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CALENDAR OF EVENTS RENT ©CAROL ROSEGG

MAY 2017

5 Fri 8pm Rent 6 Sat 2pm Rent

& 8pm 7 Sun 2pm Annie

& 7pm 12 Fri 7pm Community Poetry Reading hosted by Glenis Redmond

8pm Demetri Martin 13 Sat 6pm State Theatre New Jersey 2017 Benefit Gala Audra McDonald 14 Sun 3pm New Jersey Symphony Orchestra s u 16 Tue 10:30am Performance for Schools: Mayhem Poets 17 Wed 10:30am Performance for Schools: Mayhem Poets 19 Fri 8pm Hedwig and the Angry Inch 20 Sat 2pm Hedwig and the Angry Inch

& 8pm 21 Sun 2pm Hedwig and the Angry Inch

& 8pm

DEMETRI MARTIN

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

JUNE 2017

4 Sun 3pm Warner Bros. presents

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony with the NJSO

8pm Jay Leno 14 Wed 8pm Happy Together Tour 2017 16 Fri 8pm Keith Sweat 22 Thu 8pm Travis Tritt

24 Sat 8pm Glen Burtnik’s Beatles Bash Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

TRAVIS TRITT

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO The 2016-2017 Season is wrapping up, and we thank you for being part of a vibrant season! Your support as patrons and donors helps State Theatre New Jersey continue as a leading performing arts center as well as a vital not-for-profit organization in our community. We wanted to share some recent highlights with you:

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Dear Friends,

• The second season of our autism-friendly Relaxed Performances served nearly 3,000 people—a 30% increase over last year.

• Our Performances for Schools program drew thousands of local students and their teachers for events ranging from ballet and children’s theatre to jazz and slam poetry.

• Our Artist-in-Residence offered sequential poetry workshops to the public for the first time, followed by a public reading on May 12.

State Theatre New Jersey offers these programs at little or no cost to participants, but this could not happen without you. We invite you to join us to Support, Share, and Inspire The Power of Live performing arts— to help ensure people of all backgrounds have access to the exceptional and inspiring programs we present.

With the close of our fiscal year approaching on June 30th, your gift of any size will help make it possible for thousands of underserved individuals to experience the joys of the performing arts at our magnificent historic theater. During the summer months, we will open our doors to the community for six weeks of free familyfriendly Summer Movies. Please consider making a special gift to State Theatre New Jersey to help make this all possible.

As we look ahead to the 2017-2018 Season, we are very excited to be offering Broadway Season Tickets!

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A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR State Theatre New Jersey’s mission is to create extraordinary experiences through the power of live performance and this is truly an exciting time for us. I am happy to share with you that we recently announced our 2017-18 season featuring a fantastic Broadway Series, internationally acclaimed orchestras, wonderful family programs—including the spectacular Japanese drum group TAO, dazzling dance troupes such as Tango Buenos Aires, and so much more! Visit STNJ.org/newseason to see the line-up.

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Dear Friends,

I would also like to invite you to become an inaugural Broadway season ticket holder. Some of the best seats to our Broadway Series are available only to our season ticket holders—and those seats are guaranteed yours season after season. Our Broadway season opens with the New Jersey premiere of the Tony Award®-winning musical JERSEY BOYS followed by Tony Award®-winning musicals: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Motown The Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Cabaret. Broadway Series season ticket holders also have the opportunity to add on Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz. Visit STNJ.org/Broadway for more information.

I hope you will take advantage of all the 2017-18 season has to offer you, your family, and your friends. See you again soon!

TAO: DRUM HEART

Sincerely,

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WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, STEPHEN GABRIEL

Book, Music and Lyrics by

Jonathan Larson

Set Design

Costume Design

Paul Clay

Angela Wendt

Musical Arrrangements

Steve Skinner

Musical Direction

Lighting Design

Jonathan Spencer

Original Concept & Additional Lyrics

Samuel Bagalà

Lynn M. Thompson

Set Design Adaptation

Production Stage Manager

Matthew E. Maraffi

Casting

Producer

Dramaturg

Billy Aronson

Production Manager

Rhys Williams

Jane Marie Davis

Tour Marketing

Joy Dewing Casting

Nancy Gabriel

Sound Design

Keith Caggiano

Allied Live

General Manager

Anièle Fortin

Company Manager

Arthur J.M. Callahan

Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements

Tim Weil Choreography

Marlies Yearby Directed by

Evan Ensign Based on Original Direction by

Michael Greif

Originally produced on Broadway by

Jeffrey Seller Kevin McCollum Allan S. Gordon and New York Theatre Workshop EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION by THE BOOKING GROUP www.thebookinggroup.com SPONSORED BY

BROADWAY SERIES MEDIA SPONSOR

This program is made possible in part through a grant by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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A Note About the Plot

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enny is Mark and Roger’s former roommate. With the help of his wealthy father-in-law, Benny has bought the building in which Mark and Roger live, and the lot next door that is inhabited by a group of homeless people. Benny wants to build a high-tech cyber-arts studio on the property. Toward this end, he plans to clear the homeless from the lot and evict all the tenants from the building, including Mark and Roger.

Mark’s former lover, Maureen, schedules a performance protest of Benny’s scheme for midnight on Christmas Eve. Benny offers a deal to Mark and Roger: If they convince Maureen to stop her protest, they can stay in the building rent-free.

At the end of Act I, Maureen stages her performance. A riot erupts in the lot, which Mark videotapes. Then Benny padlocks the building, locking out all the tenants.

Act II begins on New Year’s Eve as Mark, Roger and friends attempt to break back into the building. The rest of the act follows the events of the year.

Mark and Roger are best friends and roommates

ROGER

MIMI

Benny used to date Mimi

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Mark and Roger are friends with ex-roommate Collins

ANGEL

COLLINS

WHO’S WHO

Benny is married to Alison Grey of Westport (whom we never see)

BENNY

Benny used to live with Mark and Roger

MARK Mark used to date Maureen

MAUREEN JOANNE

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CAST

(in order of appearance) Roger Davis.......................................................................................................... Kaleb Wells Mark Cohen........................................................................................ Danny Harris Kornfeld Tom Collins................................................................................................Aaron Harrington Benjamin Coffin III................................................................................ Christian Thompson Joanne Jefferson..............................................................................................Jasmine Easler Angel Schunard................................................................................................ David Merino Mimi Marquez....................................................................................................Skyler Volpe Maureen Johnson..............................................................................................Katie LaMark Mark’s Mom and others..................................................................................... Natalie Lipin Christmas Caroler, Mr. Jefferson, Pastor and others.........................................Bryson Bruce Mrs. Jefferson, Woman with Bags and others....................................................... Alia Hodge Gordon, The Man, Mr. Grey and others........................................................... Sammy Ferber Steve, Man with Squeegee, a Waiter and others..................................................Jordan Long Paul and others............................................................................................ Timothy McNeill Alexi Darling, Roger’s Mom and others........................................................... Futaba Shioda UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. for Roger—Jordan Long, Christian Thompson for Mark—Sammy Ferber, Jordan Long, Michael McClure for Tom Collins—Bryson Bruce, Cameron Mullin for Benny—Bryson Bruce, Cameron Mullin for Joanne—Alia Hodge, Alexis Louise Young for Angel—Tim Ehrlich, Timothy McNeill for Mimi—Paola Hernandez, Futaba Shioda, Alexis Louise Young for Maureen—Natalie Lipin, Paola Hernandez Swings Paola Hernandez, Alexis Louise Young, Cameron Mullin, Tim Ehrlich, Michael McClure Orchestra Conductor/Keyboards—Samuel Bagalà Assistant Conductor/Keyboards/Guitar—Zach Sicherman Guitar—David Malachowski Bass—Kris Rogers Drums—Jeff Snider

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.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “Tune Up/Voice Mail #1”....................................... Mark, Roger, Mrs. Cohen, Collins, Benny “Rent”...............................................................................................................The Company “You Okay Honey?”......................................................................................... Angel, Collins “One Song Glory”..........................................................................................................Roger “Light My Candle”.............................................................................................. Roger, Mimi “Voice Mail #2”...................................................................................Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson “Today 4 U”...................................................................................................................Angel “You’ll See”.................................................................... Benny, Mark, Collins, Roger, Angel “Tango: Maureen”.............................................................................................Mark, Joanne “Life Support”........................................................................... Paul, Gordon, The Company “Out Tonight”................................................................................................................Mimi “Another Day”............................................................................ Roger, Mimi, The Company “Will I?”............................................................................................................The Company “On the Street”.................................................................................................The Company “Santa Fe”.....................................................................................Collins and The Company “I’ll Cover You”............................................................................................... Angel, Collins “We’re Okay”...............................................................................................................Joanne “Christmas Bells”.............................................................................................The Company “Over the Moon”......................................................................................................Maureen “La Vie Bohème/I Should Tell You”.................................................................The Company ACT TWO “Seasons of Love”.............................................................................................The Company “Happy New Year/Voice Mail #3”............................... Mimi, Roger, Mark, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, Angel, Mrs. Cohen, Alexi Darling, Benny “Take Me or Leave Me”................................................................................Maureen, Joanne “Without You”.................................................................................................... Roger, Mimi “Voice Mail #4”.................................................................................................Alexi Darling “Contact”..........................................................................................................The Company “I’ll Cover You” (Reprise)....................................................................Collins, The Company “Halloween”...................................................................................................................Mark “Goodbye, Love”................................. Mark, Mimi, Roger, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, Benny “What You Own”........................................................... Pastor, Mark, Collins, Benny, Roger “Voice Mail #5”................................ Roger’s mom, Mimi’s mom, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Cohen “Your Eyes/Finale”................................................................................Roger, The Company Film by Tony Gerber “White Christmas” used by arrangement with the Irving Berlin Music Company; “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, used by permission of Casa David and New Hidden Valley Music. “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells, used by permission of Edwin H. Morris & Company, a division of MPL Communications Inc. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” written by Johnny Marks, used by permission of St. Nicholas Music Inc.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST BRYSON BRUCE (Ensemble, Mr. Jefferson, Preacher, u/s Collins & Benny). Bryson Bruce has been acting since the age of seven. Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Bruce moved to New York in 2014 to pursue his career. This is his first tour, and he couldn’t be more excited! He would like to thank his family for their support.

J A S M I N E E A S L E R (Joanne Jefferson) is thrilled to be a part of her very first national tour. Favorite credits include Hot Mikado and Fences, both with Wright State University, and Crowns with the Human Race Theater. She has a B.F.A. in musical theater from Wright State University.

T I M E H R L I C H (Swing, u/s Angel) is thrilled to return to the Rent family. He toured the United States/Japan with the show in 2007/2008 and has also appeared in the Surflight Production. TV/film credits: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (Shandeh) and “Law & Order: SVU” (Identity). “No day but today.”

SAMMY FERBER (Ensemble, Gordon, Mr. Grey, The Man, u/s Mark) is thrilled to be making his professional theater debut. Previous Rent credits include productions at New York University (Mark) and the Actors Training Center at the Wilmette Theatre (Mark). He would like to thank his family, friends, and teachers for their support. sammy-ferber.com.

A A R O N H A R R I N G T O N (Tom Collins).

A new-comer to the musical theater stage, Harrington is a native of Durham, N.C. and a Shaw University graduate. He would like to dedicate each performance to his wonderful family and his late father Gary Harrington.

Keep up with Aaron on all social media platforms under the username: Doubbleayye.

P A O L A V. H E R N A N D E Z (Swing, u/s Maureen & Mimi, SOL, Ensemble). Born and raised in Puerto Rico. Proud Circle in the Square Theater School Alumna.

Recent: Twelfth Night (Viola), Rent (Joanne), Spring Awakening (Martha), Legally Blonde (Vivienne), Hairspray (Dynamite), Godspell, Hair. “Gracias: God, my family, Orlando, Noel, Alan and all who have been sending those great positive vibes!” Follow: @phtanon.

ALIA HODGE (Ensemble, Mrs. Jefferson, Seasons of Love Soloist, u/s Joanne). National tour debut! Regional theater: Dreamgirls (North Shore Music Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Show

Boat (Westchester Broadway Theatre).

B.F.A. musical theater from The Boston Conservatory. “Many thanks to Joy Dewing Casting, Ruthie, and Lauren at Professional Artists, and Mom, Gram and Zoe. For Dad.” aliahodge.com.

D A N N Y H A R R I S K O R N F E L D (Mark Cohen). New York credits: Wringer (City Center), What Do Critics Know? (NYMF), Peter Pan 360. Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Barrington Stage), Moritz in Spring Awakening. Recent Syracuse University grad.

Special thanks to Joy Dewing Casting, Evan, and Rikky. “Love to my family. This is a dream come true.” DannyKornfeld.com. @ dannyhkorn.

K A T I E L A M A R K (Maureen Johnson) couldn’t be happier to join her cast mates in the celebration of love. Originally from Boston, Mass. 50 Shades! The Musical Parody, Anastasia (Off-B’way/nat’l.tour), Rent (Syracuse Stage), Chasing Rainbows (Flat Rock Playhouse), Mr. Robot (USA Network, Season Two). B.F.A. Syracuse University. katielamark.com.

NATALIE LIPIN (Ensemble/Mrs. Cohen, u/s Maureen) trained in the U.K. at the Arts Educational School, University of Birmingham and Guildford School of Acting. International credits: West Side Story (Israel), Avenue Q (Seoul, South Korea), Monster Rock! (Universal Studios Singapore). London: You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews, Love Beyond, Lost Boy. J O R D A N L O N G (Ensemble, Steve, The Waiter, Squeegee Man, u/s Mark & Roger) is thrilled to be joining the cast of the 20th anniversary tour of Rent! Proud graduate of Belmont University’s musical theater program.

Favorite credits include West Side Story (Big Deal), Joseph… nat’l tour (Swing, Joseph u/s), All Shook Up (Chad), Oklahoma! (Will Parker).

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MICHAEL McCLURE (Swing, u/s Mark, Dance Captain) is honored to be part of Rent’s history! National tours: Ghost The Musical, A Christmas Story. Regional: Road Show (Hollis, American regional premiere), Speech & Debate (Solomon), Bonnie & Clyde The Musical (Clyde), Happy Days (Swing). B.F.A. in musical theater from Sam Houston State University. “Have fun and learn something.” MichaelMcClureActor. com.

TIMOTHY McNEILL (Ensemble, Paul, u/s Angel) is thrilled for the opportunity to tell this story and to work with such an amazing cast and creative team. National tour: The Wizard

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of Oz (u/s Tin Man). Industrial: Tokyo Disney Resort. “Sending love to my family and teachers for their continued support.” B.F.A. East Carolina University.

D A V I D M E R I N O (Angel) is thrilled to be making his professional debut in the 20th anniversary production of Rent. He is a current student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. “Big thanks to his friends and faculty at NSB, his family, and loved ones for all their support and guidance!” Follow @AngelOn20Tour.

CAMERON MULLIN (Swing, u/s Collins & Benny) National tour debut! New York credits: Young Charles Dickens (NYCCT). Regional: Sister Act (Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts), American Idiot (Phoenix Theatre), Seussical (IFT). “Many thanks to JDC, my professors, family and friends for their continued support.

Indiana University grad! MT16 love!” cameronmullin.net.

F U T A B A S H I O D A (Ensemble, Alexi Darling, Mrs. Davis, u/s Mimi) is honored to spread love with the Rent family. A recent graduate of the New Studio on Broadway at Tisch School of the Arts, she intends to enable visibility for Asian American stories through the theater. “Love to family, friends, the Rent team, and Ian.” futabashioda.com.

C H R I S T I A N T H O M P S O N (Benny, u/s Roger) is ecstatic to make his national tour debut with Rent. Recent credits include West Side Story (Bernardo), After Midnight (Tap Brother), Blood at the Root (De’Andre). B.F.A. in musical theater from Penn State. He would like to thank God, his friends, and family and Crew 15’. christian-thompson.net.

S K Y L E R V O L P E (Mimi Marquez). First national tour! Favorite credits: Didi (Cherchez la Femme; La Mama), Marianna/Edwina/ Sudabey (Passing Strange; Playhouse on Park), Cap’n Flint (Devil and the Deep; The Mint Theater), The Scarlett Faery (The Hag, the Slag, and the Scarlet Faery; The Signature Theater).

Connecticut College Graduate. www.skylervolpe.com. “As always, for Uncle Alan.”

KALEB WELLS (Roger Davis) is honored to share this show with fans across the country. Recent credits: Rock of Ages, Burn the Floor, Jesus Christ Superstar. Thanks to Mom, Dad, TW, JW for helping him grow as an artist. He lives in Brooklyn with his beautiful girlfriend Steph. Kaleb-wells.com. Insta: @kalebwells.

A L E X I S L O U I S E Y O U N G (Swing, u/s Mimi & Joanne, Seasons of Love, Ensemble).

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Favorite credits include In the Wake with San Diego Rep, Stand Alone (an original musical concept) with Oklahoma City University and The Trip to Bountiful with New Village Arts.

Young is looking forward to spending her 21st year of life seeing the country, sharing this powerful story.

JANE MARIE DAVIS (Production Stage Manager). From Springfield, Ill. National tour: Mamma Mia! (PSM), American Idiot (ASM), Rainbow Fish (SM). Graduate of The Julliard School Professional Intern Program. B.F.A., Millikin University. “Love to Mom, Dad, Andy, Megan, Nathan, and Minnie.”

JOSIE AUSTIN (Assistant Stage Manager).

Recent Los Angeles credits include You Never Can Tell, A Fairy Tale Theatre (Groundlings and Edinburgh Festival Fringe), I and You. Relevant experience also includes production management within the themed entertainment industry as a project coordinator for Motiongate Dubai and production manager for The Queen Mary during Dark Harbor and Chill.

SAMUEL BAGALÀ (Conductor/Keyboard) is stoked to be touring with Rent! Music director highlights include the national tour of Elf, Maine State Music Theater, Ogunquit Playhouse and Theatre By The Sea. Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. “Endless thanks to Mom, Dad, Bub, Tim Weil, and everyone at Work Light.” samuelbagala.com.

IG: sammymocho.

J O N A T H A N L A R S O N (Book, Music, Lyrics) received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rent. Rent received four 1996 Tony Awards® (including Best Musical and two to Mr. Larson—Best Book of a Musical and Best Score of a Musical); six Drama Desk Awards (including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Music, and Best Lyrics); Best Musical Awards from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Outer Critics Circle (OffBroadway); and three Obie Awards (including Outstanding Book, Music, and Lyrics).

Previously, he received the Richard Rodgers Award, the Richard Rodgers Development Grant, the Stephen Sondheim Award and The Gilman & Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation’s Commendation Award. Earlier work includes Superbia; tick, tick...BOOM!; the score of J.P. Morgan Saves the Nation; and selections of Sitting on the Edge of the Future.

He also wrote music for “Sesame Street,” and the children’s book-cassettes An American Tail and Land Before Time, as well as for Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner. He

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conceived, directed and wrote four original songs for Away We Go!, a children’s video. Rent had its world premiere on February 13, 1996, at New York Theatre Workshop and opened at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996. Mr. Larson died unexpectedly of an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm, believed to be caused by Marfan Syndrome, on January 25, 1996. It was 10 days before his 36th birthday.

His semi-autobiographical musical tick, tick…

BOOM! (which he wrote previous to Rent) had a successful run off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre.

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M I C H A E L G R E I F (Original Broadway Director). Broadway credits include Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson’s Dear Evan Hansen; Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s If/Then, and Next to Normal; as well as Never Gonna Dance, Grey Gardens, and Rent.

Recent work includes Doug Wright, Scott Frankel, and Michael Korie’s War Paint at the Goodman Theatre; Katori Hall’s Our Lady of Kibeho and Angels in America at New York’s Signature Theater; the premiere of Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide.... at the Public Theater; and The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, and Romeo and Juliet, at the Public’s Delacorte. Regional work includes premieres and revivals at Williamstown (10 seasons), La Jolla Playhouse (Artistic Director 1995– 99), Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Dallas Theatre Center, and Trinity Rep. Work Off-Broadway includes plays and musicals at the Public Theater, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, MCC, Signature, and the New York Theater Workshop where he is an artistic associate.

Education: B.S. Northwestern; M.F.A. UCSD. EVAN ENSIGN (Director) currently serves as resident director for The Phantom of the Opera in London. As director: Richard Thomas’ Wrong Songs for Christmas (National Theatre, London), Avenue Q (two U.K. tours and Bogota, Columbia), Wrong Songs for Summer (London), Just A Housewife (U.K. tour), Rent (Montreal and Far East tour), Womyn In Three, Out of the Reach of Children, and Simone at Town Hall—a tribute to Nina Simone in New York. As associate director: Avenue Q (Broadway, Las Vegas, West End, and U.S. tours), Rent (Broadway and U.S. tours), Les Misérables (U.S. tour), Elf The Musical (London), You Won’t Succeed on Broadway… (London), and Shrek (Broadway and U.S. tour). As resident director: White Christmas and Strangers on a Train both in London’s West End, The Phantom of the Opera

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25th anniversary tour (U.K.). Other credits include work on Broadway with Chicago, Exit The King, Annie Get Your Gun, and Barbara Cook (Mostly Sondheim); Julie Andrew’s Gift of Music at the O2 London; the U.S. tour and Los Angeles company of The Phantom of the Opera; and the workshops for The Book of Mormon.

He has also just staged the theatrical scenes for the movie Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, and Julie Walters.

MARLIES YEARBY (Choreography) is the Tony®-nominated and Drama League Awardwinning choreographer of Rent. Her work was licensed for the film adaptation. She is a recipient of the New York Dance Performance Bessie Award and nominations for the Helen Hayes Award and Joe A. Callaway Award.

Theater commissions include the American Music Theatre Festival and Penumbra Theatre.

Yearby is the founder/artistic director of the Movin’ Spirits Dance Theater and has toured with her company both nationally and internationally. Company commissions include Lincoln Center, American Dance Festival, Harlem Stages, Kansas Lied Center for the Performing Arts, Jacob’s Pillow, and American Festival of Theatre and Dance in France.

T I M W E I L (Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements). As musical director: Broadway: Jonathan Larson’s Rent, Tom Stoppard’s Jumpers, Jeanine Tesori’s Shrek The Musical; Off-Broadway: Patti Griffin’s Ten Million Miles, Stephen Schwartz’s The Baker’s Wife; Regional: South Pacific (Guthrie Theater, dir. Joe Haj). As composer: Broadway: Sally Marr and Her Escorts staring Joan Rivers; Off-Broadway: Susan Lori Parks’ F***ing A. As arranger/orchestrator: Broadway: Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill starring Audra MacDonald (also for HBO), Rent, Shrek The Musical. Film: Todd Graff’s Camp, Chris Columbus’ Rent, The Mark Pease Experience starring Ben Stiller and Anna Kendrick. Also, Weill has served on the board of the Jonathan Larson Foundation, which provides grants for upcoming composers and lyricists.

PAUL CLAY (Set Design) is an award-winning artist and designer. Projects include scenic design for Rent (Broadway, NYTW, tour). Recent projects include In Water I’m Weightless (National Theatre Wales, the Southbank Centre, London), Commedia (Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam), Forgetful Snow (The Kitchen, NYC). Clay has also worked with Mabou Mines, La MaMa, David Dorfman (at 20

BAM), and many more in the N.Y. theater and dance community. He has received the MAN Theatre Awards “Best Design,” Municipal Arts Society Times Square Spectacular Award, Drama-Logue Award, NEA/TCG Fellowship, and the Bessie Award, among others.

M A T T H E W M A R A F F I (Touring Set Adaptation) is proud to return to Rent for the 20th anniversary. As a member of IATSE Local 829 and Local 74, he has worked on projects large and small around the world.

Some projects include Ring of Fire, La Bohème, Buried Child, How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying, Side Man. In the film industry he is noted for his production design for π (Pi), (1998 Sundance Directors Award).

He has been the director of operations at Global Scenic Services since in fall 2007, while continuing his passion for live entertainment as the production manager for the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra.

Outside work, he enjoys fishing with his three sons, Luke, Will and Mark, and serves on the board of both his town youth soccer program and the SWD Connecticut Junior Soccer Association.

A N G E L A W E N D T (Costume Design) received the American Theatre Wing Design Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Costume Design for Rent. Her theater credits include the Off-Broadway and studio productions of Rent (NYTW), All My Sons by Arthur Miller (50th anniversary production at the Roundabout Theatre), the American premiere of Play with Repeats by Martin Grimp, Lysistrata by Barry Edelstein, Twelfth Night (Tennessee Rep.), The Great Pretenders (Juilliard), Marisol by Jose Rivera (Public Theatre). Feature film: Childhood’s End directed by Jeff Lipsky. Dance: Tilliiboyo and Regions by Molissa Fenley, Savanna by Peggy Baker. She has also designed numerous music videos in the United States and Europe.

JONATHAN SPENCER (Lighting Design) designed the lighting for the first national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Off-Broadway productions include Middle of the Night by the Keen Theater Company, The Ohmies at DRT and Playwrights Horizons, Who Is Floyd Stearn?, and Squeeze Box. John Moran’s Book of the Dead Second Avenue at NYSF Public Theater. Re-Lights for Legally Blonde at the Star Theater in Sydney, Wicked at Universal Studios Japan, and Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses at St. Louis Rep, Missouri Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse and Hartford Stage.

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Associate/Assistant Broadway credits include Cabaret, Pippin, A streetcar Named Desire, Sister Act, Finian’s Rainbow, Wicked, Legally Blonde, White Christmas, and Metamorphoses. Spencer teaches a summer Master’s program in lighting design at Southern Oregon University, lives in New York City and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. VisitJSpencerDesign. com.

KE ITH CAGGIANO (Sound Design) has worked across the country and internationally, from musicals on Broadway, London’s West End and Australia to spectacles in Las Vegas.

Recent credits include New York: Holiday Inn (in production), Himself and Nora, The Radio City Spring Spectacular, Cabaret, Disenchanted.

Tours: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes.

Regional: American Idiot, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

STEVE SKINNER (Arrangements) worked with Jonathan Larson as arranger and recording producer for 12 years. He received the 1996 Drama Desk Award for Best Arrangements for Rent. Broadway: Doonesbury (keyboards and assistant conductor). Recording/arranging for Bette Midler, Taylor Dayne, Billy Mann, Chaka Khan, Bebe & Cece Winans, and Michael Crawford.

BILLY ARONSON (Original Concept and Additional Lyrics). His plays have been honored with publication in Best American Short Plays ’92–93 and are frequently performed at Ensemble Studio Theatre. His lyric writing includes the libretto for an opera being developed by American Opera Projects, and first draft lyrics for “Santa Fe” and “I Should Tell You.” His new play, The Art Room, will premiere at Washington, D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre this spring. His true love is Lisa Vogel.

L Y N N M. T H O M S O N (Dramaturg) is a dramaturg, director, and teacher. She brought nearly 20 years of new play dramaturgical experience to her months of work with Jonathan Larson on the script of Rent. She was associate artistic director for the Philadelphia Theatre Company where she created and administered a new play festival. She was dramaturg at Circle Repertory Company. She has directed more than 100 productions of both new plays and revivals at regional and New York theatres, and many more workshops and readings of new plays. She is currently head of the M.F.A. program in dramaturgy at Brooklyn College.

ALLIED LIVE (Tour Marketing and Press) is a full-service marketing/advertising agency representing national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities throughout North America. Current touring clients: Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, An American in Paris, Something Rotten, Rent 20th anniversary tour, Kinky Boots, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Mamma Mia!, Motown The Musical, Second City & Slate’s Unelectable You, Once, Elf, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

J O Y D E W I N G C A S T I N G (Casting Director) is thrilled to join the Rent family! Casting credits include Broadway, OffBroadway, regional theater, dance companies, and about 525,600 tours. Recent tours: 42nd Street, Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starring Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young), Mamma Mia!, The Wizard of Oz, and Cheers Live on Stage. Past tours: In the Heights, Cats, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley), Movin’ Out, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can, Bring It On. ARTHUR J. M. CALLAHAN (Company Manager) is excited to tour with Rent! Recent national/international tours: Ragtime, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages, The Color Purple, Smokey Joes Café, and Grease with Frankie Avalon. Special thanks to Mom, the Family, and JCB for neverending support.

“Happiness is not out there; it’s in you.”

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Dedicated to creating and producing live entertainment. In addition to Rent, productions include Motown, Something Rotten!, Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and Crazy for You. Created the new a cappella group Vocalosity with Deke Sharon and is developing a new stage play based on the Paramount movie Clue. Produced Julie Andrews—The Gift of Music with performances at The Hollywood Bowl and London’s O2 Arena. Other recent touring productions include the Tony Award® winners American Idiot, In the Heights, and Avenue Q. WLP is led by founding partner and President Stephen Gabriel and Vice President Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com.

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RENT STAFF FOR RENT ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN BY BLAKE BURBA GENERAL MANAGEMENT WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS Stephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel Scott Seay Anièle Fortin Kevin Greene Courtney King Emily Miller Carolyn Smith TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PORT CITY TECHNICAL Rhys Williams Mike East Mackenzie Foster Rossella Human Wade Jolly Susie Prueter PRODUCTION TEAM Assistant Director.............................................................Ryan Gibbs Associate Choreographer.................................................MiRi Park Associate Music Supervisor................................. Henry Aronson Film Designer...................................................................Tony Gerber Music Contractor.............................................................Jim Geddes Associate Costume Designer..................................Sarafina Bush Costume Shopper................................................. Maddie Peterson Associate Lighting Designer...................................Mike Megliola Lighting Programmer.................................................Dustin Adams Production Hair and

Makeup Designer..............................................Barry Lee Moe Production Electrician..............................................Dawn Kenseth Production Sound..............................................................Mike Tracy Production Assistant................................................. Abigail Matey CASTING JOY DEWING CASTING Joy Dewing, CSA, Sam Yabrow TOUR MARKETING DIRECTION ALLIED LIVE Laura Matalon Marya Peters Meghan Kastenholz Anne Dailey Meyer Doug Blemker Mary Alyce Blum Andrew Damer Sarah Dahlberg Jen Gallagher John Gilmour Jacqueline Smith Scott Praefke Anne Waisanen

Company Manager....................................... Arthur J. M.Callahan Production Stage Manager................................Jane Marie Davis Assistant Stage Manager....................................Josephine Austin Dance Captain........................................................Michael McClure Head Carpenter........................................................ Shelby Damron Assistant Carpenter.............................................................Chee Lee Head Electrician.................................................................James Lees Assistant Electrician........................................Chrissi McCullough Head Sound.....................................................................Mike Rukstad Assistant Sound...............................................Ashley Ottensmeier Head Props.........................................................................Noah Smith Head Wardrobe.................................................................Molly Walz Head Hair and Makeup.........................................Brittney Griffith Production Photography............................................Carol Rosegg General Management Consultant........................... John Corker Legal Counsel........................................Levine Plotkin Menin, LLP Loren Plotkin, Hailey Ferber Accounting.................................................... WithumSmith+Brown Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowigos, CPA, Anthony Moore, CPA Controller .................................................................... Galbraith & Co Kenny Noth & Jill Johnson Merchandising...................................... Broadway Merchandising Merchandise Supervisor.......................................... Christa Arzon Insurance................................................Maury, Donnelly and Parr Bob Middleton Banking..........................................................................Signature Bank Tomas Kasulka, Margaret Monigan Payroll...............................................................PEOPLE/Kim Merhar Travel Agent....................................................................... Road Rebel Trucking & Hauling..................................................... Janco Limited TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Mollie Mann Brian Books and Rich Rundle www.thebookinggroup.com CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sound Equipment by Masque Sound ® Lighting Equipment by Christie Lites INGLOT is the Official Make-Up Provider of the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour DevaCurl is the official curly hair sponsor of the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

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Book By

THOMAS MEEHAN

Music By

CHARLES STROUSE

Lyrics By

MARTIN CHARNIN

Original Production Directed by MARTIN CHARNIN Original Broadway Musical Staging by PETER GENNARO Presented on Broadway by MIKE NICHOLS Produced by: IRWIN MEYER STEPHEN R. FRIEDMAN LEWIS ALLEN ALVIN NEDERLANDER ASSOCIATES INC. THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER ICARUS PRODUCTIONS for the PERFORMING ARTS BASED ON “LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE” BY PERMISSION OF TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC. 2014

Starring

GILGAMESH TAGGETT ERIN FISH TORI BATES as “Annie” CASEY PRINS MICHAEL SANTORA MALLORY KING JEFFREY B. DUNCAN BUNNY BALDWIN JACQUELINE GALVANO AVA SLATER AMANDA SWICKLE AMANDA WYLIE KATIE WYLIE and at select performances AMANDA SWICKLE as “Annie”

TIMOTHY ALLEN TODD BERKICH KATIE DAVIS ADAM DU PLESSIS MIA FITZGIBBON CAROLINE LELLOUCHE CONOR MCGIFFIN MACKENZIE PERPICH CONNOR SIMPSON DAVID VOGEL ANASTASIA WOLFE ROXY YORK Scenic Design

Costume Design

BEOWULF BORITT

Lighting Design

SUZY BENZINGER

Hair, Wigs & Makeup

LUC VERSCHUEREN for CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES

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Executive Producer

RANDALL A. BUCK

JOY DEWING CASTING JOY DEWING, CSA Music Coordinator

TALITHA FEHR TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL

KEITH LEVENSON

AMY KATZ

PETER HYLENSKI Casting By

WILLIAM BERLONI

Music Supervisor, Music Director & Additional Orchestrations Tour Marketing

Sound Design

KEN BILLINGTON

Exclusive Tour Booking

Technical Director

THE ROAD COMPANY

RANDY MORELAND

General Manager

Production Manager

TOWNSEND TEAGUE

ANNA E. BATE

Choreographed By

LIZA GENNARO Directed By

MARTIN CHARNIN “ANNIE” is presented through special arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY. www.mtishows.com

This program is made possible in part through a grant by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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ANNIE

CAST

(in order of appearance) Annie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TORI BATES Annie (at select performances). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMANDA SWICKLE Molly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUNNY BALDWIN Pepper.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMANDA SWICKLE Duffy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATIE WYLIE July.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JACQUELINE GALVANO Tessie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMANDA WYLIE Kate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AVA SLATER Miss Hannigan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIN FISH Bundles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONOR MCGIFFIN Apple Seller.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIMOTHY ALLEN Dog Catcher.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONOR MCGIFFIN Asst. Dog Catcher.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TODD BERKICH Sandy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MACY/SUNNY Lt. Ward.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNOR SIMPSON Eddie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TODD BERKICH Sophie the Kettle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROXY YORK Grace Farrell.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CASEY PRINS Drake.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADAM DU PLESSIS Mrs. Greer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIA FITZGIBBON Mrs. Pugh.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROXY YORK Cecile.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAROLINE LELLOUCHE Annette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATIE DAVIS Oliver Warbucks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GILGAMESH TAGGETT Star to Be.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATIE DAVIS Rooster Hannigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL SANTORA Lily.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MALLORY KING Bert Healy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TODD BERKICH Fred McCracken.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONOR MCGIFFIN Jimmy Johnson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADAM DU PLESSIS Buddy, the Sound Effects Man.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIMOTHY ALLEN Bonnie Boylan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATIE DAVIS Connie Boylan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAROLINE LELLOUCHE Ronnie Boylan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIA FITZGIBBON Harold Ickes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIMOTHY ALLEN Frances Perkins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROXY YORK Cordell Hull.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNOR SIMPSON Henry Morganthau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TODD BERKICH F.D.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFFREY B. DUNCAN Louis Howe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONOR MCGIFFIN Judge Brandeis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNOR SIMPSON ENSEMBLE TIMOTHY ALLEN, TODD BERKICH, KATIE DAVIS, ADAM DU PLESSIS, MIA FITZGIBBON, CAROLINE LELLOUCHE, CONOR MCGIFFIN, CONNOR SIMPSON, ROXY YORK DANCE CAPTAIN DAVID VOGEL ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN ANASTASIA WOLFE SWINGS MACKENZIE PERPICH, DAVID VOGEL, ANASTASIA WOLFE UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific notice is posted at the time of the performance.

For Annie: JACQUELINE GALVANO, AMANDA SWICKLE; For Oliver Warbucks: JEFFREY B. DUNCAN, TODD BERKICH; For Miss Hannigan: ROXY YORK; For Grace Farrell: MIA FITZGIBBON; For Star to Be: CAROLINE LELLOUCHE; For Rooster Hannigan: TIMOTHY ALLEN; For F.D.R: CONOR MCGIFFIN, CONNOR SIMPSON; For Bert: TIMOTHY ALLEN, DAVID VOGEL; For Lily: CAROLINE LELLOUCHE; For Molly: KATIE WYLIE 26

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ACT I

OVERTURE “Maybe”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie, Molly “It’s the Hard Knock Life”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie, Orphans “It’s the Hard Knock Life” (Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orphans “Tomorrow”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie “We’d Like to Thank You”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie, Ensemble “Little Girls”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Hannigan “Little Girls” (Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Hannigan “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie, Grace Farrell, Ensemble “N.Y.C.”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, Annie, Ensemble “Easy Street”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Hannigan, Rooster, Lily “You Won’t Be an Orphan for Long”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, Annie, Ensemble “Maybe” (Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie ACT II ENTR’ACTE “Maybe” (Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bert Healy, The Boylan Sisters “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” (Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orphans “Easy Street” (Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Hannigan, Rooster, Lily “Tomorrow” (Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie, Oliver Warbucks, F.D.R., Cabinet “Something Was Missing”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oliver Warbucks “Annie”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Farrell, Ensemble “I Don’t Need Anything But You”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie, Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, Ensemble “Maybe”(Reprise).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Farrell, Annie “A New Deal for Christmas”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie, Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, F.D.R., Orphans, Ensemble

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ANNIE ORCHESTRA Music Director/Keyboard: Keith Levenson Associate Music Director/Keyboard: Matthew J. Pool Woodwinds: Erika Friedman Violin: Danielle Giulini Trumpet: Emma Stanley Trombone: Craig Watson Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin: Darren Lucas Drums: Katie Steinhauer Music Coordinator: Talitha Fehr (TL Music International) The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST GILGAMESH TAGGETT (Oliver Warbucks) is delighted to continue this international tour of Annie for a third year. An actor/teacher/director in Cleveland, he’s played many roles over the decades, but his favorite was when he made the final callback to be partners with his beloved Allison. Instagram: @gilgameshtaggett Facebook: ActorGilgameshTaggett www.gilgameshtaggett.com ERIN FISH (Miss Hannigan) Favorite credits: Mamma Mia! (Donna), 9 to 5 (Violet), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Muriel), The Last Five Years (Catherine), The Full Monty (Vicki), The Producers (Ulla), Singing in the Rain (Lina), Anything Goes (Reno), Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), Nunsense (Amnesia), South Pacific (Nellie), H2$ (Hedy), Hairspray (Velma). Originally from ND. “To Tyler, Life is Good!” Twitter:@ErinLFish TORI BATES (Annie) from Sarasota, FL making her national tour debut. Favorite credits: Young Josephine (Josephine-Asolo Repertory), Little Red Riding Hood (Into the Woods Jr.-Player’s Theatre). She spends time enrolled in jazz, tap, ballet, and voice classes. Bates loves performing and is thankful to God for this blessing and the love and support from her family, friends, and community.

CASEY PRINS (Grace Farrell) National tour debut! Regional: Mary Poppins (Legacy Theatre). Cedar Point’s On Broadway and Rockin’ Country. B.F.A. Ball State University ‘16. “Thanks to JDC, TROIKA, Martin Charnin. Sincerest love and gratitude to my beautiful family, friends, and Jonny.” www.caseyprins.com. @caseyaprins MICHAEL SANTORA (Rooster Hannigan) grew up in New Orleans and graduated with a B.F.A. in Theatre. National tours: Flashdance (Joe), Anything Goes (Ensemble/Billy/us). Favorite regional credits: The Music Man (Harold Hill), Carousel (Billy Bigelow), Singin’ in the Rain (Don Lockwood), Will Rogers Follies (Will Rogers).

MALLORY KING (Lily St. Regis) National tour Debut! Favorite regional credits: Legally Blonde NCL (Serena), Charlie Brown (Sally), I Love A Piano (Eileen), Spelling Bee (Olive).

B.F.A. Western Michigan University. “Thanks Daniel Hoff Agency, Joy Dewing, Mom, Dad, Patrick! Psalm 19:14.” malloryking.com JEFFREY B. DUNCAN (FDR, U/S Oliver Warbucks) returns for his eighth national tour of Annie. Previous national tours include Oklahoma (Pa Carnes) and Ragtime (Henry Ford).

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He would like to thank God, his family, friends, and Martin Charnin for all they have done and love they give.

TIMOTHY ALLEN (Ickes, Ensemble, U/S Rooster Hannigan, Bert) Off-Broadway: Snapple Theatre (Pirate Story); Regional: Surflight (Wizard of Oz, Scarecrow); Moonlight (Fiddler, Motel); Beck Center (Little Shop of Horrors, Seymour; Spelling Bee, Leaf) Teacher: SDSU, CUNY York. M.F.A. musical theater; Michael Chekhov Master Teacher Candidate. #GLMCC; @TimAllenTweet. www.timothyallenonline.com BUNNY BALDWIN (Molly) National tour debut! Credits: Kenny Rogers Christmas, Molly (Annie), Young Cosette (Les Misérables).

“Thanks to Miss Nancy and staff at The Dance Center in Winchendon, MA, Joy Dewing & love to Daddy! Bunny dedicates this performance to her Nana...mmm, Banana “bricks”!”

TODD BERKICH (Bert, Ensemble, U/S Oliver Warbucks) was last seen in Murder on the Nile and 1776 at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre.

National tours: Guys and Dolls and Ragtime.

Education: West Virginia University (M.F.A.) and the Hartt School (B.F.A.). “Much love to Elizabeth and family.” www.toddberkich.com KATIE DAVIS (Star to Be, Ensemble) Tour debut! Credits: Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), The Addams Family (Wednesday), Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, Wizard of Oz (Studio Tenn).

Proud graduate of Belmont University Class of ‘16. “Thanks Mom & Dad, and Shelly. All glory to Him.” Instagram: katieddavis ADAM DU PLESSIS (Drake, Ensemble) Originally from South Africa, Du PLessis’ credits include Macbeth, Phantom of the Opera, See How They Run, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Last 5 Years, Fiddler on the Roof, Beauty and the Beast, CATS, Rock of Ages, and Boys in the Photograph.

MIA FITZGIBBON (Ensemble, U/S Grace) is thrilled to be on the road with Annie! Regional: Of Mice and Men (Curley’s Wife), August: Osage County (Jean Fordham), Godspell (All Good Gifts). B.F.A. musical tTheatre, Indiana University. “Love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, and Otto.” www.miafitzgibbon.com JACQUELINE GALVANO (July, U/S Annie) from Bradenton, FL, Broadway tour debut.

“Special thanks to Spotlight Kids (Cynthia Ashford, Terri Balash), Manatee Players, Broadway Artists Alliance; Joy Dewing, Martin Charnin, and TROIKA for this amazing experience.

Mom, Dad, Michael, and William—I Love You!” www.jacquelinegalvano.com

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CAROLINE LELLOUCHE (Ensemble, U/S Lily, Star to Be) Ecstatic to make post-collegiate debut in a show that was her stage debut in fifth grade! Credits: The Donkey Show (American Repertory Theatre), Chicago (Hunyak), Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle), Merrily We Roll Along (Gussie). “Love to family and friends for their overwhelming support!!” B.F.A. Boston Conservatory.

CONOR MCGIFFIN (Bundles, Ensemble, U/S F.D.R.) is very excited to join this timeless show! Recent productions of this University of Michigan graduate include Man of La Mancha (Ivoryton Playhouse) and Bullets Over Broadway (first national tour). “To Mom, Dad, Bridget, & Lexie—I love you all!”

MACKENZIE PERPICH (Swing) First national tour! Favorite credits: Footloose, Once Upon A Mattress, Legally Blonde, working with Broadway Dreams Foundation and The Alliance Theatre. Recently, U.S. premiere of Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity. “Love to CTG, SY, Mike, and Jean.” @Mackperp, Deuteronomy 30:19 CONNOR SIMPSON (Lt. Ward, Ensemble, U/S FDR) is thrilled to return to Annie!

Past Credits: 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down, Spamalot, Around The World In 80 Days, Gloria! (Busch Gardens). Composer/ Lyricist: Minnie Quay. B.F.A.: Kent State University. “Thanks to family, friends, Joy, and Martin!”

AVA SLATER (Kate) National tour debut! “Special thanks to God, my family, the Annie creative team, TROIKA Entertainment, Joy Dewing, Hannah Cecille, Atlanta School of the Performing Arts, Impact Dance of Atlanta, Young Actor’s Playhouse, Lisa Jones, and my cats, Socks and Mittens.” www.AvaLynette.com AMANDA SWICKLE (Annie Alternate, Pepper) from Jericho, NY is excited to make her Broadway tour debut. “Special thanks to Jennifer Johns, DMO, SGM, Jonathan, Amelia, Badiene, Ann, Denise, Joy Dewing, TROIKA. Love to my mom, brothers, grandparents, family, friends for their love and support.” www.amandaswickle.com DAVID VOGEL (Dance Captain, Swing, U/S Bert) First National Tour! B.F.A. Musical Theatre Oakland University. Regional: WSS, Hello Dolly!, Pageant, Cabaret. Lead Singer, Carnival Cruise Lines. “Thanks to Brian at Baker Management, JDC, and my family and friends for their support.” IG: davogel.

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ANASTASIA WOLFE (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Most recently seen regionally as Fredrika in A Little Night Music. “Endless thanks to her mom, love, teachers, friends, and Broncs!” www.anastasiawolfe.com AMANDA WYLIE (Tessie) is ecstatic to be making her national tour debut. “Big shoutout to my sister (also in the cast), my parents, BAA, and all of my friends and teachers at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts, especially Raye Lynn Mercer.”

KATIE WYLIE (Duffy, U/S Molly) is proud to make her national tour debut at age nine with her awesome sister, Amanda! “Special thanks to my parents, BAA, Raye Lynn Mercer, and all the teachers at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts.”

ROXY YORK (Mrs. Pugh, Ensemble, U/S Miss Hannigan) Long Island native and a 2013 graduate of The Boston Conservatory. National tours: Beauty and the Beast (Madame Grande Bouche), Flashdance The Musical (Ms. Wilde).

Regional: The Full Monty (Vicki Nichols) Fiddler (Golde). “For Annabelle—a future Annie.”

Instagram: @roxyyork MACY (Sandy) was adopted from Rocky Spot Rescue of Oklahoma City, OK, in Dec. 2009 by guardian and trainer William Berloni at the age of 18 months. Her journey is truly inspiring. Her first production of Annie was in the summer of 2010, and since then she has starred in over two dozen productions nationwide. This is her third year on tour with this production of Annie.

SUNNY (Sandy) was discovered by guardian and trainer William Berloni at BARC Municipal Animal Shelter in Houston. Berloni found Sunny’s soulful eyes reminiscent of the Sandy from the original Broadway production. Sunny starred on Broadway in Annie, loves toys that squeak and all children, especially red-headed little girls. This is her third year on tour with this production of Annie.

SUZAYN MacKENZIE-ROY (Production Stage Manager) is excited for another “Tomorrow” with Annie. While she toured with Annie as the Stage Manager this past year, she has previously worked as a Star Dresser/Liaison for such names as Chaim Topol, Harvey Fierstein, the late Theo Bikel, and Mike Tyson, as well as on two consecutive tours of Fiddler on the Roof as the Production Stage Manager.

“Knathan-liily!”

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KELSEY CLARK (Stage Manager) is delighted to start her career with TROIKA Entertainment on the national tour of Annie. She is a proud alumna of both SUNY Oswego and the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas. Endless thanks to Oz and my family.

MARK JOHNSON (Company Manager) has been managing Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, and dance companies for over 30 years. Some productions include Cats, Song and Dance, Smile, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joseph, Chicago, Rent, Buddy, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Grinch, A Christmas Story, My Fair Lady, Hair, Guys and Dolls, Dreamgirls, Blast, Grease, Bring It On, The Producers, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Eddie Izzard, etc., and he has loved every minute of it.

MARTIN CHARNIN (Director, Lyrics) is celebrating his 60th year in the entertainment industry, which began in 1957 when he created the role of Big Deal (one of Jerome Robbins’ authentic juvenile delinquents) in the original company of West Side Story. He played the role for exactly 1,000 performances. Since then, he has been involved in over 151 theatrical, television, film, and night club productions as a director, producer, composer, or lyricist. He is one of the dozen people who has won Emmys,® Tonys®, Grammys®, Drama Desk Awards, New York Drama Critics Awards, and the Peabody Award for Broadcasting. Annie, which came to Broadway in 1977, originally ran for 2,377 performances, and has been revived there three times. He has directed Annie 20 times (after directing the original production in New York), in London, Montreal, Amsterdam, and Melbourne as well as Annie’s 15 national U.S. companies. He has collaborated with Charles Strouse, Vernon Duke, Marvin Hamlisch, Mary Rodgers, and twice with Richard Rodgers on I Remember Mama and Two by Two. He has written for, or directed, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Anne Bancroft, Betty Hutton, Sutton Foster, Sarah Jessica Parker, Catherine ZetaJones, Bebe Neuwirth, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Jane Lynch, Tony Bennett, Jason Alexander, and Jay-Z, among countless others, and for his wife, Shelly Burch (who originated a leading role in the original company of Nine), and who opens her new one-woman-show at the famed Metropolitan Club in New York in December 2016. Last year, “Tomorrow” from Annie became one of the 100 most performed musical numbers of the last century. He currently has three musicals that are “circling

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over Kennedy,” getting ready for production in New York. They include Robin Hood, Something Funny’s Going On, and a revival of Annie Warbucks, the continuation of the Annie saga, which originally opened Off-Broadway in New York in 1993. In 2017, his most recent musical called Wallenberg (a musical drama about the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who single-handedly saved the lives of 100,000 Jewish souls during the Holocaust) will go into rehearsals for a Broadway opening.

THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) is a threetime Tony Award®-winning book writer for the Broadway musicals Annie, The Producers, and Hairspray. In addition, he has written the books of a dozen or so other Broadway musicals, including Richard Rodgers’ I Remember Mama, Cry-Baby, Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, Elf, Chaplin, and most recently Rocky (with Sylvester Stallone). A long-time contributor of humor pieces to The New Yorker magazine and an Emmy Award®-winning TV comedy writer, he has also written a number of screenplays, most notably for To Be or Not to Be and Spaceballs. He is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.

CHARLES STROUSE (Music) A graduate of New York’s P.S. 87, Townsend Harris H.S., and the Eastman School of Music, Strouse has studied composition with Aaron Copland, Arthur Berger, and David Diamond in the U.S. and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He has composed copious chamber music, two piano concertos, a string quartet, and two operas.

After which, being broke like most composers, he was a rehearsal pianist and dance arranger for many shows, played in bar rooms, ballet classes, at weddings and strip joints (a particular boon for one who was to write the music for the film The Night They Raided Minsky’s). One morning in 1960 he awoke to find he had written (with Lee Adams and Mike Stewart) Bye Bye Birdie (Tony Award®), which is still among the most performed musicals in America, followed by Golden Boy with Sammy Davis, Jr. (Tony® Nomination). Then came, Applause (Tony Award®), It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, Rags (Tony® Nomination) and Annie (Tony Award®). In between, there have been scores for movies including Bonnie and Clyde and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Throughout his career, Strouse has received the Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Frederick Lowe, and the Leonard Bernstein Awards for musical achievement. He is married to director/choreographer Barbara Siman and is the father of Benjamin (attorney, author, composer), Nicholas (psychotherapist), Victoria (screen writ-

er), and William (also a screen writer.)

LIZA GENNARO (Choreographer) has choreographed extensively on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theaters including: The Booth Theatre, The Broadhurst Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Guthrie Theater, The Goodspeed Opera House, Pioneer Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, and The St. Louis “Muny” Opera. She is a member of the SDC Executive Board and a Tony Award® Voter. Her chapter, “Evolution of Dance in the Golden Era of the American ‘Book Musical’” appears in The Oxford Handbook of the American Musical and a new chapter, co-written with Stacy Wolf, “Dance in Musical Theatre” appears in the upcoming Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater. Gennaro has taught at Barnard College and Princeton University. She is currently Co-Head of the Musical Theatre B.F.A. Indiana University, Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance.

BEOWULF BORITT (Set Designer) Broadway: Act One (Tony Award®), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony® Nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony® Nomination), Hand To God, On The Town, Sondheim On Sondheim, Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock Of Ages, Chaplin, Bronx Bombers, Grace, The Two And Only. Off- Broadway: 100 shows including In The Secret Sea, The Toxic Avenger, The Last Five Years, and Miss Julie.

Other Designs: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet) and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He received a 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence.

SUZY BENZINGER (Costume Designer) Broadway and national tours include Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Saturday Night Fever, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Some Like it Hot, and Miss Saigon. Her film design work includes Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchett, for which she won the Costume Designer’s Guild Award for Best Contemporary Film Design of 2013, his latest Café Society and his soon to be released series for Amazon, Whatever Works, Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity; and Don’t Drink the Water as well as the films Club Paradise and Walking the Dog. Dance includes The Joffrey Ballet and A.B.T. She designed two currently running Water Spectacular’s for Franco Dragone: The House of Dancing Water in Macau and Le Réve at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. Her commercial work includes designs for Elton John, Whitney Houston, Gloria Estefan, and Paula Abdul. She is the proud recipient of the Irene Sharaff Young Master Award.

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KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Designer) has 98 Broadway shows to his credit including such theatre milestones as Sweeney Todd and the current production of Chicago. Many touring productions over the years including Chicago (worldwide), Riverdance (lighting supervisor) Fiddler on the Roof (from 1976 till 2012), White Christmas, 9 to 5, High School Musical, and The Drowsy Chaperone to name a few.

Other projects include Hugh Jackman in Concert, for SeaWorld Orlando, San Diego, and San Antonio “The Shamu Shows” and from 1979 to 2006 the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Billington’s many awards include the Tony®, NY Drama Desk, Outer Critics Awards, and the Ace Award for Television Lighting and the Lumen for his architectural work.

PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Designer) Grammy®, Tony®, and Olivier award nominated.

Selected designs include: Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, After Midnight, Motown, Shrek the Musical (New York, U.S. Tour, London), Rock of Ages (New York, London, Toronto, Australia, Las Vegas, U.S. Tour), The Scottsboro Boys, On a Clear Day, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry Baby, The Times They are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn. Other credits: Le Réve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Musical (Hamburg), King Kong (Melbourne), How to Train Your Dragon (International Arena Tour), Walking with Dinosaurs (International Arena Tour), and Mame.

CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Hair, Wigs & Makeup Designer) Broadway: The Crucible, Misery, Sylvia, A Delicate Balance, The Last Ship, It’s Only A Play, Betrayal, Les Misérables, One Man Two Guvnors, Spider-Man. West End/ Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereueses, American Psycho, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Matilda, Ghost, Mary Stuart, Billy Elliot, Private Lives, Rock ‘n’ Roll. West End: Groundhog Day, Funny Girl, The Master Builder, The Lorax, Gypsy, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, The Bodyguard. Film/TV: The Americans, House Of Cards, Orange Is The New Black.

WILLIAM BERLONI (Animal Trainer) 2011 Tony® Honoree for Excellence in Theatre. Recipient of 2014 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award. Broadway: Annie (original Sandy, 20th, 30th, and 35th Anniversary revivals), The Crucible, Living on Love, The Audience, Bullets Over Broadway, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, A Christmas Story, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Legally Blonde, Camelot, Frankenstein, The First, Alice in Wonderland, Oliver!, Anything Goes, Nick and Nora, La Bete, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz, Dinner at Eight, 32

Double Feature (NYCB), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Woman in White, Awake and Sing, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Animal director for Because of Winn Dixie at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival January 2017. Hundreds of Off-Broadway, regional productions, tours, movies, and television shows. He premiered his new reality series From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni on Discovery Family Channel and look for his animals on Mr. Robot, High Maintenance, and Sesame Street. Author of Broadway Tails. Berloni owes his career to Annie creators Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, and Thomas Meehan and is thrilled to be back with them. www.theatricalanimals.com.

KEITH LEVENSON (Music Supervisor, Additional Orchestrations, Tour Supervisor, Music Director) recently completed musically directing/conducting the First National Tour of Jason Robert Brown’s The Bridges of Madison County.Broadway: Annie, She Loves Me, Dreamgirls, Peter Pan, The Flowering Peach, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. National tours: Annie, Annie Warbucks, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, Big River, Dreamgirls, Jekyll and Hyde, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, etc. Music Director and arranger for The Who, Roger Daltrey, KISS, Meatloaf, Alice Cooper, Peter Frampton, Nigel Kennedy, YES, and others. Libretto and lyrics for Starcrossed with Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge. Composer of Winchell with Martin Charnin.

TALITHA FEHR, TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (Music Coordinator) strives daily to carry on the contracting traditions of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya. Broadway: A Christmas Story.

National tours: Sister Act, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ghost The Musical, West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Come Fly Away, Mamma Mia!, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera: A Dancer’s Life, Movin’ Out, and 101 Dalmatians.

International tours: West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella, The King and I. Other: The Pirate Queen, 2010 Winter Olympics Ceremonies.

JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting Director) Casting credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, dance companies, and a gazillion tours! Current tours: 42nd Street, Mamma Mia!, Rent, The Wizard of Oz, and Cheers Live on Stage! Past tours: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starring Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young), In the Heights, Cats, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (starring

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Ted Neeley), Movin’ Out, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can, Bring It On. TOWNSEND TEAGUE (General Manager) received a B.A. in Arts Management from Indiana University and began a career in theatrical management working with the original Broadway Company of The Producers. Teague is a board certified member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM) and has enjoyed working as a company manager, general manager, and producer. He currently serves as general manager to tours of An American in Paris and Annie. Additional select tours include Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the 25th Anniversary tour of Les Misérables, Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein and Mel Brooks’ The Producers. Broadway credits include The Norman Conquests, Gypsy, Radio Golf, and The Producers.

RANDY MORELAND (Technical Director) is currently in his third season with TROIKA Entertainment working on Annie, The Wizard of Oz and Love Never Dies. For more than 40 years Moreland has toured Broadway shows and special events around the world. Shows have included The Phantom of the Opera (Music Box Company), Les Misérables, Cats, Siegfried and Roy in Japan, Fela, Fiddler on the Roof (with Zero Mostel), Stop the World (with both Sammy Davis Jr. and Anthony Newley), and Hello, Dolly! (with Pearl Bailey). He would like to thank his wife Mara for her love and support.

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (www.mtimusicalworlds.com) is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, protecting the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists and book writers, and supplying scripts and musical materials and other theatrical resources to theatres around the world. With over 250 titles in its catalogue, MTI has been the driving force in perpetuating great musicals such as Guys And Dolls, West Side Story, and Fiddler On The Roof, as well as many family musicals such as Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Seussical, Shrek, and Annie. Additionally, MTI is the home of The Broadway Junior CollectionTM, 70-minute adaptations of Broadway musicals designed for middle school children to perform (Annie, Jr, The Music Man, Jr, Disney’s Aladdin, Jr, and many others), and the Kids Collection, 30-minute musicals for performance by elementary school children (Disney’s Cinderella and The Jungle Book among others).

GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Haddam, CT. Annie premiered at Goodspeed in

August 1976.

RANDALL A. BUCK (Producer, Chief Executive Officer) has produced more than 50 productions across the globe for TROIKA Entertainment. Before joining TROIKA in 1999, Buck was Vice President and General Manager for Livent in Toronto. Mr. Buck was a stage manager for more than 20 years, surviving a year with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in Jimmy Kirkwood’s Legends!, a year in Japan with Siegfried & Roy, opening The Phantom of the Opera Music Box Company and opening Show Boat on Broadway. When not on the road Randy can be found in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, Angela, and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck.

DONALD KINDL (Chief Financial Officer) joined TROIKA in 1992 as the company’s comptroller and assumed his current role in 2000. In this role, he is responsible for the financial, administrative, and human resources aspects of the company. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. He has been involved in the production of such great TROIKA shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Café, Swing, Come Fly Away, as well as many others. Kindl would like to thank his lovely wife Cindy and three wonderful children for their love and support over the years.

MICHAEL J. ORSINO (Chief Operating Officer) has enjoyed over a decade working around the world with TROIKA Entertainment, touring several years as a Stage Manager and Company Manager before landing in the office. A Philadelphia native and a graduate of DeSales University, Orsino is pleased to have settled down in Maryland with his wife Anissa, a fellow tour veteran and their sons Cameron and Carson.

TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) has been the innovator in touring musical theater productions for over two decades, producing shows throughout North, Central, and South America, Europe, and Asia. Additionally, the company is experienced in casino and leisure markets having produced for the Wynn, Caesars, Grand Casino, Hilton, Eldorado and Harrah’s. Current and upcoming productions include An American in Paris, The Bodyguard, The Wizard of Oz, and Love Never Dies. With strong ties to the Broadway community, TROIKA prides itself on delivering top quality productions to audiences worldwide. Please visit us at www.troika.com

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ANNIE ANNIE TOUR STAFF EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Randall A. Buck GENERAL MANAGER Townsend Teague Assistant General Manager. . . . . . . . . Brian Schrader TOUR MARKETING Amy Katz PRODUCTION MANAGER Anna E. Bate Assistant Production Manager. . . Ártemis López TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Randy Moreland COMPANY MANAGER Mark Johnson Assistant Company Manager. . Clinton M. Kennedy EXCLUSIVE TOUR BOOKING THE ROAD COMPANY Stephen Lindsay, Brett Sirota www.theroadcompany.com CASTING JOY DEWING CASTING Casting Director. . . . Joy Dewing, CSA Casting Assistant. . Sam Yabrow Casting Intern. . Danielle Gavish PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUZAYN MacKENZIE-ROY Stage Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsey Clark Tour Supervisor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Levenson Assistant to the Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelly Burch Assistant to the Choreographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hillary Reiter Animal Handler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mel Rocco Associate Scenic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jared Rutherford Production Properties........................................ Clista Jarrett Assistant Production Properties. . . . . Andrew Butkovich Associate Costume Designer.. . . . . . Martha Bromelmeier Hair, Wigs and Makeup Designer. . . . . . Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young Associates Assistant Hair and Wig Designer. . . . . . . . . . Annalisa Proto Associate Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Riggs Assistant Lighting Designer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ohn Demous Moving Light Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Arch Production Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Atwell Associate Sound Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Matthews Production Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colle Bustin Production Sound Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Powell Synth Programmer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Levenson Rehearsal Piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Lambert Dance Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Vogel Assistant Dance Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anastasia Wolfe Production Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Carden HEAD CARPENTER.. . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER R. BELANGER Assistant Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason B. Miller Assistant Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Bowden Head of Properties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garrett Crooks Assistant Properties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amberly Soto Head Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quentin J. Mariano Assistant Electrician.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Ruggio Assistant Electrician.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colton Sellers Head of Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Lutz Assistant Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.D. Arney Head of Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tess Weaver Assistant Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Mairena Head of Hair and Makeup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Thiede

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by SCENIC ART STUDIOS, Newburgh, NY. Additional show props

by CLISTA JARRETT. Soft goods by I. WEISS, Fairview, NJ. Lighting equipment from PRG LIGHTING, Secaucus, NJ. Motors provided

by CHRISTIE LITES, Orlando, FL. Sound by MASQUE SOUND, East Rutherford, NJ. Costumes by TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT COSTUME SHOP, Glen Burnie, MD. Tailoring by GILBERTO DESIGNS, New York, NY. Undergarments by BRA*TENDERS. Custom Hats by ARNOLD LEVINE. Backline by JONAS PRODUCTIONS, Fountaintown, IN. Trucking by JANCO, LTD., Wayne, NJ.

Rehearsed at RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS, New York, NY. Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at the STANLEY THEATRE in Utica, NY Wigs made by: CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees represents technicians, artisans, and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, film, and television production.

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DEMETRI MARTIN

ABOUT THE ARTIST Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer, actor, and director. He began doing standup comedy in New York City, where he worked as a staff writer at Late Night with Conan O’Brien. After working at Conan, Demetri became a regular performer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

After developing his standup comedy into narrative one-man shows, Demetri won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland for his show, If I. At the Melbourne International Comedy festival his show, Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin won Australia’s Barry Award.

Demetri has released two standup comedy albums and three hour-long standup comedy specials, including his latest for Netflix, Demetri Martin Live (at the time).

Demetri created and starred in his own television series for Comedy Central called Im-

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portant Things with Demetri Martin. He has also appeared in feature films and television shows including Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Lake Bell’s In a World, Fox’s New Girl, and Showtime’s House of Lies, among others.

Demetri’s first two books, This Is a Book and Point Your Face at This, were both New York Times Bestsellers. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.

Demetri recently wrote and directed his first feature film, Dean, which won the Founder’s Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for best narrative American feature film. CBS Films will release the film in June. In the fall, Demetri’s third book, If It’s Not Funny It’s Art, will be published by Hachette. It will feature his original drawings from Dean.

Demetri has brown hair and he is allergic to peanuts.

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book by

music and lyrics by

JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL STEPHEN TRASK starring

EUAN MORTON with

HANNAH CORNEAU JUSTIN CRAIG MATT DUNCAN TIM MISLOCK PETER YANOWITZ SHANNON CONLEY MASON ALEXANDER PARK DYLAN FUSILLO SEAN LILJEQUIST

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marketing director

CALLERI CASTING dialect coach

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SPENCER LIFF directed by

MICHAEL MAYER Originally produced in New York City by David Binder Produced off-Broadway by Peter Askin, Susann Brinkley and James B. Freydberg

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CAST Hedwig....................................................................................................... EUAN MORTON Yitzhak.............................................................................................. HANNAH CORNEAU THE ANGRY INCH Skszp (Music Director, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals)............................................JUSTIN CRAIG Jacek (Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals)......................................................... MATT DUNCAN Krzyzhtoff (Guitar, Vocals).............................................................................. TIM MISLOCK Schlatko (Drums, Vocals)......................................................................... PETER YANOWITZ STANDBYS Standbys never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

For Hedwig—MASON ALEXANDER PARK For Yitzhak— SHANNON CONLEY For Skszp—TIM MISLOCK For Schlatko—DYLAN FUSILLO For Jacek and Krzyzhtoff— SEAN LILJEQUIST The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, pagers and watches.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST EUAN MORTON (Hedwig) originated the role of Boy George in the musical Taboo in London and New York. He was nominated for an Olivier and a Tony Award®. In addition, he received a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. Additional Broadway credits include Cyrano de Bergerac and Sondheim on Sondheim. He has numerous Off-Broadway and regional credits, including a production of Measure for Pleasure at the Public Theatre that earned him an Obie Award, and Parade at the Ford’s Theatre as Leo, for which he won a Helen Hayes Award.

A favorite recent collaboration was with Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak on the new musical Brundibar. Morton also has an active concert career. He’s released two solo albums and has had the pleasure of singing in many of the best concert venues around the country. He feels very lucky to be on the Hedwig journey. euanmorton.com.

HANNAH CORNEAU (Yitzhak). OffBroadway: Daddy Long Legs (Davenport Theatre), Ethel Sings (Beckett). Regional: Evita (Marriott Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (Arena Stage), Harmony (Alliance/Ahmanson, Ovation nomination).Chicago: Les Misérables (Paramount Theatre, Jeff Award), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Bailiwick Chicago), A Little Night Music (Writers Theatre). Corneau is also a proud member of RANGE a cappella.

“Endless thanks to her amazing family.” @ hannahcorneau.

S H A N N O N C O N L E Y (Yitzhak Standby). Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Lead singer of the all-female rock band Lez Zeppelin (lezzeppelin.com). Voice of several cartoon characters on Pokémon, X-Men, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Star Kidz network. On-camera roles include L&O: SVU, A.B.E., Fugue, and the Downsized webseries. More info and heartfelt thank yous at shannonconley.com.

MASON ALEXANDER PARK (Hedwig Standby) is thrilled to work on his dream show with such an incredible team.

Theater: Altar Boyz (Mark), The Drowsy Chaperone (Man in Chair), Rocky Horror (Frank’nFurter), Mary Poppins (first coun44

tertenor to play Miss Andrew). TV/film: iCarly, Bucket and Skinner’s Epic Adventures (Nickelodeon) Broadway or Bust, Becoming an Artist (PBS). masonapark.com.

JUSTIN CRAIG (Skszp, Music Director) is a Grammy®-nominated record producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director based in Brooklyn, N.Y. He’s honored to be in the Angry Inch. justincraigmusic.com.

M A T T D U N C A N (Jacek) is a singer/ songwriter, producer, and bass player from Lexington, KY. Although he’s best known for his smooth, slightly skewed take on classic R&B, he got his start in the community center basements of DIY punk.

T I M M I S L O C K (Krzyzhtoff, Skszp Standby) made his Broadway debut in Hedwig. For the past several years, Mislock has recorded and toured with indie rock bands The Antlers and Holly Miranda. This fall he will release his first solo record, Now Is the Last Best Time. He thanks his wife, family, and friends for their endless support. @timmymislock.

PETER YANOWITZ (Schlatko) was a founding member of both the Wallflowers (Virgin) and Morningwood (Capitol). Other artists he has recorded/performed with include Natalie Merchant, Wilco, Yoko Ono, Allen Ginsberg, Nina Nastasia, Money Mark, and Ryan Jarman. With Stephen Trask, Yanowitz is currently writing the music and lyrics for the upcoming Broadway musical This Ain’t No Disco!

D Y L A N F U S I L L O (Schlatko Standby) is a musician and songwriter who has performed and recorded with Beyoncé, Patti LaBelle, Gloria Estefan, The Roots, Meshell N’Degeocello, Femi Kuti, Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Roy Hargrove, Art Neville, Taj Mahal, Charlie Hunter, Sharon Jones, The Stills, Fela! (original cast), and Antibalas, among others. He is delighted to be part of Hedwig and thanks his family for their support.

S E A N L I L J E Q U I S T (Jacek and Krzyzhtoff Standby) is a musician, songwriter, and producer based in Brooklyn, NY. While backing numerous bands as a bass-

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ist over the past several years, he started to write his own songs which grew into the rock band, The Silver Tongues.

JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL (Book). Broadway: Big River, Six Degrees of Separation, and The Secret Garden (Drama Desk nomination). Off-Broadway: Hello Again (Drama Desk nom.) and Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me (Drama Desk nom, Obie Award). He starred in and wrote the book for the original 1998 OffBroadway Obie-winning production of Hedwig directed by Peter Askin. In 2001, the film adaptation won him Best Director at Sundance and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He also directed Shortbus (2006) and Rabbit Hole (2010) starring Nicole Kidman (Oscar® nom). He is presently preparing a film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s punk-era story How to Talk to Girls at Parties.

STEPHEN TRASK (Music and Lyrics).

As co-creator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Trask won an Obie Award; an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; a 1998 New York Magazine Award; Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Music, Lyrics, and New Musical; two Grammy® nominations for Best Cast Album; two GLAMA Awards; and an Entertainment Weekly Best Soundtrack Award. Hedwig won the Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical. He was also the orchestrator for the Broadway production of Rocky. Since 2003, Trask has been scoring films on both the independent and studio level for directors as diverse as Tom McCarthy, Paul Weitz, Todd Graff, Tamara Jenkins, Jon Kasdan, Robert Benton, Sean Anders, Bill Condon, Alan Poul, Tom Vaughn, Rob Epstein, and Jeffrey Friedman.

He has recorded and performed with Stone Temple Pilots, Bob Mould, Sleater-Kinney, Yoko Ono, Debbie Harry, and Lene Lovitch.

Currently, Trask is working on two new shows: This Ain’t No Disco! and The King of Comedy.

M I C H A E L M A Y E R (Director) was nominated for Tony® and Drama Desk awards for this production of Hedwig.

Credits this past season include Funny

Girl in the West End; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, and Jamboree at Encores OffCenter; Whorl Inside A Loop (with Dick Scanlan) at Second Stage. Other Broadway: Spring Awakening (Tony Award®/Best Musical and Tony®, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Director, also London, Vienna, Tokyo, and Seoul productions); American Idiot (Drama Desk Award for Best Director, also Great Britain, and Asia productions); Side Man (Tony Award®/Best Play); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award®/Best Musical); A View From the Bridge (Tony Award®/ Best Revival); Everyday Rapture; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; and Triumph of Love. Off-Broadway credits include LinManuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street (BAM), Brooklynite (also co-author, Vineyard), 10 Million Miles (Atlantic). Feature films: The Seagull (in post-production), A Home at the End of the World and Flicka. Television: “Smash” (pilot) for NBC and two seasons of “Alpha House” for Amazon Prime.

Metropolitan Opera: a celebrated new production of Rigoletto. He serves on the Board of New York Stage and Film.

S P E N C E R L I F F (Musical Staging).

Broadway: Falsettos, Spring Awakening (Drama Desk, OCC nominations), Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Regional: The Circus in Winter (Goodspeed), Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Rock Opera (STC), Oliver!

(Human Race Theatre). Film: Speech and Debate. Television: Eight seasons of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance (multiple Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Choreography), Dancing with the Stars, Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, Parks and Recreation, 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, How I Met Your Mother, One Day at a Time (Netflix), The Emmy® Awards, The Latin Grammy® Awards. Spencer-Liff.com. @spencerliff.

J U L I A N C R O U C H (Scenic Design).

Co-director and designer of Shockheaded Peter (Cultural Industry). He co-founded Improbable, whose shows included Satyagraha (Met Opera). Other designs: Jerry Springer: The Opera and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Royal Nat’l Theatre); The Addams Family and Big Fish (B’way); Dr. Atomic, The Merry Widow,

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and The Enchanted Island (Met Opera); Cinderella (Dutch Nat’l Ballet); Jedermann and Mackie Messer (Salzburg Festival). He is currently designing The Nutcracker for the Joffrey and King Arthur for the Berlin Staatsoper.

ARIANNE PHILLIPS (Costume Design) made her Broadway debut with Hedwig, having designed costumes for the 2001 film. Her award-winning costume designs include Walk the Line (Academy Award® nomination), W.E. (Academy Award® nomination, Costume Designers Guild Award winner), A Single Man (BAFTA nomination).

By her own design, she keeps a varied career between film, fashion, and music, focusing on work that challenges her. Arianne counts herself extremely fortunate, privileged, and honored to be reunited with her “creative family.”

K E V I N A D A M S (Lighting Design) designed the original Off-Broadway production of Hedwig in 1998 as well as the Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, London, and Edinburgh productions. He received a 2014 Tony Award® for the Broadway production.

Broadway: American Idiot (Tony Award®), Spring Awakening (Tony Award®), Next to Normal (Tony® nom), The 39 Steps (Tony Award®), Hair (Tony® nom), Everyday Rapture, Passing Strange, Take Me Out. OffBroadway: Carrie, The Scottsboro Boys, Rent.

Also, Metropolitan Opera, Blue Man Group (Las Vegas Luxor, Hollywood Bowl, international tour).

M I K E P O T T E R (Wigs and Makeup Design) was born and raised in rural Delaware. He began doing wigs and makeup at a young age. He has painted, worked in the arts, and done makeup ever since. B.S., resource economics, University of Delaware.

He did the wigs and makeup for Hedwig since the beginning with Trask and Mitchell at the Jane Street Theatre as well as the wigs and makeup for Hedwig the film. He works in fashion, film, and music and owns the cosmetics company Knock Out. Potter currently lives and works in New York City.

TIM O’HEIR (Sound Design) is a Tony® and Grammy®-nominated producer, engineer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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A platinum-selling rock and roll producer, O’Heir has also recorded and mixed the soundtracks of films such as In the Land of Women, In Good Company, American Dreamz, and Kids, working frequently alongside Hedwig composer Stephen Trask.

The original sound recording engineer for the cinematic version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, O’Heir is thrilled to bring the true spirit of rock and roll to the open road.

B E N J A M I N P E A R C Y F O R 59 P R O D U C T I O N S (Projection Design). 59 Productions specializes in creating extraordinary design for performance, exhibitions, and live events. Recent work includes After the Rain and Within the Golden Hour for the Royal Ballet, Morgen und Abend (Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper), Get Carter (Northern Stage), wonder.land (Manchester International Festival/National Theatre), War Horse (world tour), Les Misérables (world tour), London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, An American in Paris (Paris and Broadway—Tony Award® winner for Best Scenic Design).

C A L L E R I C A S T I N G (James Calleri, Paul Davis, Erica Jensen). Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Elephant Man, Of Mice and Men, Venus in Fur, Hughie, The Visit, Living on Love, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Chicago, James Joyce’s The Dead. Select Off-B’way: Buyer & Cellar, Murder for Two, All in the Timing, Passion, Fuerza Bruta, Silence! The Musical.

Casting for Actors Theater of Louisville, The Flea, Long Wharf, CSC, McCarter, Keen, Rattlestick, Williamstown, Berkeley Rep, Playwrights Horizons (10 seasons).

TV and film including The Path on Hulu.

Thirteen Artios Awards for Outstanding Casting Achievement. Member CSA. callericasting.com.

E T H A N P O P P (Music Supervisor & Coordinator). 2014 Grammy® Award nomination (Motown the Musical, original cast recording), 2013 Tony Award® nomination (Motown the Musical, Best Orchestrations).

Theater: School of Rock (Broadway music supervisor), Motown the Musical (Broadway, U.S. tour, London; as music supervisor, arranger, orchestrator), Rock of Ages

MAY 19-21, 2017

(Broadway, U.S. tour, Canada, Australia, London; as music supervisor, arranger, orchestrator), Tarzan (Broadway), We Will Rock You (Germany), Aida (Germany, European tour), Mamma Mia! (Germany) and many others. Upcoming: The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman (20th Century Fox). Television: “Smash” (NBC/ Universal), “A Capitol Fourth” (PBS). Much love to his family, his amazing wife Vanessa and baby boy Aldrin James.

S T E P H E N G A B I S (Dialect Coach).

Selected Broadway: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Beautiful, Outside Mullingar, The Winslow Boy, Once, Man and Boy, The Book of Mormon, A View From the Bridge, The 39 Steps, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Jersey Boys, Doubt. Film/TV: Spotlight, Boardwalk Empire, Across the Universe, Bernard and Doris.

J O H A N N A M c K E O N (Associate Director). Broadway credits include War Paint, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, and Grey Gardens. Broadway tour credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, and Rent. Directing credits include Mona Mansour’s Unseen (Old Globe, St. Louis Rep and Cape Cod Theater Project workshops), Tokio Confidential (Atlantic Stage Two), I Have Loved Strangers (Clubbed Thumb), The Comedy of Errors, and Schmoozy Togetherness (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Her first feature film, Auld Lang Syne, premiered in 2016 at the Indie Street Film Festival, where it received the Audience Award for Narrative Feature.

Ms. McKeon is the recipient of a Drama League Fall Directing Fellowship, Boris Sagal Fellowship at Williamstown, and a Fulbright Fellowship to Berlin. She has worked as a guest faculty member at Bard College and the Strasberg Institute. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

PA UL McGI LL (Movement Associate).

Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Scandalous. Off-Broadway: The Legend of Georgia McBride (Astaire Award, Lortel nomination), Steve (directed by Cynthia Nixon), School for Scandal. TV/film: Hakuna Truvada (ft. Todrick Hall), ALT Coffee Commercial, Diamond Soles. Circus:

Filament (Short Round Productions), Grounded Aerial. PaulMcGill.org. @Paul_McGill_.

JOVON E. SHUCK (Production Stage Manager). Proud graduate of Michigan State University. Broadway: The Lion King, Noises Off, and The Graduate. National tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and The Lion King.

J E F F S I E B E R T (Stage Manager).

Broadway: American Psycho, On Your Feet, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Cabaret, Jersey Boys, How To Succeed…. Broadway performance: Chitty…, Cabaret, Miss Saigon, The Phantom…, Singin’ in the Rain. Film: Chicago.

SARAH GARRETT (Assistant Stage Manager). National tours: Dirty Dancing, Blue Man Group. Other: Blue Man Group Orlando, the Walt Disney Company, Berkshire Theatre Group, Two River Theatre Company, the Ohio Light Opera.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Amelie; Anastasia; A Doll’s House: Part 2; Book of Mormon (Broadway and tour); Cats; Groundhog Day; Hello Dolly!; If I Forget; Matilda (tour); On the Exhale; School of Rock; Significant Other; Six Degrees Of Separation; Sweat; The Curious Incident… (tour), The Glass Menagerie; The Humans (tour); The Present; The Price. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989.

101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD (Executive Producer). Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their company in 1994.

Their associates are Ron Gubin, Chris Morey, and Jeff Klein. Current Broadway productions: Dear Evan Hansen (Executive Producer), Sunday in the Park with George.

Recent: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, An Act of God (Executive Producer, Broadway, tour), An American in Paris, Eclipsed (Broadway, San Francisco), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Broadway, national tour), The Elephant Man. Special projects: New Island Festival (Governor’s Island, New York), “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” for PBS and IBM’s Centennial Gala.

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DAVID BINDER (Producer) produced the original production of Hedwig from his fifth-floor walkup for $29,000. Since then, he’s gone on to produce Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd, the first Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, and the genre-defying shows De La Guarda and Fuerza Bruta. International credits include This Is Our Youth with Michael Cera and Kieran Culkin at the Sydney Opera House.

Currently, David is the Artistic Associate of London’s LIFT Festival. Binder produced the High Line Festival curated by David Bowie and the Dutch New Island Festival on NY’s Governors Island. His TED talk on “The Arts Festival Revolution” has been seen online by more than a half million people. David has been a teaching fellow at Princeton and for six years was on the faculty at the Yale School of Drama. He received the Tony Award® for Hedwig.

B A R B A R A W H I T M A N (Producer).

Current productions: The Humans and Oh, Hello. Credits include Fun Home, Red, Next to Normal, …Spelling Bee, A Raisin in the Sun. Favorite productions: her sons, Daniel and Will.

P A U L A M A R I E B L A C K (Producer).

Tony Award®, Olivier Award, and Helpmann Award-winning producer.

Currently lead producer for Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway, and lead producer for Dead Funny in London’s West End. Black dedicates her producing in the art of theater to women directors, playwrights, and those who have not had a voice.

L A T I T U D E L I N K (Producer). Fourtime Tony Award®-winning production company with shows on stages worldwide.

Currently running: Fun Home (2015 Tony®), Hedwig… (2014 Tony®), Matilda, Jersey Boys (2006 Tony®), Come from Away (Broadway 2017). latitudelink.com.

RAISE THE ROOF (Producer). Harriet Leve: Four Tony Awards®, Beautiful, An American in Paris, Ann, War Horse, The Norman Conquests, La Cage aux Folles, The 39 Steps, Stomp. Jennifer Isaacson: Two 50

Tony Awards®. Executive Producer at WalkRunFly. walkrunfly.com.

AH, BROADWAY (Producer). Consists of producers Neal Rubinstein (On The Town—Tony® nom.; The 39 Steps; upcoming: Dangerous—fall 2017, Trojanz Not Required—spring 2018), Caleb Reese, James Simon, Mallory Whermann, Dale Young, Eric Goldman, and Kari Lynn Hearn.

R U T H H E N D E L (Producer). Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony®), A View from the Bridge (Tony®), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Tony®), Death of a Salesman (Tony®), Fela! Documentary: Finding Fela!

JUST FOR LAUGHS THEATRICALS (Producer). CEO Adam Blanshay, Chairman Gilbert Rozon. Over 40 theater productions worldwide, including the Tony®-winning play The Curious Incident… and Olivier-winning musical Sunny Afternoon. Full bio: hahaha. com/JFLT, twitter: @JFLTheatricals.

S H A R O N K A R M A Z I N (Producer).

Broadway current: Something Rotten! and Dear Evan Hansen. Recent: Eclipsed (Tony®nominated, starring Lupita Nyong’o), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award®), Honeymoon in Vegas, Clybourne Park (Tony Award®).

H E N I K O E N I G S B E R G (Producer).

Broadway credits include Tony Awards® for A View from the Bridge, Skylight, A Gentleman’s Guide…, A Raisin in the Sun, and The Gershwins’ Porgy And Bess.

Upcoming: Hello, Dolly! Off-Broadway: Verso.

S T A C E Y M I N D I C H (Producer).

This season: the Broadway debut of the new musical Dear Evan Hansen. Recent Broadway: Blackbird, The Crucible, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award®), Lucky Guy and The Bridges of Madison County.

Stacey is the recipient of the 2016 Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Producing.

E R I C S C H N A L L (Producer/Marketing Director) is a Tony Award®-winning producer and marketing director. Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Of Mice and Men, Lucky Guy, Red, 33 Variations, Frost/Nixon,

MAY 19-21, 2017

The Year of Magical Thinking, A Raisin in the Sun, Rent. Off-B’way: The Vagina Monologues, De La Guarda. Eric has lectured at the Yale School of Drama and co-produced This Is Our Youth at the Sydney Opera House. He is currently finishing a novel that takes place in Berlin.

JAYNE BARON SHERMAN (Producer) is a Tony® and Olivier Awardwinning producer, including It Shoulda Been You, Side Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Of Mice and Men, Kinky Boots, A Time To Kill, The Normal Heart, Elling, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, This Is Our Youth (Sydney), Carousel (West End). Film/TV: The Accidental Wolf, Love Is Strange, That’s Not Us, Alex & Ali, DTLA, and In the Life TV. CASSANDRA DOVED SIMON (Producer) has supported a diverse set of projects (That’s Not Us; Interior. Leather Bar.; Home Street Home) and is developing her own show Why You Should Become a Fag Hag Before You Hit Menopause.

STARRY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT is a theatrical, film, and television production company headed by Craig Saavedra and Michael Shulman. Credits/investments include Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Hamilton, Photograph 51, The Elephant Man, The Last Ship, The Cripple of Inishmaan, After Midnight, On Your Feet, Lucky Guy. Television: “Tibor to the Rescue.” Film: Sherman’s Way. Upcoming: Burn This.

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer) has produced and co-produced hundreds of plays and musicals. Under the leadership of Philip J. Smith, Chairman, and Robert E. Wankel, President, The Shubert Organization owns and operates 17 Broadway theaters and six off-Broadway venues.

STAFF FOR HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH GENERAL MANAGEMENT 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. Wendy Orshan Jeffrey M. Wilson Ron Gubin Chris Morey Jeff Klein Justin Black Beth Blitzer Emily Goeler Andrew Joy Kathy Kim Robert Nolan Jenny Peek Steve Supeck Holly Sutton COMPANY MANAGER Heidi Neven TOUR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Phillip Aleman CASTING CALLERI CASTING James Calleri, CSA Paul Davis, CSA Erica Jensen, CSA TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR AURORA PRODUCTIONS, INC. Ben Heller Chris Minnick Ryan Murphy Geoff Quart Liza Luxenberg Anthony Jusino Isaac Katzanek Luke Ricca Steven Dalton Justin Bell Serena Montsma Allison Queen Cori Gardner Gene O’Donovan EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION THE ROAD COMPANY Brett Sirota Stephen Lindsay www.theroadcompany.com Associate General Manager............................................. Jeff Klein Original Production Stage Manager..........................Lisa Iacucci Production Stage Manager.................................... Jovon E. Shuck Stage Manager................................................................... Jeff Siebert Assistant Stage Manager.......................................... Sarah Garrett Assistant Company Manager................................. Michael Rudd Associate Director...............................................Johanna McKeon Movement Associate...................................................... Paul McGill Associate Scenic Designer..............................Frank McCullough Assistant Scenic Designers................................... Evan Adamson, Lauren Alvarez Assoc. Costume Designers....Valerie Marcus Ramshur, Amanda Seymour Associate Lighting Designer.........................................Paul Toben Assistant Lighting Designer...........................James E. Lawlor III Audio Consultant..............................................................Kai Harada Assistant Sound Designer.........................................Ken Goodwin Asst. Hair & Makeup Designer....................... Nicole Bridgeford Production Carpenter................................................... Keith Reese Head Carpenter.........................................................Martin Blacker Assistant Carpenter................................................ Leon Lobsinger Production Electrician.........................................Gregory Husinko Head Electrician...............................................................Adam Grant Assistant Electricians...........R. Warren Bishop, Jessica Clarke Properties Supervisor................................................. Scott Gibson Production Props.......................................Matthew Elias Hodges Production Sound Supervisors...................................Phillip Lojo, Simon Matthews Production Sound Engineer....................................... Wes Shaffer 51

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Asst. Production Sound Engineer........................ Brian Kallaher Moving Light Programmer...................................Benny Kirkham Projection Programmer...................................................Scott Riley Wardrobe Supervisor..............................Antoinette T. Martinez Star Dresser......................................................................Billy Hipkins Hair & Makeup Supervisor..................................Steven Kirkham Hair & Makeup Assistant.............................................Lynn Grassy Production Assistants....................................Summer Grubaugh, Alicia Lerner, Kristin Pfeifer Assistant to David Binder...........................................Steven Kopp 101 Productions, Ltd. Interns.............. Oliver Benjoseph, John Conover, Michael Leibring Legal Counsel..............................Loeb&Loeb/Stefan Schick, Esq. and David Schmerler, Esq. Accountant..................................................WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowgios, CPA, Anthony Moore, CPA Controller...........................................Galbraith & Co./Jill Johnson Marketing Director.........................................................Eric Schnall Social Media.......................................................................................ESP Digital Marketing and Additional

Tour Advertising..................................Situation Interactive/ Damian Bazadona, Jeremy Kraus, Mollie Shapiro, Kelly Sherrard Broadcast Advertising............................................... Serino/Coyne Banking........................... City National Bank/Anne McSweeney Insurance..................................................DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Merchandising................................Creative Goods/Pete Milano Production Photographer...........................................Joan Marcus Payroll Services........................ Checks and Balances Payroll, Inc. Travel Agent.............................................Carlson Wagonlit Travel Housing.......................Road Concierge, An ALTOUR Company Trucking................................................................Clark Transfer, Inc.

Matt Duncan, used by permission. “A-OK” and “Walking in Soho” performed by Peter Yanowitz, used by permission. “Freaks” performed by Cheater, used by permission.

SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL CONSIDERATION FURNISHED BY Blackstar Amplification, Ltd. Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. Gibson Guitars Hoshino USA - Tama M•A•C Cosmetics Korg U.S.A., Inc. Marshall Electronics/Mogami Cable The Music Zoo Paiste America, Inc. Q Drum Co. Remo Inc. Strymon Swarovski Crystals Sweetwater Sound, Inc. Tour Supply Vic Firth Company Vox Amplification, Ltd. SPECIAL THANKS Peter Askin, Jerry Mitchell, Philip S. Birsh/Playbill, Alison Roehs, Geoff Barone, Jeremy Berman, Mike Bigel, Jim Felber, Michael Keller, John Miller, Jace McDonald, Phil Tennison, Joe Testa, Scott Uchida, Priscilla Vega, Aaron Vishria, Matt Wood/ Kenny Bergle, Mark Berger, Soo Jin Yi, Karen Reddy-Medeiros This production was rehearsed at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York City.

Makeup Provided By M-A-C To learn more about the production, please visit www.HedwigTour.com Please follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @HedwigOnBway CREDITS Scenery constructed by PRG Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Scenery and drops painted

by Scenic Art Studios. Lighting and sound equipment provided

by PRG. Projection equipment provided by Sound Associates.

Costumes by Eric Winterling Costumes, Tricorne Costumes, Desi Santiago, Michael Velasquez, Bill Hargate Costumes, Michael Schmidt Studios, Nano Hernandez, Geoffrey Mac. Shoes by Andre No. 1 Shoe Design, Gio Diev. Crystals by Swarovski. Military supplies by Jim Korn and Kaufman’s Army & Navy, NYC. Screen printing by Pete’s Print Shop. Fabric painting by Jeff Fender.

Select props by Tom Carroll Scenery. “Hurt Locker: The Musical” Playbill® created by Mike Albo and Amanda Duarte and designed

by Rogers Eckersley.

PRE- AND POST-SHOW MUSIC CREDITS “Success” by David Bowie, Ricky Gardiner and Iggy Pop, used by permission of BMG, EMI and RZO. “Marquee Moon” by Tom Verlaine, used by permission of Verlaine Music. “Editions of You” by Bryan Ferry, used by permission of BMG. “Jesse” and “Wasted” performed by The Deafening, used by permission. “The Keys,” “Rube Goldberg Machine” and “Idle Hands” performed by 52

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 Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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Starring BUGS BUNNY Conducted by GEORGE DAUGHERTY Created and Produced by GEORGE DAUGHERTY & DAVID KA LIK WONG Also Starring ELMER FUDD DAFFY DUCK PORKY PIG WILE E. COYOTE ROAD RUNNER TWEETY SYLVESTER PEPE LE PEW PENELOPE PUSSYCAT GRANNY GIOVANNI JONES . . . and special guest starring appearance by TOM AND JERRY Music by CARL W. STALLING MILT FRANKLYN SCOTT BRADLEY Based on the Works of Wagner, Rossini, von Suppé, J. Strauss II, Smetana, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Donizetti Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES FRIZ FRELENG ROBERT CLAMPETT TEX AVERY ROBERT McKIMSON ABE LEVITOW WILLIAM HANNA JOSEPH BARBERA Voice Characterizations by MEL BLANC ARTHUR Q. BRYAN as Elmer Fudd JUNE FORAY HANS CONRIED and NICOLAI SHUTOROV as Giovanni Jones “Rabid Rider” and “Coyote Falls” Directed by MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN, Music by CHRISTOPHER LENNERTZ Produced in Association with IF/X PRODUCTIONS SAN FRANCISCO Official Website www.BugsBunnyAtTheSymphony.net Original Soundtrack Recording on WATERTOWER MUSIC www.watertower-music.com Follow Bugs Bunny At The Symphony on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Post your own concert photos with the hashtag #BugsBunnyAtTheSymphony Co-presented by State Theatre New Jersey and the NJSO.

This program is made possible in part through a grant by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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THE PROGRAM

“JOHANN MOUSE” (Scenes)

ACT I

Music by Scott Bradley, after Johann Strauss II Piano Solos by Jakob Gimpel

THE DANCE OF THE COMEDIANS from “The Bartered Bride”

Narrated by Hans Conried Story and Animation Direction by

by Bedřich Smetana

WILLIAM HANNA and JOSEPH BARBERA and “TOM AND JERRY IN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL”

THE WARNER BROS. FANFARE Music by Max Steiner

Music by Johann Strauss II

“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG”

(Overture to “Die Fledermaus”)

(“The Merrie Melodies Theme”)

Music Originally Arranged by Scott Bradley

Music by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor, Arranged and Orchestrated by Carl W. Stalling

“BATON BUNNY” Music by Milt Franklyn Based on the Overture to “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna” by Franz von Suppé Story by Michael Maltese Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES and ABE LEVITOW

Story and Animation Direction by WILLIAM HANNA and JOSEPH BARBERA

“BACK ALLEY OPROAR” (Scene) Music by Carl W. Stalling “Largo Al Factotum” by Gioachino Rossini from “The Barber of Seville” Story by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce Animation Direction by FRIZ FRELENG “ZOOM AND BORED” Music by Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn

“SHOW BIZ BUGS” Music by Milt Franklyn “Jeepers Creepers” by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer “Those Endearing Young Charms” Irish Folk Melody, words by Thomas Moore Story by Warren Foster Animation Direction by FRIZ FRELENG

“RHAPSODY RABBIT” Music by Carl W. Stalling Based on “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2”

by Franz Liszt Piano Solo performed by Jakob Gimpel Story by Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese Animation Direction by FRIZ FRELENG

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Based on “The Dance of the Comedians” from “The Bartered Bride” by Bedřich Smetana Story by Michael Maltese Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

PEPE LE PEW, LE CHANTEUR ROMANTIQUE

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“FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS” (Scenes)

Music by Carl W. Stalling

Music by Carl W. Stalling

after Wagner, von Suppé, Donizetti, and Rossini

Story by Michael Maltese

Story by Michael Maltese

Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

Animation Direction by

“A SCENT OF THE MATTERHORN” (Scene)

CHUCK JONES

Music by Milt Franklyn “Tiptoe Through The Tulips” Music by Joe Burke, and Lyrics by Al Dubin Story and Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES “SCENT-IMENTAL ROMEO” (Scenes) Music by Carl W. Stalling “Baby Face” Music by Harry Akst, and Lyrics by Benny Davis

“ROBIN HOOD DAFFY” (Scenes) Music by Milt Franklyn Story by Michael Maltese Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

Story and Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

“WHAT’S OPERA, DOC?”

“THE RABBIT OF SEVILLE”

Based on music from “The Flying Dutchman,” “Die Walküre,” “Siegfried,”

Music by Milt Franklyn

Music by Carl W. Stalling Based on the Overture to “The Barber of Seville”

by Gioachino Rossini Story by Michael Maltese Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES ~ INTERMISSION ~ ACT II

“Götterdämmerung,” “Rienzi,” and “Tannhäuser”

by Richard Wagner Story by Michael Maltese Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES MERRIE MELODIES “THAT’S ALL FOLKS!” Music Arranged and Orchestrated by Carl W. Stalling Voice Characterization by Noel Blanc

“RABID RIDER” Music by Christopher Lennertz Executive Producer: Sam Register Story by Tom Sheppard

Program Subject To Change Without Notice.

LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and

Animation Direction by

elements © & TM Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN

TOM AND JERRY and all related characters and

and

elements © & TM Turner Entertainment Co.

“COYOTE FALLS”

WB SHIELD: TM & © WBEI. (s17)

Music by Christopher Lennertz Executive Producer: Sam Register Story by Tom Sheppard Animation Direction by MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN

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PRODUCTION, CREATIVE, and TOURING STAFF Creator / Music Director / Conductor / Producer

Special Effects and CGI/ Animation Editor

George Daugherty

Shawn Carlson

Creator / Producer / Technical Director / Tour Director

Sound Design, Sound Effects, and Re-Mastering

Caryn Rasmussen

David Ka Lik Wong

Robb Wenner

Robert Schietroma

Music Transcription and Restoration Ron Goldstein

John Larabee Production Touring Musicians (Rotating) Jo Pusateri, Principal Percussion and Slide Guitar Kelly Hale, Principal Pianist Leo Marchildon, Co-Principal Pianist/Slide Guitar Keisuke Nakagoshi, CoPrincipal Pianist Brenda Vahur, Co-Principal Pianist Robert Schietroma, Principal Percussion Emeritus Co-Producer Amy Minter Art Director, CGI Producer, and Graphics/Animation Designer Melinda Lawton Editors George Daugherty David Ka Lik Wong Scott Draper Mark Beutel

Audio Mixer and Tour Sound Supervisor Marty Bierman

Cameron Patrick Robert Guillory Charles Fernandez . . . and special thanks to

Robb Wenner

USC/Warner Bros. Music Archives

New CGI Animation Elements

Music Copyists

Lawton Design New Animation Elements Warner Bros. Animation Audio CD Producers George Daugherty David Ka Lik Wong

Caryn Rasmussen Robert Schietroma Michael Hernandez John Norine Jeff Turner Valle Music Judy Green Music

Steve Linder

Webmaster and Website Designer

Sound Effects Editors

Lorelei McCollough

Robb Wenner John Larabee Music Supervisors David Ka Lik Wong Caryn Rasmussen

Peter Koff

Click Masters

Special thanks to Keep Me Posted, Burbank

Robb Wenner

Mako Sujishi John Larabee Kristopher Carter

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Video and Audio Production Coordinated and Executed by IF/X Productions San Francisco

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Exclusive Worldwide Representation

BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY II had its world premiere on July 5, 2013, at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

IMG ARTISTS Maureen Taylor, Vice President, Tour and Artist Management

Meera Vijayendra, Asia/Pacific Consultant

IF/X WISHES TO EXTEND ITS SPECIAL THANKS TO: Warner Bros.; Warner Bros.

Consumer Products; Warner Bros. Animation; WaterTower Music; The Sydney Symphony, The Sydney Opera House, and The Sydney Opera House Recording Studios and Facilities; The Power

Station Recording Studios, New York; U.S.C. Film School/ Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television; U.S.C. Film/ Music Archives; U.C.L.A. Film Archives; The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity; Chuck Jones Enterprises; Linda Jones Productions; Post Effects Chicago; Screen Magazine; and very special personal thanks to Isabelle Zakin, Bruce Triplett, Foote Kirkpatrick, Ruth L. Ratny, Mike Fayette, Rick Gehr, Melinda Lawton, and Charlene Daugherty.

George Daugherty dedicates this concert to the memory of his mother, Charlene Elizabeth Daugherty

BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY had its world premieres on May 7, 2010, at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony; and July 16, 2010, at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

BUGS BUNNY ON BROADWAY had its world premiere on June 16, 1990 at the San Diego Civic Theatre; its Broadway premiere at the Gershwin Theatre, New York City, on October 2, 1990; and its international premiere on May 15, 1996 at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia.

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BUGS BUNNY Bugs Bunny is one of the most recognized cartoon characters in the world, whose signature phrase “What’s Up, Doc?” has long since entered the English language.

Bugs’ first ‘reel’ appearance in front of his soon-to-be-adoring public was in A Wild Hare directed by Tex Avery. Since then, Bugs’ zany antics in hundreds of cartoon favorites have made him a legend throughout the world.

This cool, collected, carrot-chomping rabbit is the unequivocal superstar of the Looney Tunes family. With never a ‘hare’ out of place he always manages to outsmart his adversaries, whoever they may be. He’s a real American icon who has graced the TV and cinema screens the world over.

Bugs Bunny’s cartoons have twice been nominated for Academy Awards, and his Knighty Knight Bugs won a coveted Oscar.

Bugs has starred in four films in addition to his hundreds of animated shorts and 21 prime time television specials.

GEORGE DAUGHERTY Conductor George Daugherty is one of the classical music world’s most diverse artists. In addition to his 40-year conducting career which has included appearances with the world’s leading orchestras, ballet companies, opera houses, and concert artists, Daugherty is also an Emmy® Award-winning / five-time Emmy nominated creator whose professional profile includes major credits as a director, writer, and producer for television, film, innovative and unique concerts, and the live theater.

Since 1993, he has conducted over 20 performances at The Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (most recently with a concert pair in 2015), and an equal number with The National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap (most recently, in 2013 with a pair). He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in May, 2015, in four sold-out performances, and his current and recent conducting schedule includes multiple 60

performances with San Francisco Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Utah Symphony, Seattle Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra at both Severance Hall and the Blossom Festival, The Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, as well as appearances with dozens of other orchestras in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. He has been a frequent guest conductor at the Sydney Opera House since 1996, and in 2002, 2005, 2010, and 2016, he returned to guest conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, including recording a new CD with the orchestra. In this and recent seasons, he also made debuts and return appearances with the Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, West Australia Symphony Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and multiple engagements with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at both the National Concert Hall and the new Grand Canal Theatre, both in Dublin, Ireland. He has been a frequent guest conductor at the Bellas Artes Opera House in Mexico City, where he has conducted the Orquesta del Teatro de Bellas Artes in ballet and opera productions.

In 2016 Daugherty was appointed Music Director of the famed and iconic Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, with whom he made his debut conducting at The Kennedy Center Opera House in March, 2017. From 2012 to 2015, he was Music Director of Ballet San Jose, where he conducted nearly 50 performances per season for the company, with Symphony Silicon Valley in the orchestra pit. This past season, he also conducted a major international gala for the company starring principal dancers from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, and other major companies. In summer 2013, he made his debut conducting The Russian National Orchestra at the internationally acclaimed Napa Valley Festival del Sol, presiding over the reconstruction

of a long-lost Fokine ballet with music by Rachmaninoff, plus an international ballet gala He has also been a frequent conductor of London’s Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, with whom he first made his debut in Royal Festival Hall, and most recently conducted a 15-city U.S. and Canadian concert tour with the orchestra and guest artists Dame Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church, dancers of the Royal Ballet, and the Westminster Choir and Bell Ringers.

Daugherty has also conducted for scores of major American and international symphony orchestras, ballet companies, and opera houses, including numerous performances with the American Ballet Theatre, Munich State Opera and Ballet, Indianapolis Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, Moscow Symphony, Kremlin Palace Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, the Auckland Philharmonia, Adelaide Symphony, the RCA Symphony Orchestra, Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet, Mexico City’s Bellas Artes Opera House, Montreal Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Syracuse Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Saskatoon Symphony, Austin Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, New Orleans Symphony, Venezuela Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Seoul Prime Philharmonic, and major Italian opera houses in Rome, Florence, Turin, and Reggio Emilia.

During the course of his career, he has also conducted for an extensive and eclectic list of international concert artists, including violinists Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Cho-Liang Lin, Zachary De Pue, Rachel Lee, Kyung-wha Chung, Eugene Fodor; international opera artists Roberta Peters, Rosalind Elias, Julia Migenes, Jennifer Holloway, Rhys Meirion, Kristin Clayton, Bo-

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jan Knezevic, and Grace Bumbry; singers including Dame Julie Andrews, Etta James, Rosemary Clooney, Charlotte Church; and ensembles ranging from The Harvard Glee Club to The Westminster Choir to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

As a ballet conductor, Daugherty has conducted for the greatest ballet stars in the world over the past three and a half decades, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev, Gelsey Kirkland, Suzanne Farrell, and up to the stars of today, and has been on the conducting staffs of American Ballet Theatre, the Bavarian State Opera Ballet, La Scala Ballet, and Teatro Regio di Torino Ballet. Prior to his Music Directorship with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and Ballet San Jose, he has been music director of The Louisville Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Chicago City Ballet, and Eglevsky Ballet, and he has guest conducted for scores of international companies. He has conducted numerous versions of every fulllength ballet, as well as scores of works by countless major choreographers ranging from George Balanchine to Sir Frederick Ashton.

As a director, writer, and producer of music-based television programs, Daugherty has created several major productions for the ABC Television Network project, including a primetime animation-and-live action production of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, which he created, co-wrote, conducted, and directed, and for which he won a Prime Time Emmy Award as producer, as well as numerous other major awards (including an additional Emmy nomination as conductor and music director). He also collaborated with The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan on a television series adaptation of her celebrated children’s book Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat. The Emmy® Award-winning 80-episode series debuted on PBS in the fall of 2001 as a daily-animated children’s television series. Daugherty executive produced, and also wrote, a large number of the animated tales.

Daugherty also received an Emmy® nomination for Rhythm & Jam, his ABC television network specials which taught the basics of music to a teenage audience, which he created and produced with David 61

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In 1998, Daugherty received the biannual Indiana Governor’s Arts Award from the state of his birth, in recognition for his artistic contributions not only in Indiana, but also throughout the rest of the country.

In receiving the award, Daugherty joined an exclusive list of previous Hoosier honorees, including composers Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael, conductors Raymond Leppard and John Nelson, cellist Janos Starker, violinists Joshua Bell and Josef Gingold, architect Michael Graves, designer Bill Blass, and novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In 2005, he was also named a Sagamore of The Wabash by the late Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon, the highest award which can be bestowed upon a performing artist from the state governor.

In 1990, Daugherty created, directed, and conducted the hit Broadway musical Bugs Bunny On Broadway, a live-orchestraand-film stage production which sold-out its extended run at New York’s Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, and has since played to critical acclaim and sold-out houses all over the world. The Bugs Bunny symphonic concert tradition continued when Daugherty and producing partner David Ka Lik Wong launched a new version, Bugs Bunny At The Symphony, in 2010, with double World Premieres at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony, and the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The current version of the concert, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II, also created by Daugherty and Wong, premiered in 2013 with world premieres at the Hollywood Bowl/Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, and National Symphony at Wolf Trap. Daugherty is also the executive producer, conductor, and creator of the touring concert Rodgers & Hammerstein on Stage and Screen, and Meredith Willson’s The Music Man at The Symphony.

Daugherty has lived in San Francisco for the past 17 years.

DAVID KA LIK WONG Bugs Bunny At The Symphony Executive Producer David Ka Lik Wong was awarded with a coveted Emmy Award® for his work as producer on Peter and the Wolf in 1996, 62

and was also nominated for an Emmy in 1994 for his work as producer of Rhythm & Jam, the ABC series of Saturday morning music education specials for children.

He teamed with George Daugherty as principal producer for the Peter and the Wolf project, the animation and live-action production starring Kirstie Alley, Lloyd Bridges, Sleepless in Seattle’s Ross Malinger, and the new animated characters of legendary animation director Chuck Jones.

He also produced the interactive CD-ROM version of the production for Time Warner Interactive.

He was also the senior Producer for the Warner Bros. documentary film The Magical World of Chuck Jones, directed by George Daugherty and starring interviews by Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lucas, and Ron Howard, among many others.

He has been Producer for the Warner Bros. touring concert production Bugs Bunny On Broadway since 1991, and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony since 2010, as they have toured the world, and he co-produced the original audio CD album for Warner Bros. Records. Wong has also produced innovative symphony orchestra concerts for some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, the National Symphony, The Hong Kong Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, the Sydney Opera House, the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Wales Millennium Centre, Sinfonia Britannia, and many others. Most recently, he produced critically acclaimed Christmas concerts for Canada’s National Arts Centre, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He is also Executive Producer and the co-creator of the touring concert Rodgers & Hammerstein on Stage and Screen, and Meredith Willson’s The Music Man at The Symphony.

Wong has teamed with George Daugherty, Amy Tan, and the legendary Sesame Workshop to produce and create the new Emmy Award winning PBS / Sesame Workshop children’s television series Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat, based on the book

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fall of 2001, and has since been one of the most highly rated children’s television series on all broadcast networks. Mr. Wong also wrote a number of episodes for the series and story-edited all 80 segments.

Wong is also the producer of the new WaterTower Music CD release of Bugs Bunny At The Symphony, recorded at the Sydney Opera House with The Sydney Symphony. In addition to his Emmy Awards® and nominations, he has won numerous other awards during his career, including the Grand Award of both the Houston and Chicago International Film Festivals, a Silver Award of the Chicago Film Festival, two Parents’ Choice Awards, and the Kids First Award.

Wong was born in Hong Kong, and moved to San Francisco with his family at the age of 12. He still calls San Francisco home.

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NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XIAN ZHANG, Music Director, The Jaqua Foundation Chair JEFFREY GROGAN, Education & Community Engagement Conductor FIRST VIOLIN Eric Wyrick, Concertmaster, The Donald L. Mulford Chair Brennan Sweet, Associate Concertmaster David Southorn, Assistant Concertmaster Adriana Rosin, Assistant Concertmaster Naomi Youngstein James Tsao Xin Zhao Darryl Kubian SECOND VIOLIN Francine Storck, Principal, The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair Rebekah Johnson, Assistant Principal Debra Biderman Ann Kossakowski John Connelly Susan Gellert Lisa Matricardi Alexandra Gorokhovsky Ming Yang Hector Falcon VIOLIN Fatima Aaziza Wendy Y. Chen Maya Shiraishi JoAnna Farrer Minji Kwon Bryan Hernandez-Luch VIOLA Frank Foerster, Principal, The Margrit McCrane Chair Elzbieta Weyman, Assistant Principal Michael Stewart Christine Terhune Martin Andersen Lucy Corwin Henry Kao Brett Deubner David Blinn

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CELLO Jonathan Spitz, Principal, The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman Na-Young Baek, Acting Assistant Principal Ted Ackerman Frances Rowell Sarah Seiver Hyewon Kim BASS Paul Harris, Principal, The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair Frank Lomolino, Assistant Principal Jonathan Storck, The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair David Rosi Joseph Campagna • FLUTE Bart Feller, Principal The Edda and James Gillen Chair Kathleen Nester

HORN Vacant, Principal Andrea Menousek Chris Komer Susan Standley TRUMPET Garth Greenup, Principal, The Amadeus Circle Chair Christopher Stingle, Assistant Principal David Larson TROMBONE Charles Baker, Principal Vernon Post Vincent Belford TUBA Derek Fenstermacher, Principal, Anonymously Endowed Chair TIMPANI David Fein, Acting Principal The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair

PICCOLO Kathleen Nester

PERCUSSION David Fein, Principal

OBOE Robert Ingliss, Principal, The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair Andrew Adelson

PERSONNEL James Neglia, Manager Naomi Youngstein, Assistant Manager LIBRARIAN

ENGLISH HORN Andrew Adelson

Ann Kossakowski

CLARINET Karl Herman, Principal, The Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair Andrew Lamy

• Leave of absence for the 2016–17 season

E-FLAT CLARINET Andrew Lamy BASSOON Robert Wagner, Principal, The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum Chair Mark Timmerman

The NJSO uses a system of string rotation. In each string section, members are listed in order of seniority. The musicians and librarians employed by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

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JAY LENO

ABOUT THE ARTIST Acclaimed TV late night show host, admired stand-up comedian, best-selling children’s book author, much-in-demand corporate speaker, lovable TV and movie voice-over artist, pioneering car builder and mechanic, and philanthropist…it’s no wonder that Jay Leno is widely characterized as “the hardest working man in show business.”

Leno’s late night television ratings domination included more than two decades of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, winning every consecutive quarter of his hosting over the past 19 years. After resuming hosting the 11:35pm program following its onetime interruption, he made it once again the consistent and uninterrupted ratings leader for late night, once again leading all of the ensuing quarters handily, under the supervision throughout of executive producer Debbie Vickers. In the process, he has been honored by the Television Academy with an Emmy® for “Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Music Series.” The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has also taken home the trophy for “Favorite Late Night Show” in the annual TV Guide Awards determined by voting viewers, and he was recently installed in the Television Academy’s Broadcast Hall of Fame.

As if night-time dominance were not enough, Leno has also succeeded in the newest entertainment arena, Jay Leno’s Garage, of which he is a producer as well as star. The NBC creation, which is viewed on CNBC, gained an international following on the Web, not to mention an Emmy Award® and two additional nominations for Outstanding Special Class–Short-For-

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mat Nonfiction Programs. Leno, himself, is the recipient of the People’s Choice Award and other honors, including the Harris Poll selection as most popular star on television. Other personal highlights include his induction into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame, his 2014 reception of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Hasty Pudding Award at Harvard University; an honor whose sole prior comedy/talk host recipient was Johnny Carson, and an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Emerson College. Like Mr. Carson, Groucho Marx, and an elite group of entertainment figures, he has been invited to have his papers installed in the Library of Congress. He also received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame (asking that it be placed in front of the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum since it is where he was arrested for vagrancy when he first arrived in Hollywood.)

He also has set several land speed records and became the first person to drive the pace car of all major NASCAR events.

Having passed the torch of Tonight Show succession to Jimmy Fallon, Leno has increased his customary busy schedule of comedy performances in top venues around the United States and occasionally abroad. He also continues his web venture relating to his passion for automobiles and is in consideration of the many other applications of his time and talents which have been offered or which he is personally evolving. He interrupted these pursuits to make his first trip to Israel for the honor of presenting the Genesis Award, Israel’s equivalent of the Nobel Award, to Michael Bloomberg.

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HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR 2017

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HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR 2017

ABOUT THE SHOW The Happy Together Tour returns featuring the biggest hits of the era. This year, the tour will include six headline artists with 53 Billboard hits amongst them. The acclaimed yearly summer tour that is going into its eighth consecutive year, delivers the best music of that time, alongside firstclass multimedia production. Fans are offered the unique opportunity to relive that legendary time in culture and music.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie are the signature headliners of the Happy Together tour and act as your musical hosts with their crazy antics, satire, and boatload

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of hits. Led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, known as Flo & Eddie. The Turtles have sold over 40 million records worldwide. Their hits include: “Happy Together,” “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “Elenore,” “It Ain’t Me Babe,” and “You Showed Me.” The Association is one of the most popular and successful bands to have come out of the sixties. They have sold millions of records, and have seven Grammy Award® nominations. They are best known from their number one hits, “Windy,” “Cherish,” and “Never My Love.”

Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night, brings his rock star energy to the stage every night. He performs the group’s biggest hits including: “Joy To The World,” “Mama Told Me Not To Come,” “Shamba-

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la,” “One,” and “Easy To Be Hard.”

The Box Tops from Memphis, Tennessee, are the newest addition to the Happy Together lineup. The Box Tops recorded a string of Top 40 hits including the worldwide number one smash song, “The Letter,” and others including “Cry Like A Baby,” “Soul Deep,” “Neon Rainbow,” and more.

During the 2017 HT Tour, The Box Tops will be celebrating their 50th anniversary, and the 50th anniversary of “The Letter.”

“Hair,” “Indian Lake,” and “Love American Style.” The Cowsills appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

The Archies Ron Dante. Ron Dante is the lead singer for the group best known for the classic number one hit of 1969, “Sugar, Sugar.” Other well-known songs include “Bang-Shang-A-Lang” and “Jingle Jangle.” Ron Dante had another top 10 hit in the summer of 1969 with “Tracy.”

The Cowsills have been dazzling crowds for the last two years on the Happy Together tour with their effervescent brand of contagious pop magic. Bob, Paul, and Susan Cowsill are a family singing group and the original inspiration for television’s, The Partridge Family. Best known for songs “The Rain, The Park and Other Things,”

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KEITH SWEAT

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KEITH SWEAT

ABOUT THE ARTIST Keith Sweat is a Harlem, N.Y born songwriter, record producer, vocalist, actor, and radio personality with a career that spans 24 years of record breaking and trail blazing contributions to the pop and R&B genre. He is coined the genius behind the New Jack Swing phenomenon of the late 1980’s. Keith Sweat’s timely transition to the R&B mecca of Atlanta in 1992 added “label impresario” to his roster of talents.

Sweat has dominated the Pop and R&B worlds with an indefinable presence. His debut and now classic album Make It Last Forever sold more than three million copies, producing four R&B hit singles, including “I Want Her,” which also landed at #5 on the Pop charts. The album stats also include a nomination for the 1989 Soul Train Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of the Year award. Sweat has delivered five straight #1 albums, selling a worldwide total of 25 million records. His self-titled 1996 effort, Keith Sweat, gained quadruple platinum status. His critically acclaimed collaboration with fellow superstars Gerald Levert and Johnny Gill on the double platinum LSG, was launched a decade after he first landed in the music business.

He has thrived as one of Atlanta’s first record industry moguls, building his own recording studio and discovering new artists such as Silk and Kut Klose—signing both multi-platinum groups to his Keia Record label. Sweat has become one of Atlanta’s leading mentors for young talent, its principle purveyor of R&B music. The unflappable Sweat points to his consistency as the key to his success and achievement of a dozen top 10 R&B singles including seven #1’s, four top five Pop singles, and frequenting Billboards Top Charts.

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After being named Favorite Male R&B/ Soul Artist by the American Music Awards in 1997, Sweat celebrated his longevity with his 1998’s aptly titled album, Still in the Game. His 2008 album Just Me made waves on radio and at cash registers and endorsed his claims to remain “in the game.” Sweat released his 10th studio album Ridin Solo in 2010. This multi-talented artist masters his craft and expounds upon various interests that keep him fresh in the public’s eye.

The state of Georgia authenticated Keith Sweat’s extraordinary talent in the music business with a coveted induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

He has appeared on both the Martin show and the Wayans Brothers show, among others, and has starred in a handful of independent movies. Sweat’s initiation into the reality show craze, Keith Sweat’s Platinum House, yielded #1 ranking on the Centric network—of which, he was creator and executive producer.

On the cusp of his third decade in the spotlight, Sweat has almost become a genre unto himself, his pleading ballads a mainstay of radio’s “Quiet Storm” format. As if in acknowledgement of that, Sweat hosts the #1 nighttime nationally-syndicated radio show, The Sweat Hotel. The live call-in program boasts 3 million listeners exchanging dialogue with Keith about matters of the heart. Like the steady beat of his up-tempo hits and tantalizing ballads, Keith Sweat, remains relevant—recently voted #11 on the list of the 20 Greatest R&B/Soul CD’s of all time for his epic album Make It Last Forever by the Georgia Informer magazine.

Keith Sweat garners an impressive fan base in the fickle genre of Pop R&B and continues to redefine boundaries.

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TRAVIS TRITT

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TRAVIS TRITT

ABOUT THE ARTIST More than 25 years after Travis Tritt launched his music career, the Grammy Award®-winning artist continues to sellout shows, top sales charts, and stay true and relevant to country music fans across the globe. On the heels of sold-out shows throughout his solo acoustic tour—and amid a heavy tour schedule that takes Tritt and his band across the country to play for packed out crowds—the Southern-rock influenced country artist topped the SoundScan Top 200 Catalog Country Albums chart for 50 consecutive weeks. A Marietta, Georgia native, Tritt is dubbed one of “The

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Class of 89,” which included country music superstars Garth Brooks, Clint Black, and Alan Jackson; all of whom dominated the charts in the early 90s. Among his 11 studio albums and numerous charted singles are nineteen Top 10 hits, including “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde,” “Here’s A Quarter,” and “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive.” His 25 year career has produced millions in album sales, two Grammy Award® wins and multiple No. 1 singles on the country radio charts. Most recently Tritt released a special live two-disc CD and DVD, titled A Man and His Guitar—Live From The Franklin Theatre.

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GLEN BURTNIK’S BEATLES BASH Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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GLEN BURTNIK’S BEATLES BASH

ABOUT THE ARTISTS GLEN BURTNIK Born in 1955 and growing up in Somerset NJ, visiting the State Theatre and watching the 1960s unfold before his eyes on the big screen, Glen Burtnik grew up to write #1 hits for Randy Travis, Patty Smyth, and Don Henley. Burtnik also penned songs for John Waite, Jodee Messina, and Beth Hart, among others. He has appeared on albums

by Meat Loaf, Styx, and Celine Dion and has shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and The Fab Faux.

His solo career began on A&M Records in the late 1980’s. Burtnik continues to write and release his own solo recordings.

Burtnik has been one of the most respected performers of Beatles music for over 30 years. After portraying the role of Paul McCartney in the hit Broadway show Beatlemania, he went on to spend two years with RAIN. He appears annually at the legendary “Fest For Beatles Fans” conventions. Burtnik has been a member of prominent classic rock bands Styx and Electric Light Orchestra and is currently working on the second album with his band The Weeklings, whose song “You Know What to Do” was chosen as “Coolest Song in the World” on Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

THE WEEKLINGS The quartet known as The Weeklings performs the music of The Beatles with infectious passion and enthusiasm. As professional musicians that have appeared and collaborated with many high profile national artists, and they bring a level of precision and authenticity rarely matched in any performance of The Beatles music!

Bob Burger (Zeek Weekling) is a gold record song writer whose credits include Styx, Donnie Iris, HBO® pictures, Kasim Sulton, and others. Burger has performed with the likes of Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel as well as with Glen Burtnik in numerous Beatles Bash shows. John Merjave (Rocky Weekling) is a longstanding member of the “BeatleFest” house band and other national shows performing with Billy Preston, Donovan, Denny Laine, and many others. Joe Bellia (Smokestack Weekling) is a former member of Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes.

Bellia is a highly sought after drummer having performed with Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Mason, Marshall Crenshaw, and countless others. He is a master of the “Ringo” drumming style. Glen Burtnik (Lefty Weekling) plays bass with the band.

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Russell and Stephanie Deyo Mr. and Mrs. John Fischer John and Jeanne Fitzgerald The Freed Family Anna Marie and Michael Gewirtz Craig and Nancy Guiffre Judd and Carol Hamlin Ms. Eileen Harkins Stephen K. Jones David Kapulsky Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Korbel Charles and Ruth Larsson Barbara and Len Littman Andrew and Pamela Lovasz Mr. and Mrs. Duncan L. MacMillan Joseph and Maxine Macnow Ed and Lidia Moragas Derek and Jacqueline Patterson Linda A. Piscadlo Theresa Ragozine Salvatore J. and Bernice A. Romano Judy and Jack Steinweis Stolzer Family Foundation Ms. Robin E. Suydam and Mr. Paul Corkery Scott Sweeney Lisa and Thomas Uzzo Wendy Wiebalk and Steve Cahn SILVER CIRCLE ($2,000+) Anonymous Brian and Lauren Agnew

Mark and Valerie Berkowitz Henry and Lisa Bignell Gil Blitz Douglas and Mary Agnes Brodowski Brother International Corporation Anthony and Wendy Carter Tom and Laurie Carto Mario and Jennifer Chiarella Lisa Blair Davis Henry A. Dombrowski Jeff and Janine Erickson Robert and Lily Erwin Steve and Ann Garvey Mitch Horowitz and Andrea Greenberg Horowitz Thomas and Annette Griffoul Christian and Christine Jensen Marylu Korkuch Ann and John Kosco Gabriel and Jacqueline Lavigne Howard and Cheryl Malitz Carlo and Michele Pascetta Rita Paszamant Richard A. Patt MD Patrick and Barbara Sinko Rona Solberg Art and Eva Stevens Peter and Karen Tarricone Dr. and Mrs. P. Ashley Wackym Doug Woelfel and Don Amorosi

Patron’s Council members Alan and Theresa Chew pose for pictures with performers from Shanghai Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China at the Annual Donor Appreciation Evening pre-show reception on November 18, 2016.

President’s Council members attended the annual dinner in their honor on the State Theatre New Jersey stage and, along with members of the staff and Board, were entertained with a special performance by Bobby Bandiera & Friends.

The Boraie Donor Lounge is a hub of activity before performances, as President’s Council members gather in the elegant space to greet familiar faces over cocktails and meet fellow theatergoers.

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DONATIONS TRANSFORM YOUR COMMUNITY We believe everyone should have the opportunity to engage with live performing arts and outstanding educational programming. Each year State Theatre New Jersey provides nearly $650,000 in free and subsidized tickets, programs, and services to the community. Members enable us to make these vibrant programs accessible to students, children, and adults of all backgrounds. With the support of individual donors we continue to create extraordinary performing arts experiences that last a lifetime!

PATRON’S COUNCIL GUARANTOR ($1,000+) Anonymous Esta Aranoff Robert and Jane Berry Alice A. DeVoe and John Szabo Mike and Kate Downey Franklin Mutual Insurance Philip George and Carolyn Timmons Dr. Alvin and Joyce Glasgold Jean and Claude Heller Kinder Morgan Foundation Michael and Suzanne Lindemann Mr. and Mrs. John Lucs Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McDonnell Million Dollar Round Table Foundation Thomas Oates Ann and Robert Rafano Frank Santiago and Dana Farrell Senator Bob Smith and Ellen Smith James Tuttle Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Van Norman BENEFACTOR ($500+) Anonymous (4) Paul Adams Aetna Roofing Corp.

Bernard and Judi Batren William and Nancy Beachell Jeff Baeudette Peggy Berry Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bradley II Peter and Eva Braedel In Memory of George Buchman – Mrs. Jean A. Demko-Buchman Richard P. and Joan Burt Thomas Bykowski Michael Cassidy

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Bill Conte and Kenny Whitworth Richard Cooke Ms. Ruth J. Crawford and Ms. Michelle Gorda Robert Fazen The Frazee’s Don and Kelly Gallagher Michael Giantini Paul Goldman Mr. Sidney and Dr. Sharon Granetz Fran and Richard Habib Russell Harkavy Donna Hartzel Kevin Hoagland Cynthia Jankech Jerry and Barbara Judin Bonnie Kass-Viola Ravikanth Kolla Theresa Lanuto Nick and Michele Lombardi Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Lukacs Dr. Barry H. Lustig Deborah Anne and Edward Magaziner Joseph F. Marazzo Stephanie Martin Dr. David and Margaret McIntryre Farryn Melton Carol Miller Tina and Victor Ngai Rev. and Mrs. Osy and Julia Nuesch Margaret Palermo Mr. and Mrs. John A. Papa Alfred Papetti Bonnie Petrock Russell and Janet Piparo Mr. and Mrs. Igor Portnoy Leo V. Priola, RN Joseph Quinones Jr. Exceptional Dentistry Craig Ratner, DMD

In Memory of our Dear Friend and Philanthropist: Louis Cyktor Jr. Carolyn and David Rothrock Anthony and Janis Scelsa & James and Diane Downey Janie and George Schildge Drs. Anthony and Rosanne Scriffignano Irving and Claire Sinai Kate Sweeney Blanquita B. Valenti Angelo J. and Rosalind Valetutto May Van Norman Dan Vickery Mr. Adam White Melanie Willoughby PATRON ($250+) Anonymous Martin Abschutz Dr. Deborah S. Alexander Justin Black and Andrea Mackaronis Mr. and Mrs. Terrill M. Brenner Matthew A. Brown Cadillac Bob Mark and Stephanie Carey Laura A. Cisar and Robert Gowin Jonathan Clayton Benjamin and Marie DelVento Robert Dour Ms. Ilona S. English Lian Farrer Barbara Fisk Stuart and Joane Fox, in Honor of William Herman Deborah S. Freedman Leonard P. and Lois J. Fromer III Bryan and Susan Garruto Lois and Mel Gelade Todd Harvey

Patrick and Ann Marie Hill Gurdon W. Hornor Alina and TJ Klein Wayne and Debi Klokis Jennifer Kushinka Michael and Sara Levine Robert W. and D. Nadine Mack Mr. and Mrs. G. Magliocca Dr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Masi Larry and Pam Mayewski Richard and Joan McCormick Stanley Mendelson, in Memory of Isabelle Mendelson The Mero Family Donna Marie Monek Michael and Diane Moskal Carmen and Beth Nastus Doris and Dennis O’Dea Anthony A. Panko John Petrolino On-Tech Consulting Dr. Peter J. Schroeck and Dr. Alexander E. Pichugin Stephan and Leslie Sekulich Cantor Wayne Siet, Temple Shaari Emeth Mike Stair UFCW Local 464A Mr. and Mrs. Robert Valentine Linda Van Derveer Allan and Bonnie Warton

Local preschool students from Mt. Zion Pre-K in New Brunswick join performers on stage after a performance of A Brown Bear, A Moon & A Caterpillar: Treasured Stories

by Eric Carle. A partnership with the New Brunswick School district saw a total of 1,964 students provided with free tickets and 64 classes received copies of the books of the performances they saw on stage.

PATRON’S COUNCIL (CONTINUED) FRIEND ($100+) Anonymous (2) Gail and Jeffrey Aaron Carol Adelman Jennifer Albers Tom and Marie Andreano Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Baer Vicki Baglivo Carole J. Banfield Stephanie Bartz Richard and Susan Benitz Albert and Mildred Bieber Charles Billy Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bolanowski Sandy Book Bill Braden Kimberly Brancato Jan and Gary Broder Joseph and Christina Bulman Kevin Burns Mark and Frankie Busch Anthony Casale Jr. and Karen M. Michane Neil J. Casey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Christie Patrick Cimmino Robert Diday and Susanne Clark The Coller Family Bruce and Robin Corini Ellen and Cliff Cramer Henry and Amira De Fex Carol Dobos James Dolan Nancy Duffy Egenton Family Claudia Elliot Sandi and Allan Ellis Lois and Mort Farrah John Fedors, Jr. Lenore and Harvey Feldman Robert Fischer Brian Fisher

Tina Flesch James and Diana Flaherty Marie Forkin Bonnie and Sheldon Freidenreich Marie Galdi Antionette Gelmont Esther George Karen Giacobbe Ria and Frank Gifford Russell J. Gilkeson Craig and Eileen Glaser Iris Goldin, in honor of Laura Baron Myron Goldman Warren Gooderman Carolyn Grael Iris and Jeff Green Gwendolyn and Michael Greenberg Brett Greiner Brenda Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Hans O. Hansen Raymond T. Hanson, in Memory of Joyce Hanson Lucille C. Heller Robert and Linda Higgins John and Judy Hoffman Sharon Horner David and Jan Houtman Ms. Barbara Howard Harry, Kathy, and Kara Hudson John Indyk Michael Inzetta Mr. and Mrs. A. Jodidio Lola Kamp, in Honor of Adelaide Zagoren and Ruth Marcus Patt Dr. Basil and Katherine Kasimis Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Katz Mary Ellen Kaulius Leonard and Bonny Kelter Susan Kingsley Iris I. Kislin

Suzanne Klein Joyce Kosa William and Eleanor Kover Miriam W. Lampen Bernardette S. Larsen Rosemarie Larsen Anthony Lehan Muriel F. Levine Karen and David Levinsky Susan Link Barbara and Milton Loeb Margaret Marcinko Sharon and Lou Marczak Doug and Pat McKenzie Donna McKim Maul J. McNulty Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miller Tom, Diane, and Chris Miller Drs. Robert and Sandra Moss Richard J. Moylan Ed Mulholland Barbara Nathan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Olson Mr. Eugene F. O’Neill Celeste Onka Ostrowitz & Ostrowitz, Esqs.

Glenn and Judy Parker Victor Pashkevich Evelyn Petercsak Pam Piotrowski Paul Polukord James and Delores Pope Robert S. Pritchett Dr. and Mrs. Norbert Psuty Helen and Niall Pyne Chris and Helen Quinn Jo Ann and Tony Razzano David E. Reuss Frances E. Robinson Bruce and Adrienne Rogove Buena Rosenbloom Michael and Arlene Ross Tom Routson and Rosemarie Wewberr Brent and Jann Ruben Bruce and Debbie Ryno

David and Frumet Sachs Josef and Susan Saloman Richard P. Salvas Ronald R. Sauers Karen and Andy Schmitt Ronald and Nina Schmitt Vanessa Sciorra Chuck and Deborah Seeley Patricia Shiffner Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sleppin Park Smith Jr. Snyder Family Arnold Sooklall Eugene and Kathleen Soucek John and Alexis Stashkevetch Susan and Ed Steinfeld Anne Stewart Dr. Barbara A. Tocco Mr. and Mrs. John Toth Elizabeth A. Vincent Larry Wehr Eric and Suzanne Westberg Sherron Williamson John and Harriet Worobey Bill and Therese Wyman Gabriel and Donna Yandoli Allison Yessin Phyllis Zarko Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Zone

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MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES ADP Aetna American Express Ameriprise Financial Arch Chemicals Inc. AT&T Foundation AXA Foundation Bank of America Bank of New York Bristol-Myers Squibb Company CAN Insurance Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb & Son Cigna HealthCare Cisco Systems, Inc. Citigroup Coca-Cola Company Colgate-Palmolive Company Duke Energy Corporation Eli Lilly and Company Elsevier Science, Inc.

ExxonMobil Chemical Company FMC Good Government Program GAP GE Foundation General Mills Give With Liberty Glenmede Trust Company Goldman Sachs Honeywell Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield IBM IDT IFF Foundation Ingredion Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. JP Morgan Chase Kimberly Clark Kraft General Foods

Lucent The McGraw-Hill Companies Merck Partnership Merrill Lynch Microsoft Mondrian Investment Partners The Pew Charitable Trusts PepsiCo Pfizer Foundation Prudential Financial Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Farm Companies Tyco UBS Unilever The Vanguard Group Verizon Wells Fargo Bank Xerox YAHOO!

THE ENCORE SOCIETY State Theatre New Jersey’s Encore Society honors those who believe in our mission and, in addition to Annual Giving contributions, support us by including the State Theatre in their will, as a beneficiary of an IRA, retirement plan, or insurance policy or by creating a charitable trust or other planned gift. We thank the following individuals for their vision and continued support. If you have included the State Theatre in your plans or for more information about The Encore Society, please contact Linda Van Derveer at 732-247-7200, ext. 594 or lvanderveer@statetheatrenj.org.

Anonymous Connie Breech Gerald Campagna Alisson Canavera Andrew Chen and Heidi Mass Steve DeMicco and Jeanne Fox Scott and Barbra Fergang

John and Jeanne Fitzgerald Friend of the State Theatre Douglas and Diane Garback Bill Herman Estate of Klaus Peter Kuchel Richard and Larisa Leist Mr. Andrew J. Markey

Ken and Jenny Osterman Dave Retcher Laura Rothkopf Claire and Irving Sinai Linda Van Derveer May Van Norman Warren and Wendy Zimmerman

ENDOWMENTS Endowment guarantees financial stability by providing reliable income, year after year, to support State Theatre New Jersey’s programs, and is thus the perfect charitable investment opportunity for the donor who wishes to ensure permanence and excellence. Following are our endowed funds of $50,000 or more: Regina and John Heldrich Symphony Endowed Fund Betty Wold Johnson Endowed Fund J. Seward Johnson, Sr. 1963 Charitable Trust Endowed Fund

Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust Endowed Fund David Lloyd Kreeger Endowed Fund George F. Smith Charitable Trust Endowed Fund

Barbara B. Voorhees Symphony Endowed Fund Donna and Jack Walcott Symphony Endowed Fund

THE RICHARD B. SELLARS FUND FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE Established in honor and memory of Richard B. Sellars (1915-2010), leader of the campaign to preserve State Theatre New Jersey for future generations, the Sellars Fund provides vitally needed funds for original productions and performance enhancements to increase the artistry and excellence on the State Theatre stage.

Ms. Betty Wold Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Markey Professor August J. Molnar

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The R. B. Sellars Foundation, in memory of Richard B. Sellars Senator Bob Smith and Ellen Smith

William and Lora Tremayne Adelaide M. Zagoren Warren and Wendy Zimmerman

The centerpiece of State Theatre New Jersey’s community outreach is the Artistin-Residence program featuring Glenis Redmond, who performs her poetry and inspires participants to voice their life experiences in writing workshops. The annual eight-week residency has taken her to over 130 sites throughout New Jersey—including schools, senior centers, libraries, residential treatment facilities, and correctional institutions—and touched the lives of more than 16,000 people of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances.

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FAMILY OF DONORS! Members sustain our artistic programming and community outreach while receiving special privileges like advanced ticketing, invitations to behind-the-scenes events, exclusive Boraie Donor Lounge access, artist meet-and-greets, and show underwriting.

For more information on how to join our Patron’s Council and make a difference yearround, please contact Leah Anglum, Manager of Patron Relations and Development Operations at 732-247-7200, ext. 512 or langlum@StateTheatreNJ.org. To inquire about President’s Council membership, kindly contact Linda Van Derveer at 732-247-7200, ext. 594 or lvanderveer@StateTheatreNJ.org.

GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL The State Theatre New Jersey Governor’s Council includes former members of our Board of Trustees who remain active in the life of The State. We appreciate their support and continued dedication to our mission.

Ann Asbaty Madiha Boraie Sharon Cyktor

Constance Fortenbaugh Elizabeth Hance Joseph Light

Nancy MacMillan Andrew J. Markey Richard McCormick

Robin Suydam Peter Tarricone

MAJOR CAPITAL GIFTS State Theatre New Jersey is deeply grateful to the following donors who have made major capital gifts to the theater for production and technology equipment, instruments, cash reserves, and building renovations. These gifts of $25,000 and above assist in fulfilling our mission and attaining higher levels of excellence in serving our patrons.

Madiha & Omar Boraie and Boraie Development Company/ Boraie Donor Lounge Family of Ben & Marie Bucca/ Green Room Dave & Carolyn Horn/Renovation of the Theatre & HD Equipment The Hyde and Watson Foundation/ HD Equipment and Sound System

J. Seward Johnson Trusts/Technology, HD Equipment, and Sound System The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation/Technology, Equipment, and Sound System Margrit McCrane & McCrane Foundation/Concert Grand Piano and Piano Restoration

Middlesex County/Renovation of the Theatre New Jersey Cultural Trust/ Cash Reserve Fund RTS Unified Communications & Stewart Filmscreen Corporation/ HD Equipment

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GENERAL INFORMATION TICKET OFFICE: 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Telephone: 732-246-SHOW (7469) Fax: 732-745-5653 Ticket Office Hours: Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm; Sat: 1pm5pm; Sun: Closed unless there is a performance. On weekends, the State Theatre New Jersey Ticket Office is open at least 3 hours prior to any performance we ticket.

For all performances we ticket, the Ticket Office is open at least one half hour past curtain and open through first intermission, when applicable.

ORDER ONLINE 24/7: STNJ.org FIRE NOTICE: The red exit sign nearest to your seat indicates the shortest routes to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please do not run—walk to that exit.

LOST AND FOUND: If you discover that you have lost something during the performance, please contact the Director of Event Services in the lobby or call the theater at 732-247-7200, ext. 521.

CELL PHONES/CAMERAS: Please note that ipads, go pros, selfie sticks, tripods, monopods, cameras with detachable lens and recording devices are not permitted in the theater at any time. Guests who do not adhere are subject to ejection without a refund.

THEATER POLICIES: Guests who arrive after a performance has begun will be seated at the discretion of the Theater Manager during an appropriate break in the performance. Please note this may not be until intermission, so guests should always plan to arrive early. Guests who must leave the theater during a performance are encouraged to do so during a break in the performance, and are subject to being held in the lobby until another suitable performance break.

Please be sure to have your ticket on you at all times.

If you do not have a ticket to show you will be asked to leave.

Food and drink are allowed in the theater for most performances, check with an usher before entering the theater. Outside food and drinks are strictly prohibited from entering the theater.

Smoking is strictly prohibited in all areas of the theater.

State Theatre New Jersey has a zero tolerance policy regarding aggressive or abusive behavior at any time at State Theatre. Guests who engage in fighting, throwing objects, using foul/abusive language or gestures, attempting to enter restricted areas or engaging in other behavior detrimental to the experience of other guests will be immediately ejected from the venue. Please refer to our guest code of conduct at: STNJ.org/your-visit/guest-code-of-conduct

STATE THEATRE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES Only the orchestra level is wheelchair accessible. Patrons can make arrangements for accessible seating through the Ticket Office when purchasing tickets.

The theater is equipped with an assistive listening system that improves sound clarity and ampli­ fi­cation. The lightweight, wireless headsets may be borrowed free of charge at either coat check or the gift shop.

Large-print programs are available free of charge for most perform­ ances. Ask for your copy at the lower-lobby bar.

Deaf and hearing-impaired patrons may contact the State Theatre through the NJ Relay Service at (TTY) 800-852-7899.

If you know someone who loves the arts and would benefit from these services, please share this information.

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OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE STATE THEATRE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Scott Fergang CHAIR

John S. Fitzgerald VICE CHAIR

Richard J. Leist TREASURER

Peter Stavrianidis SECRETARY

Brian D. Agnew Henry D. Bignell Sam Boraie Luis De La Hoz Stephan DeMicco Douglas M. Garback, Sr. Craig J. Guiffre C. Judson Hamlin Jacqueline Hancock-Pena Timothy W. Harbison Bill Herman Gurdon Hornor Edward Moragas Patrick Morris Sherard Murphy Susan Podlogar Frank Raia Matthew Taylor Wendy Wiebalk, Esq. Warren R. Zimmerman EMERITUS MEMBERS

Joan Schwartzman Paul Smilow, MD EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

The Honorable James M. Cahill, Mayor, City of New Brunswick Ronald G. Rios, Freeholder Director, County of Middlesex

STAFF ADMINISTRATION Thomas J. Carto President & CEO

FINANCE Ann C. Zawartkay, CPA, CGMA VP & Chief Financial Officer

Marlene Canavera Executive Assistant to the President & CEO

Patricia Lanza l Accounting Clerk & Volunteer Coordinator

PROGRAMMING

Joseph Rodriguez u General Ledger Accountant

Brian O’Boyle u VP of Programming & Executive Producer EDUCATION & OUTREACH Lian Brooke Farrer 9 VP of Education & Outreach Erik Stratton Education & Outreach Associate EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Anna Marie Gewirtz Senior VP & Chief of External Affairs Flisadam Pointer External Affairs Assistant DEVELOPMENT May R. Van Norman Senior Director of Development Linda Van Derveer l Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving Lisa Patterson Capital Campaign Director Leah J. Anglum l Manager of Patron Relations & Development Operations Alisson Canavera u Manager of Special Events Audrey E. Carmeli Manager of Corporate & Foundation Relations MARKETING Howard Levine Senior Director of Marketing Kelly Blithe l Director of Communications Tracy Furr C Creative Director Jason Paddock u Director of Event Marketing Hanna Wasserman Marketing Coordinator Sara Mackay Graphic Designer

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Garry Owen u Sales Manager & Ticket Concierge

TICKET OFFICE Don McKim C Director of Ticketing Services Alison A. Hegarty u Ticket Office Assistant Manager Anna Synek u Inventory Control Supervisor Susan Blumert Z Ticket Office Sales Associate Blanca Rosas Bilingual Ticket Office Associate AUDITORS Mercadien, PC Certified Public Accountants OPERATIONS Dave Hartkern 9 VP & Chief Operating Officer Tim Bailey C Facility Manager PRODUCTION Joe Stoltman Director of Production Craig Werner 9 Master Electrician, Lighting Designer Willie Weist l Head Audio Michael G. Sivetz Z Master Carpenter Richard Stanek Z Head Technician William K. Pocsik Head Flyman FRONT OF HOUSE Jessica Trechak l Director of Event Services Dan Lyons u Concessions Manager State Theatre New Jersey is proud to be associated with the professional technicians of IATSE Local #21

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MAY 2 – 21 ORDER: 732.246.7717 | GSPonline.org GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 David Saint, Artistic Director • Kelly Ryman, Managing Director

Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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READ ACROSS AMERICA On March 2, State Theatre staff visited and read to students at the Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick for Read Across America day, also known as Dr. Seuss’s birthday! Chief of External Affairs Anna Marie Gewirtz and her daughter Autumn read to kids at Roosevelt.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH State Theatre New Jersey recently celebrated Women’s History Month with a special women’s tea luncheon on stage on March 15, 2017. The event celebrated The State’s rich artistic legacy by highlighting some of the esteemed female artists who’ve performed on the stage over the years. Hosted by Trustee Wendy Wiebalk and Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving Linda Van Derveer, the luncheon featured State Theatre Artist-in-Residence Glenis Redmond, who gave a dynamic reading of her poetry from her book Backbone—as well as an inspirational tribute to Maya Angelou. Photos by Nancy Swolensky.

Top right: Trustee Wendy Wiebalk, Chief of External Affairs Anna Marie Gewirtz, and Beatrice Moskowitz.

Middle right: Sheriff of Middlesex County Mildred S. Scott (right) (who is the first female Sheriff for the county of Middlesex and the first African American Sheriff in the state of New Jersey) with Glenis Redmond).

Bottom right: The luncheon was catered by Teaberry’s Tea Room.

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