THE L AW R E N C E A R TS C E N T E R P R E S E N TS
Book by Hugh Wheeler Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond • Directed by Ric Averill With Musical Direction by Patricia Ahern and Costumes by Steffani Day WITH
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SONGS & MUSICAL PIECES Act I Prelude Prologue – The Ballad of Sweeney Todd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company No Place Like London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman The Worst Pies in London. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Lovett Poor Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Lovett My Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Company Green Finch and Linnet Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johanna Ah, Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony, Johanna, Beggar Woman Johanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobias, Company, Todd, Mrs. Lovett Pirelli’s Entrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pirelli The Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pirelli, Tobias The Ballad of Sweeney Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company Johanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judge Turpin Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Lovett, Beggar Woman Pirelli’s Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pirelli The Ballad of Sweeney Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Three Tenors Kiss Me (Part I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johanna, Anthony Ladies in their Sensitivities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beadle Kiss Me (Part II/Quartet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johanna, Anthony, Beadle, Judge Pretty Women (Part I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judge, Todd Pretty Women (Part II). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd, Judge, Anthony Epiphany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd, Mrs. Lovett A Little Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Lovett, Todd Act II God, That’s Good!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd, Company Johanna (Quartet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony, Todd, Johanna, Beggar Woman By the Sea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Lovett, Todd Wigmaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd, Anthony, Quintet The Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quintet Not While I’m Around. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobias, Mrs. Lovett Parlor Songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beadle, Mrs. Lovett, Tobias Fogg’s Asylum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company City on Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lunatics, Johanna Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Lovett, Todd, Beggar Woman, Lunatics The Judge’s Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd, Judge Final Scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Company
The Place London: Fleet Street and environs The Time The 19th Century
CAST Sweeney – *Mark Rector Mrs. Lovett - *Jill Anderson Beggar/Lucy – *Sylvia Stoner Pirelli/Londoner – Amelia Rollings Judge Turpin – Patrick Kelly Johanna – Julia Geisler Anthony – Joe Winans Tobias – Jacob Leet Beadle/Londoner – Alex Goering Fogg/Londoner – Joe Carr Londoner/Lovett Understudy - Emma Cook Londoner – Katherine Dick Londoner – Sarah Bodle Londoner– Eric Palmquist Londoner– James Paisley * Artists appear courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association, the professional union of stage managers and actors in the United States.
ORCHESTRA Conductor – Patricia Ahern Piano – Tzu-Hwa Ho Violin – Kelly Bohling Cello – Adam Keda Contrabass – Jeff Dearinger Clarinet – Larry Maxey Bassoon – Victoria Olson Trumpet – William Funk Horn – Kelly Csillam Misko Percussion – Steve Riley Keyboard, Miscellaneous – Ric Averill
P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Director – Ric Averill Music Director – Patricia Ahern Choreographer – Hanan Misko Costume Designer - Steffani Day Hair Design – Images Salon Makeup and Blood Design – Ceri Goulter, Eric Palmquist Set Design - Mary Nichols Lighting Design - Art Kent Technical Director and Sound Design – Chuck Grunau Production Stage Manager - Heather Branham Green Assistant Stage Manager – Emma Cook Light Board Operator– Celie Davison Sound Assistant – Laura Furney Followspot Operators - Jordan Partin, Emily Schwerdtfeger Properties Designer/Props Master - Eric Palmquist Stagehands – James Paisley, Eric Palmquist, Laura Furney Dressers – Emma Cook, Laura Furney Set Construction – Larry Mitchell, Mary Nichols, Kim Smith Scenic Painting – Mary Nichols, Eric Palmquist House Manager – Whitney Juneau Concessions Manager – Jerry Mitchell
A R T I S T I C S TA F F Artistic Director, Performing Arts - Ric Averill Marketing Driector & Graphic Designer - Amy Albright Performing Arts Administrative Assistant - Erika Gray Marketing Intern – Tanvi Nimkar
The Lawrence Arts Center theater is equipped with a hearing assistance system. Receivers are available upon request.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES Welcome to Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Lawrence Arts Center. This production gathers its inspiration from the famous Parisian theater of the macabre, Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (“The Theater of the Big Puppet”). The smallest venue in Paris at the time, Le Gand-Guignol was founded in 1894 by Oscar Méténier, who planned it as a space for naturalist performance. From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialized in naturalistic horror shows; its name became synonymous for graphic, amoral horror entertainment. Productions at Le Grand Guignol served as a theatrical foundation for today’s splatter films. A former chapel, the theater’s previous life was evident in the boxes – which looked like confessionals – and in the angels over the orchestra. Underneath the balcony were boxes - originally built for nuns to watch church services - that were available for theatre-goers to rent during performances for an up-close experience of the bloody action and gore happening on stage. Like the slasher films it influenced, the “special effects” at Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol were designed to be ultra realistic with the brutality of the actions taking place on stage causing the more feint of heart in the audience to faint and/or vomit during performances. Within the framework of our Grand Guignol, Sweeney Todd explores the seven deadly sins and their corresponding virtues. Blood and gore aside, it is a love story that explores vice, virtue and their relationship to human sanity in the face of injustice. Vice Virtue
Lust (Luxuria)
Chastity (Castitas)
Gluttony (Gula)
Temperance (Temperantia)
Greed (Avaritia)
Charity (Caritas)
Sloth (Acedia)
Diligence (Industria)
Wrath (Ira)
Patience (Patientia)
Envy (Invidia)
Kindness (Humanitas)
Pride (Superbia)
Humility (Humilitas)
SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to U.S. Bank, Dale and Jan Willey, Mainline Printing, and to the Lawrence Arts Center staff. Thanks also to Images Spa and Day Salon and to the Topeka Civic Theater.
M O R E A B O U T T H E C A S T & S TA F F *Mark Rector (Sweeney Todd) grew up in Lawrence and attended the University of Kansas. He has appeared professionally at theaters in New York and Chicago, Shakespeare festivals in Nebraska and Texas, Cape May Stage, and the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, for which he wrote and performed the one-man play, Poe: Deep Into That Darkness Peering. He lives in Chicago. Jill Anderson (Mrs. Lovett) is an Omaha native. She has worked as a musician and theater artist throughout the Midwest as well as Chicago, New York, and in theaters and concert halls throughout the United States. Besides music, Jill has been heavily involved in the world of theater as an actor, director, writer, costumer, composer, and educator. She has worked with Opera Omaha, the NE Shakespeare Festival, the New York Festival of Song, Orlando Philharmonic, and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, to name a few. For more information about Jill, please visit her website: www.RedChairRecords.com *Sylvia Stoner (Beggar Woman) is a diverse singer and actor. She recently sang the roles of Emma and the Worm Queen in a world premiere of the opera DARWIN produced by the New Ear Ensemble in collaboration with the Owen/Cox Dance Group. As a featured soloist with the Topeka Symphony, she performed the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. This fall she will premiere a new requiem entitled Mass for Broken Souls produced by Artistic Advocates for Healing. Opera credits include the Santa Fe Chamber Opera, Opera Omaha, Des Moines Metro Opera, Shreveport Opera, Union Avenue Opera, Kentucky Opera, Lake George Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Theater Credits include Spinning Tree Theatre, Starlight Children’s Theatre, the KC Rep, the New Theater, and Quality Hill Playhouse. She obtained her Ph.D. in musical arts with honors in vocal performance at the University of Kansas and is currently the director of opera and a member of the voice faculty for Washburn University.
Amelia Rollings (Pirelli) originates from Columbia, South Carolina and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in vocal pedagogy at the University of Kansas. Her recent opera and oratorio credits include Madga Sorel (The Consul), Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Brünnhilde (Siegfried) and Verdi’s Requiem (soprano soloist). As a young artist with the Intermezzo Foundation, Ms. Rollings performed the role of Saraghina in the musical Nine in Brugge, Belgium. Ms. Rollings is also active as a voice researcher and teaches private voice to students across the United States students including Kansas, South Carolina, and NYC. Patrick Kelly (Judge) Originally from Long Beach, CA, Patrick Kelly came to the University of Kansas to study music education and sing with the KU Jazz Singers. Recent performances include Ragtime (Tateh), Forbidden Broadway and Annie (Rooster) at Theatre Lawrence. Additionally, Will Rodgers Follies (Will), Children of Eden (God) and Forever Plaid (Frankie) in Topeka. During the day Patrick is the Director of Career and Technical Education for the Lawrence Public Schools. Julia Geisler (Johanna) is a classically trained singer/actress based in Lawrence. She has previously appeared with Kansas Summer Theatre at the University of Kansas as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Lilli Vanessi/Kate in Kiss Me, Kate!. She has a master’s of music from the University of Kansas and B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Joe Winans (Anthony) earned his M.A. in opera from the University of Kansas this past May studying under John Stephens. Recently, he has performed the roles of Damis in Tartuffe, Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and The Father in the world premiere of The Giver, based on the Lois Lowry book of the same title.
Jake Leet (Tobias) is happy to be back at the Lawrence Arts Center to perform in one of his favorite musicals! He was last seen as Ernst in the Barn Players production of Spring Awakening. Jake participates in many Lawrence area productions. His favorite roles include the baker in Into the Woods, Roger in RENT, and Tony in West Side Story. After Sweeney Todd he will play the part of the donkey in Shrek at Theatre Lawrence. Joe Carr (Fogg/Londoner) is a Lawrence native and student at the University of Kansas currently finishing a double degree in theatre/voice performance and music education. Joe has appeared in Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods and, most recently, Romeo & Juliet. Alex Goering (Beadle/Londoner) graduated from KU with a B.F.A. in vocal performance, and studied under professor John Stephens. Recently, Alex attended a six week summer acting intensive at the William Esper Studio in NYC! Emma Cook (Londoner, Mrs. Lovett understudy), a Kansas City native, is thrilled to be performing in her first Sondheim musical. She was last seen as Martha in Spring Awakening with the Barn Players in Mission. She would like to thank the production team and this incredibly talented cast for giving her this experience. Katherine Dick (Londoner) is proud to be joining such a talented cast for Sweeney Todd. A native of Lawrence, she is a senior vocal performance major at the University of Kansas. Past performances include Into the Woods, Tartuffe, and most recently Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Sarah Bodle (Londoner, understudy Beggar Woman) is a recent graduate of KU where she received a B.A. in voice and a minor in Italian. She participated in an opera program in Eutin, Germany this past summer and performed in La Boheme in the spring at KU. She is originally from Lawrence and has been in numerous shows in the area including, Johnny Butts, Merrily We Roll Along (KU), Anything Goes (KU), and RENT. Eric Palmquist (Londoner) couldn’t be happier in his tenth year of theater at the Arts Center, where favorite roles include Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, John Proctor in The Crucible, and Melchior in Spring Awakening. He is a junior theater student at KU where he can also be found working behind-thescenes, as well as at the Lied Center, various Kansas City area theaters, and the Arts Center. James Paisley (Londoner) is proud to be a part of the ensemble for Sweeney Todd. He has worked with the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre in The Kentucky Cycle, The Seagull, and in their script-inhand series with the KC Public Library, in addition to the Stone Lion Puppet Theatre. He is currently a student at the University of Kansas.
Patricia Ahern (Music Director) Patricia proudly returns to the Arts Center as music director for Sweeny Todd. Past productions include guest pianist for the Arts Center’s The Snow Queen, and most recently, music director for Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical and The Last Five Years, both at the Depot Theater Company (Dodge City) and One Night Only Cabaret with The Patty Ahern Trio (Dodge City). Other credits include directing cabarets and musicals throughout Kansas and in Europe for the past 25 years. Patricia grew up in North Dakota and graduated from Kansas State University.
Ric Averill (Director) is the Artistic Director of Performing Arts at the Lawrence Arts Center. Averill is a director, playwright, conductor, composer, actor and educator. Averill has been commissioned by the Coterie Theater in Kansas City, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, First Stage Milwaukee and San Diego State University’s Theater of the World Festival to write plays and operas. The body of Ric’s Youth Theater may be found at Dramatic Publishing. Hanan Misko (Choreographer) studied at the Kansas City School of Ballet and received his B.F.A. from the Julliard School where he studied under director Lawrence Rhodes. Hanan has recently been a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Nimbus Dance Works, and Storling Dance Company in New York City. He has been a guest dancer or choreographer with the Mark Morris Dance Group, the Metropolitan Opera (Faust, Don Giovanni, Orfeo et Euridice, and Nixon in China), and Jessica Lang Dance. Hanan has taught at the Kansas City Ballet School, the Wharton Music Center, New Jersey public schools after school programs, and in the Julliard School’s elementary arts classes. He collaborated with other artists in community outreach through Julliard in collaborative groups in hospitals, schools, and other community settings.
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