State Theatre New Jersey Program — Vol 32, Issue 6 by State Theatre New Jersey

PROGRAM VOL. 32, ISSUE 6

MARCH-APRIL 2020

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VOLUME 32, ISSUE 6 | MAR-APR 2020

CONTENTS Calendar......................................................................... 8 History.................................................................................9 A Message from the President & CEO...............13 Celtic Woman........................................................... 15 Golden Oldies Spectacular.................................. 17 Complexions Contemporary Ballet.................. 23 The Play That Goes Wrong.................................. 27 Straight No Chaser................................................. 49 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: In Concert with the NJSO.................................... 53 State Theatre New Jersey Supporters............ 61 General Information.............................................. 66 Board of Trustees & Staff..................................... 67 Sightings at STNJ..................................................... 74

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET — 3/31

MARCH 2020 17 Tue 8pm Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Celtic Woman 7pm Golden Oldies Spectacular featuring 21 Sat Jay and the Americans, BJ Thomas, Lou Christie, Dennis Tufano, and 1910 Fruitgum Company

GOLDEN OLDIES SPECTACULAR — 3/21

23 Mon 10:30am Performance for Schools: Mayhem Poets 24 Tue 10:30am Performance for Schools: Mayhem Poets 31 Tue

8pm Complexions Contemporary Ballet

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STRAIGHT NO CHASER — 4/7

8pm Straight No Chaser—The Open Bar Tour

10 Fri 10:30am, Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party! 2pm, & 5:30pm 11 Sat 10:30am, Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party! 2pm, & 5:30pm 12 Sun 10:30am Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party! & 2:30pm

NEIL SEDAKA — 4/18

18 Sat 5:30pm State Theatre New Jersey Benefit Gala Featuring Neil Sedaka 19 Sun 3pm Star Wars: The Force Awakens In Concert with the NJSO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS — 4/19

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Benefit Gala 2020 featuring NEIL SEDAKA

Celebrate the Golden Age of State Theatre New Jersey SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2020 Join us for a landmark gala celebration and experience State Theatre New Jersey like never before as we transform the beautiful auditorium into a dinner and performance space, with on-stage seated tables for a sumptuous meal and a featured performance by the legendary Neil Sedaka.

For more information about this exciting Gala, visit STNJ.org/Gala or contact Linda Van Derveer at 732-247-7200, ext 594 Lvanderveer@stnj.org.

Honoring

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear Friends,

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State Theatre New Jersey’s 2020 season is in full swing as we approach spring! And with spring, that means that our annual Gala is almost here. State Theatre’s Benefit Gala is a premier New Jersey event and our biggest fundraiser of the year. On Saturday, April 18, this year’s Benefit Gala will transport guests to the glamour and excitement of the Golden Age of the State Theatre! This unique evening will transform our beautiful auditorium into a dinner and performance space, with seated tables on the stage for a sumptuous meal and a featured performance by the legendary Neil Sedaka. We hope that you will consider supporting the State Theatre Benefit Gala. Support from this event helps us provide arts education programs to over 40,000 students, teachers, and families each year, present the finest mainstage artists, and keep ticket prices affordable for everyone. This year we are offering two tiers for Gala tickets, for complete details, visit STNJ.org/Gala. Thank you in advance for your consideration. PHOTOS BY JEFFREY AUGER

I hope you will join us in our commitment to enhancing the quality of life for people of all backgrounds and encouraging a life-long association with the performing arts. Please reach out to the Development Department at 732-247‑7200, ext. 594 or Lvanderveer@stnj.org with any questions. Sincerely,

Sarah K. Chaplin President & CEO

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS JAY AND THE AMERICANS Headlining the concert are Jay and the Americans. The band started with four teenagers singing in Sandy Yaguda’s Brooklyn basement, and they are still going strong today. In 1960, they were signed by the dynamic producer/songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to United Artists, and, starting in 1962, the group charted 12 top 10 records. In 1962, “She Cried” went to #5 on the charts. In 1963, “Only in America” was a hit. In 1964, “Come a Little Bit Closer” went to #2, “Let’s Lock the Door (and Throw Away the Key)” was top 20, and Jay and the Americans were part of The Beatles first American tour, and they played at Carnegie Hall on the Rolling Stones tour. From 1965-1970, their hits included the incomparable “Cara Mia” (#4), “This Magic Moment” (#9),”Some Enchanted Evening,” and “Walkin’ in the Rain.” In 1971, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were the bass and keyboard players in the band before they went on to form Steely Dan. In 1973, the group disbanded, although Jay Black continued to tour and sing their hits. Yaguda directed Beatlemania on Broadway and became A+R Director of ABC Dunhill Records. Marty Kupersmith wrote “Bad Reputation” with Joan Jett. In 2006, Black declared bankruptcy, and the court sold the rights to the “Jay and the Americans” name to founding member Yaguda. The other bidder was Jay Reincke, a Chicago-based singer who had been singing their tunes in his band for decades. Yaguda and Howie Kirchenbaum flew to Chicago to see Reincke perform and were blown away by his vocal prowess, resulting in the last Jay joining Jay and the Americans. Original members Yaguda, Kirchenbaum and Kupersmith, plus Reincke, continue to recreate the authentic, unforgettable sound of their great hits to the delight of their fans. You’ll see why they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002.

BJ THOMAS A multi-dimensional talent, Thomas enjoyed chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s on the pop, adult contemporary, country, Hot 100, and gospel charts. He started singing in the church choir in his hometown near Houston, Texas and continues to perform around the world today. Thomas released his first album in 1966, and his remake of Hank William’s “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” sold over a million copies. He went on the road with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars tour with James Brown, Gene Pitney, and Chad and Jeremy. The release of the hit single, “Hooked on a Feeling,” which featured the sound of an electric sitar, brought Thomas mainstream success and became his second gold record. In 1969, Thomas flew to Los Angeles to record the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song “Raindrops keep Fallin’ on my Head,” featured in the hit movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The song won the Academy® Award for Best Original Song, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and became Thomas’ third gold record. The song has been used in many other movies, including Forrest Gump, The In-Laws, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, and Spider Man 2. Other hits in the 1970s included “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Rock and Roll Lullaby” (featuring Duane Eddy on guitar and famed backup group, The Blossoms), “No Love at All,” “Everybody’s Out of Town,” and “Mighty Clouds of Joy.” In 1975, Thomas released the album Reunion on ABC Records which featured “(Hey, Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” (his second #1 hit and fourth gold record). In 1976, Thomas released his first of several gospel albums, Home Where I Belong, and he became the biggest contemporary Christian artist of the period (he had the first four platinum albums in gospel history). In the 1980s, Thomas had several hits on the country charts, including #1 hits “Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love,” “New Looks for an Old Lover,” and “Two Car Garage” went to #3. He also had a hit, “As Long as we Got Each Other,” the theme song of tv’s hit series Growing Pains which was re-recorded as a duet with Jennifer Wa-

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rens. Thomas has also written two books, including his autobiography, Home Where I Belong, starred in the movies Jory, Jake’s Corner, and his voice and music been featured in commercials for Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Bell Telephone. His career achievements are impressive: two platinum and 11 gold records, winner of five Grammy® Awards and two Dove Awards (gospel), 15 pop hits, 10 top 40 country hits, and 70 million albums sold. LOU CHRISTIE “Lighting” Lou Christie is renowned for his soaring falsetto vocal process, which has not diminished with age; Christie is a charismatic showman. Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco grew up in suburban Pittsburgh. In high school, he studied music and voice and was the student conductor of the choir. At age 15, he began a songwriting collaboration with classically trained Twyla Herbert, almost 30 years his senior. Most hit makers of the era did not write their own songs, so Christie was a pioneer. After high school, he moved to New York City and worked as a studio session vocalist. In

1962, Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons were very popular, so Christie took advantage of his falsetto range on his first hit, “The Gypsy Cried” and the follow up, “Two Faces Have I” (#6 on the Billboard charts). Still a teenager himself, Christie became a teen idol, appearing many times on Where the Action Is and American Bandstand and toured with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars. After two years in the Army, Christie signed with MGM and released his signature #1 hit, “Lightning Strikes,” which reached the top of the charts in the U.S., Canada, and was a U.K. hit on his 23rd birthday. “Rhapsody in the Rain,” inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, was banned from many radio stations due to suggestive lyrics but was still a big hit. In the late 60s, Christie signed with Buddah Records and scored a top 10 hit with “I’m Gonna Make you Mine,” which was his highest ranking U.K. hit (#2). In the early 1970s, Christie moved to London. He performed for Queen Elizabeth, married U.K. beauty queen Francesca Winfield, and Elton John was his piano player. In 1974,

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Christie had his only hit that didn’t feature his falsetto, “Beyond the Blue Horizon,” used in the movies Monte Carlo and Rain Man. DENNIS TUFANO Dennis Tufano was the original lead singer of The Buckinghams. Born in Chicago, Tufano inherited his musical talents from his father, a singer who also played violin, sax, and harmonica. The Buckinghams had a string of hits, including the #1 smash “Kind of a Drag.” Other hits include “Don’t You Care,” “Hey Baby, They’re Playing our Song,” “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” and “Susan.” A true Renaissance man, Tufano spent his years in Los Angeles as an actor, voiceover artist, stuntman, producer, and co-founder of the renowned improv voice-ensemble LA MadDogs. He also toured with Olivia Newton-John, performing duets on such songs as “Suddenly” and “You’re the One

That I Want.” Part of his show is a tribute to one of his hero’s, Bobby Darin. 1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY Opening the show will be New Jersey’s own 1910 Fruitgum Company. They defined “bubble gum pop” in the 60s. Their hits included “Simon Says” (#4 U.S./#2 U.K. charts), “1,2,3 Red Light (#5), and “Indian Giver” (#5). All three gold records sold over a million copies (“Simon Says” sold almost five million). Their other hit was “May I take a Giant Step.” Led by original lead singer Frank Jeckell, they are a fun, exciting way to open the Golden Oldies Spectacular.

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STATE THEATRE NEW JERSEY PRESENTS

CONTEMPORARY BALLET TUE, MARCH 31, 2020 AT 8PM FOUNDING ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER Dwight Rhoden ARTISTIC ADVISORS Carmen de Lavallade & Sarita Allen GENERAL MANAGER Sumaya Jackson REHEARSAL DIRECTORS Natiya Kezevadze, Meg Paul, Ginger Thatcher COMPANY REPETITEUR Clifford Williams TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER Michael Korsch RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER Christine Darch PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Luis Enrique Santiago ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Christina Dooling, Gary W. Jeter II, Christina Johnson, Jae Man Joo, Natiya Kezevadze, Terk Lewis, Clifford Williams THE COMPANY Jared Brunson, Jillian Davis, Thomas Dilley, Vincenzo Di Primo, Craig Dionne, Larissa Gerszke, Brandon Gray, Maxfield Haynes, Tatiana Melendez, Khayr Muhammad, Daniela Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil, Simon Plant, Miguel Solano, Tim Stickney, Eriko Sugimura, Candy Tong, Megan Yamashita Apprentice: April Watson Trainees: Jacopo Calvo, Aidan Wolf UNDERWRITTEN BY

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COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET

PROGRAM BACH 25 Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch Costumes Design by: Christine Darch Performed by: The Company Reverence, Celebration, Moxie. —Intermission— STAR DUST A Ballet Tribute to David Bowie Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden Music by David Bowie Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch Costumes Design by: Christine Darch Performed by The Company I. LAZARUS (Blackstar album 2016) Brandon Gray & The Company II. CHANGES (Hunky Dory album 1971) Craig Dionne & The Company III. LIFE ON MARS (Hunky Dory album 1971) Jared Brunson & The Company IV. SPACE ODDITY (Space Oddity album 1969) Maxfield Haynes & The Company V. 1984 (Diamond Dogs album 1974) Tim Stickney & The Company VI. HEROES (Heroes album 1977) Sung by Peter Gabriel Jillian Davis, Craig Dionne, Khayr Muhammad, Tatiana Melendez, Miguel Solano VII. MODERN LOVE (Let’s Dance album 1983) Miguel Solano & The Company VIII. ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars album 1972) Simon Plant & The Company IX. YOUNG AMERICANS (Young Americans album 1975) The Company

STAR DUST is the first installment of a full evening length Ballet tribute to the genre bending innovation of one of the prolific Rock Stars of our time—DAVID BOWIE. This Ballet takes an array of his hits and lays a visual imprint, inspired by his unique personas and his restless invention

artistically—to create a Rock Opera style production in his honor. With Bowie’s 40+ year career and 25 albums, that stretch across musical borders—STAR DUST pays homage to the iconic and Chameleonic spirit of what can only be described as... BOWIE. * STAR DUST was generously commissioned by Detroit’s Music Hall. Special Thanks to Vince Paul Music credits: “Warszawa” Written by David Bowie & Brian Eno; Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc EMI Music Publishing Ltd “Lazarus” Written by David Bowie; Publishers: Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc. “Changes” Written by David Bowie; Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd “Life on Mars?” Written by David Bowie; Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd “1984” Written by David Bowie; Published by Jones Music America (ASCAP) administered by ARZO Publishing; Bewlay Brothers Music; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd “Heroes” Written by David Bowie & Brian Eno; Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd “Modern Love” Written by David Bowie; Published by Jones Music America (ASCAP) administered by ARZO Publishing “Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide” Written by David Bowie; Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd “The Young Americans” Written by David Bowie; Published by Jones Music America (ASCAP) administered by ARZO Publishing; Bewlay Brothers Music; EMI Music Publishing Ltd; BMG Blue (BMI) obo Chrysalis Music Ltd

ABOUT THE COMPANY Hailed as a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Complexions Contemporary Ballet transcends dance tradition through a groundbreaking approach to the art. Founded in 1994 by master choreographer Dwight Rhoden and the legendary Desmond Richardson, Complexions’ foremost innovation is to remove boundaries, not reinforce them. The company blends methods, styles, and cultures from across the globe, and the result is a continually evolving form of dance that reflects the movement

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of our world—and all its cultures—as an interrelated whole. Complexions’ artistic directors and company members teach master classes around the world to dancers of all levels, bringing the company’s inventive vision of human movement to five continents, over 20 countries and over 20 million television viewers. The company has also performed at major dance festivals throughout Europe. These include Italy’s Festival of Dance; France’s Isle De Dance Festival and Maison De La Dance Festival; the Holland Dance Festival; Switzerland’s Steps International Dance Festival; Poland’s kódź Biennale, Warsaw Ballet Festival and Kraków Spring Ballet Festival; and Spain’s Dance Festival of Canary Islands. Complexions has toured extensively throughout the Baltic Regions, Korea, Brazil, Japan, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Israel, Russia, New Zealand, Bermuda, Serbia, Jamaica, and Australia. Complexions has received The New York Time’s Critics’ Choice Award, among numerous other awards. It has appeared in theaters across the U.S., including the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New Victory Theater (New York City), the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (New Orleans), Paramount Theatre (Seattle), The Music Center (Los Angeles), Winspear Opera House (Dallas), Cutler Majestic Theatre (Boston), the Music Hall (Detroit), and the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.) as part of the 2017 Ballet Across America. Prominent theaters abroad that have hosted Complexions include the Bolshoi Theatre, the Kremlin Theatre (Moscow), The Mikhailovsky Theater (St. Petersburg), and the Melbourne

Arts Center. In the 26 years since its inception, the company has born witness to a world that is becoming more fluid, more changeable, and more culturally interconnected than ever before. Today, Complexions represents one of the most recognized and respected performing arts brands in the world. It is poised to continue its mission of bringing unity to the world, one dance at a time. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS With the invention of their patented dance methodology, Nique, Rhoden and Richardson have innovated the contemporary ballet genre and have created a new platform for contemporary dance. Staffed with elite level current and former professional dancers, as well as top dance educators and guest instructors, the company’s educational programs guide students like no other, in developing the complete dancer. Dancers are pushed to achieve their full artistic potential with classes in a variety of techniques including classical ballet, contemporary techniques, modern, jazz, improvisation, hip-hop, as well as Nique, our proprietary contemporary ballet technique. Participants experience techniques designed to cultivate and develop strong, well-trained dancers with an emphasis on producing artists with the versatility that will allow them to be competitive in any arena of dance. For more information visit www.complexionsacademy.com Artists Representative Margaret Selby SELBY/ARTISTS MGMT 212-382-3260 mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com

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APRIL 2-4, 2020

THE CORNLEY UNIVERSITY DRAMA SOCIETY PRESENTS

CAST INSPECTOR CARTER – CHRIS BEAN CHARLES HAVERSHAM – JONATHAN HARRIS THOMAS COLLEYMOORE – ROBERT GROVE PERKINS – DENNIS TYDE FLORENCE COLLEYMOORE – SANDRA WILKINSON CECIL HAVERSHAM – MAX BENNETT ARTHUR THE GARDENER – MAX BENNETT

CREATIVE WRITER – SUSIE H.K. BRIDESWELL PRODUCER – WAYNE BLEXT DIRECTOR – CHRIS BEAN DESIGNER – CHRIS BEAN COSTUME DESIGNER – CHRIS BEAN PROP MAKER – CHRIS BEAN BOX OFFICE MANAGER – CHRIS BEAN PRESS & PR – CHRIS BEAN DRAMATURGY – CHRIS BEAN VOICE COACH – CHRIS BEAN DIALECT COACH – CHRIS BEAN FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER – CHRIS BEAN REHEARSAL ROLE ‘MR FITZROY’ – CHRIS BEAN STAGE MANAGER – ANNIE TWILLOIL LIGHTING & SOUND OPERATOR – TREVOR WATSON THIS PRODUCTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE BRITISH-AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM 28

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THE PRESIDENT Hello and welcome to The Murder at Haversham Manor. We are thrilled that the Cornley University Drama Society is performing in the USA. We can only apologise to those involved in the production of Equus originally scheduled for this week, which due to a clerical error, is now being performed in the Cornley University Gymnasium. We hope there are no hard feelings and we’ve left the vaulting horse out for you. The question everyone at Cornley has been asking is: are we ready for a venue of this size? The answer is “yes.” The cast and I rehearsed for weeks using only the best acting teachings to inspire us. We read that Sanford Meisner once said, “Acting is behaving truthfully,” so we immediately changed all the names in the play to our own names and cut the murder, the manor house setting and any other element that we hadn’t personally experienced. We then found the piece rather flat, and it only ran at 17 minutes. So we went back to the Meisner book and we realized the full quote was in fact: “Acting is behaving truthfully... under imaginary circumstances,” so we reinstated the cuts and we were then quickly back on track. We found the teachings of Michael Chekhov less confusing. He says, “An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.” So that evening it was vindaloos all round at the Sunam Balti House on Cornley High Street. However, try as we did to not react to our burning insides, it was certainly noticeable that we were all in significant discomfort, which just goes to show how tough acting can be. At the end of the evening, Dennis was actually sick in the restaurant bathrooms. We always knew he was one of the weaker actors. All this hard work and preparation has left us with an ensemble piece that has achieved such critical acclaim as “VERY INTERESTING” from Mr. Harwood, esteemed head of Design Technology at Cornley University, and “RATHER UNSETTLING” from real-life police chief Mr. Greaves of the Cornley Volunteer Police Force. I’m sure that with a full audience, the piece will truly bring down the house.

CHRIS BEAN

President of the Cornley University Drama Society & Director of The Murder at Haversham Manor

CHRIS BEAN

MAX BENNETT

INSPECTOR CARTER & DIRECTOR

CECIL HAVERSHAM

Touring debut! Chris is the newly elected head of the Drama Society. For tonight’s show, he served as the voice coach, dialect coach, fight choreographer, casting director and costume designer. He also plays the lead role and, of course, directed. The Society would like to thank Chris for his remarkable passion and efforts. Credits within the University: Hamlet in Hamlet, Macbeth in Macbeth and Othello in Othello.

Touring debut! Max is in his first year at Cornley University where he is studying human geography and crime. He is an avid fan of films, and his favourite is The Legend of Bagger Vance, which he’s seen 27 times. This is Max’s first production with the Drama Society, and he is very glad to have donated a large portion of his recent inheritance to help the show reach Broadway.

DENNIS TYDE PERKINS

ROBERT GROVE THOMAS COLLEYMOORE

Touring debut! A member of the Cornley Drama Society for three years, Robert uses the Stanislavsky method. Credits include Lame Horse in Black Beauty , Victorian Policeman in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horror – Live!, Dopey in Snow White and The Tall Broad Gentlemen and Augustus Gloop in Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Robert’s next performance will be as Godot in a newly self-written sequel to Beckett’s classic.

Touring debut! After failing the tryouts for the football, c r i c ke t , v o l l e y b a l l a n d basketball teams, Dennis decided to join the Drama Society. Dennis does not live in the Cornley halls of residence and commutes in daily from his parents’ house. He hopes the Society will give him the chance to meet like-minded people. Dennis’ only stage credit dates back to 1995 when he appeared in his primary school nativity. Credit: Shepherd.

ANNIE TWILLOIL STAGE MANAGER

JONATHAN HARRIS CHARLES HAVERSHAM

Touring debut! Jonathan works as a model and is therefore excited to learn t ra n s f e r ra b l e s k i l l s by appearing in The Murder at Haversham Manor . He is no stranger to acting and appeared in Casualty when he was just 5 years old. Jonathan also performed with Emote, another local theater company, in A Midsummer Night’s Stamina, which featured a cast of 14 pedalling exercise bikes for the full two-hour performance.

SANDRA WILKINSON FLORENCE COLLEYMOORE

Touring debut! This is Sandra’s 11th season with the Cornley University Drama Society, during which she has proudly performed roles such as Snow White in Snow White and The Tall Broad Gentlemen, Virginia Woolf in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Cow in Jack and the Bean. Sandra has been performing from a very young age, since her mother appeared in A Winter’s Tale pregnant. 30

Touring debut! The unsung hero of the Society, Annie has designed, built, painted, stage managed and costumed every single Society show in the last three years. Her hard work and dogged determination behind-the-scenes lies behind so much of the Society’s success. After The Murder at Haversham Manor, Annie will begin an internship at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

TREVOR WATSON LIGHTING & SOUND OPERATOR

Touring debut! Trevor is only participating in The Murder at Haversham Manor to earn much needed extra credit for his electronics module in order to pass his engineering course at Cornley University. Once he has passed the course, he will not continue to work with the Drama Society. Trevor credits his success to his sunny disposition and his positive outlook on life.

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APRIL 2-4, 2020

KEVIN McCOLLUM J.J. ABRAMS KENNY WAX STAGE PRESENCE LTD. CATHERINE SCHREIBER KEN DAVENPORT DOUBLE GEMINI PRODUCTIONS/deROY BRUNISH DAMIAN ARNOLD/TC BEECH GREENLEAF PRODUCTIONS/BARD ROTH MARTIAN ENTERTAINMENT/JACK LANE/JOHN YONOVER LUCAS McMAHON PRESENT

A MISCHIEF THEATRE PRODUCTION OF

BY HENRY LEWIS, JONATHAN SAYER AND HENRY SHIELDS STARRING

RYAN VINCENT ANDERSON TODD BUONOPANE CHRIS FRENCH JACQUELINE JARROLD ASHLEY D. KELLEY CHRIS LANCELEY ADAM PETHERBRIDGE MICHAEL THATCHER BROCK BIVENS SHELLEY FORT JEMMA JANE CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY

SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

NIGEL HOOK

ROBERTO SURACE

RIC MOUNTJOY

SOUND DESIGN

ORIGINAL MUSIC

ANDREW JOHNSON

ROB FALCONER

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

UK PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

MICHAEL DANEK

JOHN EDKINS

DIGBY ROBINSON

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

MARKETING SERVICES

THEATER MATTERS JOHN E. GENDRON

BD PRODUCTIONS

TOUR MARKETING & PRESS

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

ALLIED TOURING

THE BOOKING GROUP

TOUR DIRECTED BY

MATT DiCARLO ORIGINAL BROADWAY DIRECTION BY

MARK BELL

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED BY MISCHIEF THEATRE AT THE OLD RED LION THEATRE, LONDON. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAMIEN DEVINE, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR NICK THOMPSON

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CAST (in order of appearance) Trevor.........................................................................................................RYAN VINCENT ANDERSON Chris............................................................................................................................CHRIS LANCELEY Jonathan..........................................................................................................................CHRIS FRENCH Robert................................................................................................................... MICHAEL THATCHER Dennis..................................................................................................................... TODD BUONOPANE Sandra.................................................................................................................JACQUELINE JARROLD Max..................................................................................................................... ADAM PETHERBRIDGE Annie........................................................................................................................ ASHLEY D. KELLEY UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. for Trevor—BROCK BIVENS, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Chris—BROCK BIVENS, CHRIS FRENCH for Jonathan—BROCK BIVENS, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Robert—CHRIS FRENCH, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Dennis and Max—BROCK BIVENS, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Sandra and Annie—SHELLEY FORT, JEMMA JANE Jemma Jane is appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association

THERE WILL BE ONE 20- MINUTE INTERMISSION.

RYAN VINCENT ANDERSON

TODD BUONOPANE

CHRIS FRENCH

JACQUELINE JARROLD

ASHLEY D. KELLEY

CHRIS LANCELEY

ADAM PETHERBRIDGE

MICHAEL THATCHER

BROCK BIVENS

SHELLEY FORT

JEMMA JANE

CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST RYAN VINCENT ANDERSON (Trevor). Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong (New World Stages), Scissoring (INTAR Theatre), We Live Here (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Marin Theatre Company, PCPA, L.A. Theatre Works, TheatreSquared, Portland Center Stage, Antaeus Theatre Company, and others. TV: Law & Order: SVU (NBC), The Sinner (USA), FBI (CBS), Scandal (ABC). M.F.A. from CalArts. RyanVAnderson.com. T O D D B U O N O P A N E (Dennis). Broadway: Cinderella, Grease, Chicago, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. OffBroadway: The Butter and Egg Man, Henry and Mudge, The New Yorkers at Encores! TV credits include Kimmy Schmidt, Braindead, Law & Order: CI, Grey’s Anatomy, and 30 Rock (as Weinerslav). Bunopane is a Michigan grad and a councillor of Actors’ Equity. More at ToddBuonopane.com. CHRIS FRENCH (Jonathan). NYC: The Greenwich Village Follies, Dawn, Simon Dawes Becomes a Planet. Select regional: Assassins (Booth), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig), The Three Musketeers (Porthos), Romeo and Juliet (Nurse/Tybalt/Benvolio). Training: UNCSA. Thanks to this incredible team, and to his family and friends for their undying support. Instagram: @papafrench. J A C Q U E L I N E J A R R O L D (Sandra). Broadway: The Cherry Orchard. First national tour: The Play That Goes Wrong. Regional: Shakespeare Theatre Company of DC (Measure for Measure, Coriolanus, Wallenstein, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Training: Northwestern University. Back in New York, Jarrold makes her artistic home with AmiosNYC. Proud AEA. JacquelineJarrold.com. Instagram: @JacquiJarrold. A S H L E Y D. K E L L E Y (Annie). OffBroadway: Eve’s Song (The Public Theater, Dir: Jo Bonney), Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons, Dir: Robert O’Hara). Regional: An Act of God (Bucks County Playhouse), Dorothy in The Wiz (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). TV: Recurring on

Insatiable (Netflix), Luke Cage (Netflix). Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Bella. C H R I S L A N C E L E Y (Chris). Born in Liverpool, England. Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, The Bad and the Better. Off-West End: Henry V, The Band. TV: FBI, Blue Bloods. Training: AADA, National Youth Theatre (UK). Lanceley would like to extend much love and gratitude to his Dad, Nan, Kim, Jenny, and his late Mum for always supporting him. Instagram and Twitter: @LanceleyOnStage. A D A M P E T H E R B R I D G E (Max). OffBroadway: Irish Repertory Theatre (Lortel nom., Best Revival), In the Secret Sea, The Enlightenment of Mr. Mole. Regional: Palm Beach Dramaworks (nom., Best Actor), St. Michael’s, Depot Theatre. Graduate of the Actors Studio Drama School and Kenyon College. “Endless thanks and love to Anna, family, friends and teachers.” Instagram: @Adam.Petherbridge. M I C H A E L T H A T C H E R (Robert). Broadway: TPTGW. Off-Broadway: Julius Caesar (NYSF), The Time Machine (NYMF), Titan Theatre Company. National tours: TPTGW (first national), Guys and Dolls. Select regional: Utah Shakespeare, Texas Shakespeare, Virginia Shakespeare, Sacramento Music Circus. TV: Quantico (ABC). M.F.A. University of Houston. “Constantly grateful for the love and support of my family!” Instagram: @thatched44. B R O C K B I V E N S (Understudy). New York/Regional: Bubble Boy (N.Y. premiere), Williamstown Theatre Festival, SITI Company, American Songbook at Lincoln Center, Broadway Rose Theatre Co. Training: Emerson College, UCB. “Endless gratitude to The Roster, Stephen Kopel and Mike Miller, the Wrong team and my incredible family. For Jesse.” BrockBivens.com. @BrockBiv. S H E L L E Y F O R T (Understudy) New York: La MaMa. Regional: The Mountaintop (Camae), Intimate Apparel (Mayme), Pride and Prejudice (Jane), A Christmas Carol (Lucy). TV/ film: Dear Sister @fortsisters, Unicornland. Writing: “miss america,” Auburn Avenue 2018 issue; National Black Theatre (Reading 35

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Series); Quick Silver Summit; The Fire This Time Festival. B.A. Kenyon College. M.F.A. Brown/Trinity Rep. ShelleyFort.com. @shelleyfort. J E M M A J A N E (Understudy). Born in England, raised in Australia, and based in New York. U.S. theater credits: Bullets Over Broadway first national tour (Olive) and Bullets Over Broadway at Ogunquit Playhouse (Olive). Overseas credits: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Cabaret (Texas), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), Miss Saigon, and Rent. Jane can’t wait to spend a year making sure things go right on the road. CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY (Understudy). Regional credits: Love’s Labours Lost, Henry IV, I Hate Hamlet (Advice to the Players); God of Carnage (Newton Nomadic Theater); Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Tartuffe (Shakespeare & Company). Education: B.A. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Training: Shakespeare & Company, The Barrow Group. ConorMoroney. com. Instagram: @csmoroney.

HENRY LEWIS (Co-Author) is an Olivier Award-winning writer, actor and is the artistic director of Mischief Theatre. Lewis trained at LAMDA. His recent credits include writer and actor for The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway, West End and U.K./international tour—winner of Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2015 and What’s On Stage Awards 2014), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC1, West End/U.K. tour/Pleasance London— nominated for Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2016), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (West End—nominated for Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2017). Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC1), Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Keep It in the Family (ITV), Mischief Movie Night (West End/ U.K. tour—nominated for Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2018), actor and producer for Mercury Fur (Trafalgar Studios—nominated for Best Production Off-West End Awards), actor for Beasts & Beauties (Hampstead Theatre) and producer of Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts (Southwark Playhouse—winner of Peter Brook Empty Space Award).

J O N A T H A N S A Y E R (Co-Author). Training: LAMDA. Sayer is an Olivier Awardwinning writer and the company director of Mischief Theatre working as a writer, actor, and producer. Theater includes Mischief Movie Night (Arts Theatre), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (Criterion Theatre), The Play That Goes Wrong (Lyceum Theatre, Broadway run Duchess Theatre, West End run, U.K. and international tour—writer/actor, Olivier Awards and Whats On Stage Awards Best New Comedy), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (U.K. tour and West End—writer/actor), The Nativity Goes Wrong (writer, Mischief Theatre and Reading Rep co-production), Lights! Camera! Improvise! (various venues, actor, improviser, producer, Spirit of the Fringe Award 2013, Best Improv Show Award 2012), and Happy Birthday Simon (Orange Tree, actor). Television includes Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC One, writer/actor/associate producer), The Royal Variety Performance: The Play That Goes Wrong (ITV, writer and actor), Keep It in the Family (writer, ITV), A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC One, writer/actor). Radio includes The Christmas Show That Goes Wrong (BBC radio two). HENRY SHIELDS (Co-Author) trained at LAMDA. He is an award-winning writer and has been a member of Mischief Theatre since 2009. Theater includes The Play That Goes Wrong (writer/actor, winner 2015 Olivier Award and WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (writer/ actor, 2016 Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (actor/writer, 2017 Olivier Award nominee Best New Comedy), Mischief Movie Night (actor, 2018 Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy), The Nativity Goes Wrong (writer), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (writer/actor), and The Busy Body (Southwark Playhouse). Television includes The Royal Variety Performance 2016: The Play That Goes Wrong, Holby City (BBC), Keep It in the Family (ITV), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC), and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC). Shields is currently working on, and developing, a number of new projects. MATT DiCARLO (Tour Director) is overjoyed that things are going Wrong all over

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North America! As the Production Stage Manager, DiCarlo helmed the Broadway production of The Play That Goes Wrong for the first year and a half of its run. He served as the Associate Director for the 2017–2018 national tour of the Tony® Award-winning revival of The Color Purple, which he also stage managed on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Honeymoon in Vegas and Rock of Ages. Regional theater work includes world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse and American Conservatory Theater, and 12 productions at Paper Mill Playhouse. DiCarlo has his B.F.A. from Rutgers University and is on the faculty at SUNY Purchase. He has supervised dozens of events with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Target, and David Stark Design. He is endlessly grateful to the producers of The Play That Goes Wrong and to Mischief Theatre, for giving us the outlet and opportunity to make people laugh. “Love to Joey.” M A R K B E L L (Original Broadway Director). Trained at École Internationale de Théâtre, Jacques Lecoq, and was co-Artistic Director of Liquid Theatre. Liquid shows include If You Were Mine (ACW), Feeding Time (BAC), Endgame (BAC), and Crave (BAC and touring). Directing includes Che Disastro di Commedia (Theatro Greco, Rome); Waiting for Waiting for Godot (St. James Theatre, OffWest End); The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (West End); Ma Este Megbukunk (Central Szinhaz, Budapest); The Play That Goes Wrong (West End); Blue Blood by Anna Jordan (Riverside); The Revenger’s Tragedy (RCSSD, London); A Servant of Two Masters, Scapino (CMU, Pittsburgh); The Snowfall (Etcetera). Bell has taught and directed at LAMDA, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UEA and East 15 acting schools. markbell.info. N I G E L H O O K (Scenic Design) has designed an enormous range of drama, musical and opera productions throughout the U.K., Europe and the Brits OffBroadway (Unsuspecting Susan) season in New York. West End credits: Spread a Little Happiness (Whitehall); Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Wyndhams); Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens (Criterion); Ferry Across the Mersey (Lyric); The Boys in the

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Band (Aldwych); Party and When Pigs Fly (Arts); Forbidden Broadway (Albery); Pageant (Vaudeville); Steptoe and Son (Pinter); and the 2015 Olivier Award-winner for Best New Comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess…still going wrong!). Future productions include the musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder at Oscarsteatrn, Stockholm 2018. ROBERTO SURACE (Costume Design) originates from Melbourne, Australia, where he trained at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), now based in London. The Play That Goes Wrong marks his Broadway debut. West End: The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (Criterion), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo), and The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess). U.K. national tours: The Play That Goes Wrong, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, and Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Off-West End: The Trial of Jane Fonda (Park). International: The Play That Goes Wrong (Budapest, Rome, and Australian tour). TV: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC One). R I C M O U N T J O Y (Lighting Design). Selected designs include The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway, national U.S. tour, West End, also South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong), Uncle Vanya (Theatre Clwyd and Sheffield theaters), Emancipation of Expressionism (Barbican Theatre and BBC TV), Mr. Popper’s Penguins (New Victory, NYC, Seattle, Minneapolis, and West End), world premiere of Karagula by Philip Ridley (Soho Theatre London), What the Ladybird Heard (international touring), Pandemic (Singapore International Festival), The White Whale (an outdoor Moby Dick, Leeds). Relights include The Magic Flute (London Coliseum, English National Opera). ricmountjoy.com.

A N D R E W J O H N S O N (Sound Design). The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (European premiere), Death Takes a Holiday (U.K. premiere), Ragtime, Titanic, TPTGW (West End, Australia, and U.K. tours), Dogfight (European premiere), Catch Me If You Can (European premiere), Girlfriends, The Stripper, The Toxic Avenger, U.K. OffWest End nominations for Best Sound Design for Mack and Mabel, Titanic, and Grand Hotel

(Southwark Playhouse). Johnson is currently a regular sound designer for Charing Cross Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. 2017 shows: The Braille Legacy, Tommy U.K. tour and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. STEPHEN KOPEL, CSA (U.S. Casting). Broadway: Amélie, Sunday in the Park…, She Loves Me, Noises Off, On the Twentieth Century, Violet, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Winslow Boy, The Glass Menagerie, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Harvey, Once, Anything Goes, Brief Encounter, The Scottsboro Boys, Sondheim on Sondheim, Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Kingdom Come, The Robber Bridegroom, Invisible Thread, Indian Ink, The Common Pursuit. Kopel currently serves as casting director for Roundabout Theatre Company and Encores! Off-Center. A L L I E D T O U R I N G (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live events across North America. Current: Bandstand; The Book of Mormon; Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco); Hello, Dolly!; The Hip Hop Nutcracker; Mean Girls; Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live; Rent; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming: Ain’t Too Proud, The Cher Show, Hadestown, Pretty Woman, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tootsie. THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking). Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group has represented 25 Tony® Awardwinning Best Musicals and Plays. Current touring productions include: Hamilton; Anastasia; The Book of Mormon; Come From Away; Dear Evan Hansen; Fiddler on the Roof; Hello, Dolly!; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Mean Girls; My Fair Lady; Rent: The 25th Anniversary Tour; and Waitress. Future productions include: Hadestown, 1776, The Cher Show, Pretty Woman, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Tootsie. M I C H A E L D A N E K(Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining The Play That Goes Wrong tour. Broadway: Chicago, Pippin, Wicked. National tours: Love Never

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Dies, School of Rock, Chicago, Rock of Ages, Dr. Dolittle, Little House on the Prairie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Disney’s High School Musical. Off Broadway: A Christmas Carol, The Fantasticks, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Master Class. European and Asian tours: Grease (performed in German), Evita, West Side Story. The Tokyo, Taiwan, and Korean companies of Chicago. SUZANNE APICELLA (Stage Manager). Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Burn the Floor. National tours: Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, Sweeney Todd. NYC: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (MSG). Regional: Ogunquit, Goodspeed, Engeman, FST, Gateway. “For Joseph and Jacob.” J E S S I C A T R O Y (Assistant Stage Manager) has worked with Alchemation on The Play That Goes Wrong, Motown: The Musical, Something Rotten!, Hand to God, and many regional and developmental productions. B.A. from Fordham University. J O H N E D K I N S (Production Manager). Thirty years with Pittsburgh CLO build-

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ing scenery and Production Supervisor for 25 years. Owner of JE Scenic Technologies, Inc., a theatrical scenic production services and storage company specializing in Broadway traveling productions exhibit and scenic elements. Involved with the Diocese of Pittsburgh for 21 years in development and construction of the Millennium Crèche. The Play That Goes Wrong, An American in Paris (Paris tour), West Side Story, Annie, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Heads the annual Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta. Indiana University graduate. Resides in Pittsburgh with his wife and four sons. JOEL T. HERBST (Company Manager) Go Goslings! D I G B Y R O B I N S O N (U.K. Production Management) has over 30 years experience of production management in both the commercial and subsidized sectors. Recent productions in London’s West End include Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo), The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (Criterion), and Matilda for the Royal

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Shakespeare Company (Cambridge). Current projects include Death of a Salesman (U.K. tour) and Fat Friends The Musical (U.K. tour). K E V I N McC O L L U M (Producer) has received the Tony® Award for Best Musical for In the Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004), and Rent (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. He is currently represented on Broadway with the Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong. He produced Something Rotten! (Broadway, national tour); Hand to God (Broadway, West End); Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West End and national tour); The Drowsy Chaperone in 2006, which won five Tony® Awards; Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La bohème in 2002; [title of show] in 2008; the touring and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; the Off-Broadway hit De La Guarda; the recent hit revival of West Side Story; and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. In 1995, McCollum co-founded the Producing Office, and has since created Alchemation, a theatrical and media producing company committed to new work. McCollum was trained at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and earned his master’s degree in film producing from the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California. In 1995, he received the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Commercial Theatre Producing. J.J. ABRAMS (Producer) is the founder of Bad Robot Productions. A writer, director, and/or producer of television series such as Felicity, Alias, Lost, Castle Rock, and Westworld, and films such as Super 8, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, and Cloverfield franchises. Abrams is currently directing, producing, and co-writing (with Chris Terrio) Star Wars: Episode IX. Abrams and his wife, Katie McGrath, co-CEO of Bad Robot, live in Los Angeles and have three children.

K E N N Y W A X (Producer) is a triple Olivier Award-winning London-based producer, currently serving a three-year term as the President of the Society of London Theatre. His musical Top Hat won three Olivier Awards including Best New Musical from its seven nominations. His production

of Once on This Island won Best New Musical in 1995 from its four nominations and The Play That Goes Wrong won Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards in 2015 and is still playing in the West End, on a U.K. tour and has just been extended on Broadway, where it won a Tony® Award for best set design. Peter Pan Goes Wrong was nominated for an Olivier in 2016 and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery is now into its third year at the Criterion Theatre in London. Wax has just opened a new musical, Six, about Henry VIII’s wives, transferring from the Edinburgh Festival into the West End. Later this year he will present the first staged production of The Worst Witch, based on the books by Jill Murphy. In the U.S. in 2018/19 Wax will present Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Around the World in 80 Days, and Mr Popper’s Penguins. STAGE PRESENCE LTD. (Producer) is delighted to be part of the team presenting Mischief Comedy shows on Broadway and all across the United States. CATHERINE SCHREIBER (Producer) is a two-time Tony® and Olivier winning producer with shows currently in London/ Broadway. Broadway Global Producer of the Year, 2017. Lead Producer: Company (Broadway). Producer: Lehman Trilogy, Inheritance. Lead Producer: King’s Speech (tour) Play That Goes Wrong (Off-Broadway). Lead Producer: Lion, Witch, Wardrobe (U.K.) Producer: Pretty Woman (London). Recent: Lead Producer—Christmas Carol (Broadway). Producer: Network, Pretty Woman. Schreiber brought The Scottsboro Boys to London. Critic’s Circle and Evening Standard Awards. Seven Olivier Nominations. Offie Award: The Life, London. Tony®-winner for Angels in America and Clybourne Park. Olivier Winner for Company. Six Tony® nominations include Fiddler on the Roof, Scottsboro Boys, Next Fair, Peter and the Starcatcher. Five Olivier nominations include Dreamgirls, Show Boat, People Places & Things, Scottsboro Boys. @cschreiberway K E N D A V E N P O R T (Co-Producer). Once on This Island (Tony® Award), Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Groundhog Day, Spring Awakening (Tony® nomination), It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, Godspell, Altar Boyz,

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The Awesome ’80s Prom, Daddy Long Legs, and more. Executive Producer for North America of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group. Created “Be a Broadway Star” board game (available on Amazon), DidHeLikeIt.com and author of the blog TheProducersPerspective.com. LUCAS McMAHON (Producer) is thrilled to help spread Mischief’s brand of mayhem across America! He has worked with Kevin McCollum at Alchemation since 2012. Other credits include The Play That Goes Wrong on Broadway, Something Rotten! (Broadway and national tour), and Hand to God (Broadway and West End). He is a proud alumnus of Northwestern University. He would like to thank his family and friends for letting him believe he is right when is often so wrong. MARTIAN ENTERTAINMENT (Co-Producer) is Gregory Rae, Carl D. White and Tyrus Emory. Credits: The Normal Heart (Tony® Award), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony® Award), and many others. Upcoming: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Loch Ness, Home Street Home. MartianEntertainment.com. J A C K L A N E (Co-Producer). Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher (Tonyr nomination), Fun Home (Tony® Award), The Humans (Tony® Award), The Play That Goes Wrong, and The Prom. Off-Broadway: Shear Madness. Lane is the Executive Producer and co-founder of Stages St. Louis, a 32-year-old regional theater. DOUBLE GEMINI PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Wendy Federman and Carl Moellenberg have collectively garnered 18

Oscars® (that is what they call them, right?). Career highlights: Federman doing the 100yard dash in a long red dress at Radio City on national TV, Moellenberg searching in Thailand for the missing star who ate too much sushi. deROY - BRUNISH (Co-Producer). Jamie deRoy: three Tony® Awards, three Drama Desk, six Outer Critics, two Drama League awards; 41 Broadway, and 33 Off-Broadway shows. TV: 11 Telly Awards. Film: Broadway: The Golden Age Trilogy. Corey Brunish has garnered eight Tony® nominations, two Tony® Awards. Currently: Come from Away. Beautiful is now in its fourth year. “For Jessica.” D A M I A N A R N O L D (Co-Producer) trained at LAMDA for three years. Producing credits: Don’t Dress for Dinner (Chicago and Broadway, two Tony® nominations), Gypsy with Imelda Staunton (West End, Olivier Award), Thark by Ben Travers, Brief Encounter (dir. Emma Rice). Investor: Matilda (Broadway), Blithe Spirit with Angela Lansbury (West End and U.S. tour), Labour of Love (with Martin Freeman), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (West End), The Moderate Soprano by David Hare, The Girl from the North Country (West End). GREENLEAF PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is a Tony®, Drama Desk, and Olivier award-winning company whose recent productions include Dreamgirls West End, Groundhog Day, Matilda The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, and Menopause The Musical, both currently on tour throughout the U.S. They are very proud to be a part of

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the Wrong family. For more information visit greenleafproductions.com. B A R D - R O T H (Co-Producer). Bard Theatricals (Annette Jolles, Jim van Bergen, Laurence Holzman, Lara Holzman, David Stern, Linda Hamil): Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, The Play That Goes Wrong, Fiddler… 2015 (and tour), China Doll, The Scottsboro Boys (and London), The Anarchist, Looped. Dean Roth: Puffs, Be More Chill, Jagged Little Pill, Macbeth (Alan Cumming), Clinton The Musical, and 27 other productions on- and Off-Broadway and in the U.K. J O H N Y O N O V E R (Co-Producer) supported and invested in more than 35 productions on Broadway, in Chicago and London, including Memphis, Dee Snider’s Rock and Roll Christmas (Toronto and Chicago), First Date, and the currently running Dear Evan Hansen and Come from Away. A C T O R S’ E Q U I T Y A S S O C I A T I O N (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity fosters the art of live theater as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks.

STAFF FOR THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG GENERAL MANAGEMENT THEATER MATTERS John E. Gendron Reeve Pierson Susie Brant COMPANY MANAGER Joel Herbst Assistant Company Manager......................Jessica Troy PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT John Edkins U.K. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Digby Robinson TOUR MARKETING & PRESS ALLIED TOURING Marya K. Peters Andrew Damer Jennifer Gallagher Anne Waisanen Scott Praefke Janie Dickerson Hayden Anderson Jessica Cary TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Rich Rundle and Brian Brooks www.thebookinggroup.com U.S. CASTING Stephen Kopel, CSA LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin, Conrad Rippy, Susan Mindell Daniel Watkins, Emily Erstling Production Stage Manager.....................Michael Danek Stage Manager.........................................Suzanne Apicella Assistant Stage Manager...............................Jessica Troy Associate Director........................................... Mark Evans Fight Captain...........................................Michael Thatcher Associate Costume Designer ................Amanda Jenks Assistant Costume Designer............Courtney Irizarry Associate Lighting Designer...... Jeremy Cunningham Associate Lighting Designer...............Wilburn Bonnell Associate Sound Designer................................ Beth Lake Assistant Sound Designer........................... Stephen Dee U.K. Technical Design Consultant...........Alan Bartlett U.K. Production Consultant......................Sacha Brooks Production Carpenter...........................................Jeff Zink Head Carpenter....................................... Jerry VanOrden Assistant Carpenter.............................. Shawn McGinnis Production Sound Supervisor..................... Dillon Cody Head Sound........................... Christopher Mark Walters Production Props....................................... Emiliano Pares Head Props................................................... Dean Burchett U.K. Props Buyer..................................................Jasper Fox Production Electrician..........................Brendan Quigley Head Electrician........................................ Dirk Van Pernis Assistant Electrician..........................................Rose Nuchims Moving Light Programmer..................Chelsea Zalikowski Wardrobe & Hair Supervisor........................Kearney Starr Hair & Wig Stylist....................................... Kaylan Paisley Vocal Coach....................................................... Kate Wilson

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SPECIAL THANKS Nica Burns, Laurence Miller and all at Nimax Theatres. Rachel Williams and the stage management team at the Duchess Theatre, London. Strike Digital, N9 Design, Dragonfly Design, Cambridge Arts Theatre, The Umbrella Rooms, Jonathan Waller, Judith Phillips, Bryony Myers, Charlie Longstaff, Thomas Platt, Martin Thomas, Adam Meggido, Harriet Parsonage, Jenny Wilson, Carla Batten, Mike Hagan, Niall Ransome, Mike Bodie, Harry Kershaw, Joshua Elliott, Julie Jordan, Dylan Emery, Raz Shaw, Janet & David Burke, Suzie Zamit, Lucy Danser, Caroline Jenkins, Julia Worms, Dawn Farrow, Jonathan Maydew, Rodney Cottier, The Old Red Lion, Questors Theatre & LAMDA, Hailey Ferber, Darren DeVerna, Manny and Lani Azenberg, Anton Media Group, Chubb Group MUSIC CREDITS “Girls on Film” Written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, RogerTaylor and John Taylor and per-formed by Duran Duran. Published by Gloucester Place Music Ltd and used by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Appears courtesy of Warner Music Group. “Rio” Written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, RogerTaylor and John Taylor and performed by Duran Duran. Published by Gloucester Place Music Ltd and used by permission of Sony/ ATV Music Publishing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Appears courtesy of Warner Music Group. Production travel & housing by ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING, San Diego, CA 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. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

CREDITS Scenery & automation built by Bay Scenery Ltd. Chandelier by Gothic Gates Ltd. Trick props by PMB Theatre Services Ltd, Russell Beck Studios Ltd, Breakaway Effect Ltd, Karl Evans & Terry Tiffin. Drapes by Chris Claydon Ltd. Upholstery by Claire Sanderson. Portrait artwork by Jane Gibson. Lighting & sound equipment from PRG. Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments. Makeup provided by M·A·C.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST Anywhere in the world, nine dapper gentlemen vocalists saunter across the stage and immediately bring audiences to their feet… They do so with nothing more than microphones in hand, grins ear-to-ear, witty banter on point, and an uncanny ability to belt out holiday staples, R&B smooth jams, and stadium anthems carried by style, swagger, and spirit. For as much as the story of Straight No Chaser belongs to those nine fellas on stage, it also belongs to a devoted community of millions worldwide affectionately dubbed, “Chasers,” who cemented the a cappella collective’s status as an international phenomenon. At the same time, theirs may be the most unlikely and unexpected underdog story in all of music… In 2007, co-founder Randy Stine uncovered a college-era clip of he and nine of his old buddies singing “The 12 Days of Christmas” back in 1998. On a whim, he uploaded it to YouTube, where Atlantic Records Chairman/CEO Craig Kallman watched the video. Blown away by the talent and chemistry of this a cappella anomaly, he hunted the boys down to sign them. Nobody expected such a response—least of all the guys in the video. Throughout the ensuing decade-plus, the group—Stine, Tyler Trepp, Seggie Isho, Michael Luginbill, Walter Chase, Jerome Collins, Charlie Mechling, Steve Morgan, and David Roberts—surpassed a series of remarkable milestones. Their unassuming rise would be highlighted by album sales of 1.6 million in the U.S. alone, ticket sales of 1 million worldwide, 100 million-plus YouTube views, 100 million streams, dozens of major television performances, three PBS specials, collaborations alongside everyone from Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John to Stevie Wonder and Kristen

Bell, and a pair of gold-certified albums, Holiday Spirits and Christmas Cheers. They ushered a cappella into the mainstream, paving the way for pop culture phenoms like The Sing-Off and Pentatonix. Continuing to forge ahead, they ascend to new benchmarks with each move. Annual tours sell out, television shows can’t get enough, and they always defy the odds, not just for a cappella, but for music, at large. That brings us to 2019 when Straight No Chaser commence their next and arguably most exciting “Act”—as not just artists, entertainers, and performers, but founders of SNC Records in partnership with Warner Music Group’s Arts Music Division. Crystallizing this phenomenon, Straight No Chaser now have a launchpad to bring up other likeminded artists and outliers. “You could say this is ‘Act 3’,” affirms Isho. “‘Act 1’ was back in college. ‘Act 2’ was getting back together and getting signed. ‘Act 3’ is taking a little more control of our future and the future of other artists by launching our label. By touring over a decade, we’ve got a community of ‘Chasers’ who have become friends more than fans. They’ve shown us amazing support, and we want to introduce them to more music. Rather than getting on a bus and just going where we’re told, we’re carving out our own path. We have more control of our destiny. We’re ready to keep this spring going as long as we can. It’s almost like our first time doing everything again.” Fittingly, the new chapter begins with the 2019 Open Bar EP and tour of the same name. For the EP, Straight No Chaser reimagined, re-envisioned, and recharged “five songs you’d hear at a bar and the majority of the room would know them,” according Trepp. “We always want people to feel like they’ve been entertained, had fun, and can’t wait to come back and see another show,” Isho leaves off.

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SUN, APRIL 19, 2020 AT 3PM NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS—conductor Feature Film with Orchestra There will be one intermission. A Lucasfilm Ltd. Production A Bad Robot production Starring Harrison Ford Mark Hamill Carrie Fisher Adam Driver

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Music by John Williams

Director of Photography Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC

Visual Effects and Animation by Industrial Light & Magic

Executive Producers Tommy Harper Jason McGatlin

Costume Designer Michael Kaplan

Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, p.g.a., J.J. Abrams, p.g.a., Bryan Burk, p.g.a.

Editors Mary Jo Markey, ACE Maryann Brandon, ACE Production Designers Rick Carter and Darren Gilford

Written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt Directed by J.J. Abrams

In 3D, REAL D 3D and IMAX 3D

Soundtrack Available on Walt Disney Records © 2015 & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. IMAX is a registered trademark of IMAX Corporation Original Motion Picture soundrack available at Disneymusicemporium.com Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner/Chappell Music. All rights reserved.

STAR WARS FILM CONCERT SERIES PRODUCTION CREDITS President, Disney Music Group Ken Bunt SVP/GM, Disney Concerts Chip McLean Supervising Technical Director Alex Levy – Epilogue Media Film Preparation Ramiro Belgardt

Music Preparation Mark Graham Matthew Voogt Joann Kane Music Service Disney Music Library Operations, Disney Concerts Brannon Fells Royd Haston

Business Affairs, Disney Concerts Andranise Baxter Darryl Franklin Gina Lorscheider Business Affairs, Lucasfilm Rhonda Hjort Chris Holm Business Affairs, Warner-Chappell Scott McDowell

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS JOHN WILLIAMS, composer In a career spanning more than five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music for more than 100 films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, Memoirs of a Geisha, Home Alone, and The Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, and The Post. Williams composed themes for four Olympic Games. He served as music director

of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 14 seasons and remains their laureate conductor. Williams has received five Academy Awards® and 52 Oscar® nominations, seven British Academy Awards, 25 Grammys®, four Golden Globes and five Emmys®. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS, conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos has established himself as a dynamic conductor equally at home with opera, symphonic repertoire, film with live orchestra, musical theater and composition. His work has taken him all over the world, where he has conducted the major orchestras of North America, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Philharmonic. In addition to guest conducting, he is music director of the Festival of the Arts BOCA and general director of Chatham Opera. He is also general director of New York Grand Opera. This season includes

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return engagements with the symphonies of Dallas, Detroit, Phoenix, Toronto, San Antonio, Santa Barbara, Hartford, Philadelphia, and San Francisco On Broadway, Kitsopoulos has been music director of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Broadway and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, the Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical revival featuring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis. He was music director of ACT’s production of Weill/ Brecht’s Happy End and made the only English-language recording of the piece.

ABOUT NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Named “a vital, artistically significant musical organization” by The Wall Street Journal, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra embodies that vitality through its statewide presence and critically acclaimed performances, education partnerships and unparalleled access to music and the Orchestra’s superb musicians. Music Director Xian Zhang—a “dynamic podium presence” The New York Times has praised for her “technical abilities, musicianship and maturity”—continues her acclaimed leadership of the NJSO. The Orchestra presents classical, pops, and family programs, as well as outdoor summer concerts and special events. Embracing its

legacy as a statewide orchestra, the NJSO is the resident orchestra of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and regularly performs at State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick, Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, and bergenPAC in Englewood. Partnerships with New Jersey arts organizations, universities, and civic organizations remain a key element of the Orchestra’s statewide identity. In addition to its lauded artistic programming, the NJSO presents a suite of education and community engagement programs that promote meaningful, lifelong engagement with live music. Programs include schooltime Concerts for Young People and the NJSO Youth Orchestras family of student ensembles, led by José Luis Domínguez. NJSO musicians annually perform original chamber music programs at community events in a variety of settings statewide through the NJSO Community Partners program For more information about the NJSO, visit njsymphony.org or email information@njsymphony.org. Tickets are available for purchase by phone at 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476) or on the Orchestra’s website. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s programs are made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, along with many other foundations, corporations and individual donors.

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NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XIAN ZHANG, Music Director, The Jaqua Foundation Chair FIRST VIOLIN Eric Wyrick, Concertmaster, The Donald L. Mulford Chair Brennan Sweet, Associate Concertmaster David Southorn, Assistant Concertmaster Adriana Rosin, Assistant Concertmaster Naomi Youngstein James Tsao Xin Zhao Darryl Kubian SECOND VIOLIN Francine Storck, Principal, The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair Rebekah Johnson, Assistant Principal Debra Biderman Ann Kossakowski John Connelly Susan Gellert* Alexandra Neglia Ming Yang Héctor Falcón

CELLO Jonathan Spitz, Principal, The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman Na-Young Baek, Assistant Principal Sarah Seiver Ted Ackerman Frances Rowell Hyewon Kim Philo Lee Laura Andrade+

HORN Chris Komer, Principal Andrea Menousek Lawrence DiBello Susan Standley Eric Reed

BASS Ha Young Jung, Principal, The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair Alexander Bickard, Assistant Principal Frank Lomolino Jonathan Storck, The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair David Rosi

TROMBONE Charles Baker, Principal Vernon Post Vincent Belford

FLUTE Bart Feller, Principal, The Edda and James Gillen Chair Kathleen Nester

TRUMPET Garth Greenup, Principal, The Amadeus Circle Chair Anderson Romero, Assistant Principal David Larson

TUBA Derek Fenstermacher*, Principal, The Liss Chair TIMPANI Gregory LaRosa, Principal, The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair

VIOLIN Fatima Aaziza Wendy Y. Chen Maya Shiraishi JoAnna Farrer Minji Kwon Bryan Hernandez-Luch Mee Young Paik

PICCOLO Kathleen Nester

PERCUSSION David Fein*, Principal James Musto, Acting Principal

OBOE Robert Ingliss, Principal, The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair Andrew Adelson

PERSONNEL Adria Benjamin, Personnel Manager Naomi Youngstein, Assistant Manager

VIOLA Frank Foerster, Principal, The Margrit McCrane Chair Elzbieta Weyman, Assistant Principal Michael Stewart Christine Terhune Martin Andersen Lucy Corwin Henry Kao Brett Deubner David Blinn

ENGLISH HORN Andrew Adelson

LIBRARIAN Erin Vander Wyst

CLARINET Karl Herman*, Principal, The Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair Pascal Archer, Acting Principal Andrew Lamy

* Leave of absence for the 2019–20 season

E-FLAT CLARINET Andrew Lamy BASSOON Robert Wagner, Principal, The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum Chair Mark Timmerman

+ NJSO Colton Fellow The NJSO uses a system of string rotation. In each string section, members are listed in order of seniority. The musicians and librarians employed by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

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Members of the Chairman’s and President’s Councils enjoyed a wonderful performance by violinist Gabrielle Fink and cellist Dave Eggar, including dinner, at the Annual President’s Council On Stage Evening held September 24, 2019. Photo by Jeffrey Auger.

CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL VISIONARY CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Campbell UNDERWRITER CIRCLE Andrew Chen and Heidi Mass Andrew J. Markey Margrit McCrane Donna and Jack Walcott

DIAMOND CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Omar Boraie Robert and Nadine DiLeo John and Jeanne Fitzgerald Doug and Diane Garback~The Garback Agency Richard and Larisa Leist Farryn Melton

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PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL PLATINUM CIRCLE Howard Appelson, in loving memory of Joan Appelson Isa and Michael Beck Robert and Jane Berry Peter and Nancy Cornell Stephan DeMicco and Jeanne M. Fox Laurence M. Downes Mary Ellen Dundon Judd and Carol Hamlin James A. and Elizabeth E. Hance Ms. Eileen Harkins Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hartnett Carolyn and Dave Horn Joseph Light and Jim Kershner Len Littman The Luckhowec Family Patrick and Mary Ellen Morris Kenneth G. and Jennifer J. Osterman Jaime Raskulinecz and Linda Varas GOLD CIRCLE Anonymous Paul Ashley Bryan Baugh Lauren D. Bercik, Esq. Hiam Boraie and Chris McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Bucca, Jr. Michael and Meredith Bzdak Campbell Family Foundation Deborah and Saul Curtis Russell and Stephanie Deyo E & G Foundation, in memory of George W. & Edith H. DeVoe Mr. and Mrs. John Fischer Mr. Fidel Garcia Thomas and Annette Griffoul Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Harbison Bill Herman 62

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BENEFACTOR Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Abbruzzese Marci and Martin Abschutz Dr. Deborah S. Alexander The Auger Family, in memory of Blanche Auger Barbara Baier, in memory of Ralph and Barbara Voorhees William and Nancy Beachell Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bradley II Richard P. and Joan Burt Jennifer Connolly Richard Cooke Bruce and Robin Corini S. Delp Exceptional Dentistry Staten Island Lian Brooke Farrer Bob and Lynn Fazen James Feeney Bruce Fromer Don and Kelly Gallagher Antoinette Gelmont Russell and Jill Gilkeson Rebecca Greenbaum Ms. Margaret Grove, in memory of Ralph and Barbara Voorhees Robert Haake John T. and Maureen Harrison Juanita M. Hawkins Kevin Hoagland George and Ellen Horowitz Eric and Lisa Jager Cynthia Jankech Jerry and Barbara Judin Lawrence Katz, MD and Joanne Neiderhoffer Mary Ellen Kaulius Wayne and Debi Klokis Ravikanth Kolla and Rani Angel Theresa Lanuto Tom and MaryAnn Lawrence Michael and Suzanne Lindemann Gregg Lipman

Stephanie and Richard Logan John and Diana Lucs Dr. Barry H. Lustig Ann Maher Chris and Lisa Maniaci Richard and Joan McCormick Edward McNamara The Mero Family Carol Miller Carmen and Beth Nastus Susan Ponas Joseph Quinones Jr. Carmen Randazzo Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Roth Dr. Peter J. Schroeck and Dr. Alexander E. Pichugin Drs. Anthony and Rosanne Scriffignano Frederick and Kristen Sharp Matthew Stroh and Christine Clayton-Stroh Peter Tate Angelo J. and Rosalind Valetutto Linda Van Derveer May Van Norman Dan Vickery and Carolyn Myers Bonnie and Jeffrey Viola Camille Walker Walter and Patricia Zatorski Dr. and Mrs. Jeffry Zavotsky PATRON Anonymous (2) John A. Anderson Todd B. Bates Arthur and Barbara Bergman JoAnn Boos Adelaide and Terry Brenner Cabanas Family Gerald P. Campagna Mark and Stephanie Carey Audrey E. Carmeli Kawana Carr Laura A. Cisar and Robert Gowin Allan Ellis, in memory of Sandi Ellis Kelly Fischbein The Freed Family Elizabeth and Louis Garlatti

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PATRONS’ COUNCIL (CONTINUED) FRIEND Anonymous (6) 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 Patricia Blake Sandy Book Mr. and Mrs. Osman Boraie Linda L. Borsuk Phil and Jody Bramson 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 Anthony Casale Jr., in memory of Karen M. Michane Vincent and Francine Catanzaro Hon. and Mrs. Brad Cohen Elizabeth Columbo Jane Conner Joe and Cindy Cooper Ahmed Cooper-Bey Ellen and Cliff Cramer Margaret Cristelli Marie A. Curtis Kristine Dalrymple Lisa DiCenzo and Theresa Marsicovetere Robert and Linda Dour Nancy Duffy Egenton Family Ed Emmer & Tyson Foods Julie and Armando Faria Lois and Mort Farrah Lenore and Harvey Feldman

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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. The Landis Family Sally LaPelosa James Laskey Amy Livingston Barbara and Milton Loeb Patricia Luthy Anne Otterbein Lyman Robert Maher Thomas and Mary Marhevka John Mazzola C. McCormack Doug and Pat McKenzie Deborah Michael Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Miller Peggy Morgan Pabak Mukhopadhyay Mark Murphy Ursula Nasi-Darrow Barbara Nathan 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 Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Prodromo Dr. and Mrs. Norbert Psuty Christopher and Helen Quinn Joanne Ramundo Jo Ann and Tony Razzano Ellen Rebarber Frank Rees Dr. Gregory Reinhard Mr. and Mrs. Jim Richards Robert Rocco Buena Rosenbloom Judy and Abe Rosenstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ross 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

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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 Susan K. Perger

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. 65

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 Jennifer A. Shimek 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

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