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“It’s a classic rom-com until that rift,” Coleman said. Through a ploy, the community is led to believe that the
But the serious undercurrents of deception and dishonor are present, too.
Much Ado should help. With snappy dialog full of creative insults, the battle-of-the-sexes romp has long been a crowd favorite. “It goes from sophisticated wordplay to really lowbrow comedy,” Coleman said.
The season’s theme is joy — specifically, the joy of being together in the theatre again after too many sociallydistanced months. What could be a better fit than the classic Renaissance rom-com?
Picking Much Ado About Nothing for the Theatre Company’s first post-pandemic season was an easy call for Coleman, who serves as the Theatre Company’s Artistic Director. “I wanted the next Shakespeare after the pandemic to be joyful, celebratory.”
Much Ado About Nothing goes for laughs until a third of the way through when it takes an abrupt turn.
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Written in 1598, Much Ado is quite a contemporaryfeeling play, owing partly to its writing style — 90% prose rather than verse. (That may be why it has been so often adapted for film.) Of course the subject of romantic complications is timeless, but even the title is cleverly meta, making fun of its own content.
During those difficult times, Coleman recalled, even he would start a show on HBO, only to reject it as too much to bear. “It will be interesting to see how long it takes us to get our armor back.”
“We’re all still very much navigating and assessing what we need from entertainment, from engagement with the community, with how much we can digest,” Coleman said. “I’ve never been somebody who understood when audiences said, ‘I just want the light stuff.’ But I understood after the pandemic.”
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“That’s what is always rewarding, delicious and hard about Shakespeare. It’s never either/or. You have to wrestle with this really hard in-between.”
There’s something very modern about Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The rapid-fire zings, the flirty aggression — if Beatrice and Benedick met today, they would badmouth and ghost each other on a dating app. Fortunately, the play is respectfully presented in its original form, only stylistically updated to the 1930s in the DCPA Theatre Company’s production, directed by Chris Coleman.
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There are jokey moments, ready to be mined. “We’ll get as much comedy out of it as we possibly can. He’s built it all in there for you,” Coleman said. “The trick is setting up a world where you also have permission to go deep when you need to.”
Crucially, Beatrice, the strong female at the heart of the story, is a combination of snarky and coy that feels rather contemporary.“Beatriceisvery modern in her thinking about men and women,” Coleman said. “She’s extremely blunt and forthright in how she deals with even the most powerful.”
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“They are both strong minded, smart and funny,” Coleman said. “Of course they would be good partners if they would ever shut up.”
How does this sudden turn make sense even within the context of the play? How does a father take offense at his daughter’s supposed indiscretion, enough to wish her dead?
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In this case, Beatrice and Benedick have “spent a lot of energy pushing away romance.” They are both well defended against the possibility.
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“It’s interesting to wrestle with, interesting to try to get inside Claudio’s head, inside Leonato’s head,” Coleman said. “It’s part social pressure. What is their relationship to their own sense of shame/honor? What is their sense of their honor being diminished?”
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young bride-to-be, Hero, has been unfaithful. The extreme reaction is shocking by today’s mores. Hero’s intended, Claudio, and even her father, Leonato, violently reject her, even as she swears she has been loyal. (Best to avoid out-of-context critiques. Anyone listening for antifeminist, patriarchal ideas will have a field day throughout the play. But strict gender roles were a Renaissance staple.)
There’s much more than frothy rom-com sentiment here. As in Shakespeare’s other comedies, Much Ado expands to cover a range of genres. “He’s daring the form to hold as much weight as it possibly can,” Coleman said. As a light comedy, “it shouldn’t be able to carry that level of drama, and yet it does.”
“What’s clear to me is, it’s a play about trust,” Coleman said. Beatrice and Benedick have been burned in relationships in the past so they’ve each sworn off the opposite sex — a red flag. “Whenever someone says something definitive like that in Shakespeare, you know you’re in for a bigFromwhopping.”hisknowledge of the Bard, Coleman concludes Shakespeare’s ideas about marriage were “conflicted.” Maybe the playwright had his own trust issues?
The staging promises to be innovative. Coleman said when he first considered the production, “honestly, I could see it happening in two different ways: in its own period, on the northeast coast of Sicily, the Renaissance. That could be interesting. But we just did Twelfth Night in“Theperiod.other possibility was the same locale, but 20th century. We brainstormed and ended up setting it in the ’30s on the northeast coast of Sicily, maybe with some reference to the Spanish civil war” as the men return home at the start of the play.
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It goes from sophisticated wordplay to really lowbrow comedy.… That’s what is always rewarding, delicious and hard about Shakespeare. It’s never either/or. You have to wrestle with this really hard in-between.
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Former Temptations lead singer Otis Williams is not as famous as some of the other stars minted by the legendary Motown supergroup, including David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks, but he is the last living survivor. It is his 1988 book, Temptations, that forms the basis of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, the Broadway musical whose tour lands at the BuellActorTheatre.Marcus Paul James, who was an in-cast standby for seven principal roles in the Broadway production of Ain’t Too Proud, plays Williams on the road. We caught up with him by phone and James shared why he looks up to Williams.
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A: The Tempts were so big and yet their bus still got shot at in the South. Or they still had to walk to the back of the theater to go perform. The story is centered around Otis and his question, was it all worth it. We ride that line through to show the choices. These are the big things that changed the course of the group.
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Q: The Tempts’ experience in the South is captured in the play and is pretty frightening?
Q: Have you met Mr. Williams?
Q: When I saw the Broadway production, I found that the music drove the whole thing, without breathing. Talk to me about the pacing.
Q: And yet this is a show about America, as well.
A: Living legend, that’s what we call him. And, yes, he’s been a part of the process from the beginning.
A: I think Dominique Morisseau, the book writer, said something that always resonates with me. Just our presence as Black people at all was an act of activism. The fact that these Motown artists, especially the Tempts, were always looking good, always eloquent, made a statement. [Motown Records founder] Berry Gordy did a wonderful thing in making sure that the product was top-notch.
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James also talked about why the Tempts are special, both then and now, and why the audience should not sit silent during the show.
A: Look, we would be there for days if we told the story of what happened word for word. When you think about the experience of Motown, no one worked alone. There was always another group of people — like the Supremes and behind them, the Four Tops. There was so much happening that just one day would be a play in itself.
A: We’re in such a climate now where we’re the most divided we’ve been in a long time. So, I feel that. To be fair, we haven’t played Alabama yet. We played Atlanta, but it doesn’t feel like the South. Again, the music is such a buffer of love and appreciation, I think it will still resonate. I even say a line in the play that is poignant. Otis says, “You never know who’s hating you and singing along to your record.” We all love this music. And that’s what brings us all together.
“We call him Uncle O, because he checks in with us about every two weeks,” James said. “And he’s full of wisdom and encouragement, like how to take care of yourself on tour. When he says that we have to focus on the work, that’s the most important thing, we listen. That’s 60 years of experience talking.”
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Q: The nation was going through tremendous turmoil and yet the Tempts were bringing people together with music of such beauty.
This revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, is “thrilling, glorious and better than it ever was” (New York Times). “Every so often a revival comes along that reminds you how indispensable great theater can be” (NY1).
Q: Generations of Americans owe their existence to this music?
A: Why not the Tempts? Also, to be honest, you remember “Summer of Soul.” Well, what got me was the explanation for why it took 50 years to see the light of day. When they shot it, no one was interested in Black stories like that. It was not as interesting as the moon landing or Woodstock. When I was doing the show and was offered the opportunity to play Otis around the country, it became an honor to tell this story because it has so long been not interesting to people. Being able to tell these Black stories, even in the past, is fascinating. And they were superstars. They were the NSYNCs of the ’60s, spawning all these mega groups in the ’90s. They laid the foundation for what music would become. Otis said he’s blessed to have sung with the group. The Temptations are still touring together because it’s not about the individual, but the group.
AIN’T TOO PROUD — THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS
One of the most beloved musicals of all time, Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady is coming to Denver. The iconic Lincoln Center Theatre production tells the story of Cockney flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, and her transformation into a “proper lady.” Under the guidance of Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor, Eliza attends dazzling events, meets glamorous people, and lets her true colors shine – no matter the situation.
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A: Of course. My mother would stop everything she’s doing when she hears Melvin [Franklin’s] voice. She would go, “Ooh, is that Melvin?” I’m like, “Mom.
The original 1956 production won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and was hailed by The New York Times as “one of the best musicals of the century.” Featuring the classic songs “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “The Rain in Spain,” and more, this musical will have you smiling from the first note.
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A: Pre- or post-, people connect with this music so deeply. It transcends sense to a degree. This is not a theater etiquette show. You sit down, put the Playbill in your lap and be quiet. No. I talk to you. I talk to the audience, and their response is important. And I’m allowed to snap and dance along. If you know a part of the song, sing a little — but not too loud. People react, ooh. They go, “Sing, David!”
Q: What’s so special about the Tempts?
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Denver audiences will delight in the costuming, the music, and the beloved story from November 15 – 27 at the Buell Theatre. Whether My Fair Lady is a long-standing favorite or a brandnew story, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to see this illustrious production!
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Being able to tell these Black stories, even in the past, is fascinating. And they were superstars…. They laid the foundation for what music would become.
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But when they finally 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.”
“It is a celebration of the best in humankind,” she said.
After the five days, she was eager to return to the skies. “I never once thought about not flying again,” she said.
The spontaneous relief effort 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 filled 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.
What has helped since, she says, has been Come From Away
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“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.”
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“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.”
US airspace was immediately closed and 38 in-bound commercial pilots were ordered to land in the small Canadian town of Gander.
On 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.ForBass,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.”
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.
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 five 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.
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Thomas W. Ashworth, Logan Ernstthal, Kate Gleason, Dana Green, Gavin Hoffman, Gerrard James, Geoffrey Kent, Rodney Lizcano, Desirée Mee Jung, Jihad Milhem, Rob Nagle, Jennifer Paredes, Gareth Saxe, Alexander Sovronsky Stage Managers: Michael G. Morales, Katie An Siegel KILSTROM THEATRE 30 – NOV 6, 2022
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Summer, and others. Regional: Crossing Mnisose, Major Barbara, Astoria Part 1 & 2, Great Expectations, Othello, Cyrano, Clybourne Park (Portland Center Stage). He has also been seen at Artists Rep, Profile Theatre, Book-It (Seattle), The Shakespeare Theatre (D.C.), Tulane Summer Shakespeare Fest, and PCPA. TV: “Shrill,” “Grimm,” “Leverage,” “The Librarians,” “Portlandia,” and “The Big Easy.” Gavin is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and has a BFA in acting from Ithaca College.
The Pillowman and Noises Off. OffBroadway credits include: Henry IV (BAM); A Flea in Her Ear DCPATheatre,Vienna’sPlaymakersTheatre,Regional/International:(Roundabout).Off-SquareBaltimoreCenterStage,Rep,NorthernStage,EnglishTheatre,HebbelBerlin,WilliamstownFestival.TheatreCompany:
Anna Karenina, Death of a Salesman, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Last Night of Ballyhoo. Other Colorado credits: Sylvia, Small Mouth Sounds, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Murder on the Orient Express, All My Sons, Sense and Sensibility, Tartuffe, Bus Stop, The Drowning Girls (Arvada Center). Annapurna (BETC); Macbeth (THEATREWORKS). Television: “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “Guiding Light.”
GERRARD JAMES (Claudio). New York credits include: Is This a Graveyard? (Brick Theatre), Mad Cool (The Kraine), and Exposure (Middle Voice RegionalTheater).credits
RODNEY LIZCANO (Don Pedro). At the DCPA: The Book of Will, MariachiAmerican , The Constant Wife, Frankenstein, Hamlet, American Night,
Pericles (Red Bull). New York credits include: Love’s Labor’s Lost, As You Like It, End of
GEOFFREY KENT (Benedick). At DCPA: Richard III, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo & Juliet. Other regional theatre include: Henry VI - Part One, Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Julius Caesar; Antony & Cleopatra (American Shakespeare Center); Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew, Henry V (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre); Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night (Arvada Center); and 14 seasons with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
THOMAS ASHWORTHW. Watch).(Antonio/FirstStage: Pirates of Penzance (New York Festival);ShakespeareSpokesong Playhouse);(Pasadena Robber Bridegroom (Old Globe Theatre); How to Succeed in Business (Musical Theatre Guild); Julius Caesar, Richard II, Merry Wives of Windsor, Loves Labors Lost (Kingsmen Players); A Christmas Carol (San Diego Repertory); and dancing with California Ballet. TV/Film: “Young Sheldon,” “Good Girls,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” “Superstore,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Criminal Minds,” “General Hospital,” “Ray Donovan,” “Arrested Development,” “Speechless,” Grease, New York, New York, In the Mood, 1941, dancing in Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” Training: MFA School of Performing Arts.
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LOGAN ERNSTTHAL creditsFrancis).(Conrad/FriarRegionalinclude:Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Book of Will, The Comedy of Errors, Anthony & Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, and Treasure Island (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); The Liar, Animal Farm, The Ladies Man, Road To Mecca, and Good On Paper (Arvada Center); General Store (World Premiere), Our Town, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, Moon for the Misbegotten, A Beautiful Country (Creede Repertory Theatre); Merry Wives, King Lear, Comedy of Errors (Riverside Shakespeare); Of Mice & Men (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Skull In Connemara (Miner’s Alley Playhouse). He has an MFA from UMKC.
DANA GREEN (Beatrice) is delighted to be back at DCPA after performing in the 2022 Colorado New Play Summit. She has spent four seasons with the Stratford Festival and has performed at numerous regional theaters including Portland Center Stage, The Old Globe, South Coast Repertory, Yale Repertory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Court Theatre, Meadow Brook Theatre, and Shakespeare Festival of Dallas. TV/ Film: “Early Edition,” “Grimm,” “The Librarians,” “Shrill,” “Trinkets,” “The Girl in the Woods,” and the upcoming Paramount+ film Significant Others
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include: Twelfth Night (Shakesperience), Detroit ‘67 (The Clarence Brown Theatre). TV: “Pillow Talk” and “Love My Roomie.” Special Awards/Training: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (MA 2019/20 Fulbright John Wood LAMDA Award) and The Actors Studio Drama School (MFA).
Broadway:(Balthasar/Verges). Cyrano de Bergerac (starring Kevin Kline). OffBroadway: The Public Theatre, Atlantic Theater, Red Bull Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Theatre for a New Audience. Regional: Shakespeare & Company, Seattle Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, KC Rep, Arena Stage, CT Rep, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, PA Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Theatre Co, Hartford Stage, American Shakespeare Center, Walnut Street Theatre, many others. Alexander is also an accomplished music director, composer, and teacher, with a focus on the music of Shakespeare’s plays. For a good time, check www.AlexanderSovronsky.comout and on IG PLAYWRIGHT@Alexander.Sovronsky
ROB NAGLE Messenger).(Dogberry/TheDCPA: Appoggiatura, The 39 Steps (2010). Theater credits include: Church and State (New World Stages); Of Good Stock (South Coast Repertory); I Love to Eat (Portland Center Stage); as well as productions at Pasadena Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Centerstage, The Old Globe, and Shakespeare Theatre Company. TV/Film: “Alien Vacation,” “Blonde,” “Batwoman,” “Mom,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” “Dynasty,” “The 11th Green,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “To Hell and Gone,” “Bad Samaritan,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Modern Family,” “The Librarians,” “Fishing Naked,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “CSI,” “Criminal Minds,” “New Year’s Eve,” “Mad Men” and “Dawson’s Creek.” Training: Northwestern University. robnagle.com @nagdoggie
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(Hero). NY Theatre: The Straights (The JACK); Theatre:Regional El Huracán (Yale Theatre);RepertoryAmerican Mariachi (DCPA Theatre Company); Hurricane Diane, Twelfth Night (The Old Globe); Waking La Llorona (The Old Globe/La Jolla Playhouse/Without Walls Festival); The Clean House (Portland Stage); Native Gardens (Florida Repertory); The River Bride (Stages Repertory); Manifest Destinitis, Into the Beautiful North, and Rapture, Blister, Burn (San Diego Repertory); Ballast (Diversionary Theatre); Seven Spots on the Sun (InnerMission); Perfect Arrangement (Intrepid Theatre Co.); Lydia (Ion IGjenniferparedesactor.com,Theatre).—@_jennparedes
Regionally: Hamlet, Dangerous Liasons, (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); Sexual Perversity in Chicago (American Conservatory Theater); iWitness (Mark Taper Forum); Pericles (Old Globe). Locally he has appeared in Sylvia (Arvada Center); All’s Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet (CSF); You Lost Me, Anna Karenina, Macbeth, (DCPA). Film: Public Enemies. TV: “SVU: Law & Order.” Training: MFA; NYU.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was born in late April 1564 in Stratfordupon-Avon. As a young actor, poet and playwright, he joined The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, one of the most successful acting troupes in London. In 1599, the troupe lost the lease of the theatre where it performed and built its own theatre across the Thames, south of London, which it called The Globe. The new theatre opened in July of 1599 built from the timbers of the old theatre. In 1603, when James I came to the throne, the new king designated the troupe as the King’s Company. Shakespeare entertained the people of London at The Globe until June 19, 1613, when a cannon fired from the roof of the theatre during a performance of Henry VIII set the thatch roof on fire and burned the theatre to the ground. Shakespeare retired from the stage but continued to write until his death in 1616 on his 52nd
DESIRÉE MEE JUNG (Margaret) is thrilled to be making her DCPA debut! Select theatre credits include: Vietgone (Alley Theatre); Sense & Sensibility (South Coast Rep); Richard III, Pericles, The Comedy of Errors (Utah Shakespeare Festival); the world premiere of Bonesetter’s Daughter (Book-It Rep); All’s Well That Ends Well, Frankenstein (A Noise Within); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Edward III (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Gloria, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide (Curious Theatre Company); Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Henry IV - Part I (Antaeus Theatre Company). TV: “NCIS.” She holds a B.A. and a B.S. from the University of Northern Colorado.
JIHAD MILHEM (Borachio). Regional credits include: The Crucible (Miner’s Alley Playhouse); Pericles, Hamlet, Coriolanus Festival);Shakespeare(Colorado Guards at the Taj, The Rembrandt, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado); Everything Was Stolen, She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange (square product theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Off Square Theatre Company). His play, Mosque, has been produced in Denver and Aurora. Film: O.T.I.S.E. Training: BFA, Otterbein University.
Merchant of Venice, Spinning into Butter, Inna Beginning, The Tempest, Gross Indecency, The Rivals, Winter’s Tale, A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Tempest, Merry Wives, Henry IV - Parts 1 & 2, Henry V, Henry VI Parts 1 & 3, Equivocation, Cymbeline, Twelfth Night (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); The Old Globe, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Dallas Shakespeare, Theatre Aspen, Arvada Center. TV/Film: Silver City directed by John Sayles and “Stage Struck” on Bravo. Training: Southern Methodist University (BFA) National Theatre Conservatory (MFA).
GARETH SAXE (Leonato) Broadway credits include Heartbreak House, The Homecoming, The Lion King, and Nicolai and the Others. Broadway:Off Harper Regan (The Atlantic); Richard III, WInter’s Tale (Public Theatre); The Daughter in Law (The Mint).
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In 1988, Chris founded Actor’s Express in Atlanta (in the basement of an old church), a company that continues to be a cultural force in the Southeast today. He has directed at major theaters across the country, including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Alliance Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, ACT/Seattle, the Asolo, Pittsburgh Public, 59E59, and New York Theater Workshop.
BASS/VALLE CASTING (Casting). New York: Broadway’s Gem of the Ocean Off- Broadway: Radio Golf, Jitney. Public Theater’s: New Works Now, Minetta Lane, Women’s Project, La MaMa, Epic Theatre, Drama League, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Women in Film and Television. Regional: Hartford Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Trinity Rep, Syracuse Stage, Huntington Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Dallas Theatre Co., Berkeley Rep, Playmaker’s Rep, Alliance Theatre,
TOM HAGERMAN (Composer) is a Denver based composer, arranger, educator and musician best known for his multi-instrumentalist role in the Grammy-nominated rock band, Devotchka. He has performed on many recordings including those by M Ward, She and Him, Nathaniel Rateliff, Bettye Lavette, Eric Bachman, Calexico, and Sage Francis. As an arranger and orchestrator, he has worked closely with a variety of groups including, The Colorado Symphony, The Flaming Lips, The Lumineers, Amos Lee, Gregory Alan Isakov, Trampled by Turtles, Ingrid Michaelson, Lettuce, and Opiuo. He has written original music for theater and dance, including performances by Wonderbound and the Colorado Symphony of The 7 Deadly Sins, De Troya by Dallas based Cara Mia Theatre, and performances of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. His latest projects include Grande Orquesta Navarre, a collaborative Nuevo Tango chamber ensemble, and “Modern Victims,” a collection of pop songs recorded under the banner “Post Truth Serum.” Tom is a graduate of the music school at the University of Colorado in violin performance and is a product of music education in public schools.
MATTHEW CAMPBELL (Production Manager). (He/Him/His). Matthew is incredibly grateful to be back at work supporting our outstanding production team and guest artists creating extraordinary theatre after so many difficult months away. He started at the DCPA in 2010 as a stage manager and in 2016 joined the production management team. Previously a stage manager at several local theatres and an Assistant Professor of Theater at Brooklyn College. Training: MFA, University of Iowa.
BARBARA HORT PH.D. (Psychodramaturg) has maintained a private practice in Portland, Oregon for 35 years, working from the approach developed by the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung. At the invitation of Chris Coleman, Dr. Hort has served as the psychodramaturg on over 20 of his productions, providing material on the psychological dynamics of the play that can be used by the artists creating the performance. Dr. Hort is the author of “Unholy Hungers: Encountering the Psychic Vampire in Ourselves and Others” and the upcoming “Hollow Crown of Fire: A Discovery of Meaning in the Coronavirus Pandemic and Its Predecessors.”
CHRIS COLEMAN is passionate about the connection between stories and community. He joined the DCPA Theatre Company as Artistic Director in November of 2017 and has directed Rattlesnake Kate, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, A Doll’s House, Anna Karenina, and Oklahoma!. Previously, Chris served as Artistic Director for Portland Center Stage in Oregon for 18 years. Under his leadership, PCS renovated the city’s historic Armory into a new home, saw annual attendance nearly double, workshopped 52 new plays that went on to productions at over 100 theaters around the US and UK, and became a national leader in how theaters engage with their community.
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KEVIN COPENHAVER (Costume Designer) At the DCPA (31 seasons): Wild Fire, Twelfth Night, Goodnight Moon, Sweat, Corduroy, The Who’s Tommy, The Snowy Day, Sweeney Todd, Frankenstein, The Christians, Lord of the Flies, Animal Crackers, Just Like Us, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, The Whale, Dracula, Mama Hated Diesels, A Christmas Carol, Tantalus and many others. Other Theatres: Hair (Geva Theatre Center); Sylvia, The Explorer’s Club, Passing Strange, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Divine Sister, Tommy, Dream a Little Dream, 12th Night, Titus Andronicus, regional premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher and Love, Janis (USF). Training: BA in Theatre Design, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Centro Maschere e Strutture Gestuali, Padua, Italy.
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SAMANTHA EGLE (Intimacy Choreographer) (She/Her/Hers). Her work has been seen on the stages of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Opera Colorado, Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, Denver Children’s Theatre, Athena Project Festival, Lagoon Theme Park, Upstart Crow, New York Fringe Festival, The BiTSY Stage, Mizel Center for Arts and Culture, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, and numerous other educational institutions in Colorado. She was a Resident Artist as an Intimacy Director at Arena Stage. She is a
NICK JONES (Choreographer) has been dancing and studying dance since 1996, with a focus on Argentine Tango. He was one of the first North American tango dancers invited to
He and his husband, actor/writer Rodney Hicks, live in Reunion with their 100 lb. English blockhead yellow lab and their 18 lb. terrier mix. Since moving to Colorado, he has hiked Dominguez Canyon, wondered at the Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde, explored a working mine in Creede, kayaked Lake Dillon, and rafted down the Arkansas
Virginia Stage, Geva, CenterStage, Long Wharf Theatre, Arizona Theatre Co. Film: Pushing Hands, Gravesend, First We Take Manhattan. Audition Coach at many of the nation’s top universities and actor training programs.
KATIE AN SIEGEL (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be joining the DCPA Stage Management Team! Most recently, she spent the summer at Theatre Aspen as the Production Stage Manager for Gypsy and Jersey Boys Some of her favorite credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Cinderella, Shoebox Picnic Road Side: Route One, Alabama Story, The Sound of Music (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); All the Great Books - abridged (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company); and Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz (Variety Children’s Theater). Katie An is a proud graduate
Minnesota Opera, San Diego Opera, and others. Paul is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Paul is a Principal Lighting Designer/Theatre Consultant for Schuler www.paulwhitakerdesigns.com.www.schulershook.comShook.
CRICKET S. MYERS (Sound Designer).
At the DCPA: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. New York credits include work at The Public Theater, MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company and others. Regional credits include The Guthrie, The Alley, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, The Children’s Theatre Company, The Long Wharf Theatre, The Huntington Theatre Company, Center Stage, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center,
KLARA ZIEGLEROVA (Scenic Design). DCPA: Rattlesnake Kate. Broadway: Sister Act, The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. West End: Sister Act, Jersey Boys Numerous Off-Broadway and regional productions all over the United States, Europe, and Asia. Ms. Zieglerova designed the interior of New World Stages, NYC (Lumen Award). Other awards: Tony Award nomination, Green Room Award Australia, The Best Set Design of the Theatregoers’ Choice Award London (for Jersey Boys); Drammy Award for Best Set Design; Carbonell Award for Best Set Design; sets for the Best Touring Production, L.A. Ovation Award. PQ 2023 Curator
GRADY SOAPES (Casting) (He/Him/ His) is the Director of Casting and Artistic Producer with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Selected casting credits include Rattlesnake Kate, Goodnight Moon, Indecent, A Doll’s House and A Doll’s House, Part 2 in repertory, Oklahoma!, Last Night and the Night Before, The Who’s Tommy, The Wild Party, A Christmas Carol, This Is Modern Art. Grady also works as a Casting Director for Sylvia Gregory Casting where he has cast commercials for Subaru, Fruit of the Loom and has been an associate on several TV, film and video games projects. Choreography credits include Goodnight Moon, Anna Karenina, As You Like It, Drag Machine, Lord of the Butterflies, DragON (Denver Center); Comedy of Errors (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); The Liar (Arvada Center); The Music Man (Perry-Mansfield) as well as Artist in Residence at Colorado State University in 2010. Grady is the producer of the Colorado New Play Summit and former producer of the Colorado New Play Festival.
teach and perform at a festival in Buenos Aires (Pulpo’s Tango Week), and with his dancer partner, Diana Cruz, has taught and performed across North America, Europe, and Australia. They co-choreographed and performed the show “Tango Times” with Gustavo Naviera and Giselle Anne and were guest artists and choreographers for the show “The Tango Zone” in NYC, as well as many other projects. In 2020 he formed the Zero Hour Quartet. Playing music has given him a unique look into the inner working of tango music, and has greatly influenced his art. Nick holds a degree in Creative Writing and is currently working on a master’s degree in Counseling and Therapy. Find out more about Nick and Diana at www.naturaltango.com.
GEOFFREY KENT (Fight Director). Previous DCPA credits (20 seasons) include Vietgone, Richard III, Superior Donuts, Dracula, Tommy, Romeo & Juliet and more. Other work includes the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (14 seasons) including Three Musketeers, Henry 4 part 1, Julius Caesar and more; Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Henry 6 part 1, Treasure Island; Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s Cymbeline, Romeo & Juliet; American Shakespeare Center’s Julius Caesar, Antony & Cleopatra; Opera Colorado’s Carmen, Porgy & Bess; Aspen Sante Fe Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet. Geoffrey is one of only twenty Fight Masters with the Society of American Fight www.geoffreykent.com Directors.
MICHAEL G. MORALES (Stage Manager) (He/Him/His). Michael is the Production Stage Manager for the DCPA Theatre Company. National Tours: Hamilton, The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Rock of Ages (first national tour), Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago and Movin’ Out. Pre-Broadway: Wonderland and Miss Abigail’s Guide At the DCPA: Quixote Nuevo, Wild Fire, You Lost Me, Indecent, Sweat, The Constant Wife, The Who’s Tommy, A Christmas Carol. Other Regional: My Fair Lady (The Asolo); West Side Story (The Fulton).
PAUL WHITAKER (Lighting Design).
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KRISTIN LEAHEY, PH.D. (Dramaturg) served as the Director of New Works at Seattle Rep and the Literary Manager at Woolly Mammoth, among other appointments. She has freelanced with the O’Neill, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Play on Shakespeare, Arizona Theatre Company, Trinity Rep, Primary Stages, Classical Stage Company, the Playwrights’ Center, Dallas Theater Center, Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Kennedy Center, The Old Globe, Indiana Rep, Cleveland Play House, Victory Gardens, Galway Arts Festival, Teatro Vista (artistic associate), among others. She is an Assistant Professor at Boston University, is a producer with the WP Lab, and is an Artistic Consultant for Shakespeare & Co.
On Broadway, Cricket earned a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for her design of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Regional designs include La Jolla Playhouse, The Ahmanson, The Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, Shakespeare Theatre Company of DC, The Kirk Douglas Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, and the Geffen Theater. She has earned 24 Ovation nominations, as well as winning The Ruth Morley Award from the League of Professional Theater Women, The Kinetic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Design, an LADCC and a Garland Award in Los www.cricketsmyers.comAngeles.
CHARLES VARIN (Managing Director) and his team are responsible for the administrative, financial, and business operations for Theatre Company and Off-Center productions and other artistic initiatives. Since joining the Theatre Company in 2006, he has played a major role in executing the artistic vision of the organization and facilitating the production of shows such as Sweet & Lucky, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Sense & Sensibility the Musical, The 12, Sweeney Todd with DeVotchKa and many more. Charles is passionate about artistic innovation and firmly believes in DCPA’s longstanding commitment to new plays and new voices.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
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The concept is simple. Each class chooses a theme and characters for their play. With the help of their professional teaching artists and classroom assistants, the students write entirely new lyrics to three musical theatre songs and stitch them together with a script that tells the theme of their play.
They also develop their own choreography, sets, costumes and props — all in just two weeks. The day of the performance arrives. Family, friends and caregivers fill the Wolf Theatre with energy, excitement and anticipation. DCPA educators kick off the culminating performance with prompts: Who wrote the play? “We did!” Who made the sets? “We did!!” Who wrote the songs? “WE DID!!!”
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For that reason Ameristar Black Hawk has continued to partner with the DCPA year after year. It’s about having a passion not only to entertain, but to also change lives. To foster a vibrant community of giving and to contribute to causes with seek to create a better tomorrow. When the curtain falls, Ameristar will be standing with the DCPA.
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In 2021, U.S. Bank committed $62 million to nonprofit organizations through Community Possible, with an emphasis on community development diversity and inclusion, financial education and the environment. Additionally, its employees volunteered more than 267,000 hours, demonstrating that employee engagement is a major component of its community success.“TheDCPA brings us together to appreciate our diversity of thought, perspective and talent,” said Aye. “I am always amazed at how much we share in common when we all laugh or gasp during a key moment in a performance. It is a sense of participation and belonging that strengthens our community. Supporting the DCPA is making an investment in ourselves, the arts and the place we call home.”
The arts are a significant part of making Denver an amazing place to live and work. U.S. Bank believes in the power of play, which includes the arts, because it brings joy, encourages creativity, teaches problem-solving skills and builds emotional learning. That is why U.S. Bank is a long-time supporter of the magnificent programs and spectacular performances at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA).
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“We’re proud to serve the DCPA because it provides worldclass productions offering the best in live entertainment, in addition to education for all ages through the art of theatre,” said Andy Aye, Market Leader for Colorado and New Mexico. “We know the critical role that the arts play in our society. They inform, inspire and uplift while bringing the community together.”
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At the DCPA, we LOVE Broadway touring shows. But did you know we also build world premieres and re-vamped classics to export from Denver? Our DCPA Theatre Company, Education, and O -Center teams commission scripts for new plays and musicals, design and build sets and costumes right here in the Mile High City, and welcome more than 180,000 patrons each year to our plays, musicals, Theatre for Young Audiences productions, and immersive experiences.
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Sponsor a production — or the entire Theatre Company season — to go behind the scenes like an industry insider.
Want to see real impact from investing in the arts? Consider becoming a production or season sponsor and watch the inspiration unfold!
• Title page recognition in Applause magazine and on the DCPA website
• Attend cast meet-and-greet and first read-through of the script
• Opportunity for a private meet-and-greet with the director or other creative leads
• Framed production poster signed by cast and creative team
• Exclusive dinner with other major sponsors and the Artistic Director and Managing Director of DCPA Theatre Company
GET INVOLVED
• Invitation for two to attend final dress rehearsal
HONORARY PRESENTING SPONSOR - $50,000+
• All benefits above, plus an additional four tickets to Opening Night festivities (10 tickets total)
• All benefits above, plus:
• Visit the costume, scene, or prop shop with a member of the artistic team while your show is in development
Choose a DCPA Theatre Company show and get the full treatment and insider access
HONORARY SEASON SPONSOR - $100,000+
Sponsor the entire DCPA Theatre Company season and experience the theatre like never before! The DCPA will build a customized theatre experience for you and your guests. Meet the artists and go behind the scenes. Watch shows progress from design to the first rehearsal to the final product. Receive personal updates and recognition all season long. Almost anything is possible!
• Additional tickets and behind-the-scenes access
SPOTLIGHT SPONSOR - $10,000+
Choose one production in the DCPA Theatre Company season
PREMIERE SPONSOR - $25,000+
• Invitation for six to attend the Directors Society opening night dinner, followed by a performance of your chosen production
• Complimentary full membership for two in our Directors Society during the produced season
• Private lunch with Artistic Director
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Enjoy additional benefits of sponsoring a DCPA Theatre Company production
• Additional backstage tour access prior to production
• Invitation for two to attend a portion of rehearsals
Whitney Testa Executive Assistant, Marketing & Broadway
Paul Johnson Payroll Specialist
Artistic
Kong Vang Social Media Coordinator
Michael Morales
Claire Graves Director, Produced Programs
Billy Dutton AssociateOperationsDirector, Danielle Freeman CustomerManagerService
Jennifer Jeffrey Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
DEVELOPMENT
Megan Stewart Manager, Events
Julie Schumaker Manager, Board Relations & COO Executive Assistant
Michael Ryan Leuthner Director, Digital Marketing
Lisa Prater Production COVIDOffiSafetycer
Aaron Chavez Lead
Charlie Miller Executive Director & Curator
Emily Lozow Manager, Broadway & Cabaret
Louis Fernandez III Lead Scenic Technician
Douglas Taylor+ Supervisor
Ticketing & Audience Services
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
MadelaineAnthonyMcNally-Nakamura,Saavedra,WelchSecurity
Wardrobe
DCPA TEAM
OFF-CENTER
Paige Lindquist Assistant CompanyManager
Ruben Cruz Engineer
Katie Davis VIP Ticketing Coordinator
Ella Mann Box Office Manager
Marti Barthel, Corin Davidson, Rachel Ducat, Wendy Eastland, Stephanie Holmes, Anne Jude, Rick Mireles, Nick Nyquist, Katie An Siegel, Malia Stoner
Marc Ravenhill Associate Director, Donor Relations
Merry Davis Financial Manager Jane Deegan Administrator
Prop Shop
Janet Macleod Director/Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle Design Associate Stephanie Cooper, Ingrid Ludeke, Carolyn Plemitscher Draper
Matthew Campbell Production Manager
Michael Kimbrough Manager, Engineering Brian McClain Manager, Custodial Casey Meschievitz Manager, Environmental Health & Safety
Jane Williams CFO
Jacob Parker Associate Director
Diana Ben-Kiki Supervisor
HUMAN RESOURCES
Julie Whelan Associate, Produced Programs
Brian Carter, Lizette Collazos Directors
Roger Haak VIP Ticketing Manager
Heidi Echtenkamp Supervisor
Amanda Gomez Manager, Annual Fund
Kaylie Groff Coordinator
Paint Shop
Quentin Crump Manager, Security & Guest Relations
Kyle Malone Director, Design
Peggy Carey Associate ProductionManager
Brittany Gutierrez CommunicationsManager, Jeff Hovorka Director, Sales & BroadwayMarketing,&Cabaret
Administration
Jerome Horng^ Marisa Sorce Wig Assistants
Kate Faust Coordinator
Jamie Clements Vice President
Whitney Staloch AssociateMajorDirector,Gifts
Ashley Brown Business Manager
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
John Ekeberg Executive Director
Stuart Barr Technical Director
Gretchen Hollrah COO
Jennifer Siemers Director, Accounting
Sarah Martinez Analyst
Justin Walvoord Teaching Artist & Manager, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
James Berman+, William Loving+, Stephen Mazzeno+, Kyle Moore+, Matt Wagner+ Stagehands Calli Lavarnway+, Kelly Russel+ Assistants
Brandon LeMarr Engineer
Samuel Kisthardt Lighting David Mandlowitz, Ben Peitzer Video Engineers
FACILITIES
Staff list current through Sep 2, 2022
Chris Coleman Artistic Director
Emily Doherty Teaching Artist & Manager, Theatre for Young Audiences Programming
House Crew
Giorgio Ausenda Media Producer
Costume Shop
Emma Hunt CommunicationsCoordinator,&PR
Costume Crafts
* Member, I.A.T.S.E. Local B-7 + Member, I.A.T.S.E. Local 7 I.A.T.S.E. Local 719
Robin Appleton^, Amber Krimbel^, David La Beaux^, Lauren LaCasse^, Lisa KamiParsons-Wagner^,Williams^ Dressers
Janice Sinden President & CEO
EVENT SERVICES
Jana Mitchell Charge Scenic Artist Kristin Hamer MacFarlane, Melanie Rentschler Scenic Artists
Rachel Taylor Teaching Artist & Manager, Literary Engagement & Resiliency
Katie Mount Manager, Email Marketing
Simone Gordon Manager
Julie Brou Administrative Assistant/ Office Manager
Specialists
Emily Kent Director, Insights & Strategy Lucas Kreitler Junior Graphic Designer
Daniel Escobar Manager, Corporate Partnerships
Theatre Services
Jesús Quintana Martínez Director, Community Engagement
Alicia Bruce General Manager
Michaele Davidson Treasury Accountant
EDUCATION COMMUNITY&ENGAGEMENT
Stori Heleen-O’Foley Lighting, Team Lead
Dwight Barela, Mark Dill, Colton Ebersole, John Howard, Zak Merten Engineers
Allison Watrous Executive Director
Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski Director, Education & Curriculum Management
Adam Busch Junior Analyst
Joseph Price+ Production Electrician Sound Design
OPERATIONS
ACCOUNTING & FINANCE
Melissa Cashion Artistic Producer
MARKETING, SALES & PATRON MarketingSERVICES
Scene Shop
Kristina Monge AccountsSpecialistPayable
Garner Galleria Theatre
Ann Marshall General Manager
Shane Hotle Audio Engineer
Kristin ChristineSutter,Woods Stage Managers Angie DevonSalazar,Weisnsch Stage ManagementApprentices
Kevin Copenhaver Director Chris Campbell Assistant
Brian “Marco” Markiewicz Lead Carpenter
Claudia Carson Teaching Artist & Manager, Playwriting & Bobby G
Assistant Managers
Elliot Shields Manager
Glen Lucero Director
DCPA
Jessica Bergin Associate Director
For security purposes, the IT team has been omitted.
Sabina Rivera Company Manager
Kinsey Scholl Operations Specialist
Alexander Billman Supervisor Meagan Holdeman+, Timothy Schoeberl+ Technicians Stage Management
Nora Caley, Teresa Gould, Robin Lander, Myrisa Martin, Barbara Pooler, Wendy Quintana House Managers
Jeff Gifford Director
Anna Cordova, Katy Gentry, Harper Hadley, Sage Hughes, Katie Liguori, Faith Markovetz TOTM ExperienceAttendants
Allyssa Welker Administrator
Lydia Garcia Executive Director, Equity & Organization Culture
Erin Walker Senior Director
Sofia Contreras Graphic Designer
Savanna Campbell, Samantha Egle, Phillip Rohrbach, Alex Skaar Event Managers
Timothy McCracken Head of Acting David Saphier Teaching Artist & Manager, In-School Programming
Abel Becerra Technical Director
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Jennifer Lopez Director
Joseph Reecher Engineer
Suzanne Yoe Director, Content Communications&
Judy Briggs Front Desk
Kyle Greufe Analyst
Meghan Markiewicz Supervisor Jamie Curl, Georgina Kayes, Ashley Lawler Artisans
Evan Gendreau Associate Director
Lisa Roebuck Vice President
Maddie Young Education and Group Sales Associate
Melissa Sumner Registrar & On Site Class Manager
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Bryan Faciane, Kaylyn Kriaski, Leilani Lynch, Aaron McMullen, Stacy ValerieNorwood,Schaefer
Steven Bilbao, Lindsey Cervantes, Carmen Molina, Judith Primero Molina, Juan Loya Molina Custodians
Emmy Cook BroadwayCoordinator,&Cabaret
John Hess Manager, Sales & Business
Linda Eller Librarian
Leslie Channell Director, Business Operations
Charlotte Talbert Librarian
Brenda Elliott, Paul Koob Senior Graphic Designers
Jon Collins Subscription Manager
Valerie Lingbloom GeneralAccountantLedger
Charles Varin Managing Director
Scenic Design Lisa Orzolek Director Kevin NicholasNelson,Renaud Assistants
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THEATRE AdministrationCOMPANY
Donna Hendricks President & CEO Executive Assistant
Eric Moore Technical Director Albert “Stub” Allison, Robert L. Orzolek, Josh Prues Associate Technical Directors Tyler Clark, Amy Wynn Pastor, Kyle Scoggins Scenic Technicians
Samuel Wood Teaching Artist & District Liaison
Brook Nichols Technical Director Brooke Wyatt Manager, Event Logistics
Sara Brandenburg Director, Accounting Services
Grady Soapes Artistic Producer & Director of Casting Production
Elizabeth Schmit Executive Assistant & Community Engagement Manager
Laura Maresca Vice President
Thomas Duffin Manager, Event Technology
Heidi Bosk Associate Director, Press & Promotions, Broadway & Cabaret
Linda Lang Project Manager
Group Sales
Jason Begin+, Anna Hookana+ Core Stagehands
Monica Robles Supervisor, Mailroom
TJ Forlenza Copywriter
Vincent Bridgers Senior Analyst
Lighting Design Charles MacLeod Director Lily Bradford Assistant
StageProductionManager
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Calum Abeywickrema, Jodi Benavides, David Bright, Benjamin Koenig, Gabe
Tara Miller Manager, Event Operations
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