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the secret garden Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman Music by Lucy Simon Based on the Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Oct 30–Nov 29
An Introduction to the World of the Play
The year is 1906. Young Mary Lennox awakens one morning in India to discover that her parents and, in fact, everyone she knows in the English compound in Bombay have died of cholera. Having nowhere else to go, she is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor, a 100-room mansion in Yorkshire that belongs to her brooding Uncle Archibald—who is still mourning the death of his beautiful wife, Lily, the sister of Mary’s mother. On her first evening at Misselthwaite, Mary hears an eerie wailing, but sees only the shadows cast by her uncle as he wanders the halls hearing what he thinks is the ghost of his dead wife. The next morning, Mary meets the maid, Martha, who hints there might be something interesting to do outside. Mary is not convinced, but once she begins to spend her days outside, her sourness gradually diminishes. She learns from the head gardener, Ben Weatherstaff, of a mysterious walled garden that has been kept locked since Lily’s death. She also meets Martha’s brother, Dickon, who teaches Mary to speak to the everchirping Robin; the bird, in turn, shows Mary where to find the key to the garden. But, unable to find the garden’s door, Mary decides instead to go to her uncle to ask if she might have “a bit of earth,” so that she can plant some seeds Dickon has given her. This simple request triggers powerful memories for Archibald, who sinks further into the past as a storm rages outside. Later, still disturbed by the persistent wailing at night, Mary enters a forbidden wing, where she discovers her cousin Colin, a sickly but imperious boy who is confined to his bed. Their budding friendship is interrupted by Dr. Neville Craven (Archibald’s brother and Colin’s uncle) and Mrs. Medlock, the housekeeper, who banishes Mary from Colin’s room. Later, Dr. Craven discovers Archibald packing to leave for Paris, and accuses him of shirking his responsibilities; he argues that Mary is disturbing Colin and insists that she be sent away to school. Leaving the decision in his brother’s hands, Archibald says goodbye to the sleeping Colin and leaves. On the next clear morning, Mary has news for Dickon: she has found the garden, but it is dead. Together, though, they resolve to bring it back to life. Mary persuades Colin to join her in the garden, urging him to embrace its magical power and her faith in him. Resisting Dr. Craven’s attempts to send her to boarding school, Mary instead writes a letter to her uncle in Paris, asking him to come back. Mary’s letter finds Archibald in a very dark moment; but the ghost of Lily appears to comfort him, to ask his forgiveness—and to lead him home.
Adapted from the Theatre Works Study Guide
The 2015/16 Season is dedicated to the memory of Peter Culman, Center Stage’s managing director from 1966 to 2000, a poet, a man of faith, a Chinese linguist, a devoted husband and father, an omnivorous reader, a world traveler, a professor of homiletics, a mentor, a friend, and a true leader.
Cast
Table of Contents
The Secret Garden Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman Music by Lucy Simon Based on the Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Oct 30–Nov 29, 2015
2 Music
3 Meet the Creators
4 Sharing a Secret
6 Come to my Garden
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Bios: The Cast
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Audience Services
11 Bios: The Artistic Team
13 Bios: The Staff
18 Preview: Up Next
26 Photos
28 Staff
Timothy McDevitt*
Carlyn Connolly*
Talia Noelle Zoll
Rose Lennox, Mary’s Mother
Captain Albert Lennox, Mary’s Father Lieutenant Peter Wright Major Holmes Claire Holmes
Alice, Rose’s Friend
Kevin Earley*
Archibald Craven, Mary’s Uncle
Gayton Scott*
Mrs. Medlock, the Housekeeper
Adam Monley* Charlotte Maltby*
Anthony Frederickson
Amber Dickerson*
Victoria Solorio
Joshua Otten
Ayah
At Misselthwaite manor, North yorkshire, England:
Cameron Bartell
Dr. Neville Craven, Archibald’s Brother Martha, a Chambermaid
Ben Weatherstaff, the Gardener Dickon, Martha’s Brother Colin Craven
Carlyn Connolly* Nurse/Mrs. Winthrop, the Headmistress Lindsay Eberly*
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Management Intern Understudy Colin Craven
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Season 2015/16 Sponsor:
Media Sponsor:
Michael Yeshion*
Dathan B. Williams*
Lead Student Matinee Sponsor:
Dan Beckmann*
Center Stage is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.
Anita Vasan*
Mary Lennox
Vishal Vaidya* Fakir
Jessica Van Kipp*
Center Stage is also made possible by:
Caitlin Cohn*
Lily Craven
In Colonial India (Dreamers):
The Secret Garden is made possible by:
Cast
Brandi Burkhardt*
The Artistic Team
Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Sariva Goetz
Director/Choreographer Music Director/Orchestral Arranger
Michael Sebastian Associate Music Director/Conductor/ Keyboardist Narelle Sissons
Set Designer
Leon Wiebers
Costume Designer
David Bullard
Sound Designer
Matthew Richards
Puppet Kitchen Productions Inc. Kate Glasheen
Carlyn Connolly
Stephanie Klapper
Lighting Designer Puppet Designer/Construction Dialect Coach Dance Captain Casting Director
Original Broadway Production Produced by: Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, Frederic H. Mayerson, Elizabeth Williams Jujamcyn Theatres/TV ASAHI and Dodger Productions Originally produced by the Virginia Stage Company, Charles Towers, Artistic Director There will be a 15-minute intermission. PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: 410.986.4080
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MUSIcal Numbers
Time: 1906 Place: Colonial India; Misselthwaite Manor, North Yorkshire, England; and Paris.
Act One
Opening: India; The Library at Misselthwaite Manor; A Train Platform in Yorkshire; The Door to Misselthwaite Manor; Mary’s Room; The Gallery Opening Dream Lily, Fakir, Mary, and Company There’s a Girl The Company The House Upon the Hill The Company I Heard Someone Crying Mary, Archibald, Lily, and Company
Act Two
Scene 2: The Ballroom A Girl in the Valley Lily, Archibald, and Dreamers
Scene 4: Archibald’s Library A Bit of Earth Archibald
Scene 5: The Gallery Storm I The Company Lily’s Eyes Neville and Archibald
Scene 6: The Hallway Storm II Mary and Dreamers
Scene 7: Colin’s Room Round-Shouldered Man Colin and Mary
Scene 8: On the Grounds/The Door to the Garden Final Storm The Company
Scene 2: Archibald’s Dressing Room Quartet Archibald, Neville, Rose, and Lily
Scene 3: Colin’s Room Race You to the Top of the Morning Archibald
Scene 1: Mary’s Sitting Room A Fine White Horse Martha
Scene 3: In the Maze/The Greenhouse; The Edge of the Moor It’s a Maze Mary, Ben, Dickon, and Martha Winter’s on the Wing Dickon Show Me the Key Mary and Dickon
Scene 1: The Tea Party Dream/The Other Side of the Door The Girl I Mean to Be Mary and Company
Scene 4: The Greenhouse Wick Dickon and Mary Scene 5: Colin’s Room Come to My Garden Lily and Colin Scene 6: The Maze/The Garden Come Spirit, Come Charm Mary, Martha, Dickon, Fakir, Ayah, Lily, and Company A Bit of Earth (Reprise) Lily, Rose, and Albert Scene 7: The Library Disappear Neville Scene 8: Mary’s Room/Paris Hold On Martha Letter Song Mary, Martha, and Archibald Scene 9: Archibald’s Rooms in Paris Where in the World Archibald How Could I Ever Know Lily and Archibald Scene 10: The Garden Finale The Company
Musicians
The Secret Garden is a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Blake Robison, Artistic Director | Buzz Ward, Managing Director
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Keyboard 1 Michael Sebastian Keyboard 2 Bob Boguslaw Reed 1 Matthew Belzer Reed 2 Keith Daudelin French Horn Anthony Valerio Bass Chris Hofer Percussion Greg Herron
Meet
the director & creators
Lennox’s adventure, and give me much to work with as a director and choreographer. You’ve directed The Secret Garden before. What excites you about returning to the show?
SETTING: Mary begins her journey in India, one of Britain’s largest colonies. Her family lived among British military and others in the expatriate community, but her upbringing had Indian influences, as embodied by Fakir and Ayah. From India, Mary gets sent to Yorkshire, in England’s far north. Yorkshire is known for its expansive regions of unspoiled moors—land with sparse, lowgrowing vegetation like grasses and heather. Homes there were often far apart, isolating their inhabitants (and often resulting in servants living in their employers’ homes).
An Interview with Director
Marcia Milgrom Dodge By Christa Skiles
The Secret Garden has been adapted frequently, from plays to films and even other musical versions. What do you love most about this adaptation? Frances Hodgson Burnett’s timeless story, Lucy Simon’s richly beautiful music, Marsha Norman’s Tony Award-winning book all combine to make The Secret Garden a piece of great musical theater. I love how the characters convey their innermost feelings and fears though the haunting melodies of Lucy Simon’s music combined with the delicate dialogue and highly charged lyrics of Marsha Norman. The Dreamers were invented by these two innovative artists. They add mystery and tension to Mary
Just this past winter, I was lucky to get to direct and choreograph a production for NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Working with a young company of actors and designers gave me the opportunity to begin exploring staging and design concepts that had long been roiling around in my consciousness. It gave our music director Sariva Goetz the chance to create a smaller orchestral arrangement. What would you say to those discovering the story for the very first time? Lucky you! How wonderful to get to sit in a darkened theater and experience a story anew—where haunted characters struggle to find their place in the world; where the themes of abandonment, loss, death and mourning, service and friendship are palpable and relevant and penetrate deeply into our emotions; and where the larger themes of rebirth and redemption through nature help make The Secret Garden a story of hope and joy fulfilled.
Marsha Norman (Book and Lyrics)
Lucy Simon (Music)
Marsha Norman was born to fundamentalist Methodists in 1947. A strict upbringing allowed few childhood friendships and she relied on her interests in reading and music. She accepted a scholarship to study philosophy at Agnes Scott College, and in 1971 received a master’s degree in teaching from the University of Louisville. Norman then worked with emotionally disturbed children at the Kentucky Central State Hospital and gifted children at the Brown School. Her first play, Getting Out, based on a young woman patient at the Kentucky Central State Hospital, won the Gassner Medallion and Newsday Oppenheimer. Her fifth play, ’night, Mother brought her many literary and theatrical accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize. Other plays include Third and Oak, The Pool Hall, The Laundromat, Sarah and Abraham, and Loving Daniel Boone. She has also published a novel, The Fortune Teller, and wrote the book for the musical, The Color Purple. She is co-chair of the playwriting department of Juilliard School and the vice president of Dramatists Guild of America. She lives in New York with her two children.
Lucy Simon was born in 1943 into a family of creative talent, including her sister, Carly. Lucy Simon made her Broadway debut with The Secret Garden, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. In 1981, she teamed up with her husband David Levine, winning a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children for “In Harmony/A Sesame Street Record.” She contributed songs to Fanny Hackabout, a collaboration with Erica Long and Susan Birkenhead; to the Off-Broadway hit A… My Name is Alice; and her setting of “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” has been recorded by diverse artists. Lucy Simon continues to work her musical magic. Her more recent work can be heard in the musical version of Doctor Zhivago, and she has teamed up again with Marsha Norman to work on a musical adaptation of Wuthering Heights called Heathcliff. Adapted from the Utah Shakespeare Festival Study Guide
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Sharing a Secret:
The Enduring Vision of Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted from “The Secret Garden: From Page to Stage,” by Connie Yeager, Cincinatti Playhouse in the Park
“As long as one has a garden, one has a future; and as long as one has a future one is alive.” — Frances Hodgson Burnett, shortly before her death in 1924
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The enduring popularity of The Secret Garden, and its place at the top of the literary legacy of author Frances Hodgson Burnett, might well astonish the prolific writer, most of whose 52 books were written for adult audiences. Frances Hodgson Burnett was quite the hybrid. Born in 1849 in Manchester, England, she was the third of five children of a middle class merchant who died before she turned four. Her mother stepped in to keep the business afloat, but finally transplanted the family to eastern Tennessee as the Civil War ended in 1865, when Frances was 15. According to a biographer, “She spent her life as neither British nor American but reveled in straddling both countries’ opportunities and attitudes.” Burnett was driven to write from an early age, but the move to the United States launched her professional writing career at age 17. She discovered that she could earn money by selling her stories to magazines,
The gardens of Maytham Hall in Kent, model for Burnett’s Misselthwaite Manor.
and from that point her writing helped support her family throughout her life. Even after her marriage to Swan Burnett, an ophthalmologist and otolaryngologist, her income supported his studies and then provided the niceties of their life when they settled in Washington, DC. The marriage was not a happy one; after the birth of two sons, they spent much time apart as her growing success took her to New York and London (making no fewer than 33 transAtlantic crossings over the course of her restless, independent life). The Secret Garden was written relatively late in Burnett’s career, in 1910. By this time, she had divorced her first husband and completed a brief, disastrous second marriage to an English doctor and actor. But the story was most strongly influenced by two more emotionally lingering blows: the death of her 16-year-old son from tuberculosis in 1890, and the sale of Maytham Hall, the English manor house she leased for nearly a decade and loved deeply. Mary’s “secret” garden at Misselthwaite Manor is modeled after the garden at Maytham, complete with the actual robin that visited Burnett there, as recounted in her story My Robin. The Secret Garden also provided a way for Frances to “resurrect” her beloved son Lionel through the ailing character of Colin.
Frances’ quintessentially English book was finished in the American house on Long Island that became her final home. It was first serialized in a magazine, then published in book form in 1911. While Burnett was also a playwright who penned stage versions of more than a dozen of her books and stories (most notably Little Lord Fauntleroy), The Secret Garden was not among the works she adapted herself. Nevertheless, it has proved popular in numerous adaptations. It made its film debut in a 1919 silent movie, before MGM took it on in a 1949 version starring Margaret O’Brien and Dean Stockwell. Several BBC versions exist, along with a Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm from the 80s, and Dame Maggie Smith lends her star power to the role of Mrs. Medlock in the 1993 feature film. More recent adaptations include the Broadway musical, an opera, and The Misselthwaite Archives, a modern retelling on YouTube. And so Burnett’s treasured garden blooms on, cherished by generations of readers and audiences alike.
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Come to My Garden Adapted from an original piece by Christa Skiles, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
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Playwright Marsha Norman and Composer Lucy Simon
For more than 100 years, The Secret Garden has delighted readers of all ages with its message of faith, renewal, and friendship. But while we may think of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden as primarily a children’s novel, it was originally printed in serial form beginning in 1910 in The American Magazine, a publication for adults. Surprisingly, once published in book form, the book was not immediately popular. Upon Burnett’s death in 1924, her obituary focused on her other, better-known literary achievements: Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess. Certainly the very honest portrayal of the story’s heroine, complete with both faults and charms, might have unnerved early readers of The Secret Garden. Today’s fans find Mary decidedly more modern than the Victorian Era from which she was born, and consequently far more interesting. It’s perhaps that realism, anchoring a more mystical tale of redemption and hope, that has contributed to the story’s endurance. The Secret Garden is now considered Burnett’s masterpiece and is one of the most popular works of English literature. Translating that tale to the stage, however, was a daunting prospect for the show’s creators, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman, who wrote the book and lyrics, and Lucy Simon (sister of pop star Carly), who made her Broadway musical debut as the show’s composer. Through staged readings, a trial production, and further workshops, the team worked to craft—and transform—the original into its new form. Not just a matter of adding songs to the story,
Norman and Simon’s work balanced the children’s tale with the more mature narrative, while also refocusing centrally on Mary’s journey. As Norman noted in the program for the show’s first national tour, “Eventually, we realized there were no rules. There was only the fact that the novel was more than a story—that it was, in fact, a promise. And the promise was that if you are abandoned, as Mary Lennox is, you can find a place where you belong. If you suffer a loss, even as great a one as Mary’s, you can survive it. If you can believe—as she does—that you can grow, then you can. “Our task then became not simply to translate the story of the novel, but to convey the promise of the book,” said Norman. “To do that, we would have to dramatize the spiritual forces at work in the world. We would have to speak bravely and directly of the healing power of love, not an easy thing to do in this age of easy cynicism and doubt. In short, we too would have to believe. And that, in addition to working very hard for three and a half years, is what we did.” The Secret Garden premiered on Broadway in 1991 and won three Tony Awards. Ultimately, The Secret Garden’s inspiring message is one that spans generations and bears repetition—a celebration of believing. Believing in oneself, in others, in a better future, in the spring to come. “[T]hat is the secret of The Secret Garden,” Norman wrote, “a secret meant to be told again and again, whenever we have the chance, whether in the sleepy semi-darkness of a child’s room at bedtime or the dazzling light of the Broadway stage. Work hard. Be brave. But above all, believe.”
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bios
the cast
Carlyn Connolly*—Claire Holmes/Mrs. Winthrop.
Center Stage: debut. Tour— Disney On Classic (Mary Poppins, Cinderella); Curious George: The Golden Meatball (Netti). Regional—Mill Mountain: Swing! (Laura); The Sound of Music (Elsa Schraeder); Theatre by the Sea: Mary Poppins (Katie Nanna, u/s Mrs. Banks). Endless thanks to Marcia and Sari, to this truly incredible team, and to Mom, Dad, Devin, and Melissa for their immeasurable love and support. carlynconnolly.com. Left to Right: Cast members Jessica Van Kipp, Dan Beckmann, Vishal Vaidya, Talia Noelle Zoll, and Carlyn Connolly. Photo by Aly Michaud.
Regional—La Mirada: Mary Poppins (Mary); The Granada: Camelot (Guenevere); Center Stage: debut. Sacramento Music Circus: Music Man Regional—North Shore Music Theatre: Les Misérables (Marian); Oklahoma! (Laurey); Reprise!: L’il Abner (Daisy Mae). Recordings—The Count (Prouvaire), Miss Saigon of Monte Cristo (Mercedes); Jekyll & Hyde: (Ensemble); Westchester Broadway Theatre: The Sound of Music (Rolf); Resurrection (Emma); A Tale of Two Cities (Lucy). One of her greatest honors was Actor’s Theatre of Indiana: Gypsy (Tulsa). An Orlando, FL native and a proud University of performing for the President and the First Lady at the National Theater in Alabama Musical Theatre graduate. Thanks remembrance of The Civil War, alongside to Stephanie Klapper and Josh Walden for celebrated artists like Trisha Yearwood, Hal the opportunity and Marcia and Sari for Holbrook, and Dr. Maya Angelou. Film/ their brilliant leadership. All the love to TV—Hart of Dixie, Passions, Confessions of a Mom, Dad, and Aunt Linda for their Shopaholic, Mad Men, How I Met Your unending support. cameronbartell.com, Mother, Brothers & Sisters, Boston Legal, The @ctbartell. Glades, The Defenders, NCIS and Numb3rs. Dan Beckmann*—Captain @brandiburkhardt. Albert Lennox. Center Stage: Caitlin Cohn*—Mary debut. National Tour— Lennox. Center Stage: Curious George (Man with debut. Ms. Cohn feels the Yellow Hat). Regional— blessed to be a part of this Ordway Center: 1950’s beautiful production. She Songbook (Self); Children’s Theatre has been privileged to work Company: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Papa Who, Grinch u/s); Park Square: Ragtime on more than 25 productions, as well as on (Tateh); Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Joseph television and films. Some of her favorite credits include: Broadway Nat’l Tour— (Ruben, Jacob); Minnesota Jewish Theatre Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. TV/Film— Company: The History of Invulnerability Boonville Redemption (starring opposite (Superman); Crane River Theatre: Snoopy!!! Diane Ladd and Pat Boone). New York— (Snoopy), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), Originating the role of Mary Marie in the Shrek (Shrek). Love to Mom, Dad, Laura, and new musical Mary Marie. She is a proud Mollie: thank you for giving me the best life member of the Screen Actors Guild and a person could ever want. the Actor’s Equity Association. Immense Brandi Burkhardt*—Lily thanks to Marcia, Sari, and the ensemble Craven. Center Stage: debut. of The Secret Garden. All my love to my Broadway—A Tale of Two family, friends, and teachers for their Cities (Lucy); Mamma Mia! unwavering support. (Sophie). National Tour— Jekyll & Hyde (Emma).
Cameron Bartell—Dickon.
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Kevin Earley*—Archibald Craven. Center Stage: debut.
Broadway/Nat’l Tour—Les Misérables (Enjolras), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon), A Tale of Two Cities (Defarge). Off-Broadway— Roundabout: Death Takes a Holiday. Concert—Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Pasadena POPS, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Regional—Goodman Theatre: Brigadoon; Paper Mill: 1776; Marriott: City of Angeles; 5th Avenue: Second Hand Lions.Awards—New York Drama Desk Award nom. for the title role in Death Takes a Holiday, LA. Drama Critics Circle Award for Rutledge in 1776, Ovation Award nom. for Can-Can, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, It Came from Beyond, and Side Show, Jefferson Award for Assassins (Balladeer). Recordings—A Tale of Two Cities, Ten Commandments, Death Takes a Holiday, Earley Standards. Education—Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts. kevinearley.com.
Anthony Frederickson— Colin Craven. Center Stage:
debut. Regional—Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy: Mulan Jr. (Ling), Cincinnati Ballet: The Nutcracker (Fritz), Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati: Willie Wonka Jr. (Oompa-Loompa/Alfie), Acting Up in Mason: Children of Eden (Young Abel). In addition, Mr. Frederickson has recorded theater singing demos for MJ Composers and performed the National Anthem at the Western and Southern Tennis Open and at various community events. He has spent this past summer participating in the performing arts STAR camp with the Children’s Theatre of
audience Cincinnati and performing at the Premiere Event in Orlando, Florida. Frederickson dedicates his performance to his parents, grandparents, and his sister, Gianna.
services
Adam Monley*—Dr. Neville Craven. Center
Stage: debut. Broadway—Les Misérables (Javert, the Bishop), Mamma Mia! Charlotte Maltby*— (Original Broadway Cast). Martha. Center Stage: debut. Nat’l Tour—Deaf West Theatre: Big River New York—includes Sense (voice of Huck/Mark Twain), The Phantom of and Sensibility (Miss Morton, the Opera (Raoul). Education—University of originated); Michael John Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. LaChiusa’s First Daughter’s Film/TV—Blue Bloods and Medium. For Suite (Susan Ford), the reinvented Babes in Paige and Hank! Toyland (Jenny, originated), 13 (Charlotte, originated with the role named for her.) Gayton Scott*—Mrs. Regional—The Muny: Hairspray (Penny Medlock. Center Stage: The Pingleton), Les Misérables (Fantine). Film/ Making of Americans. TV—The Last Five Years (Dir. Richard Broadway—Gypsy starring LaGravenese), Ithaca (Dir. Meg Ryan), AWOL Bernadette Peters directed by (Dir. Deb Shoval), Work It, Honey (Dir. Denny Sam Mendes, The Women Lawrence). Select Concert—54 Below, Laurie (Roundabout), Present Laughter starring Beechman Theater, Le Poisson Rouge, DROM. Frank Langella. New York—The New Group: Education—University of Michigan, BFA Bunty Berman Presents … and Abigail’s Party Musical Theatre, Class of 2015 (Go Blue!). directed by Scott Elliott; Indiscretions at Love to my family, MT15, Nathaniel, and of Phoenix Theatre Ensemble directed by course Rachel Altman at Paradigm Agency Jonathan Silverstein; White Chocolate at The and Erica Tuchman at Perennial Culture Project directed by David Schweizer, Entertainment. Ever grateful to Marcia among many others. Regional—Cincinnati Milgrom Dodge and Sariva Goetz. @cmalts. Playhouse in the Park, Pioneer Theatre Company, Triad Stage, The Shakespeare Timothy McDevitt*— Theatre of New Jersey, Long Wharf Theatre, Lieutenant Peter Wright. Williamstown Theatre Festival. Film/ Center Stage: debut. Theater TV—Forbidden Love, P.S. I Love You, Law & credits include Encores! at Order: CI, As the World Turns, Guiding Light New York City Center: Lady and Great Performances on PBS. Education— Be Good; New York Studied with William Esper and is a member Philharmonic/PBS Live from Lincoln Center: of The Actors Center Workshop Company. Carousel; The Philadelphia Orchestra: Bernstein’s MASS; Carnegie Hall: Guys and Vishal Vaidya*—Fakir. Dolls. Opera—credits include Festival d’Aix Center Stage: debut. New en Provence, La Monnaie De Munt, Central York—B-Sides Productions: A City Opera: Les Mamelles de Tiresias; North Man of No Importance Carolina Opera: Les Enfants Terribles; Alice (Baldy). Regional—Ford’s Tully Hall: L’Isola Disabitata; Central City Theater: 25th Annual Putnam Opera Gianni Schicchi. Timothy has created County Spelling Bee (Barfee), A Christmas several new roles in world premieres Carol (Topper/Young Marley); Kennedy including Do Not Go Gentle (Phoenecia Center/Children’s Theater Company of Festival), The Ghost Train (Carolina Minneapolis: Barrio Grrrl! (Sandip); Olney Chamber Music Festival), Cosi Farran Tutti Theatre Center: Godspell (“All Good Gifts”), (Italian Academy of NY). Awards—finalist Charlie Brown (Schroeder), Cinderella and winner in the Metropolitan Opera (Herald); Toby’s Dinner Theater: Oklahoma! National Council, Lotte Lenya Competition, (Ali Hakim), RENT (Benny). Education— Bolshoi Opera (Moscow), and Opera Bastille American University. Thanks to Marcia, Sari, (Paris). Other—Mr. McDevitt can be heard Stephanie Klapper, LTA, and my family! on the cast albums of Roberta (New World @TweetsByVish Records) and Lady Be Good (Sh-K-Boom Records). Education—Juilliard. Love and unceasing gratitude to my family, especially mom and dad.
Dining
Sascha’s Express, our pre-performance dinner service, is located up the lobby stairs in our Mezzanine café. Service begins two hours before each performance.
Drinks
Drinks are welcome in the theater. Lids are required for hot drinks. Please no food.
Phones
Please silence all phones and electronic devices before the show and after intermission.
Recording
Photography and both audio and video recording are strictly forbidden.
On-Stage Smoking
We use tobacco-free herbal imitations for on-stage smoking and do everything possible to minimize the impact and amount of smoke that drifts into the audience. Let our Box Office or front of house personnel know if you’re smoke sensitive.
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible seating is available for every performance.
We offer free assistive listening devices, braille programs, and magnifying glasses upon request. An Open Captioned performance† is available one Sunday performance of each production. Two performances also feature Audio Description†.
Parking
If you are parking in the Baltimore Sun Garage (diagonally across from the theater at Monument & Calvert) you can pay via credit card at the pay station in the garage lobby or at the in-lane pay station as you exit. If you have a pre-paid voucher, proceed directly to your vehicle and enter your voucher after inserting the parking ticket you received upon entering the garage, in the machine as you leave. We are unable to validate parking tickets.
Feedback
We hope you have an enjoyable, stress-free experience! Your feedback and suggestions are always welcomed: info@centerstage.org. Open Captioning & Audio Description performances of The Secret Garden are on Sun, Nov, 22. Audio Description at both 2 pm and 7 pm. Open Captioning at 7 pm. †
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Some Enchanted Evening: N.Y. Pops (Carnegie Hall). Regional—Fiddler on the Roof (Maltz Jupiter Theatre) and Children of Eden (Weathervane Playhouse). Upcoming projects include 110 in the Shade (Ford’s Theatre) and the Make-A-Wish benefit of The Secret Garden (Lucille Lortel). Music— Drama Desk Award-nominated recording of John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean. Featured soloist in Some Enchanted Evening with the NY Pops (Carnegie Hall). Love to BB, BY, UIA & MMD! MichaelYeshion.com.
Talia Noelle Zoll—Alice.
Left to Right: Cast members Anita Vasan and Timothy McDevitt; Kevin Earley with his costume design. Photos by Aly Michaud.
Jessica Van Kipp* (formerly Jessica Burrows)—Rose Lennox. Center Stage: debut.
New York and Regional— New York Musical Theater Festival and Hamilton Stage: Himself and Nora (Nora); La Jolla Playhouse: Doctor Zhivago (Lara); NYMF: The Toymaker (Anna); Ahmenson: Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme (Chorus); Pasadena Playhouse: 110 in the Shade (Lizzie u/s Marin Mazie); The Kodak Theater: The Ten Commandments starring Val Kilmer (Bithia u/s); International City Theater: When Garbo Talks (Garbo); Performance Riverside: Carousel (Julie Jordon), Hello Dolly (Irene Malloy). Film/ TV—Cold Case (CBS). Music—Cast Recordings: Himself and Nora on Jay Records. Jessica lives in NYC with her exquisitely wonderful and handsome husband. jessicavankipp.com.
Anita Vasan*—Ayah.
Center Stage: debut. Nat’l Tour—Les Misérables (Ensemble/ Factory Girl). Regional—Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Fulton Theater: Around the World in 80 Days; Northern Stage:Les Misérables (Eponine). Prospect Theater Company: Evergreen (Maya); Making Books Sing: Ocean in a Teacup (Shefali), Tea with Chachaji (Amma). Film/TV—the voice of Fatima in West Bank Story (2007 Academy Award winner, short film/live action) and a guest starring role as Jaya in The Untold Stories of ER.
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Dathan B. Williams*—Ben Weatherstaff. Center Stage:
debut. Broadway—Show Boat (Original Broadway Cast, Stevedore/Busker). OffBroadway—Carnegie Hall: Show Boat in Concert (Vocal Ensemble); Pearl Theater Company: Nathan The Wise (Saladin); Second Stage: Buffalo Gal (NYC premier, James); TWAS/National Black Theater: Medea (Jason) plus four other Off-Broadway shows. Nat’ Tour—Show Boat (First National, Stevedore/Busker) plus three other national tours. International—The Stratford Festival (8 shows between the ‘90 and ‘91 seasons). Regional—Montclair Shakespeare Center As You Like It (Jaques); Lyric Oklahoma Theater and Maine State Theater: Ragtime (Booker T. Washington); Eugene O’Neill Theater Center: Becoming Tennessee (Auctioneer), American Duet (Uncle Jelly/Nathan); California Music Theatre and Bay Street Theatre: Once On This Island (Ton Ton Julian) and 36 other regional theaters. Film/TV—Better left Unsaid (Better left Unsaid TV), October 13th (City College NY Film), Sex and the City (Showtime), Romeo and Juliet (CBC). Assoc. Artistic Director of The Harlem Shakespeare Festival.
Michael Yeshion*—Major Holmes. Center Stage: debut.
New York—Oliver! (The Forestburgh Playhouse), Pardon My English (Musicals Tonight!), The Jazz Singer (Jupiter Theatre), The Haunted Hotel (New York Theatre Barn), Little Shop of Horrors (Lucille Lortel Theatre), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Vortex Theater Company) and
Center Stage: debut. New York—Midtown International Theatre Festival: Enter Singing (Bella). International—Intermezzo Music Festival: Nine (Lilliane LaFleur). Regional—Commonwealth Theatre Company: Sweeney Todd (Ensemble/Quintet Soprano). Opera—Cincinnati May Festival: Noah’s Flood (Gossip). Lyrique en Mer Festival: The Marriage of Figaro (Bridesmaid/cover: Susanna). Education— Brooklyn College-Conservatory of Music (Master of Music). Music—Holland America Line: Showroom at Sea (Female Classical Crossover Lead Singer/Vocal Captain). Sirene (Classical Crossover Vocal Duo).
Understudy Joshua Otten—Colin Craven. Joshua is delighted
to make his Center Stage debut. He performed at Ford’s Theatre last winter as Peter Cratchit in A Christmas Carol and was chosen by Maestro Loren Maazel as a soloist for the 2014 Castleton Festival. Regional credits include Gavroche in Les Miserables, Kurt in The Sound of Music, JoJo in Seussical, Jr., Charlie in Willy Wonka, Jr., and Colin in The Secret Garden. Joshua is represented by Linda Townsend Management, Inc. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association
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the artistic team
Cristo. Education—University of Michigan, worked with conductors Eugene Ormandy, Zubin Mehta, Robert Shaw and Mstislav Rostropovich. MichaelSebastian.info.
Narelle Sissions—Set Designer. Center Stage: debut. Broadway—Roundabout Theatre Company: All My Sons. OffBroadway—How I Learned to Drive, Stop Kiss, In the Blood, Kit Marlowe, Julius Caesar, Little Flower of East Orange at The Public Theater. New York—productions with Mabou Mines, Labyrinth Theatre Company (member), LightBox, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Epic Theatre Ensemble, Classic Stage Company, Women’s Project Theater. International—Jesus Hopped the Left to Right: Director/Choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Costume Designer Leon Wiebers, A Train (director Philip Seymour Hoffman, Set Designer Narelle Sissons, and Sound Designer David Bullard. Photo by Aly Michaud. London and New York) and Mabou Mines’ Once On This Island, Sweeney Todd, Romance Dollhouse (director Lee Breuer, US and Marcia Milgrom Dodge—Director & Romance, Starlight Express. Off Broadway— world tour). She also designed The Syringa Choreographer. Center Stage: She Loves Tree in Austria and Germany, No Child at American Princess, My Old Friends, Goblin Me, In a Pig’s Valise, The School for Wives. Market, Splendora, The Jerusalem Syndrome. the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and recently Broadway—Ragtime. Nominations—Tony, Sokrates at VAT Theatre in Estonia. Awards— Tours—Scrooge in Concert; Theatreworks Drama Desk, Astaire, Drama League. OffFulbright Specialist grant, Drama Desk USA: Curious George. Regional—Bucks Broadway—Active Theater: Venus Flytrap; Award nom., two Helen Hayes Award noms., Theatreworks USA: Curious George, Seussical; County: Really Rosie; George Street: Fields American Theatre Wing nom., Elliot Norton of Ambrosia; Williamstown: Tonight at Minetta Lane: Cookin’; Houseman: Radio Award nom., a Kevin Kline Award and a Gals; Cherry Lane: Closer Than Ever, (original 8:30; Goodspeed: Bloomer Girl. Concerts— Backstage West Award. Education—Central Long Island Philharmonic: Boheme to production); The Public: Romance In Hard Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art Broadway; Avery Fisher: A Celebration of Times. Regional—Cincinnati Playhouse, in London, Associate professor and design Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Muny, Denver Center, Lee Strasberg; Richard Rodgers Theatre: option coordinator at Carnegie Mellon Nothin’ Like a Dame; New York Historical Glimmerglass, Reprise Theatre, Pittsburgh University School of Drama. Public, St. Louis Rep., Bay Street, Music Circus, Society: American Musicals Project. Goodman Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Teaching—American University, New Jersey Leon Wiebers—Costume Designer. City University, Westchester Community Huntington Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Stage: debut His designs have College. Education—MA: New York Arena Stage. International—Royal Opera been seen on stages throughout the US University, BMusic: University of Arizona. House, Oman; Fredericia Teater, Denmark; and internationally. He was a Fulbright SarivaGoetz.com. Nanta Theatre, Seoul; Wintergardens, Research Scholar to South Korea examining Blackpool. Collaborations—Julie Andrews traditional dress. Recent—credits include Michael Sebastian—Associate Music (Simeon’s Gift), Stephen Sondheim (Merrily These Troubled Times (Edinburgh Festival Director/Conductor/Keyboardist. Center We Roll Along), Rupert Holmes (Thumbs), Fringe) The Music Man (Glimmerglass Stage: debut. Mr. Sebastian has been resident Des McAnuff (Elmer Gantry), Robert Falls & Festival and the Royal Opera House Muscat music director of The Golden Apple Dinner John Logan (Riverview). Television—Sesame in Oman); The King and I for Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Flat Rock Street; AMC’S Remember Wenn. Awards— Theatre. He is a long-term collaborator at Playhouse and artistic director at East Village Carbonell, LA Drama Critics, Backstage Music Circus in California, having designed Cabaret. Regional—Ford’s Theatre: Freedom’s Garland, Dora Mavor, NY Outer Critics more than 20 productions, most recently Song The 150 Anniversary of Lincoln’s and Daytime Emmy. Other—Playwright; A Chorus Line; Show Boat; Anything Goes; Assassination; Ogunquit Playhouse: Always Executive board member of SDC. As always, I Do, I Do; 42nd Street; My Fair Lady; Gypsy; ...Patsy Cline w/ Sally Struthers; St. Louis Rep: for Tony & Natasha. Guys and Dolls; Kiss Me, Kate; Jekyll and Beehive; Peterborough Players: Little Shop of Hyde; and A Funny Thing Happened on the Sariva Goetz—Music Director/Orchestral Horrors (director Peggy Hickey); Cincinnati Arranger. Center Stage: debut. Broadway— Playhouse: Always … Patsy Cline, Beehive, The Way to the Forum. Opera—credits include Fantasticks and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Il Trovatore (Sacramento Opera and English Les Miserables (10 years as assistant National Opera), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (San Change. Pre-Broadway—Asolo Rep: A Tale conductor/keyboardist, original Broadway Francisco Opera Center), El Niño (Théâtre of Two Cities. With the Frank Wildhorn/Jack company), Aladdin, The Mystery of Edwin Murphy creative team; Straz Center and Alley du Châtelet), Cosi Fan Tutti (Sacramento Drood, Sister Act, Mamma Mia, The Little Opera). Awards—Carbonell Award, Theatre: Wonderland, Flat Rock Playhouse: Mermaid, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bombay Backstage West Garland Award, LA Weekly Dreams, Beauty and the Beast, Guys & Dolls, Scott and Zelda and coming Spring 2016, Theater Award, Ovation Award. Pioneer Theatre: The Count of Monte Secret Garden, Miss Saigon, City of Angels, The Secret Garden | 11
Matthews Richards—Lighting Director.
Center Stage: The Price, Hay Fever. Broadway—Ann. Off-Broadway—Atlantic Theater Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, MCC Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, The Play Company, Playwrights Horizons, Primary Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Second Stage Theatre. Regional— Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Long Wharf Theatre, The Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre. Education—Yale School of Drama.
David Bullard—Sound Designer. Center Stage: debut. Liberty Smith and Disney’s The Lion King Jr. (NewArts/1214 Foundation), Three Tales (Los Angeles Philharmonic), NETworks Presents: Anything Goes (National Tour), A Little Night Music (New York University’s New School on Broadway), Men’s Lives (Bay Street Theater), Ninth and Joanie (Labyrinth Theater Company), Amadeus (Old Globe Theatre, Critics Circle nom.), One Night Only: A Night with Al Pacino (International Tour), On Golden Pond (National Tour) and The Unexpected Man (New York and Los Angeles, Drama Desk and Lortel nominations). Associate design—credits include The Phantom of the Opera (North American Tour) and War Horse (North American Tour, Berlin). Mr. Bullard’s associate design credits on Broadway include Sondheim on Sondheim, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd (New York and North American Tour), Assassins, Pacific Overtures, Road Show, Gypsy (starring Patti LuPone), West Side Story (New York and International Tour), Xanadu (New York and International Tour), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (New York, Boston and National Tour), Gem of the Ocean, and Radio Golf. Puppet Kitchen Productions, inc.— Puppet designer and construction. Center
Stage: debut. Puppet Kitchen Productions’ trio of “Head Chefs” blend style with engineering to create dynamic visual stories and characters. Since 2008, Emily DeCola, Eric Wright and Michael Schupbach have been designing, building, performing, directing, and teaching puppetry from
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their workshop in New York. They work in nearly every style of contemporary puppetry, including: shadows, TV/’Muppet’ style, rod puppet, direct manipulation/‘Bunraku’ Style, Marionette, parade/costume, and finger puppets. Recent projects—include The King and I and The Wiz (Maltz Jupiter Theater), Alice in Wonderland (New York City Opera), The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show & Other Timeless Stories (Sydney Festival), Compulsion (The Public Theater), The Soldier’s Tale (Orchestra of St. Luke’s), Disney Theme Parks, PBS, Mabou Mines, TheaterWorks USA, and The Disney Channel. PKP hosts workshops for the public and an internship program at the studio, and create original programming for all ages integrating puppetry, music, movement, and storytelling. @puppetkitchen. puppetkitchen.com.
Kate Glasheen—Dialect Coach. Center
Stage: debut. Regional—Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Ensemble Theater, Carnegie Center for the Arts, The Know Theatre of Cincinnati, and The Showboat Majestic. London— Upstairs at the Gatehouse, dANTE or dIE, Riverside Studios, and Peut-Etre Theatre. Other—Ms. Glasheen is also an actor and choreographer, has taught at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts, and is currently a Visiting Artist in Voice and Speech at Millikin University. Ms. Glasheen holds an MFA in Voice from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London, a BA in Acting from Butler University, and serves as Associate Editor for the Voice and Speech Trainers Association scholarly journal The Voice and Speech Review.
Stephanie Klapper—Casting Director.
Center Stage: Herzog Festival( 4000 Miles and After the Revolution), It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Next to Normal, Vanya and Sonia…, Stones in His Pockets, dance of the holy ghosts, …Poe, The Whipping Man, A Skull in Connemara. Selected credits include: Broadway—Bronx Bombers; A Christmas Story, The Musical; Dividing the Estate; Bells Are Ringing; It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. Off Broadway—Informed Consent; Perfect Arrangement; Rocket to the Moon; Measure for Measure; The Glass Menagerie; Billy Porter’s While I Yet Live; Poor Behavior;
The Tribute Artist; The Model Apartment; Emotional Creature; Karen O’s Stop the Virgens!. Regional—Bernstein’s Mass (Street Singers) for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Many theaters including: Asolo, Cincinnati Playhouse, Capital Rep, Ford’s Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Berkeley Rep, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Company, Old Globe, San Diego, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Westport Country Playhouse. Film/TV—Poor Behavior; Stag; Alice Jacobs is Dead, Roberta, Feast of the Goat; Sidewalk Stories. TV—Lazytown. Member—Casting Society of America and League of Professional Theatre Women.
Amber Dickerson*—Stage Manager.
Center Stage: Pride and Prejudice. Broadway—Motown, the Musical. National Tour—Dreamgirls. Regional—Arena Stage: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Pullman Porter Blues (premiere), The Normal Heart, Trouble in Mind, Looped, Crowns, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Women of Brewster Place (premiere), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Passion Play, a cycle (premiere), Piano Lesson and others over 13 seasons. Other—Hartford Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage and Ogunquit Playhouse. Thanks to God and her family for their love and support!
Lindsay Eberly*—Assistant Stage Manager. Center Stage: Pride and Prejudice, 4000 Miles, After the Revolution, It’s a Wonderful Life, Amadeus, Twelfth Night, A Civil War Christmas, Animal Crackers, Beneatha’s Place, Clybourne Park, The Mountaintop, The Completely Fictional... Final Strange Tale of E.A. Poe. Regional— CATF: The Full Catastrophe, WE ARE PUSSY RIOT, Dead & Breathing, The Ashes Under Gait City, Modern Terrorism, Scott & Hem in the Garden of Allah, The Insurgents, Ages of the Moon, Inana, and The Eelwax Jesus 3-D Pop Music Show; Berkshire Theater Festival: A Thousand Clowns, Homestead Crossing; Huntington: Circle Mirror Transformation; Royal Court: Haunted Child. Love to Mom & Dad, thanks for everything.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association
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the Staff Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is an
award-winning British playwright, director, actor, and broadcaster. At Center Stage he has directed Marley, One Night in Miami..., Amadeus, dance of the holy ghosts (City Paper Top Ten Productions, 2013), The Mountaintop, An Enemy of the People, The Whipping Man, (named Best Director), and Naomi Wallace’s Things of Dry Hours. In 2014, Kwame was named Best Director in City Paper’s Best of Baltimore, and he was a finalist for SDC's Zelda Fichandler Award for Best Theater Director. Among his works as playwright are Elmina’s Kitchen, Let There Be Love, A Bitter Herb, Statement of Regret, and Seize the Day. Beneatha’s Place debuted at Center Stage in 2013 as part of The Raisin Cycle. Other directorial credits include Wallace’s The Liquid Plain at Signature Theatre, Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew at the Lark Play Development Center, New York’s Public Theater’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, the World Premiere of Detroit ’67 (Best Director nom.) at New York’s Public Theater, and the World Premiere of The Liquid Plain at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has served on the boards of The National Theatre and The Tricycle Theatre, both in London, and as Artistic Director for the World Arts Festival in Senegal. He was named the Chancellor of the University of the Arts London, and in 2012 was named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
Managing Director Stephen Richard has
worked in ballet, museums, and theater, with his longest tenure at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. As Arena’s Executive Director, he planned and managed the theater’s capital campaign for the Mead Center for American Theater. He has taught arts management at Georgetown University and George Mason University, among others. He has also served on the boards and committees of some of the nation’s most prestigious arts organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, American Arts Alliance, the League of Resident Theatres, and the Theatre Communications Group. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Maryland Citizens for the Arts.
Associate Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif is a director,
playwright, and producer. She served as Associate Artistic Director, Director of New Play Development, and Artistic Producer at Hartford Stage; recently as Program Manager of the ArtsEmerson Ambassador Program; and as Developmental Producer/Tour Manager of Progress Theatre’s musical The Burnin’. Hana also served as co-founder and Artistic Director of Nasir Productions, which brings theater to underserved communities. Directing credits include The Whipping Man, Gem of the Ocean (six CCC nominations), Gee’s Bend (CCC Award Best Ensemble, two nominations), Next Stop Africa, Cassie, The
Drum, and IFdentity. Hana has directed numerous developmental workshops, including Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s The Chat and Chew Supper Club. Her plays include All the Women I Used to Be, The Rise and Fall of Day, and The Sprott Cycle Trilogy. Hana is the recipient of the 2009–10 Aetna New Voices Fellowship and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) New Generations Fellowship.
Stage in 2003, after nearly 15 years in Chicago as an actor, director, dramaturg, translator, and teacher—and co-founder of the classically based greasy joan & co theater. In addition to working as a dramaturg on scores of productions, readings, and workshops at Center Stage, he has helped develop new work around the country. Before making his Center Stage mainstage directorial debut with Twelfth Night, Gavin directed more than a dozen Young Playwrights Festival entries, as many new play readings, and the 50th Anniversary Decade Plays for Center Stage. A graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago, he has taught at the University of Chicago, DePaul, and locally at Towson and Peabody Conservatory; served on the advisory boards of several theaters; and spent more than a decade as a regional vice president of the national association of dramaturgs, LMDA.
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X’s and O’s
By KJ Sanchez with Jenny Mercein
Nov 13–Dec 20
Baltimore. Loves. Football. And as the season kicks into high gear, Center Stage brings you a deeply moving, ripped-from-the-headlines play about our love for the game. Based on interviews with players, their families, and their fans, X’s and O’s delves deep into the questions that are being asked around dinner tables across the country: what are the dangers of the game? Should our children play? How do we balance our love for the sport with its potential risks? Co-commissioned by Center Stage and Berkeley Repertory Theater, and developed in part through Center Stage’s Play Lab series, X’s and O’s is a celebration of football that fearlessly tackles the sometimes tragic results of our passion for the sport. Join us on select evenings for extended AfterThoughts post-show discussions. For dates and special guest speakers, please visit centerstage.org/xando.
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Center Stage Goes to Towson Center Stage will perform the last two plays of the 2015/16 Season— As You Like It (Jan 15–Feb 14) and Detroit ’67 (Apr 8–May 8)— at Towson University’s Center for the Arts.
Our historic building is undergoing major renovations beginning January 2016. As the University opens its doors to our productions, we aim to take full advantage of the many benefits this partnership will offer. · FREE parking will be available for all shows · All transactions, tickets, and questions will be handled by the Center Stage Box Office · An on-site café and Towson Dining Partners offer convenient area dining · The Center for the Arts is located on Osler & Cross Campus Drives on the Towson campus · Towson’s theater is ADA compliant
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support center stage The following list includes gifts of $250 or more made to the Center Stage Annual Fund between October 5, 2014 and October 5, 2015.
Although space limitations make it impossible for us to list everyone who helps fund our artistic, education, and community programs, we are enormously grateful to each person who contributes to Center Stage. We couldn’t do it without you!
INDIVIDUALS & FOUNDATIONS:
The Center Stage Society represents donors who, with their annual contributions of $1,500 or more, provide special opportunities for our artists and audiences. Society members are actively involved through special events, theater-related travel, and behind-the-scenes conversations with theater artists. Season Sponsors (50,000+)
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Ellen and Ed Bernard The Charlesmead Foundation Lynn and Tony Deering The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards Charles E. Noell III Judy and Scott Phares Lynn and Philip Rauch The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Jeannie Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Schubert
Genine and Josh Fidler
Stephen Richard and Mame Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smith
Daniel P. Gahagan
The Jim & Patty Rouse Charitable Foundation
Scott and Mimi Somerville
Charles and Leslie Schwabe
Mr. Gilbert H. Stewart and Ms. Joyce L. Urich
Baroness G.D. Godenne M.D.+ The Goldsmith Family Foundation The Laverna Hahn Charitable Trust Ms. Wendy Jachman Francie and John Keenan Townsend and Bob Kent Keith Lee Ken and Elizabeth Lundeen
Barbara and Sig Shapiro
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The Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
($2,500- $4,999)
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Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker
The Lois and Irving Blum Foundation
Producers’ Circle
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The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
($25,000-$49,999)
The Miriam Jay Wurtz Andrus Trust The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Awards www.BakerArtistAwards.org Penny Bank James and Janet Clauson Jane and Larry Droppa EMC Arts JI Foundation
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SPECIAL GRANTS & GIFTS:
The Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
GOVERNMENT GRANTS
Center Stage is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Center Stage’s catalog of Education Programs has been selected by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities as a 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Finalist. Baltimore County Executive, County Council, & Commission on Arts and Sciences Carroll County Government Howard County Arts Council through a grant from Howard County Government Center Stage has been funded by the Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.
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Board of Trustees
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50 GLORIOUS YEARS
The French Connection
Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 3 pm Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Tom Hall leads the Chorus and Orchestra in the Requiems of Fauré and Duruflé.
Christmas with Choral Arts
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 7:30 pm The Baltimore Basilica, 409 Cathedral Street
Celebrate the holiday season with this annual tradition, performed in the historic Baltimore Basilica.
Hallelujah: Celebrating 50 Years
Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 3 pm Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Tom Hall leads the Chorus and Orchestra in a retrospective of Choral Arts’ 50 years, from Mozart’s Requiem, to founding Music Director Theodore Morrison conducting, and a rousing Hallelujah Chorus featuring chorus members past and present.
Sing-Along Messiah
Friday, December 18, 2015 at 7:30 pm Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Join in singing the choruses of Handel’s Messiah, or just enjoy the surround-sound!
Christmas for Kids
Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 11 am Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Holiday fun for the entire family, featuring Pepito the Clown and a visit from Santa! Call 410-523-7070 or visit BCAsings.org
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March 11May 14, 2016 book by N. Richard Nash; music by Harvey Schmidt; lyrics by Tom Jones; directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Tickets start at $27!
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Baltimore Choral Arts is also grateful for the support of The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Awards, www.bakerartistawards.org.
Tom Hall, Music Director
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photos
center stage celebrations
Pride and Prejudice Opening Night (By Tyrone Eaton) Top (Left to Right): Terry Morgenthaler and Kwame Kwei-Armah; Francine Krumholz, Lynn Deering, and Alan Krumholz. Second Row (L-R):Renee Samuels and Trudy Perkins; David and Elizabeth Hurwitz; Donald Thoms and Chris Ford; (Below): Leora and Julio Davalos. (Bottom L-R): The cast of Pride and Prejudice; Mike Pugh and John Schratwieser enjoy the post-show party.
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Backstage at Center Stage Top: Costume shop; dress-up booth. (2nd row): Stilt walker; Jokesters horror makeup workshop. (3rd row): Costume shop; knifethrowing demonstration in the scene shop. (Bottom): Dress-up booth and face painting.
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staff Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE–Artistic Director | Stephen Richard–Managing Director Administration
Associate Managing Director–Del W. Risberg Special Assistant to the Managing Directors– Kevin Maroney Executive Assistant–Sarah Curnoles Managing Director’s Intern–AJ Roy Administration Intern–Antonio Eubanks
Artistic & Dramaturgy
Associate Artistic Director–Hana S. Sharif Associate Director/Director of Dramaturgy–Gavin Witt Artistic Administrator–Stephanie Rolland Company Manager–Sara Grove The Lynn and Tony Deering Producing Fellow– Brandon Rashad Butts Digital Media Fellow–Nick Morrison The Judy and Scott Phares Dramaturgy Intern– Lauren Imwold The Philip and Lynn Rauch Company Management Intern–Celia Rector Playwrights Collective–Jennifer Barclay, Alvin Eng, Liz Maestri, Lola B. Pierson, Craig S. Richie
Audience Relations
Audience Relations & Box Office Manager– Mandy Benedix Assistant Box Office Manager/Subscriptions Manager– Jerrilyn Keene Assistant Patron Services Manager–Laura Baker, Nick Horan Patron Services Associates–Zerica Anderson, Ishai Barnoy, Tiana Bias, Kelli Blackwell, Olivia Brann, Blueberry Emily Keller, Shannon Ziegler Audience Relations Associate–Alec Lawson House Managers–Laura Baker, Lindsey Barr, Mandy Benedix, Nick Horan, Lindsay Jacks, Lena Mier, Faith Savill Audience Relations Intern–Lena Mier Audio Description–Ralph Welsh & Maryland Arts Access
Audio
Electrics
Lighting Director–Tamar Geist Master Electrician–Christal Boyd Staff Electrician–Aaron Haag The Mr. Gilbert H. Stewart and Ms. Joyce L. Ulrich Electrics Intern–Tyler Chinn
Finance
Director–Susan Rosebery Business Manager–Kathy Nolan Business Assistant–Kacy Armstrong
Graphics
Art Director–Bill Geenen Production Photographer–Richard Anderson The PricewaterhouseCoopers Graphics Fellow– Katherine Marmion
Information Technologies
Director–Joe Long Systems Administrator–Mark Slaughter Director–Beth Hauptle Publications Manager–Maggie Beetz Marketing Manager–Sarah Bichsel Public Relations Manager–Cassandra Miller Digital Content Associate–Emily Salinas The Jay and Sharon Smith Marketing and Communications Intern–Olivia Hairfield
Multi-Media
Community Programs & Education
Facilities Manager–Shawn Whitenack Building Engineer–Harry Piasecki Security Supervisor–James Williams Custodial Services Supervisor–Wylie Shaw Housekeepers–Lori Duckworth, Veronica Walker
Costumes
Costumer–David Burdick Draper–Susan MacCorkle Craftsperson–Wiliam E. Crowther First Hand–Elisabeth Roskos The Terry Morgenthaler and Patrick Kerins Costumes Fellow–Ben Kress
Development
Director–Julia Keller Deputy Director of Individual Giving–Brian Lyles
The Center Stage Program is published by: Center Stage Associates, Inc. 700 North Calvert Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Editor Maggie Beetz Art Direction/Design Bill Geenen Advertising Sales ads@centerstage.org
Scenic Art
Scenic Artist–Stephanie Nimick The Kenneth and Elizabeth Lundeen Scenic Art Intern– Christa Ladny
Stage Management
Resident Stage Manager–Laura Smith The Peter and Millicent Bain Stage Management Intern– Victoria Solorio
Stage Operations
Stage Carpenter–Eric L. Burton Wardrobe Supervisor–Linda Cavell The following individuals and organizations contributed to this production of The Secret Garden Assistant Lighting Designer–Barbara Samuels Assistant Sound Designer–Benjamin Furiga FOH Audio Engineer–Franck François A2 Deck Engineer–Eric Glauber Audio–Madeline Brumback, Kirby Daily, Paul Shapanus Children’s Supervisor–Zipporah Brown Overhire Electricians–Stephen Ames, Alison Burris, Paul Callahan, Parker Damm, Chris Elwell, Jake Epp, Darrell Hairston, Robert Marietta, Theresa Siedlecki, Erin Simpson Properties Relocation Assistant–Jacob Zabawa Run Crew–Jessica Callison, Megan Hart Spot Ops–Chris Elwell, Patrick Gillepsie Wardrobe Crew–Mika Eubanks, Sarah Lamar
Marketing & Communications
Supervisor–Amy Wedel Audio Engineer–Daniel Hogan The Jane and Larry Droppa Audio Intern–Eric Glauber Director–Rosiland Cauthen Education Coordinator–Kristina Szilagyi Community Programs & Education Fellow– Joshua Thomas The Greg and Beth McCrickard Community Programs & Education Fellow–Andrew Stromyer Teaching Artists– Lianna Brizzi, Maria Broom, Lauren Imwold, Zipporah Brown, Chris Dews, Vaunita Goodman, Sarah Heiderman, Deirdre McAllister, Jerry Miles, Jr., CJay Philip, Courtney Proctor, Virginia Remsberg, D. Wambui Richardson, Oran Sandel, Susan Stroupe, Ann Turiano, Jacob Zabawa, and The Jokesters: Steve Bauer and Marianne Wittelsberger
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Deputy Director of Institutional Giving– Sabrina S. Thornton Campaign Manager–Paul Wissman Institutional Giving Associate–Amanda Mizeur Development Assistant–Alyson Jacques Auction Coordinator–Sydney Wilner Auction Assistant–Norma Cohen The Edward and Ellen Bernard Development Fellow– David Kanter Development Fellow–Arrenvy Bilinski
Multimedia Intern–Daniel Berkowitz
Operations
Production Management
Musicians engaged by Center Stage perform under the terms of an agreement between Center Stage and Local 40-543, American Federation of Musicians.
Properties
Props Master–Meghan O’Brien Assistant Manager–Nathan Scheifele Artisan–Samantha Kuczynski Technical Director–Tom Rupp Assistant Technical Director–Bradley Shaw Scene Shop Supervisor–Scott Richardson Carpenters– Derek Lundmark, Brian Jamal Marshall, Hunter Montgomery, Nicholas Sines, WM Yarbrough, III The Patricia and Mark Joseph Carpentry Intern– Courtney Joelle Costello
CONTACT INFORMATION
Box Office Phone 410.332.0033 Box Office Fax 410.727.2522 Administration 410.986.4000 centerstage.org info@centerstage.org
The Director-Choreographer is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
Director of Production–Rick Noble Associate Production Manager–Jennifer Hard Production/Stage Management Interns– Taylor Schwabe, Matt Sykes
Scenery
Center Stage operates under an agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
Center Stage is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the national collective bargaining organization of professional regional theaters.
Material in the Center Stage performance program is made available free of charge for legitimate educational and research purposes only. Selective use has been made of previously published information and images whose inclusion here does not constitute license for any further re-use of any kind. All other material is the property of Center Stage, and no copies or reproductions of this material should be made for further distribution, other than for educational purposes, without express permission from the authors and Center Stage.
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