2015 Black Hills Playhouse Playbill

2015

70seaso n

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Kill Mock a ingb ird by Book Lee Harper

th anniversary

She

LOVES ME Book by Joe Masteroff Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Music by Jerry Bock

Adapted by Christopher Sergel

Classic Drama June 12-28

Romantic Musical July 3-19

Shrek

Moonlight & Magnolias

THE MUSICAL

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by J Music & Lyrics -Abaire Book Lindsay David

Must-See Musical July 24-August 9

www.BlackHillsPlayhouse.com

by Ron Hutch inson

Dynamic Comedy August 14-23

This is live theatre Actors in 3D creating art before your eyes Each performance unique You see and hear it only once, then it is gone forever Shared with those next to you and the artists Sparking authentic human connections

In our sweet little theatre among the pines Table of Contents Season Calendar.............................5 Artistic/Executive Dir Message......6-7 This Season at a Glance..................9 Sponsors.........................................11 Plays................................................12-19

Company...................................... 21-45 Board of Directors....................... 47 History......................................... 50 Friends of the BHP...................... 52-53

www.BlackHillsPlayhouse.com (605) 255-4141 • (855) 584-4141

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Kids Go Free

Buff Bus

Artist Talks

Pre-Show Music

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DAN WORKMAN - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

LINda anderson - executive director

Dan and Linda build a time machine to discover the secret of the black hills playhouse’s amazing survival and resilience

A POWERFUL FORCE!

What’s the secret?!

An unstoppable

energy!

What’s the secret!?

A wondrous what’s the secret?!?

power!

I’m more confused than ever!

I know! what’s going on with the playhouse all these years?

dan and linda, what you seek is right before your very eyes every time you step on that stage!

thank you everyone it’s so simple!

our

of course !!!

awesome

patrons!

For an incredible 70 years!

Season At A Glance

The P lays

Special Events

To Kill A Mockingbird June 12-28

Celebrate Opening Nights at the BHP

Rated PG-13

To Kill A Mockingbird - Friday, June 12 She Loves Me - Friday, July 3 Shrek the Musical - Friday, July 24 Moonlight & Magnolias - Friday, Aug 14

Written by Harper Lee Adapted by Christopher Sergel

Scout, a young girl in a quiet southern town, is about to experience the dramatic events that will affect the rest of her life. The play centers on the feisty, fearless Scout, race relations in the South and the relationship of Scout’s father, Atticus, with his daughter.

• Picnic & concession offerings • Free Artist Talks 6:30 - 7:10 • Company reception after performance

She Loves Me July 3-19

Fabulous 4th of July Picnic & Show Package

Rated PG

Saturday, July 4 from Noon to 1:30 pm Reservations required!

Call 605- 255-4141 or email tickets@blackhillsplayhouse.com

Book by Joe Masteroff Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Music by Jerry Bock

Feuding employees in a perfumery in Budapest loathe each other and take refuge in romantic pen pal exchanges until they finally realize that they have been writing to each other. With music by the team that created Fiddler on the Roof.

Shrek the Musical July 24-August 9 Book by Jeanine Tesori Music & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire Rated PG Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek!

Moonlight & Magnolias Written by Ron Hutchinson Rated PG-13

August 14-23

If the story that inspired this play hadn’t actually happened, the premise would seem preposterous: Movie producer David O. Selznick locks himself in his office with screenwriter Ben Hecht and director Victor Fleming for five days to write the screenplay for the movie version of Gone with the Wind.

Come out and celebrate the day with the BHP company, family & friends at an old-fashioned picnic before a special matinee performance of She Loves Me. We’ll do the cooking. You relax and enjoy the 4th! What could be better than fried chicken, potato salad, beans, coleslaw, watermelon, cookies and lemonade on the 4th? Yum, Yum!!

SHOW TICKET + PICNIC PACKAGE: $47 adults, $25 kids (18 and under) PICNIC ONLY (season pass holders): $15 adults, $10 kids (18 and under) Advance reservations REQUIRED--seating is limited so get them early! Last year’s picnic sold out.

BHP 70th Anniversary Celebration July 10-12 - Black Hills Playhouse 70th Season Anniversary Reunion - Custer State Park

Black Hills Playhouse alumni are celebrating the 70th season with a reunion in Custer State Park July 10-12. Register online or call 800-655-2586 by June 15th to take advantage of early-bird rates.

Please also consider a donation to the Dennis Holub Limelight Fund in celebration of this milestone season to help the BHP replace the lighting and sound systems.

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Season sponsors help us produce the artistic work on our stage POWDER HOUSE LODGE Experience the tranquility of the Black Hills in our log cabins, motel-style lodging, or our cozy honeymoon cabin, complete with its very own private hot tub. Surrounded by the pine trees and fresh air of the Black Hills, the Powder House is centrally located to all of the attractions you will want to see during your vacation. 10% discount on any meal at any time for BHP Holiday & Buff Pass Holders* *cannot be combined with other offers CUSTER STATE PARK Custer State Park in the Black Hills encompasses 71,000 acres of spectacular terrain and an abundance of wildlife. Within the park, you’ll discover a world of adventure. Bring your family and let yourself run wild! The park includes lodges at Sylvan Lake, Legion Lake, Blue Bell and the State Game Lodge. Each resort has its own flavor, ranging from the stately Game Lodge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, to the mini dude ranch at Blue Bell.

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Inspiring: Education Sponsors..

Support programs, outreach and partnerships which make theatre accessible for young people such as BankWest Kids & Teens Go Free nights, youth field trips to the BHP and Dakota Players touring children’s theatre company.

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Exceptional customer service means not only remaining true to BankWest values and delivering on promises, but also going above and beyond customer expectations to meet their unique needs. BankWest is the major sponsor of the BankWest Kids Go Free to the BHP program.

BankWest Kids & Teens Go Free Performances

Inspiring the next generation! 2 kids (18 & under) may attend for FREE with one paid adult through this popular program which makes theatre more affordable.

To Kill A Mockingbird Saturday, June 13 Wednesday Evening, June 17

Shrek the Musical Saturday, July 25 Wednesday Evening, July 29

She Loves Me Saturday, July 11 Wednesday Evening, July 15

Moonlight & Magnolias Saturday, August 15

KAREN & GERALD BALDWIN

First National Bank Costume Sponsor

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Classic Drama

To

Kill Mock a ingb ird by Book Lee r e p r a H

Adapted by Christopher Sergel

June 12-28 A story set in the past, but relevant today Told as a memory of the summer of 1935, the years are bridged by the presence of an adult Scout, a narrator who quotes indelible passages from Lee’s novel. The moral center of the piece is Atticus Finch (Dan Workman), the widowed lawyer who defends a doomed, innocent black man, Tom (Manning Goldman), who is accused of raping white-trash teenager Mayella (Claire Avery), whose wounds may well have been inflicted by her own hideous father Bob Ewell (Jacob J. Roman).

Every word Atticus utters has been filtered through the rose-colored memory of an adoring daughter.

He’s a man whose stature has grown larger than life in the years since his 10-year-old girl has grown into a 50-year-old woman.

Atticus is a great man for his principles. He’s a great father because he looks his children in the eye, and he answers every question they pose to him with blunt forthrightness. But Atticus has a moral journey to take of his own, and it culminates with the epiphany that there are times when the kindest thing an honest parent can do for his children is not to tell them the truth.

As we reflect on race relations in our country, both historical and present day, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird encourages us as people to be better and do better.

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Rated Pg-13

Director’s Notes

Two Acts One 15-min Intermission

When the novel was first published in 1960, it was a New York Times bestseller for more than eighty weeks. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961, and the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus won three Academy Awards. It has been translated into dozens of languages, been read by tens of millions of people, and is still required reading in many schools around the world.

While set in 1935, the book is very much a reflection of the era in which it was written. In 1961, the nation was struggling over civil rights and Lee’s message, told in particular through the narratives of Scout and Atticus Finch, was deeply rational and impactful. In fact, a national Survey of Lifetime Reading Habits conducted by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Library of Congress in 1991 speaks to the book’s lasting impact in finding that only the Bible had a larger impact on people’s lives than To Kill a Mockingbird.

2015 isn’t 1961 or 1935, yet one only needs to look at recent events like those in Ferguson, Missouri or the University of Oklahoma to know that the issues of racism, acceptance, and equality are still as resonant, and sadly at times unresolved, as they were when Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.

Our job as theatre artists is not to preach or judge, but to raise questions and seek out answers, and in so doing we invite the audience to engage in the story in such a way that they leave the theatre feeling compelled and empowered to search for these truths on their own. Through Scout and Atticus, we look back in time, and through them we see our present and future as well.

Matt Nesmith

I remember reading To Kill a Mockingbird in junior high in the mid 1980s. I knew it was one of the great American stories because I was told that it was so, but I didn’t fully appreciate its artistry and importance at the time. To be able to come back to this story over 25 years later, with the benefit of age and wisdom, is a true gift. Harper Lee’s stirring account of a child’s coming of age, southern life in a small town during the Great Depression, and the lingering stench of bigotry and racism resonate today more than ever.

Production Crew

Scenic Design...................... Christian Harvey Boy Costume Design..................... Amber Marisa Cook Lighting Design..............Christopher George Haug Sound Design....................................Tyler Micheel Stage Manager.............................. Melissa Richter

Cast Jean Louis Finch (Scout)................... Kelley Wicks Jeremy Finch (Jem)................... Satchel Workman Atticus Finch....................................Dan Workman Calpurnia................................. Shekendra Morgan Maudie Atkinson................Lisa Crosby Wipperling Stephanie Crawford........... Stephanie Faatz Murry Mrs. Dubose....................................... Phyllis Stotz Arthur Radly (Boo)............................ Kevin Shaffer Charles Baker Harris (Dill)......... Preston Workman Sheriff Heck Tate............................ Matthew Murry Judge Taylor.................................... Jeff Kingsbury Reverend Sykes................................. J.D. Mitchell Mayella Ewell..................................... Claire Avery Bob Ewell.....................................Jacob J. Roman Walter Cunningham................Richard Scott Breen Mr. Gilmer/Nathan Radly........................ Ian Curtis

~ Matt Nesmith

Tom Robinson.......................... Manning Goldman Clerk...............................Conor Finnerty-Esmonde

Courage

racism

Townspeople................. Christopher James Miller Kenan Meadows

Produced by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, Illinois

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Romantic Musical

She

LOVES ME Book by Joe Masteroff Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Music by Jerry Bock

July 3-19 One of the most charming musicals of all time featuring music by the team who wrote Fiddler on the Roof She Loves Me is the third adaptation of the play Parfumerie by Hungarian playwright Miklos Laszlo, following the 1940 James Stewart – Margaret Sullivan film The Shop Around the Corner and the 1949 Judy Garland – Van Johnson musical version In the Good Old Summertime. It would surface yet again in 1998 as the Tom Hanks – Meg Ryan feature, You’ve Got Mail.

The plot revolves around Budapest shop employees Georg Nowack and Amalia Balash who, despite being consistently at odds with each other at work, are unaware that each is the other’s secret pen pal met through lonely-hearts ads. This award-winning musical premiered on Broadway in 1963, and subsequently had productions in the West End in 1964 and award-winning revivals on each side of the Atlantic in the 1990’s.

Act I

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• Prelude/Good Morning, Good Day • Sounds while Selling • Thank You, Madam • Days Gone By • No More Candy • Three Letters • Tonight at Eight • I Don’t Know His Name • Perspective • Goodbye George • Will He Like Me? • Ilona • I Resolve • A Romantic Atmosphere • Tango Tragique • Mr. Novack, Will You Please?

• Dear Friend

Act II

• Try Me • Days Gone By (Reprise) • Where’s My Shoe?

• Vanilla Ice Cream • She Loves Me • A Trip to the Library • Grand Knowing You • Twelve Days to Christmas • Finale

Rated PG

She Loves Me is a charming jewel-box of a musical. From Bock and Harnick’s delicious score, to Joe Masteroff’s book, this well-crafted show speaks to audiences that long for an intimate character-driven show. Magically, She Loves Me spins through the seasons while the employees of Maracezk’s Parfumerie live believing life should be “warm and full and rich in love and art.” This delightfully scented case of mistaken identity and letter writing transports us to Budapest, Hungary in the 1930’s. The “Golden Age of Budapest” is a time of Lonely Hearts Clubs, correspondence, stomach pills, picnics, perfume, and hats.

She Loves Me welcomes “home” all BHP Alumni to celebrate the friendships made and sustained on this hallowed ground, this theatre, this creative domicile for thespians. Dr. Lee’s dream of “ending the day with a play” is 70 years young; and we know that Doc would agree that life should be “warm and full and rich in love and art.”

One of the first BHP Alumni that transformed the CCC camp into the BHP Theatre was Robert Neff Williams. As I write these notes, the theatre world reverberates from his recent death. Neff was a man of the theatre. This South Dakota native graced, inspired, and challenged actors and theatres alike. From the BHP to Broadway, Regional and NY Theatres, Julliard, Columbia, London. . .the list goes on and on. Neff was a powerful master of voice and speech who set the standard for teaching excellence. His methods, techniques, and insights trained the best theatre and film actors of today. (Boyd Gaines, Georg in the 30th Anniversary production of She Loves Me was a student; so was Robin Williams.) In 1978-80 we worked together at the BHP. My life was changed! I moved to NY to study theatre speech with Neff, and went back again for Neff’s course on Restoration Comedy. Beyond studies, Neff was my dear friend. He shared with me the best New York had to offer in theatre, dance, orchestra, and opera. She Loves Me is dedicated to his work, his life. My heart gifts this production to my dear friend, Neff who lived Amalia’s dream: that life should be “warm and full and rich in love and art.” ~ Jennie May Donnell

Jennie May Donnell

Director’s Notes

Two Acts One 15-min Intermission

Production Crew

Music Direction.................................... Ken Oakley Choreography.................................. Jeff Kingsbury Scenic Design..................................Kathy Voecks Costume Design........................... Sara Curran Ice Lighting Design..............................Darren E. Levin Sound Design.............................................. MT Pit Stage Manager....................................Jenna Hyde

Cast

Arpad Laszlo............................ Manning Goldman Ladislav Sipos.................................. Kevin Shaffer Ilona Ritter......................... Stephanie Faatz Murry Steven Kodaly...................... Jason Coppenbarger Georg Nowack........................................ Ian Curtis Mr. Maraczek/Keller/Waiter............. Jeff Kingsbury Amalia Balash.................................Jenna Murphy Busboy...........................Conor Finnerty-Esmonde Male Ensemble............. Conor Finnerty-Esmonde, J.D. Mitchell, Matthew Murry, Jacob J. Roman Female Ensemble............Lisa Crosby Wipperling, Claire Avery, Madison Hoge, Allison Buol

Based on a play by Miklos Laszlo Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Originally Produced on Broadway by Harold Prince in Association with Lawrence N. Kasha and Philip C. McKenna

She Loves Me is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied

by MTI. Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

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Must-See Musical

Shrek THE MUSICAL

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July 24-August 9

It’s a big bright beautiful world Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek! Dragons, fairy-tale creatures and mystical worlds all make their appearance. USA Today writes that “Shrek, which draws from William Steig’s book about a lovable ogre and the DreamWorks animated movie that it inspired, is nonetheless a triumph of comic imagination with a heart as big and warm as Santa’s. It is the most ingeniously wacky, transcendently tasteless Broadway musical since The Producers…” The Black Hills Playhouse is excited to debut the first regional production of this amazing musical.

Act I

• Overture • Big Bright Beautiful World • Story of My Life • The Goodbye Song • Don’t Let Me Go • Regiment #1 • Farquaad’s Chamber • Regiment Reprise • Holiday for Duloc • What’s Up Duloc • The Raffle • What’s Up Duloc Reprise • Fiona Tower Move • I Know It’s Today • Forever Dragon • This is How a Dream Comes True • Who I’d Be 16

Act II

• Entr’acte • Morning Person • I Think I Got You Beat • The Ballad of Farquaad • It’s Duloc • Make a Move • When Words Fail • Morning Person (reprise) • Build a Wall • Freak Flag • Big Bright Beautiful World (reprise) • Stop The Wedding • Beautiful Ain’t Always Pretty • Finale

Rated PG

Director’s Notes

Not only did we want to create a world that you could jump into and fully join us in our journey, but we wanted the beautiful meaning of this tale to ring true. This musical is not about a princess marrying a prince; it’s not about the ugliness of an ogre. This musical is about being who you are and celebrating that - and everyone else’s uniqueness as well. Yes, there will be adventure! Yes, there will be dancing! Yes, there will be an unbelievable ogre! But most importantly, we get to take this journey together and celebrate who we are.

Let Your Freak Flag Fly! ~ Emily Cherry *Creative Team Bios On Page 48

Emily Cherry

Welcome to Shrek the Musical at the Black Hills Playhouse!

This musical began as an animated movie in 2001 and then as the hit Broadway musical in 2008. As the production team began to make plans to create our production, it was important for all involved to create a world that would embrace the beloved movie and musical, while creating something that was unique for the BHP. In theatre it can be so easy to copy what has been done before. As artists, it is important to stretch our creative muscles and see how creative we can get, while still honoring the original story. Because of this, it was important for us to create as realistic of an animated world as we could.

We hope you will dive with us into the swamp with Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona, and we hope you’re dancing with Lord Farquaad in Duloc.

Two Acts One 15-min Intermission

Production Crew

Music Direction...........................................Ken Oakley Choreography.......................................Megan Gerlach Scenic Design..................................... Victor E. Shonk Costume Design........................... Amber Marisa Cook Lighting Design...............................Anthony Pellecchia Special Effects.......................................... David Horan Stage Manager.....................................Melissa Richter

Cast

Shrek...................................................... Kevin Shaffer Princess Fiona.......................................Jenna Murphy Donkey....................................... Jason Coppenbarger Lord Farquaad....................................Jacob J. Roman Dragon.....................................Lisa Crosby Wipperling Gingy.....................................................Madison Hoge Pinocchio........................................ Manning Goldman Big Bad Wolf/King Harold......................... J.D. Mitchell Pig 1....................................................... Lukas Ptacek Pig 2............................................................. Ian Curtis Pig 3.....................................Conor Finnerty-Esmonde White Rabbit............................................. Claire Avery Fairy Godmother.......................................Allison Buol Peter Pan/Teen Fiona................Hannah Louise Breen Wicked Witch/Queen Lillian...... Siobhan Maya Bremer Sugar Plum Fairy..................... Stephanie Faatz Murry Ugly Duckling................................ Shekendra Morgan Papa Bear/Papa Ogre..................Richard Scott Breen Mama Bear/Mama Ogre........................... Kristy Bauer Baby Bear.......................................... Olivia Dahlstrom Mad Hatter............................................. Jeff Kingsbury Humpty Dumpty.................................... Matthew Murry Elf.............................................................. Ken Oakley Dwarf............................................... Preston Workman Young Shrek........................................ Nicholas Breen Young Fiona...........................................Abby Stevens

Originally produced on Broadway by Dreamworks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions Original Production Directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford “I’m a Believer” by Neil Diamond “I’m a Believer” (Neil Diamond)(c) 1966 Stonebridge Music, Foray Music All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (SESAC), on behalf of Stonebridge Music,and by Foray Music (SESAC). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Dynamic Comedy

Moonlight & Magnolias by Ron Hutc hins

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August 14-23 Let’s go back to Hollywood and the studio system of the late 30’s In a nod to the 75th Anniversary of the film Gone With the Wind, we present a rollicking comedy about how it got to the screen. If the story that inspired this play hadn’t actually happened, the premise would seem preposterous. 1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do?

The true story: George Cukor was fired by David O. Selznick (rumor said because Cukor was a homosexual and Selznick believed he would not be able to direct the love scenes.) When Victor Fleming came on board, he rejected the script. Production was shut down for 17 days while it was rewritten by Ben Hecht. Hecht was not allowed to read the original novel; instead, Selznick and Fleming would often play out parts from the book, to which Hecht had to write dialogue. Hecht was reportedly commanded by Selznick to write almost continuously for days without breaks. Hecht used Sidney Howard’s original script as the basis for his rewrite, but only got to rewrite the first half, which many consider to be superior to the second half.

Ironically, Hecht did not receive official credit for his writing, with Howard listed as the movie’s only screenwriter.

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Rated PG-13

Director’s Notes

The title of the play refers to the romanticization of the pre-civil war south. Supposedly the writers of the film version of Gone With The Wind created the phrase. In the film, when Scarlett O’Hara wears a dress made of green velvet drapes to Atlanta to try and get money from Rhett Butler to pay taxes on her home, Tara, she smiles sweetly and claims to have everything she could hope for and “not a care in the world.” Rhett, noticing her hands, calloused from picking cotton, knows she is lying: “You can drop the moonlight and magnolias, Scarlett!”

Selznick paid $50,000 for the movie rights to Gone With the Wind, a record sum at that time. The pressure on Selznick was profound. Movie fans demanded Clark Gable play Rhett Butler.

Although every actress in Hollywood wanted the coveted role of Scarlett O’Hara, after nearly three years of auditioning, the role was uncast. Legend has it, Selznick’s brother brought English actors Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh to the studio one evening to watch Selznick set fire to the studio’s excess scenery.

Selznick’s crew filmed the event for use as footage for the burning of Atlanta in the movie. As the giant gates from King Kong blazed, David took one look at Vivien Leigh in the reflection of the dancing flames, and knew he had found his Scarlett.

That’s just one of the legends of the making of a film classic.

Some of the human toll, though, in all its mad glory, is brought to you in Moonlight and Magnolias. ~ Charles Leader

The fact that Hattie McDaniel would be unable to attend the premiere in racially segregated Atlanta annoyed Clark Gable so much that he threatened to boycott the Viv i premiere unless she could attend. e da nL eig $2 ys He later relented when she for 5,00 and h wo convinced him to go.

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If you love the arts and entertainment, it’s hard to resist the appeal of a backstage story. When the story involves the making of the most popular movie of all time, it may be impossible not to enjoy the tale.

Two Acts One 15-min Intermission

Production Crew

Scenic Design................................ Victor E.Shonk Costume Design.............................. Gene Salgado Lighting Design.........................Anthony Pellecchia Sound Design.................................... Tyler Micheel Stage Manager....................................Jenna Hyde

Cast

Ben Hecht......................................... Jason Reuter Victor Fleming.................................. Jeff Kingsbury David O. Selznick............................Dan Workman Miss Poppenghul............... Stephanie Faatz Murry Moonlight and Magnolias was originally produced in New York City by the Manhattan Theatre Club on March 3, 2005; Lynn Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer The World Premiere was produced by The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois on May 15, 2004; Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Executive Producer Moonlight and Magnolias is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York

RON HUTCHINSON theatre work includes Rat in the Skull (revival, Duke of York’s Theatre 1995); an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s Flight at the National Theatre, 1997; Burning Issues, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1999; Beau!, Theatre Royal, Bath, national tour and Haymarket, Leicester Square, 2001; Lags, national tours 2002-03; Believers, for Playbox Young People’s Theatre, 2003; Head/Case, Royal Shakespeare Company 2004; Moonlight and Magnolias, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, 2004 and Manhattan Theatre Club, 2005. Mr. Hutchinson lives in Los Angeles, where he is a writer/producer for features and television. Winner of an Emmy for Ben Kingsley’s Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, 1989, his projects also include Traffic, nominated for three Emmys in 2004, and rewrites on Fox Pictures’ remake of Flight of the Phoenix, also 2005.

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Actors CLAIRE AVERY

HANNAH LOUISE BREEN

Mayella Ewell - To Kill a Mockingbird Ensemble - She Loves Me White Rabbit/Ensemble - Shrek the

Musical

Peter Pan/Teen Fiona - Shrek the Musical

Claire is thrilled to be making her Black Hills Playhouse debut this season! She is a theatre and English major at Augustana College, with recent roles including Nora in A Doll’s House, Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress, and Catherine in Proof. She hopes to one day write a musical and befriend an elephant family.

KRISTY BAUER Mama Bear/Mama Ogre/Ensemble - Shrek

the Musical

After a two-year hiatus, Kristy is ecstatic to return to the BHP to play Shrek’s mother in Shrek. Her first season as a company member at the BHP was in 1991, and she has returned as often as possible since then. Some of her favorite roles over the last 24 years include M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, Lizzie in The Rainmaker, and Mother Superior in Nunsense.

During the year, Kristy is a middle school language arts teacher in Greeley, Colorado.

Hannah is excited to be making her professional debut at the Black Hills Playhouse this summer. Recently, Hannah was seen in Godspell (Sonia), Clue: The Musical (Mrs. White), and Fiddler on the Roof (Golde). She started out acting at the age of four and has taken dance classes from Danville Academy of Dance for twelve years. Hannah is a junior at Galileo Magnet High School in Danville, VA.

NICHOLAS BREEN Young Shrek - Shrek the Musical

Nicholas Breen is excited about his first appearance with the Black Hills Playhouse. Nick is in the sixth grade at Sacred Heart School in Danville, VA, where he has been a member of the drama club, the soccer team, and basketball team. His acting credits include an orphan in Oliver, a puppy in 101 Dalmatians, and Bert in All My Sons. Nick is planning a career as a professional soccer player and as a caretaker at an animal refuge.

RICHARD SCOTT BREEN

SIOBHAN MAYA BREMER

Walter Cunningham - To Kill a Mockingbird Papa Bear/Papa Ogre/Ensemble - Shrek the

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Wicked Witch/Queen Lillian/Ensemble Shrek the Musical

Richard Scott Breen, Danville, VA, is delighted to be returning to the Black Hills Playhouse and celebrating this special anniversary season. Richard earned a B.A. from Averett University and an M.F.A. from Western Illinois University. After 15 years of regional theatre, national tours, and commercials, he returned to Averett where he has shared his passion for theatre as a professor for the past 19 years. He is excited to be sharing the stage with several family members this summer and dedicates his performance to his mom and pop!

Siobhan is excited to return to the BHP this summer after appearing as Mrs. Gamadge in The Best Man last season. She received her M.F.A. in acting from Minnesota State University, Mankato and is currently an Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Minnesota, Morris. She has been an actor at The Guthrie Theater, Commonweal Theatre, Northern Lights Playhouse, Climb Theatre, and Theatre in the Round (Minnesota).

She thanks Peter and her family for their support.

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Actors ALLISON BUOL

OLIVIA DAHLSTROM

Ensemble - She Loves Me Fairy Godmother/Ensemble - Shrek the

Musical

Baby Bear/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Allison Buol is thrilled to be making her Black Hills Playhouse debut.

She just completed her junior year at Drake University where she is earning a degree in musical theatre with a marketing minor. Her Drake credits include A Man of No Importance (Adele), Bernstein and the Bard (Maria), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary’s Dancer), The Clean House (Matilde), and Childe Byron (Young Woman). She would like to thank all of her friends and family for their continual love and support.

JASON COPPENBARGER Steven Kodaly - She Loves Me Donkey - Shrek the Musical

Jason is ecstatic to be making his first appearance with the Black Hills Playhouse! He is proud to hold a B.F.A. in musical theatre from Western Illinois University. Some of his favorite credits include Bat Boy in Bat Boy: the Musical, Jack in Into the Woods, and Linus in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! He would love to thank his family, friends, and his backbone for their incredible love and unbelievable support. “Go into the arts. I’m not kidding... You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

- Kurt Vonnegut

IAN CURTIS Mr. Gilmer - To Kill a Mockingbird Georg Nowack - She Loves Me Pig 2/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Ian will be a senior theatre major at Augustana College. Not only does Ian act, he also designs scenery and sound, and works every day building the next production.

Ian likes to create origami, capture pictures, and take long walks (or short runs) in his free time. Ian does not like to do homework in his free time. This is Ian’s second summer at the Black Hills Playhouse, which may inflate his ego to dangerous levels.

Olivia Dahlstrom, the daughter of Jon & Wanda Dahlstrom and the younger sister of Byron & Victoria Dahlstrom, is a long-time supporter of the BHP. She participated in Children’s Theatre Company of South Dakota (Dakota Players) growing up and enjoyed one year of drama at Custer High School where she graduated this May. She plans to attend Belmont University in Nashville, TN this fall to continue exploring her love of theatre, music, and performing.

STEPHANIE FAATZ MURRY Stephanie Crawford - To Kill a Mockingbird Ilona Ritter - She Loves Me Sugar Plum Fairy/Ensemble - Shrek the

Musical Miss Poppenghul - Moonlight & Magnolias

Stephanie is a native of Rochester, NY and an M.F.A. acting candidate at the University of Arkansas. She’s thrilled to be back at BHP for a second summer, this time with her husband! She holds a B.F.A. in musical theatre from SUNY Fredonia and has worked professionally with companies such as Playhouse on the Square, Charleston Stage, Nebraska Theatre Caravan, and Gyeonggi English Village in South Korea. In her spare time, she teaches Yoga and Zumba and hangs out with the furboys, Scamp and Gizmo.

CONOR FINNERTYESMONDE Clerk - To Kill a Mockingbird Busboy/Ensemble - She Loves Me Pig 3/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Hailing from Saint Paul, MN, Conor is delighted to be making his debut with the BHP. He is going into his junior year as a B.F.A. musical theatre major at Illinois Wesleyan University, and some of his favorite credits include Jesus in Godspell (Theatre in the Round Players), Beast in Beauty and the Beast (Cretin-Derham Hall), Vittorio Vidal in Sweet Charity (Cretin-Derham Hall), Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! (Saint Thomas More Community Theatre).

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Actors MANNING GOLDMAN Tom Robinson - To Kill a Mockingbird Arpad - She Loves Me Pinocchio/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Manning is so excited to explore beautiful South Dakota and to be working with the Black Hills Playhouse. He is originally from Chicago, IL and is one semester away from graduating with a theatre degree from Southern Illinois University. He hopes the shows inspire people to create change and “LIVE”.

MADISON HOGE Ensemble - She Loves Me Gingy/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Madison is ecstatic to be joining the Black Hills Playhouse. She is a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska Kearney, where she received her Bachelors of Music in musical theatre. She has performed regionally in Shrek (Gingy/ensemble), Almost, Maine (Ginette), Footloose (Urleen), and Drinking Habits (Sister Augusta). Other favorite credits include And Then There Were None (Vera), Urinetown (Hope), and The Rocky Horror Show (Magenta).

Madison is very excited for this season and hopes that you enjoy yourself!

JEFF KINGSBURY Judge Taylor - To Kill a Mockingbird Mr. Maraczek/Waiter Keller - She Loves Me Mad Hatter/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical Victor Fleming - Moonlight & Magnolias

Jeff is pleased to be back at the BHP this summer. His acting credits include over 100 roles, and he has directed upwards of 150 plays and musicals. Favorite roles on the BHP stage include Art Hockstader in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Man In Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Morrie in Tuesdays With Morrie, Captain Hook in Peter Pan, and King Arthur in Spamalot. Jeff is happy to be a part of the 70th Anniversary Company.

KENAN MEADOWS Townsperson - To Kill a Mockingbird

See full bio on page 32.

CHRISTOPHER JAMES MILLER Townsperson - To Kill a Mockingbird

See full bio on page 32.

J. D. MITCHELL Reverend Sykes - To Kill a Mockingbird Big Bad Wolf/King Harold/Ensemble - Shrek

the Musical

J. D. is thrilled to be coming back for his second year at the BHP. He just finished his junior year at USD where he performed in Romeo & Juliet as Tybalt and in Seussical as Yertle the Turtle. He is looking forward to another excellent summer of theatre.

Past BHP credits include Sir Bedevere in Spamalot, Dick Jensen in The Best Man, and Major Holmes in The Secret Garden.

SHEKENDRA MORGAN Calpurnia - To Kill a Mockingbird Ugly Duckling/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Shekendra just finished her first semester at USD as a musical theatre major. She is excited to be a part of the BHP company again this summer, this time on the stage. She was recently seen as Linda Baldwin in Native Voices at the Autry’s Stand Off at HWY #37 at USD. Before that she was Rosalia in West Side Story, Little Inez in Hairspray, and Charmion in Cleopatra at Rapid City Central High School.

JENNA MURPHY Amalia Balash - She Loves Me Princess Fiona - Shrek the Musical

Jenna is delighted to be spending the summer in the beautiful Black Hills.

She recently graduated from Drury University with a B.A. in theatre.

Favorite roles include Janet in The Drowsy Chaperone, Abigail in The Crucible, Violet in Violet, and Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical. She is “ogre” the moon to be reprising the role of Fiona this summer and delighted to portray Ms. Amalia Balash.

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JACOB J. ROMAN

Heck Tate - To Kill a Mockingbird Ensemble - She Loves Me Humpty Dumpty/Ensemble - Shrek the

Musical

Bob Ewell - To Kill a Mockingbird Ensemble - She Loves Me Lord Farquaad - Shrek the Musical

Matthew is super excited to be with his wife for his first season at BHP! He is a native of Uhrichsville, OH and will be a second year M.F.A. acting candidate at Indiana University. He earned his B.A. in theatre with a minor in music from Muskingum University, and has worked professionally with companies that include Playhouse on the Square, Theatre West Virginia, Trike Theatre, and Gyeonggi English Village in South Korea. He loves his pug mutts and playing guitar.

KEN OAKLEY Elf - Shrek the Musical

See full bio on page 43.

JASON REUTER Ben Hecht - Moonlight & Magnolias

See full bio on page 45.

LUKAS PTACEK Pig 1/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Lukas is excited to come back for his second year here at the BHP! A recent graduate from USD with a B.F.A. in musical theatre and a minor in dance, Lukas is a native of Rapid City who has been a part of the arts since a young age. Recent roles include Henry in Next to Normal, Martin in The Goat or Who is Sylvia, and appeared in The Secret Garden, Spamalot, and The Best Man on our stage last summer.

Jacob is excited to return to the BHP for his second season! You may remember him last year as Tom/Phyllis/Leslie in Sylvia, Cpt. Albert Lennox in The Secret Garden, and Dr. Artinian in The Best Man. Jacob has spent this last year working at the Black Hills Community Theatre as the education & outreach director, and is helping backstage on almost all of the shows this season. Jacob played King Herod in the Firehouse Brewing Co. Theatre’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar last December.

KEVIN SHAFFER Boo Radley - To Kill a Mockingbird Ladislav Sipos - She Loves Me Shrek - Shrek the Musical

Kevin is excited to be spending the summer with the Black Hills Playhouse! Hailing from Tallmadge, OH, he recently earned his Master’s degree in opera performance at Oklahoma City University. Favorite roles at OCU include Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Preacher in Leonard Bernstein’s MASS. Most recently, he appeared as Stewpot in South Pacific with the Akron Symphony. “Thanks to Sue, Tim, Jan, Bill, and my family for their support!”

ABBY STEVENS Young Fiona - Shrek the Musical

This is Abby’s first production with the BHP and she is thrilled to be working with the incredible cast and crew of this iconic theatre.

Her previous roles include Marta in BHCT’s The Sound of Music, Billie in Hapaloa Production’s Assassins, and various roles in Flutter Production’s Ascent. When Abby is not singing, she dances at Barefoot Dance Studio and plays her cello with the Black Hills Suzuki School. She thanks her parents and her voice teacher, Kory Yamada, for their support.

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Actors PHYLLIS STOTZ Mrs. Dubose - To Kill a Mockingbird

Phyllis is retired and lives in Custer, SD with her cat, George. This is Phyllis’s first appearance with BHP. She has previously appeared in The Olde Towne Dinner Theater productions of Fuddy Meers (Gertie), followed by The Curious Savage and The Savage Dilemma (Mrs. Paddy), Arsenic and Old Lace (Martha), and Moon Over Buffalo (Ethel). She also appeared in The Sioux Empire Community Theater’s production of The Wizard of Oz (Aunt Em/Grumpy Guardian).

KELLEY WICKS Scout - To Kill a Mockingbird

Kelley lives in Custer, SD and will be attending sixth grade in the fall. She is very energetic and will sign up for anything. Kelley enjoys playing basketball, hunting, fishing, jumping on the trampoline, and especially singing. In the future, she would like to be a teacher, a music teacher, and run a sandwich shop in her spare time. She is very excited about performing at the Playhouse this summer.

LISA CROSBY WIPPERLING Miss Maudie - To Kill a Mockingbird Ensemble - She Loves Me Dragon/Ensemble - Shrek the Musical

Lisa graduated from Morningside College and AMDA, NYC. She is thrilled to be back for her second season and was seen last year in all four shows. Lisa’s credits include Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (NTC Nat.Tour), Witch and Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, These Seven Sicknesses (NY Times Critics Pick, Drama Desk Nominated Director Ed Iskandar), Fringe NYC’s In The Ebb, The Tempest, 33 Variations, and Baby. She thanks God, Jesse, and family/friends for support. www. lisawipperling.com

DAN WORKMAN Atticus Finch - To Kill A Mockingbird David O. Selznick - Moonlight & Magnolias

See full bio on page 45.

PRESTON WORKMAN Dill - To Kill a Mockingbird Dwarf - Shrek the Musical

Preston is 10 years old and will be a 5th grader at Laura Wilder in Sioux Falls this fall. His stage credits include Prodigious Preston in The Superhero Show, the Young Boy in LifeScape’s Ascent, a Bookworm in Campfire Tales, and a Meteorite in Space School Musical (Dakota Players). He REALLY likes Legos, Minecraft, and bike riding and aspires to be a Lego designer by the age of 22. Preston is thrilled to be making his Black Hills Playhouse stage debut!

SATCHEL WORKMAN Jem - To Kill a Mockingbird

Satchel is 11 years old and will be in the 6th grade Honors Program at Edison Middle School in Sioux Falls this fall. Three of his favorite things are basketball, his 3DS, and reading, reading, reading. His stage credits include Kevin Catastrophe & Duffle of Doom in The Superhero Show, Jerome in South Pacific (Augustana College), Young Abel in Children of Eden (BHP), Ensemble in Ascent (LifeScape), and various Dakota Players productions.

Production Team HAYAT DOMINGUEZ Stagecraft Apprentice (Electrics)

Originally from Hutchinson, KS, Hayat has had the pleasure to grow and expand in theatrical lighting and sound. After graduating from Hutchinson Community College, she ventured north to her current location at USD where she is majoring in theatre design and technology, with a minor in music. This is Hayat’s first season at BHP, and she looks forward to any and all opportunities that may come her way in the future.

AMBER MARISA COOK Costume Shop Manager

Amber is a costume and scenic designer at Albion College. Previous designs at BHP: A Funny Thing Happened…Forum, The Secret Garden. Regional Design credits include: Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Ohio Light Opera, Williamston Theatre, Performance Network, Tipping Point, Farmers Alley, Michigan State University, and Lansing Community College, in addition to working as a technologist all over the country. Amber received her M.F.A. in production design from Michigan State University. A proud member of United Scenic Artists USA Local 829. www.ambermcookdesign.com

ASHLEY GAAL Scenic Artist Apprentice

Ashley is currently working toward a degree in theatre design and technology at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, MI. She is very excited to be spending her summer at the BHP for the very first time! Ashley’s previous work includes Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, NJ, Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester Hills, MI, painting for the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, and working with Amarant Design Collective as a painter and installation artist. Ashley enjoys reading, long walks on the beach, and I Love Lucy reruns. Ashley does not enjoy Michigan winters, reality television, and spiders.

PEYTON GODFREY Stitching Apprentice

Peyton is a junior B.F.A. costume design major at Pennsylvania State University. She was the first hand for Penn State Centre Stage’s Dogfight and Spring Awakening, as well as a stitcher for Guys and Dolls, and wardrobe crew for Into the Woods and Julius Caesar. Peyton did hair and makeup for Penn State’s Biennial Halloween attraction, Dead State, and assisted Love and Light Productions in hair and makeup for The Rocky Horror Show.

CHRISTOPHER GEORGE HAUG Technical Director

Chris recently received his M.F.A. in production design from Michigan State University. His research includes automated workflow for technical directors, and mobile device integration for live performance. Besides technical direction and lighting design, Chris also works as a media designer for theatre, experimenting with projectors and other video devices. Chris is excited to continue his work as technical director for Albion College in MI this August.

He is happy to be back at the BHP for a second season with his fiance Amber Marisa Cook.

NATALIE HINING Scenic Artist Apprentice

Natalie Hining is a second-year graduate student at the University of South Dakota. She received her B.F.A. in theatre arts from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. She designed the sets for Next to Normal and Seussical the Musical, and was the paint charge for The Servant of Two Masters and Romeo and Juliet at USD. She works in the university shop as a carpenter and scenic artist.

M. K. HUGHES Charge Scenic Artist

M. K. Hughes is a scenic artist and recent graduate from Southern Illinois University, receiving her M.F.A. in theater with an emphasis in scenic design. She is glad for this exciting opportunity to work with the Black Hills Playhouse for its 70th season.

Production Team JENNA HYDE

TYLER MICHEEL

Stage Manager - She Loves Me Stage Manager - Moonlight & Magnolias

Assistant Master Electrician

Jenna is a 2015 graduate of Augustana College with majors in theatre and history. For Augustana College she stage managed A Doll’s House, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, South Pacific, and Viking Varieties 2012 and was scenic charge artist for two seasons. Jenna also directed an original student work, Catalyst, for Augustana student theatre. In the last year, Jenna assistant stage managed RENT as well as stage managed Les Misérables for community theatres.

A. J. LOWERY Carpentry Apprentice/Deck Chief

Andrew (A. J.) Lowery is returning for his second year at the Black Hills Playhouse. He is very excited about the chance to return to Custer State Park for a second season. He hopes to gain new experiences and skills while making lasting relationships with the other members of the company.

STEPHEN MATTHEW Master Electrician

After eleven seasons with the Playhouse, Stephen is honored and grateful for his new position as Master Electrician. In the offseason, he continues pursuing his educational path as well as staying busy from coast to coast. Last fall, Stephen was employed in California with the Los Angeles Opera, and he worked off-Broadway in New York City at the Mint Theatre last winter.

KENAN MEADOWS Stagecraft Apprentice

Kenan attends Kansas City Kansas Community College as a theatre major. He has performed in six plays and helped build the sets as well. Kenan has a serious passion for acting, and hopes to voice act and make it to the big screen one day.

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Tyler is from the small town of Cavour, SD. He is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in technical theatre at USD, specializing in lighting and sound, and will graduate in the spring of 2016. Tyler graduated from Dakota State University in 2012 with a B.S. in digital arts and design, specializing in audio production. Last summer, he married his wife, Ashley, and they currently reside in Madison, SD.

CHRISTOPHER JAMES MILLER Stagecraft Apprentice

Christopher started to take an interest in theatrical productions when he starred in Dreamgirls as Jimmy Early’s assistant during his junior year at Washington High School. In his senior year, he performed multiple roles in Meade’s Musical.

This is Christopher’s first season at the BHP.

CHRISTINA OLSON Stitcher

Christina is delighted to be returning for her 3rd season at the Playhouse. She spent the past year in New York City, pursuing a career in costuming. In the time spent there, Christina designed costumes for Our Town for the St. Bart’s Players and The Merchant of Venice for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She is looking forward to another great summer in the Black Hills!

WILLIAM OSOS Assistant Technical Director

Billy is really excited to be coming back to the BHP this summer. He had a great time last summer, made many fond memories, and hopes to make more this summer. When not at the BHP he works at home teaching high school kids how to build sets.

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Production Team DANIEL PETERSEN Carpenter

Dan graduated from Brooklyn College in 2012 with a B.A. in technical theatre. He has spent the last three summers working summer stock/repertory theatres, namely Des Moines Metro Opera in Iowa, The Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine, and The Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. Dan spends the winters in NYC doing overhire carpentry work for schools and off-Broadway theatres, and as a rigger and lift operator installing large scale holiday decorations. He looks forward to spending this summer in a new place with a new crew of people to work with and learn from.

MORGAN PORTER Stitching Apprentice

Morgan is very excited to be returning to the Black Hills Playhouse for her second summer and 70th season! She just finished her second year at the University of South Dakota, where she is majoring in theatre design/ technology with a minor in art history. She would like to thank the BHP staff for the wonderful opportunity.

MELISSA RICHTER Stage Manager - To Kill a Mockingbird Stage Manager - Shrek the Musical

Melissa is a recent graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN where she majored in theatre arts with a minor in gender studies. Throughout college, Melissa focused on stage management but also dabbled in directing, acting, and front-of-house, as well as being a supervisor for the theatre’s public relations team and the secretary of Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honor Society. She is happy to be returning for her 2nd summer at the Black Hills Playhouse!

GENE SALGADO Cutter/Draper

Originally from Texas, Gene holds a degree in theatre from UT El Paso. Previous experience includes design, directing, and acting.

Costume credits include: Starseed Productions, Fourthwall Productions (EP, TX); Illinois Wesleyan University (BLM, IL); Shawnee Theatre of Greene County (IN); Duke City Repertory Theatre (NM); and last year’s Sylvia at the BHP. Recent costume designs include Animal Farm, The 39 Steps, and he is excited for Moonlight & Magnolias.

JOHNATHON UTTER Master Carpenter

John is a carpenter born and raised in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, and is excited to be spending the summer back here. Currently living in Minneapolis, MN, he will be starting his final year of school at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities where he is pursuing a B.A. in technical theatre. He has had the privilege to work in various spaces in and around the Minneapolis metro area and hopes to go on tour after he graduates.

Production Team PETER VERHAEGHE Properties Master

Peter is beyond enthralled to be joining the BHP production team this summer. Peter graduated from Albion College in Albion, MI with his B.A. in theatre this past December, and has been on a roller coaster that only goes up since then. For the past two summers, Peter has worked under Erin Freeman at the Ohio Light Opera as a properties artisan for myriad shows and is delightfully excited to be the Properties Master for BHP this summer.

MEGAN WEIDNER Properties Assistant

Megan grew up in Elk Point, SD and graduated from Northwestern College with a degree in computer information systems. While there, she lived in the theatre, and played director, stage manager, and properties master for many shows, including Some Five Women, Man of La Mancha, and Still Life With Iris. For the last nine months Megan has been a Dakota Player, traveling the Midwest and performing in Space School Musical each week with hundreds of talented kids.

“I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it’s there and then it’s gone.” ~Maggie Smith

Company Support JON KERN ANDERSON

JEFF KINGSBURY

Assistant Chef

Campus Gardener

During the off-season, Jon is a senior bass performance major at the University of North Texas and plays in the UNT Symphony Orchestra. He is considering grad school and hopes to play in a major symphony one day.

Jon is pleased as punch to be helping his cousin Jeny in the BHP kitchen this summer and sharpen his cooking skills.

JENY DAHMEN Camp Head Chef

Jeny lives in St. Paul, MN with her husband and works as a nurse.

She has a visual art background and enjoys cooking, canning, and gardening. She will miss her garden this summer, but is excited to be working at the BHP! Jeny loves the outdoors and is looking forward to cooking great meals in the beautiful backdrop of the Black Hills.

STEPHANIE FAATZ MURRY Apprentice Coordinator

See full bio on page 23.

See full bio on page 25.

DAVID LAMPERT Maintenance Guru

Dave is a self-proclaimed “Jack of all Trades - Expert at None” who can fix or repair almost anything.

He was born in Lance Creek, WY, but was raised and educated in Custer County, SD. After spending many years in the construction industry in the Seattle area, he decided to return home. Dave was volunteered by his brother, Phil, to help with the demolition and cleanup of the old CCC buildings and caught the “BHP bug”. He has been here ever since.

MATTHEW MURRY Apprentice Coordinator

See full bio on page 27.

Customer Service JUSTIN ANDERSON Snack Bar Clerk

Justin is looking forward to serving customers in the busy BHP Snack Bar. He will be a 9th grader at Rapid City Central High School in the fall. He is a math and science whiz as well as an arts kid who loves visual art, film, music, and drama. Justin appeared on the BHP stage as Young Cain in Children of Eden in 2013, and loves hanging out with his mom, aunt, uncle, and cousins at the BHP every chance he gets.

TOMMY BADER Box Office Clerk

This is Tommy’s first summer at the Black Hills Playhouse. He is a graduate of Rapid City Central High School, where he was involved in the theatre department all four years. Tommy has participated in shows at the Firehouse Brewing Theatre and the Black Hills Community Theatre, his most recent production being 9 to 5 in the role of Joe. He is grateful for the opportunity and is excited to be working alongside the talented people of the Playhouse.

MAGGIE BAUER Snack Bar Clerk

Maggie has literally grown up at the BHP. Her first summer was 1995 when she was only six months old. For many years after that, she accompanied her mother to the BHP. When Maggie is not in the Black Hills, she can be found on the campus of the University of Wyoming where she is a second year international relations major with a double minor in religion and philosophy. She is thrilled to be returning as a full-fledged company member working in the Snack Bar.

HOLDEN HUNTZINGER Box Office Clerk

Holden Huntzinger, originally from northern New Jersey, has just finished his sophomore year at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. His summer at the BHP is the beginning of a gap year away from school during which he will probably do some other interesting things as well. He’s mostly just excited to learn.

JESSE WIPPERLING Snack Bar Clerk

Jesse loves the performing arts. He’s drummed in rock and roll bands since age 10, toured with alternative rock and jazz groups, and played for musicals most of his adult life. Last year included Into the Woods, The Mikado, Beauty and the Beast, and Guys and Dolls.

Currently he is head band director at Sioux City West Middle School and enjoys running sound or playing percussion for gigs, seeing shows, and spending time with his wife whenever possible.

Directors, Designers & Creative Team CHRISTIAN HARVEY BOY

JENNIE MAY DONNELL

Scenic Design - To Kill a Mockingbird

Director - She Loves Me

Christian is happy to return to the Black Hills Playhouse for his fifth season as scenic designer for To Kill a Mockingbird. Previous BHP designs include The Best Man, Children of Eden, The Three Musketeers, and The 39 Steps. Regional Designs for: The Kennedy Center (D.C.), California Musical Theatre (Sacramento), The Grenada Theatre (Santa Barbara), The Alliance, Jewish Theatre of the South, Center Theatre, and Horizon theatres (Atlanta). Professor Boy teaches scenery and costume design at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.

EMILY CHERRY Director - Shrek the Musical

Emily is delighted to be returning to Black Hills Playhouse again.

Last year she had the privilege of performing in The Secret Garden in the role of Lily. She also directed Boeing, Boeing at the BHP in 2013. Emily is currently an associate professor at the University of North Dakota.

She has directed several productions academically and professionally. Other than her work at the BHP, some of her favorite productions have been Urinetown, Assassins, and the world premiere of The Sweet Stuff in Chicago.

AMBER MARISA COOK Costume Designer - To Kill a Mockingbird Costume Designer - Shrek the Musical

See full bio on page 30.

Jennie May traveled the country playing Old Lady/Blair Daniels in the first national tour of Sunday in the Park with George. She apprenticed acting at the National Theatre of Great Britain, assistant directed at the English National Opera (London), studied acting with Uta Hagen (NY, HB Studios), studied speech with Julliard’s (and BHP’s) Neff Williams, and voice with Margaret Whiting at Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center (Waterford, CT). Favorite roles include Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Dolly Levi (Hello Dolly!), Witch (Into the Woods), Mrs. Peachum (Three Penny Opera), and Veta Louise (Harvey). This is Jennie May’s 16th season at the BHP! She grew up in Hot Springs, graduated from CSC, and is a member of Actor’s Equity Association.

MEGAN GERLACH Choreographer - Shrek the Musical

Megan is thrilled to be returning to the Black Hills Playhouse for Shrek the Musical. Last summer at the Playhouse, she choreographed Spamalot. Megan has also worked as Associate Choreographer for Seussical the Musical (Theatreworks USA) staging the work for three years under choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge. She choreographs and dances for videos and a variety of shows around NYC. Megan holds a B.F.A. in dance and a minor in theatre from the University of Minnesota.

CHRISTOPHER GEORGE HAUG Lighting Designer - To Kill a Mockingbird

See full bio on page 30.

DAVID HORAN Special Effects Designer - Shrek the Musical

David is an artist and arts educator from the Black Hills. He received a B.S. in art education from Black Hills State University in 1991. David has been a high school teacher since that time in art, English, and technical theater. He is also a performing musician.

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Directors, Designers & Creative Team SARA CURRAN ICE Costume Designer - She Loves Me

Sara is a costume designer and senior lecturer in theatre at the University of Nebraska Kearney.

She received her B.A. in theatre from Illinois State University and her M.F.A. in costume design from the University of California, Irvine. Her professional work has included theatre, opera, film, and television. While in California she worked at the Pasadena Playhouse as their costume supervisor, and worked on such shows as Anna in the Tropics, Dirty Blonde, and 110 in the Shade. She is a member of IATSE Local 705. She is thrilled to be back designing at the BHP.

JEFF KINGSBURY Choreographer - She Loves Me

See full bio on page 25.

DARREN E. LEVIN Lighting Designer - She Loves Me

Darren holds a B.F.A. from Missouri State University, and an M.F.A. from The University of Texas at Austin. Selected design credits: The Rape of Lucretia, La Cenerentola, La Cage Aux Folles, The Drowsy Chaperone, Susannah, Trouble in Tahiti, Gianni Schicci, Urinetown, Hedda Gabler, Pride and Prejudice, The Music Man, and The Adding Machine. Additional positions include touring with Disney on Ice, assistant technical director/ lighting supervisor of McCain Auditorium Kansas State University, Cedar Point Live Entertainment, and Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. Darren is a part of the lighting design faculty at Middle Tennessee State University. Member United Scenic Artists, IATSE Local 205, and USITT.

TYLER MICHEEL Sound Designer - To Kill a Mockingbird Sound Designer - Moonlight & Magnolias

See full bio on page 32.

CHARLES LEADER Director - Moonlight & Magnolias

BHP credits include directing The 39 Steps and Spamalot. His Ph.D. is from Florida State University; his M.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia; his B.F.A. from Tarkio College. He has acted in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Kansas City. His directing credits include Dreamgirls, Dream Girl, Noises Off, Wait Until Dark, RENT, Chicago, and In the Heights. He lives in Kansas City, KS with his lovely wife, Rhonda, where he coordinates the theatre program at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

MATT NESMITH Director - To Kill a Mockingbird

Matt is an assistant professor and coordinator of the B.F.A. musical theatre program at the University of South Dakota. Recent stage/ musical directing credits include Next to Normal, Avenue Q, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (BHP), and Les MisĂŠrables.

Recent performance credits include Archibald in The Secret Garden (BHP), Tito Morelli in Lend Me a Tenor (BHP), and Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd.

The Secret Garden, 2014 - Scenic Design by Kathy Voecks

Directors, Designers & Creative Team KEN OAKLEY Musical Director - She Loves Me Musical Director - Shrek the Musical

B.F.A. theatre ‘93, M.M. voice ‘01, USD. Ken is happy to be back in the Black Hills after living over ten years in Las Vegas. He is currently teaching 7-12 vocal music at Custer High School. Black Hills audiences will have seen and heard the gamut of Ken’s theatre skills as tenor soloist and opera productions with the Black Hills Symphony; set designer for BHCT; and costumer with the Rapid City Children’s Chorus. Ken’s recent work in Custer includes musical direction of The Legend of Devil’s Gulch and directing The Old Maid and the Thief.

ANTHONY PELLECCHIA Lighting Designer - Shrek the Musical Lighting Designer - Moonlight & Magnolias

Anthony is currently the assistant professor of lighting and sound design at the University of South Dakota. He is a native of Columbus, OH and received his B.A. from Kenyon College and M.F.A. from Ohio State University.

This will be Anthony’s fifth year with the BHP serving as a designer, board member, and technology consultant.

Previous BHP designs include Spamalot, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Children of Eden, Godspell, The Three Musketeers, and The 39 Steps.

GENE SALGADO Costume Designer - Moonlight & Magnolias

See full bio on page 34.

VICTOR E. SHONK Scenic Designer - Shrek the Musical Scenic Designer - Moonlight & Magnolias

Victor is an assistant professor at the University of South Dakota, teaching scenic design, scenic painting, and properties. He is a freelance scenic designer who has worked in many states across the nation designing for theatre, television, and opera. This is Vic’s second season with the BHP. He is a proud member of U.S.A., local 829.

KATHY VOECKS Scenic Designer - She Loves Me

Kathy is very pleased to be back for yet another season at the BHP. Her most recent design for us was last year’s The Secret Garden. She is currently associate professor of scene design and head of Design/Technology at Kansas State University. She has designed for theatres including the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theatre, the Omaha Theater Company for Young People, and the Omaha Theatre Ballet. She holds an M.F.A. in scenic design from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

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Year-Round Team LINDA ANDERSON

JASON REUTER

Executive Director

Operations Manager

Proud to be leading the charge of this 70-year-old company, Linda wonders from time to time what she has gotten into, and then works with her awesome team to find solutions to move the Playhouse forward. Linda believes in creativity and the power of art to change the world for good. She has a talent for making connections, creating innovative arts programs, and raising money for things she is passionate about. Sons Sam, Jon, Jake and Justin, new grandson, Desmond, and incredible husband Brad are her inspiration to make the world a better place.

This will be Jason’s 14th season at the Playhouse. After having worked in professional theatre all over the country, and a few overseas gigs, he moved to the Black Hills in 2008.

In 2011, he married his best friend Ingrid, and they welcomed their sons Sylvan, in 2012, and Fox, in March 2015. Jason thanks all the incredible supporters who keep the Playhouse thriving, the board and staff for all their hard work, and you for ending the day with a play. Happy 70th Anniversary, BHP!

DAN WORKMAN Artistic Director

His first summer at the BHP was 1990 (that is so last century) and this is his 20th season. “I always look forward to another summer in the Hills, and this year, I get to act on stage with two of my sons. That will make it extra special.” Dan is an assistant professor of theatre at Augustana College, and would not be able to do any of this without the love and support of his wife, Debra. He has performed in numerous productions including The Best Man, Tuesdays with Morrie, and A Year with Frog and Toad, and has directed The Secret Garden, The Boys Next Door, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Hound of the Baskervilles.

DEB WORKMAN Managing Director of Dakota Players, an outreach of the BHP

Deb has been a company member of the BHP for 18 seasons now, some as choreographer, and some in the business arena. This is also where she met her delightful husband, Dan, 23 years ago. Deb has a passion for people and learning and for making a difference. She is the managing director of Dakota Players, a touring children’s theatre company and outreach of the Black Hills Playhouse, and mother to 3 amazing young men - Dylan, Satchel, and Preston.

INGRID K. J. REUTER Business Manager

This is Ingrid’s 5th season with the BHP, and she is thrilled to have her dream job! Favorite past acting credits include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Little Red Ridinghood in Into the Woods (BHCT), and a company member in the Storybook Island Children’s Theatre.

She has also directed and stage managed numerous shows, and has written three children’s plays that were produced at Storybook Island. Ingrid loves working with her best friend and husband, Jason, and is tickled pink to be the mom of 2 boys, Sylvan and Fox.

SYLVAN REUTER Company Toddler

Although Sylvan is only 2, this will be his third summer at the BHP. He made his stage debut when he was just 7 months old in the 2012 production of Children of Eden.

Sylvan loves to be outside, play with his friends at the Custer YMCA Child Development Center, wrestle with his dad, snuggle with his mom, and poke at his baby brother. “Hi, Grandma and Grandpa!”

FOX REUTER Camp Morale Booster

Fox was born in March, and we can only assume he’s happy to be spending his first summer at the BHP. His hobbies include snuggling, gurgling, cooing, crying, and putting up with his brother poking at him.

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Meet the Board of Directors..

Executive Committee ERIC HAGEN

President Retired USD Professor Minneapolis, MN

EILEEN ROSSOW Treasurer Owner, Peregrine Pointe Bed & Breakfast Rapid City, SD

LIA GREEN

TODD BRINK

Rapid City, SD

Rapid City, SD

PHIL LAMPERT

DR. LARRY SCHOU

President Elect President & General Manager Rushmore Media Company

Past President Lampert & Associates Dakota Steakhouse A Walk in the Woods Custer, SD

Secretary Attorney Black Hills Corporation

Dean of the College of Fine Arts, USD Vermillion, SD

KEN BAUMAN

LUKE COX

MIKE FELLNER

Retired First Interstate Bank

Retired Insurance Mgr Rapid City, SD

Faculty Member /Coordinator SDSU at the Higher Education Center

Rapid City, SD

TIM HOLLAND Retired Cabelas Executive Custer, SD

Sturgis, SD

ROSE ANN HOFLAND Director, Community Learning Center Washington Pavilion

MARNIE GOULD Co-Owner, Old Folsom Vineyard, BHPAA Representative Rapid City, SD

Sioux Falls, SD

DR. JIM JOHNSON Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre at SDSU and Former Director of Theatre and Prairie Rep Theatre

MONNI KARIM

JOHN KOCH

Custer, SD

USD Center of Excellence in Medicine

WADE LAMPERT

DR. DON MASSA

GARY MERKEL

Tourism and Hospitality Professional

Hot Springs, SD

Black Hills Corporation

Freeman, SD

Brookings, SD

Rapid City, SD

COLLEEN MARSH OLSON Actor, Voice Over Artist Sioux Falls, SD

JIM SEWARD General Counsel Office of the Governor Pierre, SD

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ANTHONY PELLECCHIA Asst Professor, USD Theatre

Retired Veteran’s Administration Hot Springs, SD

MARY SCHNELL Regional Compliance Officer First Interstate Bank

Vermillion, SD

Black Hawk, SD

VICTOR E. SHONK

SHARLA STEEVER

Asst Professor, USD Theatre Vermillion, SD

Learning Specialist Technology & Innovation in Education Rapid City, SD

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Shrek Creative Team Bios DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE was most recently nominated for two Tony Awards for his work on Shrek The Musical: Best Book of a Musical and Best Score (with composer Jeanine Tesori). Prior to that he was awarded the 2008 Ed Kleban Award as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, which premiered on Broadway at MTC’s Biltmore Theatre. Rabbit Hole also received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, and the Spirit of America Award. His other shows include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, High Fidelity and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David’s screen adaptation of Rabbit Hole just finished shooting. It stars Nicole Kidman and is directed by John Cameron Mitchell. David is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a member of the WGA and the Dramatists Guild Council.

ROB ASHFORD won the 2012 Olivier Award for his production of Anna Christie starring Jude Law and Ruth Wilson at London’s Donmar Warehouse. The production opened to rave reviews with The Independent’s anointing it as “picture perfect” and David Benedict stating that “the production’s hallmark is its boldness.” Rob most recently directed the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johansson JEANINE TESORI has written four Tony-nominated scores for Broadway: Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center, Thoroughly Modern Millie (lyrics, Dick Scanlan), Caroline, or Change (lyrics, Tony Kushner), and Shrek the Musical (lyrics, David Lindsay-Abaire). The production of Caroline, or Change at the National Theater in London received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Her first off-Broadway musical, Violet, written with Brian Crawley, received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1997. Last fall, Ms. Tesori’s Fun Home was presented at The Public Theater as part of the 2012-2013 Public Lab Season. A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck, her commission for the MET/LCT Opera/Theater, was featured at the Glimmerglass Festival in 2011. She has been the recipient of many other honors including Drama Desk and Obie awards, and was cited by ASCAP as being the first woman composer to have “two new musicals running concurrently on Broadway.” She composed the music for The New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of Brecht’s Mother Courage, as translated by Tony Kushner, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. She has written songs for the movie Shrek The Third. Her film scores include Nights in Rodanthe, Winds of Change, Show Business, Wrestling With Angels, and Every day with Liev Schreiber. She has produced sixty CD’s for Silver-Burdett Ginn’s Making Music and the original cast albums for Twelfth Night, Violet and Caroline, or Change. Ms. Tesori is currently working on a new opera for WNO. JASON MOORE (Director). Broadway: Avenue Q, Steel Magnolias. Carnegie Hall: Jerry Springer: The Opera. Off-Broadway: Speech and Debate (Roundabout), Avenue Q (the Vineyard), Guardians (the Culture Project), The Crumple Zone. Associate directing: Les Misérables (Broadway, national tour), Ragtime (Vancouver). Writer: The Floatplane Notebooks (Charlotte Repertory Theatre). TV directing: episodes of Dawson’s Creek, Everwood, One Tree Hill and Brothers and Sisters. Jason has a BS in performance studies from Northwestern University.

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