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WELCOME! Growing up in Columbia, South Carolina I was taught through my community that homosexuality is wrong. I never saw gay couples together, walking hand-in- hand, or hugging. And kissing - forget it! I decided to hide my true feelings. I was an inthe- closet homosexual. Every year I would travel to New York City for one week and see as many shows as possible. It was my vacation. My escape. I was still struggling with the fact that I was gay when I first saw La Cage aux Folles. Harvey Fierstein was in the title role, Zaza, and at the end of the first act when his raspy voice bellowed the trumpeting anthem, “I Am What I Am,” tears began to stream down my cheeks. I was so moved by Albin’s proclamation, “life’s not worth a damn, ‘til you can say, ‘Hey world, I am what I am!’” At that moment, I decided it was time to open up my closet and I called my parents to come out. They didn’t take the news well, but slowly began to do research and become more familiar with the LGBTQ community. Together we were able to break down the years of prejudice and come to a place of acceptance.

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La Cage aux Folles was the first Broadway musical to center around two gay men and end the show with a romantic kiss. A story of love, marriage, acceptance and forgiveness. My wish is that every single person in the audience will be as moved as I was six years ago and exclaim, “I am what I am!” I invite you to open your eyes, your heart, and your mind… you have arrived at La Cage aux Folles.

ADVISORY BOARD

Matthew McCoy artistic director

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matthew McCoy, president Carnell Freeman Jon Gallo Kevin Kopjak Annette Lai

Daren A.C. Carollo Kimberly Dooley Wilson Hardcastle Benjamin Nguyen Jon Tracy

B AY ARE A M US ICA L S p re se n t s

book by by Harvey Fierstein music and lyrics by Jerry Herman based on the play by Jean Poiret

CAST

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Albin................................................................Michael RJ Campbell ● Georges............................................................................ Clay David Jean-Michel...................................................................Jack O'Reilly Jacob...................................................................... Joseph Alvarado Anne Dindon................................................................. Bessie Zolno Edouard Dindon......................................................Cameron Weston Marie Dindon.............................................................Mary Gibboney Hanna........................................................................ Patrick Brewer Phaedra......................................................................Michael Saenz Chantal.................................................................. Christopher Juan Monique...............................................................Malakani Severson Mercedes.......................................................................Lavale Davis Nicole..............................................................................RJ San Jose Francis, M. Renaud....................................................... Billy Raphael Jacqueline, Mme. Renaud...............................................Sarah Sloan ●

Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers La Cage aux Folles is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

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Director, Choreographer.......................................... Matthew McCoy Musical Director.................................................................. Jon Gallo Stage Manager..............................................................Andrew Abel Asst. Stage Manager.......................................................Holly Staten Technical Director.......................................................... Stewart Lyle Costume Designer.................................................. Brooke Jennings Scenic Designer.............................................................. Kuo-Hao Lo Lighting Designer .........................................................Joe D'Emilio ♦ Sound Designer........................................................ Julie Indelicato Sound Board Operator................................................. Jake Delgado Props Designer................................................................. Clay David Wig Designer....................................................... Jacqueline Dennis Make-Up Designers......................... Lavale Davis, Christopher Juan Directing Intern................................................................Sam Sherry Dance Captain............................................................Michael Saenz Master Electrician, Asst. Lighting Designer.....................Leo Hidalgo Dresser, Wardrobe Supervisor............................... Richard Gutierrez ♦ Member of United Scenic Artists Performance Dates:

July 7 to 31, 2016 Victoria Theatre , 2961 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 The performance runs approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. There will be one intermission. Please note the location of all exits. Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices. Photography, videotaping or other recording of this production is strictly prohibited. You may bring your concessions purchases into the theater. 2 | BAYSTAGES.COM • 2016.07

PRODUCTION TEAM Artistic Director, Founder ........................................ Matthew McCoy Managing Director .....................................................AeJay Mitchell Graphic Designer .......................................................... DC Scarpelli Photographer .................................................................. Ben Krantz Videographer .......................................................Cayleigh Goodson Publicist ...................................................................... Kevin Kopjak, Charles Zukow Associates LLC Master Carpenter .......................................................... Stewart Lyle Carpenter .......................................................................Noah Lange Box Office Manager ...................................................... Dori Daniels Volunteer/Usher Coordinator ..........................................Annette Lai House Manager ........................................................... Kathleen Lee Accountant .................................................................Kyle Marshalle

ORCHESTRA Keyboard ........................................................................... Jon Gallo Trumpet .......................................................................Sonja Lindsay Trombone .............................................................................Ken Yee Drums ............................................................................Eric Lawson Bass ................................................................................ Elan Sadeh Reed 1 ...........................................................................Hal Richards Reed 2 ..........................................................................William Berg SPECIAL THANKS: Berkeley Playhouse, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Altarena Playhouse, Clay David, Jeannie Graham, Palo Alto Players, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Ray of Light Theatre, Daniel Cadigan, Eric Johnson, Hillbarn Theatre, SoundProductions, Courtney Johnson, Charles Zukow Associates LLC, the staff at the Victoria Theater, the artistic team, cast, and crew for La Cage, and YOU… the audience!

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE Prelude ..............................................................................Orchestra “We Are What We Are” ......................................... Georges, Cagelles “Mascara” ................................................................. Albin, Cagelles “With Anne on My Arm” ...................................Jean-Michel, Georges “With You on My Arm” ................................................Georges, Albin “Song on the Sand” .............................................................Georges “La Cage aux Folles” ................Albin, Jacqueline, Francis, Cagelles “I Am What I Am” ...................................................................... Albin ACT TWO “Song on the Sand” (Reprise) ....................................Georges, Albin “Masculinity” .............................. Georges, Albin, M. & Mme. Renaud “Look Over There” ...............................................................Georges Cocktail Counterpoint ...... Georges, Edouard Dindon, Marie Dindon, Jean-Michel, Anne Dindon, Jacob “The Best of Times” .............................. Albin, Jacqueline, Company “Look Over There” (Reprise) .......................................... Jean-Michel “La Cage aux Folles” (Reprise).............................................Georges Finale ................................................................................. Company

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES JOSEPH ALVARADO (Jacob) is a

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San Francisco native and is honored to be among the talented cast and crew for La Cage aux Folles. Favorite roles include Bobby in Company, Bernardo in West Side Story, Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors, Bert Bratt in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Art O'Malley in Out of This World. Joey finds peace through swimming laps and taking naps with his kitties, Malcolm and Elliot. He is grateful to his family and friends for their unconditional love and support.

PATRICK BREWER (Hanna) is beyond excited to be making his Bay Area Musicals debut in La Cage aux Folles. Other roles include being an Ancestor and U/S for Uncle Fester and Mal Beineke in The Addams Family (Berkeley Playhouse), Mouthpiece in West Side Story (Broadway By the Bay), Lucas and Peter in Bare: A Pop Opera (SJS Theatrical Productions), Bobby in A Chorus Line (Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre), Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show (Boxcar Theatre Company) and prior productions of La Cage aux Folles as Mercedes (Contra Costa Civic Theatre) and Chantal and Phaedra (SDG). Patrick would like to thank his John for all his love and support. MICHAEL RJ CAMPBELL ● (Albin) comes to us from Sacramento. He is a company member at Sacramento Theatre Company, and his credits there include Mrs. Baden-Rotten, the evil stepmother in Cinderella, Sylvia St. Croix in Ruthless!, Pseudolous in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance. Other credits include Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Berkeley Playhouse, TBA Award nomination), Dr. Frank'n'furter in The Rocky Horror Show (Missouri Street Theatre Company), Lord Byron and The Creature in Frankenstein (B Street Theatre), Gomez in The Addams Family (6th Street Playhouse), Dave in The Full Monty (Sonoma Theatre Alliance) and Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera (California Stage). 4 | BAYSTAGES.COM • 2016.07

CLAY DAVID (Georges, Props

Designer) has enjoyed a career in the theater that has spanned acting, directing, artistic design and production management. His achievements in the theater have been recognized with the Theatre Bay Area Titan Award, the Dean Goodman Award, the Lee Hartgrave Fame Award and the Victor Borge Award. As artistic director of the Altarena Playhouse, he has garnered a 2015 TBA Award and six 2015 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award nominations. Clay has performed off-Broadway and in national tours and regional theatre. Favorite performances include the title roles in Amadeus, Hamlet and Timon of Athens, Le Vicomte de Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Valere in La Bête, Norman in The Dresser and Roat in Wait Until Dark. On the musical and opera stage he has played Lord Farquaad in Shrek The Musical, Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and Orestes in Elektra. He will be performing the title role in The Elephant Man at Altarena Playhouse in May 2017. His directing engagements have included the Blue Heron (New York), Connecticut Repertory Theatre and Jerry Rojo Environmental Theatre (Connecticut), Riverside Shakespeare Company (New York), Poculi Ludique Societas (Toronto, Canada) and San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theatre Center, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Zephyr Theatre, Zeum Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Lesher Center for the Arts. Clay is an audition coach and will be directing Our Town at the Altarena Playhouse this fall. claydavidstudio.com

LAVALE DAVIS (Mercedes, Make-

Up Designer) is honored to be a part of the first season of Bay Area Musicals. Born in Hawaii, but raised primarily in the Bay Area, he has been performing for over thirteen years. He was recently seen at Oasis as Karla in Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls. Some

favorite past roles include Jacob in La Cage aux Folles (Contra Costa Civic Theatre), Horse in The Full Monty (Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre), Seaweed in Hairspray (Stage 1 Theatre), the Bearded Lady in Side Show (Altarena Playhouse) and Buttons in Cinderella The Panto (Panto SF). When not performing in plays and musicals he is seen about town as Coco Buttah, his drag alter ego. He is so thrilled to get a chance to tell this timeless story again. Enjoy the show!

MARY GIBBONEY (Marie Dindon)

works as a stage and commercial actress in Northern California. She recently played Big Edie in Grey Gardens (Custom Made Theater Co.) and Polly Wyeth in Other Desert Cities (Piedmont Players). Other recent roles include Joanne in Company (Los Altos Stage Company), General Cartwright in Guys and Dolls, Mrs. Beaver in Narnia, the Stepmother in Cinderella and Mrs. Sowerberry in Oliver! (Berkeley Playhouse), Smokey Joe’s Café (Bus Barn Theatre) and performances in The Importance of Being Earnest (California Theatre Center), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Broadway By the Bay), Cabaret (Shotgun Players) and Copenhagen (Town Hall Theatre). She is thrilled to be a part of the Bay Area Musicals inaugural season.

CHRISTOPHER JUAN (Chantal,

Make-Up Designer) is excited to perform with Bay Area Musicals in their inaugural season. Most recently, he played Jeremy in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Bay Area Children’s Theatre) and was an ensemble member in Flower Drum Song (Woodminster Summer Musicals). Other favorite shows include The Song of the Nightingale (Altarena Playhouse), The Pirates of Penzance (Berkeley Playhouse), All Shook Up (Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre), Into the Woods (CCPA), and A Chorus Line and Urinetown (Douglas Morrisson Theatre). He can be seen (and occasionally heard) as drag queen Chi-Chi Kago at the Lookout in the Castro on the second Thursday of the month with Rice Rockettes, the premiere Asian drag troupe in San Francisco, to whom he dedicates

this performance. Lastly, thanks for supporting local theater!

JACK O'REILLY (Jean-Michel)

is excited to be making his San Francisco theatre debut with Bay Area Musicals. He was last seen performing in the Washington, DC area as Simon the Zealot in Jesus Christ Superstar, as Duke in The Great American Trailer Park Musical and as "every boyfriend you ever had" in 13 Men (Capital Fringe Festival, 2014). Previous theater credits include tick, tick... BOOM!, H.M.S. Pinafore, Chicago and The Darq Knight (Yale University). Jack spent a year touring with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale, performing all over the world. Much love to family and friends, near and far.

GIBBONEY

BILLY RAPHAEL (Francis, M.

Renaud) is thrilled to make his debut performance with Bay Area Musicals. Other Bay Area performances include Mr. Smee in Peter Pan (Berkeley Playhouse), Sir Toby Belch in the Twelfth Night (Shotgun Players), Charlie Cowell in The Music Man (Contra Costa Musical Theatre) and Uncle Louie in Lost in Yonkers (Contra Costa Civic Theatre). Billy has also performed with Downtown Theatre and Pinole Community Playhouse and will be making his debut with Ray of Light Theatre in Little Shop of Horrors this fall.

JUAN

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MICHAEL SAENZ (Phaedra) is excited

to be making his San Francisco acting debut with Bay Area Musicals. He has danced professionally with sjDANCEco and has enjoyed several featured solos and roles in José Limón's masterworks Mazurkas, Winged, There is a Time and Missa Brevis. Recent favorite credits include Angie and Weber in Gypsy (South Bay Musical Theatre), Neleus in Mary Poppins and as a featured dancer in Guys and Dolls (Cabrillo Stage), as featured dancer and dance captain in Chicago, as an Ancestor and dance captain in The Addams Family and as dance captain in Miss Saigon (Palo Alto Players), as Paul in A Chorus Line (Sunnyvale Community Players), and as Benjamin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Dreamcoat (West Valley Light Opera). 2016.07 • BAYSTAGES.COM | 5

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RJ SAN JOSE (Nicole) is ready

to express his inner drag queen realness as Nicole in La Cage aux Folles! Executive assistant by day, musical theatre performer by night, RJ has performed with numerous Bay Area theatre companies including Broadway By the Bay, Ray of Light Theatre, Bay Area Musicals, Woodminster Summer Musicals, Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre, Contra Costa Musical Theatre and Contra Costa Civic Theatre. Fave shows include Hairspray and In the Heights (Broadway By the Bay), The Rocky Horror Show (Ray of Light Theatre) and A Chorus Line (Woodminster Summer Musicals) In 2016, RJ participated in his third AIDS/LifeCycle, fundraising for HIV/ AIDS organizations by cycling 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles. During his free time, RJ enjoys tapping it back at SoulCycle, religiously watching Netflix, and making vegetable soup. Big thanks to my family and friends for their endless support. Love to David. Peace and OM. @rjsanjose

MALAKANI SEVERSON (Monique) is so excited and honored to be a part of the debut season at Bay Area Musicals. Born and raised on Oahu, favorite theatre credits include Sonny Malone in Xanadu, Jackie in The Wild Party, William Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Billy Whitmore in South Pacific and Carlos in Legally Blonde. Screen credits include the indie films B.E. (Ben) and It's Just Business (Logan), as well as a featured role on Hawaii Five-0 (Aaron Cole). He thanks his support system of loved ones, especially Bubba. As with every show, he dedicates this performance to his late grandma whose love and presence live on. SARAH SLOAN (Jacqueline, Mme.

Renaud) recently appeared as Maria in The Sound of Music (Contra Costa Civic Theatre), as Sister Mary Leo in Nunsense (Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre) and as Polly Perkins in There Goes the Bride

(Masquers Playhouse). At Role Players Ensemble, she portrayed Rose Maybud in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, Yum Yum in The Mikado (for which she was nominated for a Shellie Award) and Lily Miller in Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! Other roles include Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (San Francisco Cabaret Opera), Cherub in Der gedultige Socrates (San Francisco Early Music Society) and Lucy Brown in The Threepenny Opera. She has appeared with Lamplighter Music Theatre, Opera on Tap, Ross Valley Players, and as a featured soloist with Pleasanton Chamber Players and Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra at Lesher Center for the Arts. Sarah teaches singing in Dublin and is a successful commercial actor in the Bay Area.

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CAMERON WESTON (Edouard

Dindon) is thrilled to be part of inaugural season on Bay Area Musicals. His favorite Bay Area roles include Captain Walker in The Who’s Tommy (SFBATCC Excellence in Theatre Award nomination for Featured Actor - Musical, Ray of Light Theatre), Lank Hawkins in Crazy For You and Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun (Broadway By the Bay), Joe Frisco in Dirty Blonde, Simon Hutton in What's Wrong with Angry? and John Haddock in Lips Together, Teeth Apart (New Conservatory Theatre Center), Officer Lockstock in Urinetown, Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde and Hugh Dorsey in Parade (Palo Alto Players), Roger in A New Brain and George W. Bush in Bye-Bye, bin Laden! (Custom Made Theatre Co.) and Fredrik in A Little Night Music (Hillbarn Theatre). cameronweston.com

BESSIE ZOLNO (Anne Dindon) is excited to be part of the first season at Bay Area Musicals. Recent musical roles and productions include Chava in Fiddler on the Roof (Novato Theatre Company), Zaneeta Shinn in The Music Man (Berkeley Playhouse), Timon! (Theatre Rhinoceros) and The Boy from Oz (Landmark Musical Theatre). Other roles include Jessica in This is Our Youth (Marin OnStage) and Debbie in The Real Thing (Masquers Playhouse). Bessie has also participated in the development 2016.07 • BAYSTAGES.COM | 7

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WILLIAM BERG (Reed 2) is a young

multi-instrumentalist and San Francisco State University student. Although he is pursuing a bachelor of music degree in saxophone performance and jazz studies, he also enjoys playing flutes and clarinets in show pits (obviously), classical chamber groups, jazz bands and other groups. He is excited and humbled to be performing in his first San Francisco musical with Bay Area Musicals. Thanks to my mom for sending me to school, to Tessa for always being so supportive, to my teachers, peers and friends for helping me learn so much, and to our music director, Jon Gallo, for giving me this opportunity! And of course, big thanks to all of the audience members for supporting local theatre!

ERIC LAWSON (Drums) is excited

to be performing for his third show with Bay Area Musicals! He has a degree in music from the University of California, Santa Cruz where he studied drum set under the instruction of George Marsh. He enjoys practicing the art of drumming, recording and performing locally, and composing music.

SONJA LINDSAY (Trumpet) is an

Australian trumpet player who moved to the United States straight out of high school. She has played for numerous musicals including a national tour of Annie. She has performed with artists such as Lorin Maazel, Denyce Graves, Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons. Sonja has a bachelor of music in trumpet performance from New England Conservatory of Music and

a master's in trumpet performance from DePaul University and is an active freelance player and teacher in the Bay Area.

HAL RICHARDS (Reed 1) was born in New York City and has been performing and recording with many of the Bay Areas finest musicians since 1976. He currently performs with Jeff Sanford’s Cartoon Jazz Orchestra and Septet, the Berkeley Saxophone Quartet, the Dave Parker Quintet, the California Pops Orchestra and the Golden Gate Park Band. Hal has appeared with Carol Channing, Terry Gibbs, Eric Marienthal, Bill Perkins, Bob Florence, Omar Clay, Lenny Niehaus, Fred Radke, and at the North Beach Jazz Festival. Hal also performs with many original jazz and world music groups. Theatre and recording experience includes musical productions, multiple CD projects, television soundtracks, the Bay Area Revels, San Francisco Children’s Opera, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Magic Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Broadway By the Bay, Marines' Memorial Theatre, Berkeley Playhouse, Contra Costa Musical Theatre and the Peninsula Civic Light Opera. Classical endeavors have included various chamber groups and Bay Area orchestras, the Verismo Opera and a stint with the Guadalajara Symphony Orchestra. ELAN SADEH (Double Bass) is a

graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz studying upright bass and music theory. Elan has performed and studied jazz at the Colburn School under Lee Secard and has studied at the Stanford Jazz Workshop under scholarship. He enjoys writing experimental and rock music and has played in several rock groups including his current band, Lofter. Elan has played at many Bay Area venues, toured throughout the country and is excited to be a part of Bay Area Musicals!

KEN YEE (Trombone) attended

California State University, East Bay studying trombone under David Ridge. He is currently the low brass coach at Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle School and percussion coach at both Castro Valley High School and Dougherty Valley High School. 2016.07 • BAYSTAGES.COM | 9

Ken also teaches students of all ages privately in the Union City-Fremont area. An active freelance musician, Ken is currently the trombonist for the Mandala Octet and lead trombonist with the Mandala Orchestra. He recently finished touring China with his group, the Kenneth Yee Jazztet and was the featured trombone soloist with the Wedo Jazz Big Band. This is his first appearance with Bay Area Musicals.

special starring Angela Lansbury. Showtune, a revue of his life’s work, is performing in regional theaters around the country, and two of Jerry's classic songs are the emotional highlights of the hit Disney-Pixar film WALL-E. His string of awards and honors includes multiple Tony Awards, Grammys, Olivier Awards, Drama Desk Awards, the Johnny Mercer Award, the Richard Rodgers Award, the Oscar Hammerstein Award, the Frederick Loewe Award, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Theatre Hall of Fame and most recently The Kennedy Center Honors.

HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Book) is the author of the Tony-winning hit, Kinky Boots, as well as Torch Song Trilogy (Tony, Drama Desk and Obie Awards), La Cage aux Folles (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Newsies (Tony nomination), Casa Valentina (Tony nomination), A Catered Affair (twelve Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex (Ace Award), Legs Diamond, Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, Common Ground and more. He has recently rewritten The Wiz for live TV broadcast and penned a revised book for Funny Girl, currently running in London. His political editorials have been published in the New York Times, TV Guide and the Huffington Post and broadcast on PBS’s In the Life. His children’s book, The Sissy Duckling (Humanitas Award), is now in its fifth printing. As an actor, Mr. Fierstein is known worldwide for his performances in films including Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day and Bullets Over Broadway. On stage he appeared in Hairspray (Tony Award), Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy (Tony Award), and on TV in shows such as Smash, How I Met Your Mother, The Good Wife, Cheers (Emmy nomination), The Simpsons, Family Guy and Nurse Jackie.

MATTHEW M C COY ( D i r e c t o r , Choreographer) is proud to call San Francisco home. Before moving here in 2012, Matthew performed, directed, choreographed, and produced plays, musicals, cabarets and magic production shows both nationally and internationally. He has worked professionally in the regional theatre circuit as well as in Las Vegas, New York, Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio, Paris, London and Shanghai. Professional credits include Cinderella (director, choreographer), The Music Man (director, choreographer), Dracula (director), Little Shop of Horrors (director), Into the Woods (choreographer), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (director, choreographer), Bye Bye Birdie (choreographer), Shrek The Musical (director, choreographer), The Addams Family (director, choreographer), Mary Poppins (co-director, co-choreographer) and Fiddler on the Roof (choreographer). Matthew is the founder and artistic director of Bay Area Musicals and is extremely excited to share this story, centered around love and equality, with you.

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JON GALLO (Music Director, Keyboard)

Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles, home to some of the most popular, most often performed and most successful musical hero(in)es of all time. They have given Herman the distinction of being the only composerlyricist in history to have three musicals that ran more than 1,500 consecutive performances on Broadway. His first Broadway show was Milk and Honey (1961), followed by Hello, Dolly! (1964), Mame (1966), Dear World (1969), Mack & Mabel (1974), The Grand Tour (1979), La Cage aux Folles (1983) and Jerry’s Girls (1985).He also wrote Mrs. Santa Claus (1996), a CBS-TV

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is a Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo graduate with a minor in piano performance, studying under Dr. W. Terrance Spiller. He is currently the choir director and staff accompanist at Trinity Oakland and performs for special events around California. He has served as music director and pianist for a variety of musical theatre groups in the Bay Area and is currently the resident music director for Bay Area Musicals. Favorite performances include How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Bay Area Musicals), Mary Poppins, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Wizard of Oz, Godspell and The 25th

Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Thanks to Mom and Dad, and to Marisa: "You’re my favorite everything. XXOO."

JOE D'EMILIO ♦ (Lighting Designer) has designed for theatre, opera and dance, and tours as the lighting designer for the American circus company Cirque Mechanics. Recent designs include The Wild Party, Lizzie, The Rocky Horror Show, Heathers: The Musical (Ray of Light Theatre), Cardenio (American Conservatory Theater MFA Program), The Letters (Aurora Theatre Company), West Side Story (Broadway By the Bay) and The Full Monty (Contra Costa Musical Theatre). Joe’s designs have been nominated for both the TBA and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards, and he won a 2014 TBA Award for his lighting in Triassic Parq (Ray of Light Theatre). Joe is a graduate of the theatre arts program at San Francisco State University where he received his BA in lighting design. JAKE DELGADO (Sound Board

Operator) is thrilled to be working with Bay Area Musicals for the first time. A Bay Area native and current University of California, Los Angeles theatre major with a specialization in sound design, Jake has countless credits with sound design and engineering all around the Bay Area, as well as a growing resume with Dually Noted Theatre Company and Positivity Productions at UCLA. Some of his favorites include Urinetown, Rent, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Jake would like to thank the Matthew, Julie and the creative team of La Cage. Enjoy the show!

JACQUELINE DENNIS (Wig Designer) is thrilled to be making her wig designing debut with La Cage aux Folles! She holds a BA in music performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music and a master's in clinical psychology from the Wright Institute (#dayjob). You can normally find her on the stage and theatre credits include Nettie in The Color Purple (Hillbarn Theatre), Michelle Morris in Dreamgirls (Broadway By the Bay) and Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors (Altarena Playhouse). Endless thanks to the Bay Area theater community for their confidence and support, and to friends and family for their continued love!

RICHARD GUTIERREZ (Dresser, Wardrobe Supervisor) spent ten years performing with the Muhlenburg Summer Music Theatre and performed Off-Broadway at the Performing Garage and Theater for the New City. He loves playing two people as was the case in productions of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (Ninjaz Of Drama) and Measure For Measure, The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth (Theater of Others). He has also performed with the late great Civic Free Theater and with the 16th Street Players. He is the production manager for Landmark Musical Theatre where he has just completed the Bay Area premiere of The Boy from Oz. He enjoys working in all areas of theatre and is thrilled to be part of his first Bay Area Musicals production. JULIE INDELICATO (Sound Designer)

has been working in the San Francisco music scene for almost a decade. She is most known for her work on City College of San Francisco's Urinetown and Hick: A Love Story at Theatre Rhinoceros. More recently, she founded the independent theater company, Sapphic Underground, where she is artistic director. Although Julie has tried her hand at almost every aspect of the stage, with roles ranging from actress to director to sound engineer, she has found sound design to be the perfect combination of technical prowess and creativity and is very excited to be working on such an incredible show with such amazing cast and design team. You can find her behind the sound board at several local San Francisco venues including the Hotel Utah Saloon, the Chapel, and the Regency.

BROOKE JENNINGS (Costume

Designer) is ecstatic to join the incredible, dedicated artists at Bay Area Musicals with this particularly stunning production. A graduate of theatre arts master’s program at University of California, Santa Cruz, Brooke is an award-winning costume designer working in the Bay Area and New York. Credits include Colossal, The Nether and Stage Kiss (San Francisco Playhouse), Peter

Pan (Berkeley Playhouse), Capulet Ball, HeroMonster and Ondine at Sutro (We Players), A Lie of the Mind, Bad Jews (assistant designer, Magic Theatre), the New York premiere of The Singularity, plus Crooked and Ransom, Texas in San Francisco (Virago Theatre), Six Degrees of Separation, Middletown, Sam and Dede, Of Serpents and Sea Spray, In Love and Warcraft, This is Our Youth, Grey Gardens, How the World Began, Late: A Cowboy Song and The Crucible (Custom Made), The Rocky Horror Show (City Lights Theater Company) and A Year with Frog and Toad (assistant designer, Santa Cruz Shakespeare). Brooke received a 2015 TBA Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for her work on We Players’ Ondine at Sutro, directed by Ava Roy and Carly Cioffi.

KUO-HAO LO (Scenic Designer) is a freelance set designer in the Bay Area. His award-winning designs include TBA Awards in 2015 for Outstanding Scenic Design for Die Mommie Die! (New Conservatory Theatre Center) and in 2014 for August: Osage County (Contra Costa Civic Theatre) and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Excellence in Theatre Awards for Set Design for Dames at Sea (2009) and The Sugar Witch (2010) at NCTC. He is a 2013 Faces of Theatre Bay Area honoree and earned a BFA in theatre from National Taiwan Arts Academy in Taipei, Taiwan, and an MA in theatre from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. kuohaolodesign.org STEWART LYLE (Technical Director,

Master Carpenter) is the resident technical director and master carpenter for Berkeley Playhouse and for Contra Costa Civic Theatre in El Cerrito. He has designed, technically directed and/or built over seventy shows in the last four years including designing The Pain and the Itch, The Crucible, Three Tall Women (SFBATCC Award nominee), Grey Gardens and This is Our Youth (Custom Made Theatre Co.) and directing and designing Wait Until Dark, Art, Man of La Mancha, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling

Bee, Moonlight and Magnolias, The Fantasticks, Rent, Blood Brothers and, most recently, The Light in the Piazza for Alameda’s Altarena Playhouse. A member of Actors' Equity Association, he has appeared in over one hundred productions throughout California, including major and featured roles with TheatreWorks, San Jose Stage Company, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Center REPertory Company, Diablo Theatre Company, Palo Alto Players, the Mountain Play and, most recently, in Almost, Maine (Altarena Playhouse) and as Thénardier in Les Misérables (Woodminster Summer Musicals). Love and thanks always to Donna.

SAM SHERRY (Directing Intern) is very excited to be back home this summer and learning from the incredible team of La Cage! A Bay Area native and current directing student at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television, Sam is happy to be developing her skills as a director before returning to school to direct her first full-length musical in the fall. Her experience in musical theatre thus far has been performing on stage but, after taking a directing class at UCLA, she realized her eventual goal of being a director and producer of musical theatre. This year at UCLA, she has worked as a producer for Act III Theatre Ensemble and as executive director and co-founder of Dually Noted Theatre Company, a group dedicated to the cultivation of original works of musical theatre. She would like to thank Matthew and everyone at Bay Area Musicals for welcoming her for the summer. Enjoy the show! HOLLY STATEN (Assistant Stage

Manager) has been performing and working in theatre for fifteen years and is happy to be a part of her first show with Bay Area Musicals. Some favorite shows have been Nunsense, Little Shop of Horrors and The Rocky Horror Show. Holly is currently studying vocal performance at the University of Portland. ●

Member of Actors' Equity Association ♦ Member of United Scenic Artists

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