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VOLUME 32, ISSUE 3 | DEC 2019

CONTENTS Calendar......................................................................... 8 History............................................................................ 9 A Message from the President & CEO...............13 Jersey Boys................................................................ 15 BÃ©la Fleck and the Flecktones............................ 31 PJ Masks Live!........................................................... 35 Nutcracker................................................................. 37 Fiddler on the Roof................................................. 53 Salute to Vienna....................................................... 69 Gifts to State Theatre New Jersey................... 73 General Information.............................................. 78 Board of Trustees & Staff..................................... 79 Sightings at The State............................................ 86

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Jersey Boys Jersey Boys Béla Fleck and The Flecktones Milk & Cookies: City Stomp PJ MASKS LIVE! — 12/8

PJ Masks Live! Save the Day Performance for Schools: Nutcracker Nutcracker—American Repertory Ballet Nutcracker—American Repertory Ballet Nutcracker—American Repertory Ballet

NUTCRACKER — 12/13-15

Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler on the Roof Salute to Vienna New Year’s Eve Concert

SALUTE TO VIENNA — 12/31

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Performance for Schools: Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom Dancing with the Stars: Live! The Color Purple The Color Purple THE COLOR PURPLE — 1/30-2/1

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WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC STATE THEATRE NEW JERSEY! As we move closer to the State Theatre’s 100th anniversary, we find ourselves looking back into the past. With the help of the New Brunswick Public Library, we have been diving deep into decades of archives, specifically the 1920s to the 1960s. Thanks to the library’s archives, we have been able to piece together years of information (including some fun ads, see above and below). Most recently, we came across an article on one of the State Theatre’s renovations. Printed in the Home News Tribune on Sunday, May 27, 1962, the caption for the photo above reads “An elegant silk curtain sets the tone for the interior decorations in the elaborately renovated RKO State Theatre. The comfortable seats in the orchestra are of gold and tan.” The article goes on to say that this was the State Theatre’s first extensive renovation project since 1939. It also says that the entire theater was repainted in red, sandalwood, and black tones and that a 12-armed brass chandelier was added to the lobby. Well folks, long gone is that chandelier and the gold silk curtain, but it reminds us just how special this place was and continues to be. We look forward to sharing more historic findings with you in the future. For more State Theatre history, watch PBS’s Treasures of New Jersey: State Theatre New Jersey at STNJ.org/history

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA PAIS

Dear Friends, Unquestionably the arts—whether music, dance, theater, or poetry— play an important role in shaping lives on all levels. It is because of donations from friends like you that State Theatre New Jersey is able to offer opportunities for learning and discovery within our own neighborhood and beyond the borders of Middlesex County. Thanks to donations, State Theatre New Jersey’s education and outreach programs have grown to serve over 35,000 people of all demographics with more than 160 events per year. We offer the community the opportunity to connect with the performing arts in a variety of ways, including performances, workshops, in-school programs, and artist residencies. Serving schools, social service agencies, and over 40 nonprofits, our programs encompass art forms from a broad range of eras and traditions, designed to foster an understanding and appreciation of live performing arts. Membership donations support our education and outreach programs, provided at greatly subsidized prices or completely free of charge. Support the power of live performing arts by investing in State Theatre with a donation today! The direct impact of your gift is felt by the children who excitedly attend our Performances for Schools, families with members on the autism-spectrum enjoying our Sensory-Friendly Performances, veterans appreciating a night out, and individuals of all demographics from our community. Through your confidence in State Theatre New Jersey, our work is made possible and our mission is sustained. Plus, you’ll receive great benefits all year long! To make a gift to State Theatre New Jersey go to STNJ.org/donate. Thank you for your support. We wish you and yours a happy and memorable holiday season! Sincerely,

Sarah K. Chaplin President & CEO

OFFERS SINCERE THANKS TO

FOR ITS GENEROUS SUPPORT OF STATE THEATRE NEW JERSEY AND JERSEY BOYS

(l to r) Eric Chambliss, Jon Hacker, Corey Greenan, Michael Milton and the Company of JERSEY BOYS. Photo: Joan Marcus

Dodger Theatricals Joseph J. Grano Tamara and Kevin Kinsella Pelican Group with Latitude Link, Rick Steiner, NETworks Presentations present

The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Book by

Music by

Lyrics by

Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice

Bob Gaudio

Bob Crewe

with

Eric Chambliss Corey Greenan Jon Hacker Michael Milton AndrĂŠs Acosta Justin Albinder Ashley Bruce Kenneth Quinney Francoeur Katie Goffman Connor Lyon Kevin Patrick Martin Sean McGee Hamilton Moore Bruno Vida Amy Weaver Scenic Design

Costume Design

Klara Zieglerova

Lighting Design

Jess Goldstein

Sound Design

Howell Binkley

Steve Canyon Kennedy

Projection Design

Wig and Hair Design

Fight Director

Production Supervisor

Michael Clark

Charles G. LaPointe

Steve Rankin

Richard Hester

Orchestrations

Music Coordinator

Music Director

Steve Orich

John Miller

Michael Kaish

Production Management

Casting

Company Manager

Production Stage Manager

NETworks Presentations Hector Guivas

Tara Rubin Casting Merri Sugarman, CSA

Deborah Barrigan

Stacy N. Taylor

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Lauren Mitchell

Dana Sherman

Tour Booking & Marketing

Broadway Booking Office NYC

Music Supervision, Vocal/Dance Arrangements and Incidental Music by

Ron Melrose Choreography

Sergio Trujillo Directed by

Des McAnuff World Premiere Produced by La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director & Debby Buchholz, Managing Director

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JERSEY BOYS

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Gyp DeCarlo, Nick DeVito, Billy Dixon, Charlie Calello (and others).......................... ANDRÉS ACOSTA Joey, French Rap Star, Detective One, Officer Petrillo, Crewe’s PA, Hal Miller, Barry Belson, Davis (and others)........................................................................... JUSTIN ALBINDER Mary Delgado, Angel (and others)..................................................................................ASHLEY BRUCE Bob Gaudio..................................................................................................................ERIC CHAMBLISS Tommy DeVito............................................................................................................ COREY GREENAN Frankie Valli........................................................................................................................ JON HACKER Church Lady, Angel, Lorraine, Miss Frankie Nolan, Bob’s Party Girl (and others).......... CONNOR LYON Stosh, Norman Waxman, Detective Two, Hank Majewski, Police Officer, Recording Studio Engineer, Accountant’s Assistant, Joe Long (and others).............. KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN Bob Crewe, Donnie, Accountant, Finney (and others)........................................................ SEAN McGEE Nick Massi................................................................................................................. MICHAEL MILTON Frankie’s Mother, Nick’s Date, Angel, Francine (and others)............................................ AMY WEAVER UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Frankie Valli: JUSTIN ALBINDER, BRUNO VIDA Tommy DeVito: KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN, HAMILTON MOORE Bob Gaudio: KENNETH QUINNEY FRANCOEUR, SEAN McGEE Nick Massi: ANDRÉS ACOSTA, HAMILTON MOORE SWINGS KENNETH QUINNEY FRANCOEUR, KATIE GOFFMAN, HAMILTON MOORE, BRUNO VIDA Dance Captain: KATIE GOFFMAN; Assistant Dance Captain: ANDRÉS ACOSTA; Fight Captain: KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN JERSEY BOYS ORCHESTRA Music Director: Michael Kaish; Associate Conductor: Anthony Brindisi; Keyboards: Anthony Brindisi, Katie Holmes, Michael Kaish; Guitar: Max Caine; Bass: Carlos Holguin; Drums: Brett Beiersdorfer; Music Coordinator: John Miller

Photos by: Joan Marcus

FOUR SEASONS

Photo: Courtesy of The Four Seasons

(L TO R) ERIC CHAMBLISS, COREY GREENAN, JON HACKER, AND MICHAEL MILTON IN JERSEY BOYS.

(L TO R) BOB GAUDIO, FRANKIE VALLI, NICK MASSI AND TOMMY DEVITO. THE ORIGINAL FOUR SEASONS.

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CAST

Eric Chambliss

Corey Greenan

Jon Hacker

AndrÃ©s Acosta

Justin Albinder

Ashley Bruce

Kenneth Quinney Francoeur

Katie Goffman

Connor Lyon

Kevin Patrick Martin

Sean McGee

Hamilton Moore

Bruno Vida

Michael Milton

Amy Weaver

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “Ces Soirées-La (Oh, What a Night)” – Paris, 2000................................French Rap Star, Backup Group “Silhouettes”......................................................................... Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito, Frankie Castelluccio “You’re the Apple of My Eye”................................................. Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”...................................................................Frankie Castelluccio “Earth Angel”......................................................................................... Tommy DeVito, Full Company “Sunday Kind of Love”........................................Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick’s Date “My Mother’s Eyes”............................................................................................................ Frankie Valli “I Go Ape”..................................................................................................................... The Four Lovers “(Who Wears) Short Shorts”......................................................................................... The Royal Teens “I’m in the Mood for Love/Moody’s Mood for Love”........................................................... Frankie Valli “Cry for Me”....................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi “An Angel Cried”.............................................................................................. Hal Miller and The Rays “I Still Care”..................................................................................Miss Frankie Nolan and The Romans “Trance”........................................................................................................Billy Dixon and The Topix “Sherry”...................................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry”.................................................................................................. The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man”...................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”..........................................................Bob Gaudio, Full Company “My Boyfriend’s Back”.......................................................................................................... The Angels “My Eyes Adored You”...................................................Frankie Valli, Mary Delgado, The Four Seasons “Dawn (Go Away)”...................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (reprise)..............................................................................................Full Company THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

ACT TWO “Big Man in Town”..................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Beggin’”.................................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Stay”.......................................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)”............................................................ Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)”.......................Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli and The New Seasons “Bye Bye Baby”............................................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “C’mon Marianne”.......................................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”............................................................................................ Frankie Valli “Working My Way Back to You”...................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Fallen Angel”.................................................................................................................... Frankie Valli “Rag Doll”................................................................................................................... The Four Seasons “Who Loves You?”.............................................................................. The Four Seasons, Full Company

THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY “Ain’t That a Shame” (Domino/Bartholomew) • “Candy Girl” (Santos) “Don’t Think Twice” (Dylan) • “Girl Come Runnin’” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Grease” (Gibb) • “I Make a Fool of Myself” (Gaudio/Crewe) “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Porter) • “Marlena” (Gaudio) “New Mexican Rose” (Crewe/Calello) • “Our Day Will Come” (Hillard/Garson) “Ronnie” (Gaudio/Crewe) • “Save It For Me” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Silver Star” (Gaudio/Parker) • “Swearin’ to God” (Crewe/Randall) “Tell It to the Rain” (Petrillo/Cifelli) “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (Gaudio/Crewe) “To Give (The Reason I Live)” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Watch the Flowers Grow” (Brown/Bloodworth) “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Goffin/King)

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ER IC CH A M BL ISS (Bob Gaudio) is honored to return to this tour! Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha, u/s Perchik). Regional: Gypsy (Tulsa), All Shook Up (Chad), The Full Monty (Ethan), and Altar Boyz (Matthew). He is originally from Ottawa, IL. “Go Cubs, go! Special thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, The Mine, and Nomi Tichman. Love to Mom and Dad, family, friends, Kona The Wonder Dog, and his partner in crime Nicole Ferguson. For Nani and Grandma.” @tallboy_chambliss COREY GREENAN (Tommy DeVito). Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Sky), Scandalous. National tour: If/Then, Mamma Mia!. International tour: Evita (Che). New York/ Regional: I Am Harvey Milk, Sweeney Todd, 42nd Street, Much Ado About Nothing. B.A. Pepperdine University (Theatre Arts). JON HACKER (Frankie Valli) is thrilled to be joining the JB family again, after closing the show on Broadway and moving on to the Off-Broadway production. Broadway: Jersey Boys (Joey, u/s Frankie

Valli). Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys (Joey, u/s Frankie Valli). National tour: Newsies (Oscar Delancey, u/s Jack Kelly). Regional: From Here to Eternity (Ogunquit Playhouse and NYC Debut). Les Misérables (Weathervane Playhouse), Next to Normal (Human Race Theatre). B.F.A., Wright State University. “Thanks to Dodgers, Tara Rubin Casting, The Mine and the creative team. To my wife, Taryn, this one is for you.” IG: @jonhacker_ M ICH A EL M I LTON (Nick Massi) is very excited to join Jersey Boys on tour! Previous: NCL’s Jersey Boys (Nick Massi); National tour: Dirty Dancing (Johnny Castle u/s), Legally Blonde (UPS Guy), Anything Goes (Ensemble). Off-Broadway/ Vegas: Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man (Stefan). TV: My Crazy Love Story (Rico). Milton is also the creator of Shadow Star, a new mobile app that connects aspiring performing artists with Broadway Star mentors. When you shadow our Stars, their spotlight shines on you. Sign up now for pre-registration at shadowstarnyc. com. “Love and thanks to Momma, Bru-

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www.katiegoffman.com CON NOR LYON (Lorraine and others) is thrilled to join the Jersey Boys family! Other credits include: Rocky Horror (Theatre Under the Stars), Rock of Ages (Norwegian Cruise Line), Little Women (A.D. Players). Sam Houston State University ‘15. “Endless gratitude to the JB family. Love to Mom, Marissa and Cara!” IG: @connorslyon KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN (Hank Majewski, Norm Waxman, Fight Captain, and others) is ecstatic to be doing a dream show! 45+ professional productions across JUSTIN ALBINDER (Joey and oththe country at North Shore Music Theatre, ers). National tour debut! Recent: JerTrinity Repertory Company, Gulfshore sey Boys (Frankie, Phoenix Theatre Playhouse, and more. Television: Food Company), Jersey Boys (NCL), Sense Network’s Bakers vs. Fakers. Training: and Sensibility, The Drowsy Chaperone. Rhode Island College. “Thanks to TRC, Member of Joe & Tom Comedy; HighATB and Mom & Dad. Love to Alex.” IG: @ er Education, Ghoul Catchers. “Thanks sweetsbykevin to Albinder clan, Nyle, Merri, Richard, SE A N MCGEE (Bob Crewe and othDanny, JB team, Katie Agresta.” Ithaca College B.F.A. www.justinalbinder.com ers). Regional: Reefer Madness (Jimmy, TUTS), Cry-Baby (Cry-Baby, Tent IG: @justinalbinder Theatre), Xanadu (Sonny, WaterTower A SH L EY BRUCE (Mary Delgado and Dallas), Oklahoma! (Will Parker, Pennothers) is thrilled to join the Jersey Boys sylvania Shakespeare, Lyric Stage), My family! Born in Scotland, she studied in Fair Lady (Freddy, CityRep). B.F.A. UniLondon before moving to NYC with her versity of Oklahoma. “Thanks Merri & husband (hey hubby!). Credits include SatATB. Love to friends & E+M+D+D+C. urday Night Fever (Stephanie), Cinderella For Mom & Dad. I did it. Glory to God.” (Cinderella), Beauty and the Beast (Belle). IG: @veryseanmcgee “Huge thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, the H A M I LTON MOOR E (Swing) is exJersey Boys team and her amazing family.” cited to be swinging for Jersey Boys and K EN N ET H QU I N N EY F R A Nmaking his tour debut with this incredCOEU R (Swing) is excited to join the ible production. Moore is a recent graduJersey Boys family! New York: A Child’s ate of UC-College Conservatory of Music. Christmas in Wales, Finian’s Rainbow. “Huge thanks to the JB creative team/ Tour: Memphis. Regional: West Side Story, cast, everyone at Tara Rubin, teachers Hair, Gypsy, She Loves Me. Elon Univerpast and present, family and friends.” sity B.F.A. “Thanks to Pantera/Murphy IG: @Jeanclaudevanham Agency, Tara Rubin Casting, JB Team, BRUNO VIDA (Swing) is thrilled to be Rox, Ted, and Gail, this one is for you.” making his national tour debut! Recently IG: @kfrancoeur a part of the inaugural cast of Jersey Boys K AT I E G OF FM A N (Dance Captain, on NCL. Born and raised in Cuiabá, BraSwing). Off-Broadway: Clueless (Standby zil. “Many thanks to Merri & TRC, RichCher). National tour: Ghost (Molly), Rock ard, Danny, the entire JB fam, Thomas of Ages (Regina). Goffman created Wisat LW, my MIIIKE and minha família!” co Queens (www.wiscoqueens.com) and brunovida.com @why2KsTV. “Thanks JB team, the DodgA M Y W E AV ER (Francine and others) ers, and TRC! Much love to Merri, Richard, is overjoyed to make her national tour deDanny, her hubby Devon, coaches/brothbut! Credits include A Funny Thing...Forum ers, and parents!” Follow @katiegoffman

no, Thomas, and the Jersey Boys family.” @shadowstarnyc @michaelmilton2 A N DR ÉS ACOSTA (Gyp DeCarlo and others, Assistant Dance Captain). NYC based AEA actor. Tours: West Side Story (Bernardo), Flashdance (Joe). Favorite credits: Jersey Boys (Tommy DeVito, NSMT), South Pacific (Paper Mill Playhouse), Evita (Asolo Rep), In the Heights (PCLO), On Your Feet (Gateway). B.F.A. music theatre FSU. “Special thanks to creative team, Merri Sugarman, MSA & my lovey.” IG @AndresAcostaNYC

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(Philia), The Addams Family, and The Music Man. “Special thanks to Tara Rubin Casting and Bloc! So much love to my fiancé, my family, and God!” For your daily dose of magic @dreamweaver90210 MARSHALL BRICKMAN (Book). Films (author or co-author): Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, For the Boys, Intersection; (as writer/ director): Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, Sister Mary Explains It All. Television: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (head writer), The Dick Cavett Show (head writer/ co-producer). He has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy, and other periodicals and was the 2006 recipient of the Writers Guild of America’s Ian McClellan Hunter Lifetime Achievement Award. Jersey Boys, his first venture into musical theatre (with co-author Rick Elice), won four Tony® Awards including Best Musical. The Addams Family, his second theatrical venture (also with Elice), ran over 700 performances on Broadway and had national and international tours. Upcoming projects include musicals about Roy Rogers and the Woodstock Festival of 1969. RICK ELICE (Book) co-wrote Jersey Boys (winner 2006 Tony® Award, 2007 Grammy® Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with the great Marshall Brickman. His play, Peter and the Starcatcher, received nine 2012 Tony® Award nominations (including two for Rick), won five (more than any play of the season), and is one of the most produced plays in North America. Also on Broadway, Elice wrote The Addams Family (with Marshall Brickman, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa), which also had productions on tour across North America and in Europe and South America. Getting ready for Broadway in the fall of 2018, The Cher Show, directed by Jason Moore. Heartfelt thanks to those whose work in the theater makes him grateful for the day he was born: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Tune, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Kushner, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, David, Strong, Gaudio, Valli, McAnuff, Trujillo, Seller, Suarez, Moore, Gattelli, Coyne, Brickman, Timbers, and,

eternally, Roger Rees. Elice thinks about them a lot. He never thought about Jersey much. He does now. BOB GAUDIO (Composer) wrote his first hit, “Who Wears Short Shorts,” at 15, for the Royal Teens, and then went on to become a founding member of The Four Seasons and the band’s principal songwriter. He also produced the hit “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” for Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand (Grammy® nomination, Record of the Year) as well as six albums for Diamond, including The Jazz Singer. Other producing credits include albums for Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and the soundtrack for the film of Little Shop of Horrors. Several songs co-written with Bob Crewe have been cover hits for such artists as the Tremeloes (“Silence Is Golden”), the Walker Brothers (“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”) and Lauryn Hill (“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”). With his wife, Judy Parker, Gaudio produced and co-wrote the Who Loves You album for The Four Seasons and one of Billboard’s longest-charted singles (54 weeks), “Oh, What a Night.” A high point in his career came in 1990 when, as a member of the original Four Seasons, Gaudio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which hailed him as “a quintessential music-maker.” To this day, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli still maintain their partnership...on a handshake. BOB CREWE (Lyricist). “New York was pregnant in the fifties,” says Bob Crewe, “gestating with possibilities.” Crewe and music partner Frank Slay became independent writer-producers when the category hadn’t yet been invented. In 1957, they wrote and produced “Silhouettes” for The Rays, which skyrocketed to #1. Suddenly, producers in demand, they launched Freddie Cannon’s “Tallahassee Lassie” and Billy & Lillie’s “Lah Dee Da.” Crewe’s 1960’s unprecedented producing success with The Four Seasons birthed a new sound, striking a major chord in American pop. “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Candy Girl,” “Ronnie”—all smashes! When lead Frankie Valli demanded a solo 21

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turn, Crewe and Bob Gaudio wrote (and Crewe produced) “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” which eventually became the century’s fifth most-played song. Crewe ran hot with artists from Vicki Carr, Oliver and Lesley Gore to Mitch Ryder, co-writing with Charles Fox the soundtrack for Jane Fonda’s film Barbarella. Then his own Bob Crewe Generation exploded with “Music to Watch Girls By.” In 1972 Crewe was in L.A., where he revived Frankie Valli with “My Eyes Adored You” by Crewe and Kenny Nolan. They also co-wrote Patti LaBelle’s “Lady Marmalade” (#1, July ’75), which was a hit again on the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge (#1, June ’01)...David Ritz DES MCANUFF (Director) is a twotime Tony® Award-winning director and former artistic director of Canada’s Stratford Festival. He is also Director Emeritus of La Jolla Playhouse, where as Artistic Director he staged over 30 productions of classics, new plays and musicals. He’s co-founder of Broadway’s Dodgers. Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud, Summer, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys (Tony® and Olivier Awards: Best Musical), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony® Award: Best Special Theatrical Event), Dracula the Musical, How to Succeed…, The Who’s Tommy (Tony® and Olivier Awards: Best Director), A Walk in the Woods, Big River (Tony® Awards: Best Director, Best Musical). Selected New York: Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW), multiple productions at The Public and BAM. Stratford highlights: A Word or Two, Caesar and Cleopatra, The Tempest (all with Christopher Plummer). Opera: Faust (The Met, ENO). TV: 700 Sundays (HBO). Film: Cousin Bette (with Jessica Lange, director), The Iron Giant (producer, BAFTA Award), and Quills (executive producer). In 2011, he was honored with a doctorate from Ryerson University where he attended theatre school. In 2012, he was awarded Canada’s Governor General’s National Arts Center Award and the Order of Canada. SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer). Ain’t Too Proud (Tony® Award), On Your Feet (Tony® Award nominee, Outer Crit22

ics Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys (Drama Desk/OCC /Greenroom/Dora nominations), Summer (Chita Rivera Award), A Bronx Tale (Chita Rivera Award nomination), The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls (Astaire Awards nomination), and All Shook Up. Director/choreographer; Arrabal (ART—Elliot Norton Award), Gloria Estefan on Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (National tour), Cirque De Soleil›s Paramour (Stage Entertainment). Other Theatre: Invisible Thread (Second Stage— Astaire Award nomination), Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical (Olney Theatre—Helen Hayes Award nomination), Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre), and The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). International credits: Tarzan (Disney), Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), West Side Story (Stratford Festival). RON MELROSE (Music Supervision, Vocal/ Dance Arrangements and Incidental Music). Forty-three years of arranging, music direction and supervision, including 18 Broadway shows and productions spanning the world. Helpmann Award (Australia’s Tony) for music direction on Jersey Boys, music supervisor of Jersey Boys film, associate producer of Jersey Boys cast and Christmas albums. Music supervisor and arranger, A Bronx Tale (Broadway), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla Playhouse). Composer: Fourtune (Off-Broadway), The Silver Swan (NEA Fellowship), The Missing Peace (Washington’s Capitol Fringe), Early One Morning (liturgical one-woman musical, two Harvard Hasty Pudding shows, a gospel Requiem, songs for Saturday Night Live. Education: Harvard (philosophy), Westminster (choral conducting). “Thanks to Alexandra.” KLARA ZIEGLEROVA (Scenic Design). Broadway: Sister Act, The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Numerous Off-Broadway and regional productions: Flashdance (national tour), Public Theater, MTC, NYTW, etc. London’s West End: Sis-

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ter Act, Jersey Boys. Zieglerova designed the interior of New World Stages, NYC. Awards: the Green Room Award 2010 (Australia) and the Best Set Design of the 2009 Theatregoers’ Choice Award London (both for Jersey Boys); 2005 Lumen Award (New World Stages); 2003 Drammy Award for Best Set Design; 2000 Carbonell Award for Best Set Design; sets for the Best Touring Production, 2003 L.A. Ovation Award. JESS GOLDSTEIN (Costume Design). Career highlights include Jersey Boys, Newsies, On the Town, The Rivals (2005 Tony® Award), The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino and Henry IV with Kevin Kline (both Tony®-nominated), Proof, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Buried Child, How I Learned to Drive, Tintypes, The Mineola Twins (Lortel and Hewes Awards), Il Trittico for the Metropolitan Opera and Tony Goldwyn’s film A Walk on the Moon. 2015 recipient of TDF’s Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award; graduate of the Yale School of Drama and has served on their faculty since 1990. www.jess-goldstein.com HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting De-

sign). Broadway: Prince of Broadway, Come From Away (2017 Tony® nom), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony® Winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony® nom), How to Succeed… starring Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Tony® nom), West Side Story (2009 Tony® nom), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In The Heights (2008 Tony® nom), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony® winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1993 Tony® nom). Co-Founder and Resident Lighting Designer for Parsons Dance. 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Kiss of The Spider Woman. 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award for Jersey Boys. 2016 Henry Hewes Design Award for Hamilton. STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound Design) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include On Your Feet, Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony® Award), Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can

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(Tony® Nomination), Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed..., Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). MICHAEL CLARK (Projection Design). Elephant Man, Dracula The Musical, Lennon, 700 Sundays, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire (Broadway), Domesticated, Frankenstein the Musical, Burleigh Grimes (Off-Broadway), Heidi Chronicles, My One and Only, Big Maybelle, The Breakup Notebook, Villians Tonight, Sondheim Celebration (regional and cruise lines), Le Denier Judgement (Cannes), Ghost: The Musical (UK tour) Over 30 other productions as Associate Designer and currently forming new curriculum in Projection, Augmented and Virtual Reality at the University of Florida. CHARLES G. LAPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design). Over 80 Broadway shows including Hamilton, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Motown the Musical, Memphis: The Musical, Allegiance, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Color Purple, Doctor Zhivago, Of Mice and Men, Violet, Sideshow, The Elephant Man, After Midnight, Clybourne Park, Newsies, Jekyll and Hyde, The Mountaintop, Superior Donuts, Bonnie and Clyde, In the Heights. Television: The Wiz Live! (Emmy® Award nomination), Bluebloods, American Crime, Maddoff, Hairspray. STEVE RANKIN (Fight Director). Broadway: Jersey Boys, Memphis, Carousel, Henry IV, Guys and Dolls, Doctor Zhivago, The Farnsworth Invention, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Dracula, Bonnie and Clyde, Two Shakespearean Actors, Anna Christie, The Real Inspector Hound, The Who’s Tommy. Off-Broadway: The Third Story, Pig Farm, The Night Hank Williams Died, Below the Belt. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Henry V, The Who’s Tommy, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra. Metropolitan Opera: Faust, Rodelinda, Iphigénie en Tauride. RICHARD HESTER (Production Supervisor). Supervisor for all productions of Jersey Boys internationally (New York, both US

Tours, Las Vegas, London, Australia, Netherlands and South Africa/Asia.) Broadway: Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun, Patti LuPone’s Matters of the Heart, A Delicate Balance, The Old Neighborhood, Titanic, The Phantom of the Opera, The Red Shoes, The Secret Garden. U.S. National Tours: Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story. US Regional: Jersey Boys (La Jolla Playhouse). Ten years with Patti LuPone on the road. Cofounder/ producer with Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore of Broadway Barks!, an animal adoption event in NY since 1999. STACY N. TAY LOR (Production Stage Manager) is ecstatic to be traveling the country with this show. Previous credits: Tours: Spring Awakening, South Pacific, Beauty and the Beast, Annie, Bodyguard, Waitress, and School of Rock. Other credits: Weston Playhouse, Blue Man Group (Orlando). Proud graduate of the SM program at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music (CCM.) L I A J EN N I NGS (Stage Manager) is excited to tour with Jersey Boys on land! Weston Playhouse, Norwegian Cruise Line: Jersey Boys and Havana, Cirque du Soleil: Zumanity. Carnegie Mellon University: M.F.A. “Thanks to friends and The Dodgers. Love to mom, dad, brother and God!” JUSTIN MYHRE (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: The Great Society, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Off-Broadway: Roundabout Theatre Company, The New Group, NYTW, Page 73, Prospect Theater Company, Tectonic Theater Project. Regional: Barrington Stage, New York Stage and Film. B.A.: Vassar College. “Endless thanks to the Dodgers.” STEVE ORICH (Orchestrations). Broadway: Jersey Boys (Tony® Nomination, Best Orchestrations). Off-Broadway: Snoopy, Personals, A Good Swift Kick. Tours: Annie, Godspell, A Class Act. Regional Theatre: Musical Director and/or Orchestrator at Pasadena Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Hollywood Bowl, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatreworks, Goodman Theatre, Goodspeed, Asolo Rep, Dorset Theatre, Northlight, Pioneer Theatre. TV: Composer, Arrang-

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er and Conductor for documentaries, sitcoms, movies, and specials. Recordings: 20 albums, including the Grammy®-winning Jersey Boys cast album. His orchestrations have been performed by the National Symphony, the Boston Pops, at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House, and around the world. M ICH A EL K A ISH (Music Director) is thrilled to be returning to Jersey Boys after serving as associate conductor last year. Broadway: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Regional: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla Playhouse), Ride the Cyclone, Sense and Sensibility (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Company (Writers Theatre). Proud graduate of Northwestern University, where he is also on faculty for the NHSI Musical Theatre “Cherubs” program. Jersey born and raised. “Thanks to Ron, the band and cast, and his family.” michaelkaish.com TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, The Heiress, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, … Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys, Here Lies Love, Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional: Six, North American Premiere, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre. DANNY AUSTIN (Associate Choreographer). Jersey Boys (Associate Choreographer/Broadway, first national tour, Chicago, Las Vegas, London West End, Australia); Hairspray (Associate Choreographer/London West End, U.K. Tour, NETworks International Tour); Hairspray (Resident Director/Choreographer, Canadian Company). Charlottetown Festival Young Company (Artistic Director), The Stratford Festival (Acting Company, seven seasons— three Tyrone Guthrie Awards). BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press and Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press compa-

ny representing award-winning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, A Bronx Tale, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Sting starring in The Last Ship, Be More Chill, The Ferryman, Potted Potter, The Heroin Diaries Musical, The Crown Dual, The New Colossus, the Lythgoe Family Panto productions including Aladdin and His Winter Wish, A Cinderella Christmas, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies. bbonyc.com THE DODGERS (Producer) is a producing partnership hatched at BAM in 1978 by six friends. Migrated to NY Shakespeare Festival, then off and on Broadway. Over 150 productions in North America, London, Europe and Australasia; blessed by Broadway’s Tonys® (56), London’s Oliviers, Australia’s Helpmanns. Broadway: Jersey Boys, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, A Bronx Tale, Groundhog Day, Matilda, 42nd Street, Urinetown, The Farnsworth Invention, Dracula, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods (’87 and ’02), The Music Man, Titanic, Wrong Mountain, 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, Gospel at Colonus, Big River, Pump Boys and Dinettes. The original producers of Jersey Boys, and currently its production Off-Broadway and tours in North America, United Kingdom and Australia. Offices in Times Square and London’s Covent Garden. Their president is Michael David. JOSEPH J. GRANO, JR. (Producer) is Chairman/ CEO of JJG Family Office. Grano was Chairman of UBS Financial Services Inc. (formerly PaineWebber). While at PaineWebber, Mr. Grano chaired the Board of Governors of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD). In 2002, Grano was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. He proudly served his country as a Captain in the U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets). Due

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to his commitment to education, Grano received the Corporate Leadership Award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Other awards include the USO Gold Medal for Distinguished Service and The Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is also a member of the Council for the United States and Italy, a member of both the City University of New York’s Business Leadership Council. KEVIN AND TAMARA KINSELLA (Producers). Kevin Kinsella has been investing in early-stage technology companies for over 30 years, through Avalon Ventures, a venture capital fund he founded. These companies have been responsible for bringing to market several multi-billion dollar drugs for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, the Apple iPhone touch-screen, Big Data software to discover oil and gas, cloud computing, AI, and Zynga. Kinsella is a MIT Life Sustaining Fellow, is on Johns Hopkins SAIS Dean’s Advisory Counsel and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kinsella Estates winery produces one of the highest rated Cabernets in Sonoma County, regularly receiving 96 and 95 point scores from The Wine Advocate. For Jersey Boys, Kinsells won the Tony®, the Olivier, Green Room, Helpmann and Naledi Awards. Its Grammy®-winning CD is now Double Platinum. Kinsella received his second Tony® nomination for the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. THE PELICAN GROUP (Producer), a San Diego production company, is enthusiastic about supporting this production of Jersey Boys. The Group, assembled by Ivor and Colette Royston, consists of Todd and Debby Buchholz, Edward and Martha Dennis, Eric and Marsi Gardiner, Cam and Wanda Garner, Richard and Patricia Harmetz, Irwin and Joan Jacobs, Hal and Debby Jacobs, Paul and Stacy Jacobs, Jeff and Deni Jacobs, John and Angie Longenecker, Rao Makineni, Nevins and Margaret McBride, Ray Mirra, Shearn Platt, Edward Richard, Drew and Noni Senyei, Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson. Royston co-produced the TV film Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (w/ Cliff Robertson and Loretta Swit, 1986) and the feature film Soultaker (1990).

LATITUDE LINK (Producer). Four time Tony® Award-winning producer of 20+ Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring and international shows including Come From Away, Jersey Boys, Fun Home, Hedwig, and Memphis, Latitude Link shows have been nominated for a total of 53 Tony® Awards and have won 22, as well as Olivier, Dora, Green Room, and Helpmann Awards. www. latitudelink.com RICK STEINER (Producer). Of the 11 Broadway musicals Steiner co-produced, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, The Producers and Big River won Tony® Awards for Best Musical. In 1954, at age eight, he made his stage debut opposite Gene Lockhart in On Borrowed Time and then promptly retired. Steiner won six poker championships including the 1992 World Series of Poker 7-Stud Hi-Lo event. He resided in Cincinnati, OH with his children, Ace and Duke, and sat on the ownership bench of his beloved Cincinnati Reds until his untimely death on November 3, 2016. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer), is an industry leading producer of touring musical theater productions committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide. Having produced national and international tours over 20 years, NETworks’ productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, The Band’s Visit, A Bronx Tale, Blue Man Group Speechless Tour, Fiddler on the Roof, Once On This Island, Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical, and Waitress. LAUREN MITCHELL (Associate Producer). As producer, on Broadway: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, A Bronx Tale, Jersey Boys, Matilda, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Farnsworth Invention, Urinetown, Into the Woods (‘02 revival), Wrong Mountain, High Society. Off-Broadway: Barbra’s Wedding, Bare. As actress, on Broadway: The Boys From Syracuse, Me and My Girl, Nine, Annie, City of Angels (L.A.), Into the Woods (original cast and PBS American Playhouse), and numerous Off-Broadway, regional, television, and concert appearances. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Original Pro-

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ducer). The Tony® Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse is internationally-renowned for creating some of the most exciting and adventurous work in American theatre through its new play development initiatives and innovative Without Walls program. Led by Artistic Director and 2017 Tony® Award-winner Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Debby Buchholz, the Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer, and reborn in 1983 under the artistic leadership of Des McAnuff. Jersey Boys is among the 30 Playhouse productions that have moved to Broadway, garnering 38 Tony® Awards, including the currently-running hits Come From Away, Junk, and Latin History for Morons, as well as Memphis, The Who’s Tommy, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife. Visit lajollaplayhouse.org. STAFF FOR JERSEY BOYS General Management DODGER MANAGEMENT GROUP Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC Steven Schnepp Kent McIngvale Jenny Bates David Freeland Zach Stevenson Sean Mackey Stacey Burns Danny Knaub Rachel Peterson Phil Della Noce COMPANY MANAGER DEBORAH BARRIGAN National Press Representatives BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Adrian Bryan-Brown Susanne Tighe Melissa Cohen Production Stage Manager........................................................Stacy N. Taylor Stage Manager............................................................................ Lia Jennings Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................Justin Myhre Assistant Company Manager............................................................ Ben Otten Production Management.....................NETworks Presentations, Hector Guivas Production Consultant.................................................................... Mary Duffe Music Technical Design..................................................... Deborah N. Hurwitz Associate Choreographer............................................................ Danny Austin Dance Assistants..................................................Dianna Barger, Caitlin Leary Dialect Coach...........................................................................Charley Layton Associate Music Supervisor........................................................ Ben Hartman Associate Scenic Designer............................................................ Nancy Thun Associate Costume Designer....................................................... Lee J. Austin Assistant to the Costume Designer...........................................Ricky Jay Yates Associate Lighting Designer.....................................................Patricia Nichols Assistant Lighting Designer............................................... Christopher Ostrom Assistant Wig Designer............................................................Elizabeth Printz Story Board Artist.........................................................................Don Hudson Tara Rubin Casting...............................Tara Rubin CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Laura Schutzel CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Claire Burke CSA, Peter Van Dam CSA, Felicia Rudolph CSA, Xavier Rubiano CSA, Louis DiPaolo, Kevin Metzger-Timson, Juliet Auwaerter Automated Lighting Programmer......................................... George Kielty Projection Programmer.............................................................Paul Vershbow Production Carpenter......................................................................Nate Lewis Head Carpenter........................................................................ Scott Halstead Assistant Carpenter.......................................................................Kyle Gosley Assistant Carpenter.......................................................................Josh Myers Production Electrician.................................. Phillip M. Meyer, Matthew Peddie Head Electrician........................................................................Joel Schulman Assistant Electrician..............................................................Landon Robinson Production Sound................................................................... Walter Trarbach

Head Sound...................................................................................Joe Samala Assistant Sound.......................................................................Amanda Hanna Production Props......................................................................Emiliano Pares Head Props............................................................................... Tory Sheppard Assistant Props............................................................... Stephanie Malaspina Production Wardrobe Supervisor................................................. Lee J. Austin Head Wardrobe............................................................................ Elise Packee Assistant Wardrobe.......................................................................... Ann Dunn Head Hair............................................................................... Bryon McDonald Assistant to John Miller......................................................Jennifer Coolbaugh Synthesizer Programming................................. ...............Deborah N. Hurwitz, Randy Cohen Music Copying .......................................................Anixter Rice Music Service Dramaturg................................................................................Allison Horsley Advertising..........................................................................Serino Coyne, Inc. Hotel Booking................................................................................ Road Rebel Banking...................................................Signature Bank: Barbara von Borstel Payroll..........................................................Checks and Balances Payroll Inc. Accountants....................................................... Schall and Ashenfarb, C.P.A. Insurance.........................................................................AON/Albert G. Rubin Insurance Services, Inc./ George Walden, Claudia Kaufman Counsel................................................................................. Nan Bases, Esq. Information Technology Management..........................................ITelagen, Inc. Web Design/Maintenance....................................... Curious Minds Media, Inc. www.curiousm.com Production Photographer.............................................................Joan Marcus Theatre Displays.........................................................................King Displays Official Website www.JerseyBoysTour.com DODGERS Dodger Theatricals President...................................................................................Michael David Partner.....................................................................................Edward Strong Executive Producer...................................................................Dana Sherman Director of Creative Development.............................................Lauren Mitchell Director of Business Administration............................................. Pamela Lloyd Director of Marketing...............................................................Jessica Ludwig Director of Finance................................................................ Paula Maldonado General Manager...................................................................Caitlyn Thomson Production Coordinator............................................................ Lyndsey Goode Project Coordinator/Investor Relations........................................Andrew Serna Sales Director..................................................................Ann E. Van Nostrand Senior Finance Associate...................................................... Mariann Fresiello Office & Atelier Manager..............................................................Shelley Little General Management Assistant................................................Baily Blanchard Administrative Assistant........................................................... Hayley Watkins Front Desk Receptionist..........................................................Shelby Gerweck Special Events...............................................................................John Haber Consultant..................................................................... Sally Campbell Morse Dodgers-at-Large Samuel Burgess, Sandra Carlson, Adina Halperin, Heather Losey, Maureen Rooney, Jacob Stuckelman, Michael Sanfilippo, Linda Wright CREDITS Scenery by ShowMotion, Inc., Norwalk, CT and Proof Productions, Sewell, NJ. Video wall construction performed by Tait Towers, Inc. Sound equipment by Masque Sound. Video equipment by Sound Associates. Costumes executed by Tricorne, Inc., Saint Laurie Merchant Tailors and Maria Ficarola Knitwear Ltd. Specialty dying and printing by Gene Mignola, Inc. Dance Shoes by Worldtone Dance. Hosiery and undergarments by Bra*Tenders. Props provided and executed by The Spoon Group and BrenBri Props. Special effects provided and executed by Jauchem and Meeh, Inc. Keyboards by Yamaha. Scenic drops adapted from George Tice: Urban Landscapes/W.W. Norton. Other photographs featured are from George Tice: Selected Photographs 1953-1999/David R. Godine. (Photographs courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery/Santa Monica.) 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. FOR JUDY PARKER A rolling ball of thunder and BOB CREWE Forever a silhouette on the shade

JERSEY BOYS SONG CREDITS “Ces Soirées-La (“Oh, What a Night”)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker, Yannick Zolo, Edmond David Bacri). Jobete Music Company Inc., Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “Silhouettes” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), Regent Music Corporation (BMI). “You’re the Apple of My Eye” (Otis Blackwell), EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI). “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), EMI April Music Inc., Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing (ASCAP). “Earth Angel” (Jesse Belvin, Curtis Williams, Gaynel Hodge), Embassy Music Corporation (BMI). “Sunday Kind of Love” (Barbara Belle, Anita Leanord Nye, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima), LGL Music Inc./Larry Spier, Inc. (ASCAP). “My Mother’s Eyes” (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert), Abel Baer Music Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP). “I Go Ape” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “(Who Wears) Short Shorts” (Bob Gaudio, Bill Crandall, Tom Austin, Bill Dalton), EMI Longitude Music, Admiration Music Inc., Third Story Music Inc., and New Seasons Music (BMI). “I’m in the Mood for Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Moody’s Mood for Love” (James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Cry for Me” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “An Angel Cried” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI). “I Still Care” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Trance” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Sherry” (Bob Gaudio), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Walk Like a Man” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), Gavadima Music, MPL Communications Inc. (ASCAP). “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “My Boyfriend’s Back” (Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). “My Eyes Adored You” (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan), Jobete Music Company Inc, Kenny Nolan Publishing (ASCAP), Stone Diamond Music Corporation, Tannyboy Music (BMI). “Dawn, Go Away” (Bob Gaudio, Sandy Linzer), EMI Full Keel Music, Gavadima Music, Stebojen Music Company (ASCAP). “Big Man in Town” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Beggin’” (Bob Gaudio, Peggy Farina), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Stay” (Maurice Williams), Cherio Corporation (BMI). “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)” (Bob Crewe, Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), EMI Longitude Music, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ’Bout Me)” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer) Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Everybody Knows My Name” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Bye Bye Baby” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “C’mon Marianne” (L. Russell Brown, Ray Bloodworth), EMI Longitude Music and Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (Bob Gaudio, Bob

Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Working My Way Back to You” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), Screen Gems–EMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Fallen Angel” (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett), Chrysalis Music (ASCAP). “Rag Doll” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Who Loves You?” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). 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. Dramatists Guild of America - the professional association of playwrights, composers and lyricists.

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Groundbreaking, Grammy®-winning quartet Béla Fleck & The Flecktones are celebrating its 30th anniversary with a North American tour. Banjoist Béla Fleck, harmonica and keyboardist Howard Levy, bassist Victor Wooten and percussionist/drumitarist Roy “Future Man” Wooten have been creating some of the most forward-thinking music during their long, storied career. While all manners of genres come into play—from classical and jazz to bluegrass and African music to electric blues and Eastern European folk dances—the result is an impossible to pigeonhole sound all their own, a meeting of musical minds that remains, as ever, utterly indescribable. Simply put, it is The Flecktones: music made only when these four individuals come together. “All the different things I do come together to make a new ‘hybrid’ Béla’,” Fleck says. “Everybody else in the group is doing the same things, collaborating with different people, and pursuing a wide variety of ideas, so when we come together and put all of our separate soups into one big stockpot it turns into a very diverse concoction.” Fleck first united the Flecktones in 1988, ostensibly for a single performance on PBS’ Lonesome Pine Special. From the start, there was a special kinship between the four musicians, a bond forged in a mutual passion for creativity and artistic advancement. Three breakthrough albums and a whole lot of live dates followed before Levy decided to move on in late 1992. Each member had been quite busy with a variety of successful projects—including: Bela’s duet collaborations with Chick Corea, a trio with Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer (sometimes with the Detroit Symphony) and his expansive adventures in African music, documented in the acclaimed 2009 film and CD, Throw Down Your Heart. Wooten’s solo band tours, camps, recording sessions, clinics and CD releases (including an incredible collaborative project with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller called SMV, which yielded the album Thunder),

and Future Man’s creation of his amazing Black Mozart project, and continued development of new instruments. Still, all agree that Flecktones music was beckoning them home. The band, which had always maintained a warm relationship with the gifted pianist/harmonica player, recruited Levy for a 2009 tour of the US and Europe, an experience he describes as “extremely invigorating and very energizing.” “It felt just like it did back when we first started playing together,” says Wooten. “Just with a lot less hair.” Upon the tour’s conclusion, the four musicians agreed to further explore the band’s possibilities, sensing what Future Man calls, “an opportunity to revisit the original scene of the crime.” “There were a lot of unfinished aspects to this line-up of the band,” Fleck notes, “in that it stopped right when we were peaking creatively.” For Fleck, Levy’s return enables the Flecktones to follow through on the original concept of a band “where each person was reinventing their instruments, where every one of us was a kind of mutant.” For many Flecktones fans, the return of the original line-up allows a chance to see a band that many had never gotten to witness before. Visionary and vibrant as anything in their already rich canon, Rocket Science feels more like a new beginning than simply the culmination of an early chapter. Where the band goes from here remains undetermined, but all four members agree that the promise of Béla Fleck & the Original Flecktones has yet to be fulfilled. “We’re going to have to have this experience together and see how everybody likes it,” Fleck says. “I know that we haven’t even come close to exhausting the possibilities with this record, but we sure went deeper than we ever had before.”

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Julie Diana Hench Executive Director

Aydmara Cabrera School Director

Audrée Estey Founder

The Company Ian Hussey, Ballet Master

Tanner Bleck Daniel Cooke Shaye Firer Annie Johnson Aldeir Monteiro Emily Parker

Erikka Reenstierna-Cates Matanya Solomon Ryoko Tanaka Marie Tender Journy Wilkes-Davis Nanako Yamamoto Rubén Rascon

ARB2 Yeonji Heo, Andrea Marini, Jonathan Montepara, Hallie Rumsey-Lasersohn, Elisabeth White, Faith Woodyard, Haley Wright, Nina Yoshida Trainees Amy Allen, Sahsha Amaut, Nicole Belden, BreAriel Bennett, Grace Cogley, Kennedy Curtis, Madeleine Douglas, Madison Elizabeth, Alexandra Estes, Isabela Ferreira, Paige Finley, Yi-Hsuan Huang, Noe Iwamatsu, Hannah Lipman, Carmel Lonstein, Patrizio Mariotti, Julia Mayer, Anna McDowell, Erika Mezzapesa, Martina Panato, Margherita Pizzi, Cassandra Pomponio, Michelle Quiner, Elizabeth Rainone, Valentina Sanchez, Jacey Schnappauf, Catherine Sperduto, Jenny Stopyra, Aoi Tashiro, Paolo Tirozzi

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A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTORS Dear Friends, Welcome to American Repertory Ballet’s Nutcracker! We hope to take you on a magical journey as our Company members and Princeton Ballet School students dance through fantastical lands of snow and sweets, guided by Tchaikovsky’s iconic score. Since 1964, our production has been a celebration of community and youthful imagination. It brings families together during the holiday season while serving as a rite of passage for generations of dancers. Nutcracker reflects ARB’s commitment to partnership, and we are grateful to the many artists and arts organizations that add inspiring and artistic layers to our production and perform with us at venues statewide. We also appreciate our many sponsors and contributors that support us year after year, making our art possible. As many of you know, American Repertory Ballet is a founding resident company of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Our New Brunswick classes are now held at this new state-of-the-art facility, in addition to having our locations in Princeton and Cranbury. We are honored to be part of this historic new arts center and hope you will join us for classes, community events, and professional performances in this spectacular new space! Thank you very much for your presence and support of arts. We wish you a wonderful holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you at more performances in the New Year! Sincerely, Julie Diana Hench Executive Director

Aydmara Cabrera School Director

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ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION CREDITS Music | Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky Resident Conductor | Michael Pratt Choreography | Audrée and Bud Estey (Party, Battle), and after Mary Barton, Douglas Martin (Snow and Act 2) ARB Ballet Master | Ian Hussey Lighting Design | Christopher Chambers Lighting Supervisor | Jason Flamos Technical Director | Brendan Maroney Scenic Design | Douglas Martin and Lauren Parrish (Act 1 Party Scene), Carl Sprague (Tree, Snow Scene, Act 2) Costume Design | Lowell A. Mathwich, Gina Ricca Additional Costume Design | Janessa Cornell Urwin Additional Costume Construction | Janessa Cornell Urwin, Michelle Ferranti, Cathy Hazard, Allison Bonin Additional Props Design | Ron Czyzewski Company and Trainee Teachers | Aydmara Cabrera, Rebeca Maso, Kathleen Moore, Ana Novoa PBW Seniors Ballet Masters | Shaye Firer, Rebeca Maso PBW Juniors Ballet Master | Cheryl Whitney Party and Battle Rehearsal Director | Amy Megules, Erika Mero Children’s Rehearsal Master Emeritus | Sherry Alban Production and Stage Manager | Stephanie Getchell Stage Manager | Peter C. Cook Assistant Stage Manager | Makenzi Kalsch Wardrobe Supervisor | Jaclyn Vela Wardrobe Assistant | Sadae Hori, Emma Holyst, April Hahn Children’s Stage Manager | Anna McDowell Assistant Children’s Stage Manager | Sarah Ferreira and Amanda Donato Children’s Coordinator | Cindy Mahoney

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ABOUT AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET American Repertory Ballet’s (ARB) mission is to bring the joy, beauty, artistry and discipline of classical and contemporary dance to New Jersey and nationwide audiences and to dance students through artistic and educational programs. The organization comprises: the preeminent professional classical and contemporary ballet company in the state; Princeton Ballet School, one of the largest and most respected non-profit dance schools in the nation; and ARB’s Access & Enrichment initiatives, including the acclaimed DANCE POWER program, the longest continuously running community and arts partnership in New Jersey. ARB is committed to presenting classical and contemporary ballets from the 19th and 20th centuries alongside new and existing works by choreographers from today. Founded in 1963, ARB’s rich history of repertory includes works by leading choreographers such as George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, José Limón, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, and many others. ARB has been consistently designated a “Major Arts Institution” by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for the past two decades, and has repeatedly been awarded a Citation of Excellence by the Council. ARB was voted the Jersey Arts People’s Choice for “Favorite Dance Company” in 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2015-2018. Princeton Ballet School has gained a

national reputation for its excellent dance training since its founding in 1954 by Audrée Estey. Under the direction of Aydmara Cabrera, the school currently serves approximately 1,000 students, starting at age three, and includes a large open enrollment division for adults. Princeton Ballet School has studios in Cranbury, New Brunswick and Princeton and offers classes in ballet, modern dance, jazz, hip-hop, CardioBallet and CoMBo (Conditioning for the Mind and Body). Students have gone on to dance in professional ballet and contemporary dance companies around the world, including New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, Complexions, Mark Morris Dance Company, Twyla Tharp, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet West and on Broadway. The Access & Enrichment wing of ARB reaches into the community through its DANCE POWER program, signature On Pointe lecture series, and with free programming, master classes, residencies, lecture demonstrations and School-Time Matinees. In 1986, ARB partnered with the New Brunswick Board of Education to create DANCE POWER. Today, it’s the longest-running uninterrupted arts/community partnership in New Jersey. The legendary Gregory Hines was DANCE POWER’s Honorary Chair for 18 years before his untimely passing in 2003. In 2001, Hines endowed a scholarship at Rutgers University that earmarks annual funds for a DANCE POWER student to attend the university. In 2019, ARB became a founding resident company of the New Brunswick Performing

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ABOUT THE SHOW ACT I | The Party The scene opens with the annual Christmas Eve Tree Lighting party at the home of the Silverhaus’. Clara and Fritz anxiously wait outside the parlor for the tree lighting, when to Clara’s horror and Fritz’s delight, the maid enters the hall, chasing a mouse from the pantry. Father calls the children in, and the tree is lighted. As guests arrive, we are introduced to the Elegant Family, the Widow, her daughter, the Dapper Gent, and the Big Family with their nine children. After a festive dance performed by the children, the mysterious Uncle Drosselmeyer and his Nephew arrive. Drosselmeyer reveals wonderful mechanical dolls, and then presents his favorite niece, Clara, with a beautifully carved Nutcracker. As all of the children watch Drosselmeyer’s demonstration of the Nutcracker, Fritz becomes jealous and grabs the gift from Clara. In his flight, he drops and breaks it. Drosselmeyer bandages the Nutcracker and gives it to Clara. The party winds down, the guests depart and the Silverhaus family goes to bed. The Battle Unable to sleep, Clara sneaks downstairs to visit her Nutcracker. As she dances in the parlor with the Nutcracker, the shadows and the movement of little mice disturb her delight. Drosselmeyer appears and casts her into a dream world, transforming the parlor into a battleground between an army of soldiers and rats.

Clara is amazed by the transformation of the parlor as the now life-size Nutcracker and his army of soldiers defend the Christmas tree from the minions of the Rat King and mice. As the fortune of the battle turns, Clara defends her beloved Nutcracker by throwing her shoe at the Rat King—vanquishing him and his awful troop. Land of Snow Drosselmeyer reappears and transforms the wounded Nutcracker into the Nutcracker Prince who will accompany Clara on an enchanted journey. The parlor is magically transformed into the Land of Snow, and Angels float onto the scene. Clara and the Prince meet the beautiful Snow Queen and King and are dazzled by whirlwinds of Snowflakes. ACT II | Land of Sweets Clara and the Nutcracker Prince make their way to the Land of Sweets and are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Prince tells the story of the great battle for the Christmas tree and how Clara saved the day by thwarting the Rat King and securing victory. As a reward for her heroism, the Sugar Plum Fairy presents dances from different lands including Chocolate from Spain, Coffee from Arabia, Tea from China, Candy Canes from Russia, Marzipan from Germany, and a wonderfully playful meeting of Mother Ginger and her many children. This is followed by a fragrant bouquet of Flowers and the tour de force pas de deux by the Sugar Plum and her Cavalier. After the grand finale, a very happy but tired Clara is returned home to the comfort of the family parlor and wakes from her wonderful journey.

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CAST ACT I SCENE I: THE PARTY Clara....... Yi-Hsuan Huang, Emily Jorgensen, Naomi Namboodiripad, Catherine Sperduto, Olivia Wojtowicz, Leah Zripko Fritz................................................................................................................................................................... Xander Perone, Teddy Pruyszinski Frau Silverhaus............................................................Emily Parker, Erikka Reenstierna-Cates, Ryoko Tanaka, Nanako Yamamoto Herr Silverhaus....................................................................................................... Daniel Cooke, Journy Wilkes-Davis, Aldeir Monteiro Maid.......................................................................Amy Allen, Madison Egyud, Elizabeth Jones, Martina Panato, Elizabeth Rainone Butler...................................................................................................................................................................................................Patrizio Mariotti Elegant Mother.....................................................................................................Emily Parker, Hallie Rumsey-Lasersohn, Marie Tender Elegant Father............................................................................................................Jonathan Montepara, Andrea Marini, Paolo Tirozzi, Widow....................................................................................Shaye Firer, Yeonji Heo, Annie Johnson, Faith Woodyard, Haley Wright Dapper Dad..........................................................................................................................................................................................Ron Krukowski Dapper Mom...................................................................................................................................................................................Esther Krukowski Dapper Collegiate...................................................................................................................................................................................Paolo Tirozzi Drosselmeyer......................................................................................................................Daniel Cooke, Journy Wilkes-Davis, Ian Hussey Nephew/Nutcracker Prince.........................................................................................Tanner Bleck, Andrea Marini, Matanya Solomon Big Family Mother............................................................Shaye Firer, Annie Johnson, Erikka Reenstierna-Cates, Faith Woodyard Big Family Father....................................................................Tanner Bleck, Journy Wilkes-Davis, Andrea Marini, Aldeir Monteiro, Rubén Rascon, Matanya Solomon, Party Children.............................................. Ani Betancourt, Poppy Brown, Ariel Croner, Kori De Coteau, Grace Mary Gorman Josephine Holler, Milena Majeski, Kate Mazzoni, Suchi Oak, Esme Pasquale, Melina Plawner, Sameera Quddus, Zahara Sanchez, Charlotte Woodward, Kayla Aleksandrowski, Claire Bacskai, Angelica Barrow, Sophia Budny, Josephine Domingo, Allison Dujmovic, Lila Grantz, Montserrat Guerra, Brooke Kemme , Gabriella LoBosco, Ruby Matthews, Ella Petropoulos, Sophie Ro, Georgina Schoener Sugar Plum Doll......................................................................................... Marie Tender, Nina Yoshida, Faith Woodyard, Haley Wright Cavalier Doll................................................................................Andrea Marini, Daniel Cooke, Rubén Rascon , Jonathan Montepara Soldier Doll..........................................................................................Matanya Solomon, Tanner Bleck, Andrea Marini, Rubén Rascon ACT I SCENE II: THE BATTLE Rat King...................................................................................................................................................... Jonathan Montepara, Andrea Marini Mice...................................................... Sydney Benjamin, Victoria Berim, Sohela Da Silva, Olivia Luddy, Sofia Rose Macatangay, Isabella Ramos Rudder, Martina Guerra, Myla Leger, Ellie Lumba, Remi Emanuelle Malinowski, Daniela Resende, Gabriella Soto-Alicea, Olivia Wang Rats...................................................................................................................................................................................... Danced by Party Parents Soldiers.................................................Abigail Doan, Denise Espirito Santo Dias, Brooke Garguilo, Romy Heuck, Yitong Huang, Serina Miller, Hannah Ploss, Sara Quddus, Kendall Sands, Lily Simmins, Esme-Lucia Thayer, Lea Weinberger, Josephine An, Emma Davideit, Shreya Goda, Sibianis Gonzalez Acevedo, Giada LoBosco, Olivia Lumba, Eliana Padron, Anastasia Poljevka, Lillian Quick, Olivia Shea, Emily Suttmeier, Aimee Zou ACT I SCENE III: THE LAND OF SNOW Snow Queen............................................................................................. Shaye Firer, Emily Parker, Ryoko Tanaka, Nanako Yamamoto, Snow King........................................................................... Daniel Cooke, Aldeir Monteiro, Matanya Solomon, Journy Wilkes-Davis Snowflakes..................................................................... Amy Allen, Sahsha Amaut, Cate Bashore,Nicole Belden, BreAriel Bennett, Madison Carrión, Isabelle Clayton, Grace Cogley, Emily Cordies-Maso, Jordan Cunningham, Kennedy Curtis, Daria Davydova, Madeleine Douglas,Emily Dupont, Madison Elizabeth, Alexandra Estes, Isabela Ferreira, Paige Finlay, Laura Haubold ,Yi-Hsuan Huang, Elizabeth Jones, Emily Jorgensen, Isabelle Krukowski, Hannah Lipman, Carmel Lonstein, Julia Mayer, Erika Mezzapesa, Naomi Namboodiripad, Morgan Nash, Keiran Nyce, Gemma Oshiro, Martina Panato, Margherita Pizzi, Cassandra Pomponio Michelle Quiner Elizabeth Rainone Valentina Sanchez, Jacey Schnappauf Catherine Sperduto, Blaise Stone, Aoi Tashiro, Stephanie Wang, Emma Wilson, Olivia Wojtowicz, Allina Xiao, Aleen Xue, Cici Yu, Lydia Zeleznik, Leah Zripko Angels.............................................Caroline Bradley , Scarlett Davis , Miriam John , Taryn Levine , Lara Martinez, Ava Oropeza, Remi Trejo, Yawen Yuan, Leela Boland, Remi Elizabeth Malinowski, Alexandra Murray, Rebecca Padron, Joline Su, Violet von Roemer. 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DECEMBER 13-15, 2019 ACT II LAND OF SWEETS CHOCOLATE FROM SPAIN Lead Female.................... Annie Johnson, Marie Tender, Erikka Reenstierna-Cates, Hallie Rumsey-Lasersohn, Nina Yoshida Lead Male...............................................Matanya Solomon, Jonathan Montepara, Daniel Cooke, Andrea Marini, Ruben Rascon Corps...........................................................................Madison Carrión, Emily Cordies-Maso, Jordan Cunningham, Carina Famous, Natalia Ibarra, Sheridan Kragseth, Isabelle Krukowski, Veepra Mishra, Morgan Nash, Jaclyn Owens, Emma Simmins, Stephanie Wang, Olivia Williams, Emma Wilson, Allina Xiao, Lydia Zeleznik, Leah Zripko COFFEE FROM ARABIA Lead Female..........................................Emily Parker, Erikka Reenstierna-Cates, Hallie Rumsey-Lasersohn, Nanako Yamamoto Lead Male...................................................................................................Journy Wilkes-Davis, Aldeir Monteiro, Jonathan Montepara Corps...........................................................Madison Egyud, Yeonji Heo, Paige Finlay, Hallie Ramsey-Lasersohn, Michelle Quiner, Aoi Tashiro, Faith Woodyard, Hailey Wright TEA FROM CHINA Lead Female................................................................Annie Johnson, Marie Tender, Faith Woodyard, Haley Wright, Nina Yoshida Corps..................................................... Nicole Belden, Isabelle Clayton, Jordan Cunningham, Kennedy Curtis, Daria Davydova, Emily Dupont, Carina Famous, Laura Haubold, Natalia Ibarra, Sheridan Kragseth, Isabelle Krukowski, Carmel Lonstein, Veepra Mishra, Keiran Nyce, Jaclyn Owens, Gemma Oshiro, Margherita Pizzi, Cassandra Pomponio, Emma Simmins, Blaise Stone, Aoi Tashiro, Olivia Williams, Emma Wilson, Allina Xiao, Aleen Xue, Cici Yu, Lydia Zeleznik CANDY CANES FROM RUSSIA Lead Male............................................................................................Matanya Solomon, Tanner Bleck, Andrea Marini, Rubén Rascon Corps............................................................... Laura Babikian, Maria Bolohan, Frances Brown, Natalie Davis, Charlotte Fucarino, Mia Gatzke, Anna Granot, Michalina Jernigan, Helene Kraft, Avery McDowell, Natsuki Miller, Finlay Nyce, Rebecca Padron, Kyra Pruszinski, Teddy Pruszinski, Antara Rao, Hannah Santiago, Kristina Sarkisova, Riley Thomas, Skyla Vera, Lillian Woodward, Meriama Yahi MARZIPAN FROM GERMANY Lead Female....................................................................................................Annie Johnson, Emily Parker, Marie Tender, Nina Yoshida Corps......................................................................................... Sahsha Amaut, Grace Cogley, Madeleine Douglas, Madison Elizabeth, Paige Finlay, Laura Haubold, Yi-Hsuan Huang, Elizabeth Jones, Hannah Lipman, Julia Mayer, Erika Mezzapesa, Naomi Namboodiripad, Martina Panato, Michelle Quiner, Elizabeth Rainone, Jacey Schnappauf, Catherine Sperduto, Aoi Tashiro, Olivia Wojtowicz POLICHINELLE FROM FRANCE Mother Ginger...........................................................Madeleine Douglas, Kimberly Litzinger, Martina Panato, Elizabeth Rainone Polichinelles..................................Rhea Aiyar, Laura Babikian, Maria Bolohan, Frances Brown, Isabella Danker, Natalie Davis, Julia Dismukes, Charlotte Fucarino, Mia Gatzke, Anna Granot, Elle Haan, Lena Hamilton, Michalina Jernigan, Alexandra Kaus, Helene Kraft, Kimberly Litzinger, Alexandra Master, Avery McDowell, Natsuki Miller, Sudeepta Murthy, Finlay Nyce, Rebecca Padron, Xander Perone, Kyra Pruszinski, Teddy Pruszinski, Jacqueline Ramos Rudder, Antara Rao, Kadance Robinson, Juliette Rosario, Hannah Santiago, Kristina Sarkisova, Priya Schult, Ava Schwinghammer, T’Nai Sellers, Lily Solomon, Riley Thomas, Skyla Vera, Anna Weinberger, Audrey Wilhelm, Lauren Williams, Aileen Wilson, Lillian Woodward, Lilly Wright, Meriama Yahi, Natalie Yohrling, Jingwen Yuan WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS Dew Drop Fairy................................................................................................ Shaye Firer, Annie Johnson, Emily Parker, Marie Tender Flowers.... Amy Allen, Sahsha Amaut, Cate Bashore, Nicole Belden, BreAriel Bennett, Madison Carrión, Isabelle Clayton, Grace Cogley, Emily Cordies-Maso, Jordan Cunningham, Kennedy Curtis, Daria Davydova, Madeleine Douglas, Emily Dupont, Madison Elizabeth, Isabela Ferreira, Paige Finlay, Laura Haubold, Yi-Hsuan Huang, Hannah Lipman, Carmel Lonstein, Elizabeth Jones, Emily Jorgensen, Isabelle Krukowski, Julia Mayer, Erika Mezzapesa, Naomi Namboodiripad, Morgan Nash, Keiran Nyce, Jaclyn Owens, Gemma Oshiro, Martina Panato, Margherita Pizzi, Cassandra Pomponio, Michelle Quiner, Elizabeth Rainone, Valentina Sanchez, Jacey Schnappauf, Catherine Sperduto, Blaise Stone, Aoi Tashiro, Stephanie Wang, Emma Wilson, Olivia Wojtowicz, Allina Xiao, Aleen Xue, Cici Yu, Lydia Zeleznik, Leah Zripko Sugar Plum Fairy.....................................................................................Shaye Firer, Ryoko Tanaka, Marie Tender, Nanako Yamamoto Cavalier........................................................................................ 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THE ORCHESTRA Michael Pratt, conductor VIOLIN I Ruo-Tao Mao, concert master Cheng-Hsun David Tsai Eugenia Goldman Debra Biderman Nikki Airhart Sandra Billingslea

BASS Jack Hill, principal Robert Peterson FLUTE Jan Holms, principal Katherine McClure

VIOLIN II Ann Marie Pocklembo, principal Elsbieta Winnicka Benjamin Hellman Marc Uys

CLARINET Keri Ann DiBari, principal Joseph D’Auguste OBOE Melissa Bohl, principal Leslie Godfrey

VIOLA Ning Mu, principal Marjorie Selden Ruth DeMarco-Conti Steven Heitlinger

TRUMPET Don Batchelder, principal Thomas Boulton TROMBONE Gilles Bernard, principal

BASSOON Andrea Herr, principal Lisa Alexander

CELLO Katrina Kormanski, principal Thomasz Rzeczycki Elina Lang

FRENCH HORN Tim McCarthy, principal Debbie Schmidt

TUBA Jake Miller-Hoesly, principal CELESTE Don Tennenblatt, principal HARP Jacqueline Kerrod, principal PERCUSSION Greg Giannascoli, principal TIMPANI Kenneth Riehman, principal MUSICAL CONTRACTOR Greg Giannascoli

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Based on the Sholom Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl

Book by

JOSEPH STEIN

Music by

Lyrics by

JERRY BOCK

SHELDON HARNICK

Original Broadway production directed and choreographed by

JEROME ROBBINS Starring YEHEZKEL LAZAROV MAITE UZAL JONATHAN VON MERING CAROL BEAUGARD KELLY GABRIELLE MURPHY RUTHY FROCH NOA LUZ BARENBLAT EMMA TAYLOR SCHWARTZ CARLY POST NICK SICCONE NIC CASAULA JACK O'BRIEN ANDREW HENDRICK JESSICA ALTCHILER DANNY ARNOLD MATEUS BARBOSA DA SILVA NICHOLAS BERKE ANDREA MARIE BUSH CAM COTE DAVID SCOTT CURTIS DAVID FERGUSON KELLY GLYPTIS MICHAEL GREENBERG YOCHAI GREENFELD SAM MCLELLAN RANDA MEIERHENRY CARLYE MESSMAN ALI ARIAN MOLAEI ALYNN RINAH PAROLA GRAY RANDOLPH CASSANDRA SURIANELLO BROOKE WETTERHAHN SCOTT WILLITS Inspired by the work of

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MICHAEL YEARGAN

CATHERINE ZUBER

JEROME ROBBINS Lighting Design

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DONALD HOLDER

SCOTT LEHRER & ALEX NEUMANN

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THE BOOKING GROUP MEREDITH BLAIR

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Choreography Recreated by CHRISTOPHER EVANS Original Choreography by

HOFESH SHECHTER Direction Recreated by SARI EVANS Original Direction by

BARTLETT SHER Originally produced on the New York stage by HAROLD PRINCE 2015 Broadway Revival produced by

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CAST (in order of appearance) Tevye, a dairyman.................................................................................................. YEHEZKEL LAZAROV Tevye, at certain performances.........................................................................DANNY ARNOLD Golde, his wife......................................................................................................................MAITE UZAL Tzeitel, a daughter...................................................................................... KELLY GABRIELLE MURPHY Hodel, a daughter............................................................................................................. RUTHY FROCH Chava, a daughter.................................................................................................NOA LUZ BARENBLAT Shprintze, a daughter................................................................................... EMMA TAYLOR SCHWARTZ Bielke, a daughter................................................................................................................CARLY POST Yente, a matchmaker................................................................................................. CAROL BEAUGARD Motel, a tailor.................................................................................................................. NICK SICCONE Perchik, a student...............................................................................................................NIC CASAULA Lazar Wolf, a butcher...................................................................................... JONATHAN VON MERING Mordcha, an innkeeper.................................................................................................. DANNY ARNOLD Mordcha, at certain performance..................................................................BENNETT J. LEEDS Rabbi....................................................................................................................DAVID SCOTT CURTIS Mendel, his son.......................................................................................................................CAM COTE Avram, a bookseller..................................................................................................... GRAY RANDOLPH Grandma Tzeitel, Golde’s grandmother.............................................................. BROOKE WETTERHAHN Fruma-Sarah, Lazar Wolf’s first wife.................................................................................KELLY GLYPTIS Yussel, the hatter / Nachum, the beggar.................................................................. YOCHAI GREENFELD Constable............................................................................................................... ANDREW HENDRICK Fyedka, a young man..........................................................................................................JACK O’BRIEN Sasha, his friend.............................................................................................................SAM MCLELLAN Shaindel, Motel’s mother................................................................................... BROOKE WETTERHAHN The Fiddler...............................................................................................................ALI ARIAN MOLAEI Villagers..................................................DANNY ARNOLD, MATEUS BARBOSA DA SILVA, CAM COTE, DAVID SCOTT CURTIS, KELLY GLYPTIS, MICHAEL GREENBERG, YOCHAI GREENFELD, SAM MCLELLAN, RANDA MEIERHENRY, CARLYE MESSMAN, ALI ARIAN MOLAEI, ALYNN RINAH PAROLA, GRAY RANDOLPH, CASSANDRA SURIANELLO, BROOKE WETTERHAHN, SCOTT WILLITS SWINGS JESSICA ALTCHILER, NICHOLAS BERKE, ANDREA MARIE BUSH, DAVID FERGUSON UNDERSTUDIES For Tevye: DANNY ARNOLD, JONATHAN VON MERING; for Golde: KELLY GLYPTIS, BROOKE WETTERHAHN; for Lazar Wolf: DANNY ARNOLD, ANDREW HENDRICK; for Yente: KELLY GLYPTIS, BROOKE WETTERHAHN; for Tzeitel: ANDREA MARIE BUSH, RANDA MEIERHENRY; for Hodel: ANDREA MARIE BUSH, RANDA MEIERHENRY; for Chava: EMMA TAYLOR SCHWARTZ; for Shprintze: JESSICA ALTCHILER, CASSANDRA SURIANELLO; for Bielke: JESSICA ALTCHILER, EMMA TAYLOR SCHWARTZ, CASSANDRA SURIANELLO; for Motel: CAM COTE, GRAY RANDOLPH; for Perchik: CAM COTE, GRAY RANDOLPH; for Fyedka: NICHOLAS BERKE, SAM MCLELLAN; for Constable: NICHOLAS BERKE, SAM MCLELLAN; for Mendel: NICHOLAS BERKE; for Grandma Tzeitel: ANDREA MARIE BUSH, CARLYE MESSMAN; for Fruma-Sarah: ANDREA MARIE BUSH, RANDA MEIERHENRY Dance Captain: JESSICA ALTCHILER, DAVID FERGUSON Fight Captain: DAVID FERGUSON THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE "Prologue: Tradition".........................................................................Tevye and the Villagers "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"........................................................... Hodel, Chava and Tzeitel "If I Were A Rich Man"...................................................................................................Tevye "Sabbath Prayer".....................................................................Tevye, Golde and the Villagers "To Life".......................................................................... Tevye, Lazar Wolf and the Villagers "Tevye's Monologue"......................................................................................................Tevye "Miracle of Miracles"......................................................................................................Motel "Tevye's Dream"...................................................Tevye, Golde, Grandma Tzeitel, the Rabbi, Fruma-Sarah, and the Villagers "Sunrise, Sunset"...........................................Tevye, Golde, Perchik, Hodel and the Villagers "The Wedding"................................................................................................... The Villagers ACT TWO Entr'acte................................................................................................................. Orchestra "Now I Have Everything"...........................................................................Perchik and Hodel "Tevye's Monologue (Reprise)"......................................................................................Tevye "Do You Love Me?".......................................................................................Tevye and Golde "The Rumor"..................................................................................... Yente and the Villagers "Far From the Home I Love".......................................................................................... Hodel "Chavaleh".....................................................................................................................Tevye "Anatevka"......................................................................................................... The Villagers

ORCHESTRA Conductor / Keys: Michael Gildin Assistant Conductor / Accordion / Keyboard: Jonathan Marro Violin: Ionut Cosarca Guitar / Mandolin: McKinley Foster Flutes / Clarinet: Jeffrey Beyer Clarinets: Andrew Clark Trumpet: Hunter Brons Trombone: Isaac Kramer Bass: John Convertino Drums/Percussion: Joshua Azenberg Music Coordinator: John Mezzio

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST YEHEZKEL LAZAROV (Tevye) is an Israeli actor, director, and a multi-disciplinary artist. After graduating from Thelma Yellin Art School as a dancer and serving as a singer in a military band he joined the Bat Sheva Dance Company for four years. He studied theatre at the Actors’ Centre

in London before joining Gesher Theatre and the Cameri Theatre as an actor. Among his leading roles are Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera (winning Theatre Award for Best Actor), Lisander in Midsummer Night’s Dream, Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Avigdor in Yentel, Alexander Pen in Was It a Dream? (nominated for Best Actor), Rudi in The Aristocrats (nominated 55

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for Best Actor), Stempenyu in Stempenyu (by Shalom Aleichem), Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray (dir. Yehezkel Lazarov), and most recently played Zach in A Chorus Line. As well as his actor roles Lazarov served as the in-house choreographer at the Gesher and Cameri Theatre. Lazarov has played leading roles in more than 40 films and television productions, such as The Mentalist (Russian version), Mama’s Angel (Series Mania – Official Competition, France), The Kindergarten Teacher (original Israeli version, Cannes 2014), Fragile, Mata Hari (Russia), The Fifth Heaven, Waltz with Bashir (winning Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film), The Debt (original Israeli version), Three Mothers, A Touch Away (winning Best TV series), The Dybbuk (nominated for Best Actor), and more. As a theatre director, Lazarov is the adaptor, set designer, and choreographer of all his works, including Lolita/Joan of Arc, Fathers & Sons, Alice, Falling Out of Time (based on a David Grossman novel) at Gesher Theater, The Picture of Dorian Gray at the National Theatre Habima, and Igloo (written by Lazarov) premiered at the Israel Festival (winning Best Director award). Lazarov is the artistic director and co-founder of Studio Ankori Middle and High School for creative thinking and entrepreneurship. Initiator, artistic director, and curator of AZA13, a new art venue in Tel Aviv. Among his multi-disciplinary exhibitions are “Hope,” “Censorship,” “Demonstration,” “The Art to Survive.” As a visual artist, Lazarov has shown photography and video-art works in several gallery exhibitions. He has written and directed few short films: Snow, Lashabiya, and No Lifeguard, which have been screened in many international film festivals. MAITE UZAL (Golde) graduated from the Musical Theatre Conservatory Program at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NYC). NYC credits include Hyppolitus (Artemis), Death of a Salesman (Linda Loman u/s), Uncle Vanya (Marina, Mrs. Voinitsky u/s), and La Gran Semíramis (Semíramis), which earned her a Latin ACE Award and an HOLA Award. Most recently, she has played the role of Camila Rosario and Abuela Claudia in different produc56

tions of In The Heights. In film, she has shot the features Little Galicia and Retry, as well as multiple short films, the latest of which, Olvido has earned her Best Actress Awards at several international film festivals. She has originated the character Maite for the bilingual children’s TV show Trash Bash. She dedicates this role to her mother. www.maiteuzal.com @maiteuzal JONATHAN VON MERING (Lazar Wolf) is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He has trained with the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and at RADA. He also works in voiceover. CAROL BEAUGARD (Yente) made her touring debut as the matchmaker last year and is thrilled to continue the role in this second year of the first national tour! Notable roles include Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra Moderne NY portraying a Russian Jewish immigrant in Ellis Island: Dream of America, a work for actors and orchestra by American composer Peter Boyer. Off-Broadway, she starred in Jackie Mason, the Musical (St. Luke’s Theatre), Christmas Family Reunion (Davenport Theatre), and When I Go (The Duke Theatre). Beaugard is the recipient of a Best Actress Award at the Strawberry Theatre Festival for her dramatic role as a schizophrenic Puerto Rican matriarch. Other credits include television, films, voice overs, and national and regional commercials. A graduate of the William Esper Studio, she’s also trained at the Atlantic Theatre School and the Upright Citizens Brigade. She dedicates this tour with love to her husband Wayne Fugate. www.carolbeaugard.com @carolbeaugard KELLY GABRIELLE MURPHY (Tzeitel) is delighted to be returning the Anatevka for another season and to share this story with you! National tour: All Hands on Deck (Daisy Maxwell). Select Regional Credits: Sweeney Todd (Johanna Barker), Mamma Mia (Sophie Sheridan), Guys & Dolls (Sarah Brown), Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste). B.F.A. University of Miami. “Love and thanks to Daniel Hoff Agency, Jason Styres, NETworks, the entire Fiddler team, her family and Dave. For Ellie Goldenberg.” www.kellygmurphy.com

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RUTHY FROCH (Hodel) Beyond grateful to be back on the road sharing this important story. Froch is incredibly proud to be Jewish. She hopes young Jewish kids who come see this show, understand that Jewish expression is imperative to our world, our history, and the American Theatre. We are stronger together. Selected Credits: The Diary of Anne Frank (Margot). Film: Gotti. B.F.A. NYU/Tisch, New Studio on Broadway. “Love and gratitude to my family, Avalon Artists, Jason Styres, Sari, Bart, and the entire Fiddler team. For Pa.” ruthyfroch.com @itsruthyfroch NOA LUZ BARENBLAT (Chava) National tour debut! Regional: Footloose (Ariel), Bridges of Madison County (Marian), Hair (u/s Sheila). Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre ‘19. “Endless gratitude to family, friends, and Daniel Hoff Agency. For Nonni.” www.noaluzbarenblat.com EMMA TAYLOR SCHWARTZ (Shprintze, u/s Bielke, Chava) National tour debut! Selected credits include Into the Woods (Cinderella), Seussical (Gertrude), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), Junie B Jones (Junie) and Joseph…Dreamcoat (Featured Dancer). B.F.A. NYU Tisch. She feels incredibly grateful to be a part of such a beautiful production. Much love to her family and friends. “This is for Aunt Patricia.” CARLY POST (Bielke) is so grateful to be making her national tour debut! Post is a junior at Muhlenberg College. Regional: Anything Goes (Muhlenberg SMT). Theatrical Rights Worldwide Industry Commercial. “Endless thanks for this opportunity to Bartlett Sher, Jason Styres, and the Fiddler team. To my family, Rory, friends, Marc Tumminelli, and Sarah, thank you for all of your love and support!” NICK SICCONE (Motel) Nick is a recent graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Regional theatre: Small Town Story (World Premiere) The Bridges of Madison County. Favorite roles include CB in Dog Sees God, Peter Pan in Peter Pan. “Thanks to Mom, Dad, & Rich for all their love and support.” NIC CASAULA (Perchik) Favorite credits: Julius Caesar (Shakespeare in the Park / The Public Theater), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Jean-Michel/ 57

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national tour), A Christmas Story (Santa/ national tour), Flashdance (Jimmy/national and international tours) and regionally at Maine State Music Theater, Gateway Playhouse, John Engeman Theater, and Weathervane Rep. “Big thanks to Jason, Andrea and NETworks. For my Papa John!” IG: @NicCasaula JACK O’BRIEN (Fyedka) International Tour: Shrek the Musical (Shrek Alternate). First national tour: Ghost the Musical (u/s Sam/Carl). Select Regional: South Pacific (Lt. Cable), Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy) at Allenberry Playhouse. Avenue Q (Princeton/Rod) at Oregon Cabaret Theatre. Millikin University graduate. “Thanks to the Fiddler team, family and friends! Love to Tony and Judas.” @johnjackobrien ANDREW HENDRICK (Constable, u/s Lazar Wolf) is proud to be a part of this wonderful production. National tour credits: Kinky Boots U.S. and Asia (Hooch), Bullets Over Broadway, Jekyll and Hyde. Regional: Sister Act (Joey), 1776 (Livingston), The Little Mermaid (Chef Louis), Avenue Q (Brian). “Thank you to the Fiddler team, Andrea Zee/Jason Styres Casting, About Artists.” IG: @andrewbhendrick JESSICA ALTCHILER (Swing, u/s Shprintze, Bielke, Dance Captain) B.F.A. in dance and B.A. in psychology, Marymount Manhattan College. Joining this brilliant production is a lifelong dream come true. “My dear family, friends, JD, teachers and students, words could never express my gratitude and love for you.” @jessaltch DANNY ARNOLD (Mordcha) Regional: Jekyll & Hyde (Archibald Proops), Hands on a Hardbody (Mike Ferris), Guys & Dolls (Harry the Horse), and Newsies (Theodore Roosevelt/Morris Delancey). “Thanks to the Fiddler team, Avalon Artists, Jason Styres and infinite love to Mom & Dad. This one’s for Lil.” www.danny-arnold.com @dannyarnold24 MATEUS BARBOSA DA SILVA (Villager, u/s Fiddler) is excited to join Fiddler on the Roof’s national tour. Recent credits include: Spamalot national tour, The Guthrie Theatre (West Side Story), Short North Stage (La Cage Aux Folles, Mamma Mia!), The LEX (West Side Story), The Fireside 58

Theatre (Newsies). Many thanks to his family, friends, and to Fiddler’s creative team. IG: @mateusbsilva NICHOLAS BERKE (Swing, u/s Mordcha, Avram, Rabbi, Mendel, Sasha, Nachum, Yussel, Constable, Fyedka) is thrilled to spend another year on the road with Fiddler on the Roof. Previously: A Chorus Line (Greg, U.S. and Japan Tour, Public Theater Gala); West Side Story (5 theaters in 5 years!); Singin’ in the Rain (u/s Don Lockwood, STONC). “Endless love to my family and our entire shtetl here at Fiddler.” B.F.A. NYU/Tisch: New Studio on Broadway. @nickberke. ANDREA MARIE BUSH (Swing, u/s Tzeitel, Hodel, Fruma-Sarah, Grandma Tzeitel, Shaindel, Rivka, Mirala) is beyond thrilled to be making her national tour and swing debut! Originally from Tampa, FL, she holds a B.M. with honors from NYU Steinhardt. Select credits: Brigadoon (Fiona MacLaren), Little Women (Meg March / Clarissa), and The Mystery... Drood (Ensemble). “Endless thanks to NETworks, Jason Styres, the Fiddler family, her own family, and the Lord. For Kevin and Franny.” IG: @andreamariebush CAM COTE (Villager, Mendel, u/s Motel, Perchik) is thrilled at the opportunity to share such a deeply pertinent story with audiences around the country. He specializes in the development of new musicals and is a proud collaborator with Jennifer Jancuska + The BringAbout. “Tremendous gratitude to the entire Fiddler team, Jason, Meg, & Katie.” B.F.A.: NYU/Tisch. “For Mom, always.” @camcote DAVID SCOTT CURTIS (Villager, Rabbi) Credits: Off Broadway; It Came From Beyond, Frankenstein, Geeks! (Write Act Repertory). National tour: 42nd Street. Regional; Elf: The Musical at (The Fireside Theatre). Other theater; Oliver!, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Rocky Horror Show, Social Security. **www.curtis-online.com** ~ “Without your faith in me and your love, I would not have sufficient courage.” ~ DAVID FERGUSON (Swing, Villager, Dance Captain, Fight Captain) is excited to go on the road for a second year with the Fiddler Fam! Regional Credits: Guys

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and Dolls (Society Max: Argyle Theater). Dance Companies: Brian Brooks Moving Company, Abarukas, Helen Simoneau Danse. “Thanks to my Mom, Mammu, LDC Artist Rep, teachers, friends and family for all their love and support!” IG: @david_ferguson KELLY GLYPTIS (Villager, Fruma-Sarah, u/s Golde, Yente) Miss Glyptis was recently seen in the The Sound of Music national tour (Ensemble/Mother Abbess cover) and has performed professionally with The Prizery Theater, Opera Saratoga, Cardinal Stage, Shreveport Opera, VA Opera, Atlanta Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, MD Lyric Opera, OperaDelaware, Baltimore Concert Opera, and Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra. Her training includes: The Potomac Vocal Institute, Indiana University (MM), Canadian Operatic Arts Academy, and Operafestival di Roma. “Thank you to Kathy (Encompass Arts), Betsy, Matt, Anne.” kellyglyptis.com MICHAEL GREENBERG (Villager) New York City native. Graduate of NYU/Tisch (B.F.A. dDance 2017) and F. H. Laguardia High School. NYC Dance Companies: NVA and Guests, Loni Landon Dance Projects, Kinesis Project. Dance Theater. Founded N E 1 4 Dance. Greenberg is excited to be making his national tour debut with Fiddler! @mgreenbeee @ne14dance YOCHAI GREENFELD (Villager, Nachum, Yussel) is a native of Jerusalem, Israel and is so grateful to be telling this story with this incredible cast and crew. Select credits: Charlie Brown Christmas Live (Snoopy), West Side Story (Big-Deal), Gilded (Pawn), and Broadway Backwards. @yoyogreenfeld SAM MCLELLAN (Villager, Sasha, u/s Fyedka, Constable) is a NYC-based actor, and holds a B.F.A. in musical theatre from the Univ. Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His professional credits include: Mamma Mia! (Sky), The Last Five Years (Jamie), Interstellar Cinderella (Prince Astral), Ragtime (Younger Brother). RANDA MEIERHENRY (Villager, Rivka, u/s Tzeitel, Hodel, Fruma-Sarah) National tour debut! Regional: Guys & Dolls (Adelaide) at The Round Barn Theatre, Gypsy

(Tessie Tura) at Great Plains Theatre, The Who’s Tommy (Featured Soloist) at Musical Theatre Heritage. “To my grandmother, Mary, for her unconditional love and support!” www.randameierhenry.com CARLYE MESSMAN (Villager, Mirala, u/s Grandma Tzeitel, Shaindel) is so excited to be joining the Fiddler family in her national tour debut! Select Credits: Heathers (Stoner Chick, u/s Heather Mac) and Hairspray (Shelley). “So much love and thanks to Jason and the creative team, NETworks, and to my family for always supporting and believing in me! Extra love to the drummer in the pit!” B.F.A. from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. ALI ARIAN MOLAEI (Villager, Fiddler) Senior at Boston Conservatory and native of San Jose, CA. Favorite credits: A Chorus Line (Bobby), Sons of the Prophet (Charles Douaihy), Body of Water (Charlie). “Endless gratitude to mom, Jasmyn, Kimia, and Mamani.” Broadway Tour debut! ALYNN RINAH PAROLA (Villager) is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and this is her first time performing in a musical theater production. She has most recently been making and performing her own work in New York at The Tank and Triskelion. GRAY RANDOLPH (Villager, Avram, u/s Perchik, Motel), an Austin, TX native, holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of Oklahoma. National Tour: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Regional: Singin’ in the Rain, Heathers, A Christmas Carol, The Rocky Horror Show, Gypsy, Pryor Rendering (World Premiere). “Thanks to Jason, NETworks, and the creative team!” Twitter/IG: @grayrandolph. www.grayrandolph.com CASSANDRA SURIANELLO (Villager, u/s Shprintze, Bielke) A graduate of Point Park University, B.F.A Dance, Surianello is excited to make her musical theater debut in Fiddler on the Roof. Professional credits include Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance (Sweetbird Productions), Dance Lab New York, Dance Break, and The Orsano Project. “Many thanks to her family and friends, CESD, Jason Styres and the entire Fiddler team!” IG: @cassysurianello 59

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BROOKE WETTERHAHN (Villager, Grandma Tzeitel, Shaindel, u/s Golde, Yente) Selected credits: Broadway Rising Stars (Soloist, Town Hall NYC); The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (Schwartzy, Bristol Riverside Theatre); Dragons Love Tacos (Chicken, TWUSA); TNNY SoundBites: Dinosaur (Sara, Signature Theatre). “Thrilled to be working with this inspiring Fiddler team and special thanks to her family & friends for their XOXO’s!” B.F.A. NYU/Tisch: New Studio on B’way. www.brookewetterhahn. com @bjw615 SCOTT WILLITS (Villager, u/s Fiddler) Regional: The Three Musketeers (Dancer). Dance: Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, Elisa Monte Dance, Nimbus Dance Works. Choreography: BAM Fisher, NJPAC’s Victoria Theater. Great performances: Dance Against Cancer Benefit. Ailey/Fordham (B.F.A.). “Big thanks to God, my family and friends!” @scottyj_willits JOSEPH STEIN (Book) won the Tony® Award and Drama Critics Circle Award for Fiddler on the Roof. His other musicals include Zorba (Tony® nom., Drama Critics Circle Award); Rags (Tony® nom.); The Baker’s Wife (Laurence Olivier Award, London); Juno; Take Me Along; Irene (starring Debbie Reynolds); The King of Hearts; So Long, 174th Street. He also co-authored, with Alan Jay Lerner, the musical Carmelina and, with Will Glickman, Mr. Wonderful (starring Sammy Davis Jr.) and Plain and Fancy. His plays are Enter Laughing, Before the Dawn, Mrs. Gibbons’ Boys. He began his career in TV and radio, writing for Sid Caesar Show, Your Show of Shows, Henry Morgan Show, and many others, and for personalities including Tallulah Bankhead, Phil Silvers, Jackie Gleason, and Zero Mostel. He wrote the screenplays of Enter Laughing and Fiddler on the Roof, for which he won the Screen Writers Guild Award. JERRY BOCK (Music) was born in New Haven on November 23, 1928. Thirty years later, he and Sheldon Harnick gave birth to The Body Beautiful in Philadelphia. In between was Catch a Star and Mr. Wonderful (starring Sammy Davis Jr.). Bock and Harnick’s celebrated collaboration yielded five scores in seven years: The Body Beautiful, Fiorello (winner of the Broadway triple

crown: Tony® Award, NY Critics Circle Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama),Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof (nine Tonys®, including Best Musical), The Apple Tree (and to have had Eddie Sauter as the original orchestrator of The Apple Tree was a gift to this composer beyond measure), and The Rothschilds. Bock and Harnick have been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. SHELDON HARNICK (Lyricist) is the recipient of a Tony® and Drama Desk Award for Lifetime Achievement. His career began in the 1950s with songs in revues both on and off Broadway (e.g. “The Boston Beguine,” “The Merry Little Minuet”). With Jerry Bock he created a number of memorable musicals including Fiorello (Tony® Award, Pulitzer Prize), She Loves Me (Grammy®), and Fiddler on the Roof (Tony®). Other collaborations: Rex (Richard Rodgers), A Christmas Carol (Michel Legrand), A Wonderful Life (Joe Raposo), The Phantom Tollbooth (Arnold Black/Norton Juster) and The Audition (Marvin Hamlisch). He has written two musicals himself: Dragons and A Doctor in Spite of Himself. Harnick is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Songwriters Guild. JEROME ROBBINS (Original Choreography & Direction) is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies, and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof. His last Broadway production in 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, won six Tony® Awards, including Best Musical and Best Director. Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free; Afternoon of a Faun; The Concert; Dances at a Gathering; In the Night; In G Major; Other Dances; Glass Pieces and Ives, Songs; which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world. His last ballets include A Suite of Dances created for Mikhail Baryshnikov (1994), 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), West Side Story Suite (1995) and Brandenburg (1996). In addition to two Academy Awards

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for the film West Side Story, Robbins has received four Tony® Awards, five Donaldson Awards, two Emmy® Awards, the Screen Directors’ Guild Award, and the NY Drama Critics Circle Award. Robbins was a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur. Robbins died in 1998. BARTLETT SHER (Director) is currently represented on Broadway by My Fair Lady (Tony® Award Nomination) and To Kill a Mockingbird. He is the Resident Director of Lincoln Center Theater, where he has directed Oslo (Tony® Award), Golden Boy by Clifford Odets (Tony® Nomination), Blood and Gifts by J.T. Rogers, the new musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony® Award Nomination), The King and I (Tony® Nomination), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific (2008 Tony® Award, South Pacific went on to Australia, where it was the most successful show in the history of the Sydney Opera House), Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets (Tony® Award nomination) and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel (Tony® Award

nomination). He has directed operas for the Metropolitan Opera (L’Elisird’Amore, Le Comte Ory, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Roméo et Juliette for Salzburg Festival in 2008) and Seattle Opera/New York City Opera (Mourning Becomes Electra, 2003-2004). From 20002010, Sher was Artistic Director of Seattle’s Intiman Theatre, where his credits include the world premieres of Prayer for My Enemy and Singing Forest by Craig Lucas and Nickel and Dimed, Joan Holden’s adaptation of the nonfiction bestseller by Barbara Ehrenreich, and plays by Chekhov, Shakespeare, Goldoni, and Tony Kushner, among other credits. His New York credits include the Theatre for a New Audience productions of Cymbeline which premiered in England and was the first American Shakespeare production at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and for which he received the 2001 Callaway Award and the American premiere of Harley Granville-Barker’s Waste, winner of the 2000 Best Play Obie. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College and received his graduate training in a class of international theatre artists at the University of Leeds in England.

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HOFESH SHECHTER (Choreography) Israeli-born, UK-based choreographer Hofesh Shechter began his professional dance career with Tel Aviv’s Batsheva Dance Company. While working with Batsheva, he began studying percussion and went on to become a drummer in a rock band. He made his choreographic debut in the UK in 2003 with the duet Fragments, followed by Cult, Uprising, and In Your Rooms. In 2008, he formed Hofesh Shechter Company, an international cast of outstanding dancers and musicians, to create an extended version of Uprising/In Your Rooms: The Choreographer’s Cut. In 2010, Shechter presented Political Mother at the Brighton Festival, which brought the company international attention. It has since toured Australia, Asia, Europe, and the U.S., including at BAM. Shechter has worked as a choreographer at the UK’s Royal Court Theatre and the National Theatre and for BBC 4’s popular drama Skins. He is the recipient of many prizes, including the 3rd Serge Diaghilev choreography award for Fragments, an Audience Choice Award at the Place Prize 2004 for Cult, Movimentos Most Promising Newcomer in Dance Award in 2009, and the British Theatre Institute’s Award for Excellence in International Dance in 2011. He is an associate artist of Sadler’s Wells. Hofesh Shechter Company is the resident company at Brighton Dome. Shechter earned a Tony® Nomination for his work on Fiddler on the Roof. TED SPERLING (Music Supervisor and New Orchestrations) Broadway: My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, The Light in the Piazza (Tony® and Drama Desk awards), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Titanic (actor), Kiss of the Spider Woman, How to Succeed…,My Favorite Year, Drood, Sunday in the Park with George. Off-Broadway: Red Eye of Love, The Other Josh Cohen, Striking 12 and See What I Wanna See (all as director); A Man of No Importance, Saturn Returns, A New Brain, Floyd Collins, Romance in Hard Times (as music director). Artistic Director of MasterVoices, www.mastervoices.org. For more info, visit www.tedsperling.net. 62

MICHAEL YEARGAN (Scenic Design) Theatre credits include designs for regional theatres in America, London’s West End, Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including My Fair Lady, Oslo, The King and I (Tony® Award nom. for all), The Bridges of Madison County, The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific (Tony® and Drama Desk Awards) Awake and Sing, Cymbeline, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Blood and Gifts, and Golden Boy. Opera credits include projects for San Francisco Opera, Chicago Lyric, Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Vienna Statsoper, and 10 productions at The Met. He is a professor and co-chair of the Stage Design Department at the Yale School of Drama. CATHERINE ZUBER (Costume Design) Broadway: The King and I, Golden Boy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Born Yesterday, Edward Albee’s Seascape, Dinner at Eight, Twelfth Night (Tony® nominations), The Royal Family, South Pacific, The Coast of Utopia, The Light in the Piazza, Awake and Sing! (Tony® Awards), The Bridges of Madison County, Gigi, The Big Knife, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ivanov, Triumph of Love, Women on the Verge, Macbeth, Doubt, The Sound of Music, The Red Shoes, among others. Off-Broadway: BAM/Old Vic’s The Bridge Project 2009, ‘10, ’11, Opera: Two Boys, L’Elixir of Love, Tales of Hoffman, Barber of Seville, Compte d’Ory (Metropolitan Opera). Recent: The Sound of Music: NBC/Universal. Graduate of the Yale School of Drama. DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design) Broadway credits include: The Lion King and South Pacific (Tony® Awards),The King and I, On the Twentieth Century, The Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy, Ragtime, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, A Streetcar Named Desire, Movin’ Out, Gem of the Ocean, Juan Darien (all Tony® nominated), You Can’t Take It with You, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, Big Fish, Bullets Over Broadway, Annie, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Boy From Oz, and many others. Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TFANA), Blood and Gifts, Happiness (LCT) and many others. Opera: Two Boys and The Magic Flute (Metropolitan Opera). Television: Smash Seasons 1 and 2.

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SCOTT LEHRER (Sound Design) received the first Tony® awarded for sound for the Lincoln Center Theater revival of South Pacific. Recent B’way work: The King and I, Living on Love, Honeymoon in Vegas, A Delicate Balance, Love Letters, A Raisin in the Sun, Betrayal, Lucky Guy, Chaplin (Drama Desk), Death of a Salesman (Tony® nom), Women on the Verge, Finian’s Rainbow, A View From the Bridge (Tony® nom), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony® nom), the long running revival of Chicago, and 50 City Center Encores. Music engineer/ producer projects include the B’way cast recording of An American in Paris, Loudon Wainwright III’s Grammy®-winning High Wide and Handsome, Bebe Neuwirth’s Porcelain, Judy Kuhn’s All This Happiness and Meredith Monk’s mercy. TOM WATSON (Hair/Wig Design) Head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed more than 70 Broadway productions. Current and recent designs include Bright Star, Wicked, King Kong, Rock of Ages, Annie, You Can’t Take It With You, The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music national tour, and Dames at Sea. JASON STYRES, CSA (Casting) Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Dames at Sea, Disney’s The Lion King, Nice Work If You Can Get It. Off-Broadway: Puffs, Midnight at the Never Get (York), Pedro Pan, Neurosis, R.R.R.E.D., War Boys, Money Talks, Trip of Love, iLLA, Missed Connections, and 15 different Encores! productions. National tours: A Gentleman’s Guide…, The King & I, R+H’s Cinderella, The Lion King, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Film/TV: How You Look At It, Carousel (PBS), Six by Sondheim (HBO), SYTYCD. London & Las Vegas: Magic Mike Live (Channing Tatum, dir.) Other: Josh Prince’s Broadway Dance Lab, Looking for Christmas (Old Globe), Camille A. Brown’s developmental project, Hartford Stage, NY Philharmonic, SF Symphony, Florida Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and others. Seven-time Artios nominee, NY Board Member of the Casting Society of America. ORAN ELDOR (Dance Arrangements) Orchestrations and arrangements for John Legend, Andrea Bocelli, Kristin Che-

noweth, Hugh Jackman, Deborah Voigt, New York Philharmonic, Disney Parks, L.A Philharmonic, New York Pops, Alan Menken, My Life is a Musical, The Great American Mousical, Ring Them Bells (PBS), From Dust to Dreams(PBS). Composer of Sesame Street (Israel), Peg+Cat (PBS), and musicals Persephone Unplugged, Damascus Square, Sex Today Love Tomorrow. Composer in Residence with Salome Chamber Orchestra. His work has been performed in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, PBS Great Performances, Hollywood Bowl, in London at the Royal Opera House, in France with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, at Schloss Elmau’ in Germany, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and other venues in Europe, Australia, and across the U.S. Composition Fellow at the Royal Opera House, London. BMI Musical Theater Workshop. Berklee College of Music graduate. Born and raised in Israel, Oran quickly became one of the top music directors and composers for Israeli theater, working at Habima National Theater, The Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv and Lessin Theater, as well as teaching in the leading theater programs in the country. JOHN MEZZIO (Music Coordinator) has conducted several national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor/ Victoria starring Toni Tennille, Seussical The Musical starring Cathy Rigby, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, the Royal National Theatre’s revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, and The Wedding Singer. Additionally, Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. He was Music Coordinator for several national and international tours including Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, Annie starring John Schuck and Mackenzie Phillips, Hairspray, The Producers, A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Drowsy Chaperone, Elf the Musical, Memphis, Bullets Over Broadway, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Shrek the Musical. SARI KETTER (Associate Director) Associate/Assistant directing: The King & I (The London Palladium), Fiddler on the Roof (The Broadway Theatre), The King & 63

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I (Lincoln Center Theater, First Broadway national tour). Selected directing: The Royal Family and A Christmas Carol (The Guthrie Theater), The Taming of the Shrew, Steel Magnolias (Idaho Shakespeare Festival), The Diary of Anne Frank and A Thousand Clowns (Intiman Theatre), The Merry Wives of Windsor and An Ideal Husband (Great Lakes Theater), The Importance of Being Earnest and Blithe Spirit (Portland Stage), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), In Coya’s House, Hiding in the Open and The Hormel Girls (The History Theatre), The Tender Land (Minnesota Orchestra), Ariadne (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra), Musical Reviews (Houston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony). Ten seasons at Highfield Theater/College Light Opera Company. Other Associate/Assistant directing includes: Richard III, Hamlet, Candide, The Imaginary Invalid, The Misanthrope, Old Times (The Guthrie Theater), And a Nightingale Sang (Lincoln Center Theater), As You Like It, The Good Person of Szechwan, The Tempest (Arena Stage), Don Juan, The Cherry Orchard (Denver Center Theatre), The Misanthrope (Seattle Repertory Theatre), On the Verge (The Acting Company), Anteroom (Playwrights Horizons), Cymbeline (Hartford Stage), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Idaho Shakespeare Festival). CHRISTOPHER EVANS (Associate Choreographer) began his career with Hofesh Shechter Company, performing as one of its original members, and touring worldwide. During this time, he also collaborated with Jonathan Lunn to devise Reading Rooms, a dance/text interplay working with Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson, and Miranda Richardson. He later joined Lost Dog Theatre Company, co-devising It Needs Horses, which toured internationally and won the Bloomburg Place Prize Award for dance. Evans has been a member of Gecko Theatre since 2011 and has worked on the creation Missing, Institute, and The Wedding, all currently touring worldwide. He continues a creative relationship with Hofesh Shechter, joining him on Fiddler on the Roof and The Metropolitan Opera’s creation Two Boys. After co-writing The Dreamer, a collaborative production with the Shanghai 64

Dramatic Arts Centre in 2016, Evans is now focusing on making his own work in Europe, U.S., and Austrailia. BH BARRY (Fight Director) has collaborated with Bart Sher on various productions: Golden Boy, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, and Verdi’s Otello. His awards include a Drama Desk, Obie,and Tony® recognizing his lifetime excellence in theatrical stage combat. MICHAEL GILDIN (Music Director / Conductor) is a New York-based music director and pianist. A graduate of Columbia University, his recent conducting credits include the national tour of The Sound of Music. Gildin regularly with renowned conductors Rob Fisher and John Mauceri and has managed projects for the Leonard Bernstein Office and the Kurt Weill Foundation. He is a frequent research consultant for New York City Center’s Encores! Series, scouring archives such as the Library of Congress in order to reconstruct original scores by his heroes George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers. “Todah rabah” to the whole Gildin-Sykes-Oringer family for their endless support. KATHY FABIAN (Props Supervisor) Broadway credits include: American Son, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Pretty Woman, The Parisian Woman, Time and the Conways, Indecent, Sunday in the Park with George, Falsettos, Fiddler on the Roof, On Your Feet!, The King And I, An American In Paris, The Realistic Joneses, If/Then, Rocky, The Bridges of Madison County, I’ll Eat You Last, Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Chaplin, Nice Work If You Can Get It, A Streetcar Named Desire, Stick Fly, The Normal Heart, House of Blue Leaves, Anything Goes, Fences, A Behanding in Spokane, Race, and Fela!. Off-Broadway: The Hard Problem, LCT, Mary Jane and Othello, NYTW. TV: Sesame Street. KELSEY CLARK (Production Stage Manager) Previous national tours: Annie, Elf, and Amazing Grace. Clark is a proud alumna of SUNY Oswego and the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas. “Thanks to NETworks, my family, EFWS, and all food delivery apps. All my love to Penelope, Zayda, and Bennett.”

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DACK JUSTIZ (Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: Julius Caesar, The Public Theater. Regional: Theatre Under The Stars, ZACH Theatre. “Thank you to Mom, Dad, Dylan, Shelby, and caffeine.” dackjustiz.com @dackjustiz CHRISTOPHER T.P. HOLMAN (Company Manager) has managed tours across the globe. Disney’s The Lion King in Singapore, North American tours of Jesus Christ Superstar with Carl Anderson and Ted Neeley, Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. LIAM MILLWARD (Assistant Company Manager) is excited to join the Fiddler on the Roof national tour. “Thank you to friends and family for supporting me in this exciting new adventure!” GENTRY & ASSOCIATES, INC. (General Management) Has been managing domestic and international touring productions for more than 20 years. Gentry & Associates has managed more than 70 touring productions internationally. Current and upcoming productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon; The Band’s Visit, A Bronx Tale, Blue Man Group Speechless Tour, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Fiddler on the Roof, Once On This Island, Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical, and Waitress. BOND THEATRICAL GROUP (Marketing & Publicity Direction) is a fully independent booking, marketing, and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour marketing and booking projects include Blue Man Group, CATS, Clueless, Girl from the North Country, First Date, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kathleen Turner’s Finding My Voice, Latin History for Morons, An Officer & A Gentleman, Once on this Island, and Spamilton. Current marketing and publicity projects include Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, Moulin Rouge!, Oklahoma!, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, and The Prom.

THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group has represented 25 Tony® Award-winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current touring productions include: Hamilton; Anastasia; Come From Away; Dear Evan Hansen; Hello, Dolly! starring Betty Buckley; The Book of Mormon; School of Rock; Waitress; On Your Feet!; Rent: The 20th Anniversary Tour; Fiddler on the Roof; The Play That Goes Wrong; The Color Purple and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Future productions include: The Cher Show; Mean Girls; My Fair Lady; Pretty Woman; and To Kill a Mockingbird. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer, General Manager, Production Manager) is an industry leading producer of touring musical theater productions committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide. Having produced national and international tours over 20 years, NETworks’ productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon; The Band’s Visit, A Bronx Tale, Blue Man Group Speechless Tour, Fiddler on the Roof, Once On This Island, Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical, and Waitress. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF TOUR STAFF Opening Night: October 23, 2018 The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA GENERAL MANAGEMENT Gentry & Associates, Inc. Gregory Vander Ploeg, Elisabeth Bayer, Steve Varon, Pearce Landry-Wegener, Nicole Gehring PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT NETworks Presentations LLC Jason Juenker Hector Guivas, Evan Rooney, Walker White, Emma Downey COMPANY MANAGEMENT CHRISTOPHER T.P. HOLMAN Assistant Company Manager: Liam Millward EXCLUSIVE TOUR BOOKING THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart www.thebookinggroup.com

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF TOUR MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP bondtheatrical.com DJ Martin Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Marc Viscardi Meredyth Davis Benjamin Nissen Phillip Aleman Nick Jaech Jo Manley Trish McKeon Nicole Musto Tori Viggiano CASTING Jason Styres, CSA Casting Associate..............................................................Andrea Zee, CSA Casting Assistant...........................................................Stephanie Percoco PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER............................. KELSEY CLARK Assistant Stage Manager............................................................Dack Justiz Associate Choreographer & Assistant Director.......... Marla Phelan Associate Scenic Designer............................Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams Assistant Scenic Designers.Christopher Thompson, Joo Hyun Kim Associate Costume Designer.................................... Patrick Bevilacqua Assistant Costume Designer....................................Wilberth Gonzalez Associate Lighting Designer..................................................Karen Spahn Assistant Lighting Designer....................................................... Jane Chan Associate Sound Designer..................................................Alex Neumann Electronic Music Design.........................Hiro Iida for Strange Cranium Productions Associate Wig and Hair Designer / Makeup Designer........................... Tommy Kurzman Prop Supervision...................................................Propstar, Kathy Fabian Dialect Coach........................................................................Kristin Flanders Music Copying............................................................................. Balint Varga Dance Captain................................... Jessica Altchiler, David Ferguson Fight Captain......................................................................... David Ferguson HEAD CARPENTER................................................................... JJ JORDAN Assistant Carpenter.................................................................. Charlie Hoff Flyman........................................................................................Matthew Lang Head Electrician............................................................. Olivia R. Doniphan Assistant Electrician........................................................... Jeremy Warsitz Production Electrician........................................................Stephen Atwell Moving Lights Programmer.......................................Bridget Chervenka Head Audio........................................................................... Carl J. Whitaker Assistant Audio............................................................................. Mary Fator Production Audio...................................................................Andrew Leviss Head Props.................................................................................Cailin Kucera Head Wardrobe.....................................................Emily Elizabeth Glover Assistant Wardrobe............................................................... Allison Hearn Head Hair & Makeup................................................................Jenni Gilbert Production Accountant..............................................................Joel Herbst Assistant Production Accountant..................................Brad Siebeking National Press Representative........................Bond Theatrical Group Physical Therapy........................ NEUROTOUR, Physical Therapy Inc. Production Videographer........................................................ HMS Media Production Photographer...................................................... Joan Marcus Tour Social Media..........................................................Andy Drachenberg Website..........................................................................................................AKA Legal Counsel.......................................................... F. Richard Pappas, Esq. Accounting..................................................NETworks Presentations LLC HR & Payroll Services............................................Human Resources inc. Trucking.......................................................................................Clark Transfer Merchandising.......................... Max Merchandising/Randi Grossman Merchandise Manager.............................................................. Chris Bruce Tax & Financial Consulting, Accounting Services CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Brian Enverso, Pat Guerieri Insurance Broker Services Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc. Robert B. Middleton, Sr. and Meghan Coleman Financial Services and Banking Arrangements by SunTrust Bank

FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Chief Executive Officer .............................................................Ken Gentry President ............................................................................................Orin Wolf Chief Financial Officer....................................................Scott W. Jackson Chief Operating Officer ................................Jennifer Ardizzone-West Chief Producing Officer.............................................................Seth Wenig Executive Producer.............................. Charlie Stone, Trinity Wheeler Director of Administration .....................................................Curt Owens Executive Assistant to the President.....................Hannah Rosenthal Senior Director of Finance........................................................John Kinna Controller ..............................................................................Jennifer Gifford Director of Tour Accounting.............................................. Laura S. Carey Tax Director ................................................................................. Pat Guerieri Associate Tax Accountant ................................................. Kim Ngan Tran Health and Safety Coordinator...................................... Emma Downey Senior Director, Booking and Engagements ............... Mary K. Witte Director, Booking and Engagements .................................. Colin Byrne Booking Coordinator...........................................................Jenny Wallisch Director of Marketing/PR ................................................... Heather Hess Senior Director, General Management.........Gregory Vander Ploeg General Managers.....................................Elisabeth Bayer, Steve Varon Associate General Manager ......................... Pearce Landry-Wegener General Manager Associate..............................................Nicole Gehring Senior Director, Production Management................... Jason Juenker Senior Production Manager ............................................. Hector Guivas Production Managers .............................Emma Downey, Evan Rooney, Walker White Music Coordinator ....................................................................John Mezzio IT Manager .........................................................................................Tim Pizza Office Manager.....................................................................Buddy Piccolino Office Assistant...........................................................................Carol Jewell Warehouse Manager......................................................................Brad Korff Warehouse Costume Manager...............................Bobby Maglaughlin CREDITS Scenery built, painted, and electrified by Hudson Scenic Studio and Production Resource Group. Lighting equipment from Production Resource Group. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Rigging Equipment from Christie Lites. Yamaha piano provided courtesy of Faust Harrison Pianos and Yamaha Artists Services Inc. Costumes by Euroco Costumes; John Cowles; Arel Studio; Angels Costumes, London; and Arnold S. Levine. Makeup provided by M A C. Challah provided by Frederick Kaimann. SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments, BrenBri Properties, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Rebecca Korbin, Alisa Solomon, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, The Art of Shaving Production Travel & Housing by Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel & Road Concierge, an ALTOUR Company Rehearsed at GIBNEY STUDIOS, New York, NY Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at The Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, NY www.FiddlerMusical.com Facebook: @FiddlerBroadway Twitter: @FiddlerBroadway Instagram: @FiddlerBroadway Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.

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PATRONS’ COUNCIL (CONTINUED) Renee Sreenivasam Liz Stathis Szatkowski Thomas and Deborah Terracino Rein and Carol Uibopuu UFCW Local 464A Mr. and Mrs. Robert Valentine Lorraine Walsh Allan and Bonnie Warton FRIEND Anonymous (7) Gail and Jeffrey Aaron Larry and Beatrice Abrams Carol Adelman Reggie Alexander Janice Anastasia Tom and Marie Andreano Jennifer Augustine William Baggett, in honor of Farryn Melton Joseph Bakes Stephanie and Ed Bartz Natalie Bazaral Myrna and Steven Berger Edith Bertan Charles Billy Victoria Bixel Barbara Boland Sandy Book Mr. and Mrs. Osman Boraie Linda Borsuk Patricia Bratus William and Mavis Brier Jan and Gary Broder Joel and Ilene Brudner Joseph and Christina Bulman Leonard and Tamara Busch Mark and Frankie Busch Roger and Ute Bush Vincent and Francine Catanzaro Dr. & Mrs. James Cline Elizabeth Columbo Jane Conner Joe and Cindy Cooper Ahmed Cooper-Bey Ellen and Cliff Cramer Marie A. Curtis Kristine Dalrymple

Henry and Amira De Fex Lisa DiCenzo and Theresa Marsicovetere Nancy Duffy Egenton Family Sandi and Allan Ellis Lois and Mort Farrah Lenore and Harvey Feldman Lori and Bob Fink Robert Fischer James and Diana Flaherty Pete Forester William and Patricia Foster Bonnie and Sheldon Freidenreich Mr. and Mrs. Fryszczyn Antonino and Claudia Fusaro Suzanne Gates Cary Gerold Karen Giacobbe Craig and Eileen Glaser Dr. Alvin and Joyce Glasgold Dr. Barbara Glazewski Kevin and Kathleen Golmont Brian Gould Daniela Guido Brenda Hagan Mary Hanna Christian Hanns Kristine Hansen Ray Hanson, in memory of Joyce John T. and Maureen Harrison Ed Heck and Gerrie Misiewicz Dean and Michelle Heide Lucille C. Heller Deborah Henry Alberto Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Robert Higgins Peter and Sylvia Hinge Mary and Fred Hopke Barbara Howard Harry, Kathy, and Kara Hudson Patricia Jones Leonard and Bonny Kelter Thomas Kerekes Steven Kfare

Patrons’ Council members mix and mingle with fellow theatergoers at a special, annual Donor Appreciation Event hosted by President & CEO Sarah Chaplin on November 15, 2018. 76

The Boraie Lounge is an exclusive space where members of the President’s and Chairman’s Councils gather before performances and during intermission to greet familiar faces over cocktails and engage with fellow theater lovers. Suzanne M. Klein Janet Koenig Joyce Kosa William and Eleanor Kover Jim Kuligowski Miriam W. Lampen The Landis Family Sally LaPelosa Amy Livingston Barbara and Milton Loeb Anne Otterbein Lyman Robert Maher Thomas and Mary Marhevka John Mazzola C. McCormack Deborah Michael Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Miller Ms. Jill Morrow Pabak Mukhopadhyay Mark Murphy Ursula Nasi-Darrow Barbara Nathan Irene Ng Joan A. Nowicki Talib Nunnally Raffaele (Ray) Ocello Eileen Opitz Marci Oslick Tom and Vickie Pais Cheryl Palent Ronald Park Shane and Camilla Patterson Pam Piotrowski Carmen Pizzuto Debbie Joy Polacik Robert J. Powers Robert S. Pritchett Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Prodromo Dr. and Mrs. Norbert Psuty Christopher and Helen Quinn Joanne Ramundo Ellen Rebarber Frank Rees Dr. Gregory Reinhard Mr. and Mrs. Jim Richards Dawn Roccaro Robert Rocco

Buena Rosenbloom Judy and Abe Rosenstein Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross David and Frumet Sachs Michael and Laurie Saks Josef and Susan Saloman Frank and Annette Santamaria Joseph and Theresa Savoia Karen and Andy Schmitt Ronald and Nina Schmitt Michele Senko John Seramba The Shaughnessy Family Patricia Shiffner Mary Sidorski Dr. Francine E. Sinofsky Lynn Snyder Eugene and Kathleen Soucek Drew and Ronnie Staffenberg Elaine J. Staley John and Alexis Stashkevetch Mary Steever Ann Stewart Stephanie and Nana Barbara J. Stone Fred & Susan Stucker Karol Tariska Michael Taylor Julia Temple Gary and Helene Tinkel Dr. Barbara A. Tocco Vincent Tseng Dalia I. Ubinas Susan Uhl Blanquita B. Valenti Mr. and Mrs. Gus Vang Lisa Vaz Eric and Suzanne Westberg Edward Wilkens Dean Wilson Douglas Wilson John and Harriet Worobey Karen Yackanin Gabriel and Donna Yandoli Judith Zone The Zych Family

THE ENCORE SOCIETY State Theatre New Jerseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Encore Society honors those who believe in our mission and support us by including The State in their will, as a beneficiary of an IRA, retirement plan, or insurance policy, or by creating a charitable trust or other planned gift. We thank the following individuals for their vision and continued support. Connie S. Breech Gerald P. Campagna Alisson Canavera Andrew Chen and Heidi Mass Stephan DeMicco and Jeanne M. Fox Scott and Barbra Fergang John and Jeanne Fitzgerald

Friend of The State Doug and Diane Garback Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Harkins Bill Herman Richard and Larisa Leist Andrew J. Markey Kenneth G. and Jennifer J. Osterman

Laura L Rothkopf Irving and Claire Sinai Ms. Robin E. Suydam Linda Van Derveer May Van Norman Warren and Wendy Zimmerman

ENDOWMENTS Endowment guarantees financial stability by providing reliable income, year after year, to support State Theatre New Jerseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs, and is thus the perfect charitable investment opportunity for the donor who wishes to ensure permanence and excellence. Following are our endowed funds of $50,000 or more: Regina and John Heldrich Symphony Endowed Fund Betty Wold Johnson Endowed Fund J. Seward Johnson, Sr. 1963 Charitable Trust Endowed Fund

Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust Endowed Fund David Lloyd Kreeger Endowed Fund The New Jersey Cultural Trust Fund George F. Smith Charitable Trust

Endowed Fund Barbara B. Voorhees Symphony Endowed Fund Donna and Jack Walcott Symphony Endowed Fund

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Donor Advised Funds are the fastest-growing giving method and tax-efficient way to manage your charitable donations. Make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend grants from the fund over time. Visit STNJ.org/support/donor-advised-funds to learn more.

EMPLOYER MATCHING GIFT PROGRAMS Multiply the impact of your contribution through employer matching programs. Matching gifts count towards your membership level giving you maximum benefits. Visit STNJ.org/support/matching-gifts to see if your company participates.

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FAMILY OF DONORS! Members sustain our artistic programming and community outreach while receiving special privileges like advanced ticketing before the general public, invitations to behind-the-scenes events, exclusive Boraie Lounge access, artist Meet-and-Greets, show underwriting, and so much more! For more information on how to become a member, or the many other ways you can support State Theatre New Jersey, please visit STNJ.org/Donate. 77

GENERAL INFORMATION GUEST SERVICES: 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Information & Tickets: 732-246-SHOW (7469) Broadway Season Ticket Concierge: 732-247-7200, ext. 555 Fax: 732-745-5653 Guest Services Hours: Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm; Sat: 1pm-5pm; Sun: Closed unless there is a performance. On weekends, State Theatre Guest Services is open at least 3 hours prior to any performance we ticket. For all performances we ticket, Guest Services is open at least one half hour past curtain and open through first intermission, when applicable. ORDER ONLINE 24/7: STNJ.org FIRE NOTICE: The red exit sign nearest to your seat indicates the shortest routes to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please do not run—walk to the nearest exit. LOST AND FOUND: If you discover that you have lost something during the performance, please contact the Director of Event Services in the lobby or call the theater at 732-246-7469. CELL PHONES/CAMERAS: Please note that ipads, go pros, selfie sticks, tripods, monopods, cameras with detachable lens and recording devices are not permitted in the theater at any time. Guests who do not adhere are subject to ejection without a refund.

THEATER POLICIES: Guests who arrive after a performance has begun will be seated at the discretion of the Theater Manager during an appropriate break in the performance. Please note this may not be until intermission, so guests should always plan to arrive early. Guests who must leave the theater during a performance are encouraged to do so during a break in the performance, and are subject to being held in the lobby until another suitable performance break. Please be sure to have your ticket on you at all times. If you do not have a ticket to show you will be asked to leave. Food and drink are allowed in the theater for most performances, check with an usher before entering the theater. Outside food and drinks are strictly prohibited from entering the theater. Smoking and vaping is strictly prohibited in all areas of the theater. State Theatre New Jersey has a zero tolerance policy regarding aggressive or abusive behavior at any time at State Theatre. Guests who engage in fighting, throwing objects, using foul/abusive language or gestures, attempting to enter restricted areas or engaging in other behavior detrimental to the experience of other guests will be immediately ejected from the venue. Please refer to our guest code of conduct at: STNJ.org/your-visit/guest-code-of-conduct

STATE THEATRE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES Only the orchestra level is wheelchair accessible. Patrons can make arrangements for accessible seating through the Ticket Office when purchasing tickets. Listening (infrared) devices are available at coat check. Guests will be asked to leave a driver’s license as a deposit.

Large-print programs are available free of charge for most perform ances. Please request one week in advance: info@stnj.org. Deaf and hearing-impaired patrons may contact the State Theatre through the NJ Relay Service at (TTY) 800-852-7899. If you know someone who loves the arts and would benefit from these services, please share this information.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Scott Fergang CHAIR John S. Fitzgerald VICE CHAIR Richard J. Leist TREASURER Peter Stavrianidis SECRETARY Hiam Boraie Luis De La Hoz Stephan DeMicco Etta Denk Robert J. DiLeo Douglas M. Garback, Sr. Craig J. Guiffre John Harrison Bill Herman Wanda Bryant Hope Farryn Melton Edward Moragas Robin Suydam Matthew Taylor Wendy Wiebalk, Esq. EX OFFICIO MEMBERS The Honorable James M. Cahill, Mayor, City of New Brunswick Ronald G. Rios, Freeholder Director, County of Middlesex ADVISORY COUNCIL Lauren D. Bercik, Esq. Saul Curtis Sharon Cyktor John Gantner Timothy W. Harbison Gabriel Lavigne Andrew J. Markey Richard McDonald Vincent Pungello Ernesto Quinteros James Tignanelli Jill Vitiello Jennifer Zimmer

STAFF ADMINISTRATION Sarah K. Chaplin President & CEO Marlene Canavera u Executive Assistant to the President & CEO EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Lian Farrer 9 Vice President of Education & Community Engagement Erik Stratton Education & Community Engagement Manager FINANCE Susan Levine Chief Financial Officer Patricia Lanza l Accounting Clerk & Volunteer Coordinator Robin Diamond Staff Accountant OPERATIONS Joe Stoltman u Vice President of Theater Operations Bill Riker Project Manager Tim Bailey Z Facility Manager Production Marian Zennie Production Manager Craig Werner 9 Master Electrician, Lighting Designer Willie Weist C Chief Audio Engineer Michael G. Sivetz 9 Master Carpenter Richard Stanek 9 Head Technician

MARKETING, DEVELOPMENT, & GUEST SERVICES Howard Levine Executive Vice President of Marketing and Development Marketing Kelly Blithe C Director of Communications Tracy Furr C Creative Director Jason Paddock u Director of Event Marketing Megan Wall Marketing Assistant Garry Owen l Sales Manager & Ticket Concierge Development Linsey Short Deputy Director of Development Lisa L. Patterson Capital Campaign Director Linda Van Derveer l Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving Leah J. Anglum l Manager of Patron Relations & Development Operations Audrey E. Carmeli Manager of Corporate & Foundation Relations Guest Services Don McKim C Director of Ticketing Services Raymond Dobrovolsky Guest Services Director Alison A. Hegarty l Guest Services Assistant Manager Deb Lemeshow Guest Services Supervisor & Season Ticket Concierge Susan Blumert Z Guest Services Sales Associate State Theatre New Jersey is proud to be associated with the professional technicians of IATSE Local #21

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At right: (From left to right) Jean Finsen, Chairman’s Council Member and former State Theatre Trustee Andy Markey, President’s Council Member and Trustee Wendy Wiebalk, and President’s Council Member and Trustee Robin Suydam. Below left: (From left to right): President’s Council Members Caroline Luckhowec and Robin Suydam. Below right: President’s Council Member Mary Ellen Dundon and Chairman’s Council Member Joey Grinkley.

A LEGEND IN NEW BRUNSWICK The one-and-only Tony Bennett returned to the State Theatre in October for an amazing evening of music. After the show, a few lucky donors had the chance to meet Tony for a quick hello. Show photos by Love Imagery. Above left: Chairman’s Council Member Todd Shamy and guest Marilou Case with Tony Bennett. Below left: Chairman’s Council Member and Vice Chair of the State Theatre’s Board Trustees John Fitzgerald and his wife Jeanne with Tony. 86

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