Phoenix Productions Presents: The Addams Family - Nov. 10, 11 & 12

Community Theatre at the

Count Basie Center for the Arts

November 10, 11 & 12 Sponsored by

PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS Presents

THE ADDAMS FAMILY A NEW MUSICAL Book by MARSHALL BRICKMAN and RICK ELICE Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA Orchestrations by Larry Hochman Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams Originally produced on Broadway by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions, Stephen Schuler, Decca Theatricals, Scott M. Delman, Stuart Ditsky, Terry Allen Kramer, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Eva Price, Jam Theatricals/Mary LuRoffe, Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman-Swinsky, Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan, The Weinstein Company/Clarence, LLC, Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals;

By Special Arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical

Technical Director Kyle Santopadre

Music Director François Suhr

Lighting Design Kyle Santopadre

Costume Design Joanne Penrose

Scenic Design Ashley Cusack

Sound Design Mark Zuckerman

Production Stage Manager Stephanie Schoppe

Production Manager Justin Christopher Odon

Choreographer Natalie Hayes-Scott

Director Jarrod Scott

“The Addams Family A New Musical” is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com

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A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR When I was growing up, I loved the television show The Addams Family. Reruns always played after the Saturday morning cartoons and I was fascinated by the eccentric house, the bizarre characters, and the family’s unflinching approach to living their lives the way they wanted despite what society thought of them. My brother, on the other hand, thought I was weird. He was probably right. Looking back, I know for a fact that The Addams Family – the television show, the movies, the remakes, and even the original comic series which was featured in the New Yorker magazine – helped me come to terms with being “different.” It helped me embrace my inner “weird.” It gave me strength – which eventually led me to theatre. At the Count Basie Center, we not only embrace everyone’s “weird,” we flat out celebrate it, harness it, and put it on display. Our programming throughout the year brings the most eclectic and diverse talent from around the world to our stages.

Our arts education programs and youth productions teach students that being “weird” is not only fun – it’s entertaining and enriching. Our music programs transform ordinary “weird” into practiced and skilled performers. And Phoenix Productions allows performers of any age the opportunity to embrace their own personal “weird” and continue to develop their confidence, teamwork, dedication, and commitment in a nurturing and accepting environment. The message of The Addams Family is clear – be authentic, embrace the things that make you unique, and be fearless in your pursuit of happiness. Even if happiness means falling in love with the moon.

Enjoy the show.

James Managing Artistic Director Phoenix Productions at the Count Basie Center

Joe Wajda, Executive Manager & Phoenix Operations Co-Chair

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THE CAST THE ADDAMS FAMILY Gomez Addams...................................................................................................... BILLY PLATT Morticia Addams ...................................................................................... LAUREN J. COOKE Uncle Fester ................................................................................... CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN Grandma ...................................................................................................... LEANNE DeCAMP Wednesday Addams................................................................................KENDALL THORNER Pugsley Addams ................................................................................. TOMMY KORTENHAUS Lurch ..................................................................................................................DUANE BANKS THE BEINEKE FAMILY Mal Beineke.............................................................................................DENNIS TOLENTINO Alice Beineke ..................................................................................MICHELLE ELAINE LUCEY Lucas Beineke..........................................................................................................ZACK BLISS THE ADDAMS ANCESTORS

DELANEY CAMPOS-RAMIREZ, MICHAEL GAGE COSTA, SIERRA FRIEDMAN, DANNY GULICS, KYLE KENNEDY, ALIZA LEA LIRANZO, DANA MALEY, BETHANY MIRANDA, CAMRYN RAGLAND, AVA PRESLEY ROMANO, ARIEL SANCHEZ-BELLO, JAKOB SCHULER, ROBERT SHAW UNDERSTUDIES

For Gomez Addams - MICHAEL GAGE COSTA; For Morticia Addams - ALIZA LEA LIRANZO; For Lurch - JAKOB SCHULER; For Uncle Fester - KYLE KENNEDY; For Grandma - DANA MALEY; For Wednesday Addams - AVA PRESLEY ROMANO; For Pugsley Addams - SIERRA FRIEDMAN; For Alice Beineke - BETHANY MIRANDA; For Lucas Beineke - DANNY GULICS.

Phoenix Productions would like to thank our dedicated cast, staff and volunteers that worked so hard to make our The Addams Family show a success.

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THE PRODUCTION TEAM Director............................................................................................................ JARROD SCOTT Music Director.................................................................................................FRANÇOIS SUHR Choreographer.....................................................................................NATALIE HAYES-SCOTT Technical Director......................................................................................KYLE SANTOPADRE Costume Design..........................................................................................JOANNE PENROSE Scenic Design................................................................................................. ASHLEY CUSACK Lighting Design..........................................................................................KYLE SANTOPADRE Sound Design / Engineer......................................................................... MARK ZUCKERMAN Properties.........................................................................................................ALYSSA BOWNE Scenic Charge................................................................................................. ASHLEY CUSACK Fight Coordinator......................................................................................... CHRIS HARRISON Production Stage Manager................................................................... STEPHANIE SCHOPPE Assistant Stage Manager........................................................................ CLAUDIA HASTINGS Production Assistant.................................................................................... MARK EDELSTEIN Production Manager................................................................. JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER ODON Associate Production Manager.....................................................FRAN CENTOFANTE KATZ Artistic / Managing Director........................................................................JAMES GRAUSAM Scenic Crew.............JESSICA COGAN, LAUREN FRIEDMAN, OLIVIA GRAUSAM, ISABELLA, LYNNE LEWIS, JESSICA PAUL, JOANNE PENROSE, DEBRA THORNER Special Thanks ......................................COUNT BASIE CENTER MARKETING DEPARTMENT, DIANE DiYANNI, TOM HESSMAN, MAURER PRODUCTIONS

THE ORCHESTRA Conductor / Keyboard 1................................................................................FRANÇOIS SUHR Keyboard 2...........................................................................................................PAUL BEZNER Drums.................................................................................................................AARON ALLEN Percussion....................................................................................................... SAM FERRANTE Bass.................................................................................................. ANDREW ROSCISZEWSKI Guitar...................................................................................................................... MEG DOYLE Violin...........................................................................................................AMANDA GORFAIN Cello...................................................................................................................... CATY BUTLER Reed 1................................................................................................................ ASHLEN UDELL Reed 2................................................................................................................... JEAN GOULD Trumpet............................................................................................................ LAURA NEVILLE Trombone..................................................................................................TERRY CHESNOVITZ

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PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE SoVonna Day-Goins (Co-Chair) Sarah Bradley Jerry Conaty Natalie Hayes-Scott Tom Hessman Nancy Karpf

Izzy Sackowitz Jarrod Scott Dennis Tolentino Fran Turner Jon Vena Darrell L. Willis

Joe Wajda (Co-Chair) Fran Centofante Katz Maria Maher Jim Marhold Justin Christopher Odon Adam Philipson

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Peter T. Roselle Matthew J. Saker Carol Stillwell Fran Turner Joe Wajda Tom Widener Darrell Lawrence Willis Kaye Wise Edward J. Zipprich

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT 1

“Overture”............................................................................................................... Orchestra “When You’re an Addams”............................................. The Addams Family and Ancestors

“Fester’s Manifesto”........................................................................................... Uncle Fester

“Wednesday’s Growing Up” .......................................................................................Gomez “Trapped”......................................................................................................................Gomez “Pulled”................................................................................................................. Wednesday “One Normal Night”......................................................................................... Full Company “But Love”....................................................................................Uncle Fester and Ancestors

“Secrets”.....................................................................Morticia, Alice, and Female Ancestors

“Gomez’s What If”........................................................................................................Gomez “What If”......................................................................................................................Pugsley “Full Disclosure Part 1”..................................................................................... Full Company “Waiting”.................................................................................................. Alice and Ancestors “Full Disclosure Part 2”..................................................................................... Full Company

THE ADDAMS FAMILY will be performed with one 15 minute intermission.

ACT 2

“Just Around the Corner”.................................................................Morticia and Ancestors

“The Moon and Me”.......................................................Uncle Fester and Female Ancestors

“Happy/Sad”.................................................................................................................Gomez “Crazier Than You”............................................................Wednesday, Lucas, Mal, and Alice

“Not Today”..................................................................................................................Gomez “Let’s Live Before We Die”.................................................................... Gomez and Morticia “Tango De Amor”................................................................................... Gomez and Morticia “Move Toward the Darkness”.......................................................................... Full Company “Bows/When You’re an Addams (Reprise)”.................................................... Full Company

Warning: Please be aware that The Addams Family musical contains strobe lighting and theatrical haze.

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

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST DUANE BANKS (Lurch) is so excited to join this stellar cast of The Addams Family! Duane is a NYC/ NJ-based performer. Off Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona and Little Princess. Local/Regional: Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, Once on This Island, and In the Heights. TV/ Film: Sandy and Source. He also serves as the CoFounder of the Inspired Tomorrow. @_duanebanks ZACK BLISS (Lucas Beineke) is thrilled to be making his Phoenix Productions debut alongside this incredibly welcoming cast and crew!

When he is not on stage, you can find Zack behind the lighting board as the Technical Director at Brick Township High School, Toms River High School North, and Exit 82 Theatre Company.

Zack would like to thank his family and friends for their support and encouragement!

DELANEY CAMPOS-RAMIREZ (Addams Ancestor) is thrilled to be making her Phoenix Productions debut with this talented cast. She has done many shows with The Count Basie Center Academy of the Arts. Some of her favorites include: Beauty and the Beast (Featured role/Ensemble), Matilda (Ensemble), Mary Poppins Jr. (Ensemble), and Moana Jr. (Ensemble). She would like to thank her friends and family for their support on her journey.

CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN (Uncle Fester) is balding with excitement to be back on the Basie stage playing his dream role!

Favorite credits include: Sesame Street The Musical (Puppeteer; Off Broadway), Matilda (Miss Trunchbull), Avenue Q (Boy Bad Idea Bear), Young Frankenstein (Blind Man/others), Grease (Teen Angel), Scrooge (Present/Tom Jenkins), and School of Rock (Dewey Finn). Dun Dun Dun Dun *snap* *snap*

LAUREN J. COOKE (Morticia Addams) has been performing on this stage on and off since 2000. It’s always a delight to return to Phoenix Productions!

Lauren was last seen at The Basie as Miss Hannigan in Annie in 2018. A few favorite and recent roles include: Noises Off (Dotty/Clackett), The Little Mermaid (Ursula), The Wizard of Oz (Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch), Clue (Mrs. Peacock), and Cinderella (Stepmother). A huge thank you to Jarrod, James, Natalie, and team for this opportunity, and to Peter, Shane, and Finley for their continued love and support. I am dedicating my performance today in honor of my dad. XO MICHAEL GAGE COSTA (Addams Ancestor, u/s Gomez Addams) is honored to return to the Count Basie stage, having recently appeared in The Music Man (Mayor Shinn; Phoenix Productions), A Christmas Carol (Scrooge; Phoenix Productions) and Seussical (Mr. Mayor; MAC Players).

He is immensely grateful to his wife and kids: Allison, Charlie, and Penny. By day, he’s a graphic designer, amateur aquarist, escape room enthusiast, fancy food lover, and Disney fan.

LEANNE DeCAMP (Grandma) is incredibly grateful to Phoenix Productions, for this marks her 8th show! Most recently, she was seen in The Music Man (Alma Hicks), and is very honored to have received a Phoenix Award for her portrayal of General Cartwright in Guys and Dolls.

Other Phoenix favorites are: The Wedding Singer (Grandma Rosie), The Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch), and A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Mops). She hopes to return to the Basie stage soon in 2024 (snap, snap)!

SIERRA FRIEDMAN (Addams Ancestor, u/s Pugsley Addams) is so happy to be performing with Phoenix again! Favorite credits include: High School Musical (Gabriella; Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School) and School of Rock (Sophie; Phoenix Productions). She was also recently seen in the ensemble of The Music Man here at Phoenix. Sierra attends FRHSD’s Fine and Performing Arts Acting Magnet Program. She thanks her family, dog, and kittens for being her biggest fans!

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST DANNY GULICS (Addams Ancestor, u/s Lucas Beineke) is pleased to continue performing with Phoenix Productions in The Addams Family! This is his second show with Phoenix, and Danny could not be happier to be in this show, and would like to thank the cast, crew, and production team!

KYLE KENNEDY (Addams Ancestor, u/s Uncle Fester) is thrilled to be in his 8th Phoenix Productions show! He was recently in The Music Man this past July. Kyle is a high school English teacher at Long Branch High School and an adjunct professor at Montclair State University. Kyle wishes to thank the production team of The Addams Family, friends, and family for their constant love and support.

TOMMY KORTENHAUS (Pugsley Addams) is thrilled to be returning to the stage with Phoenix Productions.

He is currently a freshman at CBA. Prior to this, he was seen in Matilda (Bruce; Premier Theatre Company) and The Addams Family (Pugsley; Thompson Middle School). He has performed with Phoenix Productions in School of Rock and A Christmas Carol. He currently studies with David J.V. Meenan for voice and acting. He would like to thank his family and friends for their unconditional love and support.

ALIZA LEA LIRANZO (Addams Ancestor, u/s Morticia Addams) is incredibly excited to be back for her second Phoenix show. She just joined the Phoenix family for In the Heights and is so thrilled to be back and playing an Addams Ancestor for The Addams Family. It’s a show she’s always wanted to be a part of. She hopes that you have a spooky time, but most importantly, that you enjoy the show!

MICHELLE ELAINE LUCEY (Alice Beineke) was last seen as Marian Paroo in Phoenix Productions’ The Music Man, here at The Basie. Other Phoenix credits include: School of Rock (Rosalie), Guys and Dolls (Ensemble), and The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble).

She studied Musical Theatre at IRSC, enjoys playing guitar, baking, and is an amateur long distance runner.

Other credits include: Something Rotten! (Bea; MPO), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rona), Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), Ragtime (Mother), and Chicago (Velma Kelly). Enjoy the show!

DANA MALEY (Addams Ancestor, u/s Grandma) is SO excited and grateful to be in her first Phoenix Productions show at the Count Basie Center for the Arts! She’d like to thank the incredible production staff for this amazing opportunity. It has truly been an honor for her to share the stage and work with such a talented cast & crew. A huge heartfelt thank you to her family & friends for their love, support, and encouragement!

BETHANY MIRANDA (Addams Ancestor, u/s Alice Beineke) could not be more ecstatic to be making her Phoenix debut after dreaming about performing in a show with them for so long! Favorite past shows/roles include: Matilda (Miss Honey), Avenue Q (Girl Bad Idea Bear), Something Rotten! (Bea), Company (Sarah), 42nd Street (Dorothy Brock), and Kinky Boots (Trish).

Bethany is an elementary school ABA teacher, as well as a director, and a lead singer in a cover band.

BILLY PLATT (Gomez Addams) is honored to make his Phoenix Productions debut at the beautiful Count Basie Center for the Arts!

Previous credits include: Billy Elliot (Mr. Braithwaite; Broadway Theatre of Pitman), Avenue Q (Nicky; Algonquin Arts Theatre), Something Rotten!

(Shakespeare; Premier Theatre Company), The SpongeBob Musical (Mr. Krabs; CCTArts), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph; Premier Theatre Company). “Love you Mom!” More info about Billy can be found at his website www.bplattacting.com. Instagram: @b.platt21 CAMRYN RAGLAND (Addams Ancestor) is excited to be in her second Phoenix Productions show. She is excited to be working with such a talented cast and creative team, and looks forward to putting on a great show. Some of her favorite theatre credits include: The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion; Music Training Center), The SpongeBob Musical (Mayor of Bikini Bottom; The Ritz Theatre Co), and Once on This Island (Storyteller; Phoenix Productions and Asaka / Mama Euralie; Moorestown Theatre Co.)

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST AVA PRESLEY ROMANO (Addams Ancestor, u/s Wednesday Addams) is excited to make her debut at Phoenix Productions! She is a junior in high school. This past summer, Ava attended UCLA’s pre-college Musical Theatre program. Her favorite roles include: Into the Woods (Jack; UCLA) and Grease (Jan; Middletown High School South). Ava won a Basie Award in 2023 for Outstanding Featured Ensemble Group in a Musical. She wants to thank her family, friends, and Phoenix team for their support!

Instagram: @theavapresley ARIEL SANCHEZ-BELLO (Addams Ancestor) is very excited to finally be making his Phoenix debut! Previous credits include: Dogfight (Boland; The Streetlight Collective), In the Heights (Usnavi de la Vega; Defining Moments), and West Side Story (Luis; Summer Stages). Ariel would like to thank the production team, his friends, and his family for helping him find his love for the craft again! This won’t be his last Phoenix show (hopefully). Enjoy the show!

JAKOB SCHULER (Addams Ancestor, u/s Lurch) is excited you’re here for his 4th Phoenix Productions musical! Jakob studied Theatre in college and was previously seen in Much Ado About Nothing at Brookdale’s Summer Shakespeare! I’m so thankful for doing three musicals for Phoenix this year, and thank you to my friends and family for their love and support, and of course the best cast and crew I’ve ever worked with! Enjoy the show! <3

ROBERT SHAW (Addams Ancestor) is a junior at Sayreville War Memorial High School and is thrilled to be doing his first show with Phoenix Productions!

He has been a part of his high school’s productions of Mamma Mia! (Sky; SWMHS) and The Little Mermaid (King Triton; SWMHS). Robert will also be playing the lead role in Newsies (Jack Kelly; ATNY) this upcoming January. Robert also plays for his high school varsity baseball team.

KENDALL THORNER (Wednesday Addams) is “enthused” to be playing Wednesday Addams! At the Count Basie Center for the Arts, you may have seen her as a teen dancer (The Music Man), a Mission Band Member (Guys and Dolls), or as Annie (Annie)! She thanks the incredible production team for their endless guidance and the cast for their infinite support. She hopes you enjoy the show as much as she enjoys performing in it! She would also like to dedicate her performance to her grandparents, her biggest fans.

DENNIS TOLENTINO (Mal Beineke) is excited to be back on stage at The Basie! Previous Phoenix credits: In the Heights (Kevin Rosario; 2018), Mamma Mia! (Harry Bright), and A Christmas Carol (Cratchit). Dennis has also been Production Stage Manager on multiple Phoenix shows (NJACT Perry Award Winner; The Wizard of Oz). A 1st generation Filipino-American, Dennis grew up in Bloomfield and Old Bridge and now lives in Manalapan. He went to Georgetown University and works for McMaster-Carr Supply.

If you’d like information about auditioning for a future show, please visit our website at:

www.PhoenixRedBank.com/auditions

Joe Wajda, Executive Manager & Phoenix Operations Co-Chair

WHO’S WHO ON THE PRODUCTION TEAM JARROD SCOTT (Director) is proud to be the Director and part of the team presenting The Addams Family. Jarrod is a private vocal coach, arts educator for The Count Basie Center Academy of the Arts, and music teacher in various school districts in NJ. Previous directorial credits include: Once on This Island and Runaways.

Jarrod Scott is a world-touring vocalist, entertainer, songwriter, and musician. The Addams Family musical lets us see ourselves, outside of ourselves, and lets us decide how to proceed. Take time to see yourselves in the families. With the belief that the love for the craft shrinks the spaces created between us all, he would like to thank his wife, team, incredibly gifted cast, and Dunkin.

FRANÇOIS SUHR (Music Director) is a pianist, music director, and vocal teacher with several years of experience working in theaters, arts education programs, schools, and churches throughout New Jersey and New York City. He is so excited to be returning to Phoenix Productions, having last music directed A Chorus Line and Newsies. Kudos to this fabulous cast, creative team, and of course, our amazing pit of musicians! @suhrf NATALIE HAYES-SCOTT (Choreographer)

is an educator, choreographer, and performer from Long Branch, NJ. She started working with Phoenix Productions in 2020. Outside of Phoenix, Natalie is the Program Manager of the Be S-Well Program for The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide. A special thank you to the production team, this awesome cast, and her husband Jarrod. She dedicates her work to her mom, Susan Hayes-Stasio.

ASHLEY CUSACK (Scenic Design / Scenic Charge) is a freelance designer and artist throughout the tristate area. She holds her MFA in Set Design from Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts. Since 2007, Ashley has worked in the Phoenix shop mixing paint, building, and dreaming up set pieces to fill the Basie stage. Favorite past designs include: The Little Mermaid, Once on This Island, Elf, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Phoenix Productions).

When not designing for the stage, she is busy starting new home projects and keeping up with her six year old daughter’s imagination.

CLAUDIA HASTINGS (Assistant Stage Manager) is a recent graduate from Ramapo College with a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre. Her previous roles include: The Importance of Being Earnest (Cecily; RCNJ), DNA (Danny; RCNJ), The Antipodes (Sarah; RCNJ), and Rhinoceros (Waitress, RCNJ). Claudia is excited to be a part of The Addams Family as Assistant Stage Manager for her first time on a stage management team. She would like to thank her family for all of their love and support!

JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER ODON (Production Manager) is a NJ-based theatre artist that has an extensive theatre background. He is the founder and artistic director of Theatre@Home and Junior Theatre Productions. This fall marks Justin’s 8th year with Phoenix. He is a teaching artist for the Count Basie Center Academy of the Arts, the Axelrod Performing Arts Academy, and The Dance House. A few show credits include: The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol The Musical, In the Heights, The Music Man, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!, Chicago, and Disney’s Descendants: The Musical. He is a proud advocate for the arts and is very dedicated to keeping the arts alive. As always, he would like to dedicate his work to his late grandparents Remy, Rene, and Danillo. @justinchris95 #SaveTheArts JOANNE PENROSE (Costume Design)

likes to sew and design costumes, and as a retired middle school FACS teacher, she has more time than ever to sew for Phoenix! She has worked with Phoenix Productions for 11 years and looks forward to many more. It has been a pleasure working with the cast, crew and production staff of The Addams Family. Enjoy the show.

KYLE SANTOPADRE (Technical Director / Lighting Design)

has a BA in Theatre with a Design concentration from Rowan University. After college, Kyle worked for Royal Caribbean as Technical Stage Staff on board the Oasis of the Seas (CATS, Frozen In Time, Come Fly With Me, Oasis of Dreams). He is currently the Assistant Technical Director and Lighting Designer for The Count Basie Center for the Arts. Past designs include: Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, The Wizard of Oz (Phoenix Productions), Hello, Dolly! (Capital Productions), and Noises Off (Raritan High School). Many thanks to a wonderful production team!

STEPHANIE SCHOPPE (Production Stage Manager)

is excited for her fifth production with Phoenix! Phoenix Productions credits include: A Christmas Carol (PSM), The Wedding Singer (ASM), Elf The Musical (ASM), and Spamalot (ASM). Other recent credits: August Wilson’s Jitney, the world premiere of The Chef (PSM; Dunbar Repertory Company), and Cinderella (ASM; Plays-in-thePark). Upcoming: Ragtime (PSM; Phoenix Productions).

Thank you for supporting Phoenix Productions, the Count Basie Center for the Arts, and community theater in New Jersey!

MARK ZUCKERMAN, MZ THEATRICAL (Sound Design / Engineer)

is excited to return to Phoenix Productions for The Family. Mark was the resident sound designer and engineer for Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, New York for over 10 years and worked extensively throughout the New York tri-state area. Favorite credits include: Aida, Million Dollar Quartet (Studio Tenn), Elf, 9 to 5 (Nashville Rep),

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