLEE FERGUSON CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON
JULIE JOHNSON JAMES EARL JONES II
JULIA KNITEL KRISTEN PEACE DANIELLE K. THOMAS
JEREMY WOODARD
JENNY ASHMAN
JANE BUNTING AARON MICHAEL RAY
COME FROM AWAY MUSICAL NUMBERS
“Welcome to the Rock”..........................................................................................................Company “38 Planes” ...................................................................................................................................Company “Blankets and Bedding” .........................................................................................................Company “28 Hours/Wherever We Are”*...........................................................................................Company “Darkness and Trees”...............................................................................................................Company “Costume Party”.................................................. Diane, Hannah, Kevin T., Kevin J., Company “I Am Here”........................................................................................................................................Hannah “Prayer”** ....................................................................................................................Kevin T., Company “On the Edge”.............................................................................................................................Company “Screech In”*...............................................................................................................Claude, Company “Me and the Sky”.................................................................................. Beverley, Female Company “Stop the World” .............................................................................................Nick, Diane, Company “Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere”........................................................................Company “Something’s Missing”.............................................................................................................Company “Finale”...........................................................................................................................................Company
COME FROM AWAY WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.
THE BAND Conductor/Keyboard/Accordion/Harmonium—CAMERON MONCUR Whistles/Irish Flute/Uilleann Pipes—ISAAC ALDERSON Fiddle—KIANA JUNE WEBER Electric/Acoustic Guitars—BILLY BIVONA Acoustic Guitar/Mandolins/Bouzouki—MARTIN HOWLEY Electric/Acoustic Bass—SEAN RUBIN Bodhran/Percussion—STEVE HOLLOWAY Drums/Percussion—BEN MORROW
Music Director—CAMERON MONCUR
Associate Music Director—MYRNA CONN Music Coordinator—DAVID LAI Electronic Music Design—ANDREW BARRETT FOR LIONELLA MUSIC, LLC Music Preparation—ZACH REDLER, RYAN DRISCOLL
*“My Heart Will Go On” words and music by Will Jennings and James Horner. ©IRVING MUSIC, INC. on behalf of BLUE SKY RIDER SONGS (BMI). Used by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. **“Prayer of St. Francis” dedicated to Mrs. Frances Tracy. ©1967, OCP, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved. **“Osseh Shalom” written by Nurit Hirsh. ©1972, Nurit Hirsh. All rights reserved
Please be aware that a camera flash effect will be in use at this performance.
MARIKA AUBREY (Beverley and Others) (She/Her/Hers). Marika’s career spans stage and screen, from Australia to the USA. Musicals include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Songs for a New World; The Last Five Years; Lincoln Center’s South Pacific; Aldonza in Man of La Mancha; and Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda (RSC). Her EP, cast recordings, and more on marikaaubrey. com. Thanks WAM fam, Mama, my BFG. It’s all for you J, no matter what. @MarikaAubrey. KEVIN CAROLAN (Claude and Others). Broadway: Disney’s Newsies (Gov. Roosevelt—original cast, national tour and feature film). Tours: Chicago (North America, Japan, Dubai). Regional: Goodman/Huntington (The Jungle Book, Baloo, dir. Mary Zimmerman). Movies: Bear with Us, Can You Ever Forgive Me. TV: “Billions” and “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Middle,” “The Good Wife,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” kevincarolan.com.
HARTER CLINGMAN (Oz and Others) is filled with gratitude from his experiences on Come From Away–multitraversing North America, by car, with his wife and their dog; telling this story in-concert on the steps of The Lincoln Memorial, on the 20th anniversary of 9/11; and countless life-affirming conversations with people across the U.S. and Canada. He is forever changed! Theater credits include: Peter And The Starcatcher (1st Broadway National Tour), The Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare), Our Town (Barnstormers - Nh), …starcatcher, The Full Monty, Alabama Story (Peninsula Players - WI), Sweeney Todd (Paramount - Aurora), South Pacific (Drury Lane - Oakbrook), The Addams Family (Mercury - Chicago). All my love to Ashley, Charley, friends and family! NICK DUCKART (Kevin J./Ali and Others) is thrilled to return to his Come From Away family! Favorite theater credits include Camelot, Evita, In the Heights (Carbonell Award), Godspell, Zorba!, A View from the Bridge and more. TV: “The Blacklist,” “The Arrangement,” “Burn Notice.” Love to Mariand, Lucy and his family. “Dedicated to my late father.” nickduckart.com.
CHAMBLEE FERGUSON (Nick & Others) Chamblee is thrilled to be back together with the CFA family! Broadway: Come From Away. Regional: The Alley, Trinity Rep, & 23 seasons at Dallas Theater Center. TV/ Film: American Crime, Friday Night Lights, Prison Break, A Scanner Darkly, Parkland, & PBS’ Wishbone. He’s a 2011 Lunt/Fontanne Fellow and received his MFA from SMU. Thanks to HCKR. Love to Lynnie, Liam, Makki, & Xander! CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON (Diane and Others) is a Tony, Obie and Rosetta LeNoire award honored actor, playwright, director and advocate for inclusion. Highlights include Broadway/ Off-Broadway/national tours: The Music Man, Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Cats, Flower Drum Song. Over 100 featured appearances on TV/ film. Treasurer, Dramatists Guild. Details: christinetoyjohnson.com. Twitter and Instagram: @CToyJ. Grateful. JULIE JOHNSON (Beulah and Others). Broadway: Candide. Off-Broadway: Das Barbecu (Drama Desk nominee, Theater World Award), Roadside. Tour: Memphis The Musical. Regional: Chasing the Song; Ragtime; Les Misérables; Mame; Hello, Dolly!; Cabaret; Rocky Horror Show; Sense and Sensibility; The Best Little Whorehouse…; Paper Moon; Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops; voice of Baby Bop on “Barney and Friends.”
JAMES EARL JONES II (Bob and Others). National tour: Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess. Regional: Porchlight Music, Goodman, Marriott, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers, Lookingglass, Lyric Opera Chicago, SF Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia. TV/film credits: Pokerhouse, “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” “Sherman’s Showcase,” “The 4400” and “South Side.” Thanks to friends, family, Stewart Talent, Telsey and the CFA Team. “For my daughter, Semaje.” JULIA KNITEL (Janice and Others) Carole King in the 1st National Touring company of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Broadway: Beautiful, Bye Bye Birdie. Off-Broadway: A Letter to Harvey Milk (Lortel nom). Select Regional: Gypsy (The Muny - St Louis Theatre Circle nom), The Constant Wife (Denver Center), The Producers (Casa Mañana). TV/Film: The Other Two, Miles. Many thanks to BRS/ Gage & the CFA team. Love to PJ. KRISTEN PEACE (Bonnie and Others) is thrilled to be back as Bonnie after completing her Toronto run. Credits: Kristen Peace EVERYTHING (her onewoman show), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Aquarius), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Wedding Singer (Stage West), Anne of Green Gables, The Full Monty (Charlottetown Festival), Spamalot, Legally Blonde, Les Misérables, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Rock Of Ages (Drayton Entertainment), The Producers, Kinky Boots and Bonnie in Come From Away (Mirvish Productions). Kristen has also lent her voice to commercials, TV shows, animated films and video games. My sincere thanks to the Come From Away team, the Talent House and my family and friends for their ongoing love and support. For dadoo. Instagram @kripeace. DANIELLE K. THOMAS (Hannah & Others). Broadway/Off-Broadway: Avenue Q. Tour/regional: Avenue Q; Hair; Cinderella; Little Shop of Horrors; Jesus Christ Superstar; Mary Poppins; Crowns; Caroline, or Change; Seussical; Big River. Film/TV: Crooklyn, “Rescue Me,” “Smash,” “The Michael J. Fox Show,” “The Affair,” “Deadbeat,” “Benders,” “Jessica Jones,” “The Last OG.” BIV Soprano. Wife of SB & Mommy to CB! For Mommy & Daddy (R.I.P). JEREMY WOODARD (Kevin T./Garth and Others) is ecstatic to be a part of the CFA family and back in the theater. Done some Broadway, tours, TV, blah blah blah (google it). Much love to the Fam, friends, CGF boys, my Lauren and all who make these opportunities come to life. Go (ECU) pirates! This one is for mom. I know you are watching. @jwoodhi5. JENNY ASHMAN (Standby) is thrilled to join the CFA family! She was most recently seen as Marguerite in Ever After (Alliance Theatre). Regional: Dave (Arena Stage), Evita (KC Rep), Side by Side (KC Rep), The Little Mermaid (Hollywood Bowl), Sweeney Todd (Ovation Award nomination). Thanks to ATB. Love you, AZ. jennyashman.com. Instagram: @alaskanjz. JANE BUNTING (Dance Captain, Standby). Broadway: Come From Away. Select regional: Come From Away (Ford’s); Lost in the Stars (Kennedy Center); Oliver! (Arena Stage); Les Misérables, Evita (Flat Rock Playhouse);
The Secret Garden (APAC). B.M. music theater, Oklahoma City University. Love and gratitude to the CFA team & CTA. For HHR, always. IG: @janerbunting. AARON MICHAEL RAY (Standby). OffBroadway: The Low Road (The Public Theater) and Spamilton. B.M. from Berklee College of Music and an M.F.A. from The Boston Conservatory. Host of “Conversations From Away” podcast. IG: @aaronraystagram. Twitter: @AaronMRay. Love to Mom, Dad, David, and AJ and thank you to HAA. BLM. KILTY REIDY (Standby). Broadway: The Drowsy Chaperone and In My Life. Other: Come From Away (Australian company), Billy Elliot (national tour), White Christmas (original cast), The Last Ship (Pioneer Theatre), Crazy For You (PBS), Alfie in A Man of No Importance. kiltyreidy.com. Twitter/Insta: @kiltyreidy. “In honor of my amazing mother, Mary Butterfield Reidy.” BRANDON SPRINGMAN (Standby) is thrilled to be in Gander! Favorite credits include Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (Chicago Shakespeare); Curly in Oklahoma!, Darling Grenadine (Marriott Theatre); Pat Denning in 42nd Street (Drury Lane); Ernst in Cabaret (Paramount); Charlie in Brigadoon (Sacramento Music Circus). B.F.A., Roosevelt University. Thanks to Stewart Talent. Love to friends and family! @brandon_springman. SHAWN PENNINGTON (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim. National tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Special shout out to all the Newfoundlanders whose spirit of kindness and generosity inspired this incredible story. Love to Mom and Mark. “For my Dad.” GEOFF MAUS (Stage Manager). First national tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, Matilda The Musical. Broadway: Matilda The Musical. Off-Broadway: The Woodsman, Austin, Bare. Regional: Bright Star (Center Theatre Group). Others: Argyle Theatre Company, The Juilliard School. Training: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Juilliard School (Professional Internship Program). Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. MACKENZIE BLADE (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway tours: If/Then, Fun Home. New York workshops: Jagged Little Pill. Off-Broadway: Sleep No More, Changers: A Dance Story by Spike Jonze. IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN (Book, Music & Lyrics) are a Canadian married writing team. They won the 2019 Olivier Award and were nominated for the 2018 Grammy Award and the 2017 Tony Award for their book and score for Come From Away, with the show itself winning the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Musical, three 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, five Outer Critics Circle Awards and three Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical. David and Irene were also the recipients of the 2017 Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards for Best Book. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was produced by Mirvish Productions in Toronto and played and won best musical awards across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. They are currently working on projects with Disney, Warner Bros. and Netflix. Irene and David are the recipients of the Good Neighbour Award from the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada. They are proud members of the Dramatists Guild, Writer’s Guild East and ASCAP. “Immeasurable thanks to everyone who helped us on this journey and to our extraordinary friends from Away and in Newfoundland for inspiring and trusting us to tell your story.” @sankoffandhein. CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Director). Artistic Director, La Jolla Playhouse. Director of the Apple TV+ film of Come From Away and the Netflix release of Diana: The Musical. Recipient of 2017 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Craig Noel and Helen Hayes awards; Drama Desk and Dora Award nominations for Come From Away. Other Broadway credits include Diana: The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Memphis (Tony Award nomination), Xanadu, Leap of Faith, All Shook Up, The Rocky Horror Show (Tony Award nomination). West End: Come From Away (Olivier Award nomination), Memphis. New York: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award). Kennedy Center: Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lisbon Traviata. La Jolla Playhouse selected credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, Restoration. TV/film: Lucky Stiff, Jeffrey; American Playhouse, PBS: “Blown Sideways through Life.” KELLY DEVINE (Choreographer). Broadway: Diana, Come From Away (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Rocky (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Rock of Ages, Dr. Zhivago, Escape to Margaritaville. Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fat Camp, Toxic Avenger. International: Come From Away (London, 2019 Olivier Award: Best Choreography), Rocky (Germany), Dr. Zhivago (Australia and Korea), Rock of Ages (London, U.K., Toronto and Australia), Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). Opera: Faust (Metropolitan Opera and London ENO), Wozzeck (SD Opera). Regional: Diana, Peter and the Starcatcher, Come From Away (La Jolla Playhouse). TV: “Pretty Little Liars,” “Katy Keene,” “Modern Love,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Wormwood.” Film: Detroit, The Upside, Happy Texas. Kelly is the director/choreographer of Enter the Dragon, with music by Danny Elfman and a world premiere slated for Las Vegas. Kelly is developing several projects, including a new musical with David Foster.
BEOWULF BORITT (Set Designer). Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony nomination), Come From Away, Freestyle Love Supreme, Be More Chill, The New One, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince of Broadway, Hand to God, Sondheim on Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Ages, Chaplin, Harry Connick, Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porter, Bronx Bombers, Grace, The Two and Only. Broadway revivals: On the Town, Sunday in the Park…. Off-Broadway: 100 shows, including The Last Five Years, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Sleepwalk With Me and Miss Julie. He has designed for The NYC Ballet and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and around the world in England, Russia, China, Australia and Japan. 2007 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.
TONI-LESLIE JAMES (Costume Design). Broadway: Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys;
Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Ms. James is the Head of Design at the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Theatre. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Tempations, 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./Olivier and Dora award winner). Co-Founder/ Resident Lighting Designer, Parsons Dance. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton.
GARETH OWEN (Sound Design). Olivier Awards for Come From Away, Memphis and Merrily We Roll Along; nominations for Bat Out of Hell, Top Hat and End of the Rainbow. Tony nominations for A Little Night Music and End of the Rainbow. Outer Critics Circle Award for Come From Away. Pro Sound Award for Sound Engineer of the Year. Currently: Come From Away on Broadway; Joseph & Juliet, Come From Away and Mamma Mia! The Party in London’s West End; Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Summer, A Bronx Tale and Bat Out of Hell worldwide. More than 280 other commercial musicals around the world.
DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Hair Design). Broadway highlights: Moulin Rouge, Travesties, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk nomination), The Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Sideshow, Steel Pier. Film/ TV credits: “Peter Pan Live” (NBC), “The Sound of Music Live” (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), Too Wong Foo…. AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Orchestrations). Broadway orchestrations: Bright Star (Tony nomination), Gigi, First Date, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway (additional orchestrations), The Addams Family (dance arrangements, additional orchestrations), Memphis (dance arrangements), Million Dollar Quartet (associate music supervisor), Ring of Fire (associate MD), All Shook Up (MD), Rent (associate conductor). Off-Broadway: Bare, Romantic Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. Other: Disney’s “Descendants” (Andrew Lippa’s “Evil Like Me”), 2011 Billboard Music Awards, I Am Harvey Milk, I Am Anne Hutchinson, James and the Giant Peach.
IAN EISENDRATH (Music Supervisor) is the Olivier Award-winning, Grammy-nominated music supervisor and arranger for the Broadway, Toronto, North American, Australian and U.K. companies of Come From Away, and the new Broadway musical, Diana. Additional credits include A Christmas Story (Broadway), Fox TV’s “A Christmas Story Live,” and upcoming films Spirited (Apple); Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (Sony); Diana (Netflix); and Come From Away (Apple TV+). Other credits include: Producer of the albums of Come From Away, A Christmas Story Live and Diana; Music Supervisor and Director of New Work at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre (2003 to 2016); and multiple productions at La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Symphony, ACT, TUTS, Ordway, Casa Mañana, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. University of Michigan graduate. JOEL GOLDES (Dialect Coach). Come From Away (worldwide, live capture). Film/TV: Jingle Jangle, The Woman King, “The First Lady,” “The Shrink Next Door,” Honey Boy, After Earth, “Hatfields & McCoys,” ”24,” The Hangover. TheDialectCoach.com. Joel has removed over 130,000 invasive crayfish from a local SoCal creek. DANIEL GOLDSTEIN (Associate Director). Broadway: Godspell. OffBroadway: Tamar of the River, Lower Ninth, Indoor/Outdoor. Regional: Huntington, Williamstown, Goodspeed, O’Neill, among others. Japan: A New Brain, Gekido, Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Studios Japan). Writing: Unknown Soldier (original cast album available on Ghostlight Records), Row, Orange Crush. 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Librettist. Children: Gracie and Ezra. danielgoldsteincreative.com. RICHARD J. HINDS (Associate Choreographer). Broadway: Company, Come From Away, Newsies, Jekyll & Hyde, Il Divo: A Musical Affair. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love. National/U.K. tour: 9 to 5, High School Musical. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The REV, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse. TV: “Encore!” (Disney+), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, “America’s Got Talent,” “The Bethenny Show” and “Good Afternoon America.” @richardjhinds. THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable and antiracist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy. ERIK BIRKELAND (Company Manager). Recipient of the 2014 Broadway League’s George MacPherson Road Award. Tours: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Music, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Memphis, Chicago, Jelly’s Last Jam and live stage tours of Rugrats, Blue’s Clues, ScoobyDoo and Dora the Explorer. JEFF MENSCH (Associate Company Manager) (he/him) has circled the world twice with the USO and happily joins you tonight on this memorable trip to Gander. Other favorite journeys of the imagination: London for My Fair Lady, The Bronx for A Bronx Tale, Siam for The King and I, and 1956 for Million Dollar Quartet. Go everywhere you can! CAMERON MONCUR (Music Director). Previous Broadway/national tours: Finding Neverland, Jersey Boys. Regional: Frozen (DCL), Carrie, In the Heights (SpeakEasy Stage), Amelia (Great Canadian Theatre/Thousand Island Playhouse). His arrangements and orchestrations can be heard on numerous recordings, including Jessica Vosk: Wild and Free, Wish, Broadway for Orlando and Carols for a Cure (Come From Away). MYRNA CONN (Associate Music Director) is a music director and composer based in New York City.
Broadway: Pretty Woman (Key 1/ Conductor and Key 2 sub). New York: Fountain (New Victory LabWorks), Bagels from Benny (92nd Street Y), Story Pirates. Composing: Finding Nemo JR/KIDS for Disney. Graduate of Northwestern University and Toronto native!
DAVID LAI (Music Coordinator). Broadway music coordinator: Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Mary Poppins, South Pacific, Jesus Christ Superstar, Riverdance. Music director/conductor: The Phantom of the Opera. Grammy winner (six-time Grammy nominee) and Emmy Award. Recordings: Joshua Bell; Itzhak Perlman; Lang Lang; Placido Domingo; Renée Fleming; Eldar; West Side Story; Fiddler on the Roof; The King and I; Promises, Promises; South Pacific; Elf. MICHAEL RUBINOFF (Creative Consultant). An Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated Toronto-based producer who conceived this compelling story as a musical. In 2011, he established the Canadian Music Theatre Project, an international incubator for the development of new musicals, where he produced and developed the first workshops of Come From Away and 29 other musicals. In 2018 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General of Canada for his role in creating Come From Away. A proud graduate of Western Law. Visit newfoundlandlabrador.com. @mrubinoff.
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
(Production Manager) is Hillary Blanken, Guy Kwan, Ana Rose Greene, Joseph DeLuise, Victoria Bullard, Ross Leonard, Sadie Alisa and Christopher Batstone. Over the last 20 years, JSP has helped create over 60 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, over 20 national tours and numerous Las Vegas productions. Current productions: King Kong, The Prom, The Band’s Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once on This Island, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Waitress, Beautiful and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tour.
ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP
(General Management). Current/ prior Broadway: Come From Away, The Music Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Illusionists (2014–2019), Celebrity Autobiography, Rocktopia, In Transit, Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science, Doctor Zhivago, First Date, Memphis (Broadway, West End and national tour) and others. Come From Away in Toronto, U.K., Australia and on tour. Upcoming: Little Dancer, A Sign of the Times, Other World. alchemyproductiongroup.com. ON THE RIALTO (Marketing Strategy & Direction) is a marketing strategy company for Broadway, live entertainment and the arts.
JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS
(Executive Producer) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning company dedicated to developing and producing original musicals. Broadway, Toronto, North American tour, U.K. and Melbourne productions of Come From Away. Broadway, national tour and West End productions of 2010 Tony Award best musical Memphis, and Broadway production of First Date. Founding Partners: Randy Adams, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff, Sue Frost. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Producer). The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director; Debby Buchholz, Managing Director) is internationally renowned for creating some of the most exciting and adventurous work in American theater through its new play development programs, Without Walls (WOW) series, artist residencies and commissions.
SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE
(Producer) is a Tony Award-winning regional not-for-profit theater founded in 1963. Today, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations. FORD’S THEATRE produces nationally acclaimed classic and world premiere plays and musicals exploring the American experience and celebrating Lincoln’s legacy. Recipient of the National Medal of Arts. More at fords.org.
STAFF FOR COME FROM AWAY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS Randy Adams Marleen & Kenny Alhadeff Sue Frost Lauren Fee Natalie Gershtein
GENERAL MANAGEMENT ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP Carl Pasbjerg Marshall B. Purdy Abbie M. Strassler Lauren Tucker Alex Stone Maddy Cohen PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Guy Kwan Victoria Bullard Sadie Alisa Ross Leonard Christopher Batstone Hannah Wilson NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE POLK & CO. Matt Polk Wayne Wolfe Colgan McNeil MARKETING STRATEGY AND DIRECTION ON THE RIALTO Clint Bond Jr.
TOUR MARKETING AND PRESS REPRESENTATIVE ANITA DLONIAK & ASSOCIATES, INC Anita Dloniak Melissa A. Hazek
CASTING THE TELSEY OFFICE Rachel Hoffman, CSA Rachel Minow, CSA Lily Schneider TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart Laura Kolarik, Stephanie Ditman Sophie Tiesler thebookinggroup.com COMPANY MANAGEMENT COMPANY MANAGER Erik Birkeland ASSOCIATE COMPANY MANAGER Jeff Mensch
Production Stage Manager...... Shawn Pennington Stage Manager ................................ Geoff Maus Assistant Stage Manager ...........Mackenzie Blade Dance Captain ............................... Jane Bunting Health & Safety Manager ................ Denise Zeiler Assistant Health and Safety Manager ... Kate Lynch Associate Director......................Daniel Goldstein Associate Choreographer............Richard J. Hinds Assistant Director....................... Kevin McAllister Assistant Choreographer ............... Brandon Kelly Associate Scenic Designer.............. Jenna Carino Associate Costume Designer ... Devario Simmons Associate Lighting Designers .......... Ryan O’Gara, Amanda Zieve Assistant to Mr. Binkley......................... Joel Britt Associate Sound Designer ........... Russell Godwin Creative Consultant ................... Michael Rubinoff Marketing/Promotions Consultant.Beth Rohlmeier Newfoundland Music Consultant ......... Bob Hallett Dramaturg ................................. Shirley Fishman Technical Director............................... Fred Gallo Production Carpenter.............................T.J. King Head Carpenter............................... Michael Nye Assistant Carpenter........................ Jason Fehlen Assistant Carpenter...................... Martin Blacker Production Electrician ........................ Eric Norris Head Electrician .....................................Joe Pye Assistant Electrician ..................... Jessica Clarke Assistant Electrician ..................Joshua Kosmicki Assistant Electrician ................... Jeffrey Hartford Moving Lights Programmer .............Alyssa Eilbott
Production Sound Engineer ............Jim VanBergen Sound Mixer............................ Matthew McShane R.F. Technician ........................Demetrius Grandel Production Props .............................. Mike Pilipski Head Props .......................................Randy Paun Production Wardrobe Supervisor .......................Melissa Joy Crawford Wardrobe Supervisor ..............Jeremy Davis-Towle Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ......Chanda Barnes Hair Supervisor .................................Jakey Hicks Production Assistant .........................Berrit Keller, Jenita Nakamura Production Photographer ............ Matthew Murphy Accountant ........................ WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, CPA and Karen Kowgios, CPA Payroll Services .....................Checks & Balances Comptroller.....................Galbraith and Company/ Kenny Noth, Jeff Vincent Banking .............. Signature Bank/Mary Ann Fanelli Insurance ......................................... Dewitt Stern Legal Counsel ........................... Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo PC/ Daniel Wasser, Esq. Travel Arrangements..........Tzell Travel/Andi Henig Accommodation Arrangements... Road Concierge/ Lisa Morris Physical Therapy Services ............... NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc, Medical Director Craig Weil, MD. Customs Broker ..........................................IMEX Souvenir Merchandise Design & Creation ............The Araca Group/Hans Kriefall
CREDITS
Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Show control and scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems© by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Lighting equipment from PRG. Cod by Gerard Studios. Additional props by BB Props. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments. Selected costumes by John Kristiansen New York Inc. Millinery by Arnold Levine. Leather wear by David Samuel Menkes. Offi cial rum partner: Newfoundland Screech Rum. Piano courtesy of Yamaha. “Mr. Michael’s” underscore arranged by Alec Berlin. This production was rehearsed at The Pershing Square Signature Theatre Center 480 West 42nd Street, NY, NY 10036 signaturetheatre.org
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Jack Gianino, Tony Meola, Benjamin Nissen, Ellen Pilipski, Joshua Pilipski, Tony Pliska, Eric Reynolds.
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The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.
All stage work performed by employees represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
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Jennifer Lopez ...........................................Director Christina Adamoli*, D.J. Dennis*, Edmund Gurule*, Elias Lopez*, Hayley Solano*, Sam Stump*...................Counter/Show Leads Kirsten Anderson*, Scott Lix*, Greg Swan* .....................Subscription Agents Wisline Cledgett*, Elliot Davis*, Jen Gray*, Claire Hayes, Chántel Healy*, Natalie Jaramillo*, Phi Johnson-Grimes, Noah Jungferman*, Chris Leech*, Michael Mathey*, Lane Randall*, Liz Sieroslawski*, Andrew Sullivan*, Dewey Tran* ....................................Ticket Agents Jon Collins .....................Subscription Manager Katie Davis ..............VIP Ticketing Coordinator Billy Dutton ...........................Associate Director, Operations Danielle Freeman ...............Customer Service Manager Roger Haak .................VIP Ticketing Manager Ella Mann............................Box Offi ce Manager Katie Spanos .......................Associate Director, Subscriber Services
Group Sales
Jessica Bergin .....................Associate Director Brad Steinmeyer ..............................Coordinator Maddie Young .............................Education and Group Sales Associate
Theatre Services
Evan Gendreau ..................Associate Director Elliot Shields ...............................................Manager Bryan Faciane, Kaylyn Kriaski, Leilani Lynch, Aaron McMullen, Stacy Norwood, Valerie Schaefer...............Assistant Managers Nora Caley, Teresa Gould, Robin Lander, Myrisa Martin, Barbara Pooler, Wendy Quintana ..................House Managers
ACCOUNTING & FINANCE
Jane Williams ......................................................CFO Sara Brandenburg ...................................Director, Accounting Services Michaele Davidson .....Treasury Accountant Jennifer Jeff rey ....................Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Valerie Lingbloom ...................General Ledger Accountant Kristina Monge ....................Accounts Payable Specialist Jennifer Siemers ...........Director, Accounting
HUMAN RESOURCES
Laura Maresca ..............................Vice President Brian Carter, Lizette Collazos ..........Directors Kate Faust ............................................Coordinator Paul Johnson ...........................Payroll Specialist Monica Robles ...............Supervisor, Mailroom Kinsey Scholl .................Operations Specialist
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Lisa Roebuck .................................Vice President
For security purposes, the IT team has been omitted.
OPERATIONS
Vincent Bridgers ........................Senior Analyst Adam Busch .................................Junior Analyst Aaron Chavez ....................................................Lead Ruben Cruz ................................................Engineer Simone Gordon .......................................Manager Kyle Greufe ....................................................Analyst Brandon LeMarr ......................................Engineer Sarah Martinez ............................................Analyst Jacob Parker .......................Associate Director Joseph Reecher ......................................Engineer Allyssa Welker ...............................Administrator
OFF-CENTER
Charlie Miller ...Executive Director & Curator
THEATRE COMPANY Administration
Charles Varin .......................Managing Director Paige Lindquist ................Assistant Company Manager Ann Marshall ...........................General Manager Sabina Rivera ....................Company Manager
Artistic
Chris Coleman ..........................Artistic Director Melissa Cashion .....................Artistic Producer Grady Soapes ....................Artistic Producer & Director of Casting
Production
Jeff Giff ord ...................................................Director Julie Brou ................Administrative Assistant/ Offi ce 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 Lily Bradford ..............................................Assistant Joseph Price+ .............Production Electrician
Sound Design
Alexander Billman ..............................Supervisor Meagan Holdeman+, Timothy Schoeberl+ .......................Technicians
Stage Management
Michael Morales ..................................Production Stage Manager Marti Barthel, Corin Davidson, Rachel Ducat, Wendy Eastland, Stephanie Holmes, Anne Jude, Rick Mireles, Nick Nyquist, Katie An Siegel, Malia Stoner, Kristin Sutter, Christine Woods ....................Stage Managers Angie Salazar, Devon Weisnsch ............Stage Management Apprentices
Anna Cordova, Katy Gentry, Harper Hadley, Sage Hughes, Katie Liguori, Faith Markovetz ..................TOTM Experience Attendants
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
Prop Shop
Meghan Markiewicz ...........................Supervisor Jamie Curl, Georgina Kayes, Ashley Lawler .............................................Artisans
Paint Shop
Jana Mitchell ....................Charge Scenic Artist Kristin Hamer MacFarlane, Melanie Rentschler .....................Scenic Artists
Costume Shop
Janet Macleod ...Director/Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle ....Design Associate Stephanie Cooper, Ingrid Ludeke, Carolyn Plemitscher .................................Draper
Costume Crafts
Kevin Copenhaver....................................Director Chris Campbell.........................................Assistant
Wigs
Diana Ben-Kiki ......................................Supervisor
House Crew
Douglas Taylor+ ...................................Supervisor James Berman+, William Loving+, Stephen Mazzeno+, Kyle Moore+, Matt Wagner+ ...................................Stagehands Calli Lavarnway+, Kelly Russel+ ...Assistants
Wardrobe
Heidi Echtenkamp .............................Supervisor Robin Appleton^, Amber Krimbel^, David La Beaux^, Lauren LaCasse^ , Lisa Parsons-Wagner^ , Kami Williams^ ..........................................Dressers Jerome Horng^, Marisa Sorce^ ..............................Wig Assistants
