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Welcome back to the beautiful Citizens Opera House! We’re thrilled to kick off our exciting 2026-2027 season with the return of the iconic, Wicked. There is something especially exciting about beginning a new season with a production that has become a true Broadway phenomenon. For more than two decades, this beloved musical has captivated audiences around the world, inviting us to discover the untold story of the Witches of Oz. With its unforgettable score by Stephen Schwartz, spectacular staging, and resonant themes of friendship, courage, and acceptance, Wicked continues to inspire audiences of every generation in a way only live theater can. Whether you’re seeing it for the first time or returning to a favorite, we’re so glad you’re here to experience this extraordinary production. And we have so much more in store for you this season! From beloved classics like Phantom of the Opera to acclaimed new musicals like Maybe Happy Ending, the productions in our 2026-2027 lineup have collectively earned 29 Tony Awards, reflecting the extraordinary artistry and storytelling we look forward to sharing with you throughout the year. If you’d like to learn more about upcoming productions and subscriber benefits, please stop by our information table in the lobby or visit us at BroadwayInBoston.com. To our season subscribers and sponsors including Lexus, Point32Health, Citizens, and the Godfrey Hotel, thank you as always for your support. You make it possible to bring world-class Broadway to Boston and create shared experiences that inspire, entertain, and connect our community. Enjoy the show!

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Claudia Bennett as Glinda and Aline Mayagoitia as Elphaba (center) and the North American Touring Company of Wicked. Photo by Joan Marcus

WICKED BY THE NUMBERS: BROADWAY’S EMERALD EMPIRE OF BUBBLES, HAUTE COUTURE AND GREEN PAINT The fourth longest-running musical in Broadway history continues to defy gravity with spellbinding design and decades of star turns STORY BY

Jonah de Forest Wicked is the ultimate Broadway blockbuster: a behemoth feat of stagecraft that has kept audiences enrapt for over 22 years. In fact, Wicked is the fourth longest-running musical in Broadway history and the third longest-running production currently on the Great White Way. Set in the fantastical world of Oz, Wicked explores the fated friendship of two witches— one blonde and beloved, the other green and woefully misunderstood—before a certain farm girl drops into town. Follow us along the Yellow Brick Road as we break down Wicked by the numbers, from bubble fluid and green body paint to hand-sewn sequins and dry ice. Talk about popular. Wicked has bewitched over 75 million audience members across more than 130 cities in 16 countries, spanning six different languages. Do yourself a favor and listen to “No One Mourns the Wicked” in German (or rather, “Keiner weint um Hexen,” which directly translates to: “No One Weeps for Witches”). Wicked is based on Gregory Maguire’s sprawling fantasy novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was initially published in 1995 and is the first of four books in The Wicked Years series. Maguire has also authored a number of spin-offs and prequels, as well as a standalone folktale anthology. Cumulatively, Maguire’s extended Wicked universe has sold more than 10 million copies. Wicked received 10 Tony nominations and won three: Best Leading Actress in a Musical for the production’s original Elphaba, Idina Menzel, Best Scenic Design for Eugene Lee and Best Costume Design for Susan Hilferty’s swankified creations. In 2024, Wicked found its way to the big screen and racked up $764 million at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing film adaptation of a Broadway musical. The second installment, Wicked: For Good, brought in an additional $541 million—bringing the total global box office for the films to over $1.3 billion. There have been 38 principal performers who have defied gravity as Elphaba on Broadway. Notable alumni include Shoshana Bean, Stephanie J. Block, Ana Gasteyer, Lindsay Mendez, Jessica Vosk, Mandy Gonzalez and Eden Espinosa. It takes Broadway’s current Elphaba, Keri René Fuller, 30 minutes to be greenified. Each year, Wicked’s makeup department goes through about 20 palettes of MAC Chromacake in Elphaba’s signature shade, Landscape Green. Elphaba’s spellbinding Act 2 dress is made up of 15 to 20 different fabrics on the bodice, while the skirt uses 290 yards of bias cut ruffle. Wicked’s longtime wardrobe supervisor Alyce Gilbert notes that

this particular garment “pushes the border of ‘big black witch dress’ with the multiple fabric choices, quilting and varying shades of black, grays and small accent colors.” She adds: “The design of the skirt, which gives each Elphaba room from the bottom to be very physically active but has a smoothness from the waist that doesn’t make them look bulky above the fullness, is very impressive. The many Elphabas over the years have all looked special in that dress, although they were many different heights and proportions.” Seventy-six pointed hats have been used throughout Wicked’s Broadway run. Thirty-four principal performers have enchanted Broadway as Glinda the Good. Kristin Chenoweth “toss toss”-ed her way into theater history when she originated the part, which was written with her in mind. The Good Witch coven also includes Megan Hilty, Annaleigh Ashford, Laura Bell Bundy, McKenzie Kurtz, Kara Lindsay and the production’s current reigning bubble benefactor, Emma Flynn. Oh my goodness! The actress playing Glinda begins the show 30 feet above the stage, and spends between three and four minutes suspended in the air before descending upon Munchkinland for her grand entrance. Roughly 138 gallons of bubble fluid have been used since Wicked opened at the Gershwin Theatre in 2003. Glinda’s blue bubble gown is adorned with 68,200 hand-sewn sequins and weighs 15 pounds. Is there such a thing as too many shoes? Witch, please! Glinda has 23 pairs of heels on display in her Shiz dorm room. Glinda sports five headpieces throughout the show. There are roughly 500 to 600 gemstones per tiara that are set and silver plated. Nearly 350 costumes are currently housed at the Gershwin. There are 238 costume changes from top of show to curtain call. Six costume shops, four shoemakers across four different countries (Spain, Italy, Nova Scotia and the United States) and six milliners are responsible for making the Ozmopolitan costumes used in Wicked. There are 64 wigs worn on stage per show, with over 200 wigs housed in the Gershwin that are ready to be used at a moment’s notice. This shiz is bananas! There are around 30 monkey masks housed backstage. Wicked uses 144 moving lights, 4,000 twinkle lights and 1,086 controlled fixtures. Roughly 3,546,000 pounds of dry ice have been used throughout the Broadway run of Wicked, with 400 pounds used per performance. The set design for Wicked is inspired by the Time Dragon Clock, a prophetic piece of machinery that plays a prominent role in Maguire’s novel. One of the most iconic features of this set is a giant dragon fixture that looms over the stage. The dragon is a pulley system operated by two carpenters, with one moving its head and the other moving its wings. The word “Wicked” is used 42 times in the show. Now that we’ve broken down the magic behind the curtain, your trip to Oz awaits! Grab a broomstick and make your way to the National Tour of Wicked to experience what makes the show so wonderful. We assure you, there’s no place like it.

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Alysha Deslorieux (Middle Allie) and Ken Wulf Clark (Middle Noah) in the Nathional Tour of The Notebook. Photo by Roger Mastroianni

IN INGRID MICHAELSON AND BEKAH BRUNSTETTER’S HANDS, THE NOTEBOOK ISN’T JUST ABOUT A MEMORY — IT BECOMES ONE The composer-lyricist and book writer of the Broadway musical delve into their vision of the beloved romance. STORY BY

Ruthie Fierberg The first moment that composer-lyricist Ingrid Michaelson musicalized for The Notebook is when the character of Older Allie, who has dementia, remembers. “I felt like that was such a moment that sang, and so that’s where my brain went first,” Michaelson told Broadway News. Given the Notebook’s prominence in popular culture—be it the original bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks or the movie adaptation starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams—there are numerous places where one’s brain could go first. It could have been the first time Allie and Noah meet, or the moment when they see each other again after years of silence, or the iconic scene in the rain. But it is telling that Michaelson’s impulse fixated on memory. The Notebook has always been about reflection. Speaking to an elderly woman with dementia, an old man reads the story of a love between two sweethearts, Allie and Noah. The beauty is: That old man is Noah and that old woman is Allie. In previous iterations, the emphasis is on the love story itself—not the reading of it. But Michaelson and book writer Bekah Brunstetter have chosen to balance their musical version by dividing the story into three stages of Noah and Allie’s lives (younger,

10 | encore middle and older) and dedicating significant attention to the older phase and what it means to deal with memory loss. In fact, Michaelson and Brunstetter, facilitated by directors Michael Greif and Schele Williams and choreographer Katie Spelman, endeavored to conjure the experience of memory onstage. “I wanted the sound of the music and the songs to live in this space that they all could inhabit together and float out of time and space—if that makes sense,” said Michaelson. Indeed, her Notebook score plays more like a contiguous soundscape than individual songs. With that, Michaelson’s music and lyrics seemingly serve the dual purposes of what a musical score does (i.e., create character, move plot, expand emotional beats) and what a film score does (set mood, establish emotional tonality). And that ethereal quality which Michaelson described parallels memory itself. In that vein, Michaelson dabbles with echoes of her own music and the musical themes embedded in her compositions. “We’re playing with memory here, so to have [elements] come back and fragments of other songs appear in other moments—that’s Older Allie’s journey. It was a conscious choice.” That choice also reflects in Brunstetter’s script. Different from previous iterations of The Notebook, Brunstetter’s book skips ahead in the lovers’ story and later rewinds. “We liked the nonlinear part of the story, because that does, in some ways, mirror what Older Allie is going through,” Brunstetter said. “The idea of taking these moments and sort of scrambling them up [felt like] how memory really works: different things hit you at different moments,” Michaelson added. “That also helps to put us all in the space that Older Allie might be sitting in, which is: trying to piece things together.” Brunstetter’s book isn’t without structure and dramatic arc (“There is an order and a calm to it,” she said), but leaning into this nonlinear nature—this followable fragmentation — is what attracted Brunstetter to writing the musical in the first place. She heard three of Michaelson’s early songs and jumped on board. “It felt innately theatrical,” Brunstetter said of Michaelson’s take. “It didn’t feel [like] it would need to be a typical movie musical adaptation.” That’s another key to the Notebook musical: It is not the film on a stage. The characters and their emotions are all there. But the words, like the structure, are new. “If we just took iconic lines from the movie and put them in the musical, we would be limiting ourselves and not allowing it to be a piece of musical theater,” said Brunstetter. Still, Brunstetter and Michaelson wanted to deliver an experience as soulful and affecting as its predecessors. “That’s been a constant balance for us,” Brunstetter continued. “We love the book. We love the movie. Giving the fans of the book and the movie enough to delight in that familiarity of, ‘Oh, there’s that moment I love,’ while also building upon it and expanding it [was key].” Brunstetter and Michaelson’s Notebook is still a sweeping, epic romance—but the overarching idea of memory and its theatricalization allowed for the expansion they sought. “We really wanted to have people think about their life and the choices they’ve made, even more so than the love story,” said Michaelson. “How do you want to live your days, these precious days that we get? Obviously the romantic part of it is huge, but there’s also aging, loss, what happens after loss, legacy.” In other words: What will you remember, and what will be worth remembering? Michaelson and Brunstetter hope that’s what audiences will consider when they see The Notebook. “We hope that people connect, think of their family members, their own life choices, find themselves in it in some way, and then ultimately feel because they’re recognizing themselves and their life in the piece,” said Brunstetter. “I think that’s the goal.”

The Notebook is scheduled to come to Emerson Colonial Theatre starting December 8, 2026. For more in-depth interviews, up-to-date news and show reviews on Broadway, visit BroadwayNews.com.

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Marc Platt Universal Stage Productions The Araca Group and Jon B. Platt David Stone present

Music and Lyrics

Book

Stephen Schwartz

Winnie Holzman

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire Starring

Aline Mayagoitia Claudia Bennett Ethan Kirschbaum Pablo David Laucerica Drew McVety Cristina Sastre Jessie Jo Aka Jennifer Mariela Bermeo Sam Buchanan Sean Burns Bea Catacutan Olivia Dei Cicchi Matt Densky Ben Diamond Kelley Dorney Rose Iannaccone Mattie Tucker Joyner David Kaverman Konnor Kelly Kelly Lafarga Marina Lazzaretto Paola Morales Sydney Revennaugh Donivyn Riley Lauren Sambataro Derek Schiesel Wayne Schroder Brett Stoelker Ben Susak Maggie Van Wieringen Melissa Victor Justin Wirick Tyler Zydel and

Susan Cella Tom McGowan Settings

Eugene Lee Projections

Elaine J. McCarthy

Costumes

Wigs & Hair

Music Arrangements

Edward Pierce

General Management

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Kenneth Posner Special Effects

Tom Watson

Chic Silber

Music Director

Alex Lacamoire & Stephen Oremus Associate Set Designer

Lighting

Susan Hilferty

Faith Seetoo

Associate Director

Dance Arrangements

Sound

Tony Meola Production Manager

Franklin Swann

James Lynn Abbott

Associate Choreographer

Lisa Leguillou

Corinne McFadden Herrera

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The Telsey Office Phillip Aleman Craig Burns, CSA Orchestrations

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Stephen Oremus Musical Staging by

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Executive Producers

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CAST

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Glinda.............................................................................................................................CLAUDIA BENNETT Witch’s Father............................................................................................................ WAYNE SCHRODER Witch’s Mother................................................................................................................BEA CATACUTAN Midwife...............................................................................................................................KELLEY DORNEY Elphaba..........................................................................................................................ALINE MAYAGOITIA Nessarose........................................................................................................................ CRISTINA SASTRE Boq................................................................................................................... PABLO DAVID LAUCERICA Madame Morrible................................................................................................................. SUSAN CELLA Doctor Dillamond............................................................................................................... DREW McVETY Fiyero..........................................................................................................................ETHAN KIRSCHBAUM Ozian Official...............................................................................................................WAYNE SCHRODER The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...................................................................................... TOM McGOWAN Chistery.................................................................................................................................KONNOR KELLY Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz............JESSIE JO AKA, JENNIFER MARIELA BERMEO, SAM BUCHANAN, SEAN BURNS, BEA CATACUTAN, OLIVIA DEI CICCHI, MATT DENSKY, BEN DIAMOND, KELLEY DORNEY, ROSE IANNACCONE, PAOLA MORALES, SYDNEY REVENNAUGH, DONIVYN RILEY, BRETT STOELKER, MAGGIE VAN WIERINGEN, MELISSA VICTOR, JUSTIN WIRICK STANDBY FOR ELPHABA ADELINA MITCHELL UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

for Elphaba—OLIVIA DEI CICCHI for Glinda—JESSIE JO AKA, PAOLA MORALES for Fiyero—BEN DIAMOND, BRETT STOELKER for The Wizard and Dr. Dillamond—DAVID KAVERMAN, WAYNE SCHRODER for Madame Morrible—KELLEY DORNEY, MELISSA VICTOR for Boq—SEAN BURNS, MATT DENSKY for Nessarose—JESSIE JO AKA, MATTIE TUCKER JOYNER for Chistery—DEREK SCHIESEL, BEN SUSAK, TYLER ZYDEL for Witch’s Father and Ozian Official—DAVID KAVERMAN, BRETT STOELKER SWINGS MATTIE TUCKER JOYNER, DAVID KAVERMAN, MARINA LAZZARETTO, LAUREN SAMBATARO, DEREK SCHIESEL, TYLER ZYDEL DANCE CAPTAINS/SWINGS KELLY LAFARGA, BEN SUSAK THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. Scan here for any updated cast replacement announcements for this performance

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ACT I “No One Mourns the Wicked”................................................................... Glinda and Citizens of Oz “Dear Old Shiz”................................................................................................................................. Students “The Wizard and I”................................................................................................. Morrible and Elphaba “What Is This Feeling?”.....................................................................Galinda, Elphaba and Students “Something Bad”..........................................................................................Dr. Dillamond and Elphaba “Dancing Through Life”...................Fiyero, Galinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students “Popular”.................................................................................................................................................Galinda “I’m Not That Girl”..............................................................................................................................Elphaba “One Short Day”...........................................Elphaba, Glinda and Denizens of the Emerald City “A Sentimental Man”..................................................................................................................The Wizard “Defying Gravity”....................................................... Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Citizens of Oz ACT II “No One Mourns the Wicked” (reprise)........................................................................Citizens of Oz “Thank Goodness”......................................................................Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz “The Wicked Witch of the East”........................................................Elphaba, Nessarose and Boq “Wonderful”........................................................................................................The Wizard and Elphaba “I’m Not That Girl” (reprise).............................................................................................................. Glinda “As Long As You’re Mine”........................................................................................Elphaba and Fiyero “No Good Deed”.................................................................................................................................Elphaba “March of the Witch Hunters”........................................................................Boq and Citizens of Oz “For Good”.................................................................................................................... Glinda and Elphaba “Finale”.............................................................................................................................................................. All TRAVELING ORCHESTRA Conductor—FAITH SEETOO Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—DEREK SHORTER Keyboard 1—LUKE FLOOD Keyboard 3—MELANIE SHORE Guitars—TIM MOREY Drums—JEFF MACPHERSON LOCAL MUSICIANS The Wicked touring musicians welcome the following local musicians who will be playing at all performances in Boston. Reed 1—LISA HENNESSEY Reed 2—KYOKO HIDA-BATTAGLIA Reed 3—RANE MOORE French Horn—ALYSSA DALY Trumpet 1—JAY DALY Trombone—WALT BOSTIAN Percussion—MIKE AMBROSZEWSKI Keyboard 4—BEN COOK Bass—TONY D’AMICO Keyboard Sub—LIAM MORACZEWSKI Citizens Opera House Music Contractor—JODI HAGEN Orchestrations adapted by Christopher Jahnke. Wicked uses Yamaha Pianos exclusively. he use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or T without flash, is strictly prohibited. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the philanthropic heart of Broadway and unites theater artists with theater lovers to help those in need. Join the Wicked touring company in their fundraising efforts by scanning the QR code or visiting BroadwayCares.org/WickedTour to cast your donation today!

18 | encore WHO’S WHO in the CAST ALINE MAYAGOITIA (Elphaba). Proud Mexican immigrant. Aline made her Broadway debut originating the role of Itzel in Real Women Have Curves, and was featured in the film Kiss of the Spider Woman opposite Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez. Previously toured the country with Six as Katherine Howard. Theater: Sweet Smell of Success, Cabaret, Forbidden Broadway, Evita, In the Heights. TV: “Love Life” on HBO. University of Michigan graduate. “Gracias Adil, IAG, Craig, Alex, Jimmy and Team Wicked for seeing such magic in me. May Elphaba teach us all to question authority and advocate for those who are silenced. Todo es para mi familia.” @alinemayagoitia. CLAUDIA BENNETT (Glinda) couldn’t be happier to be making her national tour debut in Wicked! She is a 2025 B.F.A. graduate of the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts. Proudly represented by Nicolosi and Co. and Schachter Entertainment. Deepest gratitude to Craig, Alex, Lisa and the entire Wicked team for this lifelong dream come true. Heartfelt thank you to Jenni, Matthew and her cohort of nine. “As always, for my family. Like a handprint on my heart.” @claudiafaithbennett. SUSAN CELLA (Madame Morrible). Broadway: The Rose Tattoo, The Graduate, Me and My Girl, Evita, On the Twentieth Century, Allegro and Lady in the Dark for Encores! National tours: Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, 42nd Street, La Cage aux Folles, Me and My Girl, Can-Can. Off-Broadway: The Devil’s Disciple; Babylon Line; Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh; Mayor; Jacques Brel…. TV: “Madam Secretary,” “Search Party,” “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order” (two episodes), “The Sopranos,” “Hi Honey, I’m Home” (series regular), “All My Children,” “Follies” and “A Sondheim Celebration” for PBS. Regional: over 40 productions. “Love and thanks to BRS/Gage.” TOM McGOWAN (The Wizard). Broadway: Wicked; Kiss Me, Kate; She Loves Me; Casa Valentina; Chicago; Ivanov; La Bete (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). Off-Broadway: City Center Bat Boy, Judgement Day, The Food Chain (Obie Award), The Winter’s Tale, Coriolanus. Television: Kenny Daly on “Frasier,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,”

“The Good Fight,” “Dr. Odyssey,” “Veep,” “Modern Family,” “CSI,” “ER,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Film: Freeheld, The Birdcage, Heavyweights, Ghost World, Bad Santa, As Good As It Gets, Bean. M.F.A., Yale. Thanks to daughter, Mary, for introducing him to Wicked when she and her best friend, Sara, spent the entire summer of ’04 playing Glinda and Elphaba in the backyard. ETHAN KIRSCHBAUM (Fiyero) is beyond grateful to help take the magic of Wicked on the road! Stage: Kinky Boots on tour, The Engagement Party cover at the Geffen, Biloxi Blues, Heathers, First Date. Screen: “The Gringo Hunters” (Netflix) and featured in Dove Cameron’s “Breakfast” music video. “Sincerest thanks to Telsey (Craig and Alex), Lisa, manager Christina and of course Mom, Dad, Sammy and Abby! Love you guys forever.” @ethan.kirschbaum. PABLO DAVID LAUCERICA (Boq). Pablo’s artistic interests include acting, songwriting and music producing. Recent credits: King Louis XIV in The Queen of Versailles (Broadway), Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys (The Muny) and Jared Kleinman in Dear Evan Hansen (first national tour). “Many thanks to DGRW and Telsey! Love to Ma, Kaki and the Primelles for their endless support. For pops, always.” DREW McVETY (Doctor Dillamond). Broadway: Bandstand, The Front Page, The Last Ship, Cyrano De Bergerac, Billy Elliot, Sunday in the Park with George, Spamalot, Frozen, Big River, Titanic, The Heidi Chronicles. National tours: Cabaret, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Acting Company. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order(s),” “Molly Dodd,” many others. Film: The Strange Case of Wilheim Reich, Henry’s Crime. Drew is a lead producer and the star of A Sherlock Carol. CRISTINA SASTRE (Nessarose). Tour debut! Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio (Ashley Amigo, OBC). Select regional: In the Heights (Nina), Spring Awakening (Wendla), Mamma Mia! (Sophie). B.F.A.: Texas State MT. “Special thanks to the entire Wicked team, Alex and Craig at Telsey, my team at CGF, my family and the biggest Wicked fans I know: Grace and Emma. For all my sisters and brujas everywhere.” @cristina__sastre.

20 | encore ADELINA MITCHELL (Standby for Elphaba) is honored to continue her national tour debut in the first Broadway show she ever saw, now as standby! Selected credits: The Music Man (Marian, ASL production), world premieres of A.D. 16, Gun & Powder. Regional: Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, The Kennedy Center, The Muny. Endless thanks to the Wicked team, Lisa, Craig, Alex, Telsey, DGRW and anyone who believed in her along the way—especially her family and Britt. “Pura Vida!” adelinamitchell.com. @adelinamitchell_. JESSIE JO AKA (Ensemble, u/s Glinda, Nessarose). Thrillified to be in Oz! Off-Broadway: An Axemas Story. Regional: Spring Awakening (Casey Likes’ revival), A Gentleman’s Guide… (Riverside Theatre), Kinky Boots (TPTC). “Gratitution to The Telsey Office, Lisa, Alex, Sharon, my parents and Evan.” @jessiejoaka. JENNIFER MARIELA BERMEO (Ensemble). Jennifer’s resume spans film, television, music and theater. A first-generation Ecuadorian from N.J., she most recently toured with The Weeknd. Jennifer’s thrilled to join Wicked! “Live your dreams.” jennifermarielabermeo.com. @jennifermariela. SAM BUCHANAN (Ensemble). Cats (Plato/Macavity, North American tour), Dance Lab New York, Rock the Ballet (international tour), Mamma Mia! (Laguna Playhouse). B.F.A. Pace University. Thank you to Suite Talent, family and friends! @samrbuchanan. SEAN BURNS (Ensemble, u/s Boq). National tour: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby); Jersey Boys (Joe Pesci, u/s Frankie Valli); Peter Pan 360 (Michael). “Thanks to Telsey and the Wicked team, The Hybrid Agency and Laura. Endless gratitude for Mom, Dad and Tina.” @sean_burns_actor. BEA CATACUTAN (Witch’s Mother, Ensemble). National tour debut! Studied commercial dance at Pace University, NYC and Orange County School of the Arts. She is ecstatic and grateful to be joining Wicked! “See you in Oz!” @beacatacutan. OLIVIA DEI CICCHI (Ensemble, u/s Elphaba). Broadway: Wicked. National tour: Les Misérables (u/s Fantine and Cosette). Film/TV: She Came to Me, “SNL” (backup singer for Lorde). “Thanks to DGRW, Telsey and the Wicked team.

Love to Mom, Dad and Lucas.” Check out Dei Cicchi’s EP Karma Colada on Spotify. @dei_cicchi. MATT DENSKY (Ensemble, u/s Boq). NYC: How the Grinch… (Young Max u/s, MSG), Kris Kringle (Sky, Town Hall). Regional: The Little Mermaid, Rock of Ages, Fully Committed, SantaLand Diaries. B.F.A.—CCM. Thanks to Cooper Company/MSA. “Love to Mom, Dad and Chris.” mattdensky.com. BEN DIAMOND (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero). National tour debut in his favorite musical! Regional: Jersey Boys (Paper Mill), Newsies (TUTS), Mamma Mia! (Theatre Aspen). TV: “Bull” (CBS). Thank you to mom, dad, family and friends, Craig, Alex, Wicked and DGRW. @boondoomond. KELLEY DORNEY (Midwife, u/s Madame Morrible). National tour debut! Regional: The Secret Garden (Ahmanson), Cinderella (Broadway Sacramento), Annie (Hollywood Bowl) and A Gentleman’s Guide… (Gateway). Originated the role of Hillary Clinton in 44: The Obama Musical. “Thanks Avalon and my family!” ROSE IANNACCONE (Ensemble) is wicked excited to be in this company! Favorite credits: Cats first national tour (Rumpleteazer). Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Ogunquit Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Gateway Playhouse. IAMT ’18. “Thanks mom!” @riannaccone98. MATTIE TUCKER JOYNER (Swing, u/s Nessarose). Regional credits: Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Broadway Rose and VMT. B.F.A.: University of Oklahoma. “Gratitude to Mom, Dad, Caroline and to my loves Sean and Sunshine! Gran-Gran and Papa, this is for you!” IG: @emteejay. DAVID KAVERMAN (Swing, u/s Witch’s Father, Ozian Official, The Wizard, Dr. Dillamond). National tours: Miss Saigon, Motown: The Musical (Smokey Robinson). Training: Otterbein University BM and Manhattan School of Music MM. Thankful for his SuperMama, The Mine, the Wicked team and The Telsey Office. @deighvidk. KONNOR KELLY (Chistery) made his way from Cornwall, N.Y. to the Land of Oz. Theater: A Chorus Line, Radio City, An American in Paris. Film/TV: “The Tony Awards.” “Special thanks to my incredibly supportive family!” Instagram: @konnorzkelly.

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encore KELLY LAFARGA (Dance Captain, Swing) feels honored to join Wicked. Film: Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D. TV: “Glee,” “Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “DWTS.” Tours: Eve, Donnie Klang. Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks Mom, Nina and Sasha for their endless love and support. “Dad, I love and miss you always.” MARINA LAZZARETTO (Swing). Thrilled to be back with the Wicked family! Broadway: An American in Paris, West Side Story. First national tours: Cats, An American in Paris, Wicked, Come Fly Away. Television: “Schmigadoon,” “Fosse/ Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “SNL.” Representation: The Hybrid Agency. @marinalazz. PAOLA MORALES (Ensemble, u/s Glinda). National tour debut! TV: “Lucy es el 7” (HBO Max). Regional: Little Women (Beth), Evita (Ensemble). “Forever grateful to God, Mom, Dad, Brandon and Family. Big thanks to Telsey, Kreativ, CESD. Follow your dreams!” @paolasmh. SYDNEY REVENNAUGH (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her national tour debut with Wicked. A Juilliard graduate, she recently danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Aszure Barton & Artists. She is endlessly grateful to her family, Ryan and the entire Suite Talent team for their unwavering love and support. DONIVYN RILEY (Ensemble) was born and raised in Miami, Florida and began dancing at age 4. He is a classically trained dancer who studied mainly ballet and modern at New World School of the Arts in downtown Miami. LAUREN SAMBATARO (Swing) is thrilled to be back in Oz! Broadway: Wicked, Mamma Mia! (DC/Swing). National tours: Wicked, Movin’ Out, Evita. Regional: In the Heights, West Side Story, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. B.F.A. Fordham/Ailey. “All my love and gratitude to my infinite support system: Jeremy, Mom, Dad, R&R!” @lauren_sambataro. DEREK SCHIESEL (Swing, u/s Chistery). National tour debut. Thrilled to be in Oz! Minnesota native. Credits: Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, The Weeknd, Jason Mraz, VMA’s, LA Philharmonic Orchestra, “Dear White People,” “Jane the Virgin.” @derekschiesel. WAYNE SCHRODER (Witch’s Father, Ozian Official, u/s The Wizard, Doctor

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Dillamond). Broadway: 9 to 5, A Christmas Carol. Tours: 9 to 5. OffBroadway: The Prince and the Pauper, Mimi le Duck. Film: The Producers, Brando, Welcome Home. Television: “Guiding Light,” “All My Children.” Concert: Kristina at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London. BRETT STOELKER (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero, Witch’s Father, Ozian Official). National tour: Pretty Woman, Les Misérables, Rock of Ages (Stacee Jaxx), Joseph…Dreamcoat. Select regional: Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus), Next to Normal (Gabe). Thankful for Jillian, Mom and Dad, DGRW and Craig/The Telsey Office. IG @brettstoelker. BEN SUSAK (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Chistery) is very grateful to be back with the Munchkinland family! Credits: Cirque du Soleil, “SYTYCD,” Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Florence + the Machine, Ke$ha, Kelly Clarkson, “American Music Awards,” “Video Music Awards,” “Billboard Awards,” “DWTS,” “American Idol,” San Francisco Ballet. MAGGIE VAN WIERINGEN (Ensemble) holds a BFA in Commercial Dance from Pace University. Broadway: Wicked. Grateful to family, friends, Ricardo, Wicked creative team and the Telsey Office for all of their love and support! MELISSA VICTOR (Ensemble, u/s Madame Morrible). Blessed to be in Munchkinland! Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Creator of the highly acclaimed children’s podcast “Stoopkid Stories.” She thanks God, her village, FSE agent Arbender and Telsey Casting. “Mommy, Shaneka, we made it!” IG: TheMelissaVictor. JUSTIN WIRICK (Ensemble), from Uniontown, Pa., celebrates 16 years with the Wicked national tour on January 27, 2026, with over 4,500 performances. Fundraising coordinator for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, helping raise over $7.4M. Gratitude to his dance instructors and mentors— Ginny Tanner, Penny Koza and Dave Higinbotham. Love to Dad, and in loving memory of Mom. Follow along: @justinwirick88. TYLER ZYDEL (Swing, u/s Chistery). Happy to be returning to my tour family! Theater: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, West Side Story (International), Singin’ In The Rain (Ogunquit). TV: “SNL,” “VMA’s,” FIFA Closing Ceremony, “AHS: NY.” Sending love to my friends, family, and my agents! @tyzydel.

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Charles Playhouse BroadwayInBoston.com STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music and Lyrics) has contributed music and/or lyrics to The Queen of Versailles, Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he adapted and directed), Rags, Children of Eden and the opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon. For film, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted, and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. Mr. Schwartz is artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and serves on the council of the Dramatists Guild. He is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. Defying Gravity, a book about his professional career, is available from Applause Books. stephenschwartz.com. WINNIE HOLZMAN (Book) received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Wicked. Other theater work: the musical Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans); One of Your

Biggest Fans; Post-Its: Notes on a Marriage (both written with her husband, actor Paul Dooley); and Choice, which premiered at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. Holzman got her start writing for the groundbreaking TV drama “Thirtysomething” and went on to create the series “My So-Called Life,” which starred Claire Danes. She executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again,” collaborated with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, on the ABC Family series “Huge” and, most recently, teamed with Cameron Crowe on the Showtime series “Roadies.” Features include ’Til There Was You. Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in Jerry Maguire and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” She is a graduate of Princeton University, the NYU Musical Theatre Program and a member of the Dramatists Guild. JOE MANTELLO (Director). Broadway: Death of a Salesman (Tony Award), Little Bear Ridge Road, Grey House, Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?, Hillary and Clinton, The Boys in the Band, Three Tall Women (Tony nom.), Blackbird, The Humans, Airline Highway,

encore The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Ritz, Laugh Whore, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for Living, Proposals, Love! Valour! Compassion! Off-Broadway: Here We Are, Dogfight, The Pride, A Man of No Importance, The Vagina Monologues, Corpus Christi. Netflix: “The Boys in the Band.” As an actor: “Hollywood” (Netflix), “The Watcher” (Netflix), “American Horror Story: NYC” (FX), “Feud” season 2: “Capote and the Women” (FX), The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nom./HBO), Angels in America (Tony nom.). Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame. WAYNE CILENTO (Musical Staging) directed and choreographed the revival of Fosse’s Dancin’. He received Tony, Drama Desk and Fred Astaire awards and an Olivier nomination for The Who’s Tommy. Tony nominations include Wicked, How to Succeed…, Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical, Sweet Charity, Baby (choreography) and Dancin’ (best supporting actor). Broadway choreography credits include Aida, Jerry’s Girls, Holler If Ya Hear Me and American Dance Machine. Off-Broadway he directed and choreographed A Hot Minute. His concerts include Alicia Keys’ World Tour, the PBS special “Spirit,” Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer, Pete Townsend and The Jonas Brothers. Wayne was an original Broadway cast member of A Chorus Line, The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal and Rachael Lily Rosenbloom and choreographed the film Winter’s Tale. EUGENE LEE (Set Design) was the production designer of “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Other Broadway credits: Bright Star, Ragtime, Show Boat and Sweeney Todd. Film credits: Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s Mr. North, Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street and Demme’s A Master Builder. B.F.A.: Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon. M.F.A.: Yale School of Drama. Three honorary Ph.D.s. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Emmy; Elliot Norton

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Award for Sustained Excellence; Pell Award; DesignxRI Lifetime Achievement Award; New York Theater Hall of Fame. SUSAN HILFERTY (Costume Designer) has designed costumes and scenery for over 300 productions around the world. Her Broadway credits include Parade, Present Laughter, Spring Awakening, Lestat and Into the Woods (all Tony nominated). Her many directorial collaborations include Athol Fugard, Joe Mantello, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Robert Falls, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Des McAnuff, Christopher Ashley, Yaël Farber, Rebecca Taichman and the late Garland Wright. In addition to her work in theater, Susan has designed opera (Rigoletto and La Traviata for the Met), dance (Love Stories for Alvin Ailey) and live music events (Taylor Swift’s Speak Now world tour). Susan is chair of the design department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her many accolades include Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked. KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Design) has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theater credits. He designs extensively Off-Broadway for resident theaters and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: Beetlejuice, Mean Girls, War Paint, On Your Feet!, Disgraced, If/Then, Hairspray, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Other Desert Cities, Harvey, The Best Man, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo. He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards. TONY MEOLA (Sound Designer). Disney’s The Lion King and Edwin Drood (Drama Desk Awards); Lysistrata Jones (also co-producer); The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Sound of Music; Juan Darien; A Christmas Carol (MSG); Steel Pier; A Funny Thing…Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Café; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. Many shows in London and internationally. As co-producer: Come From Away and First Date. ELAINE J. McCARTHY (Projection Designer). Recent Broadway designs

26 | encore include The People in the Picture, Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods and Judgement at Nuremberg. Opera designs include Moby Dick (Dallas Opera), Dead Man Walking (Houston Opera), Mazeppa (Metropolitan Opera), War and Peace (Kirov and Met Opera), Tan Dun’s The Gate and Peter Sellars’ The Peony Pavilion. Off-Broadway designs include Frequency Hopping (set and projection), Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking in Tongues and The Thing About Men. Regional designs include Distracted (set and projection), Limonade tous les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb and Hair. She received an Eddy Award in 2003. TOM WATSON (Hair and Wig Design) headed the wig and makeup department at The Metropolitan Opera for 17 years. He has designed more than 80 Broadway productions, including Wicked, King Kong, Rock of Ages, How to Succeed…, The Addams Family, Annie, Act One, You Can’t Take It with You, The King and I (LCT and tour), The Sound of Music (national tour), Dames at Sea, Thérèse Raquin, Fiddler on the Roof, Bright Star (Broadway and tour), Oslo (LCT), Long Day’s Journey into Night, Falsettos, The Little Foxes, Junk (LCT), The Parisian Woman, My Fair Lady (LCT) and Soft Power (L.A.). JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Designer). Broadway/West End: Wicked, Beautiful. Broadway: Beetlejuice, The Rose Tattoo, Torch Song, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer, Sunday in the Park with George, Anastasia, Allegiance, If/Then, Follies, etc. Off-Broadway: Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Show Boat. Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (Emmy nomination), “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage,” “Castle Rock.” Film: The Discovery, Central Intelligence, Ghostbusters. joedulude2.com. FRANKLIN SWANN (Technical Supervisor) manages Broadway shows, tours, events and installations. Recent: Hamilton, Two Strangers, Waiting for Godot, 42 Balloons and projects for major theme parks, The Met and more. M.B.A. UCLA. B.F.A. NYU-Tisch. “For Mom and Dad, who let me chase my dreams.” STEPHEN OREMUS (Music Supervision/ Music Arrangements). Broadway and international credits: Smash, How I Learned to Drive, Frozen, Kinky Boots

(Tony for Best Orchestrations, Grammy, Olivier), The Book of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk for Best Orchestrations, Grammy), 9 to 5, Avenue Q, Wicked. Film: Executive music producer for Wicked; vocal arranger/conductor for Frozen and Frozen 2; string arrangements/conductor for Lady Gaga’s “I’ll Never Love Again” (A Star Is Born) and “Til It Happens to You” (The Hunting Ground). Music director for Rufus Wainwright’s Rufus Does Judy. TV: “The 87th Academy Awards,” “The Wiz Live,” “A Very Wicked Halloween,” “Rent: Live.” WILLIAM DAVID BROHN (Orchestrations) received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Ragtime. Other credits include Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! (B’way); Mary Poppins, Oliver!, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady and South Pacific (London). He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra. ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Arrangements) is a Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winning music director, arranger and composer. He is best known for his work on Broadway’s critically acclaimed shows Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen and In the Heights. Lacamoire’s credits for theater include Sweeney Todd, Freestyle Love Supreme, The Wrong Man, Bring It On, High Fidelity, Annie, 9 to 5, Legally Blonde and Bat Boy. Other credits for television and film include The Greatest Showman, “Fosse/Verdon,” “Vivo” and “tick, tick…Boom!” FAITH SEETOO (Music Director). After spending several years in Arendelle, Faith is thrilled to now be in Oz. She cannot help but note the first Broadway show she saw was The Magic Show, and the first musical she music directed was Godspell. Wicked feels like coming home. Thank you to both Stephens. For Kurchta. JAMES LYNN ABBOTT (Dance Arrangements). Broadway: Aida, Tarzan, Bombay Dreams, Rent, Footloose, Joseph…, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon. National tours include Starlight Express, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Who’s Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar. He has performed with Aretha Franklin, Dennis DeYoung

of Styx, Shirley Bassey, Bob Hope, Vanessa Williams and Elton John. Clients include Dr Pepper, Frito-Lay, American Airlines and General Electric. MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator). Current Broadway: Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, Wicked, The Lion King. Tours: Hamilton, Wicked, The Lion King. Pamela, Zachary, Christin and Gavin, Alexis and Joe make it all worthwhile. THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy. Please visit thetelseyoffice.com for credits. LISA LEGUILLOU (Associate Director) worked with Joe Mantello on Frankie and Johnny…, Take Me Out and The Vagina Monologues. She appeared in eight Broadway shows; on TV in “Sex and the City,” “NYPD Blue” and “NY Undercover;” and in the films Changing Lanes, Center Stage, Everyone Says I Love You and HBO’s “Angels in America.” CORINNE McFADDEN HERRERA (Associate Choreographer) has worked

with Wayne Cilento on the creation of Sweet Charity (Broadway, 2005) and Wicked (Broadway). She was cochoreographer of the film Winter’s Tale and associate director of Dancin’. As a performer, Corinne was featured in Broadway’s Sweet Charity and the original companies of Aida and Wicked. EDWARD PIERCE (Associate Scenic Designer). Select Broadway/tours: Angels in America (Tony nomination), Wicked (all worldwide productions), Love Never Dies (international tour), The Phantom of the Opera (new world tour), Bright Star, Amazing Grace, Holler If Ya Hear Me, The Other Place, A Streetcar Named Desire, Shatner’s World, Billy Elliot, Pippin, 9 to 5, The Pirate Queen, Aida, Ragtime, Cabaret, …Noise…Funk. Television: NBC’s “Maya & Marty” and NBC Universal Kids’ “Sprout House.” edwardpierce.com. CHIC SILBER (Special Effects). Broadway: Sherlock Holmes; Edward Gorey’s Dracula; The Elephant Man; Amadeus; Nicholas Nickleby; Tarzan; Pippin; Tintypes; Working; The Dresser; Alice in Wonderland; Grand Hotel; Piaf; Orpheus Descending; Moon Over Buffalo; Footloose; The Civil War; Dance of the Vampires; Godspell; Habeas

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Corpus; Frog & Toad; The Weir; Tom Sawyer; Kiss Me, Kate; Aida; Annie Get Your Gun; Dance of Death; Brooklyn; La Cage aux Folles; Circus: Monte Carlo Circus Spectacular; Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey TGSOE; Clyde BeattyCole Bros; Galactical Fantasy Circus; Gran Circo Panamericano. DAWN FENTON (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be in Oz! Broadway: Kinky Boots. Tours: Moulin Rouge! The Musical first national tour, Kinky Boots first national tour. OffBroadway/regional: Blue Man Group (PSM for the Chicago and Las Vegas productions); Arizona Theatre Company, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Cleveland Play House and over 20 musicals at Seaside Music Theater. IG: @Dawnita10. MICHELLE DUNN (Stage Manager). Broadway: The Lion King. Tours: Mean Girls, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King. Other: Houston Ballet. “Thank you to my family for your never ending love and support. For Dad.” JOSEPH HEATON (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Miss Saigon, In Transit,

Fully Committed, Machinal. Tours: Les Misérables. All my thanks to EE, BJ and OB! GREGORY MAGUIRE (Author of Original Novel) published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel, Wicked. A devotee of children’s fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister considers Cinderella as a 17th-century maid from Harlem; Lost evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and Mirror Mirror features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s novel Son of a Witch, a sequel to Wicked, is followed by A Lion Among Men and the final volume of the Wicked Years, Out of Oz. He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children. 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management). Credits include Wicked (worldwide); Purpose (Tony Award for Best Play); Death Becomes Her; The Outsiders (Tony Award for Best Musical); Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award for Best Musical); Gutenberg! The Musical!; Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/

encore Underdog (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play); A Strange Loop (Tony Award for Best Musical); Is This a Room; Dana H.; What the Constitution Means to Me; The SpongeBob Musical; War Paint; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed (Broadway revival and original Off-Broadway); Fun Home (Tony Award for Best Musical); If/Then; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bring It On: The Musical; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Vagina Monologues; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect…; and Bat Boy. MARC PLATT (Producer). Theater: Wicked; Purpose (Tony Award); Topdog/Underdog (Tony Award); Fat Ham (Tony nomination); A Strange Loop (Tony Award); The Band’s Visit (Tony Award); Death Becomes Her (Tony nomination); Buena Vista Social Club (Tony nomination); War Paint; Oh, Hello on Broadway; If/Then; Pal Joey; Three Days of Rain; Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands (Drama Desk Award); Family Week. Films: Wicked (Oscar nomination), Wicked: For Good, How to Train Your Dragon, The Little Mermaid, Babylon, Cruella, Dear Evan Hansen, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Oscar nomination), Thunder Force, Mary Poppins Returns, Hotel Artemis, La La Land (Oscar nomination), The Girl on the Train, Bridge of Spies (Oscar nomination), Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ricki and the Flash, Into the Woods, Drive, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Nine, Rachel Getting Married, Wanted, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2, Song One, Lost River, Winter’s Tale, 2 Guns, Charlie St. Cloud, Cop Out, The Other Woman, The Seeker, The Perfect Man, Honey and Josie and the Pussycats. Television: “Better Nate Than Ever” (Disney+—Emmy nomination), “Oslo” (HBO—Emmy nomination), “Rent” (FOX), “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (NBC—Emmy Award), “A Christmas Story Live!” (FOX), “Grease: Live!” (FOX—Emmy Award), “Empire Falls” (HBO), “Taking the Stage” (MTV), “Once Upon a Mattress” (ABC), “The Path to 9/11” (ABC). UNIVERSAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS (Producer), a division of Universal Theatrical Group (UTG), is the live theater division of the world-famous motion picture studio. Universal’s record-breaking phenomenon Wicked is currently celebrating its 23rd hit year on Broadway. Additional credits include

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Death Becomes Her, Billy Elliot: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn with Roundabout Theatre Company. UTG’s DreamWorks Theatricals banner is represented globally by Shrek The Musical and the hit West End production of The Prince of Egypt. THE ARACA GROUP (Producer). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, the Araca Group is a Broadway producing and merchandising company. Araca’s Broadway producing credits include The Outsiders (Tony Award for Best Musical), In Residence on Broadway, The SpongeBob Musical, Disgraced (Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Lend Me a Tenor, A View from the Bridge, The Wedding Singer, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Urinetown. In addition, Araca provides merchandising services around the world for Broadway shows, film and television studios. araca.com. JON B. PLATT (Producer). Productions include Wicked, The Book of Mormon, Angels in America/Perestroika, Copenhagen, God of Carnage, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, A View from the Bridge, Clybourne Park, Mother/Hat, Jerusalem, Venus in Fur, Betrayal, You’re Welcome America, Driving Miss Daisy, I’ll Eat You Last, The Diary of Anne Frank, No Man’s Land/ Waiting for Godot, Exit the King, A Delicate Balance, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Recipient, the 2012 Robert Whitehead Award for Distinguished Producing. DAVID STONE (Producer) is currently represented around the world (on stage and screen) by Wicked. He has also produced Purpose, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, The Boys in the Band, War Paint, If/Then, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues, Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets. David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. He also serves on the advisory boards of The Broadway Green Alliance and Second Stage Theater. David has lectured on theater at Yale, Princeton, Columbia and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.

30 | encore STAFF CREDITS for WICKED GENERAL MANAGEMENT 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Nina Essman, Nancy Gibbs, Marcia Goldberg, Jovan Kala Hannah, Katherine Engel DIRECTOR OF TOURING Ken Silverman TOUR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Phillip Aleman CASTING THE TELSEY OFFICE Bernard Telsey, CSA Craig Burns, CSA Alex Cortinas PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT TANDEM PRODUCTION PARTNERS Franklin Swann COMPANY MANAGER Steve Quinn Associate Company Manager Emily Powell PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Dawn Fenton Stage Manager...............................................Michelle Dunn Assistant Stage Manager............................... Joseph Heaton Assistant to Mr. Schwartz..................................Erik Altemus Assistant Scenic Designer..............................Nick Francone Oz Map Design........................................... Francis Keeping Associate Costume Designer..................... Amanda Whidden Associate Hair Designer................................. J. Jared Janas Assistant Costume Designers.....................Tricia Barsamian, Amy C. Bradshaw, Cathy Small, Mary Wilson Associate Lighting Designer............................. Karen Spahn Assoc. Lighting Designer/ Automated Lights......................................Warren Flynn Assistant Lighting Designer...................................Joel Shier Assoc. Sound Designer/ Prod. Sound Engineer.................................. Kai Harada Assistant Sound Designer........................... Catherine Mardis Projections Programmer......................Demfis Fyssicopolous Associate Projection Designer.......................... Shawn Boyle Assistant Projection Designer........................Keri Thibodeau Projection Animators.......................................Gareth Smith, Ari Sachter-Zeltzer Special Effects Associate..............................Charles Zerbini Flying Effects...........................................ZFX Flying Illusions Production Carpenter........................................Rick Howard Head Carpenter...........................................Matthew Biltgen Automation Carpenter.......................................Matt Cowles Assistant Carpenters................................... Forrest Hinman, Jay Schenk, Terry Thomas Flyman.......................................................... Kurt Weichers Production Electrician..................................Patrick Johnston Scenic Electrics...................................................Mike Ward Head Electrician.................................................. Eric Rimes Assistant Electricians......................................Jeff Chandler, Katie Ludwig, Jacob Martin Production Properties Supervisor.................. George Wagner Head Properties................................................. Bob Uzabel Assistant Properties......................................... Kyle Ahlquist Head Sound Engineer......................................David Romich Assistant Sound Engineer.................................Jorge Guerra Additional Production Staff.................................Henry Baker Production Wardrobe Supervisor....................... Alyce Gilbert Wardrobe Supervisor..................................Michelle Roussell Assistant Wardrobe Supervisors....................Chanda Barnes, Mark Jayln Smith

Hair Supervisor............................. Andrea DiVincenzo Shairs Assistant Hair Supervisor..............................Desiree Ricottilli Makeup Design........................................... Joseph Dulude II Makeup Supervisor........................Tishonna “Tish” Ferguson Masks and Prosthetics...........................W.M. Creations, Inc. Matthew W. Mungle Crew Swing....................................................E.J. Posselius Touring Stagehand Apprentice...........................Jake Gomez Advance Carpenters...................................Shane Anderson, Spencer Bell, David Johnson, Michael Lohrer Advance Electrician..................................... Steven J. Deidel Advance Electrics/Sound.............................Gabe Easterling Advance Sound................................................. Brian Moore Advance Wardrobe.............................................. Espi Tyson Music Preparation........................Anixter/Rice Music Service Synthesizer Programming.............................Andrew Barrett Guitar Effects Programming............................... Lou Garrett Production Assistants........................................ Susan Bero, Sarah Koehler, Joshua Pilote, Stuart Shefter, Wendy Stephens Director of Employee and Company Culture............................. Christina Alexander Advertising............................Serino Coyne/Greg Corradetti, Caroline Thompson, Kevin Hirst, Julia Garcia Online Marketing.................................... Situation Interactive Merchandise.............................................. The Araca Group Merchandise Managers................................. Alex Medinger, Paige Thomley Banking..........................City National Bank/Michele Gibbons Payroll................................................ Checks and Balances Accounting.......................................... WithumSmith+Brown Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowgios, CPA Anthony Moore, CPA Insurance.............................AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Physical Therapy.............................................NEURO TOUR Sarah Morrison, DPT Jeffrey W. Webb, MD Housing and Travel............................................. Road Rebel 321 Theatrical Investor Relations..............Rebecca Peterson 321 Theatrical Finance Director.................. KeriAnne Murphy MARC PLATT PRODUCTIONS Adam Siegel, Greg Lessans, Melissa Strauss, Jared LeBoff, Dan Attanasio, Katie McNicol, Dee Best, Chloe Ventura STONE PRODUCTIONS David Stone Aaron Glick Timothy Bloom Isabel Jordan UNIVERSAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS Chairman, NBCU Entertainment & Studios...............................................Donna Langley Chairman, NBCU Business Affairs & Operations........................................ Jimmy Horowitz SVP, Universal Theatrical Group................Lowe Cunningham SVP, Head of Operations & Finance, Universal Theatrical Group....................... Robert Gibson VP, Legal Affairs...................................................Keith Blau 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Michael Altbaum Kendall Booher João Branco Chaves Yang-Yang Chen Amy Merlino Coey Maddy Cohen Theresa Cooper Arella Flur Marissa Gonzales Matthew Krawiec Jason Haft Hilary Hamilton Jen Harris Camille Kerber Michael Luciano Jaide Malone Michael Manasseh Liam Millward Marjorie Murillo Erica Norgaard Samantha Omari-Cendejas Jenelle Russell Maggie Sendlenski Viraj Shriwardhankar Kymberli Tahira Smith Emmy Steele Abi Steinberg Spencer Stern Owen Towns Emily Witham Jasmine Zang

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EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota The Road Company theroadcompany.com CREDITS Scenery built by F&D Scene Changes. Scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems© by Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting; Sound equipment from PRG Audio, both divisions of Production Resource Group LLC. Special effects by Sunshine Scenic Studios and Aztec Stage Lighting. Video projection system by Scharff Weisberg Inc. Projections by Vermilion Border Productions. Costumes by Barbara Matera Ltd., Parsons-Meares Ltd., Tricorne, Eric Winterling, Scafati and Cego. Millinery by Rodney Gordon and Lynne Mackey Shoes by T.O. Dey, Frederick Longtin, LaDuca and J.C. Theatrical. Flatheads and monkey wings by Michael Curry Design Inc. Chistery growing wings by Robert Allsop. Life-casts by Todd Kleitsch and Sunday Englis. Fur by Fur & Furgery. Undergarments and hosiery by Bra*Tenders, Inc. Antique jewelry by Ilene Chazanof. Specialty jewelry and tiaras by Larry Vrba. Custom Oz accessories by LouLou Button. Custom screening by Olympus Flag and Banner and Gene Mignola. Certain props by John Creech Designs & Den Design Studio. Graphic props by Proper Decorum, Inc. Confetti by Artistry in Motion. Puppets by Bob Flanagan. Spellbooks by Sascha Kaminski. Bedding by Sew & So. Wigs by Watson Associates. Electronic instruments and equipment from Manny’s Music. Guitar amplifiers by Mesa Boogie. Pearl Drums USA. Cymbals by Zildjian. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers (I.A.T.S.E. Local 18032) represents the Press Agents, Company Managers and Theatre Managers employed on this production. This production is produced by members of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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36 | encore STAFF FOR CITIZENS OPERA HOUSE Principal Owners Donald Law The Mugar Family General Manager.............................Margaret Doyle Director of Operations.................Darlene Catalfamo Box Office Manager.............................Robert Foley Box Office Assistant........................ David Zimmerle Facilities Manager........................... Wagner Oliveira Audience Services Manager.............. Rachel Jensen Audience Services Representatives............. Amanda Barnett, Molly Bercutt, Laura Marie Cancro, Perris Fisher, Alyssa Gallarelli, Christian Kelly, Christina Listro, Daniel Rateau, Caryn Sowa, Reagan White, Oliver Worner, Lauren Zablocki Director of Production.................. Michael Marchetti

Production Manager........................ Aisling Mehigan Production Coordinator...................Claudia Bennett Carpenter..................................... James McEvoy III Prop Master..................................David Colantuoni Flyman...........................................Michael Higgins Electrician........................................ Mark Donovan Assistant Carpenter.....................Patrick Colantuoni Assistant Electricians.....................Robert Connors, Justin Brady Assistant Props....................................Mike Keogh Wardrobe Supervisor..................... Carol Colantuoni Hair Supervisor.................................Victoria Porter Chief Usher.............................. Cheryl Farrell-Koyon Assistant Chief Ushers..........................Ian Carlson, Andrea Nastri Sodexo Live! Concessions Managers................Stephen Whalen, Sean O’Dwyer

ABOUT THE THEATER Welcome to New England’s premier performing arts theater, the Citizens Opera House. As you settle in to enjoy the show, take a few moments to appreciate the splendid design and craftsmanship surrounding you. The exceptional beauty of the theater is rooted in its equally exceptional history. The Citizens Opera House (originally known as the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre) is one of the finest examples of the vaudeville circuit palace at the pinnacle of its development. Designed in a combination of French and Italian styles by Thomas White Lamb, one of the foremost theater architects of his day, it was erected under the close personal supervision of Edward Franklin Albee (1857–1930 and great-grandfather of the playwright of the same name) to memorialize his late partner, Benjamin Franklin Keith (1846–1914). Because it was constructed as a memorial and tribute to vaudeville’s greatest impresario, it was built with a degree of luxury in its appointments that is almost unrivalled. When the theater opened on October 29, 1928, the opening was attended by many theatrical luminaries, among them George M. Cohan and Al Jolson. Former Mayor James Michael Curley was also a guest of honor. The Radio-Keith-Orpheum organization which by that time owned the theater was represented by the host of that great occasion, R. K. O. Board Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy. The theater presented vaudeville for only a year before featuring first-run films for the ensuing decades. In 1965 Sack Theatres purchased the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre from R. K. O. The new owners refurbished the building, making great efforts to restore its opulent beauty, and renamed it the Savoy Theatre. In 1978 the theater was bought by the Opera Company of Boston. The name of the theater was then changed from Savoy to the Boston Opera House. Under the direction of the renowned opera impresario Sarah Caldwell, the Boston Opera

House hosted some of the most acclaimed stagings of opera performances in the modern era. Unfortunately, the costs of maintaining the theater outstripped the ability of the Company to keep up. As tax and utility bills went unpaid, the theater began to suffer deterioration. The Company closed the theater in 1991 and the deterioration accelerated at a sad and alarming rate. In 1995, the Boston Opera House was placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Buildings list. Under the subsequent ownership of Clear Channel Communications, and with the assistance of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the necessary building permits were issued in late 2002 and work to completely renovate and restore the Citizens Opera House commenced. In order to accommodate the needs of large Broadway touring productions, the old stagehouse and attached dressing rooms were completely demolished to make way for a larger, state-of-the-art stagehouse and new dressing rooms. Meanwhile, everything between the proscenium wall of the stage and the Washington Street facade was carefully restored. A rare assembly of old-world craftsmanship and highlyskilled trades went to work restoring sculptural plaster, gold leaf finishes, Carrara marble, paintings and tapestries, grand staircases, chandeliers, walnut and oak paneling. The total cost of the restoration exceeded $50 million. In September 2009, the Citizens Opera House officially entered yet another phase in its storied history. Local businessmen Don Law and David Mugar joined forces to purchase the Citizens Opera House from Live Nation, returning the theater to local ownership for the first time in decades. The same month, Boston Ballet launched its first full season with the Citizens Opera House as its new home, and Broadway In Boston continues to present the best of touring Broadway on this storied stage.

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