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2019–20 Essential Series Artist: John Cameron Mitchell
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John Cameron Mitchell Rocks Boston Charlotte Robinson Outtake Blog, March 3, 2019 Photo by Michael Muser
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ohn Cameron Mitchell brought his Origin Of Love Tour to the Boch Center Shubert Theatre in Boston on March 2nd and the audience went wild as the Tony Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated co-creator of Hedwig & the Angry Inch threw himself into a mosh pit of adoring fans. For two hours, Mitchell presented this must-see concert with his rock trio from the Broadway show and the spectacular cabaret singer Amber Martin. Among the 31 songs performed were Hedwig originals and songs from his upcoming musical podcast
Anthem starring himself, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, Cynthia Erivo, Denis O'Hare, Laurie Anderson and Marion Cotillard. When asked about Hedwig becoming a queer icon, Mitchell stated, “For a character with such an usual story, I am really gratified that Hedwig resonates for different reasons with people. Our audience isn’t just queer, it’s not just musical people, it really runs the gamut of age, race, sexuality, gender. I love the audience that we’ve built person-by-person. My work doesn’t really fit into a genre.”
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2019–20 Essential Series Artist: AXIS Dance Company
I use a wheelchair and I’m still happily dancing Marc Brew, AXIS Dance Artistic Director Miami Herald, Sept 2018
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Although I use a wheelchair, dance is an essential part of who I am. I communicate and express myself through movement to tell stories about being human, about who we are.
I have always felt a need to dance and create work for dancers and that need has taken me all over the world. Yes, it’s a unique dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, but it’s an example that disabled people have unique stories to tell and a different perspective on the world because they have lived experiences and challenges. This influences our creative process, the how and why we make our work. It’s honest, it’s real, it’s diverse, it’s not pretending, and people relate to the work on a human level. Having grown up in Jerilderie, a small country town in New South Wales, Australia with a population of 900 people, there were limited opportunities for the only boy in the village who wanted to dance. My supportive single parent mother put me into dance class, but I was teased and bullied by a majority of the village kids and adults as I was different, and wasn’t
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interested in playing sports like football and cricket. Leaving home at age 11 to go to boarding school I first studied as a professional dancer with the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, and the Australian Ballet School and performing with The Australian Ballet in Melbourne and the State Theatre Ballet Company of South Africa. But then my life and the direction of my career changed and deepened in a sudden turn of events — a car accident left me with a serious spinal cord injury. I was told that I would never walk again and was paralyzed from the chest down. Giving up was not for me. I pushed myself through extensive rehabilitation, having been used to injury as a dancer, taking this on as a challenge. My changed circumstances forced me to develop a new philosophy and aesthetics for dance. Although I couldn’t walk, stand, leap, or even point my feet anymore, I still felt I was a dancer. Although my body had changed, the dancer was still within me. It was then when I realized I had to alter my own perception of what a dancer was, and what it meant for me to dance. I could still express myself though movement, share my artistry through dance, I just had to find other ways to explore my physicality and what I could do. I started to look at finding solutions, rather than focus on the problems, and to use the idea of restriction to create new and interesting possibilities for movement. This included how I could move with my changed form, how I used my wheelchair, and also getting out of the chair on the floor, or being partnered and dancing with others. My career has amazingly texasperformingarts.org
flourished in a new direction since the accident. I spent time in New York studying with Kitty Lunn and dancing with her company Infinity Dance Theater and I was invited to join the London-based Candoco Dance Company, one of the world’s top contemporary companies that includes disabled and non-disabled dancers. After six years with Candoco, I dedicated time to my own choreography with Marc Brew Company and working with numerous ballet and contemporary dance companies around the world. Since then, I have become the artistic director in AXIS Dance Company in Oakland, California, a leader in physically integrated dance in the U.S. People with disabilities are
“Disabled people have unique stories to tell because they have lived experiences and challenges.” often shunted aside by the societies in which we live — ignored, discriminated against, or barely tolerated. Today though many of us have forged new movements, new ways of living, finding in our commonalities and our differences a strength that begins to change the world. That has been my experience, and in my work as a dancer and a choreographer, I have tried to express the best of who I am, of who we are, and find the beauty in the challenges we face.
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Ragmala Dance Company Lecture & Demonstration
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Texas Performing Arts in the Community
Each season, Texas Performing Arts offers free community events to connect UT faculty, students of all ages, touring artists, and the greater Central Texas community with our performances. Some of these events include: • Artist-led master classes • Pre and post-performance talks • Lunch-time chats with touring artists • Daytime performances for youth grades 6-12 Join us for these fun events!
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Student Spotlight At Texas Performing Arts, we are able to professionally involve students in every aspect of our organization. Having the opportunity to show, connect, and inspire our students to be the next generation of arts leaders is one of the most important things we do.
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PROFILE NAME YEAR JOB MAJOR CONCENTRATION
Julio Muñoz Class of 2021 Scene Shop Assistant/ Receptionist/ Student Engagement Events Manager Theatre and Dance Stage Management
e met with Julio Muñoz to chat about the stage, the performing arts, and his time as a valued student employee. THEATRE AND DANCE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A DYNAMIC MAJOR, WHAT DO YOU FIND MAKES YOUR PROGRAM SPECIAL?
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BEING A STAGE MANAGER SOUNDS PRETTY INTENSE. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU FACE ON THE JOB?
The biggest challenge stage managers face behind the scenes, based on my previous experience, is the uncertainty of what might happen on the stage with the performers. Stage managers have control of calling the cues for lighting, sound, scenery change, projections—but we're usually uncertain about the performers. The possibility of them
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forgetting a line, skipping a whole section of the script, or skipping a section of a dance that would serve as a visual or audio cue for a stage manager can be heart-stopping. Nevertheless, it is the responsibility as a stage manager to think quickly on their feet and find a solution for whatever may happen.
IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE ARTS. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME SO INVOLVED WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY?
I'm inspired by the live productions and by listening to the crowd react after spending so much time bringing the production to life.
YOU’RE ALSO A SCENE SHOP ASSISTANT HERE AT TPA. ANY FAVORITE PROJECTS YOU’VE WORKED ON?
My favorite show that I have worked on is an opera called Eugene Onegin. The scenic designer had an outstanding vision for the set, which called for the floor and walls to look like wood with pieces of paper attached almost everywhere. In the center of the stage, there was a giant spiral with papers hanging off of it, which would spin during parts of the opera. I enjoyed every step of creating the set with the shop team.
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Stacey Mindich Mickey Liddell Hunter Arnold Caiola Productions Double Gemini Productions Fakston Productions Roy Furman Harris Karma Productions On Your Marks Group Darren Bagert Roger & William Berlind Bob Boyett Colin Callender Caitlin Clements Freddy DeMann Dante Di Loreto Bonnie & Kenneth Feld FickStern Productions Eric & Marsi Gardiner Robert Greenblatt Jere Harris and Darren DeVerna John Gore Organization Mike Kriak David Mirvish Eva Price Zeilinger Productions Adam Zotovich Ambassador Theatre Group Independent Presenters Network AND The Shubert Organization EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson
Arena Stage Molly Smith, Edgar Dobie
BOOK BY
STEVEN LEVENSON
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Second Stage Theatre Carole Rothman, Casey Reitz
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL
STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY STEPHANIE LA ROCHELLE JESSICA E. SHERMAN CLAIRE RANKIN NOAH KIESERMAN JOHN HEMPHILL ALESSANDRO COSTANTINI SAMANTHA WILLIAMS SAM PRIMACK SCENIC DESIGN BY
DAVID KORINS
PROJECTION DESIGN BY
COSTUME DESIGN BY
LIGHTING DESIGN BY
SOUND DESIGN BY
PETER NIGRINI
EMILY REBHOLZ
JAPHY WEIDEMAN
NEVIN STEINBERG
HAIR DESIGNER ASSOCIATE MUSIC SUPERVISOR MUSIC DIRECTOR MUSIC COORDINATORS
DAVID BRIAN BEN COHN BROWN
MARKETING AND PUBLICITY DIRECTION
GARRET HEALEY
TOUR BOOKING AGENCY
VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS & ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BY
MICHAEL KELLER MICHAEL AARONS
ADVERTISING
JUSTIN PAUL
NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVES
DIGITAL MARKETING
BOND THEATRICAL THE BOOKING GROUP SERINO COYNE DKC/O&M SITUATION GROUP INTERACTIVE GRAPEVINE PR MEREDITH BLAIR KARA GEBHART
CASTING BY PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER COMPANY MANAGER TARA RUBIN CASTING JUNIPER STREET JUDITH SCHOENFELD JASON DEANN L. BOISE XAVIER RUBIANO, CSA PRODUCTIONS BROUILLARD
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHERS
GENERAL MANAGER
SASH BISCHOFF ADAM QUINN DANNY SHARRON
JONATHAN WARREN MARK MYARS
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MUSIC SUPERVISION, ORCHESTRATIONS & ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BY
ALEX LACAMOIRE CHOREOGRAPHY BY
DANNY MEFFORD DIRECTED BY
MICHAEL GREIF Originally presented by Arena Stage – July 9, 2015 to August 23, 2015 New York premiere at Second Stage – March 26, 2016 to May 29, 2016 Original Cast Recording Available on Atlantic Records.
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With all of the uncertainty in the world today, the arts are something you can depend on.
Wendy Fernandez ’19 Former TPA student employee
Can we depend on you?
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Stephen Christopher Anthony
Stephanie La Rochelle
Noah
Claire
Rankin
Ciara Alyse Harris
Coleen Sexton
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Sherman
John
Kieserman
Hemphill
David Jeffery
Matthew Edward Kemp
Daniel Robert Sullivan
Alessandro
Samantha
Asher Muldoon
Sam Primack
Costantini
Kelsey Venter
Williams
Maria Wirries
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Evan Hansen..................................................................STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY (Saturday mat. and Sunday eve. performances) SAM PRIMACK Jared Kleinman............................................................................. ALESSANDRO COSTANTINI Larry Murphy....................................................................................................JOHN HEMPHILL Connor Murphy.............................................................................................NOAH KIESERMAN Zoe Murphy.....................................................................................STEPHANIE LA ROCHELLE Cynthia Murphy................................................................................................ CLAIRE RANKIN Heidi Hansen............................................................................................ JESSICA E. SHERMAN Alana Beck............................................................................................SAMANTHA WILLIAMS
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY VOICES BECCA AYERS, MARY BACON, GERARD CANONICO, JENN COLELLA, ADAM HALPIN, MYKAL KILGORE, STEPHEN KUNKEN, TAMIKA LAWRENCE, CARRIE MANOLAKOS, KEN MARKS, ASA SOMERS, JASON TAM, BRENDA WEHLE, NATALIE WEISS, TIM YOUNG, REMY ZAKEN UNDERSTUDIES Standbys and understudies never substitute for players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. Understudy for Evan Hansen, Jared Kleinman, Connor Murphy: MATTHEW EDWARD KEMP, SAM PRIMACK, DAVID JEFFERY; Understudy for Jared Kleinman, Connor Murphy: ASHER MULDOON; Understudy for Cynthia Murphy, Heidi Hansen: COLEEN SEXTON, KELSEY VENTER; Understudy for Alana Beck, Zoe Murphy: CIARA ALYSE HARRIS, MARIA WIRRIES; Understudy for Larry Murphy: DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN.
Dance Captain: Kelsey Venter DEAR EVAN HANSEN WILL BE PERFORMED WITH ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE "Anybody Have a Map?"..........................................................................................Heidi, Cynthia "Waving Through a Window".................................................................................Evan, Company "For Forever"........................................................................................................................... Evan "Sincerely, Me"................................................................................................Connor, Evan, Jared "Requiem".........................................................................................................Zoe, Larry, Cynthia "If I Could Tell Her"........................................................................................................ Evan, Zoe "Disappear".........................................................Connor, Evan, Alana, Jared, Cynthia, Larry, Zoe "You Will Be Found"..............................................................................................Evan, Company ACT TWO "Sincerely, Me" (Reprise).......................................................................................... Connor, Jared "To Break in a Glove"................................................................................................... Larry, Evan "Only Us"......................................................................................................................... Zoe, Evan "Good for You"....................................................................................... Heidi, Alana, Jared, Evan "You Will Be Found" (Reprise)....................................................................................... Company "Words Fail"............................................................................................................................. Evan "So Big/So Small"................................................................................................................... Heidi "Finale".............................................................................................................................Company
MUSICIANS Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard: GARRET HEALEY Associate Conductor: MICHAEL USELMANN Guitar: MATT SANGIOVANNI, MATT BROWN; Drums: RYAN McCAUSLAND; Bass: LEON BOYKINS; Violin/Concertmaster: MONA TIAN; Viola: MICHI ACERET; Cello: DAVID MERGEN Additional Orchestrations: Christopher Jahnke Keyboard Programmer: Randy Cohen Associate Keyboard Programmer: Jeremy King Ableton Programmers: Enrico de Trizio, Scott Wasserman Music Copying: Emily Grishman Music Preparation
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY (Evan Hansen) is honored to be sharing Evan with audiences across the country. Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Evan u/s), Book of Mormon (Ensemble, McKinley u/s). National Tour: Catch Me If You Can (Frank Abagnale Jr). NYC/Regional favorites: I Am Harvey Milk (Lincoln Center, ft. Andrew Lippa and Kristin Chenoweth), York Theatre Honors Alan Menken (ft. Bernadette Peters), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Hairspray, Carousel. Florida State University BM Music Theatre. Love to the DEH team, BRS/Gage, Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano, Mom, Dad, Ryan, and Cameron. Follow along @_stephenanthony stephenchristopheranthony.com STEPHANIE LA ROCHELLE (Zoe Murphy) is thrilled to be joining the National Tour after making her Mirvish debut with the Toronto company. Previously: The Sound of Music (Theatre Aquarius). Selected TV/ Film: Heartland (CBC); Backstage (Disney); 1st Runner Up - Over the Rainbow (CBC); In The Dark (CW); The Preacher’s Sin (Lifetime); Played (BlackPills). Stephanie is a Canadian Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter. Huge thanks to the team at DEH, The Talent House, Stephanie Gorin and her incredible parents. Let’s erase the stigma. @steph_larochelle stephlarochelle.com
JESSICA E. SHERMAN (Heidi Hansen). US Debut. Toronto born, Jessica trained and worked primarily in the UK. Original Canadian cast of Dear Evan Hansen (Royal Alexandra Theatre) for which she won the Toronto Theatre Critic’s Association Award. UK credits - Rock ‘n’ Roll (West End), The Sound of Music, John and Jen. World Credits - Batman Live (World Arena Tour), Lend Me A Tenor (Vienna), A Midsummer Nights’ Dream (Japan), Heart of Winter (Canada). Film credits - Le Dindon (Cinéfrance). All credits - Papasherm, Mom, and Petra. @Jessica_like _the_tank CLAIRE RANKIN (Cynthia Murphy) originated the role of Cynthia Murphy in the first International production of DEH and is thrilled to join the tour. Theatre roles include: Miranda (The Tempest), Katherine (Loves Labour’s Lost), Louise (Carousel), Cossette (Les Miserables), Juliet (Romeo & Juliet). With over 75 film/tv credits, she has worked with the likes of Aaron Sorkin, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Costner, Jessica Chastain, Denzel Washington, and Dick van Dyke (whom she
had the pleasure of singing with between takes!) NOAH KIESERMAN (Connor Murphy) is a recent graduate from the University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre Program. Former u/s for Evan, Jared, and Connor during DEH’s first year on the road. Regional: Newsies (CRT); Grease (Wagon Wheel). An avid writer as well, Noah’s musical SHEL has been developed in numerous cities across the country. A big thank you to his family, Harden Curtis, MM, and all of his outstanding professors/mentors for their support. Go Blue! Instagram: @nbkieserman JOHN HEMPHILL (Larry Murphy). Hello America. Broadway: School of Rock, Mamma Mia!. National Tour: Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time, Mamma Mia!. OffBroadway: Admissions (Lincoln Center). Film: David Fincher’s Zodiac. TV: Billions, House of Cards, Mr. Robot, The Blacklist, Boardwalk Empire, Castle, Show Me a Hero. Special thanks to the Dear Evan Hansen Family, Tara Rubin, and especially to my parents and my beautiful wife Jenn. @johnhemphill
ALESSANDRO COSTANTINI (Jared Kleinman). Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Alessandro is the Artistic Director of YES Theatre in Sudbury. Select Credits include: Dear Evan Hansen - Toronto, 10 seasons with YES Theatre, Prom Queen - World Premiere (SEGAL Centre). We don’t all have the privilege to do this as professionals. Please support your local arts community and youth! Love to my family and dear friends… what a tremendous blessing! I dedicate my work to the tremendous Canadian Company of DEH. Instagram: @alessandro1028 SAMANTHA WILLIAMS (Alana Beck) recently played Alana in the Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen! She is currently a senior musical theatre major at Pace University. Her university credits include Dot in Sunday in the Park With George and Caroline in Caroline, or Change. Special thanks to her amazing mom for her endless support and love. This is for Julian, Dad, Mom, and TEXAS. @sammie.ok CIARA ALYSE HARRIS (u/s Alana Beck, Zoe Murphy) is OVERJOYED to be joining the cast of the National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen for another year! Fresh from college, (CCM), Ciara would like to thank her family, HCKR, and to remind all the little chocolate girls everywhere that anything is truly possible. @ciaraalyseharris
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DAVID JEFFERY (u/s Evan Hansen, Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman) is thrilled to remain in the DEH family! Born and raised in southern Alberta; select regional credits: Rent (Roger), Spring Awakening (Melchior), Next to Normal (Gabe) and Newsies (Jack). Special thanks to the entire creative team! Much love to Mom, Dad, Janine, Faith, and every dog, ever. @david_jeffery MATTHEW EDWARD KEMP (u/s Evan Hansen, Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman) is thrilled to be making his Equity and National Tour debut! Matthew is a graudate of The University of Michigan, BFA Musical Theatre. Endless thanks to the whole DEH family. Love to my family and friends who constantly support me! @Matthewtheginger ASHER MULDOON (u/s Jared Kleinman, Connor Murphy): Professional debut! Thrilled to be a part of the DEH family. Lots of love to Nancy Carson, Kim Pedell, Kristen Caesar, Justin Reamy, and my Kidz Theater, Triangle, and real life families. Composer/ Lyricist of The Butcher Boy, a new musical. Princeton 2021. SAM PRIMACK (Alternate Evan Hansen; u/s Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman). Phoenix, AZ native. Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen. National Tour: The Addams Family. Professional: Phoenix Theatre, Arizona Broadway Theatre. 2017 Jimmy Award finalist. Thanks to Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano, and the DEH team. Grateful for amazing friends, family, and teachers. @samprimack COLEEN SEXTON (u/s Heidi Hansen, Cynthia Murphy) is so grateful to be in the DEH family! Broadway: Jekyll and Hyde /Lucy (on recording with David Hasselhoff). Tour: Wicked/Elphaba, Legally Blonde/Brooke Wyndham, Chicago. Off-Broadway: Forever Dusty. Regional: End of the Rainbow/Judy Garland, Mamma Mia!/Donna, Spamalot/ Lady of the Lake, Paper Mill, North Shore, Ogunquit, Gateway, Lyric. TV: Law and Order. Thanks to Tara Rubin casting and to GB Management!! DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN (u/s Larry Murphy) has appeared more than 1000 times as Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, performing with the Las Vegas, Toronto, & touring companies. He also appeared in the national tour of Motown the Musical. He’s the author of a theatrical memoir, Becoming a Jersey Boy, and an award-winning play, Prospect High: Brooklyn. @DanielRobertSullivan texasperformingarts.org
KELSEY VENTER (u/s Heidi Hansen, Cynthia Murphy). Thrilled to be making her National Tour debut with Dear Evan Hansen. Regional credits include: Guthrie Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Old Globe Theater. BA in Theater from SDSU, MFA American Conservatory Theater. All my love and gratitude to Mom & Dad, Beca & Tim, Gramps and the fam, and every one of my incredible friends and mentors for believing in me. kelseyventer.com MARIA WIRRIES (u/s Alana Beck, Zoe Murphy) is a recent graduate from the Penn State musical theater program. Her theater credits include: Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway), the Broadway revival workshop of Once on This Island, Be More Chill, the world-premiere of Love in Hate Nation, Sweet Charity, Hair, and Titanic. Maria is also an up and coming recording artist. Check her out on Spotify! @maria_wirries STEVEN LEVENSON (Book) is the Tony Award-winning book writer of Dear Evan Hansen, and co-creator and executive producer of the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon, for which he was nominated for two Emmy Awards. His plays include Days of Rage, If I Forget, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, and The Language of Trees. He served for three seasons as a writer and producer on Showtime’s Masters Of Sex. Honors include the Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award, and John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award. His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts. He is a founding member of Colt Coeur, an alumnus of MCC’s Playwrights Coalition and Ars Nova’s Play Group, and a graduate of Brown University. Upcoming projects include the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…boom!, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, for Netflix. BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL (Music and Lyrics) are the Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning songwriting team behind Dear Evan Hansen. Other Broadway: A Christmas Story, The Musical (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations). Off-Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Second Stage; Obie, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle awards); Dogfight (Second Stage; Lucille Lortel Award and Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, London Evening Standard Award nominations). Regional: James and the Giant Peach (Seattle Children’s Theatre) and Edges (Capital Repertory Theatre). Film: La 21
WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY La Land (2017 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award), The Greatest Showman (2018 Academy Award Nomination, 2018 Golden Globe Award, and 2019 Grammy Award), Trolls, Aladdin. Upcoming film projects: Snow White. TV: A Christmas Story Live! (2018 Emmy Award nomination), Smash, The Flash. The Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Recording received the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and The Greatest Showman Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is certified Platinum in over a dozen countries, including Triple Platinum in the US, Australia, and Indonesia, Quadruple Platinum in Singapore, 5x Platinum in Korea, 6x Platinum in the UK, and 7x Platinum in Ireland. Additional honors: Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre (American Academy of Arts and Letters), ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, ASCAP Vanguard Award, Jonathan Larson Award. Both are graduates of the University of Michigan musical theatre program and currently serve on the Board of Directors for the Dramatists Guild Foundation. Justin thanks God, DEH cast and crew, Asher, Emmie, Sully, and the whole family. Benj thanks family, friends, and everyone who has worked tirelessly to bring DEH to Broadway. MICHAEL GREIF (Director) received his fourth Tony nomination and a Helen Hayes Award for his work on Dear Evan Hansen. Other Broadway credits: Rent, Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Never Gonna Dance, If/ Then, War Paint. Recent work includes Our Lady of Kibeho and Angels in America (NY’s Signature Theatre); The Low Road, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (The Public); and The Tempest, A Winter’s Tale and Romeo and Juliet at The Public’s Delacorte Theater. Off-Broadway, he’s received Obie Awards for Machinal, Dogeaters (The Public) and Rent (NYTW), and has directed new plays and musicals at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout, MTC, MCC, New York Theatre Workshop and at Second Stage, where he directed Next to Normal and Dear Evan Hansen. Regional work includes premieres and revivals at Williamstown Theatre Festival (ten seasons), La Jolla Playhouse (AD, five seasons), Arena Stage, Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Dallas Theater Center and Trinity Repertory Company. Mr. Greif holds a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from the University of California, San Diego. DANNY MEFFORD (Choreographer). Danny Mefford choreographed Fun Home
and Dear Evan Hansen, both of which won the Tony Award for Best Musical. His other choreography credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Lortel and Astaire nominations), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Drama Desk nomination), Miss You Like Hell, February House, Much Ado About Nothing, an international tour of The Sound of Music, and Good Person of Szechwan. He staged all the theatrical sequences for Rise on NBC. He has an MFA in Acting from Brown University and has degrees in Theatre and Political Science from the University of Evansville. ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Supervisor/ Orchestrator) has won three Tonys and three Grammys for his work on the Broadway musicals Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and In The Heights. He won his fourth Grammy producing the soundtrack for The Greatest Showman, and is the recipient of the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors Award for his work on Hamilton. As Music Director, Arranger and/ or Orchestrator on/off Broadway: Bring It On; Wicked; High Fidelity; Annie (2011 Broadway revival); The People In The Picture; 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and Grammy noms.); Legally Blonde; Bat Boy: The Musical. Film and television credits include FX’s Fosse/Verdon (Supervising Music Producer), The Greatest Showman (Executive Music Producer), Incredibles 2 (Arranger/Orchestrator), and Sesame Street (Emmy-nominated composer). Other credits: Godspell (2001 National Tour), orchestrations for The Rockettes and for the Oscars. DAVID KORINS (Scenic Design). Hamilton (Tony nom.), War Paint (Tony nom.), Bandstand, Misery, Motown the Musical, Vanya and Sonia…, Annie, Bring It On, Magic/Bird, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Godspell, Chinglish, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Lombardi, Passing Strange and Bridge & Tunnel. Opera: Norma, Bel Canto, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Oscar. TV: Grease: Live! Concert: Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Sia, Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli. Extensive OffBroadway/regional theatre, hospitality, event & experience design. Recipient of an Emmy Award, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards, three Henry Hewes Awards and an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Design. Dad: Stella & Vivian. @davidkorins davidkorinsdesign.com PETER NIGRINI (Projection Design). Broadway: The SpongeBob Musical; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Amélie; An Act of God; The
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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY Heidi Chronicles; The Best Man; and Fela!. Elsewhere: Grounded and Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Wakey Wakey (Signature Theatre), Notes From Underground (TFANA), Grace Jones Hurricane Tour, Don Giovanni and Lucia di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera), Blind Date (Bill T. Jones). For Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No Dice and Life & Times (Burgtheater, Vienna). Currently: Ain’t Too Proud (pre-Broadway), Beetlejuice (National Theatre, Washington), Dave (Arena Stage), and The Orphan of Zhao (Beijing International Music Festival). EMILY REBHOLZ (Costume Design). Broadway: Gettin’ the Band Back Together; Indecent; Dear Evan Hansen; Oh, Hello On Broadway; If/Then; Vanya and Sonia Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Recent: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T), The Low Road (The Public), Winters Tale (TFNA), Mary Jane (NYTW), Twelfth Night (CSC), Brigadoon (Encores!), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Lucia Di Lammermoor and Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera), Orfeo ed Euridice (Opera Theatre of St. Louis). MFA: Yale University. JAPHY WEIDEMAN (Lighting Design). Broadway: The Visit, The Nance, Of Mice and Men, Airline Highway and Dear Evan Hansen were all Tony-nominated for Best Lighting Design. Other Broadway: Lobby Hero, Significant Other, Sylvia, Old Times, The Heidi Chronicles, Macbeth (Drama Desk nom.), Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Snow Geese. Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout, The Public Theater, NYTW, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, MTC, MCC, and Labyrinth. West End: A Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), Blackbird (Albery Theatre). NEVIN STEINBERG (Sound Design). Recent Broadway: Bandstand, Bright Star, Hamilton, It Shoulda Been You, Mothers and Sons, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony nomination), The Performers, Magic/ Bird. Off-Broadway: Smart People, The Landing, Far From Heaven. Nevin is Audio Consultant for Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. Over 30 Broadway productions with Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair, In the Heights. DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Hair Design). Broadway highlights: Moulin Rouge (2019), Frozen, Come From Away (Canada & US Tour), War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She
Loves Me, Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, A Steady Rain, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show, Steel Pier. Film credits: Peter Pan Live! NBC, The Sound of Music Live! NBC, It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy nominated), Too Wong Foo... BEN COHN (Associate Music Supervisor). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, The Woman in White, …Spelling Bee, Wonderful Town, In My Life. Pre-Broadway: The Book of Mormon, 9 to 5, Anastasia, Finding Neverland. MD for Clay Aiken, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street, Stephanie J. Block, BCEFA. Ben’s arrangements have been heard on TV, albums, concerts, theme parks, and cruise lines. Ithaca and NYU grad. Love to Sean and Allister. GARRET HEALEY (Music Director) is thrilled to be taking over as music director after spending a year touring with the show as the associate conductor. Before Dear Evan Hansen, Garret toured with Kinky Boots as associate music director and worked as a showband musician with Carnival Cruise Lines. Many thanks to Ben, Alex, and Michael, and much love to Mom, Dad, Evan, and Jack! MICHAEL KELLER & MICHAEL AARONS (Music Coordinators). Broadway: Be More Chill, Pretty Woman, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton. Upcoming Broadway: Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill, Magic Mike. Tours: Hamilton (Chicago, National Tours), Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen. TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway and National Tours: Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Bullets Over Broadway, Les Misérables, Big Fish, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys. Selected OffBroadway: The Other Josh Cohen; Clueless; Gloria: A Life; Smokey Joe’s Café; Here Lies Love; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Selected Regional: Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, The Old Globe, Westport Country Playhouse, Asolo Rep. tararubincasting.com
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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY BOND THEATRICAL GROUP (Marketing & Publicity Direction) is a fully independent booking, marketing, and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour marketing and booking projects include Blue Man Group, CATS, Clueless, Girl from the North Country, First Date, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kathleen Turner’s Finding My Voice, Latin History for Morons, An Officer & A Gentleman, Once on this Island, and Spamilton. Current marketing and publicity projects include Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, Moulin Rouge!, Oklahoma!, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, and The Prom. THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency). Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group has represented 25 Tony Award-winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current touring productions include: Hamilton; Anastasia; Come From Away; Dear Evan Hansen; Hello, Dolly! starring Betty Buckley; The Book of Mormon; School of Rock; Waitress; On Your Feet!; Rent: The 20th Anniversary Tour; Fiddler on the Roof; The Play That Goes Wrong; The Color Purple and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Future productions include: The Cher Show; Mean Girls; My Fair Lady; Pretty Woman, and To Kill a Mockingbird. JUDITH SCHOENFELD (Production Supervisor). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, If/Then, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens. Also many other productions Off-Broadway and regionally, including Dear Evan Hansen at Second Stage Theatre and Arena Stage. She is happy to be a part of the Dear Evan Hansen family. JASON BROUILLARD (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Big Fish, SpiderMan, The Best Man, Bonnie & Clyde, Baby It’s You, West Side Story, Jersey Boys, LoveMusik, Hairspray, Frog and Toad, Dance of The Vampires, The Civil War. Tours: Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin, John Lithgow: Stories by Heart, Ragtime, Company, Chess. Off-Broadway: Sakina’s Restaurant, If I Forget, Trip of Love, Satchmo At The Waldorf. Alliance Theatre: Ever After. Paper Mill Playhouse: Half Time. Tennessee P.A.C.: Part of the Plan. MICHAEL KRUG (Stage Manager) has worked in hundreds of theaters, on thousands of performances, seen by millions of people
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around the world. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.” DFTBA. TRAVIS COXSON (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Choir Boy, The Iceman Cometh, Groundhog Day. Tour: The King and I (First National). Other: Dear Evan Hansen (Toronto), Roman Holiday (Golden Gate), MTC, Second Stage, Signature, Williamstown, Bucks County, Two River Theatre. Ithaca College Theatre Arts Graduate. JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Supervisor) is Hillary Blanken, Ana Rose Greene, Guy Kwan, Joseph DeLuise, Sadie Alisa, Victoria Bullard, Ross Leonard and Christopher Batstone. Over the last 20 years, JSP has helped create over 60 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, over 20 national tours, and numerous Las Vegas productions. Currently on Broadway and touring: Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway, King Kong, The Prom, The Band’s Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once on This Island, Come From Away, Waitress, Beautiful, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. SASH BISCHOFF (Associate Director). Credits include Long Division (PCS), Flee (NYSAF), FMK (New Ohio), Candyland (Ars Nova), Shrek (National Tour), Hunter John and Jane (Jack), The White Party (Clubbed Thumb), Babs the Dodo, Swept (Williamstown), Hotel (Civilians), Flee (Colt Coeur), Mine (Chautauqua). Princeton University. sashbischoff.com ADAM QUINN (Associate Director). NYC based director/writer. Quinn has worked at The Public, 2econd Stage, 5th Avenue, Paper Mill, Goodspeed and the Asolo Rep, among others. For television, Quinn served as Associate Producer of RENT LIVE on Fox. Endless love and gratitude to my family and every teacher. BFA: University of Michigan. adamquinn.net DANNY SHARRON (Associate Director) is a Brooklyn-based director of new plays. Recent directing: The Model American (Williamstown, world premiere). Associate: The Public Theater, MTC, Playwrights Horizons, Old Globe, Huntington. Fellowships: NYTW, Williamstown, Drama League. BA/BS University of Florida. Full credits: dannysharron.com
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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY JONATHAN WARREN (Associate Choreographer). Broadway/tour: Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, The Sound of Music, A Night With Janis Joplin. International: Wicked (Mexico City). Regional: La Cage aux Folles, West Side Story, A Night With Janis Joplin, Cats, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The Hot Mikado. Film: Outside Providence. MARK MYARS (Associate Choreographer). Associate: The Cher Show, My Fair Lady, SpongeBob Squarepants, War Paint, If/Then. Supervisor: Wicked. Choreographer: Dancin’ Broadway! (Tour), Joseph... (Casa Mañana). markmyars.com LIZ CAPLAN VOCAL STUDIOS, LLC. (Vocal Consultant). Broadway/West End/ Tours: Ain’t Too Proud; Tina: The Musical; King Kong; Frozen; SpongeBob; Oh, Hello; Hedwig; Once; Book of Mormon; Aladdin; American Idiot; Rock of Ages. Film: Shame; Les Misérables; The Greatest Showman (Supervising Vocal Producer); Pixar’s Coco; The Lego Movie 2. TV: SNL; The Get Down (Netflix); NBC’s The Wiz, Peter Pan Live; Colbert; Tony Awards, Academy Awards. Lizcaplan.com BUIST BICKLEY (Production Properties Supervisor). Select Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1 and 2, SpongeBob SquarePants, Disney’s Frozen (co-supervisor), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and National Tour), Dear Evan Hansen, It’s Only a Play, Act One, The Nance, Other Desert Cities. Other Credits: Moulin Rouge (Boston), Fun Home (National Tour). RANDY COHEN (Keyboard Programmer). Cohen Keyboards has programmed over 70 Broadway shows including Hamilton, Frozen, The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Anastasia, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Once on This Island, Pretty Woman, and Head Over Heels. STACEY MINDICH (Producer) has treasured the journey of developing Dear Evan Hansen, taking this original musical from a long-ago lunch with its composers to workshops to D.C.’s Arena Stage to Second Stage, and now to its Tony Award–winning run on Broadway, and on its first National Tour across the United States. The finest traveling companions: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Steven Levenson, Michael Greif, Alex Lacamoire, three superb casts, and the extended creative team. Recently, Dear Evan Hansen had its International Premiere at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre. Coming up next: a London
production at the Noël Coward Theatre, opening in November. A two-time Tony Awardwinner, Mindich has produced more than 20 shows on and Off-Broadway. Highlights include The Bridges of Madison County, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lucky Guy, and The Lion. She is the recipient of the 2016 Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Producing and a 2018 Grammy Award winner for the Dear Evan Hansen original cast recording. Mindich is also the board co–chair of New York City Center and a founding board member of The Lilly Awards. Most beloved productions, with husband Eric Mindich: Russell, Danny, Charlie. MICKEY LIDDELL (Co-Producer). Mickey Liddell/LD Entertainment produced Jackie, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Anthropoid, Disconnect, and Go; and co-produced Broadway’s Angels in America and Sunday in the Park with George. HUNTER ARNOLD (Co-Producer). Select Broadway & West End: Hadestown (Tony Award), The Inheritance (Olivier Award), Once on This Island (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Anastasia, Kinky Boots (Tony Award and Olivier Award), and more. CAIOLA PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Luigi and Rose Caiola. Tony Awards: Once on This Island, Dear Evan Hansen, The Color Purple, All The Way, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Upcoming: Jagged Little Pill, The Inheritance. DOUBLE GEMINI PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Wendy Federman and Carl Moellenberg collectively have 18 Tony awards. Thrilled with how many people have been very moved and touched by this show. FAKSTON PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Ken Fakler and Dan Stone are thrilled to be part of the Broadway and National Tours of Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award). Productions include: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, How to Succeed..., and Catch Me If You Can. ROY FURMAN (Co-Producer). Current productions: Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award), The Book of Mormon (Tony), Moulin Rouge, Mean Girls, Tina. Other Tony-winning productions include: Hello, Dolly!; The Humans; The Color Purple; Spamalot; War Horse; Curious Incident…. Vice Chairman Jefferies LLC, Vice Chairman Lincoln Center.
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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY HARRIS KARMA PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Dede Harris/Sharon Karmazin have collectively produced over 67 theatrical productions worldwide, including 47 Broadway shows, winning 12 Tony Awards, 15 Drama Desk Awards, 5 Olivier Awards. ON YOUR MARKS GROUP (Co-Producer) is a theatrical production company established by award-winning producers Alan D. Marks, Barbara Marks, Scott H. Mauro. With gratitiude to our investors, families, friends, and our show’s creators. DARREN BAGERT (Co-Producer) is a Tony Award-winner with other productions this year including Ain’t Too Proud and Moulin Rouge. Darren directed Ralph Lauren’s 50th Anniversary Fashion Show among others. ROGER & WILLIAM BERLIND (Co-Producers). Recent Tony winning Broadway productions include: The Book of Mormon; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; and A View from the Bridge. BOB BOYETT (Co-Producer). Broadway (partial): Tootsie; To Kill A Mockingbird; Hillary and Clinton; King Kong; Dear Evan Hansen; An Act of God; Ann; One Man, Two Guvnors; Rock N Roll; The Drowsy Chaperone; War Horse; South Pacific; The Coast of Utopia; The History Boys; and Spamalot. COLIN CALLENDER (Co-Producer) is an award-winning producer. Broadway includes Lucky Guy, Casa Valentina and Tony-winners Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. CAITLIN CLEMENTS (Co-Producer) made her Broadway producing debut with Dear Evan Hansen. Proud alumna of William & Mary and NYU/Tisch. Special thanks to Stacey and 101. Much love and gratitude to my family. FREDDY DEMANN (Co-Producer). Freddy DeMann-produced shows have won Pulitzers a/o Tonys. Proof, Top Dog Underdog, Take Me Out, Spring Awakening, Hamilton. DANTE DI LORETO (Co-Producer). Productions include Funny Girl (London), The Glass Menagerie, Festen, Primo (Broadway). For television, Executive Producer including The Normal Heart, Glee, American Horror Story, and Temple Grandin. BONNIE & KENNETH FELD (Co-Producers). Kenneth Feld is Chairman and CEO of Feld Entertainment, the global
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leader in live, family entertainment. Bonnie Feld is Chairwoman of Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia. FICKSTERN PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Steve Fickinger developed hits Newsies, Aladdin for Disney. Currently producing for Warner Bros. David I. Stern wrote/produced: Mozart in the Jungle, Free Birds, Geppetto, Snapshots, Open Season series. ERIC & MARSI GARDINER (Co-Producers). Credits: Jersey Boys (Tony) New York and Worldwide. Memphis (Tony), The Elephant Man, Gigi, Les Liaisons Dangerous, Allegiance. The Gardiner’s have supported the Arts for many years. Marsi serves on the Leadership Council of Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. We share our passion for Theatre with Family and Friends. ROBERT GREENBLATT (Co-Producer). Chairman, Warner Media Entertainment (HBO, Turner). Formerly ran NBC, showtime and FBC; pioneered NBC’s live musicals from Sound of Music to Jesus Christ Superstar. Tony Awards: Dear Evan Hansen, A Gentleman’s Guide. Golden Globe and Peabody for Six Feet Under. JERE HARRIS & DARREN DEVERNA (Co-Producer). Jeremiah J. Harris: Founder and chairman/CEO of Production Resource Group. Darren P. DeVerna: CEO of Global Theatre of Production Resource Group. Producing credits include the upcoming production of Diana The Musical. Co-producing credits include the upcoming productions of Jagged Little Pill and Beetlejuice. Both are also partners in Grove Entertainment. JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Co-Producer) family of companies includes Broadway Across America and Broadway. com, under 13-time Tony winning producer John Gore (Chairman & CEO). MIKE KRIAK (Co-Producer). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, The Prom. Lincoln Center Theater Board Member. Media Circle Global Lead for ConsenSys, formerly, Chief Operating Officer at Mashable. DAVID MIRVISH (Co-Producer) is based in Toronto where he owns and operates four major theaters. He also produces throughout Canada, on Broadway and in London’s West End. EVA PRICE (Co-Producer) is a two-time Tony Award-winning producer. Credits: Oklahoma!. Jagged Little Pill, Angels in America, Dear Evan Hansen, On Your Feet!,
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Peter and the Starcatcher, Cruel Intentions, Small Mouth Sounds. ZEILINGER PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer) is a Tony Award-winning New York and London-based production company with over 30 credits on Broadway and in the West End. zeilingerproductions.com. ADAM ZOTOVICH (Co-Producer). The Color Purple, An American in Paris, Legally Blonde, A View From the Bridge, Driving Miss Daisy, Evita, Of Mice and Men. AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP (Co-Producer). The world’s number-one theatre company with 45 venues worldwide, an award-winning producer and the market leader in theatre ticketing. INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK (Co-Producer) is a consortium of 40 of the leading Broadway in cities throughout America. Broadway tours: Hello! Dolly; Waitress; Kinky Boots; and On Your Feet!. THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Co-Producer). Under the leadership of Philip J. Smith, Chairman, and Robert E. Wankel, President, Shubert owns and operates 17 Broadway theatres and six Off-Broadway venues. The company has produced and co-produced hundreds of plays and musicals. ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER (Co-Producer and Originating Theater), led by Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie, is a national center in Washington, D.C. dedicated to American voices and artists. arenastage.org. SECOND STAGE THEATRE (Co-Producer and Originating Theater). Under the artistic direction of Carole Rothman, Second Stage produces a diverse range of premieres and new interpretations of America’s best contemporary theater. 2ST recently renovated the historic Helen Hayes Theater making it the only permanent home on Broadway dedicated exclusively to living American playwrights. 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. (Executive Producer & General Manager). Partners Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their company in 1994. Recent Broadway productions: Betrayal starring Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox; Pretty Woman: The Musical; Tony Award-winning Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway, Tour, Toronto, London); Burn This starring Adam
Driver and Keri Russell; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon. General Managers include Chris Morey, Ron Gubin, Jeff Klein, and Rina Saltzman, Associate General Manager.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN TOUR STAFF Broadway Opening Night: December 4, 2016 - Music Box Theatre Tour Opening Night: October 5, 2018 - Buell Theater, Denver, CO STACEY MINDICH PRODUCTIONS Caitlin Clements, Associate Producer/Creative Content Director Anna Pitera, DEH Global Marketing Director Lynn Matsumoto, Executive Assistant to the Producer Milo Shucavage, Office Coordinator and Tracy Geltman, Chief Operating Officer GENERAL MANAGEMENT 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. Wendy Orshan Jeffrey M. Wilson Ron Gubin Jeff Klein Chris Morey Ed Nelson Rina L. Saltzman Bryana Barry Beth Blitzer Michael Clinton James Robert Collins Emily Crebbin Rebecca Ferrer Kathy Kim Robert Nola Rebecca Roberson Gabrielle Stuart Steve Supeck Peter Knepper Joe Hetterly Jessica Sandler COMPANY MANAGER DEANN L. BOISE Associate Company Manager............................... Laura Quintela Company Manager Assistant....................................Robert Gallo
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MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP DJ Martin Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Marc Viscardi Nicholas Jaech NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVES DKC/O&M Rick Miramontez Samantha Wolfin grapevine public relations Molly Barnett Chelsea Nachman TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart Laura Kolarik, Stephanie Ditman www.thebookinggroup.com CASTING TARA RUBIN CASTING Tara Rubin, CSA, Merri Sugarman, CSA Laura Schutzel, CSA Kaitlin Shaw, CSA Claire Burke, CSA Peter Van Dam, CSA Felicia Rudolph, CSA Xavier Rubiano, CSA Louis DiPaolo Kevin Metzger-Simson Juliet Auwaerter WEST COAST CASTING CONSULTANT Telsey + Co. DIRECTING ASSOCIATE Adrienne Campbell-Holt LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin Conrad Rippy Susan Mindell Daniel Watkins Emily Erstling Kevin Hess PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Ana Rose Greene Guy Kwan Joseph DeLuise Victoria Bullard Ross Leonard Sadie Alisa PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Judith Schoenfeld Assoc. General Managers........................................ Chris Morey, Ron Gubin Production Stage Manager....................................................Jason Brouillard Stage Manager...........................................................................Michael Krug Assistant Stage Manager.........................................................Travis Coxson Associate Directors...................Sash Bischoff, Adam Quinn, Danny Sharron Associate Choreographers............................. Jonathan Warren, Mark Myars Associate Scenic Designer................................................ Amanda Stephens Associate Costume Designer..........................................Steven M. Rotramel Assistant Costume Designer.................................................... Sarafina Bush Costume Assistants............................................... Chris Hynds, Amy LeGore Associate Lighting Designer.............................................................Ken Wills Assistant Lighting Designer...................................................Jessica Creager 2nd Assistant Lighting Designer..................................... Amanda Clegg Lyon Associate Projections Designer......................................................Dan Scully Lead Projection Editor..............................................................Andrew Bauer Projection Editor....................................................... Dan Vatsky, Kate Ducey Associate Sound Designer...........................................................Jessica Paz Associate Hair Designer............................................ Daniel Scott Mortensen Makeup Consultant................................................................. J. Jared Janas Vocal Consultant...........................................Liz Caplan / Fernanda Douglas Production Carpenter.............................................................. Chad Woerner Production Electrician............................................................Jeremy Wahlers Production Sound.......................................................................Nick Borisjuk Production Advance Sound.................................................. Daniel Lundberg Production Video...................................................................Asher Robinson Production Props........................................................................ Buist Bickley Assistant Production Props.....................................................Chris Kavanah Moving Light Programmer...................................................... Scott K. Tusing Projection Programmer....................................................Benjamin Keightley Music Coordinators....................................... Michael Aarons, Michael Keller Music Assistant...................................................................... Brittany Bonney Assistant Keyboard Programmers..................Sam Starobin, Taylor Williams, Timothy Crook Guitar Programmer....................................................................Dillon Kondor Management Assistant...........................................................Gabrielle Stuart Company Management Production Assistant............................. Glory Walsh Stage Management Production Assistants..............................Travis Coxson, Bryanna Meloni, Amy Steinman Music Executive for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.....................Jordan Carroll Assistant to Benj Pasek..................................................................... Aly Solot Assistant to Justin Paul.................................................................Abby Faber Assistant to Steven Levenson..................................................Matt Steinberg
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TOURING CREW HEAD CARPENTER....................................................... KEVIN HOEKSTRA Flyman Carpenter.......................................................................Jason Edens Automation Carpenter.............................................................Randy DeBoer Assistant Carpenter.....................................................................Chris Weber Advance Carpenter......................................................................Geoff Keller Head Electrician.............................................................................. Erik Plath Assistant Electricians.......................................... Rob Connors, Erin Yoshida Advance Electrician/Video..................................................Michael Anderson Head Audio.............................................................................Mackenzie Ellis Assistant Audio........................................................................... Tyler Ponath Advance Audio..........................................................................Miriam Milder Head Props..............................................................................Lonnie Goertz Assistant Props.....................................................................Carlos Wauman Head Wardrobe...........................................................................Kristina May Assistant Wardrobe................................................................ Matthew Myers Hair & Wig Supervisor.......................................................... Jessica McGinty Physical Therapy..........Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc. / Carolyn Lawson Medical Director....................................................................... Dr. Craig Weil Accountant..........................................................WithumSmith + Brown, PC/ Robert Fried, Karen Kowgios, Anthony Moore, CPAs Controller......................................................Galbraith & Co./Sarah Galbraith Advertising/Insights/Marketing..................................................Serino Coyne Angelo Desimini, Matt Upshaw, Anna Pitera, Jackie Sheehan, Tom Callahan, Gerri Sterne, Brian DeVito, Bradlie Yanniello, Leslie Barrett, Emily Stockton-Brown, Bailey Howell Digital, Interactive & Content Marketing............................................Situation Damian Bazadona, Jeremy Kraus, Mollie Shapiro, Rachel Baldock, Stephanie Sciandra, Mara Winkler, Nicole Lemieux, Matt Miller, Eric Maxwell, Jacqui Thomas Banking.............................................................................City National Bank Insurance................................................................. DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Housing............................................................Road Concierge / Lisa Morris Air Travel.............Tzell Travel / Andi Henig, Alan Braunstein, Jeanne Lafond Merchandising..................................................Creative Goods Merchandise Merchandise Manager............................................................. Jeffry Heitman Key Art Design....................................................................... Matthew Cohen Production Photographer.....................................................Matthew Murphy Production B-Roll.........................................................................HMS Media Payroll Services............................................................... Checks & Balances Trucking....................................................................................Clark Transfer Company Mascots...............Katie, Scout, Butler, Gatsby and Winston Jones
SPECIAL THANKS
Jack Viertel; Craig Kallman, Pete Ganbarg (Atlantic Records) Microsoft; National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution Holly Sutton; Michael Leibring; Gregg Arst; Ryan Sparks; Michael Altbaum; Randi Zuckerberg
CREDITS
Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies. Show control and scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC, New Windsor, NY. Scenic elements provided by Daedalus Design and Production, Inc. Lighting Equipment from PRG Lighting. Audio Equipment from PRG Audio. Video projection system provided by Worldstage. Props built by: Behind The Mule Studio, Genesis Upholstery, and Brenbri Props. Evan Polo by By Barak LLC. Costume support by: Gene Mignola, Cego Shirtmakers, Timberlake Studios Inc., and Jeff Fender Studio Inc. Cover photo by Joan Marcus and Margo Schulman. Hosiery and undergarments provided by Bra*Tenders. Props trucking by JP Carrier. Upholstery by R Ramos Upholstery.
PHOTO CREDITS
Photos, including those under Creative Commons license, are credited to (OvO), @abrunvoll, 123rf, acheron0, Adrienne Wichard-Edds, Aidan Sage, Alan, Alexis Evans-Krueger, Alisha Vargas, Alka Phi, Andrea, Andrew Bauer, Andrew Tseng, Andy Arthur, AndyCunningham, Art by David Evans, Ashley Bischoff, Astacus, babyratio, Barabeke, Becky, BellaGaia, bet- yarlaca, biwanoki, buzzbo, CAHairyBear, Casey Bisson, Cesar Garza, Cheyenne Michaels, Chris Burke, Chris Goldberg, Chris Macke, Christa Terry, Christian Kortum, Christin Bela, chusall, Cl@rabella, Constantinis, Crimic Gulmatico, Curtis Fry, Dale Bush, Daniel Ernst, Daniel Hoherd, Daniel Kulinski, Darren Hester, David Goehring, Davide Costanzo, Debby Conway, Desert Bus For Hope, dfb, Dimitris Plantzos, Dustin Moore, Ed Yourdon, Eivind Senneset, Elias Rovielo, eltpics, Emily Eidenberger, Eric Wagner, Erica M, European Roads, Eva Swap, Fabian Sanhueza, Florian Seroussi, Garen Meguerian, Giles Watson, Glenn Austerfield, Gordon, gpointstudio, Grellan, Haleyface, Hamner_Fotos, Hayati Manshor, HeatherBie, indieclectic, Irina Fuks, IRRI Photos, Isra Se Go, ItzaFineDay, Ivana Vasilj, Jacob Gube, Jacob Loupe, jacqueline-w, jakubzak, James Emery, Jeff Dannaldson, Jerry Meaden, Jessie, Jessie Eastland, Jim Roberts, Jim Scott, Joe Diaz, Joel Abroad, Joel Ackerman, John Loo, Jonathan Yao, Jorge Montiel, Jory, Julie Faist, Julie Jordan Scott, julochka, Kamil Medryk, Karen Broz, Kendra Goering, Kevin Miller, Kim F, Kim Tairi, Kit, kittencakes, Kurt & Julie Faist, Lauren Vandevier, ljubaphoto, Loren Kerns, m-imagephotogra- phy, Margarett Harrison, Maria Fernanda Aristizabal M., Maria Morri, Massimo Ankor, Massimo Ankor, Matthew Glover, Melissa Ingram, Mighty Mighty bigmac, Miguel Ariel Contreras Drake-McLaughlin, Mike F., Mike Faist, Mike Gifford, miuenski miuenski, Munchen, Museum im Residenzschloss, Kaisersaal, Nanda, Nathan Kemmerer, neeroc1, noisy nisroc, oddobjects, Patricia, Paul Bausch, Paul Jacobson, Paul Johnson Pahotography, Petar Chernaev, Peter Kemmer, Philip, Presidio of Monterey, PRODavide Costanzo, Rachel Barenblat, Radist, Randy McDonald, Rasica, Ridofranz, rik-shaw, Roadsidepictures, Robert Hutton, Robert Lochner, Rodrigio Della Favera, Rodrigo Della Favera, Rodrigo Della Favera, Rodrigo Sรก Barreto, Rogan Templer, Ron Lute, rubyblossom., Ruth Sattler, Samandel.com, Shari Alisha, Shirin Tinati, smashpopnineteen, Stefan Klocek, tanakawho, Taylor McBride, Thanh Pham, the autowitch, The Wolves Of Bathlam, Tito Perez, TNS Sofres, Tomasz Konefal, Tommy Ga-Ken Wan, Tony & Wayne, Tony Baldasaro, Tony Hammond, Travis Baugh, Universal Pops, Unknown, US Army Africa, Virginia (Ginny) Sanderson, Wade Tregaskis, Wendy Brown, Will Wysong, mosalumni.info
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This production was rehearsed and photographed at THE NEW 42nd STREET STUDIOS, New York, NY Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at THE BUELL THEATER in Denver, CO DearEvanHansen.com Facebook: @DearEvanHansen Twitter: @DearEvanHansen Instagram: @DearEvanHansen
The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
The use of cell phones during the performance is prohibited by law. The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
Thirsty? Enjoy a Texas craft beer at Texas on Tap located on Level 3 of Bass Concert Hall. Wine, frozen cocktails, and non-alcoholic bottled beverages also available.
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Venue Fast Facts Texas Performing Arts is home to five venues on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. Each of our venues has features that set the stage for cultural contributions in Central Texas.
Read more about our venues at texasperformingarts.org
Bass Concert Hall
• Seats 2,900 guests • Renovated in 2007 with Green initiatives • Home of Lexus Broadway in Austin
McCullough Theatre
• Seats 400 guests • 30-foot proscenium stage • Hosts The University of Texas Butler Opera Center
Bates Recital Hall
• Seats 700 guests • Houses the country’s largest tracker organ • Located inside the Butler School of Music Building
• Seats 244 guests • Located inside the Winship Drama Building
B. Iden Payne Theatre
• Seats 500 guests • Home to Department of Theatre and Dance student productions
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Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
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2019–20 2019–20 ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL SERIES SERIES PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
Martha Redbone Bone Hill: The Concert
Feb 1
McCullough Theatre
“Martha Redbone’s voice held both the taut determination of mountain music and the bite of American Indian singing.” – The New York Times PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KLRU-TV This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Photo by Craig Bailey / Perspective Photo
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Texas Inner Circle Texas Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the financial support of our donors. Each year, thousands of students throughout the region enjoy the performing arts thanks to your generosity.
Donations made as of Sep 17, 2019 Please note that the donor acknowledgment page is updated each semester. Texas Performing Arts values every gift received. However, we regret that limited space does not allow us to list every donor. For information on ways to give, please call the membership office at 512.232.8567 or email us at support@texasperformingarts.org
BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE $6,000+
Julie and Steve Avery Jannis and Robert B. Baldwin III Christie and Jason Barany Dianne and Robert Brode Joe Batson Virginia and Gilbert Burciaga Marianne and Mario Davila Joanne Guariglia Dan Jackson and Jeremy Guiberteau Eric and Angie Mischke Stephanie L. Perkins Sarah and Berny Schiff PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $3,000-5,999
Drs. Lynn Azuma and Brian Hall Carolyn R. Bartlett Lee Carnes Edwina P. Carrington Suzanne and Bill Childs Daniel Curnock Joan G. Dentler Jeffrey Dwyer Maria Dwyer Matthew B. Ely Jessica and Marc Evans Susan and Lee Gammill Jorge and Linda Garcia Cynthia S. Glover and Dwight C. Williams Susan and Barry Goodman Juan M. Guerrero, M.D. Lisa Harris Mellie and Tom Hogan Jessica Jansen and Michael Cicchella Gary C. Johnson Cathy and James Kratz Gretchen and Lance Kroesch Thomas and Ashley Loftus Sue and Gary Lowe Julia Marsden Sheryl and Daniel McNichol Janis and Joe Pinnelli Gina and Don Reese Chuck Ross and Brian Hencey
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Tahira and Atta Sahibzada Kenneth Sandoval Dianne and Eugene Schoch, III Carolyn and Marc Seriff Syd Sharples Barry Smith Kathleen and Gilbert Soto Laura and David Starks Shari and Eric Stein Louann and Larry Temple Barbara Tocker Carole Tower and Matthew St. Louis Rebecca and Scott Van Den Berg Catherine and David Wilkes Annie Zucker Brian Zucker DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $1,200-2,999
Anonymous Kimberly Attallah Cathi Backor Bonnie L. Bain Becky Beaver Robert Biard Casey Blass and Lee Manford Robert Bloemhof Dave and Nancy Bourell Kim Britt Kara and Shelby Brown Kim and Thomas Reed Brown Peggy and Gary Brown Renee Butler Carol and Shannon Casey Farrah and Nathan Chelstrom Damien Clark Sue and Kevin Cloud John Coers Thomas Crowson Dr. Exalton and the Honorable Wilhelmina Delco Margaret Denena and Cliff Knowles Weslie and Stephen Elliott Barbara Ellis and Alex McAlmon Susan Epstein Kevin Espenlaub and John Hampton Laura L. Estes and Joyce A. Lauck Richard and Susan Farias Andrew C. Fear Lowell Feldman Family Jim Ferguson and Art Sansone Nanci L. Fisher Pamela and David Frager Sandra Freed Nancy Gary and Ruth Cude texasperformingarts.org
Cheryl and R. James George, Jr. Michael Gibertini and Kari Nations Brian Gleason Sharon and Bruce Golden Melissa and Rick Gorskie Sven and Robin Griffin Cheryl Gross Gabrielle and Gary Grossenbacher Richard Hartgrove and Gary Cooper Gladys M. Heavilin Mary Ann and Dr. Andrew Heller Raje Heyer Anne and Thomas Hilbert Amy and Jeffrey Hubert Frank Ikard Admiral and Mrs. B.R. Inman Donna and B.R. Israel Ben and Jenn Ivester Jo Ann Ivester John Izzo and Deb Tackett Donna and Edward King Kelley Knutson and Carol Walsh-Knutson Sheila Kothmann Calvin and Donna Lee Sue and Larry Lewellyn Ellen and Richard Leyh Stacy Libby Suzanne Lima Mr. and Mrs. George F. Littlejohn Jennifer and Christian Loew Gayle and Scott Madole Mr. and Mrs. W.F. McCasland Molly McDonald and Chad Hartmann Monica and Robert Meadows Jennifer and Jim Misko Mary and Lynn Moak Melissa Moloney and Chris Walk Glenn, Jennifer, Waylon, and Wyatt Muniz Carol Nelson Meri and Don Nelson Jeffrey Neumann Elizabeth and Dustin Norman Jacqueline and Shawn O’Farrell Cathy Oliver Wayne Orchid Leora Orent and Art Markman Connie and Sam Pate Michele and Roy Peck Nancy and Frank Petrone Shari and John Pflueger Liz and Jon Phelan Leslie Powell Debbie and Jim Ramsey Sara and Dick Rathgeber Alec Rhodes Linda and Robert Rosenbusch Alyssa Russell 37
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Dwain Aidala Mark Aitala Priscilla J. Alfaro Joe Annis Anonymous Austin Seal Co. Donna and Manuel Ayala King Florist Jana and Barry Bandera Travis and George Baxter-Holder Dr. Steven A. Beebe April Berman Carolyn and Jon Bible Carolyn and Andrew Birge Denis Blake Stephanie and Michael Blanck Robert Bracewell Christopher and Tira Brom Janice and Charlie Brown Kimberly Brown Scott Brown Kelly Canavan Shane Chambers Ken Ciani Sarah Compton Jeanette Cortinas
Elaine Daigle Wilma Dankovich Lorraine and John Davis Tricia and Paul Davis Lisa and Paul Delacruz Dr. and Mrs. Ben Denny Lucy Ditmore Susan and David Donaldson Sharon Duboise Cathleen and Michael Eady Susan and David Eckelkamp Sheila Ellwood Carol and Clint Fletcher Jane W. Fountain Elizabeth and Michael Frisch Katina and Matthew Gase Jon and Joanna Geld Sharon and Richard Gibbons Glenn and Nancy Gilkey Karen and Rowland Greenwade Jana and John Grimes Stephanie Guariglia Maria Gutierrez and Peter Nutson Tizzle Bizzle Hallock Cindy and John Hanly Amy and Peter Hannan Darcy and Rick Hardy Family Jennifer and John Harper Jennifer and Randall Harris Mrs. Julianna H. Hernandez Damon and Ella Holditch Marjorie and David Hunter Beth and Bill Ivers Kathleen and Jim Jardine Mary Beth and Dan Jester Jacqueline and Eric Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Johnston James Jones Susan and Richard Klusmann Jan and Orion Knox Aileen Krassner Kiehl and Michael Kiehl Amy and David Lambert Melanie C. Lewis Robin Lieberman Mary and Don Lorenz
Nancy and Dale Lowe Peggy Manning Steve and Roxanne Martin Tonya and Nicco Martinez Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Masullo Stephanie Mayes Ford McTee Dawn and Jason Melear Frances Ellen and Paul Metzger Pauline and Alfred Meyerson Mark Miller Rachel Monday and Willard Yankus James W. Moritz Denise Margo Moy Brian Neidig Margaret and Brian Nilson Dan and Deborah O’Neil Ann and Michael Owen Augustine Park Robert Pender Tami Pharr Kari and Brian Phenegar Suzanne Pickens and Douglas Hoitenga Kate and Scott Powers Javier Prado Eric Rabbanian Tom and Kit Randall Dawn and Thomas Rich Julie and Richard Schechter Betty Schnell Amy Shipherd Lawrence Sipos Katherine and Dennis Smith Raymond Smith Steven Smith Nancy Whitworth Spong Geeta and David Suggs Dona and Ali Tabrizi Stacy and Michael Toomey Cody Ulmer Jamie and Thomas Valigura Douglas P. Warner Saradee and Melvin Waxler Chrissie Welty Marie and Phil Wendell Leslie and Bryan Weston Brenda and Rex White, Jr. Michael Wilen Elise Winchester Micka and Richard Ziehr
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Director’s Council Volunteer Leadership in Action The Texas Performing Arts Director’s Council is a group of dedicated donors, sponsors, and volunteers committed to presenting world-class performances, providing students access to every performance on our stages, and building the next generation of audiences, artists, and presenters. We are grateful for their extraordinary support and dedication.
2019–20 COUNCIL MEMBERS
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Robert and Jannis Baldwin Becky Beaver Edwina Carrington Marianne and Mario Davila Laura Estes and Joyce Lauck Cynthia Glover and Dwight Williams Joanne Guariglia Stephanie Guariglia Rob Hagelberg Rhonda Hall Dan Jackson and Jeremy Guiberteau Julia Marsden Ashlee Olsem Stephanie L. Perkins Rachel Tocker Rebecca Van Den Berg Annie Solomon Zucker Brian Zucker
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The Team Rachel Durkin-Drga
HUMAN RESOURCES
Lindsay Long
Interim Director
Warren G. Whitaker
Judy Lister-Patrick
SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Human Resources Manager
Michael Malak
MARKETING
Karen Maness
Assistant to the Director
Tara Vela Associate Director BUSINESS OFFICE
Kristi Lampi Business Operations Manager
Lisa Carothers Administrative Associate, Business Affairs
Leigh Remeny Administrative Associate, Business Operations
Terri Waddle Senior Departmental Buyer, Business Operations CAMPUS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Judith Rhedin
Gene Bartholomew Director of Marketing & Communications
Lizzie Choffel Senior Graphic Designer
Danielle Culp Project Administrator
Erica De Leon Marketing Specialist, Digital Media
Romina Jara Marketing Coordinator, Media Buying & Settlements
Selena San Miguel Marketing Coordinator, Strategic Content
Production Events Manager Audio Supervisor Scenic Art Supervisor
Ashton Bennett Murphy Assistant Scenic Charge Artist
Travis Perrin Assistant Stage Supervisor
Dani Pruitt Production Events Manager
Hank Schwemmer Master Carpenter
Rebecca Switzer Prop Shop Supervisor PROGRAMMING
Cynthia Patterson Program Manager
Will Shirey
Assistant Director, Campus & Community Engagement
PRODUCTION
Brenda Simms
Assistant Director, Performance Logistics
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Scott Bussey
Assistant Director, Student Engagement
Program Coordinator, Education & Curriculum Development
Yvonne Kimmons
DEVELOPMENT
Technical Director
Ann Stafford
Seb Boone
Director of Development
Natalia Morgan Development Assistant
Rachel Schoen Stewardship Manager
Sarah Weidler Young Associate Director for Development
Susan Griffin Ticketing Services Manager
Master Electrician
Dianne Whitehair
Jeff W. Ellinger
Ticketing Systems Manager
Lighting Supervisor
Margaret Badasci
Phoebe Greene
Assistant Ticketing Services Manager, Event Operations
Production Operations Manager
Conrad Haden
Sarah Andrews
Carolyn Hardin
Concerts and Special Events Manager
Amber Goodspeed Broadway Events Manager
TICKET OFFICE
Sarah Cantu
GUEST SERVICES
Alec Pasquarella
Tim Rogers
Master Electrician
Stage Supervisor
Essential Series, Theatre & Dance and Guest Services Manager
Talent Buyer
Shade Oyegbola Assistant Ticketing Services Manager, Broadway and Theatre & Dance
Assistant Prop Shop Supervisor
Eric Vera
Jason Huerta
Assistant Ticketing Services Manager, Concerts & Essential Series
Associate Scenic Studio Supervisor
J. E. Johnson Scenic Studio Supervisor
Kenny Kuykendall Assistant Audio Supervisor
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Texas Performing Arts is also proud to acknowledge the hundreds of part-time and volunteer staff who play a critical role in presenting our annual season of world-class performing arts events to the Austin community.
House Managers Dina Black Virginia Bosman Margaret Byron Andrea Stanfill Castro Charlotte Coffee Carlos Hernandez Chuck Hesse Paige Horton Jean Humes Olga Kasma-Carnes Charlotte Klein
Sharon Kojzarek Eric Lee Ryan Monahan Shana Nichols Elisabeth Poigin Shannon Quinn Kimberly Hans Reaves Jessica Reed Ron Rizzato Mary Ruiz Gracie Sanders
Robyn Scott Josh Shandera Julie Spruell Debra Thomas Leah Waheed Kyle Walker Tonya Wood Sally Zukonik
Student Employees Jake Josephi Hannah Kambo Mikaela Kelarek Eddie Lambert Adriana Lara Juan Leyva Audrey Long Audrey Loomis Mila Luna Reilly Lunsford Zachary Markizer Diamante Martinez Adam Means Sean Meyers Basil Montemayor Julio MuĂąoz Hayley Naples Olivia Naworol Brian Nguyen Reese Niemietz Samuel Oladejo Alejandro Pallanes Alexandria Passanisi Indira Rampersad
Alyson Redland Morgan Riddle William Rios Alany Rodriguez Ericka Salas Sophia Savellos Christian Scheller Jessica Sell Brisa Shaw Madison Sheridan Rebekah Singleton Katherine Stam Brenda Stanfill Ariane Stier Rohan Teredesai Tania Torres Noah Tucker Hemma Uzoh Henry Wheatley-Ruther Nathan Wilton Kamrey Windham Christian Wintz Rebecca Wrench
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Laura Baglereau Zoe Bihan Haley Brower Charlotte Brumbelow Maria Burgee Lindsay Coleman Oscar Corpus Jessica Curneal Antonio Dorantes Alyssa Finger Rogers Flores Lina Garcia Daniel Geld Laura Adriana Godinez Sarah Gomez Vivian Gonzalez Madeleine Hayes David Hernandez Isabella Hollis Hannah Hurst Emily Hyatt Mayre Jane Elizabeth Jantz Alexandra Jereb Taylor Jones
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AXIS Dance Company
Feb 15
Bass Concert Hall
“Fearless and contemporary, and inventive and reinvigorated. AXIS is breaking artistic ground.” – San Francisco Chronicle PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ART SPARK TEXAS AND KUT-FM Photo by David DeSilva
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2019–20 ESSENTIAL SERIES PERFORMANCE
Lisa Lampanelli’s Losin’ It!
Mar 26–27
McCullough Theatre
“I decided stand-up comedy really wasn’t for me anymore. It wasn’t making my heart happy. So, I created Losin’ It!, a show using comedy to talk about weight and body issues, which are things I’ve struggled with for years. This is so much more fulfilling!” – Lisa Lampanelli PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KUT-FM Photo by Jeremy Daniel
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TPA Team Creates McCombs Mural
A beautiful skyscape mural now appears outside the offices of the UT McCombs School of Business thanks to a team of students under the direction of Texas Performing Arts Scenic Art Supervisor Karen Maness. Maness was hired to lead the transformation of the concrete 147-foot wall outside staff offices into a calming environment for the McCombs employees. The team included Theatre and Dance senior Mikaela Kelarek, Theatrical Design graduate students Iman Corbani and Tucker Goodman, as well as Assistant Charge Scenic Artist Ashton Bennett Murphy. “When I visited the site, the existing wall felt heavy, dark, and imprisoning for the inhabitants of the offices,” Maness said. “My conceptual goal was to flip that perceived view to create a feeling of distance, openness and the infinite.
Now, each office has its own private view with an atmospheric sky that changes dramatically over the day as the sun, cloud cover, and weather patterns shift.” For the nine employees whose office windows look out to the wall, the mural completely transformed the bleak view into a serene scene. “With the mural in place, we now bask in a perpetually gorgeous skyscape,” said Matt Turner, a Marketing Researcher at McCombs. “Our blinds are usually open during the workday.” Despite many challenges, including time constraints and inclement weather, Maness provided mentorship that ensured students were able to contribute their ideas. Additionally, thanks to Maness and her team, the money that was budgeted for an outside contractor was repurposed to give each student team member a scholarship. Many departments collaborated to complete this project and Maness is grateful for the teamwork and opportunity. “It’s exciting to create monumental work for a public space that will transform an environment.”
“It’s exciting to create monumental work for a public space that transforms an environment.”
Photo by Ashton Bennett Murphy
Scenic Transformation:
Karen Maness
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ESSENTIAL SERIES
John Cameron Mitchell
The Origin of Love: The Songs and Stories of Hedwig
Feb 7, 2020
Bass Concert Hall
"The Origin of Love is a brand-new revelation, and John Cameron Mitchell is as relevant today as he has been for more than 20 years." – Broadway World Australia PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KLRU-TV Photo by Matthew Placek
$10 STUDENT TICKETS (K-12 and college) $12 MILITARY TICKETS
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Student Tickets Thanks to the generous support of donors last season, Texas Performing Arts provided $10 Student Tickets for Essential Series performances to more than 3,000 students. Your gift to the Student Ticket Fund means that for just $10 and their valid student ID, any student from any school can experience the excitement and inspiration of live performances by world-class artists. Share the experience of the performing arts that you love. Donate to the Student Ticket Fund today!
Visit texasperformingarts.org/support or call 512.232.8567 to make a gift.
*The Essential Series is our selection of fine arts shows; Bass Pass tickets are available for select Broadway shows and concerts. Photos by Lawrence Peart
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