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WELCOME! If the Lucie Stern had seatbelts, I would advise you to fasten them at this time, because you’re going to have a hard time staying in your seats during this electrifying production of Million Dollar Quartet, the first of our 87th season. We’re thrilled to have you join us! I was approached about producing this show over a year ago, and at the time I was only vaguely familiar with the title. I did know, however, that it was a high energy show with a heart, and needed a cast that not only looks and sounds like these rock ’n’ roll icons, but also played their own instruments. I laughed it off at first, thinking that kind of talent would be hard to find in the Bay Area. Boy, was I wrong. We had a large number of people audition for this production, all with jaw-dropping skill, and we found a group of six actors who work so well together, you’d think they were band mates since middle school. I should have known not to doubt the amazing local talent pool. With that, I want to express my undying gratitude to the local people who come together to create our productions. We have a wealth of knowledge and interests in the Silicon Valley, but our theatre community is second to none. As a company that uses only local talent in all areas of production, we are truly fortunate to be where we are. With that said, there is always room for more, so if you have any interest in joining us onstage or off (and have the time of your life while you’re at it), please contact us and join our production family. We are a company for the community, by the community, and we couldn’t do it without you.

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Patrick Klein

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As with all Palo Alto Players shows, we tell stories that not only entertain, but also enliven and enrich our corner of the world. I can’t thank you enough for supporting your local theatre. It truly means the world to us. I implore you to spread your love of live theatre. Enjoy both our shows and works at our neighbor theatres and, most importantly, share your love of live theatre with your friends and family. Thank you for being here, and thank you for supporting Palo Alto Players. Now try not to spend too much time dancing in the aisles. See you later, alligator!

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MISSION STATEMENT

Greg Zema as Johnny Cash, Jaake Margo as Elvis Presley, Tarif Pappu as Carl Perkins, and Jessica LaFever as Dyanne.

While Million Dollar Quartet tells the story of one magical winter day in Memphis, Tennessee in 1956, when four soon-to-be rock ’n’ roll icons jammed together in Sun Studios, it also tells the story of another essential rock star. Sam Phillips, known as “the man who invented rock ’n’ roll,” was the studio alchemist, the linchpin who brought them all together – but the very reason Phillips started Sun had a larger goal than just good music. When he opened his doors in 1950, he wanted to create a studio where everyone was welcome to record – no small feat in the segregated South. “I knew the physical separation of the races – but I knew the integration of their souls,” Phillips told his biographer Peter Guralnick. He brought people together through music his whole career. Sam Phillips was a visionary, an explorer, a rebel who went against society’s norms as often as possible – something that could be said of other pioneers of rock music. Phillips considered it his mission “to open up an area of freedom within the artist himself, to recognize that individual’s unique quality and then to find the key to unlock it.” And he did that with every artist who walked through his door. Certainly, the magnificent music that was played that day in the ’50s was a true reflection of the unique qualities and genius of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis, but it was also a true reflection of the genius and the soul of Sam Phillips. Million Dollar Quartet pays tribute to these musical innovators who transformed rhythm and blues into rock ‘n’ roll. But, at the heart of the show are these enduring songs, which have influenced just about every popular song that has been written since. If these songs weren’t the soundtrack to your life, they were probably the inspiration for the songs on the soundtrack to your life.

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Sam Phillips.................................................................. Jeremy Ryan Carl Perkins...................................................................... Tarif Pappu Johnny Cash.................................................................... Greg Zema Jerry Lee Lewis.............................................................. Nick Kenrick Elvis Presley.................................................................. Jaake Margo Dyanne.................................................................... Jessica LaFever SETTING: Sun Records, Memphis. December 4, 1956. Originally developed and produced by Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions and Northern Lights, Inc. at the Goodman Theatre, Robert Falls, Artistic Director - Roche Shulfer, Executive Director, and transferred to the Apollo Theatre, Chicago, IL, in 2008. Produced by the Village Theatre, Issaquah, Washington, Robb Hunt, Producer - Steve Tompkins, Artistic Director, in 2007 and Seaside Music Theater, Daytona Beach, FL, Tippin Davidson, Producer - Lester Malizia, Artistic Director, in 2006. Million Dollar Quartet is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW), 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. 866.378.9758 | theatricalrights.com

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CREATIVE TEAM Director....................................................................... Jeffrey Bracco Music Director.............................................................Katie Coleman Scenic Designer .....................................................Nikolaj Sorensen Lighting Designer....................................................... Edward Hunter Costume Designer............................................................... Pat Tyler Sound Designer.............................................................. Jeff Grafton Properties Designer...................................................... Scott Ludwig Dialect Coach.............................................................. Kimily Conkle Hair Stylist..........................................................Stephanie Baumann Stage Manager............................................................Lauren Howry Assistant Stage Manager.......................................... Rudy Schroeter

PRODUCTION TEAM Production Manager...............................................Nikolaj Sorensen Sound Supervisor............................................................ Jeff Grafton Carpenters................................................................ Lucas Hampton Will Schroeter Master Electrician........................................................ Joseph Hidde Social Media Coordinators....................................... Jessica LaFever Jaake Margo Jeremy Ryan Production Interns........................................................... Samuel Kim Kathleen Ma Dresser.......................................................................Karen Sanders Deck Crew..................................................................Grady Sanders Follow Spot Operator........................................Natasha Shirkhodaei Light Board Operator........................................ Samantha Schroeter

STAFF Managing Director................................................ Elizabeth Santana Artistic Director.............................................................. Patrick Klein Executive Director Emeritus.................................... Peter M. Bliznick Box Office, Operations, & Social Media Manager............................................... Andrew Kracht Technical Director & Production Manager...............Nikolaj Sorensen House Manager....................................................David Yick-Koppel Box Office & Online Content Associate............................ Lisa Pelizzi Evening Box Office Associates..............................Jessica Ellithorpe, Melissa Erdman, Brianna Lewke, Lisa Pelizzi Bookkeeper........................................................... Claudia McCarley Costume & Properties Rentals Manager.............................. Pat Tyler Interns.................................................................. Katie Beth Sramek Abby Warren Photographer........................................................Joyce Goldschmid Key Art Designer............................................................ Patrick Klein SPECIAL THANKS: City Lights Theater Company, Los Altos Stage Company, Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and West Bay Opera. 4 | BAYSTAGES.COM • 2017.09

PRODUCTION NOTES A Tuesday night shortly before Christmas 1956. Four legends – Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley – gathered at the Sun Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launch their careers. Word soon leaked out of an impromptu jam session. A newspaper man who was there wrote, “This quartet could sell a million.” Soon, they were dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet. This was their only performance, a cultural flashpoint that caught rock ‘n’ roll at the moment of creation. Sun Records owner Sam Phillips discovered and produced the Million Dollar Quartet. That’s why he, together with Presley and Lewis, were among the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame’s charter inductees. Perkins and Cash soon joined them. Unlike other producers at that time, Phillips took an active role in recording, encouraging, and coaxing his young, untested artists to reach deep within themselves. He began by recording blues singers like B.B. King and Ike Turner. Later on, he was the first to sign Roy Orbison and Charlie Rich. In his rudimentary, one-room studio, Phillips looked for innovation, not imitation. The music he recorded transformed the cultural landscape of the twentieth century, and its reverberations are still felt today.

RODGERS REIMAGINED | KYLE RIABKO

Canadian actor-singer brings his pop-rock sensibility to theatre classics, rearranging them with a contemporary spin. ( sh-k-boom.com )

MUSICAL NUMBERS “Blue Suede Shoes”............................................................ Company “Real Wild Child”........................................................Jerry Lee Lewis “Matchbox”..................................................................... Carl Perkins “Who Do You Love?”....................................................... Carl Perkins “Folsom Prison Blues”.................................................... Johnny Cash “Fever”.................................................................................. Dyanne “Memories Are Made of This”........................................ Elvis Presley “That’s All Right”............................................................ Elvis Presley “Brown Eyed Handsome Man”............................................ Company “Down by the Riverside”..................................................... Company “Sixteen Tons”................................................................ Johnny Cash “My Babe”....................................................................... Carl Perkins “Long Tall Sally”............................................................. Elvis Presley “Peace in the Valley”.......................................................... Company “I Walk the Line”............................................................ Johnny Cash “I Hear You Knocking”........................................................... Dyanne “Party”......................................................... Carl Perkins & Company “Great Balls of Fire”...................................................Jerry Lee Lewis “Down by the Riverside” (Reprise)...................................... Company “Hound Dog”.................................................................. Elvis Presley “Riders in the Sky”......................................................... Johnny Cash “See You Later Alligator”................................................ Carl Perkins “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”.................................Jerry Lee Lewis

BARNUM | BACKER’S AUDITION

Live recording of authors Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart performing songs from their show prior to its Broadway opening. ( harbingerrecords.com )

ABANDONED HEART | MICHAEL MOTT

The singer-songwriter’s second album, joined by celebrated young talent from Broadway, television, and pop. ( broadwayrecords.com )

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THE FELLAS | MELISSA MANCHESTER

A celebration of male vocalists including Sinatra, Tormé, Bennett, and Martin, the and iconic songs they made famous. ( melissamanchester.com )

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES NICK KENRICK (Jerry Lee Lewis) is permed up and happy to be back on the stage at Palo Alto Players, where he was just seen as Sir Galahad in Monty Python’s Spamalot. Other recent favorites include Donkey in Shrek The Musical (Foothill Music Theatre), the Band Leader in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Adult Man in Spring Awakening (Sunnyvale Community Players). He can also occasionally be found music directing, most recently conducting Cats (Peninsula Youth Theatre). By day, Nick works as a mechanical engineer for Intuitive Surgical, where they manufacture the Da Vinci surgical robot. In his free time, he can be found playing the banjo, MTG, and all sorts of board games. Nick thanks Lauren and Clifford for the non-stop support. JESSICA LAFEVER (Dyanne) is beyond excited to perform in her first show at Palo Alto Players! She has previously performed in such roles as Eva Peron in Evita (Sunnyvale Community Players), Daisy in Side Show (Foothill Music Theatre), and Maureen in Rent (Sunnyvale Community Players). Jessica will return as Sherrie in Rock of Ages for Palo Alto Players in the spring! She thanks her amazing friends and family for all their support, as well as her hunkalicious boyfriend, Jaake Margo. “This one is for you Mom and Dad for never giving up on me!” 6 | BAYSTAGES.COM • 2017.09

JAAKE MARGO (Elvis Presley) is honored and thrilled to be playing his lifelong hero in this production of Million Dollar Quartet. He is so excited to be sharing the stage with such a wonderful cast, including his beautiful and amazingly talented real-life girlfriend, Jessica LaFever. Jaake was last seen as Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening and as Black Fox in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Sunnyvale Community Players). When not curling his lip as Elvis Presley, he’s playing and touring in his rock and roll band, Get Married. TARIF PAPPU (Carl Perkins) has been acting in the Bay Area since 2012. Recent roles include Tobias in Sweeney Todd (CMT San Jose Marquee Productions), Gator in Memphis (The Tabard Theatre Company), Bat Boy in Bat Boy: The Musical (Los Altos Stage Company), and Will in Green Day’s American Idiot (City Lights Theater Company). Beyond theatre, Tarif is a contemporary singer and songwriter. He recently released his debut solo album, entitled Very Big Things. tuppypappu. bandcamp.com JEREMY RYAN (Sam Phillips) is thrilled to be making his Palo Alto Players debut in Million Dollar Quartet. Most recently, he appeared as Henry Clerval in Frankenstein (City Lights Theater Company). Other roles include James in U.S. Drag

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(Dragon Productions), Terry in Handle With Care and Rock and Roll Boyfriend in Green Day’s American Idiot (City Lights Theater Company), Henry Wriothesley in The Beard of Avon (Pear Theatre), Sebastian in Twelfth Night (Silicon Valley Shakespeare), and Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman (Broadway West Theatre Company). Jeremy is a company member at Play On Words San Jose and a graduate of Foothill Theatre Conservatory. GREG ZEMA (Johnny Cash) is ecstatic to be making his Palo Alto Players debut in one of his bucket list shows. Active on both sides of the proscenium, his past theatrical ventures include Simon Stride in Jekyll & Hyde, Enjolras in Les Misérables, Jamie in The Last 5 Years, the roles of Dr. Fine and Dr. Madden in Next To Normal, Tony in West Side Story, Barrett in Titanic, Sammy in The Wedding Singer, Tobias in Sweeney Todd, Mordred in Camelot, and the Balladeer in Assassins. Other productions include Jesus Christ Superstar, Follies, Bernstein’s Mass, Forever Plaid, Songs for a New World, and the East Bay premieres of Urinetown, Becoming Britney, and Sunset Boulevard. COLIN ESCOTT (Co-Author) was born in England and lives near Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the first in-depth account of the Sun Records story. Escott’s book Hank Williams – The Biography has been adapted

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into the movie I Saw the Light, starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen. His multi-CD box set, The Complete Hank Williams, won a Grammy. Another of Escott’s productions, B.B. King – King of the Blues, was nominated for a Grammy. Million Dollar Quartet received three Tony nominations, including Best Book and Best Musical. He was part of the writing and producing team adapting the show for CMT/ Viacom. The first season aired in 2016. FLOYD MUTRUX (Co-Author, Original Concept, Original Direction) apprenticed at the Alley Theatre in Houston and worked at Second City in Chicago. He attended Columbia University. Mutrux has conceived, written, directed, or produced fifty films, including Dusty and Sweets McGee, Freebie and the Bean, Aloha, Bobby and Rose, The Hollywood Knights, American Hot Wax, Dick Tracy, American Me, Blood In, Blood Out, There Goes My Baby, and Mulholland Falls. With his wife Birgitte, he is preparing a new film Moon Over Memphis, a rock and roll Field of Dreams. Mutrux also co-wrote the musical Baby It’s You! with Colin Escott and helped adapt Sun Records, the new television series based on Million Dollar Quartet. Million Dollar Quartet received three Tony Award nominations in 2010, including Best Book and Best Musical. JEFFREY BRACCO (Director) has worked as a director, actor, and playwright in the US and 2017.09 • BAYSTAGES.COM | 7

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Europe. His numerous Bay Area directing credits include Green Day’s American Idiot, M. Butterfly, The Santaland Diaries, and Nine (City Lights Theater Company), Oliver! and A Chorus Line (Broadway By the Bay), and Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dragon Productions). As an actor, Jeffrey has played Astrov in Uncle Vanya (Pear Theatre), and Serge in Art, George in The Language Archive, and Dr. Givings in In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (City Lights Theater Company). He has written several produced plays, including ShakesPod and Twainheart, and co-authored the world premiere of Truce: A Christmas Wish From The Great War at City Lights Theater Company. Jeffrey is on the theatre faculty at Santa Clara University. KATIE COLEMAN (Music Director) returns to Palo Alto Players after working as music director for Monty Python’s Spamalot, Chicago, Into the Woods, and A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine. Other recent music director credits include Lizzie (City Lights Theater Company), Next to Normal (Jewel Theatre Company), [title of show], Assassins, and Bat Boy: The Musical (Los Altos Stage Company), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Foothill Music Theatre). She has also played keyboard and rehearsal piano for Best of Broadway Under the Stars with Transcendence Theatre Company, as well as for Wicked and The Lion King during national tour stops in San Francisco. Katie is a Bay Area native and a graduate of University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music. J E F F G R A F TO N ( S o u n d Designer) is happy to join this journey back in time to Sun Records, escaping the otherwise mundane life of a software engineer. His recent theatre 8 | BAYSTAGES.COM • 2017.09

credits include designing sound for Uncle Vanya (Pear Theatre), A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Palo Alto Players). Jeff served as stage manager for Monty Python’s Spamalot, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and Into the Woods (Palo Alto Players). In a previous life, he provided lighting, sound, and production assistance for a variety of bands and cultural shows with Carnegie Mellon University’s student-run AB Tech organization, offering “Fly-by-Night Sound and Light.” LAUREN HOWRY ( St a g e Manager) returns to Palo Alto Players after stage managing The Graduate, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Clybourne Park. Her other Bay Area stage manager and assistant stage manager credits include 7 Stories (American Conservatory Theater), I and You and M. Butterfly (City Lights Theater Company), Veils and The Guys (Pear Theatre), Valley of the Heart (San Jose Stage Company), and West Side Story (Broadway By the Bay). Lauren works as the performing arts coordinator for the nonprofit Quinteto Latino. She graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2014 with honors in theater. EDWARD HUNTER (Lighting Designer) has worked with many companies in the South Bay, including Sunnyvale Community Players, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, West Bay Opera, and Lyric Theatre. For Palo Alto Players, he has designed A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Death of a Salesman, Big Fish, and Miss Saigon. Other recent designs include Madama Butterfly (West Bay Opera), August: Osage County (Pear Theatre), and Spring Awakening, Rent, and Mulan Jr. (Sunnyvale Community Players). By day, Ed is an engineering manager at Netflix.

SCOTT LUDWIG (Properties Designer) is an alumni of San Francisco State University’s drama department. He has designed sets, properties, and puppets for Urban Opera, Shotgun Players, New Conservatory Theatre Center, and most recently for productions of The Graduate and Monty Python’s Spamalot for Palo Alto Players. Directing credits include Macbeth, Three Sisters, The Blue Room, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and serving as assistant director for Antony and Cleopatra (Silicon Valley Shakespeare). NIKOLAJ SORENSEN (Scenic Designer, Production Manager, Technical Director) is excited to kick off his first full Palo Alto Players season with the amazing cast and team of Million Dollar Quartet. Before coming to Palo Alto Players, he worked for a variety of student and professional companies including TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Porchlight Music Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival as a member of their FAIR program. Beyond his regular production duties, Nikolaj is passionate about the pursuit of increased equity and

diversity in the theatre industry, as well as creating opportunities for young artists to develop their talents in a supportive professional environment. He is a proud committee member of The Jubilee. jointhejubilee.org PAT TYLER (Costume Designer) has designed properties and costumes for many Bay Area theatres including Palo Alto Players, Pear Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Los Altos Stage Company, Dragon Productions, and City Lights Theater Company, where she received a 2015 TBA Award for costume design for Amadeus. Pat has appeared as an actress on many of those stages as well. Recent theatre credits include Sonia in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Palo Alto Players), Violet Weston in August: Osage County (Coastal Repertory Theatre), Kate Keller in All My Sons (Douglas Morrisson Theatre), Izzy in House & Garden, and the roles of Rabbi, Hannah, and Ethel in Angels in America (Pear Theatre). Her performing background includes puppetry, improvisation, mime, and film.

PALO ALTO PLAYERS has been continuously providing quality performing arts programming in Palo Alto since 1931. Based at the Lucie Stern Theater, built for us in 1933, Palo Alto Players presents a diverse season of five mainstage plays and musicals featuring all local, community talent. Community involvement is our lifeblood, and the organization is proud to have its performing arts programming enjoyed by over 13,000 audience members annually. We cast local actors by holding open auditions for every production and contracting with local designers, directors, choreographers, and musicians – over 200 individuals per season. Audiences and participants come from all over the Bay Area to be a part of our productions. Palo Alto Players has received critical acclaim for its productions, winning Best Professional Theatre (2013, Broadway World), and receiving TBA Award recognition and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nominations in 2014, 2015, and 2016, including receiving its first TBA Award in 2016 for choreography for the musical Chicago.

PLAYERS GIVES BACK Place a donation in one of our boxes in the lobby, and we’ll donate 50% of the proceeds to Quinteto Latino, our nonprofit partner for Million Dollar Quartet.

Quinteto Latino is a Menlo Park-based non-profit performing arts organization that is expanding the cultural boundaries of music by advocating on behalf of Latino composers and musicians, both regionally and nationally, for issues around diversity and classical music. They are committed assembly and teaching artists, who work with students in local schools to promote bilingual arts, culture, and music education for all ages. Visit quintetolatino.org for more information. All images and/or content provided by Palo Alto Players staff, contractors and/or creative artists unless otherwise credited. Opinions expressed by contractors, contributors and/or creative artists do not necessarily reflect the views of Palo Alto Players or VIA MEDIA. Photo credits are included as provided.

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SONG CREDITS BLUE SUEDE SHOES

REAL WILD CHILD

LONG TALL SALLY

(Music by Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman; lyrics by Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman) © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

PEACE IN THE VALLEY

MATCHBOX

I WALK THE LINE

WHO DO YOU LOVE?

FOLSOM PRISON BLUES

FEVER

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS

THAT’S ALL RIGHT

(Music by Arthur Crudup; lyrics by Arthur Crudup) © 1947 (renewed). Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) and Crudup Music (BMI). All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

(Music by Thomas A. Dorsey; lyrics by Thomas A. Dorsey) © (renewed) 1939 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. (Music by John R. Cash; lyrics by John R. Cash) Published by House of Cash, Inc. Administered by Bug Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

I HEAR YOU KNOCKING

PARTY

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

(Music by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer; lyrics by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer) © 1957 (renewed), Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI), Mijac Music (BMI), Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) and Mystical Light Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved on behalf of itself and Mijac Music, administered by Unichappell Music Inc. All rights reserved on behalf of itself and Mystical Light Music, administered by Chappell & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

HOUND DOG

(Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC. Copyright 1953 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

GHOST RIDERS

SIXTEEN TONS

SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR

MY BABE

WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOIN’ ON

BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN

(Traditional; arranged by Chuck Mead), © Zoilink Music. All rights administered by Coburn Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (Music by Merle Travis; lyrics by Merle Travis) © Merle’s Girls Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (Music by Willie Dixon; lyrics by Willie Dixon) © Bug Music, Inc. o/b/o Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. 1 0 | BAYSTAGES.COM • 2017.09

(Music by Stan Jones; lyrics by Stan Jones) © MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Edwin H. Morris & Company. (Music by Robert Guidry; lyrics by Robert Guidry) © Arc Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (Music by Curly Williams; lyrics by Curly Williams) © 1997 N’Mani Entertainment Co. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

DONORS We extend our deepest gratitude to the following supporters, who play a vital role in keeping theatre alive in our community today and for future generations. This list reflects cumulative cash donations, in-kind, and matching gifts recorded August 25, 2016 to August 25, 2017. For corrections or to make a gift, please contact Elizabeth Santana, Managing Director, at 650-363-8582 or at esantana@paplayers.org.

VISIONARY CIRCLE [ $10,000+ ] The City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Division of Arts and Sciences* Margot H. Driscoll, The Driscoll Foundation • Kristen + Felix Lo • Silicon Valley Creates • Scott A. Solomon

LUCIE STERN CIRCLE [ $5,000+ ] George + Susan Crow • Google Matching Gifts Program • Mary Louise Johnson

PRODUCER CIRCLE [ $1,000+ ] Cass + Phyllis Apple • Carol Bacchetti • CALI Program • CPP, Inc. • Diane + Howard Crittenden • Joanne Engelhardt Connie Faussone • Laura + Mihail Fechete • Grocery Outlet Palo Alto* • Marilyn Hohbach • Kimberly Howell Pamela Howell • Grant Huberty* • Kelly Hudson • Tilmin B. Hudson • Barry Lee Johnson • David + Joyce Kim Whitney Lane • Allen + Erika Lo • Howard Lyons • Jamala Massenburg • Jack Morton and Associates, Inc.* John Orr* • Wasson + Lisa Quan • Gay Richard • David + Susan Ron • The Rotary Club of Palo Alto Jason + Beki Rush • Jean + Chet Sandberg • Marian + Abraham Sofaer • Robyn Stanton + Eric Savitz Mrs. Richard B. Watson • Jeffrey M. Wilson + Peter M. Bliznick, In memory of Ann Collier

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BENEFACTOR CIRCLE [ $100+ ] Anonymous (4) • Audrey Alonis • Leslie Altick • Amazon Smile • Marlene Anderson • Robert Anderson Armar A. Archbold • Mary Artibee • Bryce + Darla Beck • Joan Bell • Caroline Beverstock • Judith Biggs Dawn Billman • Deborah + Clyde Bingham • Sandra Bird • Irene Beardsley + Dan Bloomberg Richard + Audrey Bojack • Marda Bucholz • Alice Caudle • Leon Chasson • Lex Chiang • David Cook • Marcia Davis Kathie Dietz • Pearl Director • Damaris Divito • Clara Dominguez • Kathleen Dugan • Patricia + Stephen Emslie Patrick Farris • Frances Green + Stanley Ferriss • Billy Ficklin + Marilyn Williams • Beth Ann + Jeffrey Filippi Mike + Glenda Fuge • Gartner, Inc. Matching Gifts Program • Thomas Garvey • Alan Gellman + Arlene Zuckerberg Charles + Dora Gembinski • Steven + Chris Goldner • Joyce + David Goldschmid • Charles + Patricia Grafton Mary Ann + John Grilli • Charu Gupta • Dr. E.W. Hancock • Beverly Hansberry • Roger Harris • David + Liza Harvey Janice Henrotin • Jane Hiatt • Marilyn D. Higuera • Kenny Hom • Julius + Ruth Honig • Steve Hsu + Clara Tu Gordon + Glenda Hughes • Kathryn Hunt • IBM Matching Gifts Program • Intel Matching Gifts Program Sheila Joseph • James Kason • James Kauffman + Lucy Baw • Keysight Technologies Matching Gifts Program Sheryl + Tony Klein • James Kleinrath, DDS • Hilary + Richard Klopp • Scott + Barbara Knaster James + Linda Kracht • Irina + Eugen Kurjatko • Audrey + Roland Lampert • Nancy Layendecker • Joyce Levine Eddie Lewis • Sanford J. Lewis • LinkedIn Matching Gifts Program • Gladys Low • Virginia + Jim Lyons Elinor + Richard Mansfield • Peggy Polk Marks • Melvin Matsumoto • Sharell Mayer Claudia McCarley + Larry Laidlaw • Betty McNamara • Lorraine B. Menuz • Molly Meschke • Francoise Miller Arnold Miller • John Musgrave • Ken Odom • Lois Ohms • Mr. + Mrs. Charles G. Palm • Alan Moo + Barbara Park David Pasta, In memory of Gloria Guth • Bryce + Frances Perry • Marilynn Phillips • Ken Poulton + Kate Hill • Kent Price K.R. + Arsella Raman • Michael Rhone • Diane Roca • France + Maria Rode, In honor of Eugenie Watson • Elana Ron Grace Rosenberg • Steve + Donna Sanders • Lynda Sanders • Laverne Saxbury • Rudy Schroeter* Marvin + Ellen Schwartz • Ms. Slater + Mr. Kirshenbaum • Jeanie + Gordon Smith • Andrea Smith • Anne Spencer Nancy Steege • Karin Swanson • Jerry + Bobbie Wagger • Darlene Wigler • Elinor + L. Bruce Wilner • Dolores Wright Virginia Zapitz • Kimberly Zarmer * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods and services.

We gratefully acknowledge our friends who have generously given up to $99 during the preceding twelve months.

broadway by the bay presents

Music by

Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed Lyrics by

Arthur Freed

DirectOR

ALEX PEREZ CHOREOGRAPHER

ROBYN TRIBUZI

11..03.17 to 11..19.17 | broadwaybythebay.org | 650.FOX.7770 | 2215 Broadway, Redwood City

✫✫✫✫✫ FEATURED PRODUCTIONS ✫✫✫✫✫

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE | CUSTOM MADE THEATRE CO. 09.07.17 > 10.07.17 | 415.798.2682 | custommade.org

IN THE NEXT ROOM... | Pear Theatre 09.08.17 > 10.01.17 | 650.254.1148 | THEPEAR.ORG

A TALE OF AUTUMN | CROWDED FIRE THEATER 09.13.17 > 10.07.17 | 415.523.0034 | crowdedfire.org

Cirque Exotique du Monde | DRAGON PRODUCTIONS 09.15.17 > 10.08.17 | 650.493.2006 | dragonproductions.net

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET | PALO ALTO PLAYERS 09.15.17 > 10.01.17 | 650.329.0891 | PAPLAYERS.ORG

HAND TO GOD | SAN JOSE STAGE COMPANY

09.20.17 > 10.15.17 | 415.392.4400 | THESTAGE.ORG

CABARET | CONTRA COSTA CIVIC THEATRE 09.22.17 > 10.22.17 | 510.524.9012 | CCCT.org

BARBECUE | SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE 09.26.17 > 11.11.17 | 415.677.9596 | sfplayhouse.org

THOMAS AND SALLY | Marin Theatre Company 09.28.17 > 10.22.17 | 415.388.5208 | marintheatre.org

SALT PEPPER KETCHUP | SF BAY AREA THEATRE Company 09.29.17 > 10.08.17 | 415.484.8566 | sfbatco.org

THE LAVENDER PEN TOUR LAUNCH | SF GAY MEN’S CHORUS 09.30.17 > 9.30.17 | 415.865.3650 | SFGMC.org

The FOREIGNER | Hillbarn Theatre 10.05.17 > 10.22.17 | 650.349.6411 | hillbarntheatre.ORG

AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ | 42ND STREET MOON

10.11.17 > 10.29.17 | 415.255.8207 | 42ndstmoon.org

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE | Pear Theatre 10.19.17 > 11.11.17 | 650.254.1148 | THEPEAR.ORG

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN | BROADWAY BY THE BAY 11.03.17 > 11.19.17 | 650.579.5565 | broadwaybythebay.org

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