Westchester broadway Theatre presents
TITANIC our 183rd Production
AbouT “TiTAniC” The musical has a Tony-winning score by Maury Yeston (Phantom, Grand Hotel, Nine) and a Tonywinning book by the late Peter Stone (The Will Rogers Follies, 1776). Titanic won a total of five 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Orchestrations, and Best Scenic Design. As the original ad campaign for Titanic mused, the ship of dreams set sail from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, and in the spring of 1997, she finally arrived in New York. The massive $10 million production, at that time, was one of the most expensive in Broadway history. The musical opened to strong critical notices at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Don Stephenson, Director of our production here at WBT, played Charles Clark in the original production. After the Broadway run, he felt “What a shame that Titanic can’t be done more often.” The large number of actors needed, the massive sets and the expense involved rendered it prohibitive for most regional theatres. Don Stephenson had this idea: “Why not bring those stories and that glorious score to more people, up close and personal?” He got together with Mr. Yeston, Kevin Stites (Musical Director of the original Broadway production), Liza Gennaro (Choreographer), and Musical Director Ian Weinberger who arranged a beautiful reduction of the complete score to be played by six dynamic musicians, as opposed to the 30-plus who played the Broadway show. There would be no tilting stage or tri-level set, instead, lighting, scrims, projections, spatial use of the theatre and other effects would sweep the audience up in the story. A cast of 20 replaced the original 40. “In this production everybody sings everything,” Don said. The cast doubles and triples
up on the roles, and the audience is just a few feet away as they sing some of Yeston’s gorgeous choral numbers; “There She Is,” “Godspeed, Titanic,” “We’ll Meet Tomorrow.” In directing this piece, he felt that with the background of “an abstract, stark, minimalist set, the acting should be white hot and emotionally messy.” “I keep coming back to what would I do if I were there? How would I react in those moments? We all wonder -- and we can’t really be sure. The numbers distract us from the fact that these were individuals,” he said. “They were on an intoxicating adventure. It was, until it wasn’t, The Best Day Of Their Lives.” In July of 2011, The Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY, presented this new version directed by Don Stephenson, to critical acclaim. In August of 2013, The European premiere of the brilliantly scaled down chamber version, Directed by Thom Southerland, opened at London’s 240 seat Southwark Playhouse, to rave reviews. WBT is proud to be presenting Titanic. Because of the intimacy our space, it’s easier to relate to the personal experiences of the passengers and crew. The bigger issues that have always been part of the interesting back story (upperclass hubris, working class dreams, bravery, selflessness, love and cowardice) are presented at hand, rather than at arms length in service to the spectacle. The new orchestrations sound amazing. The story is fresh, lively, deep and stirring. There’s life in the “old girl” yet. Sail on! – PIA HAAS Excerpts included from Philip Hoffman’s Titanic blog, read more at playbill.com
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WbT’s exciting 2014 Season offers Something for everyone! STANDING OVATION STUDIOS presents
There is nothing like a Great American Musical! This Tony Award winner boasts a lush score and soaring melodies. A sweeping musical portrait of early 20th Century life, Ragtime is a powerful tale of the pursuit of the American Dream, vividly set against the backdrop of the Ragtime craze in NYC, New Rochelle and more. Let this musical gem transport you back to the best time of all...Ragtime!
february 27 – May 4, 2014
The enchanting Supercalifragilistic hit!
Adventure abounds in this high-flying family favorite filled with wonderful songs from the movie… “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” “A Spoonful of Sugar” and many more! Plus all the excitement of Broadway as Mary Poppins actually flies over the WBT stage!
May 8 – July 27, 2014
STANDING OVATION STUDIOS presents
The Sweeping romantic Musical! This brilliant stage version of the iconic film includes all the wonderful songs “We’re Off to See the Wizard,” “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and more! You will love seeing all the beloved characters live on stage, but beware as the Wicked Witch takes flight above the WBT stage!
July 31 – September 21, 2014
One of the most enchanting musicals of all time! Based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, South Pacific won 10 Tony Awards and features an extraordinary score of beloved songs including “Some Enchanted Evening.” This is a show you will remember for a lifetime!
Sept. 25 – nov. 30, 2014 and dec. 31, ’14 – Jan. 11, ’15
BILL STUTLER
and BOB FUNKING Proudly present
TITANIC THE MUSICAL
Story and Book by
Music and Lyrics by
PETER STONE
MAURY YESTON
Orchestrations by
IAN WEINBERGER
Dodger Theatricals, Richard S. Pechter and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Produced on Broadway by
The Titanic Company in alphabetical order
WILL BOYAJIAN XANDER CHAUNCEY JEREMY ELLISON-GLADSTONE TOM HEWITT BEN MCHUGH CHRISTIAN PALMER CELESTE ROSE
JONATHAN BRODY DONNA ENGLISH ELIzABETH HAKE PHILIP HOFFMAN DREW MCVETY WILLIAM PARRY DAVID STUDWELL
SARAH CHARLES BEN ESTUS ADAM HELLER JOHN LANGLEY PATRICIA NOONAN NOAH PLOMGREN KAY WALBYE
Musical Direction by
IAN WEINBERGER Set Design by
Costume Design by
PATRICK RIzzOTTI Lighting Design by
DEREK LOCKWOOD & RYAN MOLLER
Projections Designed by
ANDREW GMOSER
Sound Design by
HOWARD WERNER
Properties by
JONATHAN HATTON & MARK zUCKERMAN
Hair/Wig Design by
GRUMPY’S PROPS
Technical Director
GERARD KELLY
Production Stage Manager
STEVE LOFTUS
Assistant Stage Manager
VICTOR LUKAS
AMANDA M. STUART
Choreographed by
LIzA GENARO Directed by
DON STEPHENSON Costumes Provided by COSTUME WORLD THEATRICALS, Deerfield Beach, FL www.costumeworld.com TITANIC is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022. www.tamswitmark.com OPENING DATE: January 16, 2014
CLOSING DATE: February 23, 2014
CAST (in order of appearance)
Thomas Andrews..................................................................................... TOM HEWITT* J. Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line.......................ADAM HELLER* Captain Edward J. Smith..................................................................WILLIAM PARRY* First Officer William Murdoch.................................................JONATHAN BRODY* Second Officer Charles Lightoller / Ensemble............................ WILL BOYAJIAN Harold Bride, radioman / Ensemble...........JEREMY ELLISON-GLADSTONE* Frederick Barrett, stoker.........................................................XANDER CHAUNCEY* Frederick Fleet, lookout / Ensemble......................................CHRISTIAN PALMER Third Officer Herbert J. Pitman / Henry Etches....................... DREW MCVETY* Bellboy / Ensemble..........................................................................................BEN ESTUS Isidor Strauss, 1st Class / Ensemble..........................................DAVID STUDWELL* Ida Strauss, 1st Class / Ensemble.......................................................... KAY WALBYE* Alice Beane, 2nd Class / Ensemble.............................................DONNA ENGLISH* Edgar Beane, 2nd Class / Ensemble......................................... PHILIP HOFFMAN* Charles Clarke, 2nd Class / Ensemble.................................... NOAH PLOMGREN* Caroline Neville, 2nd Class / Ensemble................................PATRICIA NOONAN* Jim Farrell / Ensemble........................................................................JOHN LANGLEY Kate McGowan, 3rd Class / Ensemble........................................ SARAH CHARLES Kate Mullins / Ensemble......................................................................CELESTE ROSE Kate Murphy, 3rd Class / Ensemble..........................................ELIZABETH HAKE Non-Performing Swing...........................................................BEN MCHUGH* Rehearsal Stage Manager......................................... michael j. farina* Dance Captain............................................................... jonathan brody* Assistant Dance Captain.......................................... CHRISTIAN PALMER
UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. For Kate McGowan, Kate Mullins, Kate Murphy – amanda M. stuart*; For J. Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews, Frederick Barrett, Harold Bride, Henry Etches – ben mchugh*. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the only professional union for Actors and Stage Managers.
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musical numbers – ACT ONE – Overture.............................................................................................................Orchestra Prologue: “In Every Age”............................................................................Company The Launching “How Did They Build Titanic?”............................................................Barrett “There She Is”..................................................................... Barrett, Bride & Fleet “Loading Inventory”...........Andrews, Captain, Bellboy & Ship’s Personnel “The Largest Moving Object”.............................. Ismay, Captain & Andrews “I Must Get On That Ship”...............Pitman, 2nd & 3rd Class Passengers “The 1st Class Roster”.................................................................... Alice, Pitman “Godspeed Titanic”..................................................................................Company “Barrett’s Song”..................................................................................................Barrett “What A Remarkable Age This Is!”.......................................Etches, Captain & 1st Class Passengers “To Be a Captain”.........................................................................................Murdoch “Lady’s Maid”......................The Three Kates, Farrell & 3rd Class Passengers “I Give You My Hand”.............................................................Caroline & Charles “The Proposal”.....................................................................................................Barrett “The Night Was Alive”.......................................................................................Bride Hymn: “God Lift Me Up”..........................................................................Company “Doing the Latest Rag”................................... Hartley, Bass Player & Company “I Have Danced”................................................................................. Alice & Edgar “No Moon”........................................................................................Fleet & Company “Autumn”..............................................................................................................Hartley
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MUSICAL NUMBERS – ACT TWO – Entr’acte.............................................................................................................Orchestra “Wake Up, Wake Up!”.................................................................Etches & Bellboy “Dressed in Your Pyjamas in the Grand Salon”.................... Etches, Bellboy, Murdoch, Lightoller, 1st & 2nd Class Passengers “Staircase”........................................................................The Three Kates & Farrell “The Blame”................................................................... Ismay, Andrews & Captain “To the Lifeboats”..........................................................................................Company “We’ll Meet Tomorrow”............................. Barrett, Bride, Charles & Company “Still”............................................................................................................ Ida & Isidor “Mr. Andrews’ Vision”.................................................................................. Andrews “In Every Age” (Reprise)..............................................................................Company “Finale”.............................................................................................................Company
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who’s who WILL BOYAJIAN (Lighttoller) is thrilled to be seting sail again in Titanic at the Westchester Broadway Theatre. Originally from upstate New York, Will graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Previous NYC credits include Dov Yisrael in Spandex the Musical (Off-Broadway), Dean Martin (Rat Pack Undead) and the Actor’s Fund reading of Our Town. Will would like to extend his thanks to Don Stephenson and this wonderful cast, Judy Boals Inc., and his loving family for their support.
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SIMPLY DIAMOND
JONATHAN BRODY (Murdoch) WBT: Miss Saigon, Barnum. Broadway: Spamalot, Titanic, Sally Marr ...and her escorts, Me and My Girl. Tours: Mary Poppins, Funny Girl, My Fair Lady. Off-Broadway: Pirates of Penzance, Gimpl the Fool, Theda Bara & the Frontier Rabbi, Eating Raoul. Regional: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Diary of Anne Frank, Lost in Yonkers, Animal Crackers, Hamlet. Television: Boardwalk Empire, Guiding Light, Sondheim Celebration at Carnegie Hall, An Evening With Alan Jay Lerner, Porgy & Bess: An American Voice.
SARAH CHARLES (Kate McGowan) recently graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She has performed regionally at the Hangar Theatre, Hope Summer Rep, and performed in various projects in NYC. Recent roles include: Wendla in Spring Awakening, Bridget in Translations, and Kate McGowan in Titanic! Thanks to Don, BRS/Gage Group, and my beautiful family. www.sarah-charles.net. For Noah.
GOLD STAR EVENT
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WHO’S WHO XANDER CHAUNCEY (Frederick Barrett) is stoked to return WBT to reprise his role in Titanic! WBT: Jekyll and Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde) NYC: The Magdalene (Peter, Original Off B’way, dir. Richard Maltby); Perfect European Man (Cherry Lane). REGIONAL FAVS: Titanic (Hangar Theatre, 2012 Best Actor in a Musical: Broadwayworld.com); Phantom (Phantom); The Full Monty (Paper Mill, Keno); Altar Boyz (Matthew); West Side Story (Bernardo, Riff); Footloose (Ren, Chuck); Cats (Munkustrap); Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere); Joseph...Dreamcoat (Joseph); Urinetown (Bobby). Xander has been seen on CW, Food Network and Spike TV as well as many national commercials. Thank you to the WBT, Lisa, Don, Liza and Ian! For my Muse: •• / •-•• --- •••• / -•-- --- ••-
DONNA ENGLISH (Alice Beane) Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It, Lend Me A Tenor, Broadway. Off-Broadway: Madame X (NYMF Outstanding Performance Award), Taking A Chance On Love, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!, The Gig, and Ruthless! (Drama Desk nomination). Regional: Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle), On The Twentieth Century (Lily Garland), Victor/Victoria (Victoria), A Little Night Music (Charlotte), and The King And I (Anna). Original cast recordings: Taking A Chance On Love and Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!. Graduate: Northwestern University. Child: the amazing Lila.
BEN ESTUS (Bellboy) is a native of Houston, TX and a recent graduate of Northwestern University. Regional credits include: The Fantasticks (Matt), Hamlet (Guildenstern), and Gold in the Hills. Northwestern: 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor), Legally Blonde (Warner), and Rent (Steve). Film: The Preacher’s Daughter (currently airing on the Lifetime Movie Network), Early Decision, and Paradise, Texas. Many thanks to the entire cast and team, Bret Adams, and his family. www.benestus.com
JEREMY ELLISONGLADSTONE (Bride/ Hartley) is thrilled to reprise the roles of Bride/ Hartley, which he played in the Hangar Theater production of Titanic. New York Theater: The Fantasticks (The Boy, final cast), Gameshow, Out of the Blue, Nerds, The Children, It Shoulda Been You (with Harriet Harris and Andrea Martin), and recently the workshop of John Kander/Greg Pierce’s new musical, Kid Victory. Other Regional Theater: Clybourne Park, Shear Madness (Flat Rock Playhouse, Florida Studio Theatre.). Jeremy does lots of silly commercials, has worked as a stand-up comic and holds a BA in Sociology from Oberlin. For my family--those who are with us, and those who are not. www.JeremyEllisonGladstone.com
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who’S who ELIzABETH HAKE (Kate Murphy) is delighted to be making her WBT debut in a show so near and dear to her heart! She has just returned from a year of touring the world with the National/International tour of The Addams Family (Flapper Ancestor; u/s Morticia and Grandma). Favorite credits include: Titanic (Kate Murphy), Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle), Triumph of Love (Leonide), and A Funny Thing... Forum (Philia). Many thanks to Don, Liza and Ian for giving her the opportunity to reprise her role in this beautiful production! www.elizabethhake.com
TOM HEWITT (Thomas Andrews) Broadway: Includes Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago, Dracula; The Musical, Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), The Lion King. National tours: Urinetown, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Peter Pan. Off-Broadway: Treasure Island, Jeffery, Beau Jest (Outer Critics nomination). Recent Regional Credits: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla Playhouse), Kiss Me, Kate (Muny, Reprise! LA), Travesties (Long Wharf, CT Critics Award). Film and TV: Law and Order, All My Children, Julie Taymors’ Fools’ Fire.
ADAM HELLER ( J. Bruce Ismay) Broadway: Elf; Baby It’s You; Caroline, or Change; A Class Act; Victor/Victoria; Les Miserables. Off-Broadway: Fiorello! (City Center Encores); Wings; Make Me a Song; The Immigrant; Endgame; Merrily We Roll Along; Normal. National Tours: Titanic; Falsettos. Recent Regional: The Chosen (BSC); 12 Angry Men (Engeman); Brighton Beach Memoirs (St. Louis Rep); The Drowsy Chaperone (NCT/CRT). Film: Random Unrelated Projects; Shadayim; Isn’t She Great. TV: “The Americans”; “Law & Order” (all); “The Sopranos”; “Oz”; “Submissions Only”. Graduate: NYU/Tisch.
PHILIP HOFFMAN (Edgar Beane) Ten original Broadway casts, including Into The Woods, Falsettos, Is There Life After High School?, Baby, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and A Catered Affair. Off-Broadway and Regional theatre productions from Angels In America to Yiddle With A Fiddle. National tours: Titanic (2000) as “Ismay;” Jekyll & Hyde (1995) as “John Utterson.” Several cast recordings and TV appearances (most recently “Hoffman” on Orange Is The New Black). Audiobook narrations on Audible.com. “Fan” page: www.facebook.com/onephiliphoffman.
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who’S who JOHN LANGLEY (Jim Farrell) couldn’t be more excited to board Titanic again with old and new friends alike, and make his Westchester stage debut!! Favorite credits: Titanic, Junie B Jones: Jingle Bells Batman Smells, Les Miserables, A Man of No Importance and August: Osage County. Graduate: Elon University BFA. All my love to my perfect family and brilliant friends.
BEN MCHUGH (Non-Performing Swing) has appeared in the National Tours of Mamma Mia! (Sam/Bill cover) and Hairspray (Corny). New York theatre credits include Tokio Confidential (Ralph), The Secret Garden (Dr Neville Archer), Fifty Shades of F****D Up (Christian), Broadway Varietease and Jekyll & Hyde (J&H cover). International credits include The Producers (Lead Tenor), Grease (Vince), Pirates of Penzance and Shout! The Legend of the Wild One. www.benmchugh.com
DREW MCVETY (Etches; Pitman) Broadway: Cyrano De Bergerac, Billy Elliot, Sunday in the Park with George, Spamalot, Frozen, Big River, Titanic, The Heidi Chronicles. First national tour: Cabaret, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Off-Broadway: Charles Ives Take Me Home, Lone Star Love, Corpus Christi, This Lime Tree Bower. Television: Blue Bloods, Royal Pains, Unforgettable, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: CI, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Soaps. Film: The Strange Case of Wilheim Reich, Henry’s Crime.
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PATRICIA NOONAN (Caroline Neville) NYC credits: creating roles in Yeston’s Death Takes a Holiday (Sophia), Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet), Baby Case (Betty Gow), and Signs of Life (Lorelei), Carousel with the NY Philharmonic (PBS: Live from Lincoln Center), and featured roles in Girl Crazy, Where’s Charley, and Merrily We Roll Along (all City Center Encores!). Regional: Carousel (Julie Jordan), Neurosis (Abby, original cast), Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), Little House on the Prairie (original cast), Camelot (Nimue), How to Succeed… (Rosemary), Ragtime (Evelyn), Man of La Mancha (Antonia), Secret Garden (Lily).
CHRISTIAN PALMER (Fleet) Regional Credits: Frederick Fleet in Titanic (Hangar Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Geva Theatre Center), White Christmas (Syracuse Stage), Junie B. Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (Hangar Theatre), La Traviata (Eastman Theatre). This May, Christian will receive his BFA from Syracuse University Drama after completing the Tepper Semester in NYC. Endless gratitude to Don, Liza, and Ian for letting him board the ship again! Special thanks to Lisa Nicholas, Ralph Zito, his family, friends, and Bo. Godspeed!
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who’s who WILLIAM PARRY (Captain Smith) has created roles in ten original Broadway productions, including: James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s, Sunday in the Park with George, and Passion; Camelot with Richard Burton & Richard Harris; Gypsy with Bernadette Peters; and Agamemnon dir. by Andre Serban; Jesus Christ Superstar (original). First National Tour of Titanic as Capt. Smith. Off-Broadway: original Assassins, Road Show (Public), both by Sondheim and John Weidman; Dessa Rose (Lincoln Center); Cymbeline (The Public) and others. Over 50 regional theater productions. Numerous TV and Film appearances. Recently: National Tour of Memphis.
NOAH PLOMGREN (Charles Clark) Thrilled to be back on the ship. Recent credits include: Max in Lend Me A Tenor (Bay Street Theatre), Claude in the national tour of Hair (dir. Diane Paulus), Gabe in Next to Normal and Murdoch in Titanic, (both at the Hangar Theatre), Zack in Tigers Be Still (City Theatre Company). Education: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
CELESTE ROSE (Kate Mullins) recently graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in musical theatre. She has performed regionally at the Hangar Theatre and Hope Summer Rep, and has also preformed in several readings and concerts in the city. Favorite recent roles include: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Clara in The Light In The Piazza, and Martha in Spring Awakening. Thanks to MTM, Judy Boals Inc, and my unceasingly supportive family. www.CelesteRose.com.
DAVID STUDWELL (Isidor Strauss; Hitchens) New York: Encores! Applause (Bert) - City Center. Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye) - Portland Center Stage; Gypsy (Herbie) - Hangar Theatre, Moby Dick (Starbuck) - Syracuse Stage; Pillowman (Tupolski) - Guest Artist - Cornell University; The Fantasticks (El Gallo), Indiana Repertory; Doubt (Father Flynn) - Hope Summer Repertory; Sweeney Todd (Sweeney-Indy Award winner) - PCPA Theatrefest; Falsettos (Mendel) The Alliance Theatre; Sunday in the Park With George (Louis the Baker) - The Goodman Theatre; Chess (Anatoly), South Pacific (Emile) - Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre. Film: Dave Barry’s Guide to Guys. TV: NBC Crime Story.
KAY WALBYE (Ida Strauss) BROADWAY: Titanic, Urinetown, The Secret Garden, Run for Your Wife (original companies), Grease, The Rose Tatoo (Circle in the Square). Encores!: Juno, Bye Bye Birdie. REGIONAL: Damn Yankees (Helen Hayes nomination, Arena Stage), Damn Yankees (IRNE nomination, North Shore Music Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), A Christmas Memory (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Pygmalion (Alley Theatre), Oklahoma (Sacramento Music Circus), The Front Page (Williamstown).
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who’S who DON STEPHENSON (Director) has directed Of Mice and Manhattan at the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center, Lend Me A Tenor at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Titanic at The MUNY Opera, Deathtrap, Noises Off and The 39 Steps at the Flat Rock Playhouse, Lend Me A Tenor at Bay Street Theatre, The World Goes Round at Bucks County Playhouse, and Titanic at The Hangar Theatre, and The Mystery of King Tut and Skippyjon Jones for Theatreworks/USA. He directed the critically acclaimed productions of Oleanna, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Three to Get Ready, and the hit musical comedy Doctors and Diseases at the historic Barter theatre. His production of Doctors and Diseases subsequently moved Off-Broadway to the Players Theatre. Other New York directing credits include Buck Simple (Garrick Gaities), When Pigs Fly (Kaufman Theatre), Golden Voices (Symphony Space), Old Flames (Theatre Studio Inc.) and a workshop production of My Time of Day: The Letters, Lyrics, and Music of Frank Loesser. Regionally, Don has directed productions of The Desperate Hours and Through All Kinds of Weather, both at the Clarence Brown Theatre and Sleeping Beauty at American Stage Festival. He will be directing the upcoming concert of Titanic at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. As an actor, Don starred as Leo Bloom in the TONY award winning Broadway production of The Producers, and before that played Victor in the TONY Award winning revival of Private Lives. Also on Broadway he created the role of Renfield in Dracula and created the role of Charles Clarke in the TONY Award winning production of Titanic. Don later returned to the show where he played radioman Harold Bride. Other Broadway credits include Hertz Kleinman in Rock of Ages, Leo Frank and Mr. Peavy in the original company of Parade at The Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Bingo Little in By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theatre, Dickie Clarke in Pardon My English, and he appeared as Frank Lippencott in the revival of Wonderful Town at Lincoln Center. On television he has appeared on The Good Wife, Glee, Ugly Betty, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Possible Side Effects (pilot), Now and Again, All My Children, As the World Turns, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Law and Order, Law and Order: SUV, By Jeeves, and played the role of David Jordan on the soap Another World. A native of Chattanooga Tennessee, Don holds a BA from University of Tennessee. He is married to actress Emily Loesser and they have four children. DOWNLOAD THE
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SPECIAL NOTICES Assistant Costume Designer ROBERTO SYLVA Stitcher PAMELA CUMMINGS Costume Assistant ERIC HATCH Assistant to Set Designer LAUREN MILLS Set Construction & Installation SCENE WORKS Ossining, NY Extra Special Lighting Equipment provided by SILENT G PRODUCTIONS Yorktown Heights, NY Assistant Lighting Designer KEVIN GLEASON Associate Media Designer LIANNE ARNOLD Assistant Musical Director PATRICK SULKEN Special Thanks to KEVIN STITES LIzA GENNARO (Choreographer) choreographed the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of The Most Happy Fella directed by Gerald Gutierrez and the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress starring Sarah Jessica Parker. She has choreographed Off-Broadway and in regional theaters including: Roundabout Theatre, Actor’s Theatre Of Louisville, Hartford Stage, Guthrie Theater, The Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hangar Theater, Pioneer Theatre Company and The St. Louis “Muny” Opera. She choreographed and directed A Charlie Brown Christmas for the New York Pops 2013 Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert. Liza is an assistant professor at Indiana University and writes about musical theater dance.
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WHO’S WHO IAN WEINBERGER (Music Director, Orchestrations) is so happy to be back on the boat. Other Titanic: Lincoln Center, Hangar Theatre, Southwark Playhouse (London, as orchestrator). New York: Nobody Loves You (Second Stage). Regional: My Fair Lady, Fanny Brice: America’s Funny Girl (Asolo Rep), North & South (West Point, with the West Point Band), Merrily We Roll Along, Pippin (The Music Theatre Company), A Chorus Line, The Wizard of Oz (Marriott Theatre). Broadway/ Off-Broadway orchestras: Kinky Boots, Little Miss Sunshine, Chaplin, Yeston’s Death Takes a Holiday. TV: The Sound of Music (NBC). Proud graduate of Northwestern University. Thank you Kevin, Don, Liza and Maury, for having me on board.
DEREK LOCKWOOD (Costume Designer) was born in Santa Barbara, and grew up in Ojai, CA. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Theatre with an emphasis in Costume Design from California Institute of the Arts. Derek is pleased to once again return to WBT as Costumer Designer, having recently completed Kiss Me, Kate, Guys and Dolls and Oliver! He has been an assistant designer for numerous WBT productions in the past. Derek’s recent design credits include Night Mother starring Joy Franz at White Horse Theatre Company, 50 Million Frenchmen by Cole Porter at Medicine Show Theatre, Saharava a ritualized dance opera at Fringe Festival, and creating “one of kind” designs for private clients.
Patrick Rizzotti (Set Designer) is a scenic designer working in theatre, opera, dance, and television. Recent and upcoming projects include: Party in The USA (Edinburgh, Scotland and Incubator Arts, NYC), Paul’s Case, Hansel und Gretel (Pittsburgh Opera), Hope and Gravity (Creede Repertory, CO), Dukus (Target Margin Lab). Theaters Include: Pittsburgh Opera, Florida Repertory Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, South Carolina Children’s Theatre, North Carolina Stage Compnay, Temple Theatre, and the Cherokee Historical Association. Television credits include, The TODAY Show (NBC), The Dr. Oz Show. Patrick is a winner of the 2013 OPERA America Director-Designer Showcase, a Lincoln Center Director’s Lab Alumni, and a credited contributor to the widely used collegiate textbook ‘Scene Design and Stage Lighting’ (Wadsworth 2013). Member of USA 829. M.F.A.: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. www.patrickrizzotti.com
Ryan Moller (Costume Designer) WBT Debut. NY credits include: White Christmas, Twelve Angry Men (Broadway World Nomination), A Christmas Carol, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Engeman), The Cottage, The Secret Garden (APAC), Drowsy Chaperone (Innovative Theatre Award), Little Dog Laughed, and Little Shop of Horrors (Gallery Players). Next season he will assist Kevin Knight with Donna Del Lago at the Metropolitan Opera. Regional/Tour: 5 seasons with the Santa Fe Opera, Cinderella, Les Miserables (Sierra Repertory Theatre) and Gladys: The Happy Mule (Troy McClure). RyanMoller.com Member USA829 ANDREW GMOSER (Lighting Designer) has lit all of our mainstage productions since 1990. As a freelance designer he has created sets and/or lighting for a multitude of productions throughout the tri-state area, and even traveled
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to France to light West Side Story. In addition, Andrew has directed numerous shows including critically acclaimed productions of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Chess and The Secret Garden. Through his production company, Silent G Productions, Andrew provides theatrical lighting design, equipment and consultation for live theatre, dance and concerts. Andrew is a recent recipient of the Cab Calloway Award. Andrew’s most important production is with his lovely wife, Catherine: their thirteen year old twins, Thomas and Elizabeth. For Dad. Let It Snow! HOWARD WERNER (Media Designer) Since 1982 Howard has created lighting and media designs for theater, architectural installations, trade shows, special events and corporate shows through out the world. Broadway: Spider Man, Lysistata Jones, Bye, Bye Birdie, Dream, Lestat, Dreamgirls, The Pirate Queen and Say Goodnight. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company in NYC and a native of Chicago, Howard has designed at many of the theaters there. Including Chicago Shakespeare Festival, The Goodman Theater, Victory Gardens and The Steppenwolf Theater Company. Howard has been nominated for a Jeff Award three times. A Principal of Lightswitch, founded in 1993 and has five offices across the country as well as an office in Hong Kong. www.Lightswitch.net VICTOR LUKAS (Production Stage Manager/ Properties) is happy to be home after spending many years touring the country and having played in every state. Broadway and Equity National Tours include: Bring Back Birdie, Oh Brother, Joe’s...Coat, Cats, Teddy And Alice, One Night WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE
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Stand, Woman Of The Year w/ Lauren Bacall, the Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical Movin’ Out, Cy Coleman’s Welcome To The Club and Barnum, Star of Indiana’s Blast!, Blood Brothers with Petula Clark, Carole King and Shaun & David Cassidy, and Disney’s Aida. For the WBT he has stage managed many shows including the acclaimed Aida and Little Shop of Horrors, both directed by Patricia Wilcox; Richard Stafford’s Gypsy with Karen Mason; and Jonathan Stahl’s Nine. OffBroadway shows include Annie Warbucks, Travels With My Aunt, Tuesday’s With Morrie, and Joan Of Arc with Glenn Close. Favorite gig – Touring with Petula Clark on her 2008 concert tour of England and Wales. Victor also runs “Grumpy’s Props,” a prop rental shop in Carmel NY. Grumpy’s Props also specializes in home & commercial decorating for holidays & theme parties. Visit us on line at www.grumpysprops.com. VON ANN STUTLER (Musical Contractor) Since the inception of the theatre 39 years ago, Von Ann has been responsible for putting together the excellent musicians which make up our orchestra. Each show has unique instrumentation requirements. Von Ann, in consultation with the musical director, determines the makeup and particular talented personnel to fulfill the show’s requirements. Von Ann is a musician having training in clarinet, piano and harp. She was a voice major at Michigan State University. She has raised 5 children and is the proud grandmother of 7 (four girls and 3 boys). LISA TISO (Producer) is happy to be a part of the WBT family which she joined in 1979 as a buffet girl. Lisa has worked in nearly every department in our organization and, since 1991, as Associate Producer and as Producer on over 16 mainstage productions. Lisa and her 20 year old daughter, Carmen live in Ardsley. THE VIDEOTAPING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW AND AN ACTIONABLE FEDERAL OFFENSE
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WHO’S WHO BOB FUNKING AND BILL STUTLER (Owners / Executive Producers) On July 9, 2014, the Westchester Broadway Theatre will celebrate its 40th Anniversary, as well as the 24th 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. Titanic is our 183rd Mainstage 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. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org 16
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