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On my first official day of work for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, I tweeted a selfie with our staff at the end of our company meeting (see for yourself @scottshiller on Twitter). For me, it felt natural to record such a big life event and share that moment with others in my extended network. Isn’t that why social media and mobile devices go hand-in-hand? Instant celebration. Recently, however, mobile devices and theatre seem to be at odds. A couple of remarkable incidents in New York City — actress Patti LuPone taking a phone out of an audience member’s hands during a performance and, separately, an audience member trying to use a false outlet on set to recharge a phone — have drawn widespread criticism. I’ve seen laments for etiquette, personal stories of bad behavior, name-calling and hand wringing. Following her incident, Patti LuPone herself published “5 Rules for Theater Etiquette” in the Wall Street Journal. I believe this is a test. How will we, as theatre professionals and audiences, find common ground for mobile devices in theatres? I understand the impulse to record big life events (and smaller ones) in a social way. I also understand why it’s disruptive when the lights are down and the cast and crew are performing their magic. Naturally, our impulse as theatre professionals is to stop it. We’ve worked long and hard hours to bring you into our temporary world; the real one on your screen can wait. Or can it? If we believe we’re creating something utterly unique and unforgettable on our stage, is it fair to call it off limits? Isn’t it a natural occasion to capture, record or post about because it is so unique and unforgettable? To be clear: I’m not advocating rude or disruptive behavior. I just wonder if zero tolerance is the only long-term solution to mobile devices. It’s the easiest, certainly. But is it the end of the discussion? If we want to welcome all people to the theatre, we have to accept that some might not be familiar with its traditional etiquette. We have to understand that we’re wrestling with technology and behavior that theatre has never seen in its two thousand year history. We have to honor the joy of instant celebration as well as the art of live performance. So if you see someone crossing the line, please be kind. Remember a time you were unsure of what to wear or how to act. Most important, remember your first show — and how you wanted to share it with everyone you knew.

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Broadway superstar Idina Menzel chose to star in the national tour of If/Then in Denver and perform in the first six cities that follow. Castmates LaChanze, Anthony Rapp and James Snyder then signed on as well. If/Then is a contemporary new musical that explores how vastly changed one woman’s life might have turned out if fate and her own choices had been different. We all make decisions every day that have the potential to impact not only the course of our lives, but of those closest to us. Case in point was Menzel’s consequential decision: “If Idina didn’t choose to launch the tour, then it wouldn’t be touring,” producer David Stone said flatly. “It’s as simple as that.” But because she did, If/Then is now believed to be the first musical of the modern Broadway era to be launching a national tour with all of its major principal cast reassembled. And Menzel wouldn’t want it any other way. “What’s so exciting about this for me is that it is completely brand-new material,” Menzel said. “But the best

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incredibly rare. And even less likely with Menzel, given the rocket ship her career has been on since she sang the ubiquitous anthem “Let it Go” for the hugely popular animated film, Frozen. “The fact that Idina is now doing this tour and bringing this story to Denver and beyond when she has a million things pulling her in all different directions…” Kitt said. “It just means a great deal.” She’s doing it because there is no understating how important If/Then has become to Menzel, who has remained fiercely committed to the show from the very beginning. “If/Then is especially meaningful for me because I had the opportunity to develop it for several years with the creative team, whom I have come to consider family,” Menzel said. If/Then follows two distinct storylines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New York to restart her life in a city of infinite possibilities. But when her carefully designed plans collide with the whims of fate, her life splits into two parallel paths. If/Then follows both stories

simultaneously as they intersect at the meeting of choice and chance. Many women can relate, Menzel said. Starting with Menzel, who started over herself last year as a single mother in her 40s. “Shows come into your life when you need to learn something about your life that they have to teach you,” she said. “If/Then put its arms around me and taught me about choices. It has taught me that you have the opportunity and the power to wake up and start your life over every single day.” But If/Then wasn’t always Menzel’s story. In the writers’ inaugural treatment, Kitt and Yorkey imagined their protagonist to be a 25-year-old woman from Denver who moves to the Big City. The story would explore all the different paths her life might take. It was Stone who suggested, “Well, wouldn’t it be more interesting if she were older and coming back to New York with some baggage?” he said. The writers loved the idea — and so did Menzel. Suddenly Kitt and Yorkey found themselves writing If/Then for a singular performer “who ultimately will be recognized as one of the legendary instruments of the American musical theatre,” Yorkey said. “So you better make it worth her while if you are writing songs for her.” No pressure. “To be able to write for someone like Idina is a privilege and a thrill and also a challenge,” Yorkey said. “As a songwriter, it’s like being a race-car driver and getting to take the most

brilliant Porsche out on the track: You better well know how to drive it.” Kitt says that Porsche of a voice has a range so huge, “She can really go anywhere. She sings as high as the highest people can go. And then she has a wonderful richness to her low notes as well. There is just nothing that she can’t do.” Including, apparently, taking her Porsche out for a few months on the open road. “I’m so thrilled to launch the show’s national tour and to send it off across the country and around the world,” Menzel said. “I am very much looking forward to sharing this original musical with Broadway fans who weren’t able to travel to New York and see it there.” Look for additional coverage of If/Then, including our expanded interviews with Idina Menzel and other members of the cast and crew, at denvercenter.org/news-center Idina Menzel’s quotes were compiled from various sources & publications for this story.

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LOOKINGGLASS ALICE: A TUMBLE THROUGH TIME

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The story of a little girl who tumbled down a rabbit hole into a strange land has captivated the world since 1862, when the Victorian academic who would become Lewis Carroll dreamed it up. Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson invented the tale of Alice in Wonderland to entertain Alice Liddell and her sisters as they traveled along the River Thames. The result of a child’s familiar plea — “Tell us a story!” — would later transform the slender, stammering Dodgson into Carroll, the successful author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Ever since, the wildly fanciful tale of that tumble into a chess-themed land of nonsense, illogic and lessons learned has inspired generations, including Lookingglass Alice director-playwright David Catlin. One of the eight founders of Chicago’s Tony-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company, Catlin has worked on three stage interpretations of the story, the first when he, future “Friends” star David Schwimmer and others were students at Northwestern University in 1986. Backed by $500 in Schwimmer’s saved bar mitzvah money, the students opened their production at a small Northwestern venue on lucky Friday the 13th in February 1987. After taking it to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, they decided to start a company built around literary adaptations and ensemble-based physical theater. They launched in 1988 with member David Kersnar’s adaptation of Through the Looking Glass, the new company’s name a nod to its inaugural production. Lookingglass persevered, building its reputation on Chicago’s hot theater scene with such productions as Schwimmer’s adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and Mary Zimmerman’s celebrated Metamorphoses. Nomadic for its first 15 years, the company moved into its current home at the historic Water Tower Water Works. To celebrate that milestone, Catlin was commissioned in 2003 to create the play that became Lookingglass Alice. Inspiration came in the form of a question, the first complete sentence uttered by his 18-month-old daughter, Saylor: “When can I get my ears pierced?” “I thought that maybe this could be my gift to her, telling her not to be in such a hurry to grow up,” Catlin recalls. Influenced by the thrilling, edge-of-your seat work of Cirque du Soleil, Catlin and his collaborators decided to let circus arts help tell the story. “Circus touches that irrational part of ourselves, and it’s filled with whimsy and nonsense. It feels appropriate to the story, a little bit giddy,” he says. To that end, award-winning choreographer Sylvia Hernandez-Distasi, co-artistic director of The Actors Gymnasium in nearby Evanston, infused the show with tumbling, aerial work, stilt-walking, balancing feats and, in the case of Humpty Dumpty, a spectacular fall. Premiering in 2005, Lookingglass Alice became an ongoing success for the company, returning for four runs and traveling to other cities. Denver Center President and CEO Scott Shiller chose Lookingglass Alice as the 2015 summer show at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts when he was its executive vice president. Returning to see the show in Miami, Shiller observed, “One of the great things about Lookingglass Alice is that it pushes the boundaries of theatrical storytelling and theatrical magic. It asks the audience to go on a

“Carroll’s story had so much in there for whatever age you are. It doesn’t talk down to kids. It speaks to them, giving them complicated things to think about… It has layers and layers. Sometimes it’s light, sometimes it’s deeper, and at times it’s scary.” — DAVID CATLIN, DIRECTOR / PLAYWRIGHT

journey with the characters and use their imagination to become part of the storytelling…. The Cirque du Soleil model uses the circus arts to overwhelm your senses. Lookingglass Alice allows you to imagine a world, while being thoroughly deliberate with their choices and at the top of their craft. It’s both transparent and theatrical.” Catlin thinks the components of Lookingglass Alice make it appeal to different ages on multiple levels. “It has elements of circus, delicious wordplay and fantastical characters,” he says. “Carroll’s story had so much in there for whatever age you are. It doesn’t talk down to kids. It speaks to them, giving them complicated things to think about… It has layers and layers. Sometimes it’s light, sometimes it’s deeper, and at times it’s scary.” Samuel Taylor gets to demonstrate his range as both actor and acrobat in Lookingglass Alice. He plays the White Knight, who ages backward, as well as the buttoned-up Dodgson. The White Knight rides a 6-foottall unicycle while carrying a picnic basket, and he recites Jabberwocky while running through the audience, eventually leaping into the arms of Alice. “The White Knight is who Lewis Carroll wanted to be…a version of the author who is capable of all the nonsense and wonder that Dodgson was incapable of living in his real life,” Taylor says. “He represents the joy of the child brain carried forward into adulthood.” Taylor jokes that he and his cast mates — Lindsey Noel Whiting, Lauren Hirte, Adeoye, Molly Brennan and Kevin Douglas — call themselves “the Aliceholes.” But he’s serious when he says that, despite the extensive physical training and emphasis on safety, “Alice is the gold standard of hard. The circus is hard, the running and screaming is hard, and you almost never stop moving backstage.”

Brennan plays the comically imperious Red Queen among other roles. Though she grows smaller by stages, initially Brennan is literally a towering presence: “It’s like being on a parade float. I stand on a 12-foothigh rolling apparatus that looks like [the bottom of] a dress. I put a bodice on, then add a 3-foot-tall wig.” Whiting, who will alternate performances as Alice with Hirte in Denver, pronounces Lookingglass Alice “fun, but it feels really poignant.” Alice’s eagerness to transform from pawn to queen, from child to adult, drives her through the fanciful, adventure-filled chess game that is Wonderland. “Really, the heart of it is her holding onto childhood vs. growing up,” Whiting says. Adds Douglas: “It resonates because it’s about growing up so quickly. Then life passes you by, and you wish you’d taken your time.” Saylor Catlin turned 13 in midAugust (and now wants to get her nose pierced). Though her father’s gift didn’t slow her down, it has become a gift shared by thousands. Lookingglass Alice has been entertaining audiences for more than a decade, embodying and advancing the mission of a company with roots in Carroll’s wondrous world: “…our goal is to fire the imagination with love, to celebrate the human capacity to taste and smell, weep and laugh, create and destroy, and wake up where we first fell — changed, charged and empowered.” Christine Dolen is The Miami Herald’s theater critic.

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After Charles Dickens wrote his holiday classic in a frenzied six weeks in 1843, he became one of the first famous writers to give public readings of his work. Ten years after A Christmas Carol (playing The Stage Nov 27 - Dec 27) was published, Dickens began to tour England and America performing his piece. Here’s a little about his acting antics: • When he toured New York around Christmas of 1867, people camping for their tickets created a line that was a mile long. The tour earned him around $20,000 (nearly $1.5 million today) and exceeded the royalties he earned from the books. • On performance days, Dickens would drink two tablespoons of rum mixed with cream for breakfast, a pint of champagne for lunch and a sherry with a raw egg beaten into it right before he went on stage. • Due to his health, he had to stop performing in 1870. His last words to the audience were, “...from these garish lights I vanish now for evermore, with one heartfelt, grateful, respectful, and affectionate farewell.” To read more about Dickens’ peculiar performances, visit mentalfloss.com or amazon.com. Happy reading, everyone.

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Family stories are the backbone of the American theatre. And Death of a Salesman, A Long Day’s Journey Into Night and August: Osage County are central vertebra on the spine of the canon. They all center on families who talk well enough…they just can’t seem to actually communicate with one another. Nina Raine’s Tribes takes that irony one step further. Her acclaimed play is about a family that really can’t communicate. And the fact that youngest son Billy was born deaf is just part of the problem. “This is a family that is fraught with love and miscommunication and hierarchies,” said Stephen Weitz, who is directing Tribes for the Theatre Company. “I mean, Death of a Salesman is the same family, in some ways, and August: Osage County. But by adding this extra element of deafness as an obstacle to communication, I think Nina Raine has taken the traditional family drama and spun it on its ear a little bit.” The never-named British family in Tribes has been described as an intensely intellectual bunch of dueling narcissists who use words as their weapons of choice. The parents are writers with three adrift children, all in their 20s and all living at home. Daniel is writing a thesis about how “language doesn’t determine meaning.” Ruth is a halfhearted opera wannabe. And while Billy may be deaf, his parents didn’t raise him to be handicapped — and they tell him that. “They essentially pretend he’s not deaf,” Weitz said. “Certainly there is no malice behind that. I think in their minds, they are doing good by him by raising him to be, quote, ‘normal.’ And in the end, that turns out maybe to have been not the best choice.” Now Billy has met a girl named Sylvia who grew up with deaf parents and is now losing her own hearing. She knows American Sign Language. He does not. Signals are seriously being crossed all over this play. “Tribes is about how we communicate, and how we don’t communicate,” Weitz said. “And one of the great ironies of this play is that it’s the non-deaf characters who are actually really bad at communication.” The live theatre was born for the public exchange of ideas, however heightened or artificial. But deafness, of course, makes communication and human connection significantly more difficult, whether on stage or in life. Yet the Tribes playwright, Weitz believes, has taken this obstacle and turned it into a tremendous advantage. “This is going to be a visceral experience for people unlike what they normally have at the theatre because they are going to have to be part of the communication exchange,” Weitz said. “This isn’t one of those plays where people can sit back and be passive, because it will fly by.” That’s where Charlie Miller, the DCPA’s resident multimedia specialist, comes in. Throughout her play, Raine’s script calls for supertitles — projected translations audiences most commonly see as they translate foreign words at the opera. Here, supertitles are used to help the audience understand what the deaf characters are saying. But it’s a tricky and intentionally unreliable device, Miller says. “Not everything that is signed is translated for the audiences and sometimes the translations take on a life of their own,” Miller said. “So I think it becomes more complex than that in a really good way.” It’s only fair, after all, that if “hearing” people can use language to obscure and confuse meaning rather than to elucidate — why shouldn’t that tool be available to all of the Tribes characters? In this family, barriers to communication, real or imagined, might even be seen as a relief or a protection when that family is not asking the tough questions.

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Cameron Burke, Brittany Conigatti, Michael Fatica, Wesley Faucher, John Michael Fiumara, Camden Gonzales, Shonica Gooden, Michael D. Jablonski, Ora Jones, Stephanie Martignetti, Justin Packard, Jaquez Andre Sims, Ian Michael Stuart, Danny Tieger, Natalie Wisdom, Darius Wright Cal Alexander, Kayla Amistad, Evan Gray, Cassidy Hagel, Meliki Hurd, Luke Kolbe Mannikus, Megan McGuff, Serena Quadrato, Aristotle Rock, Kaci Walfall ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHERS Ellen Kane Kate Dunn (Worldwide) (U.S.)

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________________________________________________ Matilda The Musical is profoundly grateful for the support of Patty Baker, Melissa & Daniel Berger, The Broadway Consortium, Gail and Ralph Bryan, Jed & Bronna Canaan, Scott M. Delman, Greenleaf Productions, Rocco Landesman, National Artists Mgt. Co., Stephanie Rosenberg, Parag & Usha Saxena, Richard Steiner, TheatreDreams North America, Michael Watt, Elizabeth Williams, Archana Vats & David Gartside.

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Matilda The Musical is a Royal Shakespeare Company Commission. First performed in Stratford-upon-Avon on 9 November 2010. RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, RSC Executive Director Catherine Mallyon Support for the work of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the United States is led by Royal Shakespeare Company America, Inc. The RSC Literary Department is generously supported by THE DRUE HEINZ TRUST

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CAST Party Entertainer............................................................................................................JAQUEZ ANDRE SIMS Doctor...............................................................................................................................IAN MICHAEL STUART Mrs. Wormwood............................................................................................................................. CASSIE SILVA Mr. Wormwood......................................................................................................................QUINN MATTFELD Matilda................................................ GABBY GUTIERREZ, MIA SINCLAIR JENNESS, MABEL TYLER Michael Wormwood...................................................................................................................DANNY TIEGER Mrs. Phelps............................................................................................................................................ ORA JONES Miss Honey............................................................................................................................... JENNIFER BLOOD The Escape Artist...................................................................................................................JUSTIN PACKARD The Acrobat.......................................................................................................................... WESLEY FAUCHER Miss Trunchbull........................................................................................................................... BRYCE RYNESS Rudolpho...........................................................................................................................JAQUEZ ANDRE SIMS Sergei.................................................................................................................................IAN MICHAEL STUART Other Parts Played By..................................................MICHAEL FATICA, JOHN MICHAEL FIUMARA, SHONICA GOODEN, STEPHANIE MARTIGNETTI, DARIUS WRIGHT Bruce.......................................................................................................................................................EVAN GRAY And on Occasion........................................................................ MELIKI HURD, LUKE KOLBE MANNIKUS Lavender........................................................................................................................................ KACI WALFALL And on Occasion........................................................................ CASSIDY HAGEL, SERENA QUADRATO Nigel.............................................................................................................................................CAL ALEXANDER And on Occasion........................................................................ MELIKI HURD, LUKE KOLBE MANNIKUS Amanda........................................................................................................................................KAYLA AMISTAD And on Occasion........................................................................ CASSIDY HAGEL, SERENA QUADRATO Eric...............................................................................................................................................ARISTOTLE ROCK And on Occasion........................................................LUKE KOLBE MANNIKUS, SERENA QUADRATO Alice...............................................................................................................................................CASSIDY HAGEL And on Occasion.............. BRITTANY CONIGATTI, CAMDEN GONZALES, SERENA QUADRATO Hortensia.....................................................................................................................................MEGAN MCGUFF And on Occasion............................................................ BRITTANY CONIGATTI, CAMDEN GONZALES Tommy.................................................................................................................................................MELIKI HURD And on Occasion.......BRITTANY CONIGATTI, CAMDEN GONZALES, LUKE KOLBE MANNIKUS

UNDERSTUDIES For Miss Trunchbull: JUSTIN PACKARD, IAN MICHAEL STUART for Mrs. Wormwood: SHONICA GOODEN, NATALIE WISDOM for Mr. Wormwood: JUSTIN PACKARD, DANNY TIEGER for Mrs. Phelps: CAMDEN GONZALES, SHONICA GOODEN for Miss Honey: STEPHANIE MARTIGNETTI, NATALIE WISDOM SWINGS CAMERON BURKE, BRITTANY CONIGATTI, CAMDEN GONZALES, MICHAEL D. JABLONSKI, LUKE KOLBE MANNIKUS, SERENA QUADRATO, NATALIE WISDOM DANCE CAPTAIN MICHAEL D. JABLONSKI ASSISTANT/CHILDREN’S DANCE CAPTAIN CAMDEN GONZALES ASSISTANT DANCE/GYM CAPTAIN MICHAEL FATICA

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches. The use of cell phones in the theatre is prohibited.

ACT ONE “Miracle” .....................................................................................................................................................Company “Naughty” .......................................................................................................................................................Matilda “School Song”...........................................................................................................................................Company “Pathetic”................................................................................................................................................ Miss Honey “The Hammer”...........................................................................Miss Trunchbull, Miss Honey and Children “The Chokey Chant”................................................................................................................................Company “Loud”...............................................................................................................Mrs. Wormwood and Rudolpho “This Little Girl”..................................................................................................................................... Miss Honey “Bruce”........................................................................................................................................................... Children

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ACT TWO “Telly”............................................................................................Mr. Wormwood and Michael Wormwood “When I Grow Up”...................................................................................................................................Company “I’m Here”...........................................................................................................Matilda and The Escape Artist “The Smell of Rebellion”........................................................Miss Trunchbull, Miss Honey and Children “Quiet”...............................................................................................................................................................Matilda “My House”............................................................................................................................................ Miss Honey “Revolting Children”...............................................................................................................................Company

THE MATILDA THE MUSICAL ORCHESTRA Music Supervisor/Orchestrator: CHRIS NIGHTINGALE Associate Music Supervisor: DAVID HOLCENBERG Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard 2: MATTHEW SMEDAL Children’s Music Director/Assistant Conductor/Keyboard 1: BILL CONGDON Percussion: JOSHUA PRIEST Bass: ANNA STADLMAN Music Technology: PHIJ ADAMS London Music Preparation: LAURIE PERKINS New York Music Copyist: EMILY GRISHMAN Music Preparation: EMILY GRISHMAN and KATHARINE EDMONDS Music Coordinator: HOWARD JOINES

DENVER LOCAL ORCHESTRA Guitar: MIKE ABBOTT Trumpet: JOHN ADLER Reed: ART BOUTON Local Musician Contractor: JIM HARVEY Trumpet: DAWN KRAMER Keyboard Sub: DANA LANDRY Trombone and Bass trombone: ROB OLDS Reed: ELIJAH SAMUELS Cello: JEFF WATSON

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GABBY GUTIERREZ

MIA SINCLAIR JENNESS

MABEL TYLER

JENNIFER BLOOD

QUINN MATTFELD

BRYCE RYNESS

CASSIE SILVA

CAMERON BURKE

BRITTANY CONIGATTI

MICHAEL FATICA

WESLEY FAUCHER

JOHN MICHAEL FIUMARA

CAMDEN GONZALES

SHONICA GOODEN

MICHAEL D. JABLONSKI

ORA JONES

STEPHANIE MARTIGNETTI

JUSTIN PACKARD

JAQUEZ ANDRE SIMS

IAN MICHAEL STUART

DANNY TIEGER

NATALIE WISDOM

DARIUS WRIGHT

CAL ALEXANDER

KAYLA AMISTAD

EVAN GRAY

CASSIDY HAGEL

MELIKI HURD

LUKE KOLBE MANNIKUS

MEGAN McGUFF

SERENA QUADRATO

ARISTOTLE ROCK

KACI WALFALL

GABBY GUTIERREZ (Matilda) is honored to be the first Filipino to play the role of Matilda. National Tour: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Annie Who). Regional: South Pacific (N ga na) Pa p e r M ill Playh o use . Grateful to Mara Entertainment and CESD. Love to my parents, Laurianne and family. To God be the glory. MIA SINCLAIR JENNESS (Matilda). Broadway & National Tour: Les Misérables. Film/TV: “The Sound of Music Live!,” “Celebrity Ghost Stories ,” A Let ter to M omo, “Pokemon.” Off Broadway & NYC Workshops: Anastasia, Number The Stars, The Night Before My Wedding, Learning How To Drown, And A Child Shall Lead. For Mom, Brady, Grandma, Papa Mike, & CESD. MAB E L T Y LE R (Matilda). First N a t i o n a l To u r… ove r j oy e d a n d blessed! Regional Credits: Tuck Everlasting (Alliance), Les Misérables, Mary Poppins (Aurora). T V/Film: “Nashville,” A Sunday Horse. Deepest Gratitude to: David Doan (CESD), Susan Reid (AMT), Bob Marks, Nathan Munson, Aurora family, Nancy Carson, Amanda Kraft, Miss Charlie, Joseph. Love to family! Enjoy! Num. 6:24-26. JENNIFER BLOOD (Miss Honey). Broadway: Violet, A Gentleman’s G u id e to Love & M u r d e r. O f fB roadway: A Little Journey ( M i n t), U n l o c k ’d ( P ro s p e c t), Fa l l i n g F o r Eve ( Yo r k), Ye a s t N ati o n ( Fr i n g e N YC ). R e g i o n a l : Sound of Music (Drury Lane-Jeff Nomination), Man of La Mancha (S a c r a m e nto), S te e l M ag n o lia s (Casa Mañana), Light in the Piazza (Maine State). So much gratitude to everyone at the Mine and to Will. www.jennifer-blood.com. QUINN MATTFELD (Mr. Wormwood). Broadway: Pal Joey (RoundAbout). Regional: Peter and the Starcatcher (B lack Stache), B oeing B oeing (Robert), Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew), Noises Of f (Gar y), As You Like It (Orlando) - Utah Shakespeare Festival. Other Theaters: Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Willamette Re p e r to r y T h e atre , a n d G re at L akes Theatre as well as four years as a Resident Artist at PCPA Theaterfest including the title role

in Hamlet, Chris in All My Sons, and The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. As Director: Macbeth (Utah Shakespeare Festival Tour) and Pericles (PCPA Theaterfest). Follow Quinn on Twitter @qbermensch. For Mom, Betsy, and Henry. BRYCE RYNESS (Miss Trun c h b u l l) . Broadway: HAIR (Drama Desk nom), First Date, Leap Of Faith, Legally Blonde. Off-Broadway: Long Story Short, Fly By Night, Around The World in 80 Days, See Rock City..., HAIR. Regional: Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Floyd Collins, Cabaret. Nat’l Tour: RENT. iTunes: RYNESS. Film/ TV: “Tangled” (Thug), “Peter Pan Live!” (Starkey), “Law & Order: SVU,” “Just For Kicks,” “Late Show,” “Tonight Show.” Supports: World Vision, Invisible Children. Thank you for coming to this show, supporting the arts, and helping me feed my wife and three children whom I love very, very much. Thanks to TGC. Thanks also to Jed & Ashley @ KMR. CASSIE SILVA (Mrs. Wormwood). Spellbound by the magic of Matilda The Musical, Cassie shifts to the adventure on the road from the Broadway company. For Cora, my muse. “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” Instagram/Twitter: @CassieMSilva. CASSIESILVA.com C A M E R O N B U R K E (S w i n g) i s thrilled to share Matilda! Credits: In The Heights (2nd N ational), Chicago (NSMT), The Chase Brock E xperience, a nationwide comm e rcia l fo r TA RG E T, A ssis ta nt Choreographer for The Mysteries ( Th e Fl e a). Wo rk sh o ps: Love’s Labour ’s Lost and Disney ’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Thanks Mom, Patrick, and CTG! B R IT TAN Y CO N I GAT TI (Swing) is all chokey-d up to be swinging around the country in Matilda! Credits: B eaut y and the B east (National Tour), Rock of Ages (NCL), Elf, Hairspray, High School Musical (Pa p e r M ill Pl ayh o u se), Swe et Charity (Cape Playhouse), The Music Man (Maltz Jupiter Theatre). BFA, The New School. Special thanks to Bloc and her family!

MICHAEL FATICA (Ensemble/Asst. Dance Captain) is pumped to be revolting around the country! Broadway/NY: Newsies (OBC, Dance Captain), Radio City Spring Spectacular (Assistant Choreographer), Steps In Time. National Tours: Beauty and the Beast (Lefou), Cats. Proud FSU Grad. Thanks to Professional Artists, his NY family, and always to Mom, Dad, and Marianne. WESLEY FAUCHER (Acrobat) is honored to be a part of Matilda! National Tour/Las Vegas: Rock of Ages (Young Groupie/Dance Captain). TV/ Film: “Glee,” “Saturday Night Live,” “America’s Best Dance Crew,” “Off the Floor: The Rise of Contemporary Pole Dance.” Love and thanks to family, friends, CTG, and Matt. www.WesleyFaucher.com JOHN MICHAEL FIUMARA (Ensemble). First tour!! So honored and excited to be working on the road with all these talented and beautiful people! Broadway: Newsies (Specs). Regional: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Much love and thanks to the Lord, my dance teacher Abby, and my amazing family and friends for always being there for me! CAMDEN GONZALES (Children’s Dance Captain/Swing, u/s Mrs . P helps) i s th r i l l e d to b e j o i n ing the Matilda family. Regional credits include Riverside Th e ate r, A la b a m a S h a ke sp e a re F e s t i v a l , O g u n q u i t P l ay h o u s e , M altz J upiter Theatre, L a J olla Playhouse, Utah Festival Opera, and Musical Theatre West. BA in M usic al Th eate r U C L A . S pecial th a n k s to I re n e a n d A n th o ny. This is for our cheeky monkeys. www.camdengonzales.com S H O N I C A G O O D E N (Ensemble, u /s M r s . Wo rmwo o d , u /s M r s . Phelps) . Native of Atlanta, GA . Broadway: original cast of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Bring It On. Off-Broadway: Piece of My Heart. National Tour: Bring It On. Encores: Paint Your Wagon. Film: Ted 2. Thanks to Jared, family (GA & NY), and Bloc for the love and support! Phil 4:8 MICHAEL D. JABLONSKI (Dance Captain, Swing). Broadway: The Book of Mormon, West Side Story,

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Cry-Baby. National Tours: The Book of Mormon, West Side Story, Doctor Dolittle, Saturday Night Fever, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas starring Ann-Margret, Victor/Victoria, Brigadoon. Film: The Producers. Thanks to Garber Talent Agency and Much love to Family and most importantly my best friend & wife Kim! ORA JONES (Mrs. Phelps) is very happy to be making her national tour debut. Favorite Credits: Three Sisters (Olga), The Brother/Sister Plays (Moja/Oba), for Steppenwolf Theatre; My Kind of Town (Rita) for Timeline Theatre; Henry VIII (Queen Katherine), The Madness of George III (Queen Charlotte) for Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Rasheeda Speaking (Jaclyn) for Rivendell Theatre. Thanks to her wonderful family, the amazing Paula Muzik, Steph, Julian, and BOOSH fans everywhere. Ned and Richard, I cannot thank you enough. Ms. Jones is a proud member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. STEPHANIE MARTIGNETTI (E n s e m b l e , u /s M i s s H o n e y) . Broadway: Nice Work (org. cast, u/s Billie Bendix). Tours: A Chorus Line (Maggie), Mary Poppins (standby Mrs. Banks). Other Credits: Me and Miss Monroe (Off-Bway), Diner (w Sher yl Crow), Unsinkable Molly Brown (DCPA). Web series: Alphabet Boys. Training: Penn State, Esper Studio. Love to Mom, Dad, DPR. @StephNetti J USTIN PACK AR D (The Escape Ar tist, u/s Miss Trunchbull, u/s Mr. Wormwood ). Off-Broadway/ Regional: Meet Me In St. Louis, Take Me Along, The Heart of Robin Hood (A.R.T.), Fiddler on the Roof (T.O.T.S., Pe rchik), Foreve r P laid (M usic Circus), Altar Boyz, Twelfth Night, Pericles. BFA, Ithaca College, MFA A.R.T./MXAT. All my love to Sara. JAQ U E Z A N D R E S I M S (P a r t y Entertainer, Rudolpho). Broadway: Motown The Musical (Swing). OffB r o a d w ay/ N YC : S p a n d e x T h e Musical (Trip Allen), Apollo Club Harlem (Feat. Dancer). Regional: C h ic ag o ( Em ce e/Swi n g), H A I R (Tribe), WSS (Pepe). TV: Beats By Dre Pills National Happy Campaign. BFA Dance (NYU). Performed works by Nathan Trice, William Forsythe, Jill Johnson. Huge thanks to CTG, loving mother and brother!

IAN MICHAEL STUART (Doctor, Sergei, u/s Miss Trunchbull ). LA native and NY transplant. NYC: The Last Goodbye (dir. Alex Timbers). ROCK Y (dir. Alex Timbers). Nat ’l Tours: Peter and the Starcatcher (dir. Roger Rees/Alex Timbers). Regional: A Man of No Importance, tick, Tick. BOOM!, Sweeney Todd, Phantom. Graduate: UC Irvine. Special thanks BRS/GAGE. Love to JF/JS. For Mom and Dad. @Ianmichaelstuart

M u s i c a l ( R a l p h i e / E n s e m b l e) . Regional: Alhambra – Wizard of Oz (Children’s Ensemble), Joseph (Children’s Ensemble). He is especially thank ful to his mom , dad , family and friends for supporting him on this amazing journey!

DANNY TIEGER (Michael Wormwood, u/s Mr. Wormwood ) i s t h r i l l e d to h i t t h e r o a d o n h i s f i r s t n a t i o n a l to u r. D a n ny is a so n gwrite r a n d a n e d u c a tor, a n d re ce ntly p ublish e d his f i r s t b o o k fo r k id s , I A m Yo u r S o n g w r i t i n g J o u r n a l. L o v e t o Emily. www.Dannytieger.com

CASSIDY HAGEL (Alice) is thrilled to be par t of this production. National Tour 2: Billy Elliot (Alison Summers). Off-Broadway: Freckleface-Strawberry (Francine Freckle/dancer), Tremaine-DOT Y Fin a lis t , N U VO - B re a ko ut A r tis t and other dance awards. Thanks to M M S , David H ib b a rd , D D DS and STAG ES . Special thanks to M om , Dad , S amantha , Kenneth , Grandma, Nana, PopPop, Beatrice, C ali , for helping me follow my dreams.

NATALIE WISDOM (Swing, u/s Mrs. Wormwood, Miss Honey). Broadway/ National Tour: Billy Elliot (Swing, u/s Mum, Dance Captain). Regional: Dames at Sea (Ruby), Crazy For You (Polly), Ring of Fire (June Carter), Maine State, North Shore, G oodspeed . G raduate: Webster Conservatory. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Zach, Stef, and my Kent. IWAY.

MELIKI HURD (Tommy) is grateful to be a part of the Matilda national tour. It’s Meliki’s first musical but he has appeared in other projects in the entertainment world. Special thanks to the small village: God, family, Lisa Calli, Generation TV, BFA, and PPAS. Meliki believes anything is possible. Live, love, laugh, and inspire.

DARIUS WRIGHT (Ensemble). Tour debut! Regional credits: Riverside Theatre, MTWichita, Lyric Theatre OKC. Graduate of Oklahoma City University and a proud Houstonian. This one’s for Papa who believed in me the most. Huge thanks to MOM, FAM, PBH, HCA, AEA, LXA, and #Polo! Follow me: @DariusAWright. More at www.DariusWright.com.

LUKE KOLBE MANNIKUS (Swing). Honored original member of both Matilda Broadway and Tour casts! Other Broadway: Priscilla QOTD (Benji). Pippin (Theo). Love and profound gratitude to God, Mom, Dad , M arissa , Andrew & G reg . Teachers: Justine Capria-Morrill, Julia Mendelsohn, Cherie Carl, Agent Nancy Carson and Friends especially Deborah my Shoe-phone friend, and Aron. Psalm 107:1.

CAL ALEXANDER (Nigel) is thrilled to be part of the first national tour of Matilda. Previous credits: Billy Elliot National/International Tour (Small Boy) and A Christmas Story: The Musical National Tour (Randy). Many thanks to Carol Anglin, Ron Bermingham, Laura Crawford, South Highlands Magnet, Carson-Adler and his parents. K AY L A A M I S TA D ( A m a n d a) i s thrilled to make her national tour debut with the cast of Matilda. A special thanks to my teachers, family, and friends, especially Mom, Dad, Jaden, and Shorty for all your love and support. EVAN GRAY (Bruce) is d e lig hte d to b e p a r t of M atild a. N atio n a l To u r : A C h r i s t m a s S t o r y T h e

MEGAN McGU FF (Hor tensia) is thrilled to be a part of Matilda’s first national tour! Past credits include: TUTS: Legally Blonde (ELLE), ANNIE (Pepper), A Chorus Line, Elf, and many more. A huge thanks to her manager Lisa and most importantly her mom and grandpa for their endless love and support! GO MAGGOTS! S E R E N A Q U A D R AT O ( Swing) . National Tour debut! Serena was a Brooklyn Nets Kid for the last three years! She also danced with Mariah Carey at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Ceremony & alongside President Obama in the National Tree Lighting Ceremony. Thanks to Star Struck, Staten Island Ballet,

ARISTOTLE ROCK (Eric). Being a part of the Matilda cast is a dream come true for Aristotle. Thanks to my entire Bloomsburg School of Dance family for nurturing me along this path. Love to my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents for your continued support along this jo urn ey. M om , Da d , and little sis, “Thanks for believing that I could!” K AC I WA L FA L L ( L a v e n d e r) . Broadway: Lion King (Young Nala), T V: “Army Wives ,” “ Pe rson of Interest.” Thanks to God, Kaden, family, suppor ters and Abrams Artists. Like Shannon Tavarez once did, I continue to live my dream and share my passion for the stage. Always remember, www.shannonsshare.org. “Even if you’re little you can do a lot.” ROALD DAHL (Writer). Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales, in 1916. After suffering a ‘monumental bash on the head’ as a fighter pilot during the Second World War, he became the author of beloved classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Matilda. When he died in 1990 The Times hailed him as ‘without question the most successful children’s writer in the world’. For more information on the life and legacy of Roald Dahl visit www.roalddahl.com. DENNIS KELLY (Book) is an internationally acclaimed writer, with plays performed in more than 30 countries. He received a Tony Award for Matilda. Stage p l a y s include Debris (Theatre 503/Battersea Arts Centre, 2003), Osama the Hero (Hampstead T h e a t r e , 2 0 0 4 ) , After the End ( P a i n e s Plough, Traverse Theatre, B ush Theatre, 2 0 0 5 ) , Love and Money ( Y o u n g Vic/ Manchester Royal Exchange, 2006), Taking Care of Baby ( H a m p s t e a d T h e a t r e /Birmingham Repertory, 2006), D N A (National Theatre, 2008), Orphans (Paines Plough, Traverse Theatre, Soho Theatre and Birmingham Rep, 2009), The Gods Weep (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2010) and The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas (Royal Cour t, 2013). Dennis co-wrote and created the award-winning comedy series “Pulling” (Silver River/BBC 3) and

wrote and created “Utopia” (Kudos) for Channel Four. TIM MINCHIN (Music and Lyrics) is a musician, comedian, actor and writer. He wrote his first theatrical score at 17, and spent the next decade composing, acting, making theatre and playing pianos. In 2005, his comic cabaret, Dark Side, launched him onto the international stage. He subsequently toured internationally with So F-ing Rock and Ready for This, and his 2010 show, Tim Minchin vs. the Orchestra, sold out some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Acting highlights include the role of J u d a s in th e a re n a to u r of J e s u s C h ri s t S u p e r s ta r, A t t i c u s F e t c h i n S h o w t i m e ’s “C alifornication” and Rosencrantz in Tom Stoppard ’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead for the Sydney Theatre Company. A new stage musical and a feature film for Dreamworks Animation are among his current projects. MATTHEW WARCHUS (Director). Productions include Coriolanus , “Master Harold”…and the boys, Life Is a Dream, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Fiddler on the Roof, The Plough and the Stars, Much Ado About Nothing, The Life of Stuff, Death of a Salesman, Henr y V, Betrayal, True West, The Devil Is an Ass, Volpone, Peter Pan, Art, Hamlet, The Unexpected Man, Life ( x) 3 , Follies,The Winter’s Tale, Our House, Tell Me on a Sunday, Endgame, Buried Child, The Lord of the Rings, Boeing-Boeing, I Am Shakespeare, Speed-the-Plow, God of Carnage, The Norman Conquests, La Bête, D eathtrap, Matilda , G host: The Musical. Opera: Troilus and Cressida, The Rake’s Progress, Falstaff, Così fan Tutte. Feature film: Simpatico. PETER DARLING (Choreography). West End: Matilda (Olivier Award, Whatsonstage Award); Billy Elliot (Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Astaire awards); The Lord of the Rings (London/ Toronto, Dora Award); Our House (Olivier Award, Best Musical); Merrily We Roll Along (Olivier Award, Best Musical, Donmar); Candide (O l i v i e r Awa rd , B e s t M u s i c a l , National Theatre); Oh! What a Lovely War, Power (National Theatre); Closer to Heaven (Whatsonstage Award); A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(Bristol Old Vic); The Tempest (RSC); Sunset Boulevard (Really Useful Group). Film: The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot (MTV Best Dance Sequence), Plots With a View, Trauma. ROB HOWELL (Set and Costume Design) has designed sets and costumes extensively in the UK and abroad, including the Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare C o m p a ny, Roya l O p e ra H o u se and the Metropolitan Opera. On Broadway he designed True West, B etrayal , B oeing- B oeing , The Norman Conquests, Private Lives and Ghost. He has received numerous Olivier and Tony nominations and received three Oliviers for Best Set Designer and a Tony Award for Matilda. CHRIS NIGHTINGALE (Orchestrations, Additional Music and Musical Supervision) most recently composed the score for the BAFTA award winning Film PRIDE. Other work includes; musical supervisor, arranger and orchestrator for Ghost: The Musical (London and Broadway), co-composer, musical supervisor and orchestrator of The Lord of the Rings on stage; musical supervisor and arranger for Yusuf Islam’s Moonshadow UK tour; musical supervisor and co-arranger for A.R. Rahman’s Bombay Dreams; musical supervisor/arranger for the Pet Shop Boys’ Closer to Heaven; musical director for Whistle Down the Wind and Oliver!; and assistant musical director for Miss Saigon. SIMON BAKER (Sound Design). Recent London and B roadway: M atild a (O l ivi e r Awa rd ), B ri e f Encounter (Olivier and Tony nom.), La Bête, Boeing-Boeing (Tony nom.), The Norman Conquests, Closer and The Play What I Wrote. London only: Loserville, Hedda Gabler, Lord of the Rings (Olivier nom.), Deathtrap. Regional: My Fair Lady (Sheffield), Me and My Girl (Sheffield). As part of Kneehigh Theatre: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Red Shoes, Wah Wah Girls, Wild Bride, Midnight’s Pumpkin and Steptoe & Son. HUGH VANSTONE (Lighting Design). Recipient of a Tony Award for Matilda and three Olivier Awards for his work in London. New York credits include I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers (Booth), Ghost

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Julia, Badiene, MSA , Thomas, grandparents, my parents, Jamie, family & friends! This is for my Nana!

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(Lunt-Fontanne, Tony nomination for Best Lighting), La Bête (Music Box), A Steady Rain (Schoenfeld), God of Carnage (Jacobs), Mar y Stuart (Broadhurst, Tony and Drama Desk nominations for Best Lighting), Shrek (Broadway), Boeing-Boeing (Longacre), Spamalot (Shubert, Tony nomination for Best Lighting). PAUL KIEVE (Illusion) has created original magical effects for more than 100 West End, Broadway and international productions including Ghost: The Musical (Drama Desk Award 2012), Pippin (ART and Broadway), Zorro, The Lord of the Rings, Batman Live!, The Invisible Man, The Phantom of the Opera; working with companies including the RSC, Royal Opera and Royal Ballet. Film /te l evisio n in cl u d e s H ugo , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, “Cranford”. He authored Hocus Pocus (Scholastic 2007). www.Stageillusion.com ELLEN KANE (Associate Choreographer – Worldwide). RSC: Matilda (Stratford/West End/Broadway/ US tour/Australia). Theatre includes Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Playhouse Theatre), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Billy Elliot (West End/Australia/Chicago/Holland), Sister Act (London Palladium), The Lord of the Rings (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), The Three Musketeers (Germany). Workshops include Bridget Jones’ Diary (Working Title) and The Light Princess (National Theatre). K AT E DUNN (Associate Choreographer – U.S.). Dance: Royal Ballet Company, Sydney Dance Company, Chunky Move, Bangarra Dance Theatre. Musicals: Contact, On Your Toes, Chicago.Broadway. Films: The Phantom of the Opera, Beyond the Sea. Associate choreographer: Dirty Dancing, Billy Elliot, Matilda. Choreographer: Rio (NYMF), M•A•C cosmetics worldwide campaign, Bruce Beresford’s Paradise Road, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Broadway). THOMAS CARUSO (Associate D irector) direc te d the critic a l ly a cc l a i m e d O f f- B ro a d way music al , Southern Comfort. Also directed at Rattlestick, NY Stage & Film, Williamstown, Bay Street, Play wrig ht s H o rizo n s , Pe n g uin R e p , E S T, J u i l l i a r d , t h e P l ay Company, NYMF, SPF, Cherry Lane,

Studio Arena, Gloucester Stage, TheatreWorks. Associate director credits: Ghost, Mamma Mia!, Bombay Dreams, Follies and Master Class. www.ThomasCaruso.com PAU L W E I M E R ( A s so ciate S et Designer). Broadway: Assistant/ associate set designer for Ghost; The Norman Conquests; Shrek; Coram Boy; The Woman in White; Spamalot; Caroline, or Change; Noises Off; Bells Are Ringing; Swan Lake; and Phantom of the Opera. Love to Greg! DA RY L A . S T O N E ( A s s o c i a t e Costume Designer). Matilda marks Daryl’s 20th Broadway production. B’way credits include Ghost, God of Carnage, Mary Stuart, A Steady Rain, West Side Story, The Miracle Worker, Tarzan, Proof. Thanks to RJA and CMM for their everyday miracles. JOEL SHIER (Associate Lighting D esigner). Broadway associate: Ghost, Godspell. Broadway assistant: Follie s , Wonderland, The Addams Family, The Little Mermaid. Tours: Sister Act, Wicked, Sweeney Todd. Design: Ghost Light Sessions, Pregnancy Pact, Memory Show, Fugitive Songs, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Thanks to PSR. TONY SMOLENSKI IV (Associate Sound D esigner). Associate designed more than 25 Broadway shows including Evita, Billy Elliot, The Coast of Utopia, Scandalous, Wo n d e r l a n d , S i x te e n Wo u n d e d , Bobbi Boland, The Smell of the Kill. Design work includes Cymbeline (Broadway), Adding Machine (Drama Desk nom.). JEANIE O’HARE (Commissioning Dramaturg) developed plays at the Royal Court Theatre and RSC. She is now Chair of Playwriting at Yale School of Drama. She worked on Matilda from the beginning (2006), first with Dennis Kelly, and then in 2008 she whispered the name “Tim Minchin” into the ear of Matthew Warchus, and the magic began. JIM CARNAHAN C.S.A. (Casting Director). Roundabout’s director of artistic development. Roundabout: The Big Knife, Picnic, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Cyrano, Harvey, Anything Goes, Sunday in the Park…, Pajama Game, Twelve Angry Men, Assassins, Nine, Big River, Cabaret. Other Broadway: Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, Jerusalem, The

Scottsboro Boys, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Boeing-Boeing, The Pillowman, Democracy, Fiddler on the Roof, …Millie. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. TV: “Glee” (Emmy nom.). NORA BRENNAN C.S.A. (Casting Director) specializes in children’s casting and cast the children in Billy Elliot (Broadway and tours), winning the ARTIOS Award. Resident casting director for Transport Group: Queen of the Mist, The Audience, Hello Again, All the Way Home, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Bury the Dead, Normal, Crossing Brooklyn, West Side Story at La Scala Opera House and international tours. ANDREW WADE (Voice Director). RSC: Head of Voice. Cicely Berry: many projects. Matthew Warchus: at RSC and The Lord of the Rings (Toronto and West End). Guthrie Theater: since 2002. TFANA: Voice Director, The Acting Company. Film: Shakespeare in Love. Teaching: Juilliard, Stella Adler. Fellow: Rose Bruford College. Lectures: worldwide. DAVID HOLCENBERG (Associate Musical Supervisor) is currently the music supervisor for Rocky (Hamburg) and the U.S. music supervisor for Ghost and Mamma Mia! Other Broadway credits include Bye Bye Birdie, The Story of My Life, Good Vibrations, Seussical, Titanic and Show Boat. He also music directed Ragtime (L.A. Drama Critics Award), The Phantom of the Opera (Toronto) and the LCT productions of The Glorious Ones and Dessa Rose. His show Bingo, written with Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid, is currently playing worldwide. M AT T H E W S M E A D A L ( M u s i c Director). National Tours: Ghost, Catch Me If You Can. Regional: Big Fish, Man Of La Mancha, 1776 (Musical Theatre West), Singin’ In The Rain, Mary Poppins (Ogunquit Playhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar (North Shore Music Theatre). Many thanks to David H and Tom C. All social media and web @matthewsmedal. BILL CONGDON (Children’s Music Director). National Tours: Mamma Mia!; Billy Elliot The Musical. Las Vegas: Mamma Mia! Cruises: Mamma Mia! (Asst. Music Supervisor). Many regional, stock and symphony orchestra credits, including CPCC Summer Theatre, Charlotte Rep, Greensboro Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, North Carolina

H OWA R D JOINES (Music Coordinator). Credits: Bullets Over Broadway; Aladdin; A Night with Janis Joplin; Cinderella; Scandalous; Chaplin; Ghost; How to Succeed; Promises, Promises; Bye Bye Birdie; Grease; The Times They Are AChangin’; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Bare; Now.Here.This. Conductor/ percussionist: Billy Elliot, Scoundrels, Never Gonna Dance, Flower Drum Song, The Full Monty, Superstar, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Singin’ in the Rain, The King and I, Cleavage, Radio City. For Robin and Taylor. AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Current projects: The Book of Mormon (Broadway and national tours), Once (Broadway and national tour), Matilda, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, This Is Our Youth, Indian Ink and The Curious Incident of the D og in the Night-Time. Upcoming projects include Amazing Grace, A Delicate Balance, The Real Thing, The River, The Elephant Man, Honeymoon in Vegas, Into the Woods and On the Twentieth Century. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. www.auroraprod.com VICTORIA NAVARRO (Production Stage Manager) is a graduate from UCSD. Broadway: The Lion King, The Color Purple. Touring: Annie, Oliver!, Seussical. Victoria has worked for numerous, opera, dance, and regional theatre companies. She is joined on the road by husband Steve and son Luca. M ITCH E LL B . H O DG E S (Stage Manager). Broadway: Cabaret, Twelfth Night and Richard III. Tours: Once, Les Misérables 25th Anniversary, Million Dollar Quartet, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story and We Will Rock You. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Music Theatre of Wichita. Go Blue! GEOFF MAUS (Assistant Stage M a nage r). O f f B ro a dway : T he Woodsman (Strangemen & Co.). Other: Take Me Home (Lauren Rayner Productions), The Juilliard School (Guest Artist), The Post Playhouse. Training: Indiana Universit y of Pennsylvania and The Juilliard School.

B ROADWAY BOO KI N G O FFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press and Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company representing musicals, plays and theatrical productions. Currently: Jersey Boys, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Matilda The Musical, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The King and I, Donny & Marie Christmas, The Sound of Music, Fun Home, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time , N E Tworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Love Letters starring Ali MacGraw & Ryan O’Neal, and The Rat Pack is Back!. www.bbonyc.com DENISE WOOD (Executive Producer) was Lead Producer with the RSC for ten years. Working alongside Artistic Director Michael Boyd, she was responsible for the planning of the artistic program worldwide and for overseeing the producing of the company’s repertoire. Her numerous credits as a producer for the RSC from 1995-2012 include Michael Boyd’s Olivier Award-winning eightplay Histories cycle in 2006-2008 and Gregory Doran’s acclaimed 2009 production of Hamlet with David Tennant. She has worked on Matilda The Musical since its inception, premiering the production in Stratford and London before leaving the RSC to pursue a freelance career. ANDRÉ PTASZYNSKI (Executive Producer). As a producer, André has won Best Musical Olivier or Standard Awards for six different shows. He has produced over 50 shows in all, in London, New York and on tour. His company, Pola Jones, also produced a number of comedy series for the BBC. He was, for many years the promoter for a wide range of comic talent from Dave Allen and Rowan Atkinson to Eddie Izzard and The League of Gentlemen. André was Chief Executive of the Really Useful Group from 2005 to 2011 and for the last 15 years he has also programmed and run Andrew Lloyd Webber¹s West End theatres including the London Palladium and The Theatre Royal Drury Lane. He was on the board of the National Theatre for nine years and among projects currently in development he is working on Groundhog Day, Tim Minchin’s new musical, with Matthew Warchus.

T H E R O YA L S H A K E S P E A R E COMPANY (Producer) creates theatre at its best, made in Stratfordupon-Avon and shared around the world. Everyone at the RSC plays a part in creating the world you see on stage, and we bring it to the widest possible audience through our touring, residencies, live broadcasts and online activity. Wherever you experience the RSC, you experience work made in Shakespeare’s home town. We produce an inspirational artistic programme each year, setting Shakespeare in context, alongside the work of his contemporaries and today’s writers. We have trained generations of the very best theatre makers, and we continue to nurture the talent of the future. We also work with schools and teachers to inspire a lifelong love of Shakespeare in young people. We have always had a special relationship with America, welcoming more than 20,000 U.S.visitors to Stratford each year and bringing productions and education programs here regularly, with our presenting partners in the U.S., the Ohio State University. www.rsc.org.uk THE DODGERS (Producer). Dodger Properties is a producing partnership hatched at BAM in 1978 by six friends. The Dodgers migrated to Joseph Papp and the NY Shakespeare Festival, then to off and on Broadway, where they are responsible for 150 productions in Nor th America, London, Europe and Australasia, which have been blessed by a host of awards from Broadway’s Tonys (56), London’s Oliviers, Australia’s Helpmanns and the like. Current Broadway: Jersey Boys, Matilda The Musical. Other Broadway: 42nd Street, Urinetown, The Farnsworth Invention, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods (’87 and ’02), The Music Man, Titanic, Wrong Mountain, Dracula, Footloose, Mandy Patinkin, High Society, 1776, …Forum, The King and I, The Who’s Tommy, Ralph Fiennes’ Hamlet, Guys and Dolls, Once Upon a Mattress, How to Succeed…, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Secret Garden, Prelude to a Kiss, The Gospel at Colonus, Big River, Pump Boys and Dinettes. In addition to Matilda and Jersey Boys on Broadway, the Dodgers are producers of current Jersey Boys productions in London, Las Vegas and touring productions in North America and the United Kingdom. Their offices are in Times Square and London’s Covent Garden. Their president is Michael David.

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Symphony, Opera Carolina and the NC Ballet Theatre. Holds a BME from ECU (NC), and both a MM and Performer’s Certificate in Percussion from ESM (NY). Love to Dana!

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STAFF FOR MATILDA THE MUSICAL GENERAL MANAGEMENT DODGER MANAGEMENT GROUP ENGAGEMENT BOOKING, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC Steven Schnepp Temah Higgins Kent McIngvale Jenny Bates Scott Praefke Zach Stevenson David Freeland Sean Mackey Stacey Burns Steve Chazaro COMPANY MANAGER R. Doug Rodgers NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVES BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Adrian Bryan-Brown Jackie Green Kelly Guiod PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS Ben Heller Gene O’Donovan, Chris Minnick Liza Luxenberg Geoff Quart Isaac Katzanek Anthony Jusino Katie Hesketh Andrew McCarthy Helen Jones Melissa Mazdra Kelly Levy Rob Ward CASTING JIM CARNAHAN CASTING Jim Carnahan, CSA Jillian Cimini, CSA NORA BRENNAN CASTING Nora Brennan, CSA Production Stage Manager.......... VICTORIA NAVARRO Stage Manager.........................................Mitchell B. Hodges Assistant Stage Manager................................... Geoff Maus Associate Company Manager...................Bridget Stegall Resident Director………................................... Ryan Emmons Direction Assistant...............................Samantha Saltzman Music Director.............................................. Matthew Smedal Children’s Music Director................................ Bill Congdon Assistant Choreographer................................... Sara Brians Associate Scenic Designer..............................Paul Weimer Assistant Scenic Designers......................... Carl Baldasso, Starlet Jacobs, Dennis Moyes, G. Warren Stiles Associate Costume Designer...... …………..Daryl A. Stone Assistant Costume Designer.......................... Maria Kenny Costume Assistant...................................MacKenzie Turner Hair, Wigs and Makeup......... Campbell Young Associates Associate Lighting Designer............................... Joel Shier Assistant Lighting Designer..........Jeremy Cunningham Lighting Programmer..........................................Zach Peletz Media Assoc. & Programmer........................... Laura Frank Associate Sound Designer..................Tony Smolenski IV Production Consultant.......................................David Lober Film Sequence Creation..............................Peter Glanville, Seonaid Goody/ Little Angel Theatre Puppeteers......................... Seonaid Goody, Mandy Travis Production Carpenter............................................ Fran Rapp Head Carpenter...............................................Matthew Bates Flyman.....................................................................Sean Hulbert Automation Carpenter....................................Brendan King Advance Carpenter..........................Robert Michael Kantz Production Electrician.... Randall Zaibek, James Fedigan Head Electrician.......................................... Stephen R. Long Lead Frontlight Operator...................................Jeni Adams Moving Light Technician.......................Christopher Nimm Production Properties.................................. Emiliano Pares Head Props....................................................... Gardner Friscia Assistant Props............................................. Richard Dalglish Production Sound Engineer................................... Phil Lojo Sound Mixer........................................................... Chris Powell Deck Sound......................................................... Andrew Ferry Broadway Sound Mixer.......................................... Ty Lackey Wardrobe Supervisor..............................Megan McGilvery Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor......Jocelyn Cartwright Hair and Makeup Supervisor........................ Jennifer Chin Assistant Hair and Makeup Supervisor....Melissa Matto Head Children’s Guardian........................Sandi DeGeorge Guardian....................................................................Emily Cates Associate Dialect Coach.......................................Ben Furey Acrobatics Coach........................................... Hector Salazar Boxing Coach.....................................................Jimmy Fusaro Additional Orchestrations............................Laurie Perkins Music Technology Programming.....................Phij Adams Synthesizer Technician....................................Randy Cohen Production Assistants.............................Katelynn Cooper, Mallory Hewell Advertising............................................................................. AKA Marketing..................................................... Dodger Marketing Web Design/Maintenance............................................... AKA Merchandising............................................. The Araca Group Children’s Tutoring........................On Location Education Travel Agent................................Silva Jenabian, Pro Travel Hotel Booking.............Lisa Morris, Road Concierge.com Banking..................Signature Bank/Barbara von Borstel Accountants...........................Schall and Ashenfarb, CPAs Insurance...............................................AON/Albert G Ruben

Counsel....................................Daniel Wasser, Elliot Brown/ Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, PC Information Technology Management......ITelagen, Inc. Production Photographer................................Joan Marcus Theatre Displays.................................................King Displays Official Website www.MatildaTheMusical.com/Tour ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Chairman.....................................................................Nigel Hugill Deputy Chairman..............Lady Sainsbury of Turville CBE Artistic Director.................................................Gregory Doran Executive Director......................................Catherine Mallyon Executive Producer ....................................André Ptaszynski Executive Producer.............................................Denise Wood Director of Commercial Services .................... Sara Aspley International Production Coordinator.....Georgie Fellows Head of Press..................................................Philippa Harland Director of Sales & Marketing.................................. Chris Hill Business Affairs Adviser................................... Jonathan Hull Head of Marketing, Matilda London ............ Nicole James Director of Education...................................Jacqui O’Hanlon Press Associate...................................................Ryan Petersen for The Corner Shop PR Development Director.................................Rebecca Preston Technical Manager, Matilda London........Digby Robinson Director of Communications......................... Liz Thompson RSC Advisor, Matilda Broadway........................Ric Wanetik Commercial Manager .........................................Kevin Wright THE DODGERS Dodger Properties President................................................................Michael David Executive Producer............................ Sally Campbell Morse Partner Emeritus...............................................Edward Strong Director of Creative Development............ Lauren Mitchell Director of Business Administration.............Pamela Lloyd Director of Marketing..................................... Jessica Ludwig Director of Finance..................................... Paula Maldonado Director, Dodger International..................... Dana Sherman Production Manager.................................................Jeff Parvin Associate General Manager........................... John Gendron Production Management..............................Lyndsey Goode Production Associate.........................................Kiaya Hacene Project Coordinator/Investor Relations.... Andrew Serna Marketing Manager................................................ Jessica Noll Sales Manager........................................Ann E. Van Nostrand Sales Associate............................................................. Priya Iyer Marketing Assistant.......................................Samantha Stone Finance Associate.........................................Mariann Fresiello Executive Assistant to Mr. David.....................Chris Stefani Seat Manager...............................................................Anne Ezell Office & Atelier Manager.........................................Sarah Styx Assistant Office & Atelier Manager.....................Anne Ezell Assistant, Creative Development............. Courtney Sachs Special Events...........................................................John Haber Counsel to Dodger Properties..............................Nan Bases CPA to Dodger Properties........................................Ira Schall Dodgers-at-Large Michael Altbaum, Kate Amberg, Mark Andrews, Danny Austin, Sam Burgess, Michael Camp, Sandra Carlson, Cesar Garcia, Richard Hester, Kimberly Kelley, Steven Laing, Maggie Latona, Heather Losey, Ron Melrose, Jason Pelusio, Maureen Rooney, Matthew Rossi, Tim Sulka, Linda Wright RSC, ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY and the RSC logo are registered trademarks of the Royal Shakespeare Company IN MEMORY It is difficult to imagine producing anything without the presence of beloved Dodger family members James Elliot Love and Jean-Michel Quincey. Friends to everyone they met, James and Jean-Michel stood at the heart of all that is good about the theatrical community. They will be missed, but their spirits abide. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. The Theatre Managers, Press Agents, and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

CREDITS Scenery built, painted and automated by Hudson Scenic Studio. Additional scenery built and painted by Show Motion Inc., Milford, Connecticut. Sound shop: Sound Associates, Inc. Lighting equipment and special effects by PRG Lighting. Laser effects projection provided by Norman L. Ballard. Props provided by BrenBri Props, Prom ‘n’ Spoon, JCDP. Costumes and shoes provided by Tricorne Costumes, Artur & Tailors, Bra*Tenders, Hochi Asiatic, TO Dey Custom Shoes, La Duca, Gene Mignola Inc., Douglas Earl, Giliberto Designs, Beckenstein Custom Shirts, Bethany Joy Costumes, Claudia Diaz Costume Shop, Miro Affonso, Arnold Levine Millinery, Hilary Sleiman Knitwear, the Royal Shakespeare Company. Scooters provided by Micro Scooters. Harnessed Movement Consultants: Grounded Aerial, LLC. Rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios. Matilda The Musical original Broadway cast recording is now avail a b l e from Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label. WARNING The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any divice for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre, without written permission may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liale for money damanges. Members of Denver Theatrical Wardrobe, Wigs, Hair and Make-up, Union 719 Linda Ackerschott Carrie Breidenbach Vonnie Clough Janel Clough Craig Cory Cyndie Cory Laura Cotugno Steve Davies Anne Davis Carolyn Dore Deborah Guess

AnnSue Gunter Judy Holabird Leslie Lambert Sharon Millikan-Hale Callie Morrow Yolanda Pollock Dave Poole Liz Spadi Amy Tepel Marybeth Tscherpel Barb Wilson

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“You see that both in the characters who can hear, and in those who can’t,” Weitz said. “These parents have their own marital issues going on. Their other son, Daniel, has mental-illness issues that are not being addressed. The daughter has some self-esteem issues that are not being dealt with. For this family that is so invested in communication and debate, they are not ultimately talking about the central issues of their lives. So in many ways, they are the ones who are cut off from communication, while their deaf son is the one who is learning to communicate fully. That’s the central irony of the play.” Tribes is one of the first plays in DCPA history that will feature actors with disabilities playing characters with those same disabilities. That’s good for the creative team, the deaf community and DCPA audiences, Weitz said. “I am a big fan of any theatre that makes the audience have to work harder because I feel that theatre is at its most powerful when we are an active participant, and I think this play does that remarkably well,” he said. But in the end, he believes, Tribes is not that much of a departure. “I think people are going to find that underneath that veneer of deafness, the themes and the issues of this play are akin to a lot of plays people have been coming here to see over the years.”

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Overlooked by witless adults, Matilda uses brainpower — which builds into telekinesis — to triumph over stupidity. “She wins by being clever,” Minchin says.

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Three years before Roald Dahl died, he was stumped by a five-year-old. Like many of his protagonists, Matilda Wormwood was a precocious youngster surrounded by monstrous adults and grotesque peers. Although Dahl was known for archness, even cruelty — remember Violet Beauregarde, in Willy Wonka’s factory, blowing up into a huge blueberry — the new book seemed unusually savage. According to Dahl’s biographer, Donald Sturrock, his editor was so dismayed by the manuscript that the author, for the first time in his career, had to beg him for a response. So Dahl scrapped the manuscript and started over. By the time the book was published, in 1988, Matilda had been refashioned into an underdog. Born to a car salesman and a television-obsessed peroxide blonde, she spends her days at the library, teaching herself to read Nicholas Nickleby. “Her mind was so nimble and she was so quick to learn that her ability should have been obvious even to the most half-witted of parents,” Dahl wrote. Two decades later, the Royal Shakespeare Company asked the director Matthew Warchus to stage a musical version of Matilda. The first step was to find a songwriter. “We kept saying, ‘It’s

about a genius, and there’s got to be some genius in the songs,’ ” Warchus said. One night, he went to London’s Bloomsbury Theatre to see a one-man show by Tim Minchin, a wild-haired Australian comic known for ribald songs, such as “Inflatable You,” an ode to a blow-up doll. Misbehavior served light: the perfect match for Dahl. “He’s got his own secular kind of fervor,” Warchus said. “You tend to think of satire as a substitute for emotion, and he manages to entwine them. And that’s why you can enjoy the cleverness and intricacy of his writing and have tears running down your cheeks at the same time, or be laughing helplessly at some goofy, childish reference to boobs or something. It’s high and low at the same time.” Adaptations of Dahl tend to be overly perverse (Tim Burton’s movie of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) or not perverse enough (the 1996 film of Matilda). But the version created by Warchus and Minchin, with a book by Dennis Kelly, was impeccably stylized. Matilda premiered in Stratford-Upon-Avon in late 2010 and transferred to the West End the following fall. (It opened on Broadway, at the Shubert, in April 2013 and embarked on a national tour of the US in May 2015.)

The Telegraph called it “the best new British musical since Billy Elliot” and praised Minchin’s “smashing score that combines take-home melodies with delicious lyrical wit.” Matilda was nominated for ten Olivier Awards and won seven, more than any other show in history, earning it a place in the 2013 edition of Guinness World Records. When conducting this interview, Minchin had just arrived at J.F.K. from London. He had a lot on his schedule: in addition to Matilda rehearsals, there were meetings for potential projects, including two stage musicals and an animated film for DreamWorks. “Six years ago, I couldn’t…get a gig,” he said. “Now people are asking me to write everything, because they think there’s some magic formula. Writing musicals is a huge challenge,” he went on. “They teeter on a knifepoint of mawkish sentimental rot.” When it came to turning Matilda into a musical, Minchin created a pintsize freethinker in his own image. Overlooked by witless adults, Matilda uses brainpower — which builds into telekinesis — to triumph over stupidity. “She wins by being clever,” Minchin says. One morning, Minchin walked into a sunlit rehearsal studio on 42nd Street, where a dozen children, who play Matilda’s schoolmates, were seated in front of music stands. “Hello, maggots,” Minchin said. “Hi, Tim!” they answered in unison. Deborah Abramson, the children’s music director, stood at a piano. “Stick out your tongues and write ‘Tim Minchin’ in cursive,” she instructed. The kids obeyed. At Abramson’s command, the kids adopted faultless English accents and sang a song from Act II, “When I Grow Up”. “That was great,” Minchin said. “Good timing. Good diction.” “You sound like English children,” Minchin said afterward. “I won’t have to fire any of you.” He took an elevator down to another rehearsal room. As in the London production, four actresses play the title role in rotation. The girls gathered around the piano to sing “Naughty,” Matilda’s solo, with Minchin playing jazzy accompaniment. Afterward, an associate director quizzed them: “What do you know about this song?” “She’s gaining confidence,” Oona Laurence (age 10) said. “She’s thinking of doing something bad,” Sophia Gennusa (age 9) added. Minchin told them that his daughter, who is six, initially had trouble understanding the song. “She would ask, ‘Why is she being naughty?’ She couldn’t get her head around the fact that Matilda was condoning the thing I tell her not to be. I explained that sometimes, if a big person is really mean, the only thing a little person can do is break the rules.” The girls nodded: a lesson in moral relativism. Milly Shapiro (age 10) asked, “What was the hardest song to write?” “Miss Honey’s song,” Minchin said, referring to “My House,” sung by the beleaguered teacher who becomes Matilda’s confidante. “Because Miss Honey isn’t demonstrative — do you know what that means?” The Matildas looked perplexed. “It’s someone who demonstrates things. Like, if you were going to write a song for me, it would be easy: ‘Hi, I’m Tim!’ I’m extroverted. But Miss Honey doesn’t say what’s on her mind, and neither does Matilda. She keeps to herself.” The girls nodded: a lesson in dramaturgy. Matilda, Minchin says, is “an avatar for all our ambitions when we’re little and powerless. She’s perfect in the face of the horrible people around her.”

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The upcoming Theatre Company season could be described as the Year of the Woman. A lineup filled with strong, independent female characters kicks off with the most fully realized woman in the Shakespeare canon — and you might be surprised to learn who she is. Sorry, Juliet, Cleopatra and Lady M. The largest female role in all of Shakespeare is Rosalind of As You Like It. The late Anne Barton, one of the 20th century’s foremost Shakespeare scholars, went so far as to say the gender-bending heroine (and hero!) “is as central and dominating a figure in her fashion as Hamlet is in his own, very different play.” Rosalind is, simply put, the rare woman Shakespeare treated like a man. Think about it: Rosalind starts this pastoral comedy in a rather grim place. Her father has been banished and she escapes her murderous uncle by bravely exiling herself to the forest. And yet she manages as well as any man here — by dressing like a man. “I find it particularly interesting to look at this play right now because here is such a strong and complex central female character who is also beautiful and charming and smart,” said Theatre Company Producing Artistic Director Kent Thompson, director of the Company’s first-ever staging of As You Like It in its 37-year history. “I like her wit, her pluck and her sense of heart.” Rosalind is especially self-aware when it comes to matters of the heart. Thompson calls her “the greatest wedding planner in Shakespeare.” That’s because the play ends with

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four weddings and no funerals — essentially all at her direction. One of those four weddings, of course, is her own. And to Orlando, a really good guy and a true gentleman. But the Arden Forest is not the same enchanted timberland as in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is a forest where all the romantic players pine for partners who pine not back. Think of As You Like It as a hormonal The Tempest without the magic. And yet…four weddings. Thompson calls Rosalind “the great psychologist of all the people around her.” But at her core, she’s just a girly-girl in love. And it’s fun for us to watch her grow more jealous…of herself. Her eventual partnership with Orlando is so well-matched and true that 400 years later, it feels to a modern audience as a downright contemporary coupling. “I think Orlando teaches Rosalind heart and passion,” Thompson said. “And she teaches him intellect, wit and being able to see the world not through those rose-colored glasses.” Rosalind is perfect for these gender-fluid times. She is a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman — both a man’s man and a woman’s woman. “I think all of that together creates both great sexual and comic tension,” Thompson said. “That is delicious for the audience because of course we know what’s going on. So it’s great fun to watch.” All the more remarkable given that Shakespeare created Rosalind in the Elizabethan era. “It’s still very much a patriarchal world,” Thompson said. “But Shakespeare is kind

“I find it particularly interesting to look at this play right now because here is such a strong and complex central female character who is also beautiful and charming and smart.” — KENT THOMPSON

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COSTUME COLUMN To invoke a stark contrast between Duke Frederick’s stuffy palace and the pastoral Forest of Arden, Theatre Company costume designer Denitsa Bliznakova relied on the transformative power of her pieces to reveal the deeper emotions of the characters in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. “The characters will be learning a lot about themselves and others throughout the play,” said Bliznakova, “and a visual transformation is necessary to tell the story.” Inspired by the Impressionist movement of the late 1800s, the set and costume design teams created a vivid, vibrant world where the courtly characters could break away from the confines of their strict society and freely express themselves. As the play progresses from the cold, man-made world of the palace to the magical forest, the characters literally strip off their inhibitions and don more colorful, comfortable clothing. “The people from the palace, in a way, will be shedding away the layers of their past as they are shedding away pieces of their clothing,” she continued. “The ladies will replace their constricting corsets that emphasize the suffocating feeling of this world they live in for light, fresh blouses and full skirts.” Even disguised as a man, the lady Rosalind will take control of her life through the freedom and anonymity of her clothing. Masculine details like oversized buckles and leather boots add to the believability of her guise without removing her femininity. So loosen your laces and throw out those smelling salts. Let this lover’s tale of mistaken identities envelop you.

of the Elizabethan feminist.” For evidence, look no further than the fact that Rosalind gets the final word in As You Like It — making her the only female character in the entire Shakespeare canon who gets to deliver the epilogue. The only other Bard female who drives the action forward as efficiently as Rosalind Thompson suggests, might be Juliet. “She actually is the strongest person in Romeo and Juliet,” he said. “She’s the one who is proactive and goes to the Friar. He’s the one who falls down crying. She figures out a way to do it, and she’s willing to go there, even though she may die. But Rosalind is really the only female Shakespeare character who manages to direct everything down to that last scene.” And Rosalind is just the first of many strong female protagonists on the Theatre Company’s 2015/16 season. Lookingglass Alice will present a much more active Alice than Wonderland readers are used to. The role is so physically demanding, in fact, that two actors will alternate performances. Tribes features a hard-of-hearing young woman named Sylvia who opens up a whole new world to a young deaf man named Billy. The protagonist in FADE is a novice named Lucia who gets a job writing on a major TV drama. The Nest is a biting ensemble comedy that includes three significant and distinct New York women. And let’s not forget Mrs. Lovett, who stirs up the pot in Sweeney Todd — with human flesh. When asked if he will be celebrating this yearlong trend of strong, proactive female protagonists, Thompson joked, “I will be celebrating it now that I am conscious of it. “But I think it makes sense, because we are committed to women playwrights, we are committed to new writing and we are committed to women actors. But if you look at it, yes, it is very true that there will be vigorous female protagonists throughout the season. I think that’s really emblematic of a lot of interesting work that is going on right now, with stronger female characters being portrayed.”

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BOX OFFICE Jennifer Lopez.........................Director of Ticketing Services Kirk Petersen...........................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Patron Relations David Smith.............................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Subscription Services Jessica Bergin, Katie Clow-Pollard, Tristan Jungferman, Laura Kirby, Alec Sydlow................................................Box Office Managers Micah White..............................................Subscription Manager Malcolm Brown, William Dutton III, Kevin Dykstra, Elisabeth Link, Molly McDonough......................................................Show Leads Kirsten Anderson, Ashley Brown, Scott Lix, Gregory Swan........................Subscription Agents Maggie Blumer, Rena Bugg, Shandi Chavez, DJ Dennis, Marianne Geyer, Patye Gibbons, Nicole Giordano, Jennifer Gray, Edmund Gurule, Rebecca Hibbert, Joel Innes, Noah Jungferman, Megan Kelly, Michael Lang, Brett Martinez, Zach Page, Shane Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Ereece Thomas, Tomas Waples....................... Ticket Agents

BROADWAY & CABARET John Ekeberg........................... Executive Director Broadway Alicia Giersch..................................................... General Manager Abel Becerra.................................. Technical Director, Cabaret Kevin Replinger........... Operations Business Administrator Anson Nicholson..............................Sound Engineer, Cabaret

DEVELOPMENT David Zupancic.................................Director of Development Shawn Bayer.................................................... Associate Director Chelley Canales...................................Development Associate Megan Fevurly.....................................Development Associate Melissa Olson........................................Development Assistant Marc Ravenhill................................................. Associate Director Valerie Taron.................................................... Associate Director

EDUCATION Allison Watrous........................................Director of Education Jessica Austgen................................................ Teaching Artist & Shakespeare Coordinator Stuart Barr.................................. Education Technical Director Claudia Carson.........................................Bobby G Coordinator Leslie Channell............................................. Education Registrar Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski................................................Education Curriculum Manager Linda Eller..............................................................................Librarian Tim McCracken..................................................... Head of Acting Jannett Matusiak............................................ Business Manager Michelle Patrick...................Corporate Training Coordinator David Saphier..............School Coordinator/Teaching Artist Mackenzie Sherburne, Justin Walvoord, Robyn Yamada.................................................... Teaching Artists

FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICES Clay Courter.....Vice President, Facilities & Event Services James Babcock...................................................................Engineer Dwight Barela......................................................................Engineer Leah Brinks.............................................................. Event Manager Devon Chandler...... Assistant Director, Event Technology Clint Flinchpaugh...............................................................Engineer Stori Heleen.................................Event Technology Specialist Heather Kaufman.....................................Facility Operations & Business Manager Michael Kimbrough...........................................................Engineer Jaymes Kimbrough..................Event Technology Specialist Clint King............................................................Security Specialist Terry Koch...................................................Director, Engineering John Lower.............................................................. Chief Engineer Brian McClain............................................. Custodial Supervisor Tara Miller................................................................. Event Manager Brook Nichols................................Director, Event Technology

Danielle Porter....................................................... Event Manager Kassie Sanders...........................Event Technology Specialist Alyssa Stock....................................Assistant Project Manager Dawn Williams.....................................Director, Event Services Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Angeles Reyes Soto, Francisco Trujillo............................................................Custodians

MARKETING & SALES Jennifer Nealson..................................Chief Marketing Officer Heidi Bosk......................... Senior PR & Promotions Manager Nathan Brunetti............................ Digital Marketing Manager Kim Conner.........................................................Graphic Designer Flora DiRienzo........................................ Strategic Partnerships Anita Edwards.......................................Web Services Manager Brenda Elliott......................................Senior Graphic Designer Brianna Firestone....................................Director of Marketing Simone Gordon...................................................Project Manager Hope Grandon..........................................PR & Events Manager Jeff Hovorka............................. Director of Sales & Marketing Jennifer Kemps........................................Group Sales Manager Emily Kent...................................................... Marketing Manager David Lenk............................................................. Video Producer Emily Lozow........................................... Marketing Coordinator Kyle Malone.................................................................... Art Director Carolyn Michaels...........................................................Copywriter John Moore................................................Senior Arts Journalist Donna Rossi............................Customer Experience Director Joseph Schurwonn......................................... Financial Analyst Jill Schwager...............Education Group Sales Coordinator Rob Silk................................................................. Creative Director Suzanne Yoe...........................Director of Marketing Services & Cultural Affairs THEATRE SERVICES Carol Krueger.................................. Theatre Services Manager Ethan Aumann, Nora Caley, Gregory Melton, Douglas Murphey, Joyce Murphey, Margaret Ohlander, Valerie Schaefer, Mica Ward..................... Theatre Company House Managers

SHARED SERVICES Vicky Miles................................................ Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Jeffrey...................................Senior Financial Analyst ACCOUNTING Jennifer Siemers........................................ Director Accounting Jessica Beers...................................................... Staff Accountant Sara Brandenburg.........................................Senior Accountant Michaele Davidson.......................................Senior Accountant Georgette Maddox...........................................Payroll Specialist HUMAN RESOURCES Regina Matthews......................... Director Human Resources Brian Carter...................................Human Resources Manager Donald Gabenski.............................................................Reception Jamie Hawkins...................................................... HR Coordinator Monica Robles............................................Mailroom Supervisor INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Bruce Montgomery........Director Information Technology Rick Bennett.................................................... Network Architect Jayson Cowley......................................Network Administrator Jim Hipp................................................. Associate Director of IT Christopher Hoge.......................VoIP/System Administrator Bobby Jiminez......................... Senior Audienceview Analyst John H. Voorheis............................ Manager of Infrastructure

THEATRE COMPANY ARTISTIC Kent Thompson.............................................. Theatre Company Producing Artistic Director Bruce K. Sevy............... Director of New Play Development Douglas Langworthy ........... Literary Manager/Dramaturg Chad Henry....................................................... Literary Associate Emily Tarquin...................................................Artistic Associate/ New Play Coordinator Grady Soapes.............................................. Artistic Coordinator PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford...............................................Director of Production Melissa Cashion....................Associate Production Manager Julie Brou...................Production & Artistic Office Manager

Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek................................ Director of Scenic Design Matthew Plamp, Nicholas Renaud..............................Scenic Design Assistants Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod...................................Director of Lighting Lily Bradford.....................................Lighting Design Assistant Reid Tennis............................................... Production Electrician Multimedia Charlie I. Miller...................... Resident Multimedia Specialist Topher Blair............................Multimedia Assistant/Operator Sound Design Craig Breitenbach...........................................Director of Sound Tyler Nelson.......................................................... Sound Designer Alex Billman, Frank Haas..............................Sound Operators Stage Management Christopher C. Ewing................ Production Stage Manager Matthew Campbell, Rachel Ducat, Aja M. Jackson, Kurt Van Raden.................Stage Managers D. Lynn Reiland......................................... Production Assistant Corin Ferris, Lexi Holtzer, Kristen Littlepage.......................Stage Management Interns Scene Shop Eric Rouse.......................................................... Technical Director Robert L. Orzolek..................... Associate Technical Director Josh Prues.................................... Assistant Technical Director Albert “Stub” Allison, Louis Fernandez III.......................................... Lead Technicians Justin Hicks, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Mike Van Aartsen, Ross Wick..................Scenic Technicians Prop Shop Robin Lu Payne.............................................Properties Director Eileen S. Garcia......................... Assistant Properties Director Jamie Stewart Curl, Charles Dallas, David Hoth, Georgina Kayes, Katie Webster......................Props Artisans Paint Shop Jana L. Mitchell...........................................Charge Scenic Artist Melanie Rentschler........................................Lead Scenic Artist Brian Proud...................................................................Scenic Artist Rachael Gibson.............................................................Paint Intern Costume Shop Janet S. MacLeod..........................................Costume Director/ Costume Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle........ Costume Design Associate Carolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott............................................................................Drapers Cathie Gagnon, Belinda Haaland............................First Hand Sheila P. Morris........................................................................... Tailor Kelly Jones, Jenny Milne, Beth Walker....................Stitchers Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver............................Costume Crafts Director Shirleen DiFonzo.................................Costume Crafts Artisan Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki............................................................... Wig Master House Crew Doug Taylor*..........................................Supervising Stagehand Mariah Becerra*, Jim Berman*, Jennifer Guethlein*, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Miles Stasica*, Tyler Stauffer, Matt Wagner* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands)................................ Stagehands Wardrobe Brenda Lawson........................................Director of Wardrobe Maria Y. Davis, Taylor Malott............................Wig Assistants Robin Appleton, Amber Donner, Anthony Mattivi, Tim Nelson, Lisa Parson, Alan Richards.................. Dressers ADMINISTRATION Charles Varin...................................................Managing Director Ryan Meisheid...........................Associate Managing Director Allison Taylor..................................................Company Manager Kerri Mirtsching.................................... Business Administrator

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