Hairspray Program by Syracuse Stage

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Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan Music by Marc Shaiman Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman Directed by Bill Fennelly Choreography by David Wanstreet Musical Direction by Brian Cimmet Co-produced with SU Drama November 28 - January 4 Tony Award, Best Musical

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Hairspray is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supported by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212541-4684. Fax: 212-397-4684. www.MTIShows.com. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. November 28 - January 4, 2015

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cast

(in alphabetical order) Banji Aborisade†................Gilbert, Sax Player, Hot Dog Vendor, Armed Guard, TV Crew Kyle Anderson..............................................................................................Corny Collins Tristen Buettel†.........................................................................................................Amber Ethan Butler†.........................................Stooie, Pinky’s Assistant, Armed Guard, TV Crew Lila Coogan‡..............................................................................................................Penny Tay Cooley†....................................................................................Cindy, Pinky’s Assistant Madeleine Corliss†...............................................................................LouAnn, Tracy’s Fan Mary Digangi*............................................................................................................Tracy Carey Eidel*.....................Principal, Spritzer, Mr. Pinky, Gym Teacher, Guard, Newscaster Betty Etheredge†...........................................................................Little Inez, Dynamite #3 Austin Holmes†.......................................................................................Seaweed J. Stubbs Troy Hussmann†..........................................................................................................Link Tyler Jimenez†..........................................................................IQ, Drag Mom, Tracy’s Fan Mark David Kaplan*...............................................................................................Wilbur Marie Kemp*.............................................................................................................Velma David Lowenstein*......................................................................................................Edna Ana Marcu†..................................................................................Tammy, Pinky’s Assistant Mia Michelle McClain*..........................................................Dynamite #1, Rhonda, Cop Leslie Noble*......................................................................Prudy, Librarian, Matron, Cop Raven Gabrielle Perez†...............................................................Shelly, Hooker, Tracy’s Fan Justine Rappaport†....................................................Female Swing, Velma’s Assistant, Cop Kelsey Roberts†.............................................................Brenda, Beatnik Chick, Tracy’s Fan Jon Paul Roby†...................................................................Sketch, Drag Mom, Tracy’s Fan Brian Sandstrom†....................................................................Male Swing, Cop, TV Crew Ethan Saviet‡........................................................................Brad, Drag Mom, Mini-Pinky Alex Thompson†............................................Duane, Tracy’s Fan, Armed Guard, TV Crew Reid Watson†.............................................................Fender, Drag Mom, Pinky’s Assistant Joanne Wilkens*..............................................................................Dynamite #2, Lorraine Aurelia Williams*............................................................................................Motormouth

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Hairspray is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ‡ SU Drama student appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association. † Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama

song list ACT I

Good Morning, Baltimore.................................................................Tracy, Ensemble The Nicest Kids in Town................................................Corny Collins, Council Kids Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now.......Tracy, Penny, Amber, Edna, Velma, Prudy, Ensemble I Can Hear the Bells..........................................................................Tracy, Ensemble Miss Baltimore Crabs.......................................................................Velma, Ensemble The Madison.......................................................................Corny Collins, Company The Nicest Kids In Town (reprise).................................Corny Collins, Council Kids It Takes Two........................................................................Link, Tracy, Council Boys Velma's Revenge................................................................................................Velma Welcome to the 60s..............................................Tracy, Edna, Dynamites, Ensemble Run and Tell That.......................................................Seaweed, Little Inez, Ensemble Big, Blonde, and Beautiful...........................Motormouth Maybelle, Edna, Company a c t II

The Big Doll House............................Prison Matron, Edna, Velma, Tracy, Company Good Morning, Baltimore (reprise)....................................................................Tracy You're Timeless to Me............................................................................Edna, Wilbur Without Love.................................................Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Ensemble I Know Where I've Been........................................Motormouth Maybelle, Ensemble (It's) Hairspray................................................................Corny Collins, Council Kids Cooties.......................................................................................Amber, Council Kids You Can't Stop the Beat...............................................................................Company

orchestra

Conductor/Piano..........................................................................................Brian Cimmet Keyboard.......................................................................Barry Blumenthal, Alice Valentine Reeds..........................................................................................Joe Carello, Frank Grosso Trumpet.............................................................................................................Pat Carney Percussion......................................................................................................Josh Dekaney Drums............................................................................................................Jimmy Johns Guitar................................................................................................................Carl Lovell Bass..................................................................................................................Darryl Pugh

setting

Baltimore, June 1962

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

understudies

Ethan Butler† (Seaweed Stubbs), Tay Cooley† (Little Inez), Madeleine Corliss† (Amber), Tyler Jimenez† (Link Larkin, Corny Collins), Kelsey Roberts† (Penny), Jon Paul Roby† (Gilbert, Stooie, Duane), Justine Rapport† (Female Swing), Brian Sandstrom† (Male Swing)

a dd i t i o n a l c r e d i t s

Dance Captain: Mia Michelle McClain* Vocal and Text Coach: Ralph Zito Assistant to the Scenic Designer: Steven Royal Assistant to the Costume Designer: Jennifer Kirschman Assistant to the Wig Designer: Alyssa Battersby Assistant Directors: Seth Landau†, Ben Odom† Assistant to the Choreographer: Brooks Moyer† Stage Management Journeyman: Erin C Brett Stage Management Apprentice: Marisa Andrews Stage Management Interns: Kyra Button†, Lauren Jackson† Follow Spot Operators: Basil Allen, Christopher Green Electrics Apprentice: Ann Archer Deck/Rail Crew: Matthew Arias, Wendy Lauer, Brian McBurney, Cynthia Moore, Keovan Phoenix, Molly Powell Automation Operator: Phillip Dyke Wardrobe: Michael Fernandez, Catherine Harrington, Christine McBurney, Emily Piraino A1 Mix Engineer: Kevin O’Connor Wardrobe and Wigs Supervisor: Sarah Stark Sound Apprentice: Jade Taggart Rehearsal Pianists: Alice Valentine, Abel Searor Official Hotels for Guest Artists: The Genesee Grande Hotel, Parkview Hotel

special thanks

Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama gratefully acknowledge the support of the Wendy H. Cohen Fund for Cultural and Artistic Enrichment. A special thank you to The Guitar Outlet at Destiny USA for providing the prop instruments for our production of Hairspray.

A note from Director Bill Fennelly Without love, life is like . . . This is an idea we hear all of the young couples of 1962 Baltimore consider in Act II of Hairspray. I cannot imagine my life without love, neither can they, and I hope you can’t either. When I was an undergraduate musical theatre performance major my acting professor used to lead our class through a warm-up exercise that would take us on an imaginary journey through the seasons. When we would reach the winter season and holiday time he would add the prompt, “this is a time for making love, a time to think about the people we love, as well as the people who love us.” Working on Syracuse Stage’s holiday production of Hairspray

I have been constantly thinking about the people I love as well as the people who love me. Love not only makes the world go round; it is also the turbo-charged fuel for all great American musicals. Often, these transformational stories are focused on a love that must overcome great obstacles and endure even in the face of seemingly impossible opposition. Hairspray is no different. Hairspray is also quintessentially American with love stories challenged by the racial, economic, social, religious, and identity tensions of Baltimore in 1962; tensions that in many ways unfortunately continue to challenge us as Americans today. While the transformative power of love seems to be perfect subject mat-

my life, branded me an outsider or an “other”. I, like countless others, have survived difficult periods of ridicule, violence, and discrimination. Hairspray is not only bursting at the seams with the transformational power of love, it is also a vibrant reminder that, if we are brave enough to stand up for the equal human rights of our neighbors, we can be a glorious light in the darkness for each other.

 Bill Fennelly

ter for a holiday musical, the holidays are also a time to remember the illuminating power of light in the darkness. We know that a single spark can ignite a tremendous inferno. We know that a single voice crying out in a chaotic wilderness can start a powerful organized movement. We also know that one man’s passionate dream for a better America would inspire people of all races, creeds, and orientations to reach

toward the building of a more perfect union. To me, Hairspray is about the crumbling of discriminatory institutions and thinking and the undeniable march toward a dream of a more colorful and beautifully diverse America. While I am not African American, or Jewish American, or a plus sized female, I am a gay American. This distinction has, at many moments during

In one way or another, in the melting pot that is America we are all “others”. It is our unique otherness that makes every one of us special. Maxine Powell, an early partner to Barry Gordy in the Motown family, was famous for saying “there are countless flowers in a garden; no two are exactly alike but all are beautiful.” And so I say to all of you beautiful flowers in the garden: I hope this holiday celebration of love and courage will give you pause to think about those you love as well as all those who love you. Happy holidays! Love Always, Bill

Music in the Civil Rights Movement By joseph whelan

once peaceful and defiant.

In a lighthearted way, Hairspray uses the attempted integration of a popular television program to suggest that music and dance were positive forces in the struggle for Civil Rights and desegregation. In fact, as many who participated in the struggle have noted, music was an integral part of the Civil Rights Movement, especially in the streets where rallies and protests took place and in jails where demonstrators were confined. If police used dogs, clubs, and fire hoses, Civil Rights activists responded with song, a source of unity and strength—battle cries at

One story that captures the power of music in the Civil Rights movement was recalled by Jamila Jones, who grew up in Alabama and sang professionally as a teenager with the Montgomery Gospel Trio and the Harambee Singers. In 1958, Jones came to the Highlander Folk School for nonviolent activist training. Highlander was raided by the police, who turned off the lights in the building. Jones explains she found the strength to sing out into the darkness, adding a new verse “We are not afraid” to the song “We Shall Overcome”. She adds, “And

 [above] The Freedom Singers perform at Caffe Lena in the 1960s. Joe Alper Photo Collection.

Here these people had all the guns, the billy clubs, the power, we thought. And he was asking me, with a shake, if I would not sing so loud. And it was that time that I really understood the power of our music. we got louder and louder with singing that verse, until one of the policemen came and he said to me, ‘If you have to sing,’ and he was actually shaking, ‘do you have to sing so loud?’ And I could not believe it. Here these people had all the guns, the billy clubs, the power,

we thought. And he was asking me, with a shake, if I would not sing so loud. And it was that time that I really understood the power of our music.” An oft told story from the front lines of the struggle recounts how a young black man, in the midst of

a beating by a policeman, started singing “We Shall Overcome”. The policeman could not continue with the beating. And James Farmer, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and a Freedom Ride participant,

recalled an incident from 1961 that took place in Mississippi’s Hinds County jail. One night a voice called out from the cell block below where some of the freedom riders were incarcerated: ‘‘Sing your freedom song.” In response, Farmer explained: “We sang old folk songs and gospel songs to which new words had been written, telling of the Freedom Ride and its purpose. The female freedom riders in another wing of the jail joined in, and for the first time in history, the Hinds County jail rocked with unrestrained singing of songs about Freedom and Brotherhood.”

freedom songs are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle. They give the people new courage and a sense of unity. I think they keep alive a faith, a radiant hope, in the future, particularly in our most trying hours.” In his 1964 book Why We Can’t Wait, King referred to the freedom songs as ‘‘the soul of the movement.” He noted that activists ‘‘sing the freedom songs today for the same reason the slaves sang them, because we too are in bondage and the songs add hope to our determination that ‘We shall overcome, Black and white together, We shall overcome someday.’”

As Martin Luther King, Jr. once observed: “The

If the reasons for singing the freedom songs

harkened back to that earlier struggle, similarly the songs themselves derived from traditions in African American culture and history. Most of the songs were familiar to Civil Rights activists even before the Movement because they were the same hymns and spirituals sung in Black Baptist and Methodist churches throughout the South. Frequently, as Farmer observed in Hinds County jail, the words would be changed to reflect a specific time, place, incident, or even to shift the emphasis of expression. Hence, the 19th century hymn “I’ll Overcome Someday” became the anthem “We Shall Overcome” when employed by activists.

Historian Bernice Johnson Reagon was a member of the Freedom Singers. She was a leader for change having begun as a protester in her home state of Georgia, and she toured the country with the Freedom Singers in 1963. They were on stage for the March on Washington and sang “We Shall Not Be Moved”. They also appeared at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival and sang with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Theodore Bikel. Johnson has written about the freedom songs and has noted especially how in addition to acting as a force for unity, they became deeply personal expressions. Even an old Sunday school song, “This Little Light of

Mine”, could become an opportunity to “pour into the sound of your singing voice your individual personal commitment to be in the freedom struggle.” In an essay for the PBS program Eyes on the Prize, Reagon explained: “For many people like me, the highest point of our lives was when we gathered in those mass meetings, and when we marched . . . we were bonded to each other, not because we went to school together, or were in the same social club. Not because we worked the same job, but because we had decided that we would put everything on the line to fight racism in our community.” As more young people became activists and joined

 [left] View from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument on August 28, 1963. US Government Photo.

 [top] Freedom Rider bus firebombed in Anniston, Alabama. Photo: Joe Postiglione, 1961. [bottom] Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, the Freedom Singers, Pete Seeger, and Theodore Bikel photographed on July 26, 1963, by John Byrne Cooke at the Newport Folk Festival, singing “We Shall Overcome” with a standing audience of 13,000 joining in. 22

White folk artists such as Dylan, Baez, as well as Phil Ochs and Pete Seeger sang about the injustices of Jim Crow and segregation. Songs such as Dylan’s “Oxford Town” helped to create support for the Civil Rights activists, especially among college age students. protests, popular songs drawn from the top 40 became more prominent in the Movement. Adding to the hymns and spirituals were hits from the rhythm and blues charts. The music of Ray Charles and Harry Belafonte was adopted by younger activists and gave rise to a new genre, a fusion of church and blues called soul. For Reagon, “The whole idea of the church moving into the street, the church moving into jail, [was] captured in this kind of music.” Like the church music previously, this contemporary music, too, was adapted for specific situations becoming what Reagon calls “documents created by a collective voice”. She notes how during the Nashville Sitin the Little Willie John song “You Better Leave My Kitten Alone” became “You Better Leave My Segregation Alone”, and the Ray Charles song

“Lonely Avenue” became a prison song “Fighting for My Rights”: My cell had no windows And the air couldn’t come through And I felt so hot and stuffy That I didn’t know what to do That’s why I’m fighting for my rights . . . Moreover, the Movement began to exert an influence on the leading musical artists, black and white, of the time. White folk artists such as Dylan, Baez, as well as Phil Ochs and Pete Seeger sang about the injustices of Jim Crow and segregation. Songs such as Dylan’s “Oxford Town” helped to create support for the Civil Rights activists, especially among college age students. Black artists increasingly made reference to the Movement and the indignities of racial inequality. Sam Cooke, The Im23

pressions, Chuck Berry, and James Brown were among artists who began to reference musically the struggle for Civil Rights. At first, many of the references were indirect, but as the struggle continued, the songs became more direct and contained unfiltered celebrations not only of the ongoing fight for freedom but of African American culture as a force in itself. The success of Motown reflected the growing influence of African American music nationally. And songs such as James Brown’s “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud”, and especially Aretha Franklin’s recording of Otis Redding’s “Respect” exhibited a newfound assertiveness and openness. By the power of music, the cries for freedom and justice in the streets and in jails had become demands on a national scale for respect and for recognition of the achievements and aspirations of African Americans.

The Buddy Deane Show John Waters took as his model for the fictional Corny Collins Show of Hairspray a real life, local Baltimore rock and roll dance program called The Buddy Deane Show. From 1957 to 1964, The Buddy Deane Show aired for two and half hours in the afternoon six days a week. Teenagers would race home from school to tune in the program to learn the newest dances like the Madison, the mash potato, and the pony, and to hear the latest rock and roll music performed on air by the recording artists. (Bill Haley and the Comets first performed “Rock Around the Clock” on the show.) Similar in format to the Philadelphia-produced American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark, The Buddy Deane Show featured a group of dancers known as the Committee, ordinary teens who became local celebrities because of the show. Deane’s show was segregat24

ed, with five days devoted to white teens and one day designated for black teens. During a live telecast in 1964, a group of white teens joined black teens on stage, much to the surprise of viewers and the WJZ-TV management. Despite its enormous popularity, The Buddy Deane Show was canceled shortly afterward. Before his death in 2003, Deane explained that the show was canceled not because station management opposed integration, but rather they feared Baltimore with its southern orientation was not ready for such a move. As professor Taunya Banks of the Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland writes: “The rise of teen dance shows in the late 50s and early 60s signaled a dramatic cultural shift in musical taste for teens from the big band sound of the 1940s so popular with their parent, to rock and roll. More importantly, teen

“I was always obsessed by it. . . . I watched it for the fashion and for the drama, because Buddy Deane encouraged them to [date and] break up on film. I watched it like a soap opera. I watched and fantasized about it and made up stories about it in my brain.”  [top] Dancers on The Buddy Deane Show. Photo: Arlene Kozak/Buddy Deane Show. [quote] John Waters, writer and director of the original film Hairspray speaking about The Buddy Deane Show.

dance shows introduced black music, musicians and singers to a white audience who were living in an increasingly racially integrated world. Modified forms of dances popular with black teens also slipped into these shows. Some die-hard segregationists were so distressed

at this development that they circulated flyers warning parents about saving the white youth of America by not buying or even listening to race music - negro records.” Despite the demise of The Buddy Deane Show, among teens music and 25

dance became a force that to some degree broke through barriers of race and class. Moreover, as the writer Gary Kenton notes, “In retrospect, it is clear that television was exerting a new kind of cultural power that was testing the limits of the status quo.”

cast Banji Aborisade (Gilbert, ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Atlanta, GA. Recent credits include Damn Yankees at MerryGo-Round Playhouse (Mickey), Parade (Riley), Sunday in the Park with George (Solider/Lee Randolph), A Christmas Carol with Syracuse Stage/ SU Drama, Reasons to be Pretty (Kent), Seussical, and Merrily We Roll Along.

Dolly at Interlakes Summer Theatre in NH. Favorite roles include Maureen in Rent, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Cosette in Les Miserables, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, and Sheila in Hair. Tristen has also sung the National Anthem for the New York Mets at Citifield, and for the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena. Ethan Butler (Stooie, ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Pittsburgh, PA. Past credits at Syracuse include Lysander in the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama coproduction of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Moritz in SU Drama’s Spring Awakening. Ethan will be spending his last semester in college studying in NYC.

Kyle Anderson (Corny Collins) is exceedingly grateful to be back home with Syracuse Stage and his alma mater. Regional: Syracuse Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, North Shore Music Theatre, Village Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse and more. He would like to thank the incredible faculty of SU Drama for making him the actor and person he is today, the wonderful Tim Bond and Syracuse Stage for this opportunity, and his friends and family for their continual love and support. Love to Erin and MSA. Kyle would also like to give a very special thank you to the entire community of Syracuse for making live theatre possible. Happy holidays everyone!

Lila Coogan (Penny) is a senior at Syracuse University making her Syracuse Stage debut. Broadway: Mary Poppins (Jane Banks). AEA Readings: Rise: The Tammy Faye Musical (Tammy Sue), Pamela’s First Musical (Pamela), By Grace (Abigial), Little Dance (Marie). She previously performed as Young Violet in SU Drama’s production of Violet.

Tristen Buettel (Amber) is a Musical Theatre major from Queens, NY making her mainstage debut with Syracuse Stage. This past summer she performed regionally in 42nd Street, Miss Saigon, and Hello

Tay Cooley (Cindy, ensemble) is a senior Acting major from Los Angeles, CA making her Syracuse Stage debut. Previous Syracuse credits include Gus in Dumb Waiter and Carly in Rea-

cast sons to Be Pretty. Last fall, she studied at Shakespeare's Globe in London, where she performed as Titania in scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Carey Eidel (Principal, Spritzer, Mr. Pinky, Gym Teacher, Guard, Newscaster) was last seen at Syracuse Stage as Mr. Klemper in The Boys Next Door. Auburn Public Theater: A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Carey Eidel – One Man’s Show. Off-Broadway: Wild Oats (premiere), Home Movies, Twelfth Night. National Tour: The Wizard of Oz. Company member: Neighborhood Group Theater. LA: As You Like It, Channels (premiere). MGR Playhouse: The King and I. Television: Everybody Loves Raymond, The Amanda Show, 7th Heaven, General Hospital, Diagnosis Murder, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Yes Dear, Strong Medicine, Melrose Place, LA Law and Fox’s Daddy Dearest (series regular). Film: The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Evolution, For The Boys, The Marrying Man, And The Band Played On and CHUD. Stand-up Comedy: regular at NYC – Catch A Rising Star, LA – The Improv and The Laugh Factory. Directed numerous stage productions in NYC and Los Angeles, including Oleanna, which garnered him an LA Weekly nomination for best director. Wrote and directed over 50 scene showcases for actors in LA, as well as numerous one-person shows at The Improv (LA) and The HBO Showcase Theatre. Writer: Bob Newhart Show (CBS), Brillstein/Gray, and Sherman Helmsley. Carey is also a well-known acting coach and teacher whose students include Halle Berry, Pam Stone (Coach), Diane Farr (Rescue Me), and Enrique Iglesias. Currently, founding member and executive director of

Madeleine Corliss (LouAnn, ensemble). Previous credits include the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama co-productions of A Christmas Carol (Julia, u/s Belle) and Irving Berlin's White Christmas (ensemble). Other Syracuse credits include: Spring Awakening (Thea), Seussical (u/s Gertrude, Swing, Dance Captain), and Cole. Madeleine spent this past summer at the Ocean Professional Theatre in NJ, where she appeared in Chicago (Velma), Bonnie and Clyde (Blanche), Crazy for You, Singing in the Rain, Call Me Madame, and the title role in their children’s production of Cinderella. Other credits include Maria de Buenos Aires with Syracuse Opera, and devised works at the River Street Theatre in her hometown of Andover, MA. Mary Digangi (Tracy) is beyond thrilled to be reprising her dream role with Syracuse Stage. Mary is a recent graduate of The University of the Arts and a proud new member of Actors' Equity Association. Other credits include Legally Blonde, On The Town, Chicago, Princess Ida, and First Lady Suite. Mary would like to thank her wonderful agent Lisa Price at The Price Group, her family, and all those involved with Syracuse Stage for giving her this wonderful opportunity!

cast Auburn Public Theatre, and adjunct professor of acting, screenwriting, film production at Cayuga Community College. Graduate The Neighborhood Playhouse (Sanford Meisner), Wynn Handman (The American Place Theatre), BA in Theatre and Economics from Bucknell University.

ing and as a Wickersham Brother in Seussical. This past summer Troy performed as Mr. Weston/Lowe in Damn Yankees at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse. National Tour: Radio City Christmas Spectacular Arena Tour. Regional: The Old Globe, Florida Rep, Hudson Theatre, Odyssey Theatre.

Betty Etheredge (Lil Inez, Dynamite) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Syracuse, NY. Syracuse credits include Parade, Seussical, Cole, and A Thousand Cranes. Betty also performed in Carousel and An American Tragedy at the Glimmerglass Festival.

Tyler Jimenez (I.Q., ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Charlotte, NC. Syracuse credits include Parade, Spring Awakening, Seussical, Violet, and Merrily We Roll Along. He also appeared in the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama co-production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas.

Austin Holmes (Seaweed J. Stubbs) is a junior Acting major from Washington, DC making his Syracuse Stage debut in Hairspray. This past summer he appeared as a Contestant on the hit BET show Apollo Live. In his freshmen year he won the Syracuse University “Idol” Competition, and he is currently signed to Syracuse University Recordings. Check him out on his popular YouTube channel Austin Holmes Music.

Mark David Kaplan (Wilbur) most recently appeared as Thénardier in Les Miserables at the Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago, for which he received the 2014 Joseph Jefferson Award. Other credits include Forbidden Broadway (off-Broadway/ Chicago – 2009 Jeff Award), Ragtime (Tateh – 2010 Jeff Award, Drury Lane), …Spelling Bee (Panch - James Lapine, dir.), and many premieres with Chicago Shakespeare, Marriott, Skylight, and Indiana Repertory Theatre. Mr. Kaplan has twice toured the US and Canada as Zazu in The Lion King, and has traveled to Japan, Australia, Thailand and beyond with Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Hollywood. A proud graduate of Syra-

Troy Hussmann (Link Larkin) is a junior Musical Theatre major from Murrieta, CA making his Syracuse Stage debut. Last year with SU Drama he appeared as Hanschen in Spring Awaken-

cast cuse University, Mark is thrilled to be reunited with fellow classmate and dear friend David Lowenstein, and all these talented kids! He is 28-year member of Actors' Equity, a national councilor for four years, and a married man for one month! For my family, and for MAC… thank you for 20 years of magic. Timeless, indeed.

Dee-Doo! (Drama Desk Award for Best Review), The Truth about Ruth – all the men, Anything Cole, Lady Be Good - Birdie. National Tours: Company – Paul, 42nd Street – Andy Lee, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, On Your Toes – Hank J. Smith/ Louis Capataletti. Regional: The Three Penny Opera - Tiger Brown at The Connecticut Grand Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita at Papermill Playhouse, The Merchant of Venice at Syracuse Stage. David’s voice is featured on the original cast recordings of the above Broadway credits, concerts, Whoop-Dee-Doo! and in the animated films Anastasia, Bartok The Magnificent, and Buster and Chauncey’s Silent Night.

Marie Kemp (Velma) is thrilled to return to Syracuse Stage. Favorite roles at the Stage have included Marmee in Oler and Hubbard’s Little Women, Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan, and various roles in The Boys Next Door. Marie has performed and directed regionally for over 25 years. She is a professor in the Drama Department teaching Musical Theatre and is excited for the chance to be onstage with her students.

Ana Marcu (Tammy, ensemble) is a junior Musical Theatre major at Syracuse University, originally from Medford, OR. She most recently appeared as Lucille in SU Drama’s production of Parade. Other Syracuse credits include Ilse in Spring Awakening, and Bridget in Translations. She also recently appeared in Maria De Buenos Aires with the Syracuse Opera. Regional credits include The Music Man at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

David Lowenstein (Edna) returns to Syracuse Stage after playing Bob Cratchit/Christmas Past in 2006’s A Christmas Carol. Broadway: The Frogs (original cast) - Lincoln Center Theatre, Seussical! (original cast), On The Town, 1776 (original cast) – Joseph Hewes, King David, A Christmas Carol (original cast) – MSG, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (original cast). NYCB – Fanfair – Major Duomo. Concerts: South Pacific, Anyone Can Whistle, and Jubilee! at Carnegie Hall. Off-Broadway: Howard Crabtree’s Whoop-

Mia Michelle McClain (Dynamite #1, Rhonda, Dance Captain) is proud to be returning to Syracuse Stage, last seen here in the 2011 production of RENT! Previous credits: Make Us One (Cornerstone US Tour), Castle-

cast Walk (New York Musical Theatre Festival), All Shook Up (North Shore Musical Theatre), Hairspray (Westchester Broadway, Fulton Theatre), Dreamgirls (as Deena Jones), Once on This Island (as Ti Moune), Violet, Ain't Misbehavin'. Additionally, Mia Michelle is a pianist, songwriter, and member of the American Society of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP). She is the creator and executive producer of Voices of Peace, an extended play album promoting positive change through music. Mia Michelle is also in pre-production for Color Me, an original, autobiographical performance piece. She holds a BFA from Syracuse University and an MA from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.

for SU Drama, where she also teaches clowning. Thanks and love to her husband Bill. Raven Gabrielle Perez (Shelley, ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Miami, FL who previously performed in the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama co-production of A Christmas Carol. Previous SU Drama credits include Seussical (Jojo), Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste 1), Top Girls (Kit/Shona/Waitress), and Merrily We Roll Along (Swing/AD). Justine Rappaport (Female Swing) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Los Angeles, CA who previously appeared at Syracuse Stage in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other credits include Iola Stover in Parade, Dot in Sunday in the Park with George, Shelley in Bat Boy, and female swing in Seussical.

Leslie Noble (Prudy, Librarian, Matron, Cop) is happy to be returning to Syracuse Stage where she played Mrs. Cratchit last season in A Christmas Carol. Favorite acting roles include Lady Croom in Arcadia, Amanda in Private Lives, and Miep in The Diary of Anne Frank. Recent film includes Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America. Leslie is a founding member of Gams on the Lam, a three-woman clown theatre ensemble that created and toured original shows throughout the US, Mexico, and Europe. She recently directed The Master and Margarita for LeMoyne College, and can be heard nightly announcing programming on WCNY-TV. By day, Leslie is the business manager

Kelsey Roberts (Brenda, ensemble) is a sophomore Musical Theatre major from Elmhurst, IL making her Syracuse Stage debut. Jon Paul Roby (Sketch, ensemble) is a junior Musical Theatre major from Boston, MA. Regional credits include: Mary Poppins (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), My Fair Lady (Reagle Music

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cast Theatre), and All Shook Up (Texas Family Musicals). Past Syracuse credits: Parade (Young Soldier), Seussical (Wickersham Brother), Sunday in the Park with George (Louis/Alex), and Salomé (Young Syrian). Jon Paul is a member of Syracuse University’s co-ed a cappella group, Groovestand.

Alex Thompson (Duane, ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Maplewood, NJ. Recent Syracuse credits include Parade (Newt Lee), Speed-the-Plow (Bobby Gould), Cole (Ensemble), and Merrily We Roll Along (Jerome). Additional credits include As You Like It, Richmond in Richard III, and Exton in Richard II performed at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ.

Brian Sandstrom (Swing) is a junior Musical Theatre major from Seattle, WA. He just finished performing as Frankie Epps in SU Drama’s production of Parade. He spent this past summer performing in the Berkshires at Barrington Stage Company in Kiss Me, Kate, The Golem of Havana, and cabarets. His Syracuse credits include The Good Woman of Setzuan, Seussical, and Bat Boy: The Musical.

Reid Watson (Fender, ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Birmingham, AL who appeared last year in the Syracuse Stage/ SU Drama co-production of A Christmas Carol. This past summer he worked with Maine State Music Theatre performing in Chamberlain: A Civil War Romance and Godspell. Syracuse credits include Parade (Tom Watson), Seussical (General Schmitz), Sunday in the Park with George (Franz), Street Scene (Frank Maurrant), and Cole.

Ethan Saviet (Brad, ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major from Cherry Hill, NJ. Most recently he performed in SU Drama’s production of Parade as Leo Frank. Prior to that he appeared in Spamalot and Cats at Pittsburgh CLO. Other regional credits include Neleus in Mary Poppins, Cats, Legally Blonde, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Singin’ in the Rain (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse). At Syracuse University, Ethan performed as Bat Boy in Bat Boy: The Musical, George in Sunday in the Park with George, and Virgil/ Billy Dean/others in the mainstage production of Violet.

Joanne Wilkens (Dynamite #2, Lorraine) is a recent graduate of SU’s Drama Department and is thrilled to be back at Syracuse Stage! Past roles include ensemble in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Syracuse Stage), ensemble and u/s Ado Annie in Oklahoma! (Berkshire Theatre Festival), and Rhoda in Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Syracuse Stage).

cast Aurelia Williams (Motormouth) is thrilled to be a part of this cast! She has a TON of family in Syracuse so she couldn’t be happier about spending the holiday season here! Currently, she is taking a break from the off-Broadway hit: Sistas the Musical to be here. You also might catch her on an episode of TruTV’s new show

Friends of The People, which begins in October. Favorite credits include: Effie in Dreamgirls, Jewel in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Ethel Tofflemeir in The Music Man, Asaka in Once on This Island, Katisha in The Hot Mikado and Gloria the Hippo in Madagascar LIVE! I would like to thank my Amazing family for their constant support and love and GW for being the best son EVER!!

A r t i s t i c S ta f f Adam Koch (Scenic Designer). Syracuse Stage: Godspell. Off-Broadway: A Rock Romance, Loaded, We the People, Pinkalicious, Freckleface Strawberry. Regional: A Christmas Carol, Five Course Love, Sweeney Todd (Geva Theatre Center); Hello, Dolly! (Ford’s Theatre); Miss Saigon, Dreamgirls, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, See What I Wanna See (Signature Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Apollo Theatre); Master Harold and the Boys, Greater Tuna (Portland Stage); A Little Night Music, Tarzan, Bye Bye Birdie, Sweet Charity, Call Me Madam, Big River, Triangle (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma); Play It By Heart, The 39 Steps, A Tuna Christmas (Human Race Theatre Company). Education: Carnegie Mellon University.

East Coast premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando for Yale Drama (costume design). He has also designed costumes for New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Ragtime, 1776, Sweeney Todd, Kiss Me Kate), Battery Dance Company, Manhattan Children’s Theater, Yale Cabaret, and Princeton University. Scenery for Berkshire Theatre Festival (Two Headed), Theatre Row, Riverside Center, Millbrook Playhouse. Film and television work includes HBO’s The Knick, Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight (assistant costume designer) as well as the John Adams mini-series (Emmy Award). Spielberg’s Lincoln (Academy Award nomination) Warner Bros. feature Winter’s Tale and The Italians are Coming! Commercial for the Fiat 500L and the Oscar-winning Twelve Years A Slave (key costumer). He trained at Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) and the Yale School of Drama (MFA). aaronpmastin.com

Aaron P. Mastin (Costume Designer) is a NYC based designer working in theatre, film, television, and dance. Recent projects include VA Symphony’s Victory At Sea, and Someone Talked! for the Metropolitan Museum of Art (projection design), Albee’s A Delicate Balance at Yale Rep, and the

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A r t i s t i c S ta f f Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Syracuse Stage production of Spike Heels. Off-Broadway: How I Learned What I Learned (Signature), Teller’s Play Dead, Thrill Me (York), Two Rooms (Theatre Row), King Hedley II (Signature), Frankenstein (37 ARTS), Masked (DR2), Lincoln Center Festival, Vital, SPF, NYMF, Lincoln Center Institute. In Philadelphia, he has worked with the Arden, Wilma, People’s Light, Walnut, PTC, Theatre Exile, 1812, Azuka, New Paradise Laboratories, Curtis Opera, and Flashpoint Theatre Company, where he is artistic director. Regionally his work has been seen at Milwaukee Rep, True Colors, CenterStage, Portland Center Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Virginia Stage, Cal Shakes, Asolo Rep, Theatre J, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Hangar Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Folger, Roundhouse, Williamstown, Spoleto, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep. His awards include the AUDELCO (2 nominations), three Barrymore Awards (18 nominations), and three Helen Hayes nominations. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

tle Women, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Crowns. He recently designed the Hangar Theatre production of Next to Normal and has designed shows for numerous other LORT theatres, and some local spaces including the Red House Arts Center. Some of his favorite designs include Red Noses, The Day Room, Spike Heels, The Real Thing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Inherit the Wind, M. Butterfly, A Raisin in the Sun, Romeo and Juliet, A Lesson Before Dying, West Side Story, Frozen, Member of the Wedding, Copenhagen, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Driving Miss Daisy, and Big River. Erin Lunsford (Wig Designer) has been designing wigs, hair, and makeup all over NYC and regionally for over a decade. Recent credits: Grand Concourse (Playwrights Horizons); Old Hats (Signature Theatre Company); Rocky Broadway (special effects makeup design); Glade Special Events with Cirque Du Soleil; Mysteries of Laura, hair stylist (NBC); nine years at the University of Michigan, two years at Norte Dame Shakespeare Festival, co-founder and lead artist of Hero Hair-Cosplay Wigs for the Serious Adventurer. RYT 200.

Jonathan R. Herter (Sound Designer) has been the resident sound designer and engineer for Syracuse Stage and SU’s Department of Drama since the 1997-1998 season. He was born and educated in Central New York and has designed over 50 productions for the Stage, including Scorched, Caroline, or Change, The Miracle Worker, Radio Golf, Rent, Lit-

Stuart Plymesser (Production Stage Manager) is back for his eighteenth season at Syracuse Stage where he has stage managed more than 60 plays, musicals, and special events, working with such talents as Olympia Dukakis, Frank Langella, Eliza-

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A r t i s t i c S ta f f beth Franz and Phylicia Rashad. Stuart has worked at numerous regional theatres around the country and in Cape Town, South Africa and has toured nationally. Locally, he has also stage managed events for Syracuse Fashion Week. In addition, Stuart is adjunct faculty for Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and has been a guest speaker/lecturer at Ithaca College, Wells College, SUNY Oswego, and the Zabalaza Festival in Cape Town. Stuart is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, as well as the United States Aikido Federation. www.stuartplymesser.com.

Women in Film and Television, and The Jewish Repertory Theatre. She has cast the last three of the late August Wilson’s ten part play series: the original and touring productions of Radio Golf, the Broadway production of Gem of the Ocean, and the off-Broadway production of Jitney. Selected regional casting credits include: Syracuse Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Trinity Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Longwharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, The Goodman Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, Dallas Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and PlayMakers Repertory Theatre. Feature film credits include: Pushing Hands directed by Ang Lee, Underheat, starring Lee Grant, First We Take Manhattan, produced by Golden Harvest Inc., and Graves End, directed by Sal Stabile.

Harriet Bass (Casting Director) has been an independent New York casting director since 1989, casting for theatre, film, and television. In New York City Harriet has cast for ABC/TV, Fox Television Studios, Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre: NEW WORK NOW, The Minetta Lane Theatre, The Women’s Project, La MaMa, E.T.C., New York

director Bill Fennelly. is thrilled to return to Syracuse Stage for another collaboration with the incredible artists here. Recent projects include A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Syracuse Stage (S.A.L.T. Award; Director of the Year and Production of the Year), Herringbone at Flashpoint Theatre Company in Philadelphia, and the new musical Fly By Night at Dallas Theatre Center (Dallas Column Award; Best Director

of a Musical and Best New Musical). Bill's Broadway, off-Broadway, Regional Theatre work includes: director for the world premiere of Fly By Night (Bay Area Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Direction), Frankenstein the musical (off-Broadway), A Christmas Carol featuring F. Murray Abraham and Lynn Redgrave, original assistant director of Jersey Boys, resident director for The Lion

director King, staff director with New York City Opera at Lincoln Center, Phil Killian Directing Fellow at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as well as projects at Juilliard, The Arden Theatre, TheatreWorks Palo Alto, Playwrights Horizons, Hartford Stage Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, The Alliance Theatre, Glimmerglass Opera,

American Musical Theatre Project, National Alliance of Musical Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, N.Y.U. Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, and The Olympics. He was the associate producing artistic director of The Acting Company and assistant artistic director at Cirque du Soleil. B.M. from the Hartt School and an M.F.A. in Directing from U.C.S.D. Bill is an assistant professor of Theatre at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

music director Brian Cimmet. Past Syracuse Stage credits include Rent, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With the Syracuse University Department of Drama, Brian has been the resident music director and a member of the full-time faculty since 2010. During that time, his credits include Cabaret, Cradle Will Rock, Like You Like It, Merrily We Roll Along, Violet, Seussical, Spring Awakening, and Parade, and he will be directing Avenue Q in the spring. Beyond the confines of Syracuse, Brian’s credits include the Broadway companies of The Drowsy Chaperone, Mary Poppins, and Grease, the original offBroadway productions of I Love You

Because (also the cast album), and The Tin Pan Alley Rag, as well as more regional and stock theatre than you would know what to do with. He has composed scores to Absolutely Anything, The Spirit of Reindeer, A Christmas Carol, Burn This, Stop Kiss, Let’s Play Two, and The Smartest Boy I Know, and his songs have been nominated for three MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs). In an entirely unrelated walk of life, Brian is a two-time award winner at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, co-creator and co-host of Lollapuzzoola (his own summertime crossword tournament), and contributor to several puzzle books, some of which are available at Barnes & Noble.

c r e at i v e t e a m Mark O’ Donnell (Book) Mark O'Donnell's plays include That's It, Folks!, Fables for Friends, and The Nice and the

Nasty (all produced at Playwrights Horizons), and Strangers on Earth and Vertigo Park (both produced by Zena Group

c r e at i v e t e a m Theatre). He wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Tots in Tinseltown. Mr. O'Donnell collaborated with Bill Irwin on an adaptation of Moliere's Scapin and he co-authored a translation of Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear, both for the Roundabout. For Manhattan Theatre Club he translated Jean Claude Carriere's La Terrasse. He has published two collections of comic stories Elementary Education and Vertigo Park and Other Tall Tales (both Knopf) as well as two recent novels Getting Over Homer and Let Nothing You Dismay (both now in Vintage paperback). His humor, cartoons, and poetry have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Spy, The New Republic, and Esquire, among many others. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lecomte du Nuoy Prize, and the George S. Kaufman Award.

& Jane. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. Marc Shaiman (Music, Lyrics, Arrangements) Marc Shaiman composed the music and, with Scott Wittman, co-wrote the lyrics for Hairspray. For their score, the pair won the Tony and Grammy Awards. They teamed up again on Broadway for Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and Catch Me if You Can (the latter for which Shaiman was a Tony Award nominee for co-orchestrating) and most recently they wrote the original musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for director Sam Mendes, which is breaking box office records on London's West End. Marc and Scott were nominated for two Emmys, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe for the original songs they wrote for Smash. Marc is a five-time Academy Award nominee for his film scores and original songs for Sleepless in Seattle, The First Wives Club, Patch Adams, The American President, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Marc received an Emmy Award for cowriting Billy Crystal's Academy Award medleys and he was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing on Saturday Night Live (the Sweeney Sisters). His arrangements for Harry Connick, Jr. and his production of the Hairspray soundtrack brought him Grammy Award nominations. As her music director and co-producer, Marc brought to his longtime partner, Bette Midler, the Grammywinning songs "The Wind Beneath My Wings" and "From a Distance." But it is their collaboration on her Emmy-winning performance for Johnny Carson's penultimate "The Tonight Show" that will always remain a highlight. Marc has worked with many other artists, includ-

Thomas Meehan (Book) received the Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers in 2001 and in 2003 for co-writing the book for Hairspray. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and has since written the books for the musicals I Remember Mama, Ain't Broadway Grand and Annie Warbucks. In addition, he is a longtime contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an Emmy Award-winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs and To Be or Not to Be. He and his wife, Carolyn, divide their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owns and presides over the long-running and nearlegendary children’s store Peanut Butter

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Dancing with the Stars (2005), Hairspray (2007) and Dreamgirls (2006). Has been nominated for Broadway’s Best Orchestrations Tony Award five times: in 1997, with collaborator Don Sebesky for The Life, in 1999 for Little Me, in 2000 for Swing!, in 2001 for The Full Monty, and in 2003 for Hairspray.

Scott Wittman (Lyrics) Scott Wittman co-wrote (with Marc Shaiman) the lyrics for the Olivier Award-winning musical Hairspray, for which the pair received Tony and Grammy Awards. He also served as an executive producer on the hit film starring John Travolta. They teamed up again on Broadway for Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, which he also directed, and Catch Me if You Can, which received a Tony nomination for Best Musical. For their original songs on NBC’s musical drama Smash, Scott and Marc were nominated for two Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe. On Smash they have composed songs for Jennifer Hudson, Uma Thurman, Bernadette Peters, and Liza Minnelli. Their original score for the Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell was released on Sony Records. Scott co-wrote the lyrics to Charlie and Chocolate Factory directed by Sam Mendes, currently playing to sold out houses at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End. For Patti LuPone, Scott has created and directed two Broadway shows, three recordings and three sold-out Carnegie Hall concerts. At La MaMa, Scott conceived and directed Jukebox Jackie starring Justin Vivian Bond, Cole Escola, Steel Burkhardt, and Bridget Everett.

John Waters (Writer, Director) Described by William Burroughs as “The Pope of Trash”, John’s obsession with violence and gore, both on and off screen, set him apart from his peers, growing up as he did in 1950s Baltimore, within an upper middle class Catholic family. Inspired by the gift of an 8mm camera for his 17th birthday, he began to make films with the help of his counter-culture friends, who included one Harris Millstead, better known as Divine. Showing an early talent for self-promotion, he screened these productions in rented Baltimore church halls to underground audiences, drawn by word-of-mouth and street leafleting campaigns. His notoriety increased as his productions grew more polished and more shocking, garnering growing audiences and increasingly outraged reviews in Baltimore papers. His cult status was increased through midnight showings at art cinemas. In 1969 John’s father financed his first feature film, Mondo Trasho. John was arrested on the eve of its premiere, on a charge of “conspiracy to commit indecent exposure”, which did nothing to harm his reputation. Commercial success came in 1973 when Pink Flamingos, a deliberate exercise in ultra-bad taste, secured his reputation as “The Sultan of Sleaze”. He continued to make low-budget shocking movies with his Dreamland repertory company, until

Harold Wheeler (Orchestrations) was born on June 14, 1943 in St. Louis, MO. He is known for his work on

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edge, and reflect his life-long obsessions. His latest book, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, was released by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux last June.

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Producing Artistic Director Timothy Bond is in his eighth season as producing artistic director of Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. For Syracuse Stage he has directed August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, The Whipping Man, Two Trains Running, The Brothers Size, The Boys Next Door, Radio Golf, No Child..., Fences, The Price, The Diary of Anne Frank and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He has 27 years experience in leading regional theatres throughout the country. Previously, he served for 11 years as associate artistic director of the famed Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he directed 12 productions, including works by Shakespeare, August Wilson, SuzanLori Parks, Edward Albee, Lorraine Hansberry, Lynn Nottage, Octavio Soliz and Pearl Cleage. Prior to that, Bond spent 13 years with the Seattle Group Theatre, serving as artistic director from 1991 – 1996. While there he directed

more than 20 plays including a number of world and West Coast premieres, and he oversaw the largest capital campaign in the company’s history, culminating in the completion of a new theatre complex in the Seattle Center. Bond has also directed at such prestigious theatres as The Guthrie, Arena Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, A Contemporary Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre and Geva Theatre. Bond received a Theatre Communications Group/ National Endowment for the Arts Directing Fellowship Award and has twice won Backstage West’s Garland Award for Outstanding Direction for Les Blancs (1998) and Blues for an Alabama Sky (1997). He served on the board of directors of the Theatre Communications Group from 1993 to 1997. Bond holds a BFA from Howard University and an MFA in directing from the University of Washington.

managing Director Jeffrey Woodward became the managing director of Syracuse Stage in 2008. For 17 years he served as the managing director for the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ. During his tenure, McCarter was honored with the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Woodward teaches Theatre Management in Syracuse University's Department of Drama and is a member of the board of the University Hill Corporation, the

East Genesee Regent Association and CNY Arts. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Theatre Communications Group and as President of ArtPride New Jersey. He has also served as a panel chairman, panelist, and on-site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts. He has worked for Hartford Stage, the Mark Taper Forum, Northlight Theatre and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and served as a consultant to a number of organizations. He holds a BA from Pomona College and a MBA from New York University.

D RAMA d e pa r t m e n t c h a i r Ralph Zito is in his fifth year as chair of the Department of Drama, having come to SU from the Juilliard School Drama Division, where he had been a teacher and director from 1992 to 2010 and chair of the Voice and Speech Department since 1999. He was a director and adjunct lecturer in the Barnard College Theater Department from 2006 until 2010 and has been a guest artist at training programs across the country, including the Old Globe in San Diego, The University of Texas at Austin, and the Academy for Classical Acting in Washington, DC. He has served as a voice, text or dialect consultant for numerous professional productions both on and off-Broadway, including: The Light in the Piazza; Awake and Sing!; The Herbal Bed; Mrs. Klein; The Fiery Furnace; The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theatre); Tongue of

a Bird; The Merchant of Venice (New York Shakespeare Festival); The Pitchfork Disney (Blue Light Theatre Company); Birdy (The Women’s Project); The Model Apartment (Primary Stages); the New York Premiere of Tony Kushner’s SLAVS! (New York Theatre Workshop); and The African Company Presents Richard III (The Acting Company). His regional theater credits include numerous productions at The Shakespeare Theatre and Arena Stage in Washington, DC; Baltimore CENTERSTAGE; Hartford Stage; and the McCarter Theatre, among others. A former touring member of The Acting Company, he served as artistic associate of The Chautauqua Theatre Company for seven years and was a member of the Board of Directors of The American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) for six years. He is a graduate of Harvard University, The Juillard School and the American Center for the Alexander Technique.

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premier professional theatre. Founded in 1974, Stage has produced more than 300 plays in 41 seasons including a number of world, American, and East Coast premieres. Each season 70,000 patrons enjoy an adventurous mix of new plays and bold interpretations of classics and musicals featuring the finest theatre artists. In addition, Stage maintains a vital educational outreach program that annually serves over 15,000 students throughout Central New York. Syracuse Stage is a member of The League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the largest professional theatre association in the country. America’s leading actors, directors and designers work and/or have worked at Stage including: Tony Award-winners Lillias White, Chuck Cooper and Elizabeth Franz, Emmy recipient Jean Stapleton, Sam Waterston, John Cullum, James Whitmore, Ben Gazzara and Ping Chong.

in The Community An important aspect of the Syracuse Stage mission is to be an active partner and resource in the Central New York community. Each season Syracuse Stage is pleased to partner with a diverse group of community organizations in sponsoring and facilitating various programs, benefits and events. Ongoing and past partnerships include Arc of Onondaga, The Burton

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In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play

Sizwe Banzi is Dead

By Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona Directed by John Kani Co-produced with South Africa’s Market Theatre & McCarter Theatre Center February 25 - March 15

By Sarah Ruhl Directed by May Adrales January 28 - February 15

It’s the 1880s and electricity is all the rage. In a quiet home office, a doctor experiments with a new instrument for treating “hysteria.” The device? A vibrator. In this genuinely touching, original, and wickedly funny play, Sarah Ruhl (The Clean House) explores relationships and sexual fulfillment while managing to stay discreetly beneath the crisp white sheets of Victorian propriety. Recommended for ages 14 and up.

In this intensely funny and poignant drama exploring the universal struggle for human dignity, a black man in apartheid-era South Africa tries to overcome oppressive work regulations to support his family. Co-creator John Kani performed in the original production and won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Actor. Now, 40 years later, Kani directs his son, Atandwa Kani, in this new international production. Recommended for ages 12 and up.

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Lips Together, Teeth Apart

Measure for Measure

By Terrence McNally Directed by Gerardine Clark February 20 – March 1 Opening Night: February 21

By William Shakespeare Directed by Celia Madeoy March 27 – April 12 Opening Night: March 28 Performed in the Loft Theatre General admission seating

Playwright Terrence McNally excels at making wild and witty comedy out of very serious and thoughtful matters. In this 1991 off-Broadway triumph, two couples grapple with the mundane (burgers and kites) and the momentous (illness and infidelity) as they try (very hard) to celebrate the 4th of July at a beach house. A touch of Chekhov with the sly wickedness of McNally. What’s up with that bug zapper?

Hypocrites, beware! Such is the matter of this profound and intriguing late comedy by Shakespeare. When Duke Vincentio of Vienna inexplicably hands over power to Lord Angelo, a man of self-professed puritanism, he lays a trap that ensnares the falsely virtuous and rewards the just and true. Like most Shakespearean comedies, the course to the truth is neither smooth nor easy, but it is filled with engaging characters and extraordinary events, and even concludes with multiple marriages—however unlikely that may sometimes seem.

s y r a c u s e s ta g e b o a r d o f t r u s t e e s Chair

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Louis Marcoccia* Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer Syracuse University Vice Chair

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Fran Nichols* Vice Chair Eric Mower + Associates Vice Chair

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Ann Clarke* Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse University Pat Colabufo Human Resource Manager Wegmans Food Markets Richard Driscoll Group Manager Commercial Real Estate Lending M&T Bank Ellen Kimatian Eagen Sandra Fenske VP & General Counsel Lockheed Martin Corporation Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor Nancy Green Investment Advisor Edward S. Green & Associates Larry Harris Sr. VP & CFO & Secretary Saab Sensis Corporation

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Brian Howard Private Bank Market Manager Key Bank

Timothy J. Bond** Producing Artistic Director Syracuse Stage & SU Dept. of Drama

John Huhtala Relationship Manager Middle Market Commercial Banking Chase

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Gregg Lambert Dean’s Professor of the Humanities Syracuse University

Sandra Brown President Grandma Brown’s Beans, Inc.

Larry Leatherman President MOST

Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer

Vincent Love President 100 Black Men of Syracuse Inc.

Brian Cimmet Professor of Practice/Music Director SU Department of Drama

Kevin R. McAuliffe Partner Hiscock & Barclay

Suzanne McAuliffe Retired Educator Samantha Millier Associate Attorney Mackenzie Hughes LLP Kevin O’Connor Sr. Resident Director & Sr. VP Investments Merrill Lynch Virginia Parker* Retired Educator Annette Peters Marketing Director Syracuse Media Group Linda Pitonzo Syracuse Stage Guild President James Reed Sr. VP Marketing & Sales Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Michelle Schultz Senior Director, HR Business Partner Human Resources AXA Richard Shirtz Regional President NBT Bank Sharon Sullivan* Community Volunteer Wanda Thompson Sr. VP of Operations Upstate Medical University Phil Turner Pastor Bethany Baptist Church Jeffrey Woodward** Managing Director Syracuse Stage Ralph Zito** Chair Syracuse University Department of Drama Michael Zoanetti VP Senior Wealth Advisor Tompkins Financial Advisors *Executive Committee **Ex-Officio

s y r a c u s e S ta g e e m e r i t u s c i r c l e Eddie Green Joan Green Elizabeth Hartnett

Claude Incaudo Jack Mannion Margaret Martin

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Jack Webb

S y r a c u s e S ta g e G u i ld b o a r d President

recording Secretary

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Mary O’Hara

executive vice president

Corresponding Secretary

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Vice President, Membership

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Ray Abdella

Deborah Borenstein Elaine Cardone Roxanna Carpenter Terry Delavan Sandi DiBianco Marsha Ferrara Grace Flusche Donna Green

Jessica Humphreville Barbara Ianuzi Lauren Kochian Ellen Lautz Amy McHale Carol Minkstein Beverly Short Marian Stanton Jean Straub Melissa Vassenelli Maryam Wasmund Ginny Yerdon

S y r a c u s e S ta g e e d u c at i o n a d v o c a c y b o a r d Sara Bambino

Patricia Farrington

William Preston

cicero-North Syracuse

Cicero-North Syracuse

Manlius Pebble Hill

High School

Todd Benware

Joe Goldberg

Christian Brothers Academy

Jamesville-Dewitt High School

Elizabeth Defurio

Fred Montas

Nottingham High School

Manlius Pebble Hill

Kimberly Doan

Kathleen Pickard

Auburn High School

Baker High School

Jennifer Sabatino Cato-Meridian Middle School

Y o u n g Ad u l t C o u n c i l Kristina Bell

Anna Capria

Molly North

10th grade, Jamesville-DeWitt

11th grade, Baker High School

12th grade, Jamesville-DeWitt

High School

Katherine Benware 10th grade, Christian Brothers Academy

Hayley Bermel 12th grade, Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Lily Byrne

High School

Brennan Carman 11th grade, Christian

Alizah Smith

Brothers Academy

11th grade, LaFayette Big Picture School

Rose Collins 11th grade, Christian Brothers Academy

Michel Dadey

9th grade, Cato-Meridian

12th grade, LaFayette

High School

Big Picture School

Dana Tooney 11th grade, Christian Brothers Academy

season supporters*

Richard Mather Fund

The John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc.

*Corporate, Foundation and Government support received in the last 12 months from $3,000 - $100,000 and above.

hairspray Sponsors Onondaga County & CNY Arts. We at CNY Arts are pleased to support Syracuse Stage's holiday production of Hairspray with funds provided by the County of Onondaga. Hairspray is a tremendous show and a tremendous undertaking, requiring a tremendous theatre company to bring this multi-layered musical to life. Happily we have Syracuse Stage, constantly offering communities throughout the region excellent quality theatre productions and entertainment! Thank you for choosing this ambitions project for the holiday season. We hope everyone enjoys this delightful story and is touched by the life lessons it offers. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! KeyBank. A community is more than a collection of homes and businesses. It’s also the institutions that improve our lives through art, music, dance, and theatre. KeyBank supports a wide range of arts organizations, because we know that a vibrant cultural scene is vital to bringing the people of our communities closer through their shared appreciation of the diverse talents they provide. That’s why KeyBank is a proud sponsor of Syracuse Stage. Welch Allyn. At Welch Allyn, we’re proud of the fact that caring, respect, integrity and quality are just some of the raw materials that we put into every product we make. For 100 years, Welch Allyn medical devices have been at work around the globe helping doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals deliver a lifetime of care to their patients. And we’re proud to support the Syracuse Stage—where the magic of the performing arts meets the power of the human spirit—right here at home. Grandma Brown Foundation. Heartfelt thanks from the Grandma Brown Foundation to everyone involved in this spirited production of Hairspray for our Central New York audience at this joyous time of year. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is delighted to welcome you to the Syracuse Stage production of Hairspray. We’re pleased to sponsor this rollicking hit Broadway musical, which promises to bring us back to the music and dance era of the 1960s. Please join us in wishing Syracuse Stage well in its 2014-2015 season and in congratulating our professional theatre group for giving us many years of high-quality performances.

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s y r a c u s e s ta g e a n n u a l G i f t s Syracuse Stage depends on the generosity of contributions from individuals, corporations, businesses, foundations and government agencies. It is with much gratitude that we recognize the following donors to our annual campaign. Contributors listed below represent donations received in the past twelve months. For information regarding levels of contribution and benefits of each please contact the Development office at 315.443.3931 or visit syracusestage.org

c o r p o r at e h o n o r r o l l $100,000+ Syracuse University $50,000 - $99,999 Syracuse Media Group Season Sponsor $14,000 - $24,999 M&T Bank - Other Desert Cities, M&T Stage for All, Educational Programs, Syracuse Stage Gala 2015 POMCO Group – Presenting Sponsor, Vanya and Sonia and Marsha and Spike $7,500 - $13,999 Bank of America – Children’s Tour, Annabel Drudge Business Journal News Network Hiscock & Barclay iHeart Media KeyBank N.A. – Hairspray Lockheed Martin MST – August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Military Initiatives NBT Bank – Vanya and Sonia and Marsha and Spike Syracuse New Times Syracuse Stage Board of Trustees WAER WRVO

 = Increased Gift,

$5,000 - $7,499 Carrier Corporation Chase – Sizwe Banzi is Dead Exelon Generation Excellus BlueCross BlueShield – Hairspray Lockheed Martin Employees Federated Fund National Grid Scherzi Photography + Video The SU Humanities Center presents as part of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™ on Perspective – August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson Syracuse Stage Guild – In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) Tompkins Financial Advisors Upstate Medical University – Other Desert Cities Wegmans –Educational Programs

McIntosh Box & Pallet Co., Inc. Thomas R. Pratt, Architect, PC

$2,800 - $4,999 Urban CNY

$75 - $249 Brady System Fulton Savings Bank Giarrusso Building Supplies Mauro-Bertolo Therapy Services, P.T., P.C. Sheats & Bailey PLLC L. & J.G. Stickley Urist Financial & Retirement Planning Visual Technologies Ann Wolfson Associates

$1,500 - $2,799 Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation Phoebe’s Syracuse Blue Print $1,000 - $1,499 Action Printwear, Inc.  Cooper Crouse-Hinds

$500 - $999 Anoplate Corp. Merrill Lynch Law Office of Keith D. Miller Rapid Response Monitoring Service $250 - $499 ACLS Mailing & Fulfillment Freeman Interiors Geddes Federal Savings Hebert Financial Strategies/ Dennis & Judy Hebert Reeves Farms Smith Contemporary Furniture/Smith Interiors Ltd The Mid-York Press, Inc.

* = Stage Board Member, Stage Emeritus Board Member,

n = In-kind Contribution

Contributors listed have provided support in the past 12 months.

f o u n d at i o n & g o v e r n m e n t h o n o r r o ll $100,000+ The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation – Presenting Sponsor, August Wilson’sThe Piano Lesson, In the Next Room, Other Desert Cities, Founders’ Circle Member, New Sound Console $50,000 - $99,999 County of Onondaga, Administered by CNY Arts – Hairspray $25,000 - $49,999 Allyn Foundation – Hairspray, New Sound Console Central New York Community Foundation, Inc. John F. Marsellus Fund – New Sound Console Robert Sterling Clark

Foundation – Sizwe Banzi is Dead The Richard Mather Fund New York State Council on the Arts Shubert Foundation $14,000 - $24,999 The John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc. – ArtsEmerging $7,500 - $13,999 AXA Foundation The Gifford Foundation The Green Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts $5,000 - $7,499 Grandma Brown Foundation – Hairspray Theatre Development Fund,

Inc. $2,800 - $4,999 The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation – August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson Melvin & Mildred Eggers Family Charitable Foundation $1,500 - $2,799 Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation – Education Initiatives $1,000 - $1,499 Henry A. Panasci, Jr. Charitable Trust $500 - $999 Peter & Wendy Blanck Family Foundation Frank & Frances Revoir Foundation

endowment & planned gift donors $5,000 - $7,499 Mary Louise Dunn Fund

individual gifts All new and increased gifts this season are matched dollar for dollar by the Richard Mather Fund. Founders’ Circle $7,500 - $24,999 Paul Phillips, MD & Sharon* Sullivan

Sandra Lee Fenske* & Joe Silberlicht Elinor Spring-Mills & Darvin Varon

Playwrights’ Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Daniel Bingham & Gail Hamner – August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson Bill & Nancy* Byrne – Hairspray Mary & Larry* Leatherman Judy & Eric Mower*

Producers’ Circle $2,800 - $4,999 Margaret, Amy & Bob Currier Helene* & Neil Gold Louis* & Susan Marcoccia Suzanne* & Kevin* McAuliffe Judith Sayles & David Murray

Frederick & Virginia* Parker Mrs. Sherwin Radin Nancy & Steve Rogers The Spina Family Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Welch Directors’ Circle $1,500 - $2,799 Janet* Audunson & David Youlen Joan Christy & Thomas Bersani Nancy Seward & Tim Bond Cathy & Jim Breuer

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sizwe banzi is dead

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other desert cities

Sat. Dec. 13, 3:00 S Sat. Dec. 20, 3:00 AD Sun. Dec. 21, 2:00 O Tue. Dec. 23, 2:00 O

Sat. Feb. 7, 3:00 S Sat. Feb. 14, 3:00 AD Wed. Feb. 4, 2:00 O Sun. Feb. 15, 2:00 O

Sat. Mar. 7, 3:00 S Sat. Mar. 14, 3:00 AD Wed. Mar. 4, 2:00 OC Sun. Mar. 15, 2:00 OC

Sat. Apr. 18, 3:00 S Sat. Apr. 25, 3:00 AD Wed. Apr. 15, 2:00 O Sun. Apr. 26, 2:00 O

American Sign Language = S Sign Language Interpreted Performance Series supported in part by Welch Allyn, in memory of Susan Thompson. An American Sign Language Interpreted performance is offered for every production. For the most advantageous viewing, be sure to mention your interest in sign interpretation when reserving tickets. Open Captioned Performances = O Open Captioning is provided for two matinee performances of every production. A small screen, placed to the side of the stage, displays text corresponding to the play’s dialogue and other sounds. Open Captioning can be viewed from most seats in the theatre. However, for the most advantageous viewing, please contact the Box Office. Open Captioning is supported by grants from Theatre Development Fund’s TAP Plus Praagram, NYSCA and donations from individuals and corporations. Audio-Described Performances = AD Simultaneous live narration and pre-show description for blind and visually impaired patrons. Please call the Box Office in advance to reserve headsets. Audio Enhancement: Syracuse Stage offers an infrared hearing system for patrons with up to 70% hearing loss. Headsets can be reserved free of charge through the Box Office or at the Coat Room before curtain. Wheelchair Seating and Accessibility: Syracuse Stage is wheelchair accessible. Please call the Box Office at 315-443-3275 to arrange wheelchair seating.

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Hairspray published Nov. 28, 2014 The Syracuse Stage program is published seven times a year. For advertising rates and information contact the development office at 315.443.2709. Printed by Midstate Printing Corporation.

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In Tribute ontributions have been made to Syracuse Stage to honor someone, celebrate a special occasion or offer an expression of sympathy in memory of a loved one. Sarah B. Alden in memory of Jacqueline Coley In Memory of Arlene Alpaugh Allene Ayling in honor of Don Ayling Rose Erma Angotti in honor of Nancy Davenhauer Mrs. Gwynne Bellos in honor of Dr. Neal S. Bellos Sherly Day-Bernthal in tribute of Murray Bernthal Dr. Stuart Bretschneider in tribute to Cindy Bretschneider Carol Bryant in honor of Virginia Parker Susan G. Dorn in memory of Phillip K. Dorn June M. Estes in honor of Gerald L. Estes Mrs. Blanche & Ms. Carol Everingham, in honor of WWII, Purple Heart Veteran, Robert I. Everingham Barbara Genton in honor of Donna Perricone Peggy Ginniff in honor of my parents Harold & Mildred Ginniff Jacki & Michael Goldberg in tribute of Natalie Goldberg Syracuse MT Student Tom & Christine Hafner in tribute of Peter Hafner Patti & Bill Haggerty in memory of Marilyn Parratt Kip & Terri Hargrave in honor of Gus Hargrave & Rick Menke Kathlyn Heaton in honor of Sharon Waletzko Drs. Timothy & Lisa Izant in honor of the Izant Brothers Linda & Bob Jackson in honor of Kevin Crewell Doris King in memory of Austin Hoffman II Richard & Joan Kollgaard in honor of Don Buschmann & Tracey White Robert & Ellen LaBerge in tribute of Daniela Varon Lorraine LaDuke in honor of Mrs. Cecile LaDuke Janet W. Lowe in honor of Bob Moss Mary S. Mahoney in honor of

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John Francis Mahoney John Huppertz & Diane Mastin in honor of Fran & Sally Lou Nichols Carl Peterson & Margaret Maurer in memory of Jacqueline Coley Richard Midlam in tribute of Barbara Midlam Lois Moran in honor of Joan & Raymond Lee Janice Nelson in honor of Bea & Irving Solomon Pamela K. Reisman Monaco in tribute of Dorothy & Marshall Reisman Mark Cywilko & Marianne Moosbrugger in honor of Isabell A. Cywilko In honor of Kathryn Mulligan Liz Nguyen in tribute of Jack P. Bleich Joy & Al Oliver in honor of Rebecca Oliver & Hillary Gale Joan & Lawrence Page in tribute of the musicians of the orchestra who accompany some productions Susan A. Parker in honor of Virginia B. Parker Karleen Preske in tribute of Kathleen Wilkinson Anita Rathbun in honor of Mildred Rathbun David Relyea in tribute of Paula Relyea Nancy Remchuk in honor of Tim Bond, for a job well done Terry & Marilyn Ryan in honor of Shirley Gersony Nancy Scheutziw in tribute of Syracuse Stage Staff/ Volunteers Mr. & Mrs. Jacob H. Schuhle in memory of William Whiting Mansukh L. Shah in memory of Indira M. Shah John W. Sivak, Jr. in memory of Phoebe P. Sivak Vivan Summerville, June 7, 1968 Darcie Bowden Judy & Jim Sweet in memory of Kara Sweet Gobron Peter & Hanora Vander Sluis in memory of Hildegarde B. Vander Sluis Ron Theel in memory of Karen Theel Gary Walters in memory of Patti Grycka Carol Bryant & Richard Ward in honor of Virginia & Fritz Parker Terry & Lynda Wheat in memory of Kathy GoldfarbFindling Octavia Wilcox in honor of Ethel May Pierce Janet & Larry Wolf in memory of Frederick I. Wolf

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Gail & Peter Mitchell June M. Mitchell James Mitscher Robert & Barbara Moore John Palmer & Liz Morgenthein Janet S. Munro Richard & Barbara Natoli Dorothea & Douglas Nelson Stephen W. Nevins John & Joan Nicholson Douglas & Gail Nielsen Dennis & Doren Norfleet Neil Novelli Robert & Beth Oddy Howard McLaughlin & Mary O’Hara Sally O’Herin Donna & Richard O’Neil Timothy & JoDean Orcutt Deborah O'Shea Cathy L. Palm Connie & Peter Palumb Francis McMillan Parks David & Cynda Penfield Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Penner Kenn & Annette* Peters David & Susan Pickard Mary & Barry Pickard Richard & Neva Pilgrim David & Linda Pitonzo Joe & Karen Porcello Howard & Ann Port Tom & Camille Potter David & Linda Rezak Mr. & Mrs. David A. A. Ridings Brian & Chris Rieger Avard & Patricia Rogers Howard J. Rose Nancy Machles Rothschild Elaine Rubenstein Maria & Richard A. Russell Linda & Bob Ryan Don & Florence Saleh Richard & Jill Sargent Kelly & Tony Scalzo M. Gelfuso & P. Scheibe Keith Schroeder Janice Scully Jeffrey & Abby Scheer Nancy Mudrick& Eric Schiff George & Sharon Schmit Herbert & Hillery Schneiderman Margaret Schuhle Ellen Schwartz Ruth Seaman Constance Semel Drs. Peter Cronright & Judy

Matching Gift Program he following companies will match gifts of their employees, retirees and spouses with a gift of their own to Syracuse Stage. Ask your personnel office for a matching gift form, send the completed form with your gift – and we’ll do the rest! AT&T Allied-Signal, Inc. American Express Company Avon Products, Inc. AXA Equitable Bank of America Borden, Inc. Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation CIGNA Corporation CNA Foundation Chemical Bank Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Citicorp & Citibank, N.A. Coopers Industries Foundation Crouse Hinds Co. – Cooper Industries Deluxe Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation Emerson Electric Co. Equitable Life Assurance Society Farmer & Traders Life Ins. Co. Fireman’s Fund Insurance GE Foundation General Foods Corporation GlaxoSmithKline John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance The Home Depot Foundation Honeywell IBM Corporation J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Johnson & Johnson Kemper National P&C Co. Key Foundation Lever Brothers Company Marine Midland Bank, N.A. McDonald’s Corporation Merrill Lynch Mobil Oil Corporation The MONY Group Mutual Life Insurance Co. NCR Corporation National Grange New York Telephone Niagara Mohawk Foundation Owens-Illinois, Inc. Pitney Bowes The Prudential Foundation Charles Schwab Radio Shack Rockwell Automation Trust SmithKline Beecham Labs The St. Paul’s Companies The Travelers Companies United Parcel Service United Technologies Corp. Verizon Welch Allyn Xerox Corporation

Setla Rick & Betsy Severance Rob & Cheryl Shallish Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman Barbara and David Simon Dr. & Mrs. Robert Slavens Dr. & Mrs. L. Ryan Smart Craig & Martha Smith Debbie & David Smith Judith B. Smith Robert & Sheila Smith Harold & Ruth Smulyan Carol & Dirk Sonneborn Marcene Sonneborn Rosemary Baker & Stu Spiegel Helen E. Stacy Anne Stagnitti Dr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Stelzner Deborah & Jim Stewart Nona Stewart Jill & Ron Stratton Nan Strickland Thomas Talbot Joan & Gene Tarolli Laura M. Terpening Dr. & Mrs. James A. Terzian Jim & Terry Toole Dr. Richard & Mavis Tornatore Marguerite Conan & James A. Traver Jean & John Tromans Tom & Mollie Tucker Marc & Susan Viggiano Dina & Gershon Vincow Meghan & T.J. Vitale Fred & Patricia von Mechow Frank & Alice Vreeland Barbara Vural Anita S. & Robert L. Wagner Kashi & Kameshawar Wali Dr. & Mrs. Donald Washburn Wilbur & Linda Webb – Audio Description Sally Webster Miriam Weiner Steven Shahan & Elizabeth

Weinstein Ruth S. Weinstock Margaret Harding & Joseph Whelan Evelyn D. White Stacey White Elizabeth R. Wiggins Pauline & Robert Williamson Alex & Lola Winter Tina Winter Ivan & Bonnie Wolf Tom & Carol Wolff Kelly Wypych Cynthia A. Zacharek Judy & Steve Zdep, DDS Friends $75 - $99 Al & Jane Arras John & Mary Ann Baichi Gail & Dennis Baldwin Theresa & Dennis Bardenett Jon & Trish Booth Dr. & Mrs. Denis F. Branson Bob & Kathy Brown Dr. & Mrs. Deane Cady Sharon F. Campanelli Timothy McLaughlin & Diane Cass Tim Cassidy Gary & Shannon Comins Paula derBoghosian Mary Ellen Drabot James & Marlene Dunford Molly Fitzpatrick Cliff & Jane Forstadt Judith Fox N. Gordon Gray William J. Gray Jane Guiles Milena Hansen Holly S. Hart Robert & Denise Heater Elizabeth B. Humphreys Janet Jaffe Nancy Freeborough-Kaczmar Kankus Family Alexander & Joan Keilen John & Susan Kline Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Kruth Robert & Lauren Lalley

e endeavor to provide a complete listing of all donors in all individual giving categories. However, if your gift is not listed or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact the Development Office at (315) 443-9848.

Lois M. Easterday & Susan J. Lamanna Eileen & James Lantier Joanne Lloyd Patricia & Donald MacLaughlin Thomas A Brisk & Gerald M. Mager Doug & Randi Matousek Ryan & Alyson McDermott Nancy & John Merrill Robt & Maureen Minich Verner & Jane Mize Robert Moore David & Janet Muir Dr. & Mrs. Charles Muniak Deirdre Neilen Brenda Neuss Ellen O’Connor Karen Orr Anita Pisano Brian Silfer & Amy Romano Barbara Rothschild Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Schneider John Steinburg Dr. Lawrence Stewart Lennie & Elizabeth Turner Marc & Marcy Waldauer JoAnn Wallace Mrs. Barbara Wanamaker Larry Volan & Sara Warner Dianne D. Webb Anna Giacobbe & Peter Welge

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Producing Artistic Director..........................................................................................Timothy Bond Managing Director..................................................................................................Jeffrey Woodward Resident Dramaturg.............................................................................................................Kyle Bass Artistic Assistant...............................................................................................................Chris Botek Director of Educational Outreach...........................................................................Lauren Unbekant Education Outreach Manager.................................................................................Kate M. Laissle Education Assistant.........................................................................................................Len Fonte Lead Teaching Artist.................................................................................................Cyan Corwine Teaching Artists.......................................Jessica Bland, Trisha Harris, Bella Poynton, Corinne Tyo PRO D UCTION S ta f f

Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann Assistant Production Manager..................................................................................Dianna Angell Company Manager/Production Management Assistant...............................................Brian Crotty Production Management Intern...........................................................................Bridget Anderson Student work study..............................................................................................Araceli L. Aquilar Technical Director.......................................................................................................Randall Steffen Assistant Technical Director...................................................................................Rebecca Schuetz Scene Shop Foreman..................................................................................................Michael King Master Carpenter..............................................................................................Elizabeth Nosewicz Carpenters...........................................................................................Mike Kuhla, Simone Scalici Graduate Assistant............................................................................................Christopher Zacher Scene Shop Intern......................................................................................................Alex Petersen Student work study.....................................................................Emma Antenen, Mylene Quijano Scenic Charge Artist................................................................................................Holly K. LaGrow Assistant Scenic Artist..............................................................................Kristen Prescott-Ezickson Graduate Assistants...............................................................Loren Bartnicke, Carlie Miller Sherry Properties Coordinator................................................................................................Mary Houston Props Carpenter.....................................................................................................Tammy Goetsch Additional Props Carpenters..................................Matthew Arias, Phillip Dyke, Brian McBurney Props Artisan.................................................................................................................Lisa Letson Graduate Assistant.....................................................................................................Chelsea Jones Student work study.............................................................Ashley Kyker, Emily Mae Timmerman Prop Shop Volunteer.......................................................................................................Ryan Ross Costumer.....................................................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty Assistant Costumer..................................................................................................Meggan Camp Cutter-Drapers...........................................................................Catherine Hennessy, Jennifer Peet First Hand...............................................................................................................Victoria Lillich Stitchers..................................................................Amanda Moore, Cynthia Papworth, Lisa Tucci Craftsperson/Shopper................................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor.......................................................................................Sarah Stark Hair Stylist.............................................................................................................Kristina Scalone Student work study.................................Kathryn Bailey, Kiersten Kozbial-Wu, Charity Van Tassel Master Electrician.................................................................................................David M. Bowman Electrician...............................................................................................................Miles Dudgeon Electrics Apprentice......................................................................................................Ann Archer Student Assistants....................................................Gregory Folsom, Ryan Gibson, Anna LiDestri

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Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer............................................................Jonathan R. Herter Assistant Audio Engineer......................................................................................Kevin O’Connor Sound Apprentice........................................................................................................Jade Taggert Graduate Assistant......................................................................................................Stefan Zoller Production Stage Manager........................................................................................Stuart Plymesser Stage Manager....................................................................................................Laura Jane Collins Stage Management Journeyman..................................................................................Erin C Brett Stage Management Apprentice...............................................................................Marisa Andrews A D MINISTRATIVE S ta f f

Administrative Director...................................................................................................Diana Coles Director of Marketing and Communications...............................................................Patrick Finlon Publications Director/Assistant Marketing Director................................................Joseph Whelan Group/Corporate Sales Manager................................................................................Tracey White Public Relations Manager....................................................................................Kristina Starowitz Graphic Designers.......................................................................Jonathan Hudak, Brenna Merritt Group Sales Assistants...........................................................................Amanda Kurey, Julia Slater Marketing Interns...............................................Lani LoGuirato, Emily C. Wagner, Kaiti Woelfel Production Photographer.........................................................................................Michael Davis Director of Development............................................................................................Barbara Beckos Assistant Director of Development......................................................................Katherine Keeney Development Assistant.........................................................................................Meggan Madden Development Intern...............................................................................................Shantel Bobbitt Comptroller...................................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Human Resources Administrator/Assistant Business Manager..................................Kathy Zappala Student Assistant...............................................................................................Emily Buonsignore Director of Information Management & Technology................................................Garrett Wheeler Student Assistant........................................................................................................Justin Ramer Director of Ticketing & Subscription Services.............................................................Miguel Tarrats Assistant Director of Ticketing & Subscription Services................................................Jon Wilson Assistant Box Office Managers............................................................Lisa Doerle, Stasya Erickson Angel Appeal Telefunding Manager..........................................................................Kathy Zappala Patron Sales and Services...........................................Brian Balamut, Jasmin Fink, Dennis Lennox Box Office Assistants..............Justin Cangiano, Madeline Corliss, Tatiana Fenner, Amy Gleitsman Dolores Pereira, Jesse Roth, Adam Segrave, Maggie Siciliano Interpreters for the Deaf.....................Brenda Brown, Angelo Coppola, Mikki Evans Sue Freeman Joanne Jackowski, Sarah Korcz, Zenna Preli, Shaun Standford Open Captioning.........................................................................................................Chris Botek Audio Description.........................................................................Kate M. Laissle, Joseph Whelan Director of Audience Services................................................................................Wayne Yaddow, Jr. S.U. Main Stage House Manager..........................................................................Tammy Goetsch Student Assistant House Managers..............Katie Ball, Hannah Daly, Betty Etheredge, Jesse Roth Bartender.......................................................................................................................Meg Pusey Community Services Officer......................................................................................Stacey Emmons Custodians........................................................................Kitty Ashby, Delores Bachus, Tony Rogers

G e n e r a l I n f o r m at i o n Syracuse Stage 820 East Genesee Street Syracuse, NY 13210-1508 Administration: 315/443-4008 Box Office: 315/443-3275 www.SyracuseStage.org

Ticket Exchange All tickets may be exchanged. Please call the Box Office 24 hours prior to the earliest performance involved in the exchange. Single ticket exchanges carry a $5 fee per ticket. 6Pack holders may make one free exchange per show. Subscribers may make unlimited free exchanges; upgrade charges may apply. Subscribers who missed a scheduled performance and did not exchange may use their Extra Value Ticket or purchase a missed performance pass for $5.

Single Ticket Prices Opening Night: $54, $50, $30 Evenings: Fri., Sat.: $51, $48, $30 Sun., Tues., Wed., Thurs.: $40, $37, $30 Matinees: Wed., Sat., Sun.: $47, $43, $30 Previews: $35, $32, $30 All tickets can be purchased at the Syracuse Stage Box Office or online anytime at www.SyracuseStage.org. Prices may vary for opening nights and for Hairspray.

Latecomers In order to ensure the safety and concentration of the actors and the uninterrupted enjoyment of our patrons, latecomers will be seated at the earliest, appropriate break in the performance in the closest available seats. Buy it if You Like it! Many of the items featured in our productions are available for purchase. For information contact Mary Houston, Props Master: (315) 443-2437.

Discounts Available for senior citizens and students. Call the Box Office for prices. Group Discounts Available Available for groups of 10 or more; additional discounts for student/senior citizen groups. Call Tracey White: 315/443-9844.

To Volunteer as an Usher If you would like to get a backstage view of Syracuse Stage, or would like to expand your social circle, this is the ideal opportunity for you. All we ask for is a positive attitude, a smiling face and the willingness to commit a few hours a month. Please call our House Manager at (315) 443-3219 for more information.

Rush Tickets Rush tickets are available for purchase at a discounted rate on the day of the show for all performances by cash or check. Limited availability.

Open Captioning We are pleased to offer two open captioned performances for each mainstage play. Open captioning provides a simultaneous display of the play’s dialogue on a screen next to the stage.

Box Office Hours The Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. noon to 6 p.m., and two hours before each performance. Box Office phone: 315/443-3275. Box Office fax: 315/443-1408.

Audio-Described Performances Simultaneous live narration and pre-show description for blind and visually impaired patrons. Please contact Box Office in advance to reserve headsets.

Gift Certificates Call the Box Office or visit us online at www.SyracuseStage.org.

Audio Enhancement We offer an infrared listening system for patrons with up to a 70% hearing loss. Headsets can be reserved free of charge through the Box Office or at the Coat Room before curtain.

Parking Entrance to the enclosed parking garage on Irving Avenue is on the corner of Madison Street and Irving, next to the MadisonIrving Medical Building. For hours of operation and parking costs, call (315) 475-4742. There is an open parking lot between Phoebe’s Garden Cafe and the garage maintained by Syracuse University.

Signed Interpreted Performances Tuesday evenings, the third or fourth week of each production, we offer performances for the hearing impaired. Wheelchair Accommodations Syracuse Stage is wheelchair accessible. Please call the Box Office to arrange wheelchair seating.

Beepers and Cell Phones For the actors’ safety and in consideration of the audience please turn off all cell phones; check your beeper and leave your seat number with an usher at the Coat Room prior to the performance. They will monitor your beeper and notify you if there is an emergency.

Emergency Telephone Contact To be reached in an emergency, please leave your name and seat location at the Coat Room when you arrive. This is the only way we can locate you. In case of an emergency you may be reached at (315) 443-9922.

Fire Notice The exit indicated by a red sign nearest the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of an emergency, walk to that exit and follow the house staff ’s directions.

www.SyracuseStage.org Subscribe, purchase 6Packs and single tickets 24-7. Information, schedules, reviews and more.

Smoking Policy Smoking is not permitted in this building or any public building in accordance with Syracuse University and New York State policy. We ask that our patrons who smoke do so outside of our theatre.

Please . . . The use of cameras and recording devices is not permitted. Please do not bring drinks and/or food into the theatre.

Quiet Children Quiet children over the age of five are welcome at Syracuse Stage performances. We do ask that adults remove disruptive children to the lobby.

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