WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE presents
presents
The Bikinis Tour Company Written and Created by Ray Roderick and James Hindman Music Arrangements by Joseph Baker Additional Music and Lyrics by Joseph Baker and Ray Roderick Produced by
Starring
KATY BLAKE ANNE FRASER THOMAS JOANNA YOUNG KARYN QUAKENBUSH and
ELISE HOLMAN Music Director / Musical Arrangements
JOSEPH BAKER Musical Director
Lighting Designer
JAMIE RODERICK
General Manager
dan pardo
Associate Lighting Designer
zack pizza
Production Stage Manager
EVAN BERNARDIN
MAURA HOLLORAN
Directed and Choreographed by
ray roderick OPENING DATE: February 3, 2017
CLOSING DATE: March 19, 2017
A Proud Sponsor of WBT
CAST (In Order of Appearance)
Annie..........................................................................................KATY BLAKE* Barbara............................................................. anne fraser thomas* Jodi.......................................................................................JOANNA YOUNG* Karla.......................................................................karyn quakenbush* Production Stage Manager......... maura holloran*
Understudies Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.
For Annie, Barbara, Jodi & Karla - elise holman * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the only professional union for Actors and Stage Managers.
OUR 200TH mainstage PRODUCTION! After a 14 year run on Broadway,
wbt has the first production in this area!
March 23 - June 25
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
PERSONAL SAFETY & COMFORT Please note exits in theatre. Exits are indicated by illuminated “EXIT” signs. For the safety, comfort and enjoyment of yourself and others, please remain seated during the performance. In the unlikely necessity of evacuation, an announcement will be made over the public address system. Westchester Broadway Theatre is completely equipped with automatic sprinkler and smoke detector systems which cover all areas of the theatre. In the event of power failure, a separately powered, totally independent, battery-run lighting system is activated. Should you or one of your party experience illness or unusual discomfort, please notify a service person or management immediately. CAMERAS, RECORDERS The use of cameras and tape recorders during the performance is strictly prohibited by New York State copyright laws. CELL PHONES, BEEPERS Out of courtesy to the performers and everyone in the audience, please refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices in the theatre. Please be sure to turn off the audible features of these devices when in the theatre. GRATUITY Our guests have asked for an approximation of the food portion of the ticket for purposes of determining service gratuity which is not included in the ticket price. An amount equal to one-half of your ticket price should be considered as the dinner portion. Our staff has enjoyed serving you and hopes that our service has been to your satisfaction.
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musical numbers – ACT ONE –
•It’s In His Kiss •Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini •Heat Wave •Be My Baby •Mama Said / Shop Around •Under the Boardwalk •Where the Boys Are •Chapel of Love •Mambo Italiano •Hava Nagilia •Remember (Walking in the Sand) •The Twist •60’s Dance Crazy Medley •Beach Blankets, Boards & Balls •You Love Me •Secret Agent Man •These Boots are Made for Walkin’ •Shakin’ in the Sand •In My Bikini
– intermission –
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Westchester Broadway Theatre takes pride in our leisurely cocktail and dining service, which takes you from the moment you enter the theatre until the start of the performance. If you desire a faster pace to your service, please let your servers know, and they will accommodate your special needs. Top off your delicious meal perfectly with one of these scrumptious treats available for purchase!
LUXURY DESSERTS CHOCOLATE MOLTEN LAVA CAKE • LEMON SORBET TURTLE CHEESECAKE OF DISTINCTION PRODUCERʼS HOT FUDGE DELIGHT • APPLE CRISP CARAMEL
Order your choices before the show begins, and enjoy them during the intermission.
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MUSICAL NUMBERS – ACT TWO –
•Time of the Season •Incense and Peppermints •Psychedelic Bikini •Dedicated to the One I Love •Look What You’ve Done to My Song, Ma •Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) •Simple Song of Freedom •Midnight Blue •Goodbye to You •When Will I be Loved? •Last Dance •I’m Every Woman •I Will Survive •It’s Raining Men •Sandy Shores •Finale/Bows – Beach Party!
– musicians – Music Director / Keyboard I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN PARDO Keyboard II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON STURIALE Guitar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT SANGIOVANNI Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELENA BONOMO
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WHO’S WHO Katy Blake (Annie) is thrilled to be back at Sandy Shores singing with The Bikinis! Most recently, Katy has been writing her own musical – Storming Heaven: the Musical – and just finished a workshop reading of the show. Audiences around the country have seen her singing and dancing to ABBA music in the national tour of Mamma Mia. Before that, she was at the Pasadena Playhouse creating the role of Sirocco in Mask, directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. She performed with Reba McEntyre in the Hollywood Bowl production of South Pacific, and was in the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind. Katy played the title role of Eva in the 20th anniversary production of Evita, and played Christine in the San Francisco Company of The Phantom of the Opera. Regionally, some of her favorite roles include Grizabella in CATS, Marguerite in The Scarlet Pimpernil, and Percy in The Spitfire Grill. Thanks and love to Barry for all you do! www.katyblake.com Anne Fraser Thomas (Barbara) is thrilled to join the Bikini family with this AMAZING cast! A Manhattan based actress and singer who is originally from Southern California, she has a passion for working on new works with different composers through the NYU Grad Musical Theatre writing program and BMI. She is an active voice over artist and session singer. Regional credits include leads in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Man of La Mancha, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Joseph and the Amazing..., The King and I and toured across North America with Vox Lumiere as the Evil Diva/Coloratura Soprano. She was a performer in various shows at the Disneyland Resort for over five years, including Aladdin: A
Musical Spectacular! Anne currently sings with the esteemed Grammy nominated gospel choir, Broadway Inspirational Voices and is a soloist on their recent CD release, Great Joy II. Anne is also recently engaged and super excited to join the crazy fun Dansky family... from River Edge, NEW JERSEY! Jersey Rocks!! www.annefraserthomas.com Joanna Young (Jodi) has appeared on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone and Grease! National tour credits include Les Miserables and Grease! Joanna has worked extensively in regional theatres across the country, and can be seen in numerous commercials. Favorite regional roles include Diana and Val in A Chorus Line, Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical, and Woman #2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change. Joanna was an original cast member of Rated P…for Parenthood at the Westside Theatre Off-Broadway and can be heard on the cast recording. She has also been a guest soloist with her hometown’s orchestra, The Omaha Symphony. Much love to her husband and three sons. For more info go to www.joannayoung.net. Karyn Quakenbush (Karla) Broadway: Bronx Bombers; Imaginary Friends; Annie Get Your Gun (Understudy for Bernadette Peters & Reba McEntire) and Blood Brothers. TV/Film: Louie; Law and Order; Chappell’s Show; Loserville; Sex, Death and Bowling; Isn’t She Great, with Bette Midler. Off Broadway: Playwrights Horizons, Iowa; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. National Tour: Annie Get Your Gun (Annie Oakley opposite Tom Wopat) Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, with Anthony Newley.
PRIVATE LUXURY BOXES
Enhance your evening with a Private Luxury Box Celebration! For an additional cost, private Luxury Boxes may be reserved for parties of six or more. Each provides elegant dining, has its own private powder room, and overlooks the audience and stage.
For more info, call our Luxury Box Rep at (914) 592-8730
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WHO’S WHO Elise Holman (Understudy/ASM) is so honored to be joining this talented ensemble of Women after performing with The Bikinis in Rochester, NY. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Elise has called NYC her home for the past 16 years. She most recently tapped into her inner diva, belting it out in her bawdy, brass one woman show Don’t Stop Me Now. She is forever grateful to her Mom and Dad for showing up to literally everything and always encouraging her to follow her dreams. Ray Roderick (Director/ Choreographer/ Co-Creator) most recently wrote/directed ’S Wonderful! The New Gershwin Musical. He was associate director of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden for six years, where he was privileged to work with original director Mike Ockrent. He was also associate director for Susan Stroman’s Broadway revival of The Music Man, and subsequently directed the successful 3 year North American Tour. Now licensed by Music Theatre International, Ray adapted the Broadway script for Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang for the 1st US National tour (director), UK tour and current Australian tour. At Goodspeed, he directed Mame starring Tony Nominated Louise Pitre, Singin’ in the Rain, 42nd Street and My One and Only. Ray was assistant director to legendary Jerry Lewis for Broadway bound musical The Nutty Professor based on the 1963 movie. With partner James Hindman, he formed Miracle or 2 Productions (miracleor2. com), a licensing and production company dedicated to the creation and development of the new American musical. Together, they have created Are We There Yet?, Coming to America, and The Bikinis...A New Musical Beach Party! (Goodspeed Musicals summer 2012, touring 2013). Ray is a graduate of Illinois State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in the performing arts. He resides in New York, is married to Broadway actress Karyn Quackenbush, and is the proud father of New York lighting designer Jamie Roderick. James Hindman (Co-Creator) Television and Film: Ed Burn’s Public Morals produced by Steven Spielberg, The Family, The Following, Hostages, House Of Cards, The Blacklist, Unforgettable, Henry’s Crime, The Sopranos, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Rescue Me, Person Of Interest, and the upcoming Marvel Television’s The Kick. James WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE
most recently performed on Broadway in Mary Poppins. Other Broadway and tours: The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1776, City of Angels, A Grand Night for Singing, Once Upon a Mattress, Falsettos, Dancing at Lughnasa, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Off-Broadway: The Foreigner, First Lady Suite, A Man of No Importance, Bat Boy!, Merrily We Roll Along. His plays have been developed and produced at major theatres in New York including The Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, The Transport Group, The Barrow Group and The Vital Theatre. His Off-Broadway shows include Pete n’ Keely (Outer Critics Award nomination, two Drama Desk nominations, Pub. Samuel French); A Christmas Survival Guide (Pub. Samuel French); The Audience (Drama Desk nomination); Being Audrey and The Gorges Motel (TBG Theatre). His plays have had hundreds of productions across the country including The Bikinis!, The Drama Department (Terrence McNally Award nalist); Incubus (Pittsburgh Public Reading Series); Heaven Help Us (Denver Center, Carbonell Award nomination); Are We There Yet. Member: Dramatist Guild of America. Joseph Baker (Music Director/Musical Arrangements) has been a Music Director/Pianist on and around Broadway for over 20 years, including Wicked, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, The Life, Grand Hotel, Starlight Express, The Tap Dance Kid, Little Shop of Horrors, Catskills on Broadway, Footloose, Bells Are Ringing, Laughing Room Only. Orchestrator, Vocal Arranger or Dance Arranger: Bubbly Black Girl, The Green Heart, Footloose. Composer/ Arranger: score for the smash hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom. Composer/Arranger/ Producer: Dittydoodle Works. His other “musical life” includes projects in his own midtown Manhattan studio. When not being a musical-arranger, he arranges time with his two children Rozi and David. www.bakerboysmusic.com Dan Pardo (Musical Director) is a Brooklyn-based music director, pianist, and arranger. He made his Broadway debut last year as a keyboardist and assistant conductor for Amazing Grace at the Nederlander Theatre. Off-Broadway: Rothschild and Sons (York) and Skippyjon Jones: Snow What? (Lucille Lortel). Other NYC music direction credits include workshop productions of Come From Away (now on Broadway at the Schoenfeld), Persephone: Unplugged, On 9
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Rosen Street, Marco Polo, Found, and The Oliver Experiment, along with several concerts at the Laurie Beechman, 54 Below, the Duplex, and the Metropolitan Room. Dan also tours regularly with the NYC-based vocal jazz quintet, Marquee Five. Regional credits: The 5th Avenue (Seattle), Long Wharf (New Haven), Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public, American Repertory Theater (Cambridge), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Rubicon Theatre Company (Ventura), and over 20 shows at Goodspeed Musicals, where Dan was on staff for three seasons. Go Bikinis! Evan Bernardin (General Manager) worked with the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (BCEFA), Fringe (NY&LA), The Workshop Theatre Company, The Broadway Youth Ensemble (BYE), and The Make a Wish Foundation; his collaborative projects include performances at Lincoln Center, The United Nations, The Harvard Club, Georgetown’s Gaston Hall, The Culture Project, The Ohio Theatre, 54 Below, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. His work has been recognized at The Ovation Awards 2017, and he has had the opportunity to speak at New York University, Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU), and Marymount Manhattan College regarding nontraditional development models and immersive theatre. He is thrilled to be returning to Westchester Broadway Theatre. Jamie Roderick (Lighting Designer) is a New York-based lighting designer whose work ranges diversely throughout the entertainment industry. Jamie is the Resident Lighting Designer for Broken Box Mime Theatre. He has lit International Recording Artists Teatro. As a lighting designer for TriArts at the Sharon Playhouse, he has lit Doubt: A Parable, 13, Next Thing You Know, Tuesdays With Morrie, Spring Awakening and Nine Wives. Other credits include Disney’s On The Record, Much Ado About Nothing, The Girlfriend From Hell, Bare: A Pop Opera, The Bikinis!, Candide Americana and three seasons with Aglet Theatre Co., including productions of Galatea and Madagascar. Jamie’s Broadway credits include Assistant Lighting Designer of A Time to Kill and Assistant To The Lighting Designer for Disney’s Aladdin, The Glass Menagerie, Motown: The Musical and Bring it On: The Musical. WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE
who’s who Maura Holloran (Production Stage Manager) is a New York based stage manager. Selected stage management credits include: Concerts from the Library of Congress; The New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Towson University and Hip to Hip Theater Company. Maura received a BA in Theater Arts - Producing & Management and a BA in Communication Arts from Marymount Manhattan College and is a member of Actor’s Equity Association. Lots of love to Mom and Dad. BOB FUNKING AND BILL STUTLER (Owners) On July 9, 2016, the Westchester Broadway Theatre celebrated its 42nd Anniversary, as well as the 26th Anniversary in this specifically designed, state of the art theatre. Bill and Bob, 2004 inductees into the “Westchester County Business Hall of Fame,” pioneered the Dinner Theatre concept in Westchester when they opened An Evening Dinner Theatre on July 9, 1974. Having designed and built An Evening from the ground up as a theatre that serves dinner and lunch, they established their operation as a cultural mainstay in the tri-state area. The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the only year round theatre in Westchester where Broadway performers, directors and designers gather to create the best in Musical Theatre. (They have produced more shows than most Broadway producers. Mamma Mia, coming in March, will be their 200th Production!) The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the longest running, 52 week a year Equity theatre in the State of New York. Each show is produced exclusively for the theatre and each is approached in the same manner as Broadway Productions: casting Broadway performers at auditions in New York City, and hiring the creative staff (Directors, Choreographers, Musical Directors, Set, Costume and Lighting Designers). On the dark nights of the musicals, Bill and Bob have presented over 900 Monday and Tuesday night specials and, in 1997, inaugurated the Gold Star Series of Concerts presenting Jackie Mason to a sold-out house. Other great performers in the Gold Star series have been Tom Jones, George Carlin, Paul Anka, Wayne Newton, and Harry Belafonte. With the continued support of the people of the tri-state area, we pledge to continue to present the best in theatre and dining. THE VIDEOTAPING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW AND AN ACTIONABLE FEDERAL OFFENSE WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE
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